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RINA anticipates a new version of the registry of electronic edge based on the technology blockchain
It prevents the illegal modification of the data
June 13, 2019
The society of classification RINA has announced to have created a new version of its registry of electronic edge, the ELB, that the first to employ the technology is to sophistication test being blockchain in order to guarantee the sure and always traceable recording of the data of the ship, affording to the companies of navigation to show to the customers and the competent authorities own integrity and transparency in all the edge operations.
The Italian company has remembered that I use it of ELB is already pervasive in the world of navigation and that this instrument replaces the paper registries, as the Oil Record Book, the registry of means of cargo, the registries of the refusals and ballast. In particular, the ELB simplifies the insertion of the data, helps to respect the norms and diminishes the risk of errors humans (reducing therefore the risk non-compliance and fines) and, with the addition of the technology blockchain to the ELB, all the recorded data they become immutable and fixed in the time: this means that the recordings cannot be counterfeit and their integrity can be easy verified from the Harbour Authorities.
"Draft - Giosuè Vezzuto has explained, chief digital officer of RINA - of the evolution of our platform RINACube ELB, already on hand of the shipowners that they want protect and to reinforce own reputation in the field of the respect of the regulations to protection of the atmosphere. The new version introduces a level of ulterior development, connecting the registries of edge (as the Oil Book Record) to a blockchain publishes that . This helps the navigation companies to bring to light own engagement in preventing fraudulent recordings graces to a total transparency of the operations".
"It is - it has continued Vezzuto - the first ELB to use this reliable and sure technology. Draft of a meaningful step for the future of the naval industry, than so can clearly show to the customers and the civil society its engagement in respecting the environmental norms. Its I use it can help to reduce the number of correlated penal procedures to the counterfeit recordings and inside raises the standards of transparency of the field, carrying advantages to all".
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