RE:BlockchainDisagree strongly with this. The article you referenced is just saying how Blockchain will replace paper trail for shipment tracking, therefore instead of having paper forms for every step of the shipping process, it will be in a decentralized ledger, i.e. the blockchain.
You still need LTE-M or NB-IoT beacons to track impacts, temperature, humidity, etc. during different steps, e.g. while the container is loaded onto a truck or while it's on the ship. The beacons also allow you to know exactly where the container is located whereas the blockchain just tells you at which step in the shipping process it is - e.g. you would know that the container is loaded onto the truck and on route to the client from the "blockchain", but you wouldn't know if an impact occured, the temperature or humidity was too high, it was exposed to light, or even where exactly on the road the container is because you need to have beacons to get that information.
In short, blockchain would be a replacement to the paperwork, yet you would still need beacons to get sensor and real-time data.
realistmen2016 wrote: I know BEW beacons can give atmospheric pressure, temperature, etc ... what blockchain contracts can not do BUT do you think it could harm BEW when both buyer and seller can know in time where their product is. I give you a link to IBM on the future of container transport.
https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=XI912347USEN