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How a global recession could impact ocean shipping

Are we approaching another global recession? The signs certainly don’t look good. Freightwaves has, however, put together a useful report on how the “pending” economic slump would hit the shipping sector. And it ain’t good. The financial crisis that hit …



MF: WiseTech share price pops 10% on FY19 results

THE MOTLEY FOOL writes: “The WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) share price has soared in 2019 and the company has been a standout performer on the ASX this week so far. Today is no different, with WiseTech shares surging more …




US box ports report surprise growth in imports, despite tariffs

Despite the escalating US/China trade war, the ten biggest US container ports posted a surprisingly robust 2.7% year-on-year import throughput growth in July, for a cumulative 1,865,645 teu.
However, analyst John D McCown, of consultancy Blue Alpha Capital, still believes …


US tech start-up RPA set to disrupt logistics with AI bots

A US start-up is bringing ‘robotic process automation’ (RPA) to the logistics arena, to speed up repetitive processes and customer interaction to free employees for other tasks.
Fledgling technology company RPA Labs wants to harness the nascent technology to facilitate …