Flexport, the shipping logistics company that launched in San Francisco just four years ago, is set to close a $110m Series C funding round. The investment values the company at $910m post money, says Wesley Chan, managing director at Menlo Park VC firm Felicis Ventures, an early investor in Flexport. The new round will bring the total capital invested to $204m.

Josh Tetrick has gone up against Big Mayo, the egg industry, Target and his own staff and board of directors.

The International Union of Marine Insurance has called for better fire-fighting systems on board container ships, citing its concern that current provisions are insufficient given the growing size of container vessels and a recent spate of fires on board ships.

This year's hurricane season has been devastating for the communities impacted by the series of storms so far in the Caribbean region.

August frustrates Raynald Aeschlimann, president and chief executive at Omega.