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QSL IS ANALYZING A SOLUTION TO OPTIMIZE CARGO TRANSHIPMENT AND MEET THE NEEDS OF BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS.

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Improving supply chain resilience
Increasing international trade

QUEBEC CITY, July 5, 2024 /CNW/ – In a globalized economy where the transport of goods is of paramount importance and at a time of climate change where the maritime route is proving to be the eco-responsible mode, QSL wants the province of Quebec and Quebec City to be part of the equation and the solution. In this context, QSL is initiating the analysis of a business case to address one of the major economic challenges facing the Quebec region: the establishment of an efficient, green, resilient, and better-integrated supply chain.

Concretely, this logistics and transportation across North America is considering a redevelopment of its port activities in the Beauport sector to include a more important container handling vocation in a sequenced project respectful t of the communities.

Not only would the project being considered by QSL not require any encroachment on the St. Lawrence River and not impact aquatic habitat, but it could also reduce land traffic by encouraging intermodal transfer and significantly reducing GHGs.

First, Quebec has all the assets to favour intermodality and make supply chains more efficient: an enviable geographical location, access to a strategic market of consumers and businesses, the opportunity to regain significant market share from the American East Coast volumes destined for the American Midwest, complementarity with Montreal, a water depth of 15 meters as well as an interconnection with a North American rail and road network. In addition, QSL believes that the economic fundamentals behind the establishment of a container terminal as well as the commercial interest remain, especially after a global pandemic.

“Currently, 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is transported by sea and the containerization trend is likely to increase. We have heard the concerns of the business community which wants to benefit from short supply chains where processed products and inputs are brought closer to consumers or end users. If QSL can become a solution to this economic ecosystem that must be optimized, we raise our hand and are ready to work with all the stakeholders who cherish this objective,” commented Robert Bellisle, President and Chief Executive Officer of QSL.

The answer to a need and a solution to an environmental reality

In its 2024-2029 action plan, the Zone économique métropolitaine (ZEM) created under the impetus of the Quebec government and where many of the region’s driving forces sit, devotes an entire chapter to the issue of supply chains. The need responds to a concern often expressed by businesses in Eastern and Central Quebec where large manufacturers struggling from inefficient supply chains . They also have issues with the economical and environmental impact of having goods arrive from overseas to ports of the United States East Coast whose final destination is the Quebec market.

Although bulk cargo still accounts for the largest share of maritime trade, containerized goods have the fastest rate of growth in North America. By itself, global container traffic is expected to double by 2030 compared to 2018.

“If containerization was necessary 10 years ago, it is now unavoidable. Now, we must shape an exemplary project from an environmental point of view, irreproachable in terms of governance, complementary to what is being done on the St. Lawrence and meeting the principles of acceptability for the surrounding communities. QSL could become this partner,” added Mr. Bellisle.

Next Steps

Before finalizing its reflection and filing a project notice with the Port of Quebec, QSL is asking the federal government to favourably respond to its November 2023 request to expand customs operations at the Port of Quebec. If this condition is met, QSL will then be able to finalize a detailed business plan that it will submit to senior governments.

“We are pleased that an established Quebec company like QSL wants to participate in the search for a solution to increase the efficiency and resilience of the Quebec logistics chain in terms of cargo transshipment, while being complementary to current activities on the St. Lawrence, in particular in Montreal and Trois-Rivières. We believe that a containerized cargo project could not only meet the economic challenges of Quebec City and the province of Quebec but also respect the fundamental principles of our Vision 2035, which places a high priority on respect for the environment and the community. We would like to emphasize our satisfaction with QSL’s desire to develop a project that will be based on the principles of sustainable development compatible with our environmental and social ambitions,” concluded the Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Quebec, Mr. Mario Girard.

About QSL

A key supply chain player with its head office in Quebec City, QSL develops tailor-made solutions to offer innovative handling methods while paying particular attention to goods and contributing to the well-being of the communities in which it operates. Its socio-economic footprint is impressive with over 2,000 employees and activities deployed in 66 port terminals across Canada and the United States. It is ranked among Canada’s Best Managed Companies and all its port terminals are Green Marine certified. In 2021, QSL became the first maritime company in Canada to join the United Nations Global Compact. www.qsl.com

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Times of India Launches Inaugural ‘TOI AI Quotient Awards’ to Celebrate Pioneers in AI Innovation

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In collaboration with Knowledge Partner Adrosonic, the premier nomination-led platform will honor excellence, scalability, and measurable impact across India’s AI ecosystem.

NEW DELHI, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Times of India has announced the launch of the inaugural edition of the TOI AI Quotient Awards—India’s most credible, nomination-led recognition platform celebrating excellence in artificial intelligence adoption, innovation, and impact.

Organized in collaboration with Adrosonic as the official Knowledge Partner, the awards will bring together pioneering enterprises, technology leaders, startups, innovators, and institutions that are harnessing the power of AI to drive business transformation, optimize decision-making, and enhance customer experiences.

As AI becomes a core driver of competitiveness and productivity, this initiative marks the beginning of a prestigious annual celebration. The awards aim to spotlight those leveraging AI to solve complex challenges, unlock new opportunities, and deliver meaningful, scalable outcomes across sectors.

Leadership Insights

“The conversation around AI has rapidly moved from experimentation to execution. For modern brands, a high AI Quotient is now a boardroom priority. The TOI AI Quotient Awards will serve as India’s most credible validation platform, spotlighting the enterprises that are successfully navigating this transition to drive real business outcomes and stronger governance. We look forward to uncovering the incredible stories of human-machine collaboration that are redefining the future of Indian industry.”
— Prasad Sanyal, Group Business Head – TOI, IndiaTimes, WhatsHot

“AI will not replace human intelligence, it will amplify it. The organisations that succeed with AI will be those that combine technology with human judgement, domain expertise and a clear focus on business outcomes. The true measure of AI success is not how much AI is deployed, but how effectively it improves decision making and delivers measurable value. Achieving this requires clear objectives, strong governance and responsible guardrails. The TOI AI Quotient Awards celebrate organisations turning AI potential into meaningful business impact.”
— Mayank, Founder & CEO, Adrosonic

Award Tracks & Categories

The initiative features 25+ awards distributed across 4 distinct tracks: Industry, Functional AI, Maturity-based, and Special Jury Awards. Key categories include:

Sector Excellence: BFSI, Retail & Commerce, Healthcare & Wellness, Travel & Hospitality, Media & Content.Functional & Strategic AI: Customer Experience, HR & Talent, Risk & Compliance.Enterprise & Impact: Social Impact, Women in AI, Legacy to AI Transformation, and Native Enterprise.

To ensure absolute credibility, the evaluation matrix leverages Adrosonic’s deep technical consulting frameworks for an objective initial screening. Following a preliminary audit by the expert TOI Editorial Board, the final winners will be selected by an esteemed, independent jury comprising leading AI experts, technology pioneers, industry veterans, and business visionaries.

Why Nominate Your Organization?

The TOI AI Quotient Awards offer more than just recognition—they provide a premier platform for national visibility and industry-wide alignment:

National Recognition: Showcase your AI-led innovations and business impact before a distinguished audience of industry leaders and decision-makers.Credible Validation: Gain elite positioning backed by TOI’s powerful media reach and Adrosonic’s technical validation frameworks.Industry Benchmarking: Measure your achievements against the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem to strengthen your market leadership.

How to Participate

Is your organization setting new benchmarks in AI adoption and implementation? Do you know an enterprise driving measurable transformation through artificial intelligence?

Nominate your organization or a deserving industry leader today to secure your place among India’s most forward-thinking, AI-driven enterprises.

Learn more and submit your nomination here: toievents.indiatimes.com/ai-quotient-awards

 

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Saturn Cloud and Spectro Cloud Partner to Bring Production-Ready AI to Palette-Managed Kubernetes

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Organizations running Spectro Cloud Palette can now deploy Saturn Cloud’s managed AI platform directly onto their existing Kubernetes infrastructure, from data center to edge, including FIPS 140-3 validated environments.

NEW YORK, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Saturn Cloud, the AI token factory platform for GPU clouds, AI Factory operators, and enterprises, today announced an integration with Spectro Cloud, the Kubernetes management platform trusted by enterprises and government agencies worldwide. The integration allows organizations already running Spectro Cloud Palette to add Saturn Cloud as a managed AI layer on their existing clusters, giving engineers self-service access to Jupyter, VS Code, RStudio, SSH, distributed training, and model deployments without requiring changes to the underlying infrastructure.

This integration meets platform teams where they already are: on managed Kubernetes. Palette handles cluster lifecycle management, GPU operator deployment, compliance profiles, and infrastructure governance. Saturn Cloud delivers the AI experience on top. The result is a complete AI platform that inherits the operational model and governance controls established by the platform team.

A Managed AI Layer on Palette-Managed Clusters

Platform engineering teams at large enterprises, government agencies, and regulated industries have already invested in Kubernetes and standardized on Spectro Cloud Palette to manage clusters across data centers, cloud environments, and edge locations. What they lack is a way to deliver AI capabilities to their engineering teams without spinning up a parallel stack or compromising the controls they have spent years building.

Saturn Cloud fits into the Palette-managed environment as a workload layer. Engineers get distributed multi-GPU training with automatic retry and logging, one-click model deployments with autoscaling, experiment tracking across training runs, and pre-configured development environments, all deployed through the same Palette cluster profiles and governance policies that manage the rest of the organization’s infrastructure. Palette’s GPU Operator Packs handle driver installation, device plugins, and monitoring automatically across the cluster, so there is no additional GPU lifecycle overhead. Engineers write standard PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX code and ship to production with no Kubernetes expertise required on the practitioner side.

“Most enterprise AI teams already have Kubernetes. What they don’t have is a way to give engineers a self-service AI experience on top of it without months of internal platform work. With Spectro Cloud, we eliminate that gap,” said Sebastian Metti, Founder, Saturn Cloud.

Why This Matters for Regulated Industries

For organizations in defense, healthcare, financial services, and other regulated sectors, the integration extends to Spectro Cloud’s Palette VerteX edition. VerteX is the only multi-environment Kubernetes management platform to have achieved FIPS 140-3 validation and is in progress for FedRAMP Moderate authorization (Army-sponsored). Saturn Cloud running on VerteX-managed clusters inherits the cryptographic assurance that agencies and compliance-driven enterprises require, including air-gapped and tactical edge deployments.

This is a meaningful distinction from public cloud AI services that cannot operate in disconnected or classified environments.

Where the Integration Runs

Spectro Cloud Palette manages Kubernetes across bare metal, VMware, public cloud (EKS, AKS, OCI), private data centers, and edge locations, often from a single control plane managing thousands of clusters. Saturn Cloud’s integration spans that same footprint. An organization can run AI workloads in a central GPU cluster and deploy trained models to Palette-managed edge clusters at hospital sites, retail locations, manufacturing floors, or forward-deployed military installations.

“Most organizations do not want to build a separate AI platform from scratch. They want to extend the Kubernetes operating model, governance, and security they already trust into AI development and production. Our integration with Saturn Cloud does exactly that. Together, we enable platform teams to deliver a self-service AI experience on Palette-managed infrastructure – across data center, cloud, edge, and regulated environments – without introducing a parallel stack or compromising operational control”, said Saad Malik, Spectro Cloud’s CTO and Co-Founder.

About Saturn Cloud

Saturn Cloud is the AI token factory platform for neoclouds, AI Factory operators, and enterprises. Saturn Cloud’s platform layer gives these operators a managed AI platform on top of their GPU infrastructure, including fine-tuning, model serving, per-token inference, development environments, distributed training, OpenAI-compatible model deployment, and enterprise security and governance. Saturn Cloud supports GPU architectures and deploys across public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises environments. Learn more at saturncloud.io.

About Spectro Cloud

With our Palette and PaletteAI platforms, Spectro Cloud solves how enterprises and public sector organizations manage full-stack application and AI infrastructure in any environment: from edge to cloud, and from metal to model. Using the power of cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, we give platform engineers and operations teams flexibility to choose their perfect stack, while benefiting from complete repeatable consistency. We automate the full lifecycle of complex infrastructure at scale, for massive cost savings and better business outcomes. Learn more at spectrocloud.com.

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Orion Innovation Achieves AWS Migration Competency for Cloud Transformation

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New AWS competency empowers Orion to guide enterprises through seamless cloud migration and accelerated modernization at scale.

ISELIN, N.J., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Orion Innovation (“Orion”), a data and AI-enabled software engineering services partner, announced that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Migration Competency. This designation recognizes Orion’s demonstrated expertise in helping customers plan, accelerate, and execute their cloud migration and modernization journeys to AWS with a proven, outcome-driven methodology.

Achieving AWS Migration Competency differentiates Orion as an AWS Partner that delivers specialized consulting services designed to help enterprises adopt, develop, and deploy complex workloads on AWS. To earn the designation, partners must demonstrate deep technical proficiency and a strong track record of successfully delivering cloud migration solutions at scale.

The AWS Migration Competency enables Orion to offer customers the ability to participate in the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP), a comprehensive and proven program based on AWS’s experience migrating thousands of enterprise customers to the cloud. Through MAP’s three-phased framework, Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate, and Modernize, Orion helps organizations reduce risk, optimize cost, and accelerate timelines as they move to the cloud.

“Earning the AWS Migration Competency reflects the depth of our cloud engineering expertise and our commitment to delivering secure, seamless migrations that create real business value for our clients,” said David Winter, EVP, Chief Cloud & Strategic Partner Officer at Orion Innovation. “This recognition strengthens our partnership with AWS and validates the proven methodology our teams use to modernize mission-critical workloads, reduce migration risk, and help our customers innovate faster on the cloud. We look forward to helping more organizations unlock the full benefits of AWS and build intelligent, future-ready enterprises.”

AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify AWS Partners with deep industry experience and proven expertise. As an AWS Partner with a proven approach to migrating applications on AWS, Orion enables organizations to move faster and create competitive business advantages.

About Orion Innovation

Orion Innovation is a data and AI-enabled software engineering services partner with deep cloud expertise, delivering digital experiences that create measurable business impact for clients.

Orion combines strategy, experience design, and engineering capabilities to help enterprises innovate, scale, and embrace future technologies.

Envision what’s next. Build what matters. For more information, visit orioninnovation.com.

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