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Blockchain, smart contracts and electronic bills – is the future of shipping paperless?

Antonia Panayides and Anushka Karunaratne, of Reed Smith, compare blockchain to the major historic developments in the shipping industry

A round 90 per cent of the world’s trade estimated to be worth about US$4 trillion a year is carried by more than 50,000 merchant ships trading worldwide.

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