One of the more intriguing questions that the ILA-USMX standoff over automation is whether that technology produces the sort of economic savings that its supporters – and its greatest opponents – claim.
“The fact is simply that if you are a supporter of a port automation project, you have already lost the political argument,” a leading terminal consultant told The Loadstar on the sidelines of a recent industry conference in Hamburg.
“It …
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