Company founder hands over baton to successor 
After 20 years in business, Rolf Kuhn has handed over Kuhn & Partner Transportverpackungen, the firm he founded in Oberglatt, near Zurich (Switzerland) to his deputy Michel Spahn. Spahn, who has worked for the SME Kuhn & Partner since it was established, took over... more
Gianclaudio Neri heading up Ceva Italy
Gianclaudio Neri has been appointed managing director of Ceva Logistics’ Italy cluster. Based in Milan, he takes up his position with immediate effect and reports directly to CEO, Xavier Urbain. Neri succeeds Christophe Poitrineau who is leaving Ceva to pursue other career... more
Khryapov appointed CEO of United Wagon Company
Timofey Vladimirovich Khryapov has been appointed CEO of the Russian research and production corporation United Wagon Company (UWC). As CEO, Khryapov will work to make the company attractive to investors and implement business strategy priorities, with a particular focus on... more
Sören Stark succeeds Thomas Stüger
Lufthansa Technik has appointed Sören Stark as the new board member for technical operations, logistics and IT. In that position, he is responsible for fleet services, base maintenance, components, logistics, IT and quality management. Stark has already worked for various... more
Torben Seebold joins HHLA board
The supervisory board of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) selected Torben Seebold as a new executive board member, with effect from 1 April 2019. Seebold, who was previously national chairman of the maritime economy group of Germany’s trade union ver.di, succeeds... more
Managers rotate at orange giant
The Austrian logistics company, Gebrüder Weiss (GW), has filled two key positions since the start of 2019. Hannes Mayr was selected for the role of regional manager west. This region includes the economically strong areas of Tyrol, Voralberg and the business in Switzerland.... more
K Line announces management changes
At a recent board meeting Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) decided to make several promotions, as of 1 April 2019. The Japanese carrier, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary that month, has organised its future business foundation under the current management to rebuild... more
Angus Procter elected as Wet FFABA chairman
Angus Procter of Braemar ACM-GFI has been elected as chairman of the Wet FFA Brokers Association (FFABA). He replaces Pat Donnelly, who has chaired the trade body since 2017. Founded in 1997, FFABA is the worldwide association for Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) broking... more
Port of New Orleans - new commissioners take charge
The board of commissioners of the port of New Orleans selected a new executive committee in late December 2018. Arnold B. Baker was elected chairman, Tara C. Hernandez as vice-chair and Darryl D. Berger as secretary-treasurer. Baker joined the US port's board in April... more
FMS Chile operational since December
As a part of its international expansion, the Hamburg-based service provider, Fr. Meyer’s Sohn (FMS), recently opened a new office in Santiago de Chile. The office is headed by Jose Antonio Robledo. The vertical focus will be on consumer products, metals, minerals and forestry.... more