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The decentralized structure of blockchain technology allows all parties to participate in ICE logistics. Its cryptography-based, immutable nature gives the assurance of security. This research deals with the design and application of blockchains in ICE logistics. We first adopt a Concentric Value Circles (CVC) model to identify the requirements and business opportunities that use blockchain technology in ICE logistics. We develop an open, automated, and transparent platform, TransICE, which utilizes the feature of smart contracts in blockchain technology and adopts a decentralized model, Hawk, where no financial transactions are stored on the blockchain to hold privacy of transactions publicly. Two cases, (1) the Shipment Pricing and Scheduling process and (2) the Pickup, Shipping and Delivery process in TransICE, are studied to illustrate the applications and feasibility of the proposed TransICE platform and the developed smart contracts of the Hawk model.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/informatics5040044","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,27]],"date-time":"2018-11-27T12:17:35Z","timestamp":1543321055000},"page":"44","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":62,"title":["Applications of Blockchain Technology to Logistics Management in Integrated Casinos and Entertainment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"5","author":[{"given":"Da-Yin","family":"Liao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Straight &amp; Up Intelligent Innovation Group Co., San Jose, CA 95113, USA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xuehong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences, Ministry of Finance of the People\u2019s Republic of China, Beijing 100142, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"549","DOI":"10.1111\/0033-3352.00117","article-title":"The new public service: Serving rather than steering","volume":"60","author":"Denhardt","year":"2000","journal-title":"Public Adm. 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