FedEx has officially joined the Hedera Council, the governing body behind the Hedera Network. This move adds one of the world’s largest logistics and transportation companies to the council’s growing list of members, which includes technology, finance, energy, and legal giants. With this announcement, FedEx will now contribute to Hedera’s strategic direction and operate a node on the network.
By joining, FedEx signals a deep commitment to shaping the digital future of global logistics. The company brings operational scale, international reach, and a strong focus on data-driven efficiency. Hedera’s architecture provides an ideal environment for this goal. It offers verifiable trust, interoperability, and real-time settlement without requiring businesses to give up control of sensitive operational data.
Why This Partnership Matters for Digital Trade and Logistics
FedEx manages over 15 million shipments daily across 220+ countries and territories. Coordinating these shipments requires real-time coordination across customs agencies, logistics partners, e-commerce platforms, and regulatory bodies. Today, much of that communication still depends on siloed systems, manual reconciliation, or paper-based verification.
The digital transformation of global supply chains is inevitable,
Vishal Talwar, executive vice president, chief digital and information officer of FedEx Corp.
As the global supply chain evolves, FedEx sees an opportunity to replace outdated workflows with secure, interoperable digital infrastructure. By leveraging Hedera’s consensus service and decentralized trust layer, the company can verify events—like customs clearance, delivery handoffs, and regulatory checks—across multiple systems and organizations.
This approach minimizes the risk of data mismatches and reduces delays in complex, cross-border environments. It also supports better compliance tracking in regulated industries, from pharmaceuticals to aviation. Importantly, Hedera enables these verifications without exposing proprietary or customer data on a public ledger, offering a hybrid approach that balances transparency with privacy.
FedEx brings deep operational insight into global logistics and commerce, and their perspective will be valuable as the industry transitions toward digitally native supply chains. We look forward to working together to advance trusted, interoperable data verification that supports collaboration across industries and jurisdictions.
Tom Sylvester, president of Hedera Council
FedEx’s Role on the Hedera Council
Membership in the Hedera Council grants FedEx an equal vote in key decisions such as software upgrades, treasury policies, and governance standards. The council now includes over 30 organizations from various sectors including Dell, Google, Ubisoft, LG, and Standard Bank. Council members also run validator nodes and help shape Hedera’s roadmap to ensure it meets enterprise needs.
FedEx is expected to lend its logistics and architectural expertise to help advance Hedera’s role in trade, compliance, and global commerce. Vishal Talwar, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer at FedEx, highlighted that modern supply chains must operate at the speed of data—not paperwork. Hedera enables this vision by offering scalable, tamper-evident verification for any event across the shipment lifecycle.
FedEx’s addition complements recent supply chain-oriented council members like Repsol, which focus on oil and gas logistics. Together, they help validate Hedera as a production-ready infrastructure for real-world coordination, not just digital-native use cases.
Implications for the Future of Distributed Infrastructure
As more enterprises digitize operations, they seek neutral, vendor-agnostic platforms to verify shared data. Hedera’s public network offers exactly that: a decentralized but governed infrastructure where multiple parties can agree on a single source of truth. This is especially important for industries where no single company controls the entire value chain.
FedEx’s involvement shows growing institutional trust in Hedera’s governance-led public infrastructure. It reinforces the trend of enterprise adoption for specific use cases like supply chain, asset tracking, and regulatory compliance. Unlike permissionless networks where unknown validators reach consensus, Hedera provides a stable environment where participants can audit, trace, and verify network behavior.
Looking ahead, Hedera could become a foundation for cross-border trade networks that span customs, shipping, compliance, and finance. This would reduce cost and friction for businesses and enable smarter global commerce. FedEx’s presence on the Council will likely accelerate progress in this direction.
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