Executive Moves: CEVA Logistics and Coastal Cargo Co.

CEVA Logistics appoints VP for contract logistics business development, while Coastal Cargo Co. hires general manager for its Pascagoula, Miss. operation.    CEVA Logistics has appointed Stephen Dean senior vice president of business development for contract logistics, based in Jacksonville, Fla. Dean has more than 30 years of logistics industry experience and has held senior management positions at Menlo Worldwide, Ryder Systems and Con-way.

   New Orleans-based Coastal Cargo Co. has hired Robert “Bud” Sellers as its general manager in Pascagoula, Miss. The company provides port-side services as terminal operators and stevedores in the U.S. Gulf, specializing in handling metals, plywood, alloys, roll-on/roll-off, projects, bulk and breakbulk cargoes.
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