Laurels from China for ABC 
Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) has been honoured by two international airports in China - namely Chongqing (CKG) and Zhengzhou Xinzheng (CGO). They presented special awards for ABC’s contribution to growth and development of the cargo sector. The carrier, which has been... more
Volker Seefeldt hands over helm to Jan Zeese
Volker Seefeldt is bowing out of the management of the shipping and forwarding agency Neska on 31 March 2019. Jan Zeese will replace him on the company’s board. Seefeldt is relinquishing his position of chairman of Neska’s management so that he can fully concentrate on his... more
Heléne Mellquist to preside over Volvo Trucks Europe
Heléne Mellquist, currently president of Volvo Trucks International, has been named president of Volvo Trucks Europe, as from 1 April 2019. She succeeds Roger Alm, who was appointed president of Volvo Trucks on 1 January 2019. Mellquist has been at the helm of Volvo Trucks... more
Elvir Dzanic takes over port in his hometown
The port of Gothenburg’s new CEO is Elvir Dzanic. He will commence his duties in early June. Dzanic was previously vice-president of business development at Houston TX-based Ceva Logistics North America. The Swedish port’s new boss has a wealth of experience in the... more
Double anniversary
Jettainer, an outsourced ULD management provider, is sending a visual container around the world to mark the 60th anniversary of the airfreight container. The journey began in Frankfurt on 7 March, and the box is now heading for Singapore, where the Iata World Cargo Symposium is... more
New No. 1 for Post & Paket Deutschland
Tobias Meyer will become a member of Deutsche Post’s board of management on 1 April 2019. He was appointed by the supervisory board of the German mail service provider. Meyer was most recently COO of the Post & Paket Deutschland division. The experienced manager will... more
Kögel creates and fills new position
Sebastian Volbert was recently recruited as head of financial services by the German trailer maker Kögel. The company created the new position in order to strengthen its market position and promote internationalisation. Kögel will focus on an entirely new financing, leasing... more
New president for Assoporti
Zeno D'Agostino, who was elected vice-president of the European Seaport Organisation (Espo) in autumn 2018, is now stepping down as president of Italy’s port association Assoporti. His successor is Daniele Rossi, who was formerly president of the Central and North Adriatic... more
Air Charter Service selects new board member
The aircraft charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has appointed its HR director, Katie Ivie, to its board of directors. Ivie has held a number of human resources management roles over the past 20 years, including seven years as HR director at Kelly Services. Ivie joined... more
Schierenberg shoulders MD role at Cargosoft
Friedrich Schierenberg has been appointed managing director sales/marketing of Cargosoft. He leads the German company together with the long-serving MD development Uwe Droste and Dieter Spark, who represents the majority shareholder Dakosy. Schierenberg switched to Cargosoft... more