On Nov. 27, China’s two largest apps for delivering Uber-like services for truckers and cargo owners agreed to merge. The resulting $2 billion behemoth is likely to reduce delays, cut down on pollution and improve life for the country’s 30 million truck drivers.

Doing away with sailors will make the high seas safer and cleaner.

For manufacturers who have to get products to you, shipping remains a troublesome, inefficient and stubbornly analog business.