The 'archaic' liner industry needs unclogging

Source: Goldman Sachs

A thought-provoking article here courtesy of The Barrel Blog from S&P Global Platts on the benefit – or some might call it the threat – of the digital revolution to the liner industry’s traditional modus operandi.

Author Eleni Pittalis, a trainee commodities associate at the market information provider, has taken a fresh look at the “archaic” liner industry and is stunned by the “sheer volume of transaction” necessary to effect container shipments around the world.

Moreover, these interactions, notes Ms. Pittalis, expose the supply chain ...