Bertling Logistics appoints new CEO 
Colin MacIsaac takes over as CEO for Hamburg-based Bertling Logistics. He follows Matthias Oehmicke who has stepped down as CEO for Logistics. Oehmicke joined the company in 2015 to streamline logistics operations and manage process-/resource-related optimisations. Now... more
Reshuffle in the Port of Rotterdam's supervisory board
Ingrid Thijssen will step down from the supervisory board of the Port of Rotterdam Authority on 1 May 2020. Her position will be taken over by Ruud Sondag. Thijssen has served on the port operator's supervisory board since 1 September 2017. Her resignation follows her... more
New interim president for the Port of Santos
Brazil's ministry of infrastructure has replaced the president of the Santos Port Authority (SPA). The former president Casemiro Tércio Carvalho resigned last week. No reasons were disclosed. As interim president, Fernando Biral will now take over the helm at Latin America's... more
Sebastian Mikosz to join Iata
Sebastian Mikosz will join the international air transport association (Iata) as senior vice president for member and external relations, effective 1 June 2020. Most recently, Mikosz was group managing director and CEO of Kenya Airways (2017-2019), during which time he served on... more
Successor appointed to lead DB Cargo UK
DB Cargo UK’s current CFO Andrea Rossi will become the company’s new CEO from 1 September 2020. DB Cargo AG, the railfreight company’s European parent company, announced its decision after concluding a lengthy process to appoint a successor to the current CEO Hans-Georg Werner,... more
Jambojet appoints Karanja Ndegwa as acting managing director
The board of directors of Kenyan low-cost carrier Jambojet has chosen Karanja Ndegwa as its acting managing director, with effect from 1 May 2020. Ndegwa, who is currently the airline’s CFO, will take on the new role until a permanent managing director for Jambojet has been... more
Pharma.Aero welcomes two new members
As announced at this year's Air India Cargo exhibition, Pharma.Aero has added two new full members to its air pharma network. Andre Blech, head of cargo operations and delivery at Etihad Aviation Group, said, "Our membership with Pharma.Aero is a testament to the... more
DB Cargo strengthens its marketing team
DB Cargo has appointed Martell Beck to its marketing team. The former head of marketing at the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) will assume the leadership of the newly created segment “marketing and transport policy” on 1 June 2020. He will report directly to Sigrid Nikutta, DB... more
Port of Barcelona names new department heads
The port of Barcelona has appointed new directors for projects and infrastructure and concessions management. Miguel Ángel Pindado, who is already working for the port, will now also take over responsibility for external projects, which includes connectivity of rail and road... more
24plus boss Peter Baumann to retire
Peter Baumann is retiring at the end of April 2020 after a 22-year stint as managing director of 24plus. He shouldered the task of leading the general cargo alliance in 1998. In May 2019, Baumann and his successor Stefan Rehmet began to jointly managed 24plus. Uwe Müller,... more