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Port of LA appoints deputy executive director

The Port of Los Angeles has appointed Erica Calhoun as its deputy executive director overseeing the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department’s Administrative Bureau. In this new position, she will be responsible for the planning, direction and management of several key divisions at the gateway. Calhoun has served as interim deputy executive director of harbour administration since May 2024. Her remit includes overseeing nearly 900 employees, as well as Risk management, ... [+]

Recruitment chief takes on software role

Richard Litchfield, managing director of recruitment specialist Innovate Freight has become a non-executive director of software firm CocoonFMS. Staffordshire-based CocoonFMS  provides Cloud-based transport management system in the UK. Richard Litchfield was formerly group IT director at Europa Worldwide Group and vice president and global head ... [+]

Leith naming honours former chief exec

Forth Ports is to name its new deep water riverside berth at the Port of Leith – designed to host the world’s largest offshore wind construction vessels – the Charles Hammond Berth, in honour of the company’s former chief executive who stepped down from the ... [+]

ABP names heads of Humber and procurement

Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Andrew Dawes as regional director, Humber succeeding Simon Bird when he leaves ABP at the end of October. Andrew Dawes began work at Southampton Container Terminal and has worked for companies including DP World, APM Terminals and ICTSI.  He ... [+]

Sanjeev Madavi to lead Kale innovation

Kale Logistics has appointed Sanjeev Madavi as its new chief innovation officer. Bringing nearly 30 years of experience in international supply chain and logistics, he will lead Kale's continued expansion into multi-modal community platforms and develop new services that complement the company’s flagship Cargo Community ... [+]

DSV expert takes on BIFA customs role

DSV director of global customs Nick Beauchamp has been elected as the new vice chair for the Customs Policy Group at BIFA. He has been a member of the group since 2019, and has worked at DSV for 10 years. His background includes management of ... [+]

New chief for Anglo-French perishables firm PML Seafrigo

Former PML managing director Mike Parr is taking over as chief executive PML Seafrigo UK and Ireland, one year after the Le Havre-based company took over UK-headquartered forwarder Perishables Movements Ltd (PML).  As part of the reorganisation, Ryan Parr becomes operations director for the UK and ... [+]

New CFO for Kale

Kale Logistics Solutions has appointed Shripad Inamdar as chief financial officer. Bringing over 20 years of SaaS and IT expertise his first priorities will be to automate workflows to increase efficiency across Kale’s expanded operations and strengthen its global compliance framework. [+]

Ricky Wu is Gruber’s man in Shanghai

Gruber Logistics has promoted Ricky Wu from its project operations division to branch manager at its Shanghai office. He will expand services offered locally and recruit additional talent to the current three-strong team in the Chinese city. Gruber Logistics in Shanghai offers sea, air, rail, ... [+]

Three join IFS senior team

Nuneaton-based Independent Freight Solutions (IFS) has appointed three long-serving members of staff to its new senior management team as part of a restructure. They are: sales and marketing manager Anna Marszalek, branch manager Neil Lewis and operations manager Emily De Sousa, who is also promoted from ... [+]

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