Ryan Petersen

The Official Flexport Timeline of Global Trade (Print it as a poster and put on your child's wall)

I asked a large logistics company in Europe how they were using AI and they told me they can't use AI because of German workers councils. It was weird because I didn't ask them how they were cutting headcount. I asked them how they were using AI.

Sports is so hard. I'm gonna go back to cheering for AI companies, the researchers never get injured.

Some good news for global shipping: The last 4 weeks have seen the 4 highest weeks for container ships crossing the Suez Canal since the Houthis began attacking commercial shipping in December 2023. Two thirds of container ships are now routing via the Suez instead of around Africa. If the trend holds, it should put real downward pressure on container shipping prices (higher network throughput = more supply, which leads to lower prices) and faster transit times (shaving several weeks off the journey from Asia to Europe).

How is @flexport different from the competition, Ryan? The competition: (real video from Jakarta airport cargo terminal yesterday)

What is the prevailing theory for why Fridays are such a popular work-from-home day?

Another big typhoon heading for Shanghai today. More shipment delays incoming.

Boring Company building a tunnel from Long Beach to the Inland Empire so we can move containers on electric self-driving chassis at 100 mph average speed (versus ~10 mph today) would transform American logistics forever.

AI to classify products for customs compliance is a great use case but 1) requires lots of post training with real world compliance data and 2) by law requires a human in the loop to use the classifications for U.S. Customs. Flexport offers both with our new AI Classification engine: After you use our AI to classify a product, we created a built-in workflow to send the classification to a licensed customs broker to review and sign off (or suggest a change). Use the new AI classification engine here: tariffs.flexport.com/classif…

I fear we may one day look back at the decision to build a reservoir directly on top the San Andreas Fault with some regret

If you’re choosing a musical instrument for your child you can’t go wrong with the octobass

Funeral of my great great grandfather in Roswell, New Mexico in 1927

That’s a nice over the air update. Thanks Tesla.

what did we just watch!?

TIL there are (were?) wine tankers

My children will never believe that no AI was involved...