Hapag-Lloyd promotes Dheeraj Bhatia 
Hapag Lloyd’s supervisory board has appointed Dheeraj Bhatia to the company’s executive board, effective 1 January 2024. Bhatia will also become CEO of the new Rotterdam-based Hapag-Lloyd Terminal Holding, in which Hapag-Lloyd’s infrastructure holdings will be pooled. Bhatia... more
Pallet-Track picks new CEO
Pallet-Track has appointed a new chief executive officer, Stuart Godman, who will head up the nationwide pallet network. As an experienced C-suite executive, Godman brings over 30 years of logistics sector knowledge to the business, having previously held senior positions at... more
A sales director for GRS in Spain and Portugal
GRS (Global Robotics Services) is the robotics arm of GLP, a new platform for customers and tenants seeking to optimise the productivity of their warehouse operations with the use of robotic services. GRS has more than 3000+ robots deployed globally in Greater China, Singapore,... more
From Qatar Airways to Swissport
Without an official statement from Doha we've learnt that Guillaume Halleux, chief officer cargo of Qatar Airways Cargo since October 2017, left the carrier recently and returned to Europe. Indeed, on 18 September he joined Swissport International as CCO and member of the... more
Marijo Pesic to join Hellmann
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Marijo Pesic as director product management rail Europe. In this newly created position, he will oversee the strategic development of all European intermodal transport in combination with rail. Hellmann's goal is to further develop... more
A4E appoints new deputy MD
Airlines for Europe (A4E) has appointed Laurent Donceel as deputy managing director. He joined the association in 2016. In his new role, Donceel will offer strategic guidance to A4E’s executive committee and partner with managing director Ourania Georgoutsakou to further... more
CSX names rail industry veteran as COO
CSX Corporation has appointed Mike Cory, a railway executive with more than 40 years of operations experience, as its executive vice president and chief operating officer. Formerly executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Canadian National (CN) Railway,... more
An honour for MOL's chairman
Junichiro Ikeda (second from right), chairman of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), has been appointed honorary consul of the Republic of Mauritius in Tokyo. Maneesh Gobin, attorney general, minister of foreign affairs, regional integration and international trade (left), conferred... more
Changes in Konecranes leadership team
Konecranes has appointed Juha Pankakoski executive vice president, port solutions and member of the Konecranes leadership team. He took over his new role on 7 September 2023, and will report to Konecranes’ president and CEO Anders Svensson. Pankakoski will succeed Mika... more
Tompkins Solutions picks VP sales
Tompkins Solutions, a specialist for integrated supply chains has welcomed Jason Kowalskie as vice president of sales. He will work with new and existing clients to identify ways to improve efficiency, capacity and scalability across their supply chain operations. Kowalskie... more