Norbert Dentressangle with award for new blood 
Rebecca Smith has been crowned "Young Woman of the Year 2013" by the Organisation "Women in Logistics". The trainee who works for Norbert Dentressangle in the UK, was one of only five candidates from over 1,000 applicants to be selected for the company’s fast... more
CFL cargo changing leader in 2014
Marc Polini will become the new director general of the Luxembourg-based railfreight company CFL cargo on 1 January 2014. He succeeds Fernand Rippinger, who formerly served Arcelor until his appointment as director general of CFL cargo in 2006. The railway was created as a joint... more
Knatz to leave port of Los Angeles
Geraldine Knatz, top executive of the port of Los Angeles since 2006, will retire at the end of the year. The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, has appointed Gary Lee Moore, currently the city engineer, as general manager ad interim until a permanent replacement is found.... more
E.R. Offshore renews management
Kai Naumann became the new managing director of the Hamburg (Germany)-based specialist shipping company E.R. Offshore GmbH & Cie (E.R. Offshore) this month (October). He is directly responsible for finance and technology, as well as for shore-based and offshore employees. On... more
Dusseldorf airport mourns its leader
Christoph Blume, chairman of the management board of Dusseldorf airport (Germany), has died unexpectedly at the age of 61. From 1997 to 2001 Blume was municipal director of Dusseldorf, the capital of the federal German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, before transferring to the... more
New boss for European harbour masters' committee
Amaury de Maupeou, who became harbour master of the French port of Marseille-Fos in 2011, has been elected president of the European Harbour Master’s Committee (EHMC). In this position, he will represent the ports of Rotterdam, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Gothenburg, Dublin,... more
Safmarine reinforces activities in USA
In 2013, Denmark's AP Moller-Maersk Group took the decision to establish the multi-purpose shipping line Safmarine MPV as a separate and independent business unit with its own third party agency network within the group. Norton Lilly International now represents Safmarine MPV as... more
Hill Dickinson expands to Hong Kong
The international law firm Hill Dickinson LLP is opening a new office in Hong Kong to work in partnership with its Singapore team. The company will operate in association with Laracy & Co, led by litigator and arbitrator Damien Laracy, and will see master mariner and... more
Rightship changes vice-president of Americas
Anuj Chopra has been appointed vice-president Americas of Rightship, a global ship vetting company. Chopra has 30 years maritime experience both at sea and onshore, and joins Rightship from the ship manager enterprise, Anglo-Eastern, where he had been president for the past six... more
Ulber tightens the reins at Panalpina
The global logistics provider Panalpina is introducing a fourth region consisting of the Middle East, Africa and the CIS (MEAC), with effect from 1 January 2014. Countries in the current region Europe, Middle East, Africa and CIS will be split among the new MEAC and Europe... more