New general managers in Belgium, Sweden and Denmark 
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has strengthened its regional management team in EMEAA with the appointments of new general managers in Belgium and Scandinavia. Michel Fiorani joins WFS as general manager Belgium, based in Brussels. He has over 19 years’ experience in the air... more
New governance for Portsynergy-Euro Fos
After Nicolas Gauthier's departure for Ecuador, the board of Portsynergy has appointed Louis Jonquiere as new CEO of the Portsynergy Group and managing director of the Euro Fos terminal while he retains his functions in Le Havre. Jonquiere joined GMP Le Havre in 2008 as CEO and... more
Winds of change at Siemens Gamesa
Siemens Gamesa has announced a new structure for its corporate affairs department, with the aim of strengthening its relationship with all of the company´s stakeholders across all its markets and activities. Ben Hunt has assumed the role of global head of corporate affairs... more
New president and vice president for ECSA
At its meeting in Athens (Greece), the general assembly of ECSA (European Community Shipowners’ Associations) elected the organisation's president and vice president. The president for the next two years will be Claes Berglund. Berglund is director public affairs &... more
Worldwide Flight Services names Nils Andersen as chairman
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has appointed Nils Andersen chairman of the WFS board of directors. Andersen joins WFS to work with the management team to build upon the progress made since the company was acquired by an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management last year.... more
New real estate specialist for Germany
Scannell Properties, an American real estate development and investment company, has hired Thomas Unzen as development manager, Germany. Unzen will be responsible for designing, constructing and implementing building and development projects for the German market. The new... more
DP World Inland strengthens its management
The logistics services provider DP World Inland is strengthening its team in Germany. Kai Hansen has assumed his role as senior commercial manager and is continuing to expand DP World Inland’s sales activities in Hamburg. Martin Neese, managing director of DP World Inland,... more
Chad Call steps up as CFO of Zeamarine
Zeamarine has announced that Chad Call will succeed Michael Dumas as CFO with immediate effect. An experienced financial executive, Call has nearly a decade of financial leadership experience within the maritime industry, most recently as vice president of finance for Zeamarine.... more
Rémi Julien takes the helm at MGI
MGI, the French provider of intelligent loading systems, announces today, 3 October 2019, that it has appointed a new chairman of the management board. Frenchman Rémi Julien replaces Jaap Van Den Hoogen, who led the company since 2015. "On behalf of the entire... more
AHS: two women at the top
Amélie Charisius will become the spokesperson for the management at AHS Aviation Handling Services. She replaces Martin Roll, who left the company at the end of September. Charisius has been managing director of the AHS group since October 2009. As a fully qualified lawyer, she... more