INTRODUCTION
Absolute self-sufficiency is something that seems really impossible to achieve making it necessary for people to request for the goods and services of another. The concept of unachievable self-sufficiency does not only stay with humans but also transpires among companies, industries and even countries. Back in the olden days it was quite difficult to get items that one does not have especially when issue of distance was at stake but technology has advanced in to the extent there are several mediums through which goods can be transferred one country to another. distance is really not a problem if only you can afford the medium possible. Let’s not forget that not all the media of transportation can transport some items especially heavy-duty items like cargoes, articulators, spare parts of sophisticated machineries etc.
It is with this that gave birth to the Shipping Industry to serve as the best medium in the transportation of heavy duty goods from one country to another. Shipping as a medium of transportation was a revolutionary breakthrough during that time and it has indeed served humanity for over sixty years and still counting. The efforts and performances of the Shipping Industry over the years have not been able to reach its peak due to certain shortfalls that exist within the industry.
SHORT FALLS WITHIN THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY
Inadequate information about Freight Containers
Communication is one of the essential tools that most industries try as much as possible to promote it to ensure that time, money and efforts are not wasted on any activity within the industry. Almost every industry that we know has a central board of communication where it communicates with its individual components to ensure that each individual component is working as scheduled but it is rather unfortunate that as big as the Shipping Industry is there is no such central communication board that checks up on the whereabout and performances of its shipping cargoes. This is a very serious problem which needs to be addressed since it without information about all these individual shipping cargoes it can result in the shipping of cargoes to wrong destinations. Imagine shipping goods al the way from Russia to England only to get to know that it was supposed to go to Australia, now you can know the amount of energy and the resources that have been spent in futile.
The Airline Industry has a central control board which is constantly keeping in touch with individual airlines concerning their destination, their current location and even the number of people on board.
Outdated Technological Systems
Technology has advanced in several dimensions and most leading industries are running their systems on the latest of these technological products but it is very weird that the shipping industry still runs its system on these outdated and outmoded systems. Running the operations of the shipping industry on this old system brings about a whole lot of fees that are wrongly charged. This further leads to poor satisfaction of customers as there is delay in the processing of details concerning the buying of containers.
Customer satisfaction is something that no organization wants to put in jeopardy because it is the constant need of services by customers that keeps the organization or industry operates. Furthermore, it is by satisfying customers that brings up generating of funds for the industry but customer satisfaction is something which is not prioritized these days.
The Solution that Global Shared Container Platform (GSCP) provides
The Global Shard Container Platform seeks to provide a common platform where information concerning individual ships, their whereabout, destination, the goods that they are carrying etc. The GSCP will serve as the communication control room for the shipping industry where every information concerning every ship and its activities shall be recorded.
To accomplish this effective platform of communication, the Global Shared Container Platform will be developed based on the blockchain ledger system which is an incorruptible format of collecting data. The blockchain ledger system also organizes information in a manner whereby it makes it easy to retrieve any old information in the future when the need be with ease other than the outmoded forms of storing information which sometimes caused the loss of essential data concerning certain operational activities of the shipping industry.
Furthermore, with the blockchain technology would with its incorruptible nature will make sure that data that are stored into the system cannot be altered and not also be tempered with by any unauthorized third-party systems. By inculcating the blockchain technology unto the Global Shared Container Platform, the shipping industry is going to operate at its best and giving customers the best of service that they desire.
Another intriguing feature that would be used on the Global Shared Container Platform is the Smart Contract as a mode of payment for transaction. The use of Smart Contract will go a long way to help reduce certain fees that are charged on transactions thereby decreasing the overall cost that customers have to incur. The use of smart contract removes intermediaries in a transactional chain thereby cutting down some fees that could have been charged. This is system of payment is also very fast and instant that it would save customers and the industry a whole lot of time. Please refer to the whitepaper https://www.blockshipping.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Blockshipping_GSCP_ICO_White_Paper_public.pdf to get a detailed information of how the Global Shared Container Platform will operate with its various components.
TOKEN SALES
ROADMAP
Contained in the whitepaper is a detailed layout of how the development team wishes to carry this project into realization.
TEAM MEMBERS
This project is supported by a group of experienced individuals who have gained in-depth experience in their various fields of discipline. Their hardworking spirit can be seen in the various contributions that each of the component of the team is working towards be it the communication team or the development team. With this sense of passion and hardworking spirit of the team this project is going to be worth investing into. Below are few of the team members please refer to the website or whitepaper to get to know the entire team behind this great initiative.
Peter Ludvigsen
Has been in the shipping industry for about 39 years and has acquired massive experience in the operational activities of the shipping industries. He has served in the various departments of the shipping industry such as Liner Shipping, Operations Management, Ports etc. and also founded Bestshore Business Solutions in the United Kingdom. He has gained a whole lot of credentials within the industry and his contribution to this project will surely steer this project into a phenomenal success.
Jesper Vedelsby
Has also been a co-worker with Peter Ludvigsen in Bestshore Business Solution from 2004. He has attained an MSc Neural Networks degree in the Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen and had served as IT Systems Architect and hardcore developer. He heads as the senior project manager in different countries. His in puts into this project is very important to the success story which would be realized once the development team launches the project into full motion.
CONCLUSION
With Global Shared Container Platform, the shipping industry would overcome its shortfalls in terms of high transactional cost, poor customer service, and the lack of communication among individual ships that are carrying goods over the seas. This is a revolutionary breakthrough for the industry and it would go a long way to improve the performances of the industry and finally increasing its income that it generates.
Please connect with the team of the project on the following lines:
Website: https://www.blockshipping.io/
Whitepaper: https://www.blockshipping.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Blockshipping_GSCP_ICO_White_Paper_public.pdf
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/HWi2Gw9VvUw1U5lZObNS2w
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blockshipping
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Blockshipping
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6rhL5daYE8jxbuUgNu6jg
Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3502572.new#new
Authorship
Bitcointalk Username: Kelvinikke
My bitcointalk profile is https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2087374
The experience of some of the team members like Peter Ludvigsen surely sets this project to a great success. He has really been in the shipping industry for a very long time and will certainly put in his best to make this project a great success.
That is so true you know, Peter Ludvigsen is really a pioneer in the shipping industry and he stands tall with so many achievements and i am sure his contribution will really help in making this project a great one.
The blockchain technology is one of the advanced forms of technology and to have the shipping industry inculcate it into their system would really help increase their efficiency in their activities.
The blockchain technology has significant features like its security system, and with the use of the blockchain ledger it will help organize data and information very tactfully.
The decentralized nature of the blockchain technology will reduce some unecessary cost of transactions. Great job team, the shipping industry really needs this!
Blockchain is all about connecting members on a platform directly to conduct transactions without any intermediaries to increase the cost of transaction. Thanks for the feedback guys, i really appreciate your concern to this project.
Freight containers can now be traced wherever that they are with the help of the blockchain immutable ledger system.
yeahh yeahh...the days of freight containers being lost over seas would be soon be over with the launch of blockshipping into the shipping industry.