CCM names Michael Mitchell Interim COO 
Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) has named Michael Mitchell interim COO, effective 1 November 2019. Bringing 30 years of industry experience to the position, Mitchell, who also serves as VP of human resources and administration, has been with CCM since its launch in 2005.... plus
New head of airfreight and automotive divisions at Leschaco
Oliver Kaut is the new head of global airfreight and vertical market automotive at Leschaco. Kaut looks back on 35 years of forwarding experience with a focus on the vertical market automotive and air freight. He takes over as head of global airfreight from Antonio Oliveira, who... plus
Swiss federal roads office elects new vice director
At the beginning of February 2020, Pascal Mertenat will assume the position of vice director of the Swiss federal roads office (Fedro) and head of the road infrastructure division, western region. Mertenat is from the canton of Jura. He is married and has three adult... plus
Alberto Cabrera joins Jaxport
The Jacksonville port authority (Jaxport) in the USA welcomes transportation business development executive Alberto Cabrera as new director, cruise and cargo development. Cabrera is responsible for developing relationships with cruise lines and positioning Jaxport to capture new... plus
New CEO for UTA
Union Tank Eckstein (UTA) has appointed Carsten Bettermann as its new CEO. He succeeds Volker Huber, who, after four years at the helm of UTA, will assume new responsibilities within the Edenred group. Bettermann is an experienced managing director who graduated from the... plus
Mieloo & Alexander hires sales manager for German branch
Mieloo & Alexander Business Integrators is a Dutch IT and consulting company from the logistics sector. The fast growing company founded its own subsidiary in Germany in order to respond to increasing demand in the German market. With immediate effect, Eiko Gramlich will... plus
CEO of SBB Cargo to step down
Nicolas Perrin will resign from his position as CEO of SBB Cargo at the company’s annual general meeting in the second quarter of 2020. He has worked for the Swiss federal railways (SBB) for 32 years. During this time, he served as CEO of SBB Cargo for the last 12 years.... plus
Uniform brand: AFG operates under new name
Effective immediately, the logistics services provider Allgemeine Fahrzeugübernahme-Gesellschaft (AFG), which was taken over by the Mosolf Group at the beginning of 2018, will be trading under the name of Mosolf Automotive Releasing Solutions. With this move, the Germany-based... plus
Agility gains prestigious award in Africa
The new Mozambique park of Agility Logistics Parks (ALP) has won the “best industrial and logistics development in Africa” award at the Africa property and investment summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. The award recognised the development in Maputo as a pioneering,... plus
Gustav Seeland wins award
At the presentation of the award of the German federal working group heavy transport and crane work (BSK) in Rostock-Warnemünde (Germany) Gustav Seeland was again on the winners’ rostrum and won the first prize. The company was honoured for the development of a special steel... plus