Rotterdam blockchain innovation lab applying smart contracts and distributed ledger technology to freight logistics, TEN-T integration, and synchromodal transport networks.
Blockchain Fieldlab BV is a Rotterdam-based innovation lab that applies blockchain technology and smart contracts to freight logistics and supply chain coordination. Their core work centers on validating distributed ledger solutions in live logistics environments — testing how blockchain can coordinate multimodal transport, automate customs and trade documentation, and federate disconnected logistics networks. In the PLANET project they contributed to integrating TEN-T infrastructure into global trade flows using the "physical internet" concept, treating freight routing like data packets. Their Rotterdam location places them directly inside Europe's busiest port ecosystem, giving them operational access to real freight flows that most blockchain research groups lack.
PLANET explicitly lists blockchain technologies and smart contracts as core keywords, and both projects involve logistics network coordination where DLT-based automation is a central mechanism.
PLANET (2020-2023) names synchromodality and physical internet as focus areas, reflecting expertise in dynamically routing freight across road, rail, and waterway modes using shared data protocols.
PLANET focuses on integrating TEN-T corridor infrastructure into global trade networks, with geoeconomics and new trade routes listed as explicit keywords.
MAGPIE (2021-2026) addresses smart green ports as integrated multimodal hubs, extending their logistics expertise into port efficiency and sustainability.
Their H2020 entry (2020) was sharply focused on blockchain-enabled trade network integration — specifically the physical internet concept, synchromodality, and TEN-T modelling, with geoeconomics and new trade routes as framing themes. The second project (MAGPIE, 2021) shifted toward smart green ports and multimodal hub efficiency, with no separate keyword set available, making it harder to trace exactly how the focus evolved. The direction appears to be a broadening from pure blockchain/DLT protocol work toward integrated port and multimodal logistics infrastructure, possibly reflecting market pull from the port sector as green transition pressures intensified.
They appear to be moving from blockchain protocol design toward applied port and multimodal logistics infrastructure, which positions them well for partnerships in green corridor and port digitization projects.
Blockchain Fieldlab BV has participated in both projects as a consortium partner, never as coordinator, indicating they contribute specialist technology input rather than project management. Despite only two projects, they have connected with 80 unique partners across 15 countries — consistent with large, competitive consortia where many organizations share a single project. This suggests they are sought out as a specific blockchain/DLT competence node, brought in to validate or implement distributed ledger components within broader transport research efforts.
Despite only two projects, they have accumulated 80 unique consortium partners across 15 countries — a high network density that reflects participation in large, internationally distributed transport consortia. No geographic concentration is visible from the data, suggesting their partnerships span multiple EU member states and possibly some associated countries.
As a dedicated blockchain fieldlab based in Rotterdam — the largest port in Europe — they operate at the intersection of live freight operations and distributed ledger technology, which is a combination few research or tech organizations can credibly claim. Unlike university groups studying blockchain theoretically, a fieldlab format implies real industry partners co-testing solutions in operational settings. For a consortium builder, they bring both technical DLT credibility and direct access to Rotterdam's port and logistics industry network.
