Vinod Gandhi wins award 
Vinod Gandhi, chairman of Express Global Logistics, was honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Maritime and Logistics Awards 2019 in India. Gandhi received the award in recognition of his contribution to the Indian logistics fraternity. He has... more
Eurodis: Jens Reibold takes the lead
This month Jens Reibold has taken over the leading role as managing director of Eurodis. The company with its head office in Weinheim (Germany) steers the international transport network for parcels and pallets in 36 European countries. Reibold succeeds Christian Knoblich, who... more
Aris Kekedjian joins board of directors at XPO Logistics
XPO Logistics has appointed Aris Kekedjian to its board of directors. Kekedjian joins the board as an independent director of the company. XPO’s board now consists of nine directors, eight of whom are independent. Bradley Jacobs, chairman and chief executive officer of XPO... more
CCM names Michael Mitchell Interim COO
Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) has named Michael Mitchell interim COO, effective 1 November 2019. Bringing 30 years of industry experience to the position, Mitchell, who also serves as VP of human resources and administration, has been with CCM since its launch in 2005.... more
New head of airfreight and automotive divisions at Leschaco
Oliver Kaut is the new head of global airfreight and vertical market automotive at Leschaco. Kaut looks back on 35 years of forwarding experience with a focus on the vertical market automotive and air freight. He takes over as head of global airfreight from Antonio Oliveira, who... more
Swiss federal roads office elects new vice director
At the beginning of February 2020, Pascal Mertenat will assume the position of vice director of the Swiss federal roads office (Fedro) and head of the road infrastructure division, western region. Mertenat is from the canton of Jura. He is married and has three adult... more
Alberto Cabrera joins Jaxport
The Jacksonville port authority (Jaxport) in the USA welcomes transportation business development executive Alberto Cabrera as new director, cruise and cargo development. Cabrera is responsible for developing relationships with cruise lines and positioning Jaxport to capture new... more
New CEO for UTA
Union Tank Eckstein (UTA) has appointed Carsten Bettermann as its new CEO. He succeeds Volker Huber, who, after four years at the helm of UTA, will assume new responsibilities within the Edenred group. Bettermann is an experienced managing director who graduated from the... more
Mieloo & Alexander hires sales manager for German branch
Mieloo & Alexander Business Integrators is a Dutch IT and consulting company from the logistics sector. The fast growing company founded its own subsidiary in Germany in order to respond to increasing demand in the German market. With immediate effect, Eiko Gramlich will... more
CEO of SBB Cargo to step down
Nicolas Perrin will resign from his position as CEO of SBB Cargo at the company’s annual general meeting in the second quarter of 2020. He has worked for the Swiss federal railways (SBB) for 32 years. During this time, he served as CEO of SBB Cargo for the last 12 years.... more