Deputy directors for Swiss civil aviation and environment... 
Switzerland’s environment, transport, energy and communications ministry has appointed Martin Schmid Ding as the deputy director of its federal office of civil aviation (Foca), and Paul Steffen as the deputy director of its federal office for the environment. Martin Schmid Ding... more
Changes on the Royal Vopak board
The supervisory board of Royal Vopak has nominated Michiel Gilsing to succeed Gerard Paulides as CFO and as a member of the executive board. Frits Eulderink, in turn, has been nominated for another term as COO and as a member of the executive board. The moves are subject to... more
Volga-Dnepr specialists honoured
The XI International Forum held in St Petersburg (Russia) recently, entitled “Arctic: today and the future”, saw four Volga-Dnepr employees recognised for their contribution to developing the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Igor Aksenov, general director, was recognised “for the... more
Gruber's Condotta on 2Zero's executive board
2Zero, a European association which supports efforts and initiatives towards achieving zero emission mobility, has just elected its new executive board, representing various stakeholder categories. For the first time, the association has elected a representative of the European... more
e-Cargoware picks Johan Ruthstrom
e-Cargoware has appointed Johan Ruthstrom as head of commercial to further develop and drive forward their business activities. Ruthstrom joins e-Cargoware bringing 30+ years’ experience in commercial, marketing, business development and international business relations... more
Virgin Atlantic Cargo promotes Phil Wardlaw
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has named Phil Wardlaw as its new vice president and managing director. Wardlaw has been working for Virgin Atlantic for 17 years and has held numerous leadership roles in the operations and engineering teams. He was appointed VP engineering &... more
Hactl wins sustainability award
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) – Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler – has scooped up the sustainability award, at the pride of ground handling awards. Sustainability is a new award category introduced this year. Judges sought evidence of quality,... more
Two experts for Jaxport’s commercial team
The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport), Florida’s busiest container port, has added two experienced containerised cargo professionals to its commercial team. Joyssy Arias (left) joins Jaxport as director of ocean carrier development. She has nearly two decades of... more
Juha Kiviniemi at Port of Turku
Juha Kiviniemi joined the Port of Turku as customer account manager at the beginning of November. He will be the contact person for SMEs and thus strengthen the port’s services in this segment in particular. He will also be in charge of the development and maintenance of the... more
Deugro India wins Mala award
Deugro Projects (India) has won the 2021 all India maritime and logistics award (Mala) as the “best freight forwarder of the year” in the “project cargo” category. Deugro received the award during the 11th edition of the ceremony in Mumbai, India. This is Deugro India’s... more