Scannell Properties hires Andrea Amoretti 
The American investor and real estate developer Scannell Properties has appointed Andrea Amoretti as client solutions director Europe. After Geoffrey Pizzanelli, who was hired as capital deployment director for Europe, Amoretti is the second executive to reinforce this segment... mehr
CII elects three new directors
The containerisation & intermodal institute (CII) has unanimously elected Noel Hacegaba of the Port of Long Beach, Gregory Tuthill of Sea Cube Container Leasing and Michael Wilson of Consolidated Chassis Management to three-year terms on the board of directors. The... mehr
Naomi Landman joins Damco
Saskia Groen-in’t-Woud, CEO of Damco, has appointed Naomi Landman as head of Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and network strategy to drive growth in 2020. The Netherlands-based freight forwarder will continue to diversify its service offerings, developing new air cargo... mehr
Lothar Thoma is the new head of air & sea at Gebrüder Weiss
Lothar Thoma has been appointed to lead the air & sea division at the logistics services provider Gebrüder Weiss. He has a PhD in economics. Thoma complements the executive board, joining Wolfram Senger-Weiss (chairman), Peter Kloiber and Jürgen Bauer. As Gebrüder Weiss... mehr
Ship Serv appoints Henrik Hyldahn as CEO
Ship Serv, a maritime e-procurement platform, has appointed Henrik Hyldahn as its new CEO. Former CEO Kim Skaarup will join the board as vice chairman. Hyldahn was previously Ship Serv’s chief solutions officer and will be charged with taking the company through its next phase... mehr
David F. Adam of USMX named person of the year
The New York/ New Jersey foreign freight forwarders and brokers association has named David F. Adam, chairman and CEO, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), as its 2020 person of the year. Adam will be honoured at a gala dinner on 6 February 2020 at the Sheraton New York Times... mehr
IRU announces advocacy leadership changes
IRU has announced the appointment of Raluca Marian, currently senior advisor on passenger transport in its Brussels office, to the position of general delegate of the IRU permanent delegation to the EU. Matthias Maedge, the current EU general delegate, will take up the... mehr
New hands at the helm of DAL/JTE
Ken Bloch Sørensen joins the DAL/JTE board as new head of liner services. Hartmut Luehr, MD of Deutsche Afrika-Linien, will retire in the middle of 2020, for a transitional period Luehr will support Sørensen. He started his professional career in 1980 as a trainee at Maersk.... mehr
COA elects new chairman and vice-chairman
The board of directors of the container owners association (COA) has elected Uffe Ernst-Fredriksen, head of cargo management, AP Moller-Maersk, to the position of COA chairman. Ernst-Frederiksen takes over from Brian Darnowski, senior vice-president – operations, Triton... mehr
Finnair Cargo appoints new sales director Asia
Finnair Cargo has appointed Pasi Nopanen as its sales director Asia. He will take up his position from 9 March 2020 and be located in Shanghai. Nopanen has extensive experience in the air cargo industry, having worked for airlines and freight forwarding companies during his... mehr