American Airlines names new president of cargo and vice president of global sales, while Wen-Parker Logistics hires U.K. sales manager.
UPS hires director of global affairs, while the Association of American Railroads names new press secretary.
IAG Cargo appoints chief financial officer, while INTTRA hires president of Asia Pacific, and American Trucking Associations elects general chairman and treasurer of its Technology & Maintenance Council.
Prologis U.K. Logistics Venture will be 85 percent owned by CBRE clients and 15 percent owned by Prologis.
Redwood Logistics names senior vice president of strategic sales, while Reading & Northern Railroad hires SVP of coal, Port of New Orleans adds a board member and CenterPoint Properties appoints marketing director.
DHL Express appoints Markus Reckling as the new chief executive for Germany, while Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) names chief country representative in Turkey.
Canadian Pacific Railway names chief marketing officer, while Troy Container Line promotes FCL export manager.
Alaska Airlines names new chief information officer, vice president finance and controller, and promotes two to managing director; while Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics appoints chief digitalization officer.
RightShip chief executive officer resigns, while CLX Logistics hires supply chain consultant.
CFI appoints vice president, logistics and vice president, sales, while the Armitt Group names new finance director.
On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Jacques Saadé the founder of CMA CGM, appointed his son to run what is the world’s third largest ocean carrier.
Iptor Supply Chains Systems names new chief financial officer, while PayAnyBiz hires executive vice president of sales and marketing.
uShip hires new chief executive officer, while DHL Supply Chain names CEO of its regional Singapore division.
DHL Supply Chain appoints president of Automotive, North America, while WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff names maritime manager for Southern California and Greenbrier Cos. hires director of global security.
The National Industrial Transportation League elects new chairman and board members, while Worldwide Flight Services hires chief information officer.
The temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider has acquired new buildings in Phoenix, Ariz. and Bethlehem, Pa., and plans to expand two others, adding a total of 21 million cubic feet of space to the company’s existing network.
USA Truck names new chief executive officer and chief commercial officer, while Hansa Heavy Lift appoints managing directors and FourKites hires chief revenue officer.
“K” Line announces changes to executive officers, Aegean Shipping Management appoints new chief executive officer, while American Airlines names successor to retiring senior vice president of international and cargo.
Duluth Seaway Port Authority appoints new board members and B&H Worldwide expands international management team, while Montgomery McCracken adds to Maritime and Transportation practice and Holland & Knight hires senior counsel in D.C.
South Carolina Department of Commerce names new director of international strategy and trade, while Midwest Association of Rail Shippers elects 2017 officers and Roadrunner Freight appoints senior vice president of sales and marketing.
The Florida Department of Transportation announces secretary resignation, names interim secretary, while CenterPoint Properties hires vice president of investments.
The world’s largest manufacturer of shipping containers has advised shareholders and potential investors to exercise caution when dealing with its shares.
Röhlig appoints director of global contract logistics, while Cozen O’Connor adds to its transportation and trade group and East Coast Warehouse & Distribution names senior director of customs examination services.
Chaos in the ocean shipping industry has led to a winter of shippers’ discontent as freight transportation managers scramble to determine how carriers will meet their transportation requirements after several carrier mergers and acquisitions took place.
DHL Global Forwarding appoints head of operations in Hong Kong and Macau, while FourKites adds to management team, GAC announces new C-level appointments, and Centiro names vice president of sales and operations for North America.
Port of Seattle Commission elects new leadership, while American Trucking hires senior vice president of legislative affairs and Aljex Software creates new position, vice president of technology.
The Institute of International Container Lessors appoints new chairman, Dayton Freight promotes three employees to service center positions, and Page International names director of sales.
Logistics Plus hires new head of sourcing division, while the Cargo Incident Notification System names deputy chairman.
The Intermodal Association of North America selects new board members and officers, while Pender & Coward adds to its maritime, admiralty and transportation practice.
Global Logistic Properties is seeking potential buyers as part of its independent strategic review, the company said in a statement to the Singapore Stock Exchange, confirming media reports from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
Page International promotes director of sales and GlobalTranz hires senior vice president of carrier relations.
Port of New Orleans names president and chief executive officer, while Canadian Pacific adds board member and ChassisFinder hires general manager.
The Antwerp Port Authority’s new CEO steps into role Jan. 1, while Singapore Post names former Toll Global Forwarding chief its global CEO.
Air Canada appoints chief commercial officer, while the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association names membership committee chairman and Hill Dickinson further expands its marine practice.
Crane Worldwide Logistics hires regional sales manager for its U.S. West region, while Overseas Shipholding Group names new president and CEO and Wilhelmsen Ships Service appoints general manager for Wilhelmsen Huayang Ships Services China.
The Port of Tacoma Commission names new president, while Tulsa Port of Catoosa promotes director and Air France-KLM Cargo appoints executive vice president.
Port Manatee elects board chairwoman and officers, while Canadian Pacific Railway appoints new board member and Port of Los Angeles names deputy police chief.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey names new aviation director, while SEKO Logistics appoints vice president of ocean services and Worldwide Flight Services hires global head of safety and security.
Hansa Heavy Lift appoints head of Asia Pacific, while Broekman Logistics promotes new managing director of warehousing and distribution and American Trucking Associations names Infrastructure Funding Task Force members.
American Soybean Association elects president and vice president, while the IATA FIATA Air Cargo Program nominates governance manager, and Hill Dickinson hires global head of shipping.
Advent Intermodal Solutions appoints newly created role of chief strategy officer, while the Soy Transportation Coalition elects new chairman and officers.
Hamilton Port Authority names president and CEO, while St. George Logistics adds board member and Page International promotes new senior manager of exports.
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore appoints new chairman, while B&H Worldwide promotes managing director, Germany, ICAO names new president of its Air Navigation Commission, and ATA hires vice president of safety policy and connectivity.
MOL appoints chief country representatives in Brazil and Mexico, while Bureau International des Containers names new secretary general.
FourKites adds senior leaders, while Norfolk Southern appoints new board members and Central Maine & Quebec Railway names executive chairman and CEO.
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in British Columbia, Canada appoints new chief financial officer, while Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics tabs new managing director.
International Civil Aviation Organization re-elects council president, International Air Transport Association selects regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East, and Canaveral Port Authority elects chairman.
Redwood Logistics appoints chief logistics officer, while INTERTANKO elects chairman for another two years.
Officers were elected this week to head the Waterways Council and National Waterways Foundation.
Union Pacific appoints three senior executives, while Suttons Group names managing director of international operations.
NEHDS Logistics names president, while CVI International appoints VP of business development and sales.
Cambridge Systematics names CFO and the Chamber of Marine Commerce appoints president, while West Calcasieu Port re-elects board officers and IBIA’s chief executive retires.
Port Tampa Bay appoints VP of operations, while DHL Supply Chain names managing director for its Hong Kong and Macau business.
Although free trade deals can cause short-term job losses, the long-term economic gains far outweigh the costs.
Envirotainer appoints CEO, while B&H Worldwide names regional director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
CSX names vice president-industrial products, while Target appoints former Walmart logistics executive to senior VP of network planning and operational design, and the European Sea Ports Organization elects its next chairman.
Hill Dickinson appoints first ever COO, while Absolute Worldwide Logistics hires managers for new Waycross, Ga. office.
ContainerPort Group appoints new CFO, while Milestone Chassis names manager for West Coast region sales.
The Transportation Intermediaries Association appoints VP of education and DSV Road North America names president, while Chapman Freeborn selects chief commercial officer and the American Association of Port Authorities installs 2016-2017 chairman.
The Customized Logistics and Delivery Association picks new executive director and the Alabama State Port Authority names board chairman, while the Port of Melbourne selects CEO and the Nautical Institute appoints chief executive.
DHL Supply Chain picks transportation president, while Kane Is Able names senior VP of transportation and solutions.
The Netherlands-based third-party logistics provider has appointed Peter Waller chief finance officer and member of its executive board.
No American shipper wants to experience a showdown between unionized dock labor and its employers any time soon. That’s why it’s now more important than ever for shippers to continue to nudge dockworkers—those represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on the West Coast and International Longshoremen’s Union on the East Coast—and […]
MatchBack Systems appoints commercial account manager for Europe, while Graybar names district VP in Seattle.
Volga-Dnepr Group names senior VP of sales and marketing, while Synergy appoints VP of enterprise solutions.
The Canadian Society of Customs Brokers names board chairman, while R.J. Corman Railroad Group picks CEO.
Globe Express Services names Americas president, while Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement picks managing directors and Cargotec appoints investor relations manager.
Sunset Transportation names VP of sales and marketing, while RailWorks appoints CEO.
The Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry appoints four managers, while Kalmar strengthens its Americas management and Envirotainer names head of Asia-Pacific operations.
The Chamber of Marine Commerce appoints interim president, while the executive director of the Transportation Institute at the University of Denver (DTI) will retire.
Brambles Ltd. appoints new CFO, while Port Manatee names senior business administration director and senior communications manager.
Eagle Bulk Shipping picks new CFO and Transervice Logistics names SW business development director, while trade association InterManager elects president.
Hanne B. Sørensen, chief executive of A.P. Møller-Maersk’s third-party logistics subsidiary, will be replaced by current Maersk Line Head of East West Trades Klaus Rud Sejling, the company said in a statement.
Starting Oct. 1, the Pacific Northwest port will be accepting applications for a new, permanent chief executive officer and executive director to replace the outgoing Todd Coleman, who stepped down in May, according to a statement from the port authority.
Norfolk Southern’s chief legal officer retires, while SynchroNet Intermodal Services names DoorLogistics sales director and Alliance Shippers appoints assistant vice president of sales.
The nonprofit organization said Wednesday it broke ground on what will become the largest distribution hub for humanitarian medical aid in the United States.
Crane Worldwide Logistics appoints senior director for life sciences, while Röhlig names air freight manager for Germany.
AAGEX Freight Group appoints VPs, while MIC Customs Solutions names project manager.
FedEx shuffles senior executives, while the Jacksonville Port Authority appoints new board officers.
Liner carriers’ obsession with ever-larger containerships in recent years left them fat with capacity during a persistently ho-hum global market and thus desperate to fill their vessels. For shippers and non-vessel-operating common carriers, this has resulted in rock-bottom freight rates to transport their containers to nearly anywhere in the world. Shippers and NVOs […]
APM Terminals appointed A.P. Moller Shipping Services Chief Executive Morten Engelstoft to succeed current CEO Kim Fejfer, who will be taking up a new role at APM Holding A/S, according to a statement from the company.
The Port of New Orleans elects board chairman, while CHA Consulting names head of Transportation Group.
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. names president for Greenbrier International, while Transervice Logistics appoints New England business development director and Hoyer picks new Chemilog director.
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based trucking company has appointed Hugh Ekberg as group president and chief operating officer.
Unishippers Global Logistics names chief executive officer, while the Transportation Intermediaries Association appoints chief of staff and Wabash National picks president.
Guido De Ciccio, senior vice president, Operations Western Region at Canadian Pacific, is retiring after 40 years with the Calgary-based Class I railroad, CP said in a statement.
Industrial logistics real estate developer Global Logistic Properties will acquire an initial $700 million portfolio with an additional $400 million portfolio to be acquired in phases upon completion and full lease-up, the company said in a statement.
Dachser appoints managing director of European logistics in Germany, while FourKites names senior VP of business development.
Nadeem Velani, current vice-president of investor relations at Canadian Pacific Railway, will replace Mark Erceg as chief financial officer on an interim basis, according to a statement from the company.
Ed McCarthy, formerly the chief operating officer for CMA CGM America, has been appointed to serve as the chief operating officer for the Georgia Ports Authority.
Jerry Moyes, founder and chief executive officer of Swift Transportation Co., said he will retire from the 50-year-old nationwide trucking firm at the end of the year.
Vargo appoints former Target supply chain VP to president of its Vargo Adaptive Software division, while The International Air Cargo Association elects a board member and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations names legal affairs director.
Jon Slangerup announced his resignation as chief executive officer of the Port of Long Beach and accepted a position as chairman and CEO of a leading aviation technology company.
Canadian Pacific Railway announced changes to its board of directors, including the appointment of Jill Denham and William R. Fatt, and the resignation of activist investor Bill Ackman.
The Halifax Port Authority appoints chairman and vice chairman, while Volga-Dnepr names head of energy and heavy machinery.
Norm Krehbiel, who has been named the Port of Longview’s new chief executive officer, originally joined the port in 1993 as director of facilities and engineers, and was later named deputy executive director and chief operating officer in 2008.
Logistics and marine services provider GAC Group shuffles regional VPs, while Virgin Atlantic Cargo appoints regional sales manager for continental Europe.
Memphis, Tenn.-based third-party logistics provider Mallory Alexander appoints chief administrative officer, while the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey selects general counsel.
Kalmar, a subsidiary of cargo-handling equipment and systems manufacturer Cargotec, appoints new head of the Asia-Pacific region, while the Florida East Coast Railway names VP of carload sales.
SEKO Logistics named Michael Christensen president of SaaS and CPO of International Supply Chain Solutions to lead a new business unit focusing on the third-party logistics provider’s service-as-a-software technology solutions.
