This project which is sponsored by “Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank” (IFB Hamburg) in its „Program for Innovation (PROFI) – Modul PROFI Environment Transfer“ aims, together with „Lufthansa Industry Solutions“ (LHIND), Hamburg, at applying innovative Blockchain technologies to logistics applications. Organized by HITeC e.V., the projects conducts a realization study which also includes conception and prototypical realization of an open freight market „Future Transport Hamburg” (FTH). FTH is developed, applied and evaluated in this joint project as a prototype for a corresponding future start-up organisation.
Technically, the project aims at a Blockchain-based, decentralized and platform-less open market place for freight (of all kind) which combines specific characteristics such as openness and independence from particular providers with an offer of (unlimited) additional (so called “servelet”) applications. Here, the Blockchain technology enables, e.g., a tamper-proof cryptographic „distributed ledger“ for all transactions which substitutes the – so far mostly centralized – fright coordinator and, in addition, a secure protocol of exchanged data as well as transparency of content (as far as needed), reliability, and security. In addition, sev-eral other logistics application can also be integrated.
In this feasibility study, LHIND and HITeC evaluate jointly, how a Blockchain-based open market place for fright can be realized both technically as well as economically. Finally, a substantial part of this study concentrates on ecological issues, such as (reduced) energy consumption as well as reduction of CO2-emissions by increasing the average load of transport vehicles based on decentralized overall load optimization.

Current Cooperation Partner:
Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), Hamburg