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
APM Terminals hires Birna Ósk Einarsdóttir 

Birna Ósk Einarsdóttir will join the APM Terminals senior management team as CCO and be based in The Hague starting in January 2022. Einarsdóttir holds a degree in leadership and management from Háskóli Íslands (University of Iceland). Prior to joining Icelandair Group,... more
DFI Real Estate wins new investor 

Hamburg-based entrepreneur Jörn Reinecke is investing in real estate developer DFI (Driving Future Innovation) Real Estate, which is headquartered in Düsseldorf. DFI develops sustainable industrial, trade and logistics properties in Germany. It is planned to transform the... more
24plus appoints Markus Egerer 

Markus Egerer became managing director of 24plus Systemverkehre on 1 October, replacing Stefan Rehmet as head of the general cargo cooperation headquartered in Hauneck near Bad Hersfeld, Germany. Egerer has been active in the logistics industry for more than 20 years. During... more
Deugro Group picks Christian Schulz 

On 1 October Christian Schulz was appointed vice-president of global business development, thermal power and renewables for the Deugro Group, a German transport services provider and oversized and heavy cargo specialist made up of four independent companies. Schulz has over 20... more
Conor Brannigan promoted to CEO 

Air cargo solutions company Magma Aviation has promoted Conor Brannigan, who has been in the company since July 2021, from deputy CEO to CEO. Ross Wilson, former CEO, moves to the role of strategic advisor to Magma Aviation's board of directors. Brannigan: “I am excited and... more
Cargo iQ names Lothar Moehle executive director 

Cross-stakeholder air cargo organisation Cargo iQ has named Lothar Moehle as its new executive director. Moehle brings over four decades of experience in the air cargo and logistics sectors, including senior positions at UPS and DB Schenker. He was also one of the founding... more
New mentorship scheme for WAL 

Women in Aviation and Logistics (WAL) has launched a new mentorship scheme and resource hub to host its searchable female speaker database to support and encourage the next generation of female executives. The scheme is free to join and will bring together industry leaders,... more
Julien Prével deputy managing director of Soget 

Soget's supervisory board has unanimously elected Julien Prével, human resources director and member of the management board, as deputy managing director. Prével holds a DESS (specialised graduate diploma) in international trade/marketing from the University of Le Havre... more