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UK forwarders welcome expanded apprenticeship scheme
Forwarder association BIFA has welcomed news that the UK government is expanding access to an apprenticeship service to small- and medium-sized companies (SMEs).Robert Keen, director general of the trade association, explained that 90% of BIFA corporate members are SMEs that do not qualify as levy-payers and have had restricted access ...
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NewsBrussels Airport to restructure and expand cargo team
Nathan De ValckBrussels Airport has centralised the entire responsibility of all activities in the cargo zone within the cargo business unit and it is also looking to expand the team.The new structure results in the cargo unit overseeing all operational, financial, commercial and real-estate cargo activities in addition to its ...
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NewsNew report calls for improvement in leadership in forwarding
New research into forwarding and logistics has found that businesses need to give more attention to the human side of the industry.The novosensus report, which involved researchers speaking with 1,007 people working in the forwarding and logistics industry, found that overall, employees in in the sector rate their companies slightly ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo: Maintaining the balance
LATAM Cargo chief executive Andrés BianchiThe challenge of ensuring aircraft are full of cargo is not an easy one to meet at the best of times, but when the market is in a downturn the task becomes even more difficult.One person meeting this challenge head on is LATAM Cargo chief ...
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IAG chief executive Willie Walsh to retire
International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of IAG Cargo, has announced the upcoming retirement of its chief executive Willie Walsh.Walsh will stand down from his role and from the IAG board on March 26 and will be succeeded by Luis Gallego, who is currently chief executive of Iberia.IAG, which ...
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NewsDamco appoints new head of EMEA and network strategy
Naomi Landman, Damco Head of Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Network StrategyDamco has appointed Naomi Landman as head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and network strategy to drive growth in 2020.Landman brings two decades of forwarding experience and air freight expertise in senior management roles, most ...
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NewsDHL Express Asia Pacific announces new appointments
Tony Khan, president and representative director, DHL Express JapanDHL Express Japan has appointed Tony Khan as president and representative director. With his new appointment, Khan also becomes a member of the management board of DHL Express Asia Pacific.Khan succeeds Taketo Yamakawa, who retired in December last year. Previously, Khan served ...
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NewsNew chief executive at Atlas Air Worldwide
John DietrichJohn Dietrich has taken over as chief executive of Atlas Air Worldwide.The promotion, first announced in July, sees Dietrich take over from William Flynn, who retires from the position after a 13-year tenure and will move over to become chairman of the board.Dietrich, who is also president of the ...
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FTA responds to Heathrow delay
Following immediately in the wake of the announcement earlier today (December 20) that the much-talked about expansion (and third runway) of London Heathrow Airport is to be delayed by at least a year, the UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) was quick to offer its thoughts.Zoe McLernan, the trade body’s policy ...
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NewsPelican BioThermal looks to next decade in cold-chain shipping
Kevin Lawler, vice president of sales at Pelican BioThermal, the specialist in temperature-controlled packaging, has offered his thoughts in an opinion piece on what the next decade will bring in terms of global cold-chain shipping.He made four predictions as to changes that will transform the pharmaceutical and cold-chain industries over ...
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NewsFinnair Cargo appoints Pasi Nopanen
Pasi NopanenPasi Nopanen has been appointed as Finnair Cargo’s sales director for Asia.He will take up his position from March 9 – joining from Qatar Airways – and will be based in Shanghai."Pasi has extensive experience in the air cargo industry, having worked for airlines and freight forwarding companies during ...
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NewsForwarder aims to help bridge the industry's increasing age gap in the UK
Chadd BluntUK forwarder association BIFA's young forwarder network governor for the Midlands, Chadd Blunt, is hoping to help bridge the "increasing age gap within the sector's workforce" by raising awareness of the sector with young people.Blunt, who took up the role at BIFA earlier this year and is also chief ...
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NewsStroud scoops BIFA compliance role
David Stroud - BIFAUK freight forwarder association BIFA has appointed David Stroud as its policy and compliance adviser with responsibility for logistics issues relating to airfreight, security and sustainable logistics.BIFA said Stroud is a highly experienced industry professional and has held senior management roles at DHL Global Forwarding, Tigers Global ...
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NewsPromotions at ACL Airshop
ULD firm ACL Airshop has promoted four key executives to senior leadership positions.Jos Jacobsen has been promoted to managing director and chief operating officer for eastern hemisphere operations and global leasing.Jacobsen has over 17 years with the company and is also a board member of the industry association ULD Care.Wes ...
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NewsAir France KLM announces new head of cargo
Adriaan den HeijerAir France KLM has revealed who will take over from current head of cargo Marcel de Nooijer when he leaves the top job in January.From January 1, 2020, Adriaan den Heijer will take the twin roles of executive vice president of Air France-KLM Cargo and managing director of ...
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NewsKurt Schosinsky brings the customers' perspective to Avianca Cargo
Kurt SchosinskyIt is 25 years since Avianca Cargo general director Kurt Schosinsky first sold space on an aircraft, when he worked as an airfreight sales rep for DHL Global Forwarding — a company he worked at until earlier this year.In the intervening years Schosinsky held several positions at the forwarding ...
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NewsBaxter Freight expands team
Freight forwarder Baxter Freight has added 11 new members of staff as it continues to expand the business.The new members of the team cover a range of roles, from accounts management, airfreight/seafreight operators to marketing and communications.The company has the goal of increasing its employee numbers from 70 today to ...
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NewsFIATA appoints new secretary general
FIATA Secretary General Stéphane GraberFreight forwarder group FIATA has appointed Stéphane Graber as its new director general.Graber will take up his new role in Geneva on October 1 and will head up FIATA's push to more closely align itself with international governmental and non-governmental organisations linked to international trade and ...
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NewsB&H Worldwide adds new Americas manager role
Michael PearsonTime-critical logistics firm B&H Worldwide has appointed Michael Pearson to the newly-created position of general manager – Americas.Based at the company’s Los Angeles office, he is tasked with developing the Americas market for B&H Worldwide and driving its growth plans in the US.Pearson has held executive positions in both ...
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NewsPeli BioThermal appoints Ed Meyer to sales leadership role
Ed MeyerPeli BioThermal has appointed Ed Meyer to the global sales leadership role for its BioThermal division.Meyer, who currently occupies the role of general manager for Canada sales and operations of parent company Pelican Products, Inc, will officially assume responsibility for Peli BioThermal’s sales team at the end of 2019 ...