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EPISODE · Jul 16, 2020 · 19 MIN

The Lloyd’s List Podcast: Shining a light on digital disruption in shipping

from Lloyd's List: The Shipping Podcast · host Lloyd's List

Beacon, the Jeff Bezos backed digital freight disrupter led by ex-Uber and Amazon execs has all the hallmarks of another AI-fueled flight of fancy, promising to revolutionise the analogue inefficiencies of our archaic maritime logistics sector. But as Beacon’s CEO Fraser Robinson reveals in this week’s podcast, he’s not here foretell the death of freight forwarding - far from it – he thinks the sector has a bright future. There will, however, be collateral damage along the way.

Beacon, the Jeff Bezos backed digital freight disrupter led by ex-Uber and Amazon execs has all the hallmarks of another AI-fueled flight of fancy, promising to revolutionise the analogue inefficiencies of our archaic maritime logistics sector. But as Beacon’s CEO Fraser Robinson reveals in this week’s podcast, he’s not here foretell the death of freight forwarding - far from it – he thinks the sector has a bright future. There will, however, be collateral damage along the way.

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