Q+A: Future costs of freight? When will container shipping costs fall to normal? Reasons for supply chain crisis. Predictions for future cost of shipping. Future of Logistics and Supply Chains Keynote Speaker

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Q+A at Seminarium Chile on future of logistics and supply chain management - by keynote speaker Patrick Dixon.

"I have shipping costs risen from - say - $800 per container to over $9000 for the same journey and what next? (July 2022). In my Futurist book The Future of Almost Everything, I predicted that Central Banks would tend to encourage inflation rather than risk deflation (whatever they say publicly). And that prices for commodities etc would fluctuate widely. And both turned out to be correct....In no other market is a 10 fold increase in costs sustainable for long without massive investment as people look to make money from shortages and crisis, which will increase capacity. And then of course the market is likely to overshoot with overcapacity for a while."...

* "How AI Will Change your life - A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World" - Patrick Dixon's latest book on AI is published in September 2024 by Profile Books.  It contains 38 chapters on the impact of AI across different industries, government and our wider world, including chapters on the future impact of AI on logistics and supply chain management.

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