Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping

Blockchain is one of the technologies that can support digital transformation in industries in many aspects. This sophisticated technology can provide a decentralized, transparent, and secure environment for organizations and businesses. This review article discusses the adoption of blockchain in th...

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Main Authors: Alahmadi Dimah H., Baothman Fatmah Abdulrahman, Alrajhi Mona M., Alshahrani Fatimah S., Albalawi Hawazin Z.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2021-12-01
Series:Journal of Intelligent Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2021-0131
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author Alahmadi Dimah H.
Baothman Fatmah Abdulrahman
Alrajhi Mona M.
Alshahrani Fatimah S.
Albalawi Hawazin Z.
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Baothman Fatmah Abdulrahman
Alrajhi Mona M.
Alshahrani Fatimah S.
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description Blockchain is one of the technologies that can support digital transformation in industries in many aspects. This sophisticated technology can provide a decentralized, transparent, and secure environment for organizations and businesses. This review article discusses the adoption of blockchain in the ports and shipping industry to support digital transformation. It also explores the integration of this technology into the current ports and shipping ecosystem. Besides, the study highlighted the situation of the supply chains management in ports and shipping domain as a case study in this field. The investigated studies show that blockchain can be integrated into processes such as financial and document workflow. This review contributes to research by focusing on the adoption of blockchain in the ports and shipping industry to support digital transformation. It also aims to understand the existing port practice and map it with current tendencies based on blockchain. This study gives insight analysis to incorporate blockchain technology into ports and shipping processes globally.
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spelling doaj.art-e63850da6d5a43069fa5f1aa0c049a9b2022-12-22T03:50:42ZengDe GruyterJournal of Intelligent Systems2191-026X2021-12-01311556910.1515/jisys-2021-0131Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shippingAlahmadi Dimah H.0Baothman Fatmah Abdulrahman1Alrajhi Mona M.2Alshahrani Fatimah S.3Albalawi Hawazin Z.4Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21431, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Systems, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21431, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Systems, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21431, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Systems, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21431, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Systems, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21431, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaBlockchain is one of the technologies that can support digital transformation in industries in many aspects. This sophisticated technology can provide a decentralized, transparent, and secure environment for organizations and businesses. This review article discusses the adoption of blockchain in the ports and shipping industry to support digital transformation. It also explores the integration of this technology into the current ports and shipping ecosystem. Besides, the study highlighted the situation of the supply chains management in ports and shipping domain as a case study in this field. The investigated studies show that blockchain can be integrated into processes such as financial and document workflow. This review contributes to research by focusing on the adoption of blockchain in the ports and shipping industry to support digital transformation. It also aims to understand the existing port practice and map it with current tendencies based on blockchain. This study gives insight analysis to incorporate blockchain technology into ports and shipping processes globally.https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2021-0131shippingportblockchainsupply chainconceptual frameworkblockchaininternet of thingsport system
spellingShingle Alahmadi Dimah H.
Baothman Fatmah Abdulrahman
Alrajhi Mona M.
Alshahrani Fatimah S.
Albalawi Hawazin Z.
Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping
Journal of Intelligent Systems
shipping
port
blockchain
supply chain
conceptual framework
blockchain
internet of things
port system
title Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping
title_full Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping
title_fullStr Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping
title_full_unstemmed Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping
title_short Comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping
title_sort comparative analysis of blockchain technology to support digital transformation in ports and shipping
topic shipping
port
blockchain
supply chain
conceptual framework
blockchain
internet of things
port system
url https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2021-0131
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