BRUcloud is an open data sharing platform based on Nallian’s data technology on which different applications can be built. Brussels airport has just announced the launch of its first application using blockchain technology, strengthening its front runner position in digital innovation within the air cargo industry.
Compared to other cargo community systems, the BRUcloud’s main priority is not digitising the existing messages and communication between the different actors, but making data sharing in a cloud environment possible.
“It enables the different stakeholders of the air cargo supply chain to work more “integrated” and act as a network. Data will be stored only once, centrally. Once a company is connected to the cloud, it can start using the different existing applications and can start exchanging information very easily with other stakeholders instead of maintaining system-to-system connections with all different partners individually,” explains Sara Van Gelder, Cargo Business Development Manager at the airport.
This new application, using blockchain technology, is the next step in the Landside Management tool that Brussels airport is developing, together with its stakeholders at BRUcargo. The app will closely co-operate with pre-existing apps such as the Slot Booking App, or those to be developed in the future. The focus of this next phase is that of making the import process paperless, more efficient and transparent.