Only nine weekends in beautiful Steyr 
In addition to the thematic updates, part-time students in the Master's programme "Supply Chain Management" at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Steyr will be able to significantly reduce their attendance from autumn 2021 through more online teaching... more
Fleet Advantage restructures management
Fort Lauderdale (FL)-based Fleet Advantage, a major innovator in fleet data analytics, fleet financing solutions and fleet life cycle cost management (LCCM), has announced several promotions within its organisation. Bill Ten Eyck, who has over 38 years of experience in... more
Sleiman to lead Bolloré Logistics in Lebanon
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Mounir Sleiman as its managing director for Lebanon. He joined the group’s corporate internal audit team eight years ago and became chief financial officer for Lebanon four years later. Philippe Lortal, CEO – Middle East & South Asia:... more
Daimler Truck prepares for independent future
In preparation for its spin-off from Daimler and its independent listing on the Frankfurt stock exchange which is planned for late 2021, Daimler Truck has created a new management board and is planning a series of significant management and organisational changes, set to take... more
HGK banks on continuity
Steffen Bauer has been at the helm of inland navigation company HGK Shipping, which is part of the Stadtwerke Köln Group, since August 2020. His contract as CEO has now been extended. Bauer served as head of the Imperial Shipping Group for several years before it was taken over... more
Silk Way West wins award in South Korea
During its fifth annual award ceremony, South Korea's Incheon Airport (ICN), one of the world’s biggest air cargo hubs (see upcoming ITJ 19-20/2021, "Aviation supplement", p. 13) honoured Silk Way West Airlines with the prestigious 'cargo airline of the year 2020'... more
Changing sides
Jens Graefe will be joining the management team of German express service provider trans-o-flex, which specialises in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and other sensitive goods sectors, from May. The pharma logistics expert will be assuming responsibility for the newly created... more
Back from Asia
Martin Wawra, currently managing director of Voith Turbo in China and the joint ventures with CRRC, is taking over the management of the mobility division and joining Voith Turbo’s management board from June this year. He replaces Cornelius Weitzmann, who will succeed Uwe... more
Hellmann expands management board
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Jens Wollesen to its management board. He will take on the role of COO, alongside Reiner Heiken, CEO, and Martin Eberle, CFO. Wollesen will lead the product segments air, sea, road & rail and contract logistics as well as IT &... more
Diehl Aviation: change at the top
Rainer von Borstel (on the left), Diehl Aviation's CEO since 2010, is retiring at the end of next week, April 2021, and handing over the leadership to Josef Köcher, who joined the organisation as COO in June 2020. Köcher will remain COO, in addition to his new role as CEO, and... more