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Associated British Ports has appointed Francis Paonessa to the new role of capital projects director. He will join ABP in April from Thames Water where he has led a portfolio of projects with an annual investment of up to £1bn per year. Prior to that Francis was managing director of Infrastructure Projects at Network Rail where he headed up the UK’s largest portfolio of capital projects.
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Etihad Airways has appointed Stanislas Brun as vice president cargo. He joins from Geodis, where he was senior vice president global airfreight. In his new role Brun will oversee all cargo commercial operations, including revenue management and network planning, reporting to chief operating officer, Mohammad ...
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TT Club global risk assessment director Laurence Jones is to retire after 50 years, the last 18 of them with the cargo handling insurance specialist. Based in Sydney, he has consistently championed safety in the port and terminal industry to assist the TT membership, and ...
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Caribbean operator Geest Line has appointed Rob Waterman as managing director designate. He joins the company with over 30 years’ experience in liner shipping both with major container carriers and, more recently, in freight forwarding. Current managing director Captain Peter Dixon will retire in April ...
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Stena Line chief executive Niclas Mårtensson has been appointed governor chair of the Supply Chain and Transport Industry Community at the World Economic Forum (WEF) for a two-year term. He takes over from Tan Chong Meng, group chief executive at freight forwarder PSA International.
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Air Partner has appointed Kim Borgaard as head of business development for the Nordics region. The broker says it reflects growing demand cargo and passenger charters. He will be based just outside Copenhagen, and will leverage his wealth of expertise to drive the company’s growth ...
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Thomas Kuehn has joined independent freight forwarder Unsworth as managing director of its UK business, while current managing director, Richard Hogg becomes chief executive officer of the Unsworth Group, and Charles Hogg commercial director. Kuehn joins from World Transport Agency, where he has been managing ...
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Stena Line has appointed Darren Byers as its port manager in Belfast. With over 20 years’ experience within Maritime operations, Darren joins the ferry and port operator from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) where he was area life saving manager covering Ireland and the ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Ashley Curnow as its new divisional port manager for Wales and the Southwest. He will oversee ports in South Wales alongside Plymouth and Teignmouth in the Southwest and was previously head of Humber International Terminal and Immingham Renewable Fuels ...
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The Port of Rotterdam Authority has appointed Boudewijn Siemons as its new chief executive. He succeeds Allard Castelein, who took leave of the Port Authority last summer, since when Siemons has served as interim chief executive. The executive board of the port authority now consists ...
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