The end of an era? Ships' crew, and the middlemen who sell the space

Rolls-Royce

The theme today seems to be how much technology is changing the face of our future ? and jobs. The WSJ has looked at the crew-less ship,  and just how near that technology has come. The problems remain in regulation and navigation. And over on Shipping Today, Olaf Merk points to the end of the middleman as technology connects buyers and sellers. The new middleman, he contends, is the app.