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German-owned forwarder Hellmann has appointed Gilles Duffaut as new managing director France. He succeeds Alex Delrue, who has managed both the Spanish and French subsidiaries for the past five years. Since opening its first own air- and seafreight branch near Paris Charles de Gaulle airport in 2019, Hellmann’s network in the country has grown to five branches.
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Air broker Chapman Freeborn has restructured its European cargo operations team with James Gilliard appointed vice president of cargo sales and Markus Schmidt vice president of cargo commercial operations, both reporting to Reto Hunziker who remains President of Europe.
Gilliard will lead client acquisition and expansion ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has appointed Dr Andre Schulz, previously head of region Middle East, Africa & South Asia & CIS, as head of region Europe. He succeeds Oliver von Götz, who has become head of global fulfillment management.
Dr Schulz will be succeeded by Stephanie Pöhn-Helbig, currently ...
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Davies Turner has promoted Guillaume Bouyer to head of strategic accounts for the Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia in its ocean forwarding department. He joins a team of three other heads of trade each focussed on different regions served by Davies Turner’s international ocean ...
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Stefan Behrendt (right) has taken over responsibility for Dachser Food Logistics from chief operating for road logistics, Alexander Tonn (left), who has also held the position of managing director Food Logistics since January 2024. Stefan Behrendt joined Dachser in 2015, and was lately deputy managing ...
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Lithuanian-based Girteka Group, Europe’s largest asset-based transport company is launching an expanded brokerage service with the support of its new forwarding office in Warsaw, Poland.
Brokerage operations are led by Angel Kalinov, an experienced industry professional with a proven track record in North America and Europe.
With ...
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The Airforwarders Association (AfA) has elected Seko Logistics’ David O. King to its board of directors. He joins re-elected members Aaron Ambrite (AIT Worldwide Logistics), Amanda Barlow (Global Critical Logistics), Dennis Mitchell (Lynden International), Jarrett Williams (Estes Forwarding Worldwide), Kendra Tanner (Allstates WorldCargo), and Matt ...
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Immingham warehousing company GWSL has promoted Simon Williams to managing director. He has been operations director for the last three years, followiing a 23-year career in the plastics packaging industry. GWSL has invested £2million in facilities, including two new warehouse buildings. Business owner, David Jobes ...
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Geodis has appointed Marc Vollet as executive vice-president of its European Road Network Line of Business. He will be a member of the Group’s Management Board and brings 30 years’ experience in managing operations and leading international teams at the French-based global forwarder. In 2021, ...
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Project freight forwarder Deugro has appointed Johnny El Hayek as country manager for Saudi Arabia, Sidharth Menon as general manager – Western Region Saudi Arabia in Jeddah office, and Jawaid Malik, as general manager – Central Region. It follows the retirements of Suresh Rajan as ...
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