Honours for the pioneers of the pallet's triumph 
Oliver Richter (1920-2014), an Australian who, as trade manager of Brambles in the 1960s, discovered the potential of a closed rental pool for load carriers and successfully established today's Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool (Chep) system, and George Raymond Sr.... more
Icao awards Ángela Marina Donato
The ICAO Council has posthumously conferred the Edward Warner Award, acknowledged as the highest honour in the world of civil aviation, on Ángela Marina Donato of Argentina. The award ceremony took place on the opening day of Icao’s 41st triennial Assembly and was led by the... more
Wascosa elects new executive committee
Wascosa has appointed Iris Hilb as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective 1 January 2023 and restructured its executive committee. The current members of the executive board now are: Peter Balzer (CEO until 31 December 2022), Iris Hilb (Nominee CEO until 31... more
UPS promotes Engin Kolat
UPS has appointed Turkey director of operations Engin Kolat as its new Turkey country managerto lead the company’s operations, business development, and strategy in Turkey. Kolat joined UPS as an expert in revenue management and pricing expert in 2013 after graduating from... more
Top of the list in Austria
At Austria's Leading Companies Awards ceremony, which was held on 4 October 2022, the international transport and logistics service provider Cargo-Partner secured first prize. The prize is awarded annually as part of the renowned business competition organised by PwC and the... more
UK Club strengthens regional offices
The UK P&I Club, a major provider of P&I insurance and other services to the international shipping community, will welcome Seán Geraghty as new regional director in its Greek office in November, while Daniel Evans will move from Greece to London to focus on the... more
Cargoline elects advisory board
Cargoline’s shareholders have elected their advisory board as scheduled. With the managing directors Ralf Amm (Amm Spedition, Nuremberg), Torsten Huberti (Schmidt-Gevelsberg, Schwelm), Heiner Koch (Koch International, Osnabrück), Bernd Schäflein (Schäflein Spedition, Röthlein),... more
Amerijet promotes Shivanthi Udurawana
Amerijet International has promoted Shivanthi Udurawana vice president - business finance. She will be responsible for the company’s financial strategy and analysis of existing and new business opportunities, long-term plans, and business intelligence. Udurawana joined... more
Crane Worldwide Logistics welcomes Janet Ang
Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Janet Ang as global vice president industrial. Among other things, her task will be to support the development of additional integrated supply chain solutions for Crane Worldwide’s growing portfolio of B2B international clients. Based... more
AFS picks Kevin Day
AFS Logistics has appointed Kevin Day as president of the less-than-truckload (LTL) segment. Day has over 25 years of logistics industry experience, including more than eleven years in executive leadership roles. As president of LTL for AFS, Day will serve in both a client-... more