Shocking beyond Marseilles
Dominique Lebreton, member of the executive board and audits, projects and marketing director of port community systems provider MGI from Marseilles, as well as a French foreign trade advisor (Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur – CCE) was killed in a road accident on Saturday 12... more
Taylor-made finances
Becky Taylor has been appointed CFO DHL supply chain, UK&I, focussing on building DHL’s data-driven insight capabilities to support growth, while continuing to manage risk, controls and compliance. Moving from her current position as VP commercial DSC UK&I and... more
Driving change in maritime markets
e1 Marine, a global renewable energy company which aims to develop and implement innovative technology supporting the use of hydrogen as a fuel for sea going vessels, has appointed Stuart Crawford as its managing director. Crawford will execute the Vancouver-based company's... more
Air freight specialists for Aero Africa
Hong Kong-based air cargo management group Aero Africa has welcomed Joey Xu (photo) in the newly-created position of director airfreight Asia, and Gary Tobias as regional operations manager. They will join the management team in China and Southern Africa. Xu will be... more
Idealworks picks Schneider
Michael Alexander Schneider is the new CEO of Munich (Germany)-based Idealworks, which was founded in November 2020 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the BMW Group. Completing the management team, Schneider has been working with CFO Karin Korber, COO Markus Bauer and CTO Jimmy... more
Geodis launches training programme
Global supply chain operator Geodis is launching a programme named ‘Manage!’, designed to support its managers. Over fourteen weeks, which include six training modules and a total of 24 hours of group sessions, the managers should be prepared to “(stimulate) commitment and... more
Hill Dickinson boosts Singapore commodities expertise
Hill Dickinson has appointed Iain Sharp, a commodities disputes specialist, as partner in the Singapore office. The aim is to enhance the firm’s commodities practice in Singapore, as well as to work with Hill Dickinson’s shipping and trade lawyers in London, Hong Kong and... more
Group7 awards power of attorney to Spielmann
Klaus Spielmann, head of legal at Group7, has been granted power of attorney by the logistics service provider. He has worked for Group7, an international logistics company headquartered in Munich (Germany), since its founding in 2006. Spielmann has over thirty years of... more
Four new administrators for ID Logistics
On 31 May 2021, ID Logistics Group's general assembly appointed four new administrators to the board of directors, 50% of whom are now independent administrators. Éric Hémar, ID Logistics’ president: “Their international expertise in the fields of transport and logistics, CSR... more
K Line bestows environmental awards
This is the seventh round of environmental awards since they were established in 2015. K Line has accepted many entries from group companies both in Japan and overseas. Activities of seven companies were selected, based on the criteria originality, challenge level, degree of... more