New contacts in Romania 
Kögel customers have two new contact partners in Romania. The first is Luigi Meclea, who is responsible for Kögel’s strategic development in the country and who reports directly to Kögel’s CEO Massimo Dodoni. The second new contract is Marius Popescu, who manages key... more
New VP for Germany's goods transport office
Christian Hoffmann has been appointed as vice-president of Germany’s federal office for freight transport (BAG). He was selected by the country’s ministry of transport and digital infrastructure. Hoffmann has worked for BAG since April 2005, and was head of the BAG’s control... more
Ole Ingrisch to chair Port-Safety board
Ole Ingrisch is to take on the role of Port-Safety board chairman in February 2019. Ingrisch has more than 30 years’ experience in the maritime and offshore industry. Currently serving as CEO of the port of Esbjerg (Denmark), he previously worked for companies such as... more
Ivan de Souza joins Deugro group
Ivan Rodrigues de Souza has been recruited as corporate vice-president – sales & business development by the Germany-based Deugro group, as of 28 January 2019. He shoulders responsibility for the global development of the group’s global mining business and will be tasked... more
Promotion on two fronts at Kukla
Robert Kukla, a Munich-based forwarding company, has granted Axel Bohnensteffen and Daniel Comi full power of attorney. The trained forwarder merchant and business economist Bohnensteffen, who has been with Kukla since summer 2016, manages the company’s multimodal transport... more
Panalpina strengthens marketing and sales in Europe
Christian Stingl has joined Panalpina as regional head of marketing and sales for Europe. Stingl will be based in Frankfurt and report directly to the regional CEO Europe with a dotted line to the chief commercial officer. Stingl is a results-driven senior executive with... more
Greencarrier sets up shop in Tianjin
Greencarrier Freight Services has strengthened its position in mainland China by opening up a new office in Tianjin. The new office, the seventh in the country, will be led by Helena Wang, who currently works as operations manager in Greencarrier's Qingdao office. The... more
Cushman & Wakefield reinforces investment team
Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has appointed Nicole Römer as head of retail investment in Germany. She also becomes an international partner of the company. Alexander Kropf, C&W’s head of capital markets Germany, said: “With Römer on board, the retail investment... more
Crane Worldwide picks Liso as director projects
Ivan Liso has been recruited as Crane Worldwide Logistics’ director projects, EPC & Marine EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and he will lead the global specialised solutions group for the EMEIA region. Liso will report to Joshua van Altena, director of... more
BIC new board-member and officer appointments
The Bureau International des Containers (BIC) recently made the following changes to its board of directors: Armand Toubol was appointed treasurer of the BIC. A long-standing BIC board member, Toubol has held a number of executive positions including director of SNCF Fret,... more