J. Johannsen & Sohn: 125 years 
The Lübeck tugboat company J. Johannsen & Sohn is now celebrating its 125th anniversary. The company's founder and Captain Joachim Johannsen began in 1896 with the unloading of goods from sailing ships lying on the river Trave using specially purchased flat bottomed ships.... more
Wallenius Wilhelmsen names new CEO
The board of Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA has named Lasse Kristoffersen as CEO. He joins the company from Torvald Klaveness, where he has been president and CEO since 2011. Prior to that, he was head of specialised dry bulk activities in the same company. Before Klaveness,... more
Scania picks Stefano Fedel
Stefano Fedel, currently Scania’s regional executive director for Eurasia, Middle East and Africa, has been appointed executive vice president and head of sales and marketing, effective immediately. He will report to Christian Levin, Scania’s president and CEO. Fedel, born... more
XPO chooses Carla Nascimento
XPO Logistics, a provider of freight transportation services, has appointed Carla Nascimento as head of air and sea services for its global forwarding business in southern Europe and Morocco. Nascimento and Ignacio Molina, head of customs services, will share the leadership of... more
Oleksii Kosenko joins Four Kites
Oleksii Kosenko joins Four Kites, a real-time supply chain visibility platform, as director carrier network operations, EMEA. Prior to joining Four Kites, Kosenko led the carrier sales teams at Uber Freight and Sennder Technologies and held a senior sales role at C.H. Robinson.... more
DHL picks Saul Resnick
Current chief executive officer DHL Supply Chain UK & Ireland, José F. Nava is moving to a new global role as head of next generation services programme, DHL Supply Chain. He will be replaced by Saul Resnick, currently chief executive officer DHL Supply Chain Australia &... more
Urs Schwaller hands over to Christian Levrat
Christian Levrat will take over as chairman of the board of Swiss Post from the outgoing chairman Urs Schwaller on 1 December 2021. Levrat is a lawyer and political scientist. Throughout his career, he has been an advocate of a strong public service. He was a member of the... more
Five promotions at Hill Dickinson
International maritime law firm Hill Dickinson recently moved a number of associate lawyers up to senior associate positions. The promotions are spread across shipping and maritime teams in the firm’s UK and international offices and take effect from 1 November 2021. ... more
Quantron beefs up competence team
Quantron, a system provider of battery- and hydrogen-powered e-mobility, has appointed five new senior specialists (from left to right): Alexander Stucke, head of tender management & product management bus, Uwe Hansult, Jochen Bauer, head of connected drive & digital... more
XPO Logistics picks Swati Sharma
XPO Logistics has appointed Swati Sharma as senior vice president and treasurer. She succeeds Ravi Tulsyan, who served as treasurer until his appointment as CFO in September. Prior to joining XPO, Sharma was chief financial officer of Avenues: The World School, where she led... more