There is much talk in the shipping world of technological reform — indeed there has always been.

TradeWinds published articles within a week on blockchain and electronic bills of trading at the end of May 2018. On 25 May, it was reported that AP Moller-Maersk’s blockchain insurance platform had gone live. And on 30 May, Bolero International was said to be teaming up with NR Capital to open access to electronic bills of trading for bulk shipping.