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CMA CGM offers awards for top startups

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Maritime transport, logistics, and media entrepreneurs worldwide have until October 15 to apply.

Supply Chain Xchange Staff
By Supply Chain Xchange StaffSep 16, 2024
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Some of the the most promising startup firms in maritime transport, logistics, and media will soon be named in an international competition launched today by maritime freight carrier CMA CGM.

Entrepreneurs worldwide in those three sectors have until October 15 to apply via CMA CGM’s ZEBOX website. Winners will receive funding, media exposure through CMA Media, tailored support, and collaboration opportunities with the CMA CGM Group on strategic projects.

The “CMA CGM Startup Awards”—created in collaboration with BFM Business and La Tribune—will identify the best innovations to accelerate its transformation, the French company said.

Specifically, the company will select the best startup among the applicants, with clear industry transformation objectives focused on environmental performance, competitiveness, and quality of life at work in each of the three areas:

  • Shipping: Enabling safer, more efficient, and sustainable navigation through innovative technological solutions.
  • Logistics: Reinventing the global supply chain with smart and sustainable logistics solutions.
  • Media: Transform content creation, and customer engagement with innovative media technologies and strategies.

Three winners will be selected during a final event organized on November 15 at the Orange Vélodrome Stadium in Marseille, during the 2nd Artificial Intelligence Marseille (AIM) forum organized by La Tribune and BFM Business. The selection will be made by a jury chaired by Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and CEO of the Group, and including members of the executive committee representing the various sectors of CMA CGM.

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