Blue Water's new Swedish acquisition 
Blue Water's new Swedish acquisition Blue Water has acquired ACi Transport & Spedition, based in Malmo (Sweden). The entity, managed by Björn E. Jensen, is to be Blue Water’s third office in Sweden (see ITJ Daily of 6 September). ACi was founded in 1988 with offices in... more
DHBW: additional professor for transport and logistics
With effect from 1 September, Dr Christopher Stoller strengthened the team of professors for the BWL forwarding, transport and logistics degree course at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach (DHBW) in Germany. He reinforces Professors Schwolgin, Bayer and... more
Peter Rose to retire
Peter Rose, CEO of the US company Expeditors International of Washington Inc, is to retire on 1 March 2014. Rose has been with the Seattle WA-based logistics company for 32 years, and served as its CEO for the past 25. Together with James Wang and Glenn Alger, he was one of the... more
Dual spearhead for contract logistics
Antje Engelmann has joined Rieck Projekt Kontrakt Logistik (RPKL) as its managing director. She will support Patrick von Oy, the other managing director, particularly in the area of operative management. The addition of Engelmann strengthens the group’s contract logistics... more
Norbert Dentressangle with award for new blood
Rebecca Smith has been crowned "Young Woman of the Year 2013" by the Organisation "Women in Logistics". The trainee who works for Norbert Dentressangle in the UK, was one of only five candidates from over 1,000 applicants to be selected for the company’s fast... more
CFL cargo changing leader in 2014
Marc Polini will become the new director general of the Luxembourg-based railfreight company CFL cargo on 1 January 2014. He succeeds Fernand Rippinger, who formerly served Arcelor until his appointment as director general of CFL cargo in 2006. The railway was created as a joint... more
Knatz to leave port of Los Angeles
Geraldine Knatz, top executive of the port of Los Angeles since 2006, will retire at the end of the year. The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, has appointed Gary Lee Moore, currently the city engineer, as general manager ad interim until a permanent replacement is found.... more
E.R. Offshore renews management
Kai Naumann became the new managing director of the Hamburg (Germany)-based specialist shipping company E.R. Offshore GmbH & Cie (E.R. Offshore) this month (October). He is directly responsible for finance and technology, as well as for shore-based and offshore employees. On... more
Dusseldorf airport mourns its leader
Christoph Blume, chairman of the management board of Dusseldorf airport (Germany), has died unexpectedly at the age of 61. From 1997 to 2001 Blume was municipal director of Dusseldorf, the capital of the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, before transferring to the... more
New boss for European harbour masters' committee
Amaury de Maupeou, who became harbour master of the French port of Marseille-Fos in 2011, has been elected president of the European Harbour Master’s Committee (EHMC). In this position, he will represent the ports of Rotterdam, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Gothenburg, Dublin,... more