Lothar Thoma is the new head of air & sea at Gebrüder Weiss 
Lothar Thoma has been appointed to lead the air & sea division at the logistics services provider Gebrüder Weiss. He has a PhD in economics. Thoma complements the executive board, joining Wolfram Senger-Weiss (chairman), Peter Kloiber and Jürgen Bauer. As Gebrüder Weiss... more
Ship Serv appoints Henrik Hyldahn as CEO
Ship Serv, a maritime e-procurement platform, has appointed Henrik Hyldahn as its new CEO. Former CEO Kim Skaarup will join the board as vice chairman. Hyldahn was previously Ship Serv’s chief solutions officer and will be charged with taking the company through its next phase... more
David F. Adam of USMX named person of the year
The New York/ New Jersey foreign freight forwarders and brokers association has named David F. Adam, chairman and CEO, United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), as its 2020 person of the year. Adam will be honoured at a gala dinner on 6 February 2020 at the Sheraton New York Times... more
IRU announces advocacy leadership changes
IRU has announced the appointment of Raluca Marian, currently senior advisor on passenger transport in its Brussels office, to the position of general delegate of the IRU permanent delegation to the EU. Matthias Maedge, the current EU general delegate, will take up the... more
New hands at the helm of DAL/JTE
Ken Bloch Sørensen joins the DAL/JTE board as new head of liner services. Hartmut Luehr, MD of Deutsche Afrika-Linien, will retire in the middle of 2020, for a transitional period Luehr will support Sørensen. He started his professional career in 1980 as a trainee at Maersk.... more
COA elects new chairman and vice-chairman
The board of directors of the container owners association (COA) has elected Uffe Ernst-Fredriksen, head of cargo management, AP Moller-Maersk, to the position of COA chairman. Ernst-Frederiksen takes over from Brian Darnowski, senior vice-president – operations, Triton... more
Finnair Cargo appoints new sales director Asia
Finnair Cargo has appointed Pasi Nopanen as its sales director Asia. He will take up his position from 9 March 2020 and be located in Shanghai. Nopanen has extensive experience in the air cargo industry, having worked for airlines and freight forwarding companies during his... more
EMO Trans opens in Philippines
EMO Trans, a provider of international logistics and supply chain solutions, has announced the opening of EMO Trans Philippines. “We are very pleased to form this joint venture with our long-standing partner Sky Freight,” says Jo Frigger, chairman. And Marco Rohrer, president... more
Vagn Sørensen named new chairman for Scandlines
Scandlines, the German-Danish ferry operator in the Baltic, has appointed Vagn Sørensen as chairman of the supervisory board. Sørensen has more than 30 years of executive experience in international business, in the aviation industry in particular. He joined Scandinavian... more
Bifa appoints new head
The British International Freight Association (Bifa) has confirmed the appointment of David Stroud as its policy and compliance adviser with responsibility for logistics issues relating to air freight, security and sustainable logistics. Stroud is a highly experienced... more