Leschaco India achieves GDP and GTP certification 
Leschaco India has been successfully certified according to GDP (good distribution practice) and GTP (good trading practice) according to WHO guidelines. With the successful audit of the operational and management processes related to the international transport of... more
Seko Logistics promotes Brian Bourke to chief growth officer
Seko Logistics has promoted Brian Bourke to the new post of chief growth officer. Responsible for the acceleration of Seko’s organic growth, Bourke will drive Seko’s demand generation, revenue management and corporate marketing and communications initiatives. In his new role,... more
ESR gains IWBI's Well gold certification
ESR, a pan-Asia logistics platform, has received APAC's first Well gold certification with the Bucheon Logistics Park in South Korea from the International Well Building Institute (IWBI) for its outstanding achievements in creating a work environment that promotes health and... more
Rock-it Cargos named freight forwarder of the year
Rock-it Cargo, a provider of logistics services to live event shippers, has been honoured with the 2019 Parnelli freight forwarder of the year award. Rock-it non-executive chairman and outgoing CEO David Charles Bernstein was at the 19th Parnelli awards gala in Anaheim, CA... more
Mission Critical Electronics: changes at the top
Xantrex vice president and general manager Richard Gaudet is now president of Marine Power at Mission Critical Electronics, Xantrex’s parent company. Gaudet, who joined Xantrex in 1997 worked in a variety of roles before becoming its top leader in 2010. Under Gaudet’s... more
Transplace appoints new head
Transplace, a Dallas (USA)-based provider of transportation technology and services, has appointed Greg Sebolt as its new executive vice president of strategic capacity services, the company’s over-the -road truck brokerage business. With more than 20 years specialising in... more
Wabash restructures its management team
Wabash National Corporation, a producer of engineered solutions for the transportation, logistics and distribution industries, has appointed Mike Pettit senior vice president and CFO. As CFO, Pettit will be responsible for driving Wabash National’s financial performance as the... more
Gary Nemmers joins Magaya's board of directors
Magaya, a provider of logistics and supply chain software, has appointed Gary Nemmers, an accomplished senior software executive, to its board of directors. Nemmers brings extensive experience working with private equity backed software companies and has worked within... more
Panalpina gets an "A" for its environmental efforts
Panalpina, which was acquired by DSV in 2019, has been commended for its climate action, achieving a place on non-profit CDP's ‘A List’ for climate change, based on the company’s climate reporting. “This is a magnificent achievement, and we now have confirmation that the... more
Hamburg Süd’s CCO to retire
Frank Smet, CCO of Hamburg Süd, will be retiring at the end of March after roughly 27 years with the company. Smet, who has been working in the shipping industry for over 40 years – including in Brazil, Chile, Australia and Hong Kong – has been a member of Hamburg Süd’s... more