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CaroTrans makes appointments

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans has appointed Lueder Bitter to national import operations manager and John Lourmas as national commercial manager of imports.
   Bitter is a 30-year veteran of the NVO industry in Rotterdam, Hamburg and Los Angeles. He was previously CaroTrans’ Los Angeles branch manager for 12 years.
   Lourmas joined CaroTrans in 2003. He was most recently international sales manager, with a focus on Asia.

Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.