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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, he was also put in charge of developing the Group’s multimodal offer in Europe.
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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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Mukran Port in north-east Germany has appointed Henry Forster as managing director of Faehrhafen Sassnitz. A native of the island of Rügen, he succeeds Harm Sievers, who successfully led Mukran Port for many years and retired from the company in October.
State Secretary from the Ministry ...
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UK forwarding and logistics company Uniserve has appointed Lodewijk Bottelier as its new chief executive for the Netherlands. He has spent the last 19 years of his career at Seko Logistics as commercial director and brings over 25 years of experience in the logistics industry. ...
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GB Railfreight (GBRf) chief executive John Smith has been made an OBE in the King's New Year Honours List for services to the rail freight industry.
In a lifetime dedicated to the railway. he has driven the growth of GBRf since it was formed in 1999. ...
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Hong Kong-headquartered transport and logistics group EV Cargo has appointed Heath Zarin as executive chairman and current chief strategy officer, Simon Pearson (pictured, left) as new group chief executive.
Since founding the company in 2018, Heath Zarin (pictured, right) has served as chairman and chief executive ...
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KLM Cargo has appointed Charlotte Elpers as vice-president worldwide operations, effective from 1 March 2025. She will the Dutch carrier’s global cargo operations, bringing nearly two decades of leadership experience within the KLM Group, most recently as vice president passenger services at Schiphol. She succeeds ...
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German forwarder Hellmann has appointed Martin Habisreitinger as chief operating officer airfreight, with effect from February 1, 2025.
Martin Habisreitinger brings over 20 years of experience in global airfreight management, having held senior roles at Kühne & Nagel, DB Schenker, and most recently DHL Global Forwarding, ...
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Royal Schiphol Group head of cargo Joost van Doesburg is to leave his position in February to pursue interests outside the company, after just under two years in the post. His tenure included a turbulent time for the Dutch airport, with cuts in flight numbers ...
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GXO Logistics chief executive Malcolm Wilson is to retire in 2025. He will continue to lead the company during the search process for his successor. Since taking up the role in August 2021, he has led the US-headquartered group’s growth to 130,000 employees and more ...
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