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Executive Moves: Dupré Logistics and Marcura Group

Lindsey is named branch manager; Mordhorst gets promotion.

   Dupré Logistics, a privately held, asset-based provider of transportation and logistics services headquartered in Lafayette, La., has named Melissa Lindsey as branch manager of its new Fayetteville, Ark., office.
   Lindsey has 14 years of experience in the trucking industry, including stints with USA Truck, Argus Logistics, Covenant Transport and BNSF Logistics.
   The Fayetteville branch is Dupré’s ninth strategic capacity services location to be opened since 2016.

   The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing innovative business solutions to the maritime industry, announced Thursday that it has promoted Hans-Christian Mordhorst to group chief operations officer.
   Mordhurst joined DA-Desk, Marcura’s flagship company, in 2012 and he will continue in his role as its managing director.
   As group COO, Mordhorst will focus primarily on providing resource management, service delivery and strategic direction for Marcura’s established businesses in the payments, procurement and voyage administration sectors.
   Before joining DA-Desk, Mordhorst was the chief commercial officer for Team Lines; managing director for Maersk Line in Russia, Finland and the Baltic States; and the European sales and marketing director for P&O Nedlloyd.

Kim Link Wills

Senior Editor Kim Link-Wills has written about everything from agriculture as a reporter for Illinois Agri-News to zoology as editor of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. Her work has garnered awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Magazine Association of the Southeast. Prior to serving as managing editor of American Shipper, Kim spent more than four years with XPO Logistics.