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ABSTRACT
As an essential carrier of cross-border trade, the maritime supply chain has always been plagued by long service cycles, complex structures, and heterogeneous information from multiple sources. In this context, as a distributed database system, the emerging blockchain technology has the characteristics of decentralization, tamper-proofness, and traceability, which can be correctly applied in the maritime industry to promote its transformation and upgrading. However, blockchain application in the maritime supply chain remains notably absent, leaving this critical topic almost unexplored. Thus, we first conduct a comprehensive literature review and an industrial investigation to clarify the current status, problems, and challenges of the blockchain-based maritime supply chain system (BMSCS). We construct a new operation management mode of the maritime supply chain and propose an integrated BMSCS suitable for global economic development. Finally, based on comparison of the current research results, reasonable suggestions for the future operation and development of the BMSCS are put forward to enhance the coordination among members, accelerate the application of blockchain in the maritime industry, and gradually realise the intelligent operation of the maritime supply chain.
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Jiaguo Liu
Jiaguo Liu was born in Zaoyang, China, in 1979. He received the B.S. degrees in Management Business Administration from the Northeast University, Shenyang, China, in 2003 and Ph.D. degrees in Management Engineering from the Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China, in 2010, respectively. He is now a professor in Dalian Maritime University, China. His research interests include supply chain management, procurement management, maritime operations management.
Huimin Zhang
Huimin Zhang is a graduate student of School of Maritime Economics and Management of Dalian Maritime University, majoring in business management. His research interest focuses on maritime supply chain management and green sustainable supply chain. His research usually aims at maximising revenue, and uses game theory to analyse government subsidies and other operational measures in the field of supply chain management.
Lu Zhen
Lu Zhen is a Professor and Dean in the School of Management at Shanghai University. He got his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003 and 2008, respectively. He worked at National University of Singapore as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow before joining Shanghai University in 2011 as Assistant Professor, and was promoted as Associate Professor and Full Professor after half a year and one year, respectively. His research interests include logistics and supply chain management, operations research, optimisation in port and shipping management, and knowledge management. He has published 80 SCI and SSCI journal papers on some reputable journals such as Transportation Science, Transportation Research Part B, Naval Research Logistics, and IISE Transactions. He is the PI of 15 projects including five at the national level. He has served as an associate editor or an editorial board member of five SCI/SSC journals such as Transportation Research Part B, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Computers & Operations Research; and he is also the Fellow of the Operational Research Society (U.K.). He has been awarded National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists in China, National Funds for Outstanding Young Scientists in China, Changjiang Young Scholar in China, and etc.