LOGI-CHAIN: Blockchain Based Transparent Logistics Management

Abstract

The logistics industry faces increasing demands for secure, transparent, and efficient handling of shipment documents and compliance data across the globe. This work presents a blockchain-based architecture integrated with a decentralized private IPFS cluster storage system to ensure dynamic, privacy-preserved, tamper-proof document exchange and real time tracing of the related transactions across supply chain stakeholders. By leveraging Ethereum based smart contract, the system facilitates shipment validations, and delivery confirmations without intermediaries, while the AES encrypted documents are stored off-chain using IPFS to reduce blockchain bloat and enhance scalability. Users joining the platform automatically contribute to the storage network by hosting IPFS nodes, ensuring decentralized participation. The inclusion of end-to-end encryption using Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) strengthens data authenticity and confidentiality during transmission. The stakeholders are allowed to connect and disconnect from the network dynamically without any centralized authority in a plug and play fashion. The system ensures immutable recordkeeping, real-time access to critical data, and improved trust among entities such as shippers, carriers, customs, and financial institutions. This approach addresses key challenges such as data traceability, secure access, and compliance reporting, offering a robust, scalable, and future-ready solution for modern logistics and cross-border trade documentation. By uniting blockchain and decentralized storage, the architecture promotes operational resilience, auditability, and seamless collaboration across the global supply chain. The work is evaluated using Ethereum based Sepolia testnet to test its integrity and standard performance metrics which demonstrates the effectiveness of the implementation.