VP promotions at Bolt Express 
Bolt Express, headquartered in Toledo (Ohio), has promoted three new members to its senior management team. Jorge Cazares, who has 20 years of experience in expedite transportation, has been promoted to vice president, operations for Mexico cross border services. Sam... more
ESR Amagasaki DC wins award
ESR Cayman, an APAC focused logistics real estate platform, reports that its flagship development ESR Amagasaki Distribution Centre (ESR Amagasaki DC) has won the gold award in the category “best infrastructure, community & civic building” at the MIPIM Asia Awards 2020.... more
Tackling HGV driver shortage
British recruitment agency Encore Personnel has planned ahead for a shortage of lorry drivers. Operating ten branches across the Midlands for more than 15 years, Encore is an accredited member of Logistics UK. With the pandemic and Brexit, the driver recruitment sector is... more
Two strategic promotions
Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), a cooperative chassis pool manager from the USA, has named Thomas Martucci (left) the company’s new vice president and chief technology officer and Timothy Sibley (right) vice president and chief financial officer. Both positions will... more
ITJ Video News – 28 January 2021
In the ITJ Video News of 28 January 2021, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen looks at Djibouti’s plans to become a regional air-sea logistics hub; the addition of new storage capacities at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport; the appointment of InstaFreight’s new chief commercial... more
Wind of change at Gefco
Gefco announces the arrival of new general managers, with new positions for many seasoned GMs around the world: Concerning the clusters, Frank Erhard now leads a new cluster covering the Benelux region, Austria, and Switzerland; Thierry Vasselin has been promoted to GM of... more
Schwarzmüller celebrates 150th anniversary
In 2021, the Austrian Schwarzmüller Group is looking back on 150 years of an eventful and internationally successful company history. The industrial company was founded as a smithy in Passau in Lower Bavaria in 1871. During the turmoil of the global economic depression it... more
Meyer, Meyer & Meyer
With effect from 1 January 2021, the supervisory board of the Osnabrück-based fashion logistics company appointed Theresa Meyer as chief transformation officer (CTO) to the now three-member executive board. The economist has been on board since 2019 after working for an... more
Viasea expands in UK
Norwegian owned company and shipping line Viasea Shipping, established in autumn 2016, has opened a new office in UK. Due to increased traffic between UK and Norway, Viasea has appointed Andrew Ellis as UK managing director to set up the office in Immingham (UK). With over... more
CCO for CargoAi
Magali Beauregard joins CargoAi as chief customer officer (CCO), assuming her role from 1 February 2021. Formerly head of commercial Asia Pacific at Lufthansa Cargo and senior account manager at Booking.com, she has experience in SAAS platforms and in the air cargo industry.... more