Amsterdam airport restructures again 
Only two years after a major change in its management structure, Amsterdam airport is restructuring its cargo division, bringing it into its new aviation business development division under the umbrella of business unit airport operations and aviation partnerships. From 1... more
Kuuchi returns
The African Airlines Association (Afraa) has appointed Raphael Kuuchi as director government, legal and industry affairs in consulting capacity effective 1 January 2021. He joins Afraa from Iata where he served as the association’s special envoy to Africa on aero-political... more
Easing Annemarie Gardshol’s workload
Mathias Krümmel has been appointed as the new head of PostNord Sweden. He started his new role on 1 January, taking over the position Annemarie Gardshol has held since February 2018, in parallel with her responsibilities as president and CEO of the PostNord Group. Krümmel... more
US transport minister resigns
After the events of last Wednesday in Washington DC, US Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, has written the following letter. "Dear Department of Transportation colleagues Yesterday, our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of... more
Bertling appoints head for Houston office
Steve Walter has been appointed general manager of Bertling Logistics’ Houston office. He assumed his position on 1 January 2021. Walter brings a wealth of commercial, operational and management experience from his 23 years in the freight industry to his new role. In his... more
Mario Sommariva takes charge in east Liguria
The Italian ports of La Spezia and Carrara have a new captain at the helm. Mario Sommariva was recently installed as the new president of the Port Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea by Italian transport minister Paola De Micheli. Sommariva succeeds Carla Roncallo, who has... more
Managing director for parcel logistician
Daryl Dylan, who previously held the post of head of ‘carriers and commercials’, has been asked to step up to the role of new managing director of Caribou, a multimodal parcel, haulage and freight logistician. His first tasks are to bring the firm’s network of depots to ten... more
Transitions and performance at Daseke
At the end of last year Christopher Easter, the CEO of Daseke, a transport and logistics company based in Addison TX (USA), retired as CEO and as a board member, on account of family-related obligations. Jonathan Shepko, one of Daseke’s directors and a co-founder and... more
ITJ Video News – 7 January 2021
In the ITJ Video News of the 7th of January 2021, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen shines the spotlight on Olfa Hamdi, the 36-year-old new president and chairwoman of state-owned Tunisair; the shipping line ZIM’s plans to go public; an ‘air bridge’ between Belgium and England;... more
Schniederkötter appointed Hoyer CEO
Björn Schniederkötter will take over the position of CEO of the Hoyer Group, a logistics company headquartered in Hamburg, with effect from 1 February 2021. He replaces Ortwin Nast, who has decided to step down as CEO and retire from professional life after more than 14... more