From Seko to AGS 
Accelerated Global Solutions (AGS), a freight forwarder and logistics specialist, has appointed Tony Barnes to the newly created position of global chief commercial & growth officer. Barnes brings 35 years of global experience in logistics and supply chain management.... more
Duvenbeck Group picks COO
The Duvenbeck Group, a Germany-based logistics provider with more than 6,500 employees working at 40 business sites in eleven countries, has appointed Christian Seidl as its new chief operating officer (COO) to oversee the company’s business in its ‘road and contract logistics’... more
Handing over the baton at Wascosa
Wascosa is bidding farewell to Peter Balzer (left), who will leave the company at the end of the year after more than a decade of service, first as CEO and then as an advisor for the past two years. As the company’s COO and member of the executive board, Thomas Schilliger... more
From Otto Group to DKV Mobility
Sebastian Klauke will take over as new chief executive officer (CEO) of DKV Mobility on 1 April 2025. He will succeed Marco van Kalleveen, who will not be renewing his contract at his own request after six years as CEO. Until the handover, van Kalleveen will continue to lead the... more
Lean and Green award: and the winner is …
Hutchison Ports Best has been awarded the prestigious Lean and Green award, earning four stars for its outstanding performance in reducing emissions in logistics processes. Lean and Green is the largest European collaboration platform specifically aimed at reducing emissions... more
Port of Sevilla wins
The port of Sevilla has won the Espo Award 2024 for its project “circular economy for valorising maintenance dredging sediments”. It was developed to address the need for sustainable management, in compliance with the principles of the circular economy, of the sediments... more
More responsibilities for Adrien Thominet
The ECS Group was pleased to report that Adrien Thominet, the executive chairman of the ECS Group, has been appointed to the board of directors of The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca). Thominet's decades of leadership and innovative contributions to the air cargo... more
Tim Schönherr now global head of sales
The Transco Group, headquartered in Singen am Hohentwiel (Germany), has appointed Tim Schönherr as its new global head of sales, strengthening its strategic focus on customer-oriented logistics and international expansion in its transport and customs handling services. With... more
Chep appoints CEO of Europe
Chep, a supply chain solutions company and the largest equipment pooling network worldwide, has appointed Helen Lane as the new CEO of its European business, effective 11 November. She succeeds David Cuenca, who recently assumed the role of CEO for Chep North America. Lane... more
Umberto Masucci confirmed as president
During the most recent Propeller Assembly, Umberto Masucci was re-elected as president of The International Propeller Clubs Italia for the 2024–2027 term. Two major national conferences are already planned for 2025: the third edition of ‘Shipping, Transport &... more