Roman Stiftner to be president of ESC 
At the ESC board meeting of 19 October 2021, Roman Stiftner was confirmed as the new president of the European Shippers’ Council. He takes over the helm at ESC from Denis Choumert, who has chaired the organisation for the last ten years. Stiftner is a managing director of... more
Alstom chooses Kanat Alpysbayev
Alstom has appointed Kanat Alpysbayev as managing director of the company's Western & Central Asia cluster. He joins Alstom from Kazpost, Kazakhstan's national postal service, where he was chairman of the board. Alpysbayev also served as managing director for logistics and... more
CHI realigns cold chain solutions
On behalf of the Hessen ministry of the interior (Germany), CHI Group (Cargo Handling Intl.) has been storing Moderna vaccines at -20 °C in its warehouse for pharmaceutical goods at Frankfurt Airport since the beginning of 2021. From here, CHI delivered regular supplies to all... more
Geodis picks Jürgen Adler
Jürgen Adler is joining Geodis as vice president automotive vertical market. He holds a degree in transport and logistics from the University of Bonn. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the logistics and transport sector of the automotive industry. Speaking several... more
Marinka Nooteboom businesswoman of the year 2022
Marinka Nooteboom, managing director of the Netherlands-based Royal Nooteboom Group, one of the largest builders of trailers for special road haulage services in Europe, has been named businesswoman of the year 2022 by the jury of the Prix Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award.... more
Two new directors for ports of Auckland board
Ports of Auckland has appointed Geoff Plunket and Stephen Reindler to the board as new directors. “Stephen Reindler is currently a director of Z Energy and Steel and Tube and a previous director of the port of Napier, Meridian Energy and Worksafe NZ. He has extensive experience... more
Tiaca reappoints chair and vice chair
The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca) reports that chair Steven Polmans (left) and vice chair Sanjeev Gadhia (right) will continue their work at the association's helm for the next two years. The board of directors approved an additional term to ensure a long-term... more
Winners of women’s railway innovation prize
At the ITS World Congress in Hamburg last week, the non-profit transport grouping Allianz pro Schiene awarded the Clara Jaschke innovation prize to two rail pioneers, Irmhild Saabel of Wascosa, and Julia Kuhfuss of S-Bahn Hamburg. In a project led by Saabel, Wascosa, a... more
Global cargo chair for Swissport
Swissport International has elected Dirk Goovaerts to the new position of cargo chair. He will assume this function in addition to his current responsibilities as head of the Middle East & Africa region. The new chair will bring together Swissport's cargo experts from... more
Hermes expands India product team
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT), which specialises in IT solutions and cargo management systems for the global air cargo industry, has made four appointments to its product team in India. The new members of the team – Gulshan Kataria, Divya Gulati, Rohit Bhadbhade and Ganesh... more