ShipChain and GTX Corp Launch Blockchain Shipment Tracking Solution- The Maritime Executive
BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE 2019-07-22 17:44:04 Blockchain-based logistics ShipChain and GTX Corp (GTXO), a global tech leader offering a suite of GPS and near field communication (NFC) tracking location-based services, have announced a new partnership for a new global NFC blockchain shipment tracking solution. Under the agreement, ShipChain will use GTX’s temperature enabled NFC smart tags to track temperature-sensitive shipments. The tag requires no scanners, or wires, and records temperatures based on customer-defined intervals and duration. In addition, GTX offers other NFC products that ShipChain will utilize to optimize its Track and Trace Platform. “ShipChain’s new partnership with GTX is another step toward reaching our goal: a transparent, unified, end-to-end logistics platform,” said John Monarch, ShipChain CEO, “Until now, availability and cost of sensors was always a stumbling block. But GTX’s smart tags – integrated into ShipChain’s track and trace platform – provide low cost, powerful tool to give our customers even […]