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The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has appointed Paul Bird as president and CEO, succeeding Martin Imbleau, who departed earlier this year, the authority said.
Bird was chief commercial officer of the MPA and has been closely involved in the port’s recent commercial development and infrastructure initiatives, including efforts tied to the Contrecoeur terminal expansion project. The MPA said Bird’s appointment follows a succession-planning process led by the board of directors.
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Nearly 500 maritime and transportation industry executives gathered Wednesday evening at Chelsea Piers for the 32nd International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards hosted by the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
The annual event recognized four maritime leaders for their contributions ...
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GEODIS has reported several executive leadership appointments and organizational changes in the Americas as the global logistics provider seeks to strengthen customer experience capabilities and support continued regional growth.
The company said the changes include the formation of a dedicated client experience organization intended to improve ...
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Austrian cleantech startup REPS has secured US$23.6 million in equity financing to expand deployment of its Road Energy Production System, a technology designed to convert vehicle traffic into electrical energy.
The company said its patented system captures mechanical energy generated when vehicles brake or slow down ...
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When an Arkansas museum approached GEODIS in late 2025 about transporting pieces of the Berlin Wall to the United States, the assignment quickly evolved into a carefully orchestrated multimodal project involving ocean shipping, rail transportation, trucking and extensive engineering coordination.
Over the following several months, the ...
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Container shipping and logistics trends across Latin America are becoming increasingly shaped by supply chain digitalization, infrastructure investment and mounting geopolitical uncertainty, according to Maersk’s latest regional market assessment.
In its May Latin America market outlook, Danish shipping and logistics group A.P. Moller - Maersk said ...
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Awery Aviation Software has won the International Air Transport Association ONE Record Hackathon for the fifth time, developing a real-time cargo monitoring solution during the 48-hour event in Hong Kong.
The winning platform, called Voyager, was designed to integrate with the ONE Record API and provide ...
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By James Wee
(From FBJNA's May Issue) Every fleet operation generates a massive volume of execution data every day: GPS pings, delivery timestamps, service durations, route deviations and more. This data holds significant potential to improve route planning and operational performance. In most organizations, however, much ...
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The Sustainable Shipping Initiative has released what it describes as the shipping industry’s first integrated mapping of crew welfare, well being and safety data, warning that fragmented reporting and inconsistent standards are undermining efforts to manage human risk at sea.
The project, funded by the Lloyd's ...
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MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. said ownership of the business was transferred in the fourth quarter of 2025 from founder Gianluigi Aponte to his children, Diego and Alexa Aponte, marking a generational transition at the world’s largest container carrier.
Diego Aponte, group president, and Alexa Aponte, group ...
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