Artificial Intelligence (AI) is seemingly popping up everywhere we look these days.

The Åland Islands are unique in many ways, not least because of their exceptional beauty nor tangled history, somewhat split between Sweden and Finland (the autonomous province is the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland).

The Finnish Kaskinen, located in the middle between Pori and Vaasa in the Gulf of Bothnia, is a universal seaport, part of the TEN-T Comprehensive Network, which has over the years developed a liking for handling sawn timber and pulp.

As the trade between the Asian and European markets accelerates, Deutsche Post DHL Group, the world's largest logistics company out of Germany, is busy utilising the New Silk Road to further boost growth.

Ever since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched in 2013, the driving idea has been to fill the infrastructure gap between China and its trading partners throughout the Asia Pacific, Africa, and East-Central Europe.

Thanks to the technical achievements of the last decades, our world has become more and more digital.

At a recent conference for freight forwarders everyone jointly agreed: if you're the fastest to quote, you win the customer.

The Åland Post’s "Sailing Ships" series - issuing of which kicked off in 2015 with the stamps depicting Åland pioneers of North Sea shipping, Lemland and Leo - will soon come to its conclusion with two four-masted vessels, the barquentine Mozart and the barque Viking.

We're pleased to announce that the 5/19 issue is ready and - as always - packed with great reads.

Generally speaking, the region's port bulk market was flat last year. What was lost on the liquid side, was regained on the dry front.