VTG’s CEO to step down after 17 years 
Heiko Fischer, current CEO of the German international wagon hire and rail logistics company VTG, headquartered in Hamburg, will step down from his duties as chairman of the executive board on 30 June 2021, but will retain close ties to VTG as senior advisor for activities,... more
Welcome back, David Shepherd!
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has appointed David Shepherd (right, together with ITJ editor Andreas Haug at Air Cargo Europe in Munich, 2017) as managing director. Shepherd will report to David Podolsky, who will continue in his role as... more
New general counsel at Plus
Lynn Miller has joined global provider of self-driving truck technology Plus as its new general counsel. In this role, she will serve as an advisor to the Plus management team and board, as well as heading the company’s legal department. Previously deputy general counsel at... more
Hummelbrunner follows Preschern
Roland Hartwig, CEO of Schwarzmüller, a European provider of towed commercial vehicles based in Austria, has announced that current CFO Georg Preschern will leave at the end of June 2021, after having worked for the company since 2014. Starting in the group’s finance... more
More responsibilities for Polychronakos
Owner-managed logistics company Röhlig appointed Andreas Polychronakos as global director effective 28 May 2021. The sales expert joined Röhlig Germany as director sales in 2018. In January 2021 he was named global air freight director, based at the Röhlig head office in... more
Scandlines finds new CEO
The supervisory board of ferry company Scandlines has appointed Carsten Nørland, senior vice president international at the Royal Unibrew Brewery, as new CEO, effective 1 September 2021. He replaces Søren Poulsgaard Jensen, who will leave the German-Danish cooperation after ten... more
Manning supports 2022 Special Olympics airlift
While the (sports) world is eagerly awaiting the Olympic Games in Tokyo and commemorating the founding of the International Olympic Committee in Paris on 23 June 1894 on today's "Olympic Day", Textron Aviation has appointed Peyton Manning to promote the 2022 Special... more
Quantron wins German Innovation Award
Quantron, a high-tech spin-off of Haller, a mobility solutions provider based in Gersthofen, Germany, has received the German Innovation Award in the "e-mobility" category. Every year, the award honours innovative companies that stand for sustainable and... more
Executive director for carrier management
Transporeon has appointed Gruziana Hoxha as new executive director of carrier management. She held a similar position at Sennder for the past six months. Effective from 1 July 2021, Hoxha will begin building and leading the company’s new carrier business unit. The global... more
Swedish Orient Line names new CEO
Effective 1 August 2021, privately owned shipping and logistics company Swedish Orient Line (SOL) will welcome Tommy Kalin (photo) as its new CEO. He succeeds SOL’s CEO Ragnar Johannsson, who will remain CEO of shipping company Wallenius SOL, which SOL and Wallenius Lines... more