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(Video) APM Terminals’ Maasvlakte II: A Tour

Posted on February 23, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Here is a video of the new automated port in Rotterdam.

http://www.porttechnology.org/news/video_apm_terminals_maasvlakte_ii_a_tour?utm_source=Port+Technology+Newsletter&utm_campaign=9dc5cd7161-PortTechnology_Newsletter20_02_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_89349292d5-9dc5cd7161-234886081

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Getting big impact from big data

Posted on January 23, 2015 by | Leave a comment

This McKinsey & Company report rom their blog says that it isn’t the technology but the people that haver to change to implement real advances in an enterprise’s use of big data.  We’ve known that about IT initiatives forever, at least since before I went to grad school.

Getting big impact from big data | McKinsey & Company.

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Suez route dominates Asia-USEC trade

Posted on November 10, 2014 by | 1 comment

With all the talk about the Panama Canal, we see that ship size matters. Ships of about twice the size can use the Suez as opposed to the Panama Canal now, and carriers are going that way from Asia to the East Coast now.   It’s too early to conjecture what will happen when the widened Panama opens.

Suez route dominates Asia-USEC trade | Shipping Tribune.

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