Analysis: ORBCOMM buyout – short odds on a bidding war?
A detour wouldn’t come cheap for either but the appeal is there.
CHRW: NEW HIGHS AND PAYOUT CONFIRMEDBA: GREEN LIGHTMAERSK: ONE UPGRADE AFTER ANOTHER FDX: STEADY YIELDCAT: DOWNSIDE RISKMAERSK: SOARINGMAERSK: CONGESTION RISK MAERSK: 'ACCELERATION OF GLOBALISATION' MAERSK: GEMINI NETWORK FLEXIBILITYMAERSK: SPOT RATES DIRECTION MAERSK: 'MORE DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO IN LOGISTICS NEEDED' MMAERSK: CASH DEPLOYMENTMAERSK: SPOT RATES MAERSK: REBALANCING OF GLOBAL TRADE MAERSK: UNIT COST BENEFITS QUESTIONED MAERSK: UNIT COSTS MAERSK: GEMINI-RELATED SAVINGSMAERSK: QUESTION TIME
CHRW: NEW HIGHS AND PAYOUT CONFIRMEDBA: GREEN LIGHTMAERSK: ONE UPGRADE AFTER ANOTHER FDX: STEADY YIELDCAT: DOWNSIDE RISKMAERSK: SOARINGMAERSK: CONGESTION RISK MAERSK: 'ACCELERATION OF GLOBALISATION' MAERSK: GEMINI NETWORK FLEXIBILITYMAERSK: SPOT RATES DIRECTION MAERSK: 'MORE DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO IN LOGISTICS NEEDED' MMAERSK: CASH DEPLOYMENTMAERSK: SPOT RATES MAERSK: REBALANCING OF GLOBAL TRADE MAERSK: UNIT COST BENEFITS QUESTIONED MAERSK: UNIT COSTS MAERSK: GEMINI-RELATED SAVINGSMAERSK: QUESTION TIME
The future may be bright (the future may even be orange); but getting there is not as easy as it sounds. While tech-heads talk about the Internet of Things (IoT) and ‘Big Data’, and their potential to revolutionise the way the world works, and one which will be supported by supply chains, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done. “The lack of common standards and a frustrating skills gap means implementing these dreamy space-age solutions is not going to be normalised for some years to come.” A realist’s guide to the next few years in logistics from Dataconomy.
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