Goods multimodal transport logistics distribution method based on blockchain technology

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for multimodal transport logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology. By forming a multimodal transport alliance of goods and creating a multimodal transport blockchain with the carrier management systems of all alliance members within the multimodal transport alliance of goods, then the multimodal transport operator fully considers and predicts the status of each transfer node (i.e., transport node) participating in the multimodal transport, and plans the multimodal transport plan for the goods based on the status of each transfer node (i.e., transport node). Furthermore, the total transport price corresponding to the shortest time for transporting the goods from the place of dispatch to the destination (i.e., the place of receipt) is obtained, so as to facilitate the customer to confirm the planned multimodal transport method, and after confirmation, execute the multimodal transport, avoiding delaying the process and efficiency of the entire multimodal transport due to one or several transfer nodes participating in the multimodal transport being in a non-idle state.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of logistics, and in particular to a multimodal transport logistics distribution method for goods based on blockchain technology. Background Art

[0002] With the development of the logistics industry and the increasing demand for cargo transportation, the traditional single mode of transportation has been unable to meet the needs of the logistics market, which has prompted the emergence of multimodal transportation. Multimodal transportation uses two or more modes of transportation to transport goods from the origin to the destination, so as to make full use of transportation resources and integrate the advantages of different modes of transportation to complete transportation services, so as to meet the transportation needs of some users who require the goods to be transported to the destination in the shortest time. Each mode of transportation involves a carrier. For example, the land transportation mode is a carrier responsible for land transportation that participates in the responsibility and implementation until the goods are handed over to the carrier of the next mode of transportation.

[0003] However, the existing multimodal transport distribution mode of goods is planned by the multimodal operator who is responsible for contacting customers to negotiate the transport, but fails to fully consider the status of each transfer node (i.e., transportation node) involved in the multimodal transport. As a result, the multimodal transport path obtained by such planning is prone to delay the entire multimodal transport process when executing multimodal transport because one or several transfer nodes involved in the multimodal transport are in a non-idle state (i.e., there are no idle vehicles for deployment), thus increasing the time of multimodal transport. In addition, since multimodal transport involves multiple carriers, this causes poor management of cargo status information and makes it impossible to trace the cargo status information. Summary of the invention

[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a multimodal transport logistics distribution method for goods based on blockchain technology in view of the above-mentioned prior art.

[0005] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above technical problems is: a multimodal transport logistics distribution method for goods based on blockchain technology, characterized in that it includes the following steps:

[0006] Step 1: Establish a cargo multimodal transport alliance; the cargo multimodal transport alliance is composed of the multimodal transport operator, land transport carrier, water transport carrier and air transport carrier. The multimodal transport operator is the leader of the cargo multimodal transport alliance, and the land transport carrier, water transport carrier and air transport carrier are all members of the cargo multimodal transport alliance. The land transport carrier has its own land transport node and land transport tool, the water transport carrier has its own water transport node and water transport tool, and the air transport carrier has its own air transport node and air transport tool.

[0007] Step 2: Form a multimodal transport blockchain with the carrier management systems of all alliance members within the multimodal transport alliance of goods.

[0008] Step 3: The multimodal transport operator obtains the carrier charging standards of each alliance member and all transfer node information respectively; among them, the transfer node information includes the two-dimensional coordinates of the location of the transfer node and the total number of transfer tools managed by each transfer node.

[0009] Step 4: The multimodal transport operator obtains the shipping order information of the user; among them, the shipping order information includes the shipper information, the shipping address, the goods attribute information, the consignee information and the receiving address, and the goods attribute information includes the volume of the goods, the weight of the goods, the quantity of the goods and the timeliness information.

[0010] Step 5: The multimodal transport operator obtains the status information of all transfer nodes corresponding to each alliance member; among them, the status information is the idle state that can undertake the goods or the non-idle state that cannot undertake the goods.

[0011] Step 6: The multimodal transport operator obtains the total freight when transporting the goods with the shortest transport time according to the shipping order information, the carrier charging standards of each alliance member and the status information of all transfer nodes of each alliance member.

[0012] Step 7: The multimodal transport operator sends the total freight for transporting the goods with the shortest transport time to the shipper for selection and confirmation, and after the shipper goes through the multimodal transport confirmation procedures, the alliance members cooperate to execute the multimodal transport corresponding to the shortest transport time.

[0013] Step 8: The multimodal transport operator publishes the transport status information of the goods as blockchain information to the multimodal transport blockchain at a preset interval.

[0014] Improved, in the method for multimodal transport logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology, steps a1 - a4 are also included during the process of transporting the goods in the multimodal transport mode selected by the shipper:

[0015] Step a1: The transfer node participating in the transfer of the goods sends the transport status information of the goods to the carrier management system of the carrier to which the transfer node belongs.

[0016] Step a2: After the carrier completes its own task in the carrier stage of the goods and transfers the goods to other carriers, the carrier that has completed the task in the carrier stage uses its own carrier management system to send all the transport status information of the goods in this carrier stage to its own transfer nodes.

[0017] Step a3: The carrier that has completed the tasks in the carriage stage uses its own carriage management system to send all the transportation status information of the goods in this carriage stage to the multimodal transport operator and the carrier at the end of the current multimodal transport task respectively; among them, the carrier at the end of the current multimodal transport task is the carrier that participates in the current multimodal transport task and is responsible for finally transporting the goods to the receiving address.

[0018] Step a4: The multimodal transport operator takes all the latest received transportation status information as the latest transportation status information of the corresponding goods.

[0019] Further improvement: In the above-mentioned multimodal transport logistics distribution method based on blockchain technology, the shortest time is obtained as follows:

[0020]

[0021]

[0022] And, the end condition is: Wherein:

[0023] represents the shortest path time to reach the transfer node i at time t along the arc (k, i) by transportation mode x, and this time is the shortest time mentioned above;

[0024] represents the transportation mode conversion time and freight delay time during the process of reaching the transfer node i at time t along the arc (k, i) by transportation mode x and then converting to transportation mode y along the arc (i, j) to reach the transfer node j at this transfer node i.

[0025] represents the transportation time from the transfer node i to the transfer node j at time t by transportation mode y;

[0026] represents the shortest path time to reach the transfer node j at time t from the transfer node i along the arc (i, j) by transportation mode y;

[0027] M is the set of transportation modes in the multimodal transport, T is the set of discrete times, V is the set of all transfer nodes in the multimodal transport; D is the destination node, V\D is all transfer nodes located in the set V and excluding the destination node D; D' represents the exit node attached to the destination node D except for the entrance node; Γ(i) is the set of subsequent nodes of the transfer node i, Γ -1 (i) is the previous transfer node connected to the transfer node i;

[0028] Denote the shortest path time from transfer node i' to transfer node i at time t by transportation mode x, where transfer node i is the starting node.

[0029] Furthermore, in the multimodal transport logistics distribution method based on blockchain technology, the calculation method of the total freight for transporting goods with the shortest transportation time is as follows:

[0030]

[0031] Where is the sum of the transportation costs between all transfer nodes located in the multimodal transport and transporting the goods, is the sum of all transportation mode conversion costs located in the multimodal transport and undertaking the goods, is the goods custody cost:

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[0034] Improved, in the multimodal transport logistics distribution method based on blockchain technology, in step 6, the multimodal transport operator selects the idle transfer nodes of each alliance member respectively, and takes the selected transfer nodes as the carrier nodes participating in the carriage of the goods.

[0035] Furthermore, in the multimodal transport logistics distribution method based on blockchain technology, the multimodal transport operator selects the idle transfer nodes of each alliance member in the following manner:

[0036] Step b1, each alliance member pre-processes the idle state of each transfer node it manages within a preset time period, and respectively obtains the transfer node prediction state curve of each transfer node; wherein, the transfer node prediction state curve is a curve of the dependent variable idle state and the independent variable time;

[0037] Step b2, each alliance member sends the state curves of all transfer nodes it manages to the multimodal transport operator;

[0038] Step b3, the multimodal transport operator obtains the predicted arrival time of the goods transported from the previous transfer node to the next responsible transfer node based on the received state curves of all transfer nodes;

[0039] Step b4, the multimodal transport operator obtains the transportation mode of the previous transfer node and the transportation mode of the next transfer node; wherein, the previous transfer node is not responsible for the transportation of the next transfer node;

[0040] Step b5: The multimodal operator obtains the predicted idle state of the latter responsible transfer node at the preset arrival time according to the transfer node prediction state curve corresponding to the latter responsible transfer node.

[0041] Step b6: The multimodal operator makes a judgment and processing based on the predicted idle state of the latter responsible transfer node obtained:

[0042] When the predicted idle state of the latter responsible transfer node is the idle state, select the latter responsible transfer node as the transfer node for transporting the goods; otherwise, go to step b7.

[0043] Step b7: The multimodal operator processes and obtains the predicted idle state of all transfer nodes belonging to the same alliance member as the latter responsible transfer node at the predicted arrival time.

[0044] Step b8: The multimodal operator selects the transfer nodes with the predicted idle state as the idle state, and uses the selected transfer node as the transfer node for transporting the goods transported by the previous transfer node.

[0045] Furthermore, in the multimodal logistics distribution method of goods based on blockchain technology, in step b8, when the multimodal operator does not obtain the transfer nodes in the predicted idle state, the multimodal operator selects the transfer node with the optimal distance among all transfer nodes belonging to the same alliance member as the latter responsible transfer node as the transfer node for transporting the goods transported by the previous transfer node; wherein, the optimal distance is the transfer node closest to the previous transfer node.

[0046] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are as follows:

[0047] First of all, in the multimodal logistics distribution method of goods of the present invention, the multimodal operator fully considers the state of each transfer node (i.e., transportation node) predicted to participate in the multimodal transport, and plans the multimodal transport plan for the goods based on the state of each transfer node, and obtains the total transport price corresponding to the shortest time for transporting the goods from the place of shipment to the destination (i.e., the place of receipt), so as to facilitate the customer to confirm the planned multimodal transport method, and execute the multimodal transport after the customer completes the multimodal transport confirmation procedures, avoiding delaying the process and efficiency of the entire multimodal transport due to one or several transfer nodes participating in the multimodal transport being in a non-idle state.

[0048] In addition, by forming a multimodal transportation alliance of freight forwarders, land carriers, water carriers, and air carriers, and using the carrier management systems of all alliance members within the multimodal transportation alliance to form a multimodal transportation blockchain, the carrier that completes the tasks in the carrier stage uses its own carrier management system to send all the transportation status information of the goods in this carrier stage to the freight forwarder and the carrier at the end of the current multimodal transportation task respectively. This not only realizes the sharing of transportation status information but also facilitates the tracing of goods transportation status information on the multimodal transportation blockchain. Brief Description of the Drawings

[0049] Figure 1 It is a schematic flowchart of a method for multimodal transportation and logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology in an embodiment of the present invention. Detailed Embodiment

[0050] The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the embodiments of the drawings.

[0051] This embodiment provides a method for multimodal transportation and logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology. Refer to Figure 1 As shown, the method for multimodal transportation and logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology in this embodiment includes the following steps:

[0052] Step 1, form a multimodal transportation alliance of goods; among them, the multimodal transportation alliance of goods consists of a freight forwarder, land carriers, water carriers, and air carriers. The freight forwarder is the leader of the multimodal transportation alliance of goods, and land carriers, water carriers, and air carriers are all alliance members of the multimodal transportation alliance of goods; land carriers have their own land transfer nodes and land transfer tools, water carriers have their own water transfer nodes and water transfer tools, and air carriers have their own air transfer nodes and air transfer tools; each carrier has multiple transfer nodes, and these transfer nodes can all interact with the carrier to which they belong; the transfer nodes here are logistics outlets responsible for transporting goods.

[0053] Step 2, form a multimodal transportation blockchain with the carrier management systems of all alliance members within the multimodal transportation alliance of goods;

[0054] Step 3, the freight forwarder respectively obtains the carrier charging standards of each alliance member and all transfer node information; among them, the transfer node information includes the two-dimensional coordinates of the location of the transfer node and the total number of transfer tools managed by each transfer node.

[0055] Step 4, the freight forwarder obtains the shipping order information of the user; among them, the shipping order information includes shipper information, shipping address, goods attribute information, consignee information, and receiving address. The goods attribute information includes the volume of the goods, the weight of the goods, the quantity of the goods, and timeliness information.

[0056] Step 5, the multimodal transport operator obtains the status information of all transfer nodes corresponding to each alliance member; wherein, the status information is an idle state that can receive the goods or a non-idle state that cannot receive the goods.

[0057] Step 6, the multimodal transport operator obtains the total freight when transporting the goods by multimodal transport with the shortest transportation time according to the consignment note information, the freight charge standards of each alliance member, and the status information of all transfer nodes of each alliance member.

[0058] Specifically in this embodiment, the multimodal transport operator respectively selects the transfer nodes in the idle state of each alliance member, and takes the selected transfer nodes as the carrier nodes participating in the carriage of the goods; for example, the multimodal transport operator selects the transfer nodes in the idle state of each alliance member in the following manner of steps b1 to b8:

[0059] Step b1, each alliance member pre-processes the idle state of each transfer node it manages within a preset time period, and respectively obtains a transfer node prediction status curve corresponding to each transfer node; wherein, the transfer node prediction status curve is a curve with the dependent variable of idle state and the independent variable of time.

[0060] Step b2, each alliance member sends the status curves of all transfer nodes it manages to the multimodal transport operator.

[0061] Step b3, based on the received status curves of all transfer nodes, the multimodal transport operator obtains the predicted arrival time when the goods are transported from the previous transfer node to the next responsible transfer node.

[0062] Step b4, the multimodal transport operator obtains the transportation mode of the previous transfer node and the transportation mode of the next transfer node; wherein, the previous transfer node is not responsible for the transportation of the next transfer node; the transportation modes of the previous transfer node and the next transfer node may be different, that is, the two do not belong to the same carrier.

[0063] Step b5, according to the transfer node prediction status curve corresponding to the next responsible transfer node, the multimodal transport operator obtains the predicted idle state situation of the next responsible transfer node at the preset arrival time.

[0064] Step b6, the multimodal transport operator makes a judgment and processing according to the obtained predicted idle state situation of the next responsible transfer node:

[0065] When the predicted idle state situation of the next responsible transfer node is the idle state, select the next responsible transfer node as the transfer node for carrying the goods; otherwise, go to step b7.

[0066] Step b7, the multimodal transport operator processes the predicted idle status of all transfer nodes affiliated with the same alliance member as the latter responsible transfer node at the predicted arrival time;

[0067] Step b8, the multimodal transport operator selects the transfer nodes with the predicted idle status as idle status, and uses the selected transfer node as the transfer node for the goods transported by the previous transfer node.

[0068] Step 7, the multimodal transport operator sends the total freight of transporting the goods with the shortest transport time to the shipper for selection and confirmation. After the shipper completes the multimodal transport confirmation procedures, the alliance members jointly execute the multimodal transport corresponding to the shortest transport time. Specifically, in this embodiment, steps a1 - a4 are further included during the process of transporting the goods in the multimodal transport mode selected by the shipper:

[0069] Step a1, the transfer nodes participating in the transfer of the goods send the transport status information of the goods to the carrier management system of the carrier to which the transfer node belongs.

[0070] Step a2, after the carrier completes its own carrier stage tasks for the goods and transfers the goods to other carriers, the carrier that has completed the carrier stage tasks uses its own carrier management system to send all the transport status information of the goods in this carrier stage to its respective transfer nodes.

[0071] Step a3, the carrier that has completed the carrier stage tasks uses its own carrier management system to send all the transport status information of the goods in this carrier stage to the multimodal transport operator and the carrier at the end of the current multimodal transport task respectively. The carrier at the end of the current multimodal transport task is the carrier that participates in the current multimodal transport task and is responsible for finally transporting the goods to the receiving address.

[0072] Step a4, the multimodal transport operator uses the latest received all transport status information as the latest transport status information of the corresponding goods.

[0073] Step 8, the multimodal transport operator publishes the transport status information of the goods as blockchain information to the multimodal transport blockchain at a preset interval.

[0074] It should be noted that by forming a goods multimodal transport alliance with the multimodal transport operator, land transport carriers, water transport carriers, and air transport carriers, and using the carrier management systems of all alliance members within the goods multimodal transport alliance to form a multimodal transport blockchain, the carrier that has completed the carrier stage tasks uses its own carrier management system to send all the transport status information of the goods in this carrier stage to the multimodal transport operator and the carrier at the end of the current multimodal transport task respectively, which not only realizes the sharing of transport status information, but also facilitates the tracing of goods transport status information on the multimodal transport blockchain.

[0075] For step 7 above, the shortest time is marked as This shortest time is obtained by processing in the following manner:

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[0078] Moreover, the end condition is: where:

[0079] represents the shortest path time to reach the transfer node i at time t along arc (k, i) by transportation mode x;

[0080] represents the transportation mode conversion time and freight delay time during the process of entering the transfer node i along arc (k, i) at time t by transportation mode x and then converting to transportation mode y along arc (i, j) to reach the transfer node j at this transfer node i;

[0081] represents the transportation time from the transfer node i to the transfer node j at time t by transportation mode y;

[0082] represents the shortest path time to reach the transfer node j at time t along arc (i, j) from the transfer node i by transportation mode y;

[0083] M is the set of transportation modes in multimodal transportation, that is, this set M of transportation modes includes land transportation modes, sea transportation modes, and air transportation modes;

[0084] T is the set of discrete times, V is the set of all nodes in multimodal transportation, D is the destination node, V\D is all transfer nodes located in set V and excluding the destination node D, D' represents the exit node attached to the destination node D except for the entrance node; Γ(i) is the set of subsequent nodes of node i, Γ -1 (i) is the previous transfer node connected to the transfer node i;

[0085] represents the shortest path time to reach the transfer node i from the transfer node i' at time t by transportation mode x, and the transfer node i is the starting node.

[0086] In addition, based on the above shortest transportation time the calculation method of the total freight of the intermodal goods is as follows:

[0087]

[0088] where, is the sum of transportation costs between all nodes that are in multimodal transportation and transport goods, is the sum of all transportation mode conversion costs for receiving goods in multimodal transportation, is the cost of goods custody:

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[0091] In the multimodal transportation logistics distribution method for goods in this embodiment, the multimodal transport operator fully considers and predicts the status of each transfer node (i.e., transportation node) participating in the multimodal transportation, and plans the multimodal transportation plan for the goods based on the status of each transfer node, so as to obtain the total transportation price corresponding to the shortest time for transporting the goods from the place of dispatch to the destination (i.e., the place of receipt), which is convenient for the customer to confirm the planned multimodal transportation method, and perform multimodal transportation after the customer completes the multimodal transportation confirmation procedures, avoiding delays in the process and efficiency of the entire multimodal transportation due to one or several transfer nodes participating in the multimodal transportation being in a non-idle state.

[0092] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, it should be clearly understood that various changes and modifications can be made to the present invention for those skilled in the art. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method for multimodal transport logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology, characterized in that It includes the following steps: Step 1, form a multimodal transport alliance for goods; among them, the multimodal transport alliance for goods is composed of a multimodal transport operator, a land transport carrier, a water transport carrier, and an air transport carrier. The multimodal transport operator is the leader of the multimodal transport alliance for goods, and the land transport carrier, the water transport carrier, and the air transport carrier are all members of the multimodal transport alliance for goods; the land transport carrier has its own land transfer nodes and land transfer tools, the water transport carrier has its own water transfer nodes and water transfer tools, and the air transport carrier has its own air transfer nodes and air transfer tools; Step 2, form a multimodal transport blockchain with the carrier management systems of all members within the multimodal transport alliance for goods; Step 3, the multimodal transport operator respectively obtains the carrier charging standards of each member and all transfer node information; among them, the transfer node information includes the two-dimensional coordinates of the location of the transfer node and the total number of transfer tools managed by each transfer node; Step 4, the multimodal transport operator obtains the consignment note information of the user; among them, the consignment note information includes the shipper information, the shipping address, the goods attribute information, the consignee information, and the receiving address, and the goods attribute information includes the volume of the goods, the weight of the goods, the quantity of the goods, and the timeliness information; Step 5, the multimodal transport operator obtains the status information of all transfer nodes corresponding to each member; among them, the status information is an idle state that can undertake the goods or a non-idle state that cannot undertake the goods; Step 6, the multimodal transport operator obtains the total freight when transporting the goods with the shortest transport time according to the consignment note information, the carrier charging standards of each member, and the status information of all transfer nodes of each member; Step 7, the multimodal transport operator sends the total freight for transporting the goods with the shortest transport time to the shipper for selection and confirmation, and after the shipper goes through the multimodal transport confirmation procedures, the members of the alliance cooperate to execute the multimodal transport corresponding to the shortest transport time; Step 8, the multimodal transport operator publishes the transport status information of the goods as blockchain information to the multimodal transport blockchain at a preset interval; among them: During the process of transporting the goods in the multimodal transport mode selected by the shipper, steps a1 to a4 are also included: Step a1, the transfer node participating in the transfer of the goods sends the transport status information of the goods to the carrier management system of the carrier to which the transfer node belongs; Step a2, after the carrier completes its own task in the carrier stage of the goods and transfers the goods to other carriers, the carrier that has completed the carrier stage task uses its own carrier management system to send all the transport status information of the goods in this carrier stage to its own transfer nodes; Step a3, the carrier that has completed the carrier stage task uses its own carrier management system to send all the transport status information of the goods in this carrier stage to the multimodal transport operator and the carrier at the end of the current multimodal transport task respectively; among them, the carrier at the end of the current multimodal transport task is the carrier participating in the current multimodal transport task and responsible for finally transporting the goods to the receiving address; Step a4, the multimodal transport operator takes the latest received all transport status information as the latest transport status information of the corresponding goods.

2. The method for multimodal transport logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology according to claim 1, wherein The shortest time is obtained by the following method: And the end condition is: Wherein: Denote the shortest path time to reach the transshipment node \(i\) along the arc \((k, i)\) by transportation mode \(x\) at time \(t\), and this time is the shortest time mentioned above; Denote the transportation mode conversion time and the freight delay time during the process of arriving at the transfer node \(i\) along the arc \((k, i)\) by transportation mode \(x\) at time \(t\), and then converting to transportation mode \(y\) along the arc \((i, j)\) to reach the transfer node \(j\). Denote the transportation time from transfer node i to transfer node j at time t by transportation mode y; Denote the shortest path time from transfer node i at time t along arc (i, j) to transfer node j in transportation mode y; Let \(M\) be the set of transportation modes in the intermodal transportation, \(T\) be the set of discrete time, \(V\) be the set of all transfer nodes in the intermodal transportation; \(D\) is the destination node, and \(V\setminus D\) is the set of all transfer nodes located in the set \(V\) and excluding the destination node \(D\); \(D'\) represents the exit node attached to the destination node \(D\) except for the entrance node; \(\Gamma(i)\) is the set of subsequent nodes of the transfer node \(i\), and \(\Gamma -1 (i)\) is the previous transfer node connected to the transfer node \(i\). Denote the shortest path time from transfer node i' to transfer node i at time t by transportation mode x, where transfer node i is the starting node.

3. The method for multimodal transport logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology according to claim 2, wherein, The calculation method of the total freight for intermodal transportation of goods with the shortest transportation time is as follows: Among them, is the sum of transportation costs between all transfer nodes located in the multimodal transportation and transporting the goods, is the sum of all transportation mode conversion costs located in the multimodal transportation and undertaking the goods, is the goods custody cost:

4. The method for multimodal transport logistics distribution of goods based on blockchain technology according to claim 1, wherein, In step 6, the intermodal operator separately selects the idle transfer nodes of each alliance member, and uses the selected transfer nodes as the carrier nodes participating in the carriage of the goods.

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