Comment / The US Line: My feud with Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen

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20/12/2024

For many years, I have been speaking out against Flexport and its CEO, who came on the scene promoting “the modern digital forwarder” he founded.

Observers assumed that I had an axe to grind with Flexport; that perhaps they had done wrong by me or that they were not willing to be a customer of ours. I’d like to clear things up and explain my position, sharing insight on how things played out.

When Flexport first came on the ...

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