Gérald Delacourt joins Panattoni France 
Panattoni is expanding its Lyon office with the recruitment of Gérald Delacourt as project director for Southern France. Delacourt has 20 years' experience in the logistics property sector. Before joining Panattoni, Delacourt was associate technical property manager and... more
Shipbob snags supply chain expert from Amazon
Global omni-fulfilment platform Shipbob has hired Melissa Nick as its first chief supply chain officer. She joins the company with over 20 years of professional experience, spending the last nine+ years at Amazon, most recently as Amazon's VP of North America customer... more
Ifoy awards for six companies
The International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year awards are out. In 2023, 21 companies with 23 products and solutions were finalists in the eleventh round of the award. In the category "AGV/AMR", the award was won by Agilox with the intelligent... more
Solvares Group: changes in the sales organisation
The Solvares Group, a network of software companies, is reorganising its sales department. James De Roo will take over the newly created position of sales manager logistics, while Hannes Heckner will be responsible for sales in the field service. De Roo can look back on many... more
Allcargo group: key changes after demerger
Allcargo Group, a global logistics conglomerate headquartered in India, has made several appointments in key leadership positions within the organisation after its recent demerger. Shashi Kiran Shetty has been redesignated as executive chairman of Allcargo Logistics, Adarsh... more
Aldi Nord expands logistics training courses
Aldi is planning to offer more inhouse logistics courses in future: from the start of the training programme in 2023, 17 Aldi regional companies will train drivers and logistics specialists. Training in logistics is already an integral part of some Aldi regional companies,... more
Smarthop welcomes Jay Hinson
Smarthop, a freight booking and fleet management platform, has appointed Jay Hinson as its new general manager of Fintech. A seasoned financial services executive, Hinson joins Smarthop to lead the company’s expansion of Fintech tools within its self-service TMS platform for... more
40th anniversary and export prize 2023
In its 40th year, the international transport and logistics provider Cargo-Partner was awarded the coveted export prize during the "Exporters' Nite 2023" last week. The award was bestowed in recognition for the company’s solid performance and its constantly growing... more
The Heavy Lift Group appoints president
Elisabeth Cosmatos, managing director of Cosmatos Group, has been elected president of The Heavy Lift Group (THLG), an international association for specialised heavy transport companies. Cosmatos was given this mandate as the THLG elected its executive committee during its 68th... more
News from Nars
At its annual meeting in May this year, the North American Rail Shippers Association (Nars) elected new officers, honoured industry professionals with two major awards and announced its 2023 scholarship recipients. The Nars offices for 2023–2024 are: president John Meyers,... more