Swissterminal celebrates half a century 
Swissterminal, an international integrated logistics provider headquartered in Frenkendorf near Basel and with locations in Switzerland and France, is celebrating five decades of operations. On 1 February 1972, when Alex Mayer founded Container Depot – the forerunner for... more
‘A’-ratings for The Swedish Club
S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed the ‘A’-ratings for long-term insurer financial strength and issuer credit for The Swedish Club. S&P also maintained its assessment of the Club's outlook as negative. Managing director of The Swedish Club, Lars Rhodin: “Following such... more
Changes in Trutac management team
Trutac, part of the Microlise Group, has promoted Jemma James to managing director as Terry Ramsey retires at the end of January. Jemma has been with Trutac for over 14 years and became a director in October 2010, with her most recent role being director of commercial operations... more
Mars elects new officers
The Midwest Association of Rail Shippers (Mars) elected its 2022 slate of officers at its annual winter meeting earlier in January. The 2022 Mars officers are: president Carrie Evans, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; first vice president Kathy Bathurst, CSX... more
Hong Kong Airport promotes Tommy Leung
Hong Kong's Airport Authority (AAHK) has appointed Tommy Leung as executive director, third runway, succeeding Kevin Poole who retired today, 1 February 2022. Leung has held a number of senior positions since he joined AAHK in 1994, covering terminal operations, technical... more
Ángel Gurría to join H2 Clipper’s advisory board
Ángel Gurría, the former secretary-general of the organisation of economic co-operation and development (OECD), has joined the advisory board of H2 Clipper, an aerospace and alternative energy company that develops uniquely capable hydrogen-powered airships and end-to-end... more
More logistics expertise for Crane
Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed three executives to drive its future growth and development in Germany. Jens Osterwald has been named as managing director to oversee the company’s freight forwarding and contract logistics operations in Germany. Tino Meyer will drive... more
Aircargo Club Deutschland renews presidium
The Aircargo Club Deutschland (ACD) elected a new presidium at its annual general meeting on 18 January. Ingo Richter (centre), managing director of Topsystem, a provider of intelligent IT solutions, is taking over the office of vice-president with immediate effect. Thorsten... more
Gebrüder Weiss trains national champion
Marko Nebrigic, who completed his apprenticeship at Gebrüder Weiss’s Wolfurt air and sea services location in Voralberg in autumn 2021, has won the ‘Austrian Skills 2021’ national championships in the category forwarding merchant. From 20–23 January Nebrigic, a native of the... more
Seafarers’ happiness at lowest ebb
According to the recently-published Seafarers Happiness Index for 2021, mariners’ happiness has reached an all-time low, driven by the extra strain of spending months aboard without any shore time as Covid-19 restrictions bite. Standard Club has thus warned that seafarer... more