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Stéphane Raison to lead port merger of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris

Stéphane Raison (pictured above), this week began his new role as the first director general of the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris (HAROPA).
Previously director general of the port of Dunkirk, Mr Raison has been tasked with managing the merger of the three ports, supported by the ministries of Transport, the Sea and Economy and Finance and Recovery.
Mr Raison’s first task will be to refine the merger project’s direction …

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Mike Honious and John Grubor promoted to new senior roles at Geodis

Geodis has announced that Mike Honious (pictured above) has been promoted to president and chief executive for its Americas region.
He will replace Randy Tucker, who is retiring, and take up his new position on 3 October, reporting to Geodis chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard.
She said: “Mike has the ideal blend of deep industry experience and strong leadership abilities needed, and under Mike’s leadership, I am confident Geodis in Americas will continue …

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Robert Courts is new UK minister for shipping and aviation

A political reshuffle has resulted in Robert Courts becoming the UK’s latest minister for the Department of Transport.
Mr Courts replaces Kelly Tolhurst, who served for just seven months before being appointed minister for housing, communities and local government.
“I would like to place on record my thanks to for her dedication as shipping minister,” said UK Chamber of Shipping chief executive Bob Sanguinetti. “She worked incredibly closely with the industry during Covid-19 …

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Global commercial role for Gerard Ryan as he rejoins Crane Worldwide

Ceva Logistics’ head of global freight management development, Gerard Ryan (pictured above), has left the CMA CGM-owned forwarder after two years to rejoin Crane Worldwide Logistics as president, global commercial.
Prior to joining Ceva, he spent over eight years in regional management roles at Crane, and played a key role in the creation and development of Crane Worldwide in the EMEA region.
Focusing on client development and new client acquisition, his new …

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Gary O’Connor appointed managing director of Ireland for Geodis

Geodis has appointed Gary O’Connor (pictured above) as its new managing director of Ireland.
His brief is to focus “on developing business in the healthcare sector while growing the company’s influence over well-established verticals, including e-commerce, high tech and FMCG”.
Mr O’Connor joins the group from Ceva Logistics, where he was also managing director for Ireland from late 2008 until June this year. From 2001 he was operations director at Eagle Global Logistics …

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Ramon Gallen and Daryl Ridgway in new senior roles at Noatum Logistics

Noatum Logistics has appointed Ramon Gallen (pictured above) as its new managing director of Asia, replacing Marco Gaeta, who has been in the role for the last eight years.
Mr Gallen joined Noatum Logistics in December 2014 as deputy managing director, and on the Komet integration project in Turkey, as well as supporting the MIQ acquisition and integration in 2019.
Earlier this year, he was appointed global head of sea freight.
He will …

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Will Urban joins Flexport as chief revenue officer

Will Urban, a 17-year veteran of Expeditors, is to join Flexport as chief revenue officer.  His most recent role was as vice president of the northwest US, and he has also worked as a consultant and adviser on supply chain issues.
He replaces Ben Braverman, who held the role at Flexport for nearly six years, where, he said, he “developed the Flexport playbook and scaled the global go-to market organisation”. He …

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Jana Schebera appointed MD of Tigers operations in China

Tigers has appointed Jana Schebera (pictured above) as the new managing director of its China operations.
Ms Schebera has spent over a decade in the freight industry and was most recently MD for Hong Kong and South China at Rhenus Logistics. Prior to that she held a variety of business development roles at M+R Spedag Group.
Tigers chief executive Andrew Jillings said: “Jana brings a sound forwarding knowledge to the China team and, …

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Rob Waterman the new CEO at Containerships, as Claude Lebel retires

CMA CGM-owned Containerships has appointed Rob Waterman (pictured above) as its new chief executive.
Mr Waterman is based at the company’s Hamburg headquarters and has replaced Claude Lebel who has retired after a long career with CMA CGM Group.
Since March 2013, Mr Waterman has been chief executive of CMA CGM UK, based in Liverpool, while prior to joining CMA CGM, he was managing director of Safmarine UK & Ireland after holding …

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Christian Bottcher appointed new EMEAI regional head for Leschaco Group

Freight forwarding veteran Christian Böttcher (pictured above) is the new EMEAI regional head for Leschaco Group.
Mr Böttcher, who takes up the role on 1 August, has more than 25 years’ experience in freight and logistics and most recently was MD of Röhlig in Germany.
He was previously global vice president of ocean freight forwarding at US logistics company UTi, prior to its acquisition by DSV.
“We are very pleased that Mr Böttcher …

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