Flexport to open platform for third-party app developers

A Flexport product engineer at his workstation.

James Chen, the chief technology officer (CTO) at Flexport, has a grand vision for global trade technology – Amazon-like ETA prediction and an open ecosystem of new tools built in a layer on top of Flexport’s data.

Flexport, the digital freight forwarder founded in San Francisco in 2013, has double-downed on its technology investments over the past year and says that the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the company’s commitment to its long-term tech vision.

Chen spoke with FreightWaves about what...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flexport-to-open-platform-for-third-party-app-developers

Looking from the outside in: new industry report reveals how predictive analytics is set to transform oil and gas, but are we doing enough?

Lloyd’s Register HQ’s in London

Insight from companies across the world brings the future in focus on the pace and development of predictive analytics.

A new industry report launched today – an extension of the global Technology Radar survey series produced by Lloyd’s Register (LR) – reveals the pace, development and adoption of predictive analytics in oil and gas.

The report brings in to focus how different companies are using predictive analytics and to what extent companies are transforming...

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