SEKO Logistics appoints VP of network development, while Kuehne + Nagel’s global air freight head steps down and Inchcape Shipping Services names VP of North American operations.
Saddle Creek appointed chairman and CenterPoint Properties named VP on West Coast, while LOC Group appointed COO and CSafe Global announced sales director for France and Spain.
d’Amico International Shipping appoints CFO, while Holland & Knight names senior counsel and NRF picks Loss Prevention Council chairman.
Maersk Line names HR chief, while the American Waterways Operators elects chairman and vice chairman and Greencarrier Freight Services appoints COO.
Air France-KLM names new CEO, while UPS appoints corporate controller and investor relations officer.
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COSCO Pacific Ltd. re-designates executive director and vice chairman, while “K” Line nominates managing executive director, outside directors, and supervisory board members
Satellite Logistics Group names senior sales director, while Integrity Logistics selects new president.
The Port of Jacksonville appointed a senior director of facilities development, while Lamar University named an executive director of its new Center for Advances in Port Management.
Port Freeport picks new CEO, while IFCO appoints VPs for commodity management and grower sales and TruckSmart names national accounts director.
Martin Bencher Group and Trax Technologies appoint COOs, while JLL hires global infrastructure advisor, National Tank Truck Carriers names VP of marketing and NationaLease picks business development manager.
SAL appoints manager of Singapore office, while Union Pacific appoints cyber-security expert to board and Johanson Transportation Service announces promotions.
CEVA Logistics appoints VP for contract logistics business development, while Coastal Cargo Co. hires general manager for its Pascagoula, Miss. operation.
Union Pacific names president of ShipCarsNow subsidiary, while Cargotec appoints CFO and TIACA elects Emirates VP to board.
TRAXENS seeks to make its container-tracking technology an industry standard.
XPO Logistics appoints independent director, while essDOCS names chief commercial officer.
Reading & Northern Railroad appoints forest products VP, while ICC Logistics Services names CCO and the Long Beach Harbor Commission picks directors.
Kuehne Holdings names president and Matchback Systems appoints IT VP, while Kuebix and CSX pick VPs of engineering.
Panalpina designates a new chairman and CEO, while the Port of Oakland names new aviation director and Greenbrier Cos.’s chief commercial officer departs.
DVB Bank appoints co-division head of its global shipping management, while DNV GL’s group executive VP announces retirement.
INTTRA appoints new president and COO, while the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad names president and TIACA adds a board member.
Longtime airline veteran Alexander Arafa has been appointed head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo.
Aljex Software names VP of business development, while Rico Logistics appoints e-commerce logistics director.
Tradepoint Atlantic appoints manager of short-line railroad, while Breakthrough Fuel names VP of technology.
Hub Group names VP of corporate development, while Americold promotes COO to CEO.
The Greenbrier Cos. shuffles CFO position, while CargoTec’s CFO leaves the company in July.
DHL Parcel names new CEO, while CEVA Logistics appoints executive VP in charge of its South America business.
Port of Longview appoints interim CEO and DP World Group’s CEO retires, while ShipHawk names chief revenue officer and the Port of Houston Authority reappoints commissioner.
YRC Freight names VPs and SEKO Logistics picks head of aerospace vertical, while MARS elects 2016 officers and Volga-Dnepr Airlines appoints global directors.
MOL (America) names new vice president of area operations, while the Port of Houston Authority announces reappointment of commissioner.
3PL veteran starts Allport Cargo Services USA and Suttons Group names new chairman, while Röhlig names Germany ocean cargo manager and Avianca picks interim CEO.
Aljex Software names VP of corporate strategy and IICL elects 2016 board, while SOGET appoints CEO and Hansa Heavy Lift picks offshore adviser.
The industrial real estate development and management firm sold a 174,400-square-foot facility within the DuPage Business Center in western Chicago, Ill. to Simpson Manufacturing Company.
Port Corpus Christi lines up 2016 commission officers, while Polymer Logistics names sales VP and HMI/Gulf Marine appoint new CEO.
USA Truck names new CEO and SAL picks Asia market head, while Cargo 2000 appoints technical manager and AWO promotes VP to COO.
CEVA Logistics appoints COO for its new ground division and Cargo Composites names marketing director.
Emirates SkyCargo makes senior U.S. appointments, while Troy Container Line appoints VP of FCL and DHL names Asia-Pacific CEO.
SEKO Logistics names chief sales officer, while Crane Worldwide Logistics appoints specialized services head and CEVA announces VP of global heath care operations.
Network Global Logistics names CEO, while Röhlig appoints senior advisor.
The Intermodal Association of North America installs 2016 board, while the U.S. Meat Export Federation promotes Japan director.
Crowley names new VP and deputy general counsel, while Seoul-Incheon International Airport’s marketing VP joins TIACA board.
UPS appoints new general counsel, while customs and trade lawyer starts new firm in Miami.
SEKO Logistics appoints VP of business development, while Finnair Cargo names new head of global sales.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has named a new CIO, while Smartrac appoints VP of systems and solutions.
XPO names new president of supply chain business, while WCA picks new CEO and the European Community Shipowners’s Associations lines up new leadership.
3GTMS has appointed a new chief operating officer, while CEVA Logistics names contract logistics manager for Iberia region.
Gemini Shippers Group names VP for the U.S. southern region, while Kerry Logistics appoints managers in its U.K. operations.
Port of Stockton names marketing manager and the Hong Kong Shipowners Association elects officers, while APEC reappoints secretariat executive director and Cargotec names IT VP.
This time last year anyone involved in America’s container trades was struggling to efficiently move an influx of inbound traffic out the marine terminals and into the country’s commerce. […]
CSX has named its vice president of strategy, while European forwarder association CLECAT appoints new president.
Intelligrated picks senior director for commercial operations and Jettainer names new sales director.
Port Freeport’s CEO will retire, while National Interstate appoints a new president.
C.H. Robinson has named new North American Surface Transportation division president, while Crowley has appointed VP for stakeholders relations in Alaska.
Centiro has named a VP for global sales, while the Ports of Indiana Commission has added a new member.
Crowley appoints VPs to government services and global ship management, while essDOCS names new chairman.
Exports from the second largest economy in the world dropped for the fourth consecutive month, while Chinese imports continued to tumble, dropping nearly 19 percent compared to October 2014.
The international trade deficit, a negative balance in which the overall value of a country’s imports exceed that of its exports, declined from $48.0 billion in August to $40.8 billion […]
CenterPoint Properties names head of U.S. western region, while International Container Terminal Services, Inc. promotes three VPs.
V3 Transportation adds a senior advisor, while the Port of Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners names chief of staff.
Maryland Port Administration appoints director of harbor development, North Carolina State Ports Authority picks new CFO and Port of New York and New Jersey names interim general counsel, while Ryder […]
West Calcasieu Port re-elects board president for another term, while Broekman Logistics appoints managing director of its breakbulk terminal operations.
Sparrows Point Terminal names VP of development and Kerry Logistics picks Europe managing director, while Troy Container Line appoints team leadership and The Nautical Institute taps COO.
The Greenbrier Cos. names chief strategic officer, while Coastal Cargo Co. appoints head of Houston operation.
The industrial and logistics real estate specialist saw net earnings grow over 90 percent and revenues up nearly 40 percent, respectively, compared to the third quarter of 2014, according to […]
USCIB names new director of customs and trade facilitation, while Coastal Cargo Group picks general manager for New Orleans office.
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Imports to the second largest economy in the world dropped 17.7 percent in September compared to the same month a year ago and have now fallen for 11 consecutive months.
The Suddath Cos.’s CFO retires, while Mersey Maritime names new CEO.
DB Schenker Rail names new CEO, while Scandinavian Bunkering appoints managing director and Sparrows Point Terminal picks advisor.
Finnair taps new VP of cargo, while Unicon Logistics appoints sales executives for Southern California.
Kewill and Polaris Transportation make chief executive changes, while C.H. Robinson appoints Europe, Asia trade route development directors.
ConAgra Foods appoints chief supply chain officer, while heavy-lift ship operator SAL names project department head.
Rep. Stephen Fincher, R-Tenn., introduced a bill that would restore Ex-Im Bank’s operations and include various reforms, but will require a “discharge process” to reach the House floor for a […]
Based on the Obama administration’s limited annual review, Generalized System of Preferences will now include five upland cotton fiber products and the reinstatement of the Ukraine in the program.
Philadelphia Regional Port Authority executive director and Mersey Maritime CEO announce retirements, while Sparrows Point Terminal names VP of finance.
Cargo 2000 appoints new executive director, while CHAMP Cargosystems names CFO.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis revised a previous prediction of a 3.7 percent annual growth rate in second quarter gross domestic product to a 3.9 percent […]
New orders for manufactured durable goods fell 2 percent to $236.3 billion in August following two straight months of growth, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Clinton County Port Authority appoints new executive director, while Port Freeport names business development director.
Sparrows Point Terminal names VP of commercial and trade development, while Fleetgistics appoints operations VP.
Rickmers-Linie, Schneider and U.S. Bank Corporate Payment Systems name chief officers, while NYK Ports and ABP appoint business directors.
The home improvement retailer opened a 1.6 million-square-foot direct fulfillment center in Troy Township, Ohio to support continued growth in online sales.
It’s long been said it’s the quiet ones that you have to watch out for. In the global logistics industry, Warburg Pincus may best fit this description. The […]
UTi appoints two VPs, while the Long Beach City Council confirms harbor commission appointments and LogFire adds Oracle expert to ranks.
Tiger Cool Express appoints two VPs and chief commercial officer, while former V.Ships CEO joins ShipServ board.
Promotions and appointments were made at SABMiller, DHL Global Forwarding, Cargolux, DP World London, Buss Port Logistics, and Swisslog.
Roadrunner appoints senior VP of sales, while Fleetgistics names new CEO.
The Federal Maritime Commission is looking to to increase awareness of its role with legislators, the press, and stakeholders.
Jeff Smisek, who stepped down due to ongoing federal investigations into his dealings with Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will be replaced by the chief executive officer […]
CEVA appoints new Australia/New Zealand managing director, while Cathay Pacific Airways names executive director.
Florida Ports Council appoints 2015-2016 leadership and the Busan Port Authority names CEO, while Con-way Freight promotes VP of western area sales.
Port Hueneme commissioner tapped to lead the Association of Pacific Ports, while TIACA appoints director.
C.H. Robinson names president of European operations, while Transplace appoints VP of capacity services and England Logistics adds three VPs.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis revised a previous prediction of a 2.3 percent annual growth rate in second quarter gross domestic product to a 3.7 percent […]
Gulftainer appoints CEO of GT International, while MOL names manager of contract services.
CEVA appoints CFO, DB Schenker selects CIO, CenterPoint names senior VP of investments, and Troy Container Line picks Midwest account executive.
ZIM has appointed a president to lead its newly established U.S. agency, while SEKO names chief client solutions officer.
There’s been a lot of attention in the news these days about how large logistics services providers are buying up similarly large to midsized counterparts to add to their […]
Roadrunner names board audit committee chairman and Matson appoints replacement for longtime company spokesman, while U.S. Customs and Border Protection promotes assistant director for trade operations in Laredo.
