Fresh blood for Haropa Ports 
Kris Danaradjou is to become deputy general manager of Haropa - Port du Havre. At a meeting on 26 June, the supervisory board of the Port of Le Havre elected him to the management board. He will assume his position upon his arrival on 15 July. Currently director of the port... more
LIS picks sales manager
LIS has appointed Markus Lohmann to head its newly combined sales and marketing team. The company created this new position of sales manager to boost sales activities and further increase the company’s growth. Before joining LIS, Lohmann was managing director at VuP GmbH -... more
Changes at the helm of GLS
Effective immediately, Martin Seidenberg assumes the position of CEO of the GLS Group. The native German brings more than 20 years of experience in the logistics industry. He replaces James Rietkerk, who has stepped down. Rietkerk led the GLS for two years and made the CEP... more
General manager for Phillips-Europe
Phillips-Europe, a strategic business unit of US-based Phillips Industries, is the centre of excellence for 24v commercial vehicle components for the European and worldwide market. The company recently appointed Ela Czupik as general manager. Czupik brings profound... more
Rekola to head Steerprop's sales and projects
Azimuth propulsion expert Steerprop has merged sales and project management with the appointment of Juho Rekola as the company’s new sales and project management director. Rekola has been with Steerprop since 2017 and has extensive knowledge of the company’s products and... more
New sales manager for Hyundai material handling
Hyundai Construction Equipment Europe (HCEE) has appointed Christopher Thompson has its new sales director for material handling in the European market. In his new role, he will work in close cooperation with Hyundai’s branches and the European sales network. Thompson is from... more
Jose Costas elected aircraft sales VP
Continuing the development of the senior leadership team, DRA and sister company 328 Support Services have appointed Jose Costas as the company’s vice-president of aircraft sales. Leveraging his significant aviation industry experience, Costas is responsible for all aircraft... more
Dachser elects Robert Erni as CFO
Dachser has appointed Robert Erni, who has many years of experience as head of finance for other logistics companies, as CFO to succeed Burkhard Eling. Erni will start his induction period as deputy director on 1 September 2020. Most recently, the Swiss national served as... more
Promotion at Shanghai Renaissance
As part of a strengthening of its team in Shanghai, the Shanghai Renaissance International Transportation Company (Rensha) – which is part of the Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group - has promoted Lily Tao to vice general manager. For the past decade she had been assistant to... more
Back on Hong Kong maritime and port board
Edward Liu, Hill Dickinson counsel in Hong Kong, has been reappointed by the secretary for transport and housing as a co-opted member of the Hong Kong maritime and port board (HKMPB), the advisory body of the transport and housing bureau of the HKSAR government, and will serve... more