Umco expands management 
Umco Umwelt Consult is enlarging its managerial team. Authorised signatory Anika Biehl has been made a member of the German company’s executive board with immediate effect. In addition, the firm granted power of attorney to Tobias Schulte, the new deputy head of the chemicals... more
Geodis Wilson bolsters industrial projects in Asia
Geodis Wilson has appointed Igor Muñiz Tinoco as head of industrial projects in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Muñiz, who will be based in Singapore, is to take charge of Geodis Wilson’s industrial projects freight management and logistics operations in Australia, Indonesia,... more
Ratioform reorganises management
The packaging dealer Ratioform has announced that Ulf Heber will become its managing director on 1 January 2014. He succeeds Michael Vollmer, who began to work for the company in 2000 and who is leaving for personal reasons. Under Vollmer’s leadership Ratioform grew into a mail... more
DNV greets new regional manager for Germany
DNV GL has named Matthias Ritters as maritime regional manager for the Germany region. He has transferred from Germanischer Lloyd, where he assumed responsibility for the Europe/Middle East/Africa region in 2006. Prior to that, he was technical director at the Schlüssel shipping... more
Aviation industry bids farewell to Icao president
Air transport industry operators attended an event hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (Icao) on 22 November to honour outgoing Icao council president Roberto Kobeh González, for his tremendous contributions over the last seven years to the sustainable... more
Descartes appoints new CEO
Descartes Systems Group, a provider of on-demand software-as-a-service solutions for the logistics industry, has appointed Edward J. Ryan as its new chief executive officer. Ryan has been the company's CCO since 2011, and prior to that held several other senior executive... more
Generation change at Kuehne+Nagel
Kuehne+Nagel has named Markus Blanka-Graff as its new chief financial officer. He will replace Gerard van Kesteren, who is retiring on 1 July 2014 after spending 25 years with the firm. After studying economics Blanka-Graff, an Austrian national, began his professional career... more
New engineering vice-president for Aircelle
On 1 November Didier Nicoud was selected as engineering vice-president for Aircelle. He succeeded Eric Massé who has taken up another position in Aircelle's parent company Safran. Nicoud, who reports directly to CEO Martin Sion, started at Snecma in 1987 as the aerodynamics... more
Chep sets up new service sector
Chep, an international provider of pallet, container and crate pooling services, has founded a new business division named intercontinental programs. The company is targeting load device management and clients in the foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and chemical industries, as well... more
Change at the head of Guadeloupe Port Caraibes
Laurent Martens, the president of the board of Guadeloupe Port Caraïbes, is resigning on 30 November. He will become vice-president of Terminal Link at CMA CGM. Martens, who started at the port in 2008, has been thanked by the authorities for his commitment. His track record... more