Change at the top of Ceva Logistics 
Xavier Urbain will become CEO of Ceva Logistics and a member of its board of directors. His predecessor, Marvin O. Schlanger, will retire as CEO effective 2 January 2014 and will resume his position as non-executive chairman of the board. Urbain has previously held... more
Reshuffle of executive board at JF Hillebrand Group
Christophe Bernard will become chief executive officer of the JF Hillebrand Group AG. Gerard Desbois, who served as the company’s CEO since 2000, will now join the supervisory board. Bernard joined JF Hillebrand in 1983 and has been an executive board member for sixteen years.... more
DHL: executive move from Asia to Emea
Rajeev Singh-Molares is to become the new CEO DHL Global Forwarding for Europe, Middle East and Africa (Emea). He succeeds Thomas Nieszner who has left the company. Singh-Morales will report directly to Roger Crook, CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. Prior to this new... more
C.H. Robinson extends presence in Europe
C.H. Robinson has opened a new office in Basel (Switzerland). Located on the borders of Switzerland, France and Germany, the new Basel office is managed by Ildiko Gergely, a 13-year transportation industry veteran. Gergely started her C.H. Robinson career in the Syracuse NY... more
Gefco seeking worldwide communication
Maria del Peso has become the new head of the Gefco Group’s communication department. She assumes responsibility for the development and implementation of a communication strategy that is in line with the group’s international ambitions for geographic expansion and the... more
Hellmann globalizes airfreight
Henrik Lund took over the position of global airfreight director at the German service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics this month. He previously worked for Panalpina, DHL, Exel and Shipco Transport. Lund, who will be based in Hamburg, reports directly to Mark Hellmann,... more
Management award for Volga-Dnepr
Ildar Ilyasov, the managing director of Volga-Dnepr Technic, has won a special award in the annual Aristos 2013 awards ceremony in Moscow. He won the ‘Our People in Germany’ nomination and received his award from Vitali Shmelkov, first board chairman – CEO of the Germany-Russia... more
Seko Logistics member of retail organisation
David Emerson, group sales and marketing director of Seko Logistics, has joined the advisory board of the International Omni Retailing Members Association (Iorma). The trade body provides global and regional knowledge for members on all matters relating to the growing world of... more
NMEA: changes at the top in 2014
The USA's National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has announced that Johnny Lindstrom will become chairman of its board of directors on 1 January 2014. Lindstrom will succeed David Gratton, who is completing his three-year term of office. Lindstrom started his own company... more
Intermed Gateway elects president and secretary general
Intermed Gateway is a lobby group that was founded in 1997 to reinforce the collaboration between the ports of Barcelona, Genoa and Marseille. At a meeting in Barcelona in October group members elected Jean Claude Terrier, president of the governing board of the port of... more