Panalpina upgrading IT department 
Panalpina’s chief information officer (CIO), Rod Angwin, will become the sixth member of the company’s executive board as of 1 January 2014. The promotion reflects the ever growing importance of IT for Panalpina and the industry as a whole. Angwin, a British citizen, joined... more
Geography of freight traffic
In recognition of his services to the transport industry, Dr Gordon Wilmsmeier was named honorary professor for maritime transport geography by the University of Bremen (Germany) on 24 October. He lectures in nautical science and maritime transport. Wilmsmeier, who hails from... more
Logistics Initiative Hamburg is expanding
Hamburg's economics senator, Frank Horch, has appointed Frank Schnabel, chairman of the board of the general association of Schleswig-Holstein ports and Heiko Fischer, CEO of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, as members of Logistics Initiative Hamburg’s board of trustees. The move is... more
FedEx appoints new head of Emea
David Binks is to be the new FedEx regional president for the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent and Africa (Emea), effective 1 January 2014. He succeeds Gerald P. Leary, who is retiring after serving the express service provider for 39 years. Binks, who will be based at the... more
Swisslog finds new CEO
The management of Swisslog Holding Ltd is to be entrusted to Peter Hettich. He replaces Remo Brunschwiler, who left the intralogistics provider on 1 January 2013. Hettich has headed the Grenzebach Group’s general industry division since 2012, and worked for Porsche from 2000 to... more
MOL crossing the Alps
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) will open its own office in Switzerland. The new office will be located in Basel and will be operational on 1 January 2014. Jochen Veldmann, MOL's area director, said that the decision to open the new office in this important market is part of the... more
Famous Shipping elects new steering crew
The Famous Pacific Shipping Group (FPS), the global forwarding and NVOCC system, celebrated its 15th anniversary at a conference in Sri Lanka. During the AGM, Gihan Nanayakkara, conference host and outgoing chairman of the FPS Group advisory board, was re-elected for a further... more
New head of Aqaba Container Terminal
Aqaba Container Terminal (ACT) appointed a new CEO in October. Jeppe Jensen, who has more than 20 years of experience in the shipping logistics and distribution industry, was chosen by the Aqaba special economic zone and ACT chairman Kamel Mahadin for the task. Jensen... more
CEO of port of Virginia selected
The Virginia Port Authority board of commissioners has voted to hire shipping executive John F. Reinhart as CEO of the port of Virginia. Reinhart recently announced his retirement at the end of January 2014 as president and CEO of Maersk Line Ltd (MLL) in the USA, the US-flag... more
Braemar enlarges team
Braemar Adjusting is continuing its global expansion with the addition of one director in London, two directors in Houston TX (USA) and an energy adjuster in Singapore. Ian McInroy re-joins Braemar’s London office as a director, transferring from an international insurance... more