The West of England P&I Club celebrates 50 years in Greece 
The West of England, a mutual marine insurer, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Greek office this week. To mark the event, an evening reception was held at Balux, Glyfada and was attended by current and previous club members along with representatives from the West of... more
Carlisle Companies appoints Mark C. Smith VP of supply chain
Carlisle Companies has appointed Mark C. Smith vice president of supply chain consistent with Carlisle's vision 2025's centre-led initiatives to drive to USD 15 of earnings per share. Smith joined Carlisle in 2012 as vice president of supply chain for Carlisle Interconnect... more
Origin Logistics opens Bursa office
Origin Logistics in Turkey continues to grow and has opened its sixth office in the country in Bursa. Bursa, a sea-port city and the fourth largest y in Turkey, is an important industrial and cultural centre and it has a significant share in Turkey's economic growth. In... more
Frédéric Barra to preside council of development
Frédéric Barra, president of the port handling company Barra SNM, has been elected president of the council of development of the port of Dunkirk and Franck Gonsse, secretary general of the trade union CNTPA, has been appointed vice president. Barra was already a member of... more
TUP expands its board
Intralogistics software manufacturer Dr. Thomas + Partner (TUP) has decided to strengthen its management. The long-serving executives Günther Pfisterer as chief operating officer (COO) and Eduard Wagner as chief information officer (CIO) will join Simon Thomas and Mathias Thomas... more
Red Hawk appoints logistics specialist
Red Hawk, a distributor of medical devices, has appointed a supply chain, procurement and finance veteran, Joseph R. Mohr, to its board of directors effective 15 October 2019. Mohr has over forty years of c-suite executive experience, including thirty years of executive supply... more
New CFO for Ceva and CMA CGM
The CMA CGM group has chosen Olivier Casanova as group deputy CFO. He will also serve as Ceva Logistics’ CFO. Casanova is a graduate from HEC. He started his career in 1991 as an investment banker; then he became managing director at SG Warburg/UBS in Paris (France) and London... more
Erich Staake enters the logistics hall of fame
Erich Staake is the new member of the logistics hall of fame. The chairman of the executive board of Duisburger Hafen AG was elected as “moderniser of inland port logistics” among 30 candidates from nine nations to the international logistics hall of fame. "Staake is... more
Mike Wilson to receive 2019 Silver Kingpin Award
Mike Wilson, CEO, Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), will receive the 2019 Silver Kingpin Award, which is presented by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). The award recognises an individual’s long-term contributions to intermodalism. Wilson will be... more
From DP World to Delta Cargo
Delta Cargo has appointed Rob Walpole as vice president – cargo operations and logistics. This new position, reporting to Shawn Cole, will see Walpole lead Delta Cargo’s global operations and Delta Logistics control centre teams. “Walpole has a strong operational background and... more