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6 December 2025 at 07:30
CHANCAY, PeruβThe elevator doors leading to the fifth-floor control center open like stage curtains onto a theater-sized screen.
This βOperations Productivity Dashboardβ instantaneously displays a battery of data: vehicle locations, shipping times, entry times, loading data, unloading data, efficiency statistics.
Most striking, though, are the bold lines arcing over the dashboardβs deep-blue Pacificβdigital streaks illustrating the routes that lead thousands of miles across the ocean, from this unassuming city, to Asiaβs biggest ports.


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