Mycrane signs three more franchise agreements 
At the Cranes and Transport Middle East conference recently held in Dubai, the Dubai-based digital crane rental platform Mycrane appointed franchise holders for UK, the Republic of Ireland and Qatar. The UK and Ireland business is headed by managing director Mike Bryant... more
DB extends contracts for five years
At its regular meeting, the supervisory board of Deutsche Bahn extended the contracts of Sigrid Nikutta and Levin Holle by five years each. Nikutta will be in charge of freight transport until 31 December 2027. Holle will now lead the finance and logistics division until 31... more
SAS appoints Erno Hildén
SAS has appointed Erno Hildén as executive vice president and CFO. Hildén is from Finland and has held several operational leadership positions in the global airline industry. He has worked both as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Finnair and as executive... more
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