Oliver Loch in charge of Kerry Logistics Germany 
Oliver Loch has shouldered the role of managing director of Kerry Logistics Germany. Based in Raunheim near Frankfurt, the new MD has been in charge of the company’s operative business in Germany - Kerry Logistics' second largest country organisation in Europe - since 1 February... more
Unilode appoints Joseph P. Jensen as MD Customer Experience
Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of outsourced ULD management and repair solutions, has appointed Joseph P. Jensen as managing director customer experience, as of 4 March 2019. Jensen will be based in the United States, report directly to CEO Benoît Dumont and oversee... more
Fedex chooses Raj Subramaniam as president and COO
Fedex has appointed Raj Subramaniam as president and COO, effective 1 March. This appointment follows David J. Bronczek’s personal decision to retire as president and COO and from the board. Subramaniam will remain president and CEO of Fedex Express and will also serve as... more
Wabco Automotive moves its headquarters to Bern
Wabco Automotive, a supplier of braking and driving systems for utility vehicles, will move its global headquarters to Bern (Switzerland). The US company has so far run its global business from Brussels (Belgium). In a first phase, members of the executive management,... more
First woman presiding over Fedespedi
The general assembly of Fedespedi (Italy's federation of international freight forwarders), has elected Silvia Moretto, CEO of the D.B. Group, based in Montebelluna, near Venice, as president for the next three years. Following on from Roberto Alberti, Moretto is Fedespedi's... more
Pamyra collaborating with Fresh Logistics System
Pamyra.de, a Germany-based transport comparison platform, has entered into a partnership with the logistics service provider Fresh Logistics System (FLS). The aim is to stop empty truck runs from Hamburg to Berlin in future. FLS lorries haul vegetables, fruit and plants... more
Mues shoulders COO role at Imperial Logistics
Juergen Mues has been appointed COO of Imperial Logistics International, as of 15 March 2019. Reporting to CEO Hakan Bicil, Mues will assume overall responsibility for all operational aspects of the business, which employs some 9,000 staff at 170 locations in 20 countries... more
Return to roots for Nohra’s new manager
Dennis Strittmatter has been selected to manage Zufall Logistics’ branch office in Nohra (Germany). Strittmatter, a trained freight traffic specialist, has been entrusted with strengthening and expanding the office together with the colleagues that work there. Given this... more
From COO to CEO
Robert (Bob) Biesterfeld, currently COO of C.H. Robinson, has been promoted to CEO. As part of a long-planned succession process managed by the US company’s board of directors, Biesterfeld was named COO in March 2018. He has also been nominated to stand for election to the said... more
Ceva selects new head for LCL product
Ceva Logistics has strengthened its ocean freight team with the appointment of Claus Svane Schmidt as head of its less than container load (LCL) product. Previously managing director of the company's North Asia cluster, Schmidt will commence his new role on 1 March 2019.... more