Lean and Green award: and the winner is … 
Hutchison Ports Best has been awarded the prestigious Lean and Green award, earning four stars for its outstanding performance in reducing emissions in logistics processes. Lean and Green is the largest European collaboration platform specifically aimed at reducing emissions... more
Port of Sevilla wins
The port of Sevilla has won the Espo Award 2024 for its project “circular economy for valorising maintenance dredging sediments”. It was developed to address the need for sustainable management, in compliance with the principles of the circular economy, of the sediments... more
More responsibilities for Adrien Thominet
The ECS Group was pleased to report that Adrien Thominet, the executive chairman of the ECS Group, has been appointed to the board of directors of The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca). Thominet's decades of leadership and innovative contributions to the air cargo... more
Tim Schönherr now global head of sales
The Transco Group, headquartered in Singen am Hohentwiel (Germany), has appointed Tim Schönherr as its new global head of sales, strengthening its strategic focus on customer-oriented logistics and international expansion in its transport and customs handling services. With... more
Chep appoints CEO of Europe
Chep, a supply chain solutions company and the largest equipment pooling network worldwide, has appointed Helen Lane as the new CEO of its European business, effective 11 November. She succeeds David Cuenca, who recently assumed the role of CEO for Chep North America. Lane... more
Umberto Masucci confirmed as president
During the most recent Propeller Assembly, Umberto Masucci was re-elected as president of The International Propeller Clubs Italia for the 2024–2027 term. Two major national conferences are already planned for 2025: the third edition of ‘Shipping, Transport &... more
From a shipping line to a terminal operator
APM Terminals has hired Peter Wikström as its new CFO. Wikström will join the global terminal operator on 1 January 2025 after having recently served as head of mergers & acquisitions at Maersk – a role he assumed in 2019. Since 2023, Wikström has also worked as... more
A CEO for Middle East & North Africa
DHL Express has appointed Abdulaziz Busbate as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of DHL Express for Middle East and North Africa, effective, 1 January 2025. He will succeed Nour Suliman, who recently stepped into a non-executive advisory role within DHL Group as president... more
Five decades of innovation
Unsworth, an independent logistics and freight forwarding company based in London, UK, is celebrating its golden jubilee with a renewed commitment to innovation and to setting new industry standards. Richard Hogg, CEO (centre): “Since our incorporation in 1974, Unsworth UK... more
Forty years of dedication to safety
Peregrine Storrs-Fox has stepped down as TT Club’s mutual’s risk management director. The celebrated advocate for risk mitigation and safety in the freight industry will now assume a consultancy role to further offer his expertise to TT’s membership and the industry at large.... more