Appointee to spearhead growth at Thordon Bearings 
Neil Cooper has been appointed vice-president sales at Thordon Bearings, a Thomson-Gordon Group company. He is tasked with reinforcing the Canadian company’s position in the global water-lubricated bearings market and to drive continued growth. Thomson-Gordon group... more
New board member for Air Cargo Community Frankfurt
Michael Müller, Fraport’s labour relations director, has been elected to the board of the Air Cargo Community Frankfurt. He represents the airport operator’s positions in the airfreight industry association. The management board members also appointed him as deputy chairman.... more
Rob Grool takes on CEO role at Zeaborn
Rob Grool is taking over the leadership of Zeaborn Ship Management from Holger Strack, who has been acting as the company’s interim CEO since the beginning of the year. Jan-Hendrik Többe and Ove Meyer, the Zeaborn Group’s managing partners, said: “With Grool's appointment as... more
KVH appoints Ken Loke as VP Asia-Pacific region
US-based KVH Industries has named Ken Loke as vice-president – Asia Pacific to direct all the company's initiatives in that important region. Loke has extensive experience in satellite and managed services with top companies active in the telecommunications and maritime... more
Geodis lands Gartner accolade in North America
The supply chain operator Geodis has been recognised by the research and advisory company Gartner as a leader in the May 2019 magic quadrant for third-Party logistics in North America. The report evaluated 19 3PL providers doing significant business in Canada, Mexico and the... more
Martin Schultz shoulders new CTO role
Martin Schultz has been recruited by the multi-carrier shipping solution provider Letmeship as chief technical officer (CTO) of its development department. His new role includes responsibility for all technical product developments, as well as the DevOps and internal IT... more
Two new members for Cargo iQ board
Cargo iQ has announced a change in leadership of its membership board with representatives from Emirates Skycargo and Kuehne + Nagel. Henrik Ambak, senior vice-president of cargo operations worldwide at Emirates Skycargo, has been picked to chair Cargo iQ’s board. Kerstin... more
Tapani Voionmaa joins Bimco board of directors
Tapani Voionmaa, Finnlines' group general counsel, has been elected to the board of directors of the Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco). The election took place at the council's general meeting in Athens. Bimco is the world's largest international shipping... more
Rüdiger Grube to chair Bombardier supervisory board
Members of the supervisory boards of Bombardier Transportation and Bombardier Transportation (Bahntechnologie) Holding Germany unanimously elected Professor Rüdiger Grube as their new chairman. He succeeds the previous supervisory board chairman, Wolfgang Tölsner, who stepped... more
Denis Petropoulos appointed new Baltic Exchange chairman
Denis Petropoulos has been elected chairman of the Baltic Exchange Council with effect from 1 June 2019. He replaces Duncan Dunn who has held the position since January 2018. Petropoulos was a founding partner of Braemar Tankers and remains a significant shareholder at... more