Magazine : Archives : 3rd Quarter 2022

Unlocking Blockchain’s Power

The shipping industry is rife with antiquated processes, a problem that Joshua Wolfe, a former U.S. Customs agent and CEO of CargoSprint, has spent the past decade working to solve.  Based in Peachtree City, Georgia, CargoSprint facilitates payments between freight forwarders — the company or person organizing a shipment — and cargo facilities, such as a shipping company or airline. When the company got its start in 2012, checks were the only way to pay handling fees for these huge, round-the-clock international shipments. “A customer would request payment online, and we would print the check through Google Cloud Print,” Wolfe...