Ports with vision can return to the heart of business life as new enablers of trade

Although we live in an era of continual and unprecedented disruption to supply chains – think trade wars, Brexit and climate change –some constancies remain: because water covers 71% of the world’s surface, the trading world remains connected by ships, and these are useless without ports. Within the context of ever-evolving manufacturing and consumption trends, this constancy provides ports with significant opportunities to integrate more effectively with the other elements of the supply chain. Ironically, one of the defining features ...