Category Archives: Strategy

Maersk orders 9 more 14,000-TEU containerships

Posted on July 13, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Maersk is aggressively enlarging its fleet. Is it starting to hedge its bets on the giant container ships by buying ones that will fit through the Panama Canal?

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Maersk Line orders 9 more 14,000-TEU containerships | AS Daily Newsletter | AS Daily | American Shipper.

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African container shipping portal releases first half report

Posted on July 10, 2015 by | Leave a comment

Congestion is a way of life in African ports. There’s a new outlet for information about the state of African ocean and port shipping.

African container shipping portal releases first half report | AS Daily Newsletter | AS Daily | American Shipper.

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Raising your Digital Quotient

Posted on June 27, 2015 by | Leave a comment

McKinsey has written a thoughtful piece on some of the important ideas how about bringing digital to your company. I was especially interested by the two-part approach. You may need one skill for rapid development of customer-facing ideas and a different one for legacy backroom systems that emphasize security and solid business practice.

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http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/strategy/Raising_your_Digital_Quotient?cid=Digital-eml-alt-mkq-mck-oth-1506

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