Partnership aims to set up a marine blockchain lab

Lloyd’s Register and Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration (BLOC) will use the lab to conduct three demonstrator projects and build a collaborative network to explore the application of blockchain technology.

“Maritime Blockchain Labs (MBL) and its projects will drive intelligent, informed blockchain adoption in the maritime sector through demonstrator projects that will deliver first-hand, real-world insight into how these technologies can be applied,” said Gary Pogson, author of Lloyd’s Register Foundation and the Alan Turing Institute’s Insight Report on Distributed Ledger technologies.

Research objectives

Another objective of MBL is to establish an ecosystem within the sector to foster innovation and collaboration between blockchain practitioners and industry actors and share knowledge and best practices.

BLOC is an organisation established to drive and deliver thought leadership, stakeholder capacity building, rapid demonstrator prototyping, and open, collaborative research and development within the maritime and energy industries and carbon markets.

Deanna MacDonald, CEO, BLOC, said: “Blockchain is fundamentally a collaborative technology and will only truly transform the industry if we are all working from the same, or interlinked, systems, rather than competing.”

If you are interested in joining Maritime Blockchain Labs as a community member, industry actor, blockchain practitioner or founding partner please email info@un-bloc.com