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Freight distribution and logistics sectors has faced unprecedented upheaval in 2021, as a consequence of adopting to the post-Brexit trading environment, dealing with the Covid pandemic, global supply chain issues, rising fuel costs, and an ongoing skills shortage.

These issues as the Irish Examiner reports, are testing the sector's flexibility and ability to change. It gives credence to the quote from the world-renowned management consultant Peter Drucker who said: “the greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday’s logic”.

The recent announcement of the resignation of the UK Brexit Minister David Frost compounds the uncertainty for traders looking to 2022 for a steadying of the paradigm shift in the supply chain.

The full and meaningful implementation of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA), signed by the UK and the EU 12 months ago, is reliant on trust and strong political relations between the two parties. This has been tested to the extreme as the Northern Ireland Protocol has acted as the catalyst to distract all from concurrently looking to implement trade easements as mandated under the TCA.

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Esailing & Virtual Sailing information

The concept of e-sailing, or virtual sailing, is based on a computer game sailing challenge that has been around for more than a decade.

The research and development of software over this time means its popularity has taken off to the extent that it has now become a part of the sailing seascape and now allows people to take an 'active part' in some of the most famous regattas across the world such as the Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Sydney Hobart, Volvo Ocean Race, America’s Cup and some Olympic venues too, all from the comfort of their armchair.

The most popular model is the 'eSailing World Championship'. It is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognised by World Sailing, the sports governing body.

The eSailing World Championship is a yearly competition for virtual sailors competing on the Virtual Regatta Inshore game.

The contract to run the event was given to a private company, Virtual Regatta that had amassed tens of thousands of sailors playing offshore sailing routing game following major offshore races in real-time.

In April 2020, the company says on its website that it has 35,000 active players and 500,000 regattas sailed.

Virtual Regatta started in 2010 as a small team of passionate designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs gathered around the idea that virtual sailing sports games can mix with real races and real skippers.