Xeneta picks Scott Irvine and Laura Finbow 
Xeneta, an ocean and air freight rate benchmarking, market analytics platform and container shipping index, has appointed two new sales executives. Scott Irvine joins Xeneta as VP of freight forwarding and Laura Finbow will serve as director of sales enablement. The... more
Tony Mathews joins Dronamics
Dronamics has appointed aviation expert Tony Mathews as strategic advisor. With more than 45 years in the aviation industry, Mathews brings a wealth of regulatory and regional economic expertise, most recently having led the civil aviation safety authority in Australia as... more
Changes at the helm of Fedex Corp
Frederick W. Smith (left), chairman and CEO, will become executive chairman, and Raj Subramaniam (right), president and COO, will be promoted to president and CEO of Fedex Corporation. In addition, R. Brad Martin, chair of the board’s audit committee, is now non-executive... more
BDB elects new presidium
After the regular elections to its presidium held on 30 March 2022, the Bundesverband der Deutschen Binnenschifffahrt (German federal association of inland navigation, BDB) announced the following changes to its leadership team that now consists of seven members (from left to... more
Nearly 1,500 safest drivers join Circle of Honour
UPS has inducted 1,495 of its drivers into the Circle of Honour, an elite group of UPS drivers who have not had an avoidable accident for 25 years or more. Made up of drivers from four continents, this new class has a total of 37,375 years of safe driving. “In this era of... more
Swissport chooses Ilse De Loof
Ilse De Loof will join Swissport as general counsel & company secretary and member of the executive leadership team on 1 April 2022. De Loof served as group general counsel & corporate secretary at the Netherland-based LBC Tank Terminals Group since 2011 and acted as... more
HMM nominates Kyung-bae Kim
HMM has selected Mr. Kyung-bae Kim, the former Hyundai Glovis CEO, as the final candidate for the next HMM CEO. Kim is regarded as a logistics expert who had led the steady growth of Hyundai Glovis while serving as chief executive of the company for about nine years. With... more
José Rueda Salinas joins APM Terminals
Company veteran José Rueda Salinas has been appointed managing director at APM Terminals Moín, Costa Rica’s largest container terminal, located in the port of Limón. Rueda Salinas will relocate to Costa Rica once the necessary permits have been obtained. He joins Moín from APM... more
TNW Corporation chooses Jeremy Bush
Jeremy Bush has joined TNW Corporation, a privately held operator of short line railroads and logistics centres, as superintendent of railway operations at the TXGN Railway and TXR Railway. In his new position, Bush will oversee day-to-day operations and be responsible for... more
Nola swears in HPD chief Melanie Montroll
The Port of New Orleans (Port Nola) has sworn in Captain Melanie Montroll as the new chief of its harbour police department (HPD). She is the first woman and the first African American woman to be elected chief of the HPD. Montroll succeeds chief Robert Hecker, who retires after... more