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NewsTurkish Cargo appoints new senior vice president of sales
Turkish Cargo has appointed Cor P de Man as senior vice president of cargo sales.De Man started his career at the Royal Nedlloyd Group in 1986 and went on to hold senior positions at KPMG, UTI Worldwide, DSV and Broekman Logistics.He lives in the Netherlands and will hold offices in ...
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Aero Africa announces new chief commercial officer
Aviation logistics provider Aero Africa has named Jade Da Costa as its new chief commercial officer.South Africa-born Da Costa has more than 30 years of experience in the freight forwarding and aviation industry, and has extensive knowledge of the African market.Previously, Da Costa was group director at freight forwarder Intraspeed ...
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NewsHellmann nabs Raudszus for APAC role
Sven RaudszusSven Raudszus will take over the position of regional chief executive Asia Pacific (APAC) at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics from March 1.He will be responsible for the "operative and strategic business" within the Asia Pacific region, including Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.Raudszus succeeds Mark Hellmann, who has played a ...
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NewsExpanding SEKO promotes Bourke to chief growth officer
Brian Bourke, Chief Growth Officer, SEKO LogisticsSEKO Logistics has promoted Brian Bourke to the new post of chief growth officer as the company looks to accelerate its organic expansion.In his new role, Bourke will drive SEKO’s demand generation, revenue management and corporate marketing and communications initiatives, working closely with Terry ...
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Envirotainer appoints new sales chief
Pharma ULD firm Envirotainer has appointed Eddy Cojulun as its new chief sales officer (CSO).In his new role Cojulun will report directly to the chief executive and is part of the Envirotainer management team.He brings more than 25 years of international leadership experience from various sales roles across the globe.Prior ...
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NewsSAS appoints new EVP and CIO
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has appointed Charlotte Svensson as executive vice president and chief information officer, effective from February 1.Svensson, who has previously worked at Bonnier News and most recently PostNord Group, will succeed Mattias Forsberg, who is leaving SAS for a new role at Svenska Handelsbanken.She commented: "I’m looking forward ...
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CEVA Logistics re-organises senior management team
CEVA Logistics has re-organised its senior management team nine months after its takeover by shipping line CMA CGM.The company said that chief executive Nicolas Sartini, who took the role in June last year, will be replaced by Mathieu Friedberg who was previously senior vice president commercial and agencies network at ...
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NewsFormer Martinair executive extradited to US on cargo price fixing charges
A former Martinair executive has been extradited to the US to face charges related to cargo price fixing after ten years on the run.Maria Ullings, a Dutch national, was originally indicted in 2010 by the US District Court in Atlanta for allegedly participating in a global conspiracy to fix air ...
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NewsDelmar appoints sustainability officer
Laura CorralesCanada-headquartered freight forwarder Delmar International has named Laura Corrales as the organisation’s first sustainability officer.The new role’s mandate is to develop, implement and promote sustainability programmes for operations in North America.“Delmar continues to make strides in streamlining and eliminating redundancies and waste across our offices. But we also acknowledge ...
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UK forwarders welcome expanded apprenticeship scheme
Forwarder association BIFA has welcomed news that the UK government is expanding access to an apprenticeship service to small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs).Robert Keen, director general of the trade association, explained that 90% of BIFA corporate members are SMEs that do not qualify as levy-payers and have had restricted access ...
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NewsBrussels Airport to restructure and expand cargo team
Nathan De ValckBrussels Airport has centralised the entire responsibility of all activities in the cargo zone within the cargo business unit and it is also looking to expand the team.The new structure results in the cargo unit overseeing all operational, financial, commercial and real-estate cargo activities in addition to its ...
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NewsNew report calls for improvement in leadership in forwarding
New research into forwarding and logistics has found that businesses need to give more attention to the human side of the industry.The novosensus report, which involved researchers speaking with 1,007 people working in the forwarding and logistics industry, found that overall, employees in in the sector rate their companies slightly ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo: Maintaining the balance
LATAM Cargo chief executive Andrés BianchiThe challenge of ensuring aircraft are full of cargo is not an easy one to meet at the best of times, but when the market is in a downturn the task becomes even more difficult.One person meeting this challenge head on is LATAM Cargo chief ...
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IAG chief executive Willie Walsh to retire
International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of IAG Cargo, has announced the upcoming retirement of its chief executive Willie Walsh.Walsh will stand down from his role and from the IAG board on March 26 and will be succeeded by Luis Gallego, who is currently chief executive of Iberia.IAG, which ...
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NewsDamco appoints new head of EMEA and network strategy
Naomi Landman, Damco Head of Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Network StrategyDamco has appointed Naomi Landman as head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and network strategy to drive growth in 2020.Landman brings two decades of forwarding experience and air freight expertise in senior management roles, most ...
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NewsDHL Express Asia Pacific announces new appointments
Tony Khan, president and representative director, DHL Express JapanDHL Express Japan has appointed Tony Khan as president and representative director. With his new appointment, Khan also becomes a member of the management board of DHL Express Asia Pacific.Khan succeeds Taketo Yamakawa, who retired in December last year. Previously, Khan served ...
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NewsNew chief executive at Atlas Air Worldwide
John DietrichJohn Dietrich has taken over as chief executive of Atlas Air Worldwide.The promotion, first announced in July, sees Dietrich take over from William Flynn, who retires from the position after a 13-year tenure and will move over to become chairman of the board.Dietrich, who is also president of the ...
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FTA responds to Heathrow delay
Following immediately in the wake of the announcement earlier today (December 20) that the much-talked about expansion (and third runway) of London Heathrow Airport is to be delayed by at least a year, the UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) was quick to offer its thoughts.Zoe McLernan, the trade body’s policy ...
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NewsPelican BioThermal looks to next decade in cold-chain shipping
Kevin Lawler, vice president of sales at Pelican BioThermal, the specialist in temperature-controlled packaging, has offered his thoughts in an opinion piece on what the next decade will bring in terms of global cold-chain shipping.He made four predictions as to changes that will transform the pharmaceutical and cold-chain industries over ...
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NewsFinnair Cargo appoints Pasi Nopanen
Pasi NopanenPasi Nopanen has been appointed as Finnair Cargo’s sales director for Asia.He will take up his position from March 9 – joining from Qatar Airways – and will be based in Shanghai."Pasi has extensive experience in the air cargo industry, having worked for airlines and freight forwarding companies during ...