Management reshuffle 
The management of the Rhenus subsidiary Cargologic is being reshuffled. Marco Gredig will take over the airfreight handler's leadership from its present COO, Peter Somaglia, on 1 January 2014. The latter will remain president of the lobby group AirCargo Switzerland, and will be... plus
Bowman promoted to vice-chairman
Air Charter Service has appointed Justin Bowman to the position of vice-chairman of the group. In February this year, he had already been promoted to group deputy managing director, having been commercial director before. Since the group's founding, Bowman has provided... plus
Resignation at Cosco
The Chinese shipping line Cosco has announced the resignation of its vice-president, Xu Minjie. Authorities are said to be carrying out an investigation on his activities which may result in an impeachment. No further details were disclosed. Cosco owns and controls over 800... plus
E.R. Capital appoints new head of operations
On 1 April 2014 Jochen Klösges will join the management of the shipping company E.R. Capital Holding, initially as its COO, before succeeding E.R. Capital’s CEO Nicholas Teller on 1 July. Teller will take over the chairmanship of the group from its founder Erck Rickmers.... plus
IRU president re-elected
Janusz Lacny has been re-elected as IRU president for 2014-2015 in Geneva. In 1991 Lacny started as an international haulier by establishing his own transport company "JMJ-TRANS", which he then enlarged to include forwarding activities. A professor with a Ph.D.... plus
CINS has new chairman
Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen of Maersk Line, has been appointed chairman of the cargo incident notification system (CINS) organisation, an initiative that was established in 2011 by CMA CGM, Evergreen Line, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Line and the Mediterranean Shipping Company and which is... plus
Changeover at Finnlines
Uwe Bakosch has resigned as CEO and president of Finnlines Plc, Helsinki, and became head of Finnlines Deutschland GmbH on 5 November 2013. The board of directors thanked him for his valuable contributions since 2009 and appointed Emanuele Grimaldi as the new CEO and president... plus
DHL enhances status of industrial projects sub-division
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight sector of Deutsche Post DHL, has appointed Nikola Hagleitner as the new global head of its industrial projects sub-division. Hagleitner, who was previously the global head of business strategy, began her new role on 22 October... plus
New global sales and marketing head for Kuehne + Nagel
Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Reinhard Schullerus as its new head of global sales and marketing. Schullerus, who began his career in the logistics industry at Danzas, joined the K+N group in 1994 after working for Prognos AG for five years. Following various regional management... plus
DVB Bank's corporate communications sector in new hands
With effect from 1 December 2013, Elisabeth Winter will succeed Borislav Bjelicic as head of DVB Bank SE's group corporate communications sector. Bjelicic is leaving the DVB to focus on his university teaching activities. Winter joined the bank's human resources... plus