Metro Cruise Services installs new president 
                     
                    Nautilus International Holding has hired Anthony Newman as president of Metro Cruise Services (MCS), a nationwide, all-inclusive service provider for cruise terminal management, ship’s agency, stevedoring, ground guest services, shore excursions and terminal security services.... more
 Columbia Shipmanagement appoints finance and commercial MD 
                     
                    Joachim Brack has been recruited as finance and commercial managing director of Columbia Shipmanagement (Germany), with effect from 1 February. Brack succeeds Mads Soerensen who left the company to pursue new challenges. Brack’s appointment is in line with the company’s... more
 New marketing director for Gefco Spain 
                     
                    The national subsidiary Gefco Spain has nominated Antonio Fernández as its new director for trade and marketing. Fernández is a mining engineer and has a master’s degree in business management. He boasts 20 years of experience in marketing, sales and customer services. He worked... more
 Svitzer appoints two new cluster managers in Europe 
                     
                    Svitzer, a provider of harbour and terminal towage to the global shipping industry, recently appointed Fred Jeeninga as cluster managing director, Continental Europe (Netherlands, Belgium, Georgia) and Maurice McKeating as cluster managing director, UK South. Jeeninga has... more
 Christine Cabau Woehrel joins the CMA CGM Group 
                     
                    The CMA CGM Group has appointed Christine Cabau Woehrel as executive vice president in charge of assets. From 15 March, her main responsibilities will include managing the group’s industrial assets such as its fleet of vessels, its newbuildings, its container fleet,... more
 Cargonetwork renews advisory board 
                     
                    Several changes have been made to the Cargonetwork advisory board. Bernd Schäfer, CEO of Streck Transport Germany, replaced advisory board member Stefan Rehmet In spring 2018. The System Alliance CEO, Georg Köhler, stepped down from the said board at the end of 2018, and then... more
 Centralised office in Scandinavia 
                     
                    Following office openings in Helsinki and Stockholm over the past four years, the service provider Deugro is continuing to focus on the Scandinavian market. To support this, the company has consolidated its Scandinavian workforce in one regional head office. This centralised... more
 TIA enhances HQ staff 
                     
                    The Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) has appointed three new vice-presidents: Matt Mantione, CAE, to VP of membership, and Chris Burroughs and Will Sehestedt to VPs of government affairs. The trade body, with more than 1,700 members, is a well-known... more
 GAC finds a place in Uruguay 
                     
                    Growing demand for shipping services from the offshore oil & gas industry encouraged GAC to open an office in Uruguay. The new facility follows on from the group’s expansion in the Americas region in 2018, when it opened a Brazil office in Fortaleza, and established GAC... more
 Representation in Belgium with Multiple Cargo Consult 
                     
                    The Cargo Connections network has gained a representation in Belgium in the shape of Multiple Cargo Consult (MCC). MCC's managing director, Emile Vanderbist, who has worked in the industry for over 30 years, commented: "We are very pleased to become a Cargo Connections... more

