Kloosterboer hires Joost Heere as new commercial manager 
After serving Kloosterboer for 28 years, Marco Vermet, commercial manager, will be leaving the company to take on a new challenge in another branch and organisation. His last working day will be 16 April. Mark Ketelaar, member of the executive board, said: "We are very... more
New chief supply chain officer for Del Monte Foods
Del Monte Foods has appointed Ashish Mallick senior vice president and chief supply chain officer. He will report to Del Monte Foods president and CEO Greg Longstreet, and be responsible for all manufacturing, transportation and logistics, supply and demand planning and... more
From the Port of Amsterdam to NPRC
Femke Brenninkmeijer will assume her new role as chairman of the inland shipping cooperative NPRC, Europe’s third largest inland shipping organisation, on 1 June 2020. Brenninkmeijer is currently head of the energy, cargo and offshore division at the Port of Amsterdam. Frank... more
New planning director joins Tritax Symmetry
Tritax Symmetry has appointed Sinead Turnbull as new planning director in the company's Northampton office in UK. Turnbull joins the logistics development company from DLP Planning where she headed up the Rugby office. Prior to that, Turnbull was senior planning officer at... more
LUG Aircargo handling gains co-managing director
The supervisory board of LUG Aircargo handling has nominated Rainer Wittenfeld as co-managing director of LUG. In this role, he will support Patrik Tschirch, who has been leading LUG for the past eight years. In addition to his new role, Wittenfeld will retain his position as... more
Turnpoint braves the crisis
Turnpoint, a French specialist for execute search in the logistics industry, continues to provide its usual high-quality service for its customers during the Covid-19 crisis. Cyrille Raynal, Turnpoint's co-director, explains: "Some recruitments have been put aside,... more
Damco appoints Mike Meierkort as head of Americas
Mike Meierkort has been appointed head of Americas, Damco, as the freight forwarder launches a new cargo rescue programme in the USA, with two service offerings to help ease supply chain congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Meierkort has... more
MOL unifies tankship companies
MOL has announced that its wholly owned management companies for tankers, MOL Tankship Management (Asia) (Molta; managing director: Toshihiko Ota; headquarters: Singapore) and MOL Tankship Management (Europe) (Molte; managing director: Ikutoshi Kato; headquarters: London) will... more
Choice Logistics names Robb Porter as chief customer officer
Choice Logistics CEO Matthew McKeever has announced that the US-based company has named Robb Porter as its chief customer officer. In this role, he is responsible for developing and deploying a comprehensive customer strategy to maximise customer acquisition, retention and... more
Sirka Hintze new CFO in the Leschaco Group
Sirka Hintze has been appointed new CFO of the Leschaco Group. She joined the group as incoming CFO on 1 September 2019. Since October 2014, Rainer Barthel has held the position of CFO. He will retire at the end of this year and until then will work on projects and support... more