The trucking business in North America is undergoing a tectonic shift that threatens the traditional brokerage business. Freight brokers are trying to respond to the advance of digital disruptors by beefing up their own digital capabilities.

Asia Pacific, as the largest cargo market when measured by freight tonne kilometres, is particularly vulnerable not just to broader economic problems but to its own twist on them, such disputes between South Korea and Japan, as the US-China trade war and the uncertain political situation in Hong Kong

China is becoming one of Africa’s biggest trading partners, making huge investments in the continent.