Bombshell: Liège fires Partoune 
Liège airport in eastern Belgium, now one of Europe’s largest cargo hubs, dismissed its CEO Luc Partoune (left) with immediate effect on Tuesday, 9 February 2021. Partoune had been the airport’s chief executive since 1994. He is accused of serious irregularities, including... more
Foundation board completed
The Grieshaber Group from Weingarten (Germany), a medium-sized logistics service provider specialising in on automotive, food, pharma, paper and small parts with a company-owned vehicle fleet and logistics centres, welcomes Christoph Bahner, automotive logistician, and Professor... more
Crossbay chooses Ben Ryan
European urban logistics platform Crossbay has appointed Ben Ryan as its new head of asset management. Joining from Delin Property, where he was also head of asset management, and having held senior asset management roles at both Praxis Real Estate and Topland Group before that,... more
ITJ Video News – 11 February 2021
In the ITJ Video News of 11 February 2021, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen looks at reports that professionals are sceptical about an early recovery in the industry; the repurposing of Kenya Airways’ Boeing B787 cabins for cargo transport; the appointment of Todd Rives as... more
Strengthening Asia region team
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM), a global ship manager and maritime service provider founded in Cyprus, has appointed Demetris Chrysostomou as managing director of its Asia region. As a part of CSM’s growth ambition, he will work from the office in Singapore, having responsibility... more
Swissport elects president and CEO
Swissport International AG has appointed Warwick Brady as president and CEO. He will succeed Christoph Mueller, who joined Swissport January 2021 as ad-interim CEO and who will become chairman of the board of directors when Brady becomes president, CEO and also a member of the... more
Changes at Aspa
Beth Ann Frisher will join the Alabama State Port Authority (Aspa) senior management team as new chief commercial officer, effective 18 February 2021. Bringing commercial maritime experience at the senior level in both the public and private sectors, Frisher previously... more
Three new associate partners
Three cold packaging specialists - Cold Chain Technologies, headquartered in Holliston (MA), Sonoco ThermoSafe, headquartered in Arlington Heights (IL), and Tower Cold Chain Solutions, from Theale (UK) - are joining Pharma.Aero as new associate partners. The new partnership... more
Litchfield named managing director
British specialist technology provider Freight Software Group (FSG) has appointed Richard Litchfield as new managing director at its Forward Computers, which is a British independent supplier of freight forwarding software to the logistics sector and which was acquired by FSG in... more
Menzies Aviation strengthens cargo team
Global aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has announced five appointments, including three new hires and two internal appointments. Rory Fidler joins as vice president (VP) cargo technology, a newly created role, with special responsibility for driving forward... more