Grimaldi named ICS chairman-designate 
The ICS board of directors has named Emanuele Grimaldi ICS chair-designate. The managing director of the Grimaldi Group, a long-serving ICS board member and currently its deputy chairman, will follow Esben Poulsson as the next ICS chairman, subject to formal election at the ICS... more
Eichinger to take charge
The leadership of the Bundesverband Möbelspedition und Logistik (German Association of Furniture Forwarding and Logistics, AMÖ) is in a process of transition. The present managing director Dierk Hochgesang will leave the association at his own request at the end of... more
New CFO to land at Boeing
Boeing has named Brian West as EVP and CFO. Effective 27 August, he will lead all aspects of Boeing's financial strategy, performance, reporting and long-range business planning, as well as IR, treasury, controller and audit operations. West will also oversee the company's... more
And the winners are...
Representatives of Arculus (category "intralogistics software"), Cargotec ("special vehicle"), Idealworks ("automated guided vehicle"), Interroll Group ("special of the year"), Still ("integrated warehouse solutions") and Volume... more
Seebauer to Chiemsee
Petra Seebauer assumed the position of managing director of the 'Prien Logistics Competence Centre', located on the banks of Chiemsee in Bavaria (Germany) on 1 July. She'll lead the centre in partnership with Karl Fischer, who is leaving the company on 30 June 2022. Seebauer... more
Peters returns to logistics sector
Lineage Logistics, a USA-based temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, has appointed Harld Peters as SVP Europe. He brings extensive experience leading technology-driven transformation and accelerated growth, most recently serving as... more
Namibian to head Sara
Johny Smith, CEO of Transnamib, Namibia’s national rail services operator, since February 2018, has accepted the nomination to lead the Southern African Railways Association (Sara) as its president for the next twelve months. Sara is an association of railway companies and... more
Penschek returns
David Penschek has been appointed to lead HKG Shipping’s corporate development division, where he will develop and promote inland shipping operations within the HGK Integrated Logistics Group. One of his responsibilities will be to anticipate the needs of the market and... more
Rebecca Garbrick goes Forward
Rebecca Garbrick has been named CFO and treasurer of Forward Air, an asset-light freight and logistics company based in Greenville, TN, which provides LTL, final mile, truckload and intermodal drayage services in USA and Canada. She joined Forward in November 2020 as VP and... more
IRClass appoints Vijay Arora
At the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), an international ship classification society providing ship classification and certification as well as technical inspection services, Vijay Arora took over the helm as managing director on 1 July 2021. This appointment follows... more