Digitalization has simplified customs clearance in many areas, especially in the declaration of imports and exports. However, various data discontinuities and queries continue to unnecessarily delay cross-border process flows. In the new...
Survey: Challenges in operating a blockchain
What challenges do companies and researchers face when operating a blockchain? This is the question that is the focus of our current survey. At the end of the year, Blockchain Europe would like to publish the results and share initial...
Blockchain & Customs – LedgerMan at Europe’s largest container port
Customs processing in export trade is a highly regulated area, shaped by national and EU regulations as well as by varying requirements of the respective third countries. It involves many international players who often do not have a...
Summer School 2022
From July 4-8, 2022, the seventh PhD School of Logistics of the Innovation Ecosystem will take place at the science location Dortmund. This year, the Summer School will be held under the title "How to: The New Supply Chain Management". 20...
Perspectives: Technology Leadership Blockchain – Now!
Axel T. Schulte is Head of Department for "Procurement and Finance in Supply Chain Management" at Fraunhofer IML in Dortmund and an active member of “Blockchain Europe”, the initiative by the NRW government to establish the European...
Perspectives: Blockchain & Science Communication
The Blockchain Europe project and its community are multi-faceted. There are very different perspectives on the scientific, application and working field of Blockchain. Britta Scherer is manager for communication and community. Her "daily...
Your feedback is requested!
Are you responsible for customs processing or exports in a company, do you work for central authorities or do you come from an association with close contact to export officers or clerks? Then you should take part in our survey. How do...
#Fakenews: Blockchain is insecure!
There are many prejudices, misreportings and misunderstandings when it comes to the topic of blockchain. The technology offers enormous potential. So that everyone can benefit from it and the technology and its possibilities become more...
New Working Group Dedicated to Blockchain-based Customs Processing
Initiated by the "UnConference Blockchain Europe" in April 2021, a multi-national "Working Group Customs and Blockchain" came together. The current 24 members deal with the future application possibilities of blockchain technology in...
Advisory board advises European Blockchain Institute in NRW
The expert advisory board for the "Blockchain Europe" project to establish the European Blockchain Institute in NRW is now meeting for the first time. Leading representatives from business and science are to support blockchain research in...
#Fakenews: Blockchain is just a hype.
There are many prejudices, misreportings and misunderstandings when it comes to the topic of blockchain. The technology offers enormous potential. So that everyone can benefit from it and the technology and its possibilities become more...
Original Collector’s Edition
After the first season of animated films about the blockchain superhero Ledger Man, Blockchain Europe now also publishes the first comic book in the Special Edition. The comic book can be viewed and browsed online free of charge. In...
