Transplace names Higgins as global logistics vice president

Transplace names Higgins as global logistics vice president    Transplace Inc., a provider of logistics technology and transportation management services, has appointed Kevin Higgins vice president, international logistics.
   Higgins had been founder and chief operating officer of American World Alliance, a third-party logistics provider. Before that, he was director of global transportation for Wal-Mart.
   Transplace is based in Plano, Texas. Higgins will work out of the company’s operations center in Lowell, Ark., and will report to Jun-Sheng Li, Transplace’s chairman and chief executive officer.