Tritax Symmetry picks new development director 
UK-based Tritax Symmetry has appointed Alex Reynolds as a development director. Reynolds moves to Tritax Symmetry’s Northampton office from Severn Trent, where he led on their commercial development activities. Prior to that, he was a development manager at Segro for seven... more
Riia Sillave becomes CEO of HHLA TK Estonia
The container and multipurpose terminal HHLA TK Estonia, a subsidiary of Hamburg Hafen und Logistik, has appointed Riia Sillave as CEO. She succeeds Vladimir Popov, who is leaving the group. Born in Estonia, Sillave gained a degree business administration from Ludwig... more
UPS Board appoints Carol Tomé as CEO
The UPS board of directors has named Carol Tomé as UPS CEO from 1 June 2020. David Abney, the current chairman and CEO, will remain in his role until 1 June, when he'll become executive chairman of the board. He'll retire from the UPS board on 30 September. In order to... more
New structure for BVL's board
The German logistics association (Bundesvereinigung Logistik, BVL) has announced changes at the helm. The chairman of the board Robert Blackburn will not stand for re-election at the coming AGM. As his reasons he gives increased professional duties and the fact that he has to... more
Europa's Newcastle team finds new home
The Newcastle (UK) branch of Europa Road has moved to a new office. The team of 13, which offers road freight service for import and export to and from Europe, now has a spacious home at Silverlink Business Park in Wallsend that is twice the size of its previous office in... more
New commercial director for the Asia-Pacific region
Freight forwarder deugro Singapore is reinforcing its sales leadership for the Asia-Pacific region to keep up with strong demand and has taken on Guenther Bielfeld as commercial director, Asia-Pacific. He will focus on the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)... more
JCL Logistics picks CEO for Swiss branch
The international logistics group JCL Logistics is reinforcing its presence in its core regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux. For its three segments air & ocean, road & rail and contract logistics the company has appointed three new COOs on group... more
New project cargo director for Bati Group
The Turkish company Bati Group has appointed Erman Atik as its new project director and head of breakbulk & project cargo forwarding. Atik has over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of breakbulk and oversized cargo transportation, container agency and... more
Gecas appoints two new heads
Gecas, a commercial aircraft financing and leasing company, has appointed Jonty Nel as Gecas’ EVP commercial – International and John Bordeaux as new chief investment officer. Both will take up their role from April 2020. Nel will be responsible for building and executing... more
L.I.T. adds three executives to its board
The L.I.T. group has chosen three more board members. Effective immediately, the following executives will reinforce the company's top management: Simeon Breuer, managing director L.I.T. freight forwarding, Ingo Schreiber, managing director L.I.T. cargo and Julian Lachnitt,... more