Rohlig welcomes new affiliate manager 
Olaf Schaefer is the new head of the Düsseldorf branch of logistics company Röhlig. Schaefer previously held various management roles at Schenker, Birkart Globistics and Kühne+Nagel in Asia and Africa. Amongst other things, he worked as Bangladesh country manager and client... more
New Hapag-Lloyd chairman in 2014
Rolf Habben-Jansen will succeed CEO Michael Behrendt, who is set to leave in the middle of next year. Habben-Jansen has been appointed to the Executive Board of the company with effect from 1 April 2014 and will assume the position of chairman of the executive board on 1 July... more
Evergreen Chairman mourned
Evergreen has announced that its chairman, C.J. Wang, died of illness on 20 September at the age of 61. Evergreen president C.Y. Chang will assume the chairman’s duties ad interim until the board has elected a new chairman. Capt. Wang joined Evergreen in 1976 as an officer and... more
Headhunting in a niche 
In a differentiated sector such as logistics, finding distinguished experts is not always an easy task. At the French company Turnpoint the three Raynal family members, father Pierre and sons Cyrill and François, have specialised in finding suitable candidates for vacant... more
National Air Cargo Holdings relocate
National Air Cargo Holdings, a global cargo logistics provider, and its subsidiary, National Airlines, have relocated their head office and airline offices to Orlando in Florida. The company will occupy more than 25,000 sq ft in the Citadel II building at 5955 T. G. Lee... more
Gulftainer reinforces international operations
Gulftainer, the port management and logistics group headquartered in Sharjah (UAE), has named Peter Ford as its new group chief operating officer (COO). Ford previously held a number of managerial positions with APM Terminals, including COO for APM Terminals’ European region and... more
New Impatex London airports account manager appointed
Impatex, a supplier of customs and freight forwarding software in the UK, has appointed Ali Ghaffar as its new area account manager for London airports. In his new role, Ghaffar will be head of sales for existing and potential Impatex customers in the London airports area. Most... more
China office for London's Baltic Exchange
The Baltic Exchange, a London-based bulk shipping exchange, has opened a new office in Shanghai. The exchange, whose members comprise shipping, chartering and broking companies, provides data on the cost of moving bulk commodities such as iron ore, coal and oil by sea. The... more
New Efip head appointed
Kathrin Obst has been appointed as the new director of the European Federation of Inland Ports (Efip). She succeeds Isabelle Ryckbost, who assumed the role of secretary general at Espo this summer. Previously, Obst worked for three years as a senior policy adviser to the... more
New man to implement Mory-Ducros merger
The merger of Mory and the courier service Ducros Express, which was sealed in January 2013, is being driven by an additional expert. Christophe Thiebaud-Girard is joining the Mory Ducros group as a deputy managing director. He has worked for Mory and as head of operations at... more