THE BEST MULTIMODAL LOGISTICS COMPANY BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IS BORN

3 min readJul 28, 2017

IMMLA (International MultiModal Logistics Application)

#IMMLA is a multimodal logistic service with decentralized control system of transportation, document flow and payments.

Business strategy of а multimodal application is based on providing customers with а fundamentally new way of interacting with logistics market.

FEATURES OF IMMLA SYSTEM:

— Dutch auction of carriers optimizes transportation costs and offers the best possible prices; the customer herself chooses an option of delivery that fits her in terms of price, terms and additional services.

— Online GPS and Integration of existing tracking providers over their protocol on the early stages ensures that damage during transit of cargo is monitored and taken note of with the use of blockchain technology, Data will be aggregated, unified and shown to end user

— Cargo transportation is monitored from the request till the successful closing of the deal.

— AII actions are recorded in the blockchain, which omits trust issues between parties;

— Smart contract, which is approved at the beginning of shipment, will automatically execute mutual settlement according to data stored in blockchain.

— Payments through IMMLA service are settled with a single currency — IMMLA token.

— Use of IMMLA reduces the number of idle trips.

— Transport and damage risk are covered by automatic cargo insurance.

— IMMLA will issue personal licenses for suppliers through the modern DLT technology which data other entities can get and verify, thereby solving the risk of insolvency of cargo owners

— IMMLA has commercial interest in the successful completion of cargo transportation for all parties. (Unlike the current web portals, where the main revenue is generated from subscriber payment/connection fees, and the service is not responsible for the successful outcome), IMMLA services are based on smart contracts built on Ethereum blockchain. It is designed to eliminate the risk of unfair business practices and/or non-performance of the delivery contract.

Integration of а full cycle of cargo transportation into the functionality of one application will allow

IMMLA to provide a valuable service on the freight market: The business process with the IMMLA application is risk-backed, more profitable and more reliable than the direct interaction of freighters with cargo owners.

IMMLA suggests using Sovrin identity system as a trusted and sharable ledger. This technology prevents lack of security and improves product transparency, reliability and portability. Sovrin is a distributed ledger hence no single entity keeps Client’s information. Also Clients control their private data and can share IMMLA’s verifications status with anyone without requests to IMMLA system.

DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE PROJECT

1. Phased development and implementation of modules. IMMLA will be gradually connected to the “forwarding”, “air”, “railway”, “sea-cargo”, “custom”, and “warehouse” modules as follows;

- 20l 8: Auto and sea-cargo modules will be launched because they represent best fit of high demand for multimodal contracting and low implementation complexity.

- 20l 9: Air transportation and customs services module.

- 2020: Forwarding and warehouse modules.

- 202l: Railway module.

2. Regional expansion strategy

- 20l 8: IMMLA service will be launched on the Russian trucking and sea container market.

- 20l 9–2020: Expand service to the CIS countries.

- 202l: Expand service to markets of Europe, and China.

- 2022: Expand to Asian region.

- After 202: Worldwide implementation of IMMLA services.

MEET THE #IMMLA TEAM

Meet IMMLA Founder Mikhail Astakhov, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bPYlKcUEx0

Meet Kirill Tulenev, Executive Director of IMMLA. Kirill within ten years worked in sphere of the international agency service of navigable lines (container transportations), starting as an оperative specialist of representative office at K-Line/Kess (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Japan) to the managing director of UASC (United Arab Shipping Company, U.A.E.) in Russia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s18g9zmfTLM&feature=youtu.be

Kirill Tulenev about his role in IMMLA project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvP2Wom5xKQ&feature=youtu.be

Kirill Tulenev about the future of shipping lines and IMMLA-like services https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daeeWUqQH30

Meet Vyacheslav Neunyvakin, IT-director of IMMLA. He’s the author and the developer of system of automation of transport and logistic and customs activity Logismart :tm:, established more than on 2000 workplaces of 60 industry enterprises. https://youtu.be/LfwNA4-Ge9k

Meet the IT director of IMMLA Viacheslav Neunyvakin Enjoy! https://youtu.be/AxNgq_pzzgc

Meet another member of the team, adviser from Hellmann — Alexander Gromov. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/EW6x7SsTc3U

BASIC INFO AND LINKS

Website: https://immla.io

Whitepaper: http://immla.io/IMMLA_WP.pdf

Bitcointallk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2007562.0

Telegram: https://t.me/immlacommunity

Blog: https://medium.com/@IMMLA

Slack: https://immlateam.slack.com/messages/@slackbot/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/-IMMLA-

Twitter: https://twitter.com/IMMLA_io

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/immlaio/