People & Training

Philosopher Morten Albæk joins advisory board of SGL Transgroup

Fast-growing Scandinavian freight service provider SGL Transgroup has taken the novel step of appointing a professional philosopher to its advisory board.
The company, which has ambitious rapid growth targets, has already appointed ex-Panalpina chief Bruno Sidler to the board,  and yesterday, the group announced that Morten Albæk (pictured above), founder and CEO of Voluntās, one of the fastest-growing Nordic consultancies, will become advisor to CEO Allan Melgaard and executive chairman Tom …

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DB Schenker appoints Niklas Wilmking as its Asia Pacific CEO

DB Schenker has named Niklas Wilmking (pictured above) as its new chief executive for the Asia Pacific region.
Dr Wilmking was most recently executive vice president of global airfreight at DB Schenker’s head office, responsible for network flight operations, procurement, revenue management and digitalisation.
He joined Schenker in 2002, and has held various operational and corporate leadership positions in Europe and Asia, including leading corporate strategic transformation projects and...

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Sakura Kuma joins NYK as new CEO of terminal operations in Japan

APM Terminals has appointed Sakura Kuma (pictured above) as the new chief executive of its Japan operations.
On 1 February. she will become the first female leader of a Japanese box terminal.
“She will play a key role in the acceleration of our strategic transformation and lead the development of our business at the recently expanded Minami Honmoku terminals (MC1-4) in Yokohama,” said Tim Smith, head of terminals, Asia at APM Terminals.
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Vanita Dass-Puri takes on new role as Europa Worldwide’s head of recruitment

UK-based Europa Worldwide Group has promoted Vanita Dass-Puri (pictured) to the new role of head of recruitment.
She joined the company in 2017 as internal recruitment and acquisition manager and, during the outbreak of the pandemic, led a team to recruit 120 staff to facilitate the opening of Europa Warehouse’s new state-of-the-art 715,000sq ft facility in Corby.
In her new role, based at Europa’s Dartford headquarters, she will focuse on building the …

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Training specialist Carl Hobbis joins BIFA board as executive director

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) board and council has promoted Carl Hobbis (pictured above) to executive director.
Mr Hobbis joined BIFA as training development manager in 2016 and has orchestrated the redevelopment of the trade association’s training and industry education functions.
Prior to joining BIFA, he worked in freight forwarding for more than 30 years, having started in ocean freight before switching to airfreight for Burlington Air Express, later to become …

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Bertling appoints Ceva veteran Steve Walter to head Houston

A near 20-year Ceva Logistics veteran has become general manager for Bertling’s Houston office. Steve Walter started at Bertling last week, after a six-month stint at cargo-partner, following two years as senior vice president for Ceva in Houston. He has also spent three years at Aries Worldwide in Houston.
Bertling said he would bring “a wealth of commercial, operational and management experience from his 23 years in the freight industry to …

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Freight industry staff classed as ‘essential workers’ during new UK lockdown

The UK government has confirmed that freight and logistics industry staff will be considered “essential workers” as the country enters its third national lockdown.
Responding to a request this week from UK Warehousing Association chief executive Peter Ward, officials from the Department for Transport issued a letter to the industry this morning.
It says: “As is clear in the latest guidance, those who work to keep the freight transport modes operating during …

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Burkhard Eling becomes new CEO amid top-level changes at Dachser

Burkhard Eling (pictured above) has taken the reins of Germans logistics provider and road transport specialist Dachser as its new chief executive.
Mr Eling succeeds Bernhard Simon, who will take over as chairman of the supervisory board of the family-owned company in mid-2021.
Also moving to the supervisory board with Mr Simon is former chief operations officer of road logistics Michael Schilling.
As a result, Dachser has made further changes to its executive …

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New UK logistics staff shortage looms as 79,000 EU workers go home

On top of port congestion, skyrocketing freight rates and the prospect of Brexit chaos, UK logistics operators are also facing the increasing likelihood of critical staff shortages, according to new report from Logistics UK.
The twin challenges of the pandemic and Brexit have led to nearly 80,000 EU nationals leaving the country’s logistics industry in the past 12 months, leaving a significant skills gap, Logistics UK’s Skills and Employment Report 2020 found.
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Four ‘industry powerhouses’ join Sea-Intelligence advisory services team

Liner shipping analyst Sea-Intelligence Consulting has strengthened its advisory services team with some household name appointments to its management board.
It announced today that Electrolux former head of logistics Bjorn Vang Jensen (pictured above), Nestlé former head of logistics procurement and global freight Jochen Gutschmidt and ex-P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk container shipping veteran David Macleod had all been named vice presidents of advisory services – global supply chain.
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