Britannia welcomes new chairman 

The Britannia Steam Ship Insurance Association Limited (Britannia) has announced that on 15 October, Nigel Palmer OBE retired as chairman of the Britannia board and was succeeded by Tony Firmin. Palmer started his career as a cadet with BP Tanker Co., where he rose to the... mehr
Blue acquires 20|20 Marine Energy 

Blue, a communications consultancy for the marine and energy markets, has acquired specialist maritime consultancy 20|20 Marine Energy (20|20). 20|20, which will be re-named Blue Insight, provides commercial advisory and research services for key transformative areas within the... mehr
New CHRO for Imperial Logistics International 

Imperial Logistics has appointed Muazzez Anadolu Dindar as chief human resources officer of its international business. She will be based in Duisburg, Germany. In her new post, Dindar will take responsibility for all HR matters throughout the international business, including... mehr
TT Club wins marine insurance award in the Middle East 

At the sixth annual The Maritime Standard Awards in Dubai (UAE), the international freight and logistics insurer TT Club was honoured with the title of marine insurer of the year 2019. The award was presented to Julien Horn, director of TTMS (Gulf), TT Club’s network partner... mehr
New head for customs activities 

Alexandra Kleinschmidt joins Crane Worldwide Logistics in Houston (TX, USA) to lead the customs brokerage and trade advisory team. Kleinschmidt is a licensed customs broker, certified customs specialist and has an experienced background in leadership roles covering customs... mehr
Panattoni comes to Munich 

Panattoni Europe is opening a further office in Munich. With the branches in Hamburg, Düsseldorf and Mannheim this is now the company’s fourth location in Germany. Five members will form the team in Munich, including the new colleagues Tim Hemmann and Moritz Arendt. Both... mehr
Management changes at Boeing 

Boeing has named Stan Deal to succeed Kevin McAllister as president and CEO of Boeing commercial airplanes and Ted Colbert to succeed Deal as president and CEO of Boeing global services, effective immediately. Vishwa Uddanwadiker has been appointed to Colbert's former role... mehr
UPS COO Jim Barber announces retirement 

UPS has announced that its COO Jim Barber will retire at the end of December 2019. As COO, Barber is responsible for the company’s global small package, freight, supply chain and freight forwarding units and global engineering. Serving UPS for nearly 35 years, he joined the... mehr
Transfrigoroute becomes a member of BGL 

The Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL, German freight transport association) and Transfrigoroute are pleased to announce that Transfrigoroute’s application for membership in BGL has been approved unanimously. As a trade association for... mehr
Awards for the air charter industry 

The Air Charter Association welcomed nearly 400 guests to London’s historic Guildhall to celebrate the presentation of the very first set of awards following the association’s recent rebrand. Formerly known as the BACA excellence awards, these awards are presented annually... mehr