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OceanWaves: Why aren’t ports 100% digitally connected?

This fireside chat recap is from the FreightWaves OceanWaves Summit on Wednesday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Can you hear me? U.S. ports’ dead spots 

DETAILS: Ports around the world often suffer from digital communication blackouts. These dead spots not only leave a nation open to trade terrorism, they also inhibit the real-time tracking of trade, lost containers and damaged containers. 

SPEAKERS: Lori Ann LaRocco, CNBC senior editor of guests and a FreightWaves contributor; Jack Hedge, executive...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/oceanwaves-why-arent-ports-100-percent-digitally-connected

Can you hear me? US ports not 100% connected

The fight for a slice of the transportation bill pie is as fierce as a Florentine gladiator match. Lobbyists are doing their best to grab a nibble of this behemoth bill. The drama by some members of Congress wringing their hands and pounding their fists that something needs to get done is a classic scene of political theater. Yawn. 

The argument for an efficient transportation system is not new. But it’s more than roads and bridges. Ports need to take priority. These locations are the points of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-you-hear-me-us-ports-not-100-connected

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