Roll Group to set up African office 
At the Breakbulk Middle East event, Roll Group announced that industry experts Patrick van der Meide and Harmen Tiddens will set up and lead the new Roll Africa office. Roll Group’s CEO, Peter Rondhuis: “Van der Meide and Tiddens are a great match with Roll Group, as they... more
Fedex Express picks Maribeth Espinosa
Fedex Express, a subsidiary of Fedex Corp. and one of the world’s largest express services companies, has appointed Maribeth Espinosa as the new managing director of Fedex Express Philippines. In her new position, Espinosa will lead a team of more than 1,000 members and will... more
Aero Africa welcomes Samuel Geevarghese
Aero Africa has appointed Samuel Geevarghese as regional head, Middle East and India. Geevarghese has over two decades of experience in the air cargo industry. He has held major key positions in operations, customer service, sales, and management roles. Geevarghese started... more
CHI Group promotes Dominik Misskampf
The CHI Group recently acquired stakes in three companies - Tri-Log International, Innovative Quality Logistics and Uwe Marx Transporte - in the greater Hamburg area. Dominik Misskampf has been appointed to join Emil Djurov (left) and Robert Michler (right), the managers of... more
Maersk to recruit South African cadets
Following an extensive review process, A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) has identified South Africa as a suitable source for recruiting additional crews for its fleet, which comprises 280 fully-owned and operated container vessels, employing 12,500 seafarers. South African... more
Echo LTL and Roadtex: changes at the helm
Echo Global Logistics, a provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services, and Roadtex Transportation, an Echo company, have strengthened their executive teams. Frank Hurst, formerly president of Roadrunner, has joined Echo as the executive... more
EPG strengthens sales team
The sales team of EPG (Ehrhardt Partner Group) welcomed two new colleagues at the beginning of this year: As sales director voice solutions, Sascha Egener will continue to develop the European market from the Aachen branch, while Russell Holland will be working as strategic... more
Changes in Dachser's executive board
CFO Robert Erni is not extending his contract, which expires at the end of the year, for personal reasons and leaving the company on 30 June 2023. Dachser CEO Burkhard Eling will then take over as head of finance in a dual role. Eling worked as CFO for Dachser for eight... more
More apprenticeships needed in logistics sector
The British International Freight Association (Bifa) has repeated its call for freight forwarding and logistics companies to consider recruiting apprentices. Bifa executive director Carl Hobbis, who has responsibility for the trade association’s training and development... more
Three industry veterans to join advisory board
Entrepreneur Navid Thielemann has appointed an advisory board for the Thielemann Group for the first time. From now on, industry and logistics veterans Erich Staake, Premal Desai and Michael Storm will support Thielemann in the development of his entrepreneurial activities and... more