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Aug 2017
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Container shipping -- Amazon vs Maersk: ...

S&P Global Commodity Insights
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Approximately 90% of the world's trade travels by sea and one would expect the industry's supply chain to be the height of modernity by adopting disruptive technology and strategies. However, this could not be further from the truth, as S&P Global Platts commodities associate Eleni... 
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