Damen strengthens executive board 
Ronald Suhlmann (photo) will become the new chief financial officer of Damen Shipyards Group, effective 1 April 2021. Succeeding Tom Touber, who held this position ad interim for two years, Suhlmann also joins Damen's executive board. He moved to Damen in 2015, after starting... plus
Mozambique Airports PCA chairs ACI-Africa
Emanuel Chaves, president of the board of directors of Aeroportos de Moçambique, has been nominated by unanimity to chair ACI-Africa (Airports Council International). He took over his new position on 15 February 2021 and will end the mandate of the presidency on 31 December... plus
Italy's minister for infrastructure and transport
On 13 February 2021, the new Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi swore in the economist, statistician and academic Enrico Giovannini as government minister for infrastructure and transport. Following Paola De Micheli, Giovannini manages a budget of EUR 32 billion. From 1997... plus
New managing director and chairman
PE Automotive has a new managing director, Christian Loidolt, who will also chair the executive board. He succeeded Ralf Maurer when he joined the company on 1 February 2021. Loidolt will be working with longstanding managing director Markus Seitz. Loidolt brings experience... plus
Jolie Cosman joins Deugro USA
Deugro USA has strengthened its team in Houston (Texas) and appointed Jolie Cosman as senior business development manager. “Making a pivotal change in her career” by leaving her own freight forwarding and letter of credit consultancy business where she worked as The LC... plus
PIL appoints Goh Chung Hun
Pacific International Lines (PIL) has appointed Goh Chung Hun as general manager, fleet division, effective from 1 February 2021. He succeeds Captain R.S. Minhas and will be overseeing the management of PIL's fleet, including technical, marine operations, safety and crewing.... plus
Saloodo! gains new CEO
The digital road freight platform Saloodo!, founded in 2016 by Deutsche Post DHL Group, has appointed Dr. Antje Huber as its new CEO. Having joined the company in 2019 as an important member of Saloodo!’s management board, she now succeeds Thomas Grunau, who has managed the... plus
Dachser restructures regional management
Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganised the management of two regional business units. Tobias Burger (photo), already in charge of the strategic development as deputy director ASL, has assumed the position of managing director ASL Europe, Middle East and Africa... plus
Mordhorst switches within Marcura
The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions for the global maritime industry, reports that Hans-Christian Mordhorst has been appointed as the group’s chief commercial officer and non-executive chairman of its flagship company,... plus
Best betters position at TFG
With retroactive effect from 1 January, Philipp Best has been appointed as sales manager at TFG Transfracht in Hamburg. The subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn organises daily containerised sea port hinterland transports (2020: 900,000 teu) from Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven as... plus