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Comment / OceanX: The old and the new – Morocco's charms can't distract from freight tech failures

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Greetings from the Moroccan desert, for what has been a personal excursion following an exciting week in the North African powerhouse.

Marrakech was buzzing the other day, with delegates from IMF and World Bank flocking to the city for their upcoming meetings here this week.

The Aerospace Meetings in Casablanca passed just last week and the important Fruit Attraction in Madrid – where most of the Moroccan fruit and vegetable exporters headed over to close the deals for the starting citrus season ...

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