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Logistics Giant Maersk Starts Using Blockchain Platform for Maritime Insurance via @cointelegraph

As reported by CoinTelegraph, “Transport and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk (a.k.a. Maersk) has begun using blockchain platform Insurwave for maritime insurance, Seatrade Maritime News reports Friday, May 25. “Developed by EY and Guardtime, Insurwave uses distributed ledger technology from cloud platform Microsoft Azure and follows global insurance standards. At the beginning of May, Microsoft Azure had announced the release of its blockchain app […]

By Chris Sykora · May 25, 2018
Logistics Giant Maersk Starts Using Blockchain Platform for Maritime Insurance via @cointelegraph

As reported by CoinTelegraph, “Transport and logistics company AP Moller-Maersk (a.k.a. Maersk) has begun using blockchain platform Insurwave for maritime insurance, Seatrade Maritime News reports Friday, May 25.

“Developed by EY and Guardtime, Insurwave uses distributed ledger technology from cloud platform Microsoft Azure and follows global insurance standards. At the beginning of May, Microsoft Azure had announced the release of its blockchain app creation service, Azure Blockchain Workbench.

“In the first year, Maersk will use Insurwave to manage 1,000 vessels and support over 500,000 digital ledger transactions.”