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Podcast: FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast
Episode: Global Trade Tech Keynote: Gene Seroka, executive director, Port of LA
Description: With his workplace, the Port of Los Angeles, providing the backdrop, Gene Seroka kicked off American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit Wednesday by calling for “bold steps in the digital transformation of the maritime industry.”“Today’s challenges have introduced widespread uncertainty, created erratic trade flow and further spotlighted the need to reassess strategies. Indeed we are in the midst of challenging times. This pandemic has wreaked havoc on economies around the globe,” said Seroka, executive director of the largest container port in the Western Hemisphere. “We all must do whatever we can to fight it,” he sa...