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Eric Born to stay on at Swissport
Swissport, the globally active ground and cargo handler owned by China’s HNA Group, has confirmed that president and chief executive Eric Born will remain in his post at the helm of Swissport until the end of 2019.This latest announcement comes as something of a surprise, given that only last month ...
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Mark Rollinson to head up Dachser UK
Germany-headquartered logistics giant Dachser has announced that Mark Rollinson will take over as managing director of Dachser UK at the end of September.After more than 17 years in the position of MD for Dachser UK, Nick Lowe is taking early retirement from the company, and he will be succeeded by ...
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Conrady to take over cargo role at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) will have a new senior vice president, cargo development and management, from November this year, when Max Phillip Conrady takes over from Felix Kreutel.Conrady is currently Fraport's head of operations planning terminal management at Frankfurt.Kreutel, who is to take up a new position within the Germany airport ...
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Vekshin takes on charter operations role at Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Konstantin Vekshin as executive president, charter cargo operations (CCO) for Volga-Dnepr Airlines, effective August 15.Vekshin will focus on achieving the airline’s strategic objectives, managing its international operating bases and regional sales offices - including the UK, Russia, Germany, the US, UAE, China and Ireland - and ...
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Delta Air Lines Cargo appoints Aeromexico's Figueroa to customer role
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Rafael Figueroa as managing director – cargo operations and customer experience.Figueroa joins Delta from Aeromexico Cargo and replaces Julian Soell. The appointment is part of an international talent exchange programme between Delta and Aeromexico.He will lead a team of over 1,600 employees, managing Delta’s ...
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Air Partner appoints Burt to lead US cargo division
Air Partner has appointed Jack Burt to lead its US Cargo division.In his new role, Burt will be responsible for the implementation of air cargo strategy throughout North and South America, as well as the overall establishment of the US cargo division itself.Before joining Air Partner, Burt served as the ...
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Lechocki joins Hermes as head of products and services
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has appointed Jacek Lechocki as head of products and services, as it continues rolling out Hermes 5 (H5), the latest version of its cargo management system.Lechocki, heading the cargo and quality control teams, will be responsible for Hermes’ Cargo PM, Product PM and Help Desk services, ...
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Leisure Cargo appoints new MD as Sieger and Schäfer leave
Ralf-Rainer Ausländer has taken over the management of Leisure Cargo, with current managing directors Klaus Sieger and Thilo Schäfer leaving the company at the end of September.Leisure Cargo said that Sieger and Schäfer were leaving to "devote themselves to new tasks".The virtual airline, which sells capacity on 14 leisure and ...
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West appointed managing director at Elite Global Logistics Network
Independent freight forwarding group WCA has appointed Matthew West, its director of North America, as the managing director at Elite Global Logistics Network (EGLN) which merged with WCA in October of 2017.“Appointing Matthew to managing director was a no-brainer,” said Roy Stapleton, president and founder of EGLN - which celebrated ...
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Peli Bio Thermal expands with three appointments
Temperature controlled packaging firm Peli BioThermal has appointed three new members of staff to support its global expansion.The company has appointed Will Staddon as manager - partner alliances, Stewart Morland, business development manager Europe, Middle East and Africa and Joseph Castellanos, senior account executive – west coast US.The company said: ...
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Panalpina announces new European chief executive
Panalpina today announced a new key hire - Christian Wurst as regional chief executive for Europe.Wurst will join Panalpina on February 19 from CEVA Logistics, where he held the position of regional manager Germany.Wurst has an "extensive track record" in the freight and logistics industry having worked for DB Schenker, ...
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Carter joins CEVA in contract logistics role
CEVA Logistics has appointed of Terry Carter to the newly created position of senior vice president transportation for Contract Logistics.Carter will be based in the US and report to Brett Bissell, chief operating officer for contract logistics.In his new role, Carter is charged with driving operational and commercial best practices ...
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NewsMagnusson to join TIACA's shipper committee
Ericsson's Lars Magnusson is joining TIACA’s Shippers Advisory Committee as the new Ericsson industry and society representative.Magnusson is responsible for business architecture, deliver, at Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden, and has more than 25 years’ international experience in supply chain management, specializing in digitisation.“Digitalisation is sweeping across the supply chain, as ...
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BIFA appoints Susanne Oud to board of directors
UK forwarder group the British International Freight Association (BIFA) has announced that Susanne Oud has joined its Board of Directors, replacing Roy Baker who has stepped down having been on the trade association's Board since 2005.Oud is operations director EMEA - verticals at BIFA member company, OIA Global, and is ...
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Frank Yau to be Cathay Pacific's head of cargo sales for Hong Kong
Frank Yau is to become the new head of cargo sales Hong Kong for Cathay Pacific Cargo, taking over from Aaron Chan, effective September 2018.Yau worked for a number of freight forwarders before joining the Cathay Pacific Cargo sales team in Hong Kong in 2007.He has held a number of ...
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Ogiermann joins Volga-Dnepr Group
Former Qatar Airways cargo chief Ulrich Ogiermann has joined Volga-Dnepr Group as senior vice president for operations and as deputy general director for CargoLogicManagement (CLM), stepping up to a full-time role after being employed as a consultant at CLM.Ogiermann will be responsible for the implementation of Volga-Dnepr’s international cargo airlines ...
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Saudia Cargo boss Hariri joins IATA cargo committee
Saudia Cargo chief executive Omar bin Talal Hariri has become a member of the IATA Cargo Committee.The committee of 19 members represents different global airlines and is one of six IATA main industry committees along with: Finance, Environment, Industry Affairs, Legal and Operations.The Cargo Committee advises on issues including cargo ...
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HNA Group co-founder Wang dies after an accident in France
Wang Jian, co-founder and chairman of Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, has died in an accident while on a business trip in Provence, France.Bloomberg, quoting a police source in France, said that Wang, aged 57, died on Tuesday morning after falling from a 15-meter high cliff while having his photograph taken ...
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Swissport chief executive Eric Born to step down in December 2018
Eric Born is to step down as group president and chief executive of Swissport International at the end of this year.Born informed the board of directors at the ground and air cargo handling group of his decision which will see him leave the company in December 2018.He has held the ...
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Amerijet management changes
Miami-based all-cargo carrier Amerijet International has appointed Jon Olin as senior vice president for corporate strategy and administration, and Derry Huff to the role of vice president of sales and marketing.Olin will be responsible for developing and guiding strategic growth, and leading various administrative functions for Amerijet, which operates a ...