Stephan Opel joins Cargonetwork's advisory board 
Cargonetwork’s advisory board has gained a new member: Stephan Opel, managing director of the company Zeitfracht Logistik Holding, has been elected to the board. The system carrier Cargonetwork organises transports with swap bodies for parcel service providers and freight... more
GAC becomes Aberdeen FC’s official logistics partner
The GAC Group and the Aberdeen Football Club (AFC) have announced a new partnership that sees GAC become AFC’s first official logistics partner. The deal includes branding within the stadium on match days and across the club’s social and digital channels, enabling GAC to engage... more
Collett wins FTA award
The British logistics company Collett has been named as the road freight operator of the year at the FTA Awards. Finalists for the freight transport association logistics awards were judged by the FTA’s board, which represents some of the country’s most influential logistics... more
Michelle Ho to head the China branch at UPS
UPS has appointed Michelle Ho as the new president of UPS China, succeeding Harld Peters. A UPS veteran with 26 years of logistics experience, Ho will spearhead UPS’s small package and strategic business planning operations in China. Ross McCullough, president of UPS Asia... more
Martijn Van Heumen appointed director of Heppner Hacas
The logistics company Heppner has appointed Martijn Van Heumen director of Heppner Hacas. The group’s Dutch subsidiary specialises in groupage cargo and charter services between the Netherlands and France. Van Heuman, who was born in the Netherlands, started his career in 1997.... more
New heads for Swissport's Emea region
To further strengthen the Emea organisation and to better meet customer expectations with regard to air cargo handling and airport ground services, Swissport has appointed Rudolf Steiner as senior vice president cargo Europe, Middle East & Africa and Mark Skinner as senior... more
Christian U. Haas to chair the board at PTV Group
Christian U. Haas has been appointed chairman of the board of the company PTV Planung Transport Verkehr (PTV Group), Karlsruhe, Germany. The board of the PTV Group is now complete. Peter Overmann as chief technology officer (CTO) and Klaus Lechner as chief financial officer... more
New responsibilities at K Line
At a board meeting recently, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) modified the responsibilities of the executive officer. The present responsibilities of executive officer Satoshi Kanamori are to head LNG and energy business planning; he is also general manager of the energy business... more
Jaxport COO earns industry certification
Jaxport COO Frederick Wong Jr. is one of eight graduates from the USA and Canada to earn the 2019 American association of port authorities’ professional port manager (PPM) certification. Wong is the second Jaxport employee in the port’s history to earn this industry... more
Tarros holds network meeting
Building the Network 2nd edition, the 2019 Tarros Group Agency meeting was held at Tarros HQ in La Spezia (Italy). Over 50 managers from Portugal, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Malta, Lebanon, Turkey and Italy took part in the two-day event, which was focused on the integrated... more