If FedEx couldn't satisfy Amazon, why do shipowners think they can do better?

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Great opinion piece on Splash24/7 today by the head of Transas, Frank Coles.  He administers a stark warning to the “late, old and behind-the-times” maritime industry. He points to the transformation that is “creeping ever closer” and will have a substantial impact. There are too many players and too many intermediaries endangering an industry already ripe for a shake up. The key? “Ask what shippers want from the maritime sector and how maritime companies can step up, find the efficiencies ...