At TPM 2017, a panel discussion examined the New York Shipping Exchange, or NYSHEX, a new digital way of contracting that aims to address dysfunctional issues at the core of the current model. In an interview with JOC.com, CEO Gordon Downes discussed the problems this initiative aims to solve, and the specific value it can bring to the process for shippers, carriers, and freight forwarders currently limited by lack of control.