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
Jesper Kjaedegaard joins the Marcura group as senior adviser
The board of the Marcura group has announced that Jesper Kjaedegaard has joined the group as senior adviser. A highly respected shipping personality, Kjaedegaard currently serves as partner of Mercator International and has previously served as CEO of Maersk, chairman of... more
Britannia P&I adds more expertise in Singapore
Britannia P&I's Managers, Tindall Riley, has added four new colleagues to the Singapore team. This expansion reinforces Britannia’s strategy of developing its regional hubs, bringing its services closer to members. Francis Church, having moved from the Managers’ London... more
Detlef Borghardt appointed to TIP's advisory board
TIP Trailer Services has increased its supervisory board to eight members by appointing Detlef Borghardt. As member of the supervisory board of Cube Transportation Europe Coöperatief U.A., TIP’s senior holding company, Borghardt will advise the board of directors of TIP on... more