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Several logistics start-ups have received a financial boost from French shipping line CMA CGM, which will also supply advice and business development support.

Three software companies and two transport operators were selected as winners of a scheme set up by the carrier and Marseilles-based Entrepreneurial centre Le Carburateur.

They are: French logistics company MLS, a specialist in the supply of cargo vessel spare parts; Azurea, a construction industry specialist; Smart Sailors, a mobile app that remotely manages ships and aircrew; and Mon Dev, which manages and optimises the carbon ...