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Matt Beeton to be new CEO at Port of Tyne

Port of Tyne has announced that Matt Beeton will become its new chief executive on 7 January.
“We are very pleased to welcome Matt on board. The UK’s ports face major challenges and opportunities,” Lucy Armstrong, Port of Tyne chair, said.
“They remain vital to the UK economy and central to global trading. Matt’s background and experience will be invaluable in the future development of the port, bringing a fresh perspective to …

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A ‘new era’ begins at DB Schenker with three new board members

DB Schenker has announced a triple appointment to its management board, covering air and ocean freight, contract logistics and land transport.
Xavier Garijo becomes board member for contract logistics, joining from Revlon, where he served as chief supply chain officer for more than five years. He brings two decades’ experience to the role, having begun his career at the end of the 90s as a project manager for Unilever in the US.
Thorsten Meinck becomes …

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Ceva to boost sea freight forwarding unit with acquisition of CMA CGM Log

Ceva Logistics is set to significantly grow its sea freight forwarding business after an unveiling a new strategic plan that includes acquiring the ocean freight forwarding activities of its major shareholder, CMA CGM.
The revised strategic plan was released today, and it includes an increase its 2021 revenue target to more than $9bn, derived from a projected 5% annual organic growth rate, as well as the addition of $630m from CMA CGM’s freight forwarding …

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Guillaume Sauzedde to head Ceva’s newly merged Europe cluster

CEVA Logistics has merged its German, and eastern and central Europe clusters, and appointed Guillaume Sauzedde as its managing director.
Mr Sauzedde, currently director for eastern and central Europe, joined CEVA in October from Kuehne + Nagel, where he spent 10 years, latterly as managing director for Poland. He takes on CEVA’s expanded cluster on 30 November, and will report to chief executive Xavier Urbain.
“The aim is to accelerate growth in contract logistics, freight …

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CEVA appoints LatAm contract logistics boss Milton Pimenta to head Antipodean cluster

CEVA Logistics has appointed Milton Pimenta as managing director of its Australia and New Zealand logistics cluster.
Mr Pimenta will move from his current position, head of contract logistics in South America for CEVA, in January 2019, reporting to CEO Xavier Urbain.
He takes over from Carlos Velez Rodriguez, who is leaving CEVA to pursue other career opportunities.
Mr Pimenta joined CEVA 17 years ago, and has worked across both freight management and …

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Flexport broadens top management team as its services expand

Flexport, now styling itself as “the modern freight forwarder”, has announced three top recruits to its team – none of which is from the forwarding business.
Sudhanshu Priyadarshi joins to head the finance team, from Walmart where he was vice president finance for US ecommerce. Prior to that, he was global chief operating officer of Cipla, a pharma company. He has more than 20 years’ experience in ecommerce, retail, pharma and consumer goods …

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Jesse Norman new transport minister after Johnson resigns over Brexit

The UK government has been busy reshuffling its deck following the resignation of transport minister Jo Johnson (brother of Boris) last week. First up, Infrastructure Intelligence reports Mr Johnson’s immediate replacement has been announced as Jesse Norman. Mr Norman has vacated the rail minister seat, which was quickly filled by MP for Harrogate, Knaresborough & Boroughbridge Andrew Jones.

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Mark Baker takes the technology lead at Pilot Freight Services

US 3PL Pilot Freight Services (PFS) has appointed Mark Baker (pictured above) to the newly created position of chief technology officer.
Mr Baker brings 23 years’ experience to the role, the last 15 of which have been spent in the transport and logistics sector.
He joins from JAS Worldwide, where he served as chief information officer and took on the responsibility for integrating a global IT system.
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Antje Lochmann is new MD of Geodis freight forwarding in Germany

Geodis has appointed Antje Lochmann managing director of its freight forwarding activities in Germany.
Ms Lochmann joined the company in 2011 from TFG Transfracht, and had previously worked for Hellman Worldwide Logistics.
During her tenure at Geodis, she has served as manager of business development, team leader for inside sales and director of national sales and marketing.
CEO for north, east and central Europe Thomas Kraus said: “Antje Lochmann knows the market, the freight forwarding...

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Romaine Seguin takes over as president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding

Romaine Seguin, president of UPS Americas, has been appointed president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding, replacing Cindy Miller, who reportedly has retired.
Ms Seguin started her career at UPS in Missouri as a part-time hub supervisor in 1983, eventually becoming vice president of Minnesota, and then chief operating officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa. She will relocate from Miami to Atlanta for her new role.
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