Iata: five hackathon winners 

Iata hackathons are around-the-clock events. They bring together teams of developers and designers to create innovative solutions to address an industry challenge. Solutions are presented to a jury, and the winners have the opportunity to share and communicate them to the... mehr
K + N announces change in executive board 

The board of directors of Kuehne + Nagel International has appointed Michael Aldwell to the executive board, effective 1 October 2023. Aldwell will then assume responsibility for the sea freight division and succeed Horst Joachim (Otto) Schacht. After 26 years of successful... mehr
Gérald Delacourt joins Panattoni France 

Panattoni is expanding its Lyon office with the recruitment of Gérald Delacourt as project director for Southern France. Delacourt has 20 years' experience in the logistics property sector. Before joining Panattoni, Delacourt was associate technical property manager and... mehr
Shipbob snags supply chain expert from Amazon 

Global omni-fulfilment platform Shipbob has hired Melissa Nick as its first chief supply chain officer. She joins the company with over 20 years of professional experience, spending the last nine+ years at Amazon, most recently as Amazon's VP of North America customer... mehr
Ifoy awards for six companies 

The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year awards are out. In 2023, 21 companies with 23 products and solutions were finalists in the eleventh round of the award. In the category "AGV/AMR", the award was won by Agilox with the intelligent... mehr
Solvares Group: changes in the sales organisation 

The Solvares Group, a network of software companies, is reorganising its sales department. James De Roo will take over the newly created position of sales manager logistics, while Hannes Heckner will be responsible for sales in the field service. De Roo can look back on many... mehr
Allcargo group: key changes after demerger 

Allcargo Group, a global logistics conglomerate headquartered in India, has made several appointments in key leadership positions within the organisation after its recent demerger. Shashi Kiran Shetty has been redesignated as executive chairman of Allcargo Logistics, Adarsh... mehr
Aldi Nord expands logistics training courses 

Aldi is planning to offer more inhouse logistics courses in future: from the start of the training programme in 2023, 17 Aldi regional companies will train drivers and logistics specialists. Training in logistics is already an integral part of some Aldi regional companies,... mehr
Smarthop welcomes Jay Hinson 

Smarthop, a freight booking and fleet management platform, has appointed Jay Hinson as its new general manager of Fintech. A seasoned financial services executive, Hinson joins Smarthop to lead the company’s expansion of Fintech tools within its self-service TMS platform for... mehr
40th anniversary and export prize 2023 

In its 40th year, the international transport and logistics provider Cargo-Partner was awarded the coveted export prize during the "Exporters' Nite 2023" last week. The award was bestowed in recognition for the company’s solid performance and its constantly growing... mehr