Lawmakers to Biden: Prioritize U.S. maritime

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, led by Senator Mark Kelly (D.-Ariz) and Rep. Mike Walz (R. Fla), have written President Biden urging him to prioritize U.S. maritime and strengthen U.S. maritime power at a moment when China is extending its influence in the South China Sea and the Houthis are attacking shipping in the Red Sea.

Significantly, the letter is not just another call for more Navy ships.

Kelly, a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduate and 25-year Navy veteran, and Walz, a combat-decorated...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/lawmakers-to-biden-prioritize-u-s-maritime/

Career Tracks: DB Schenker hires HR expert

German logistics giant DB Schenker has hired Katharina Rath as its chief human resources officer.  

She also will serve as a member of the Schenker AG management board.

Levin Holle, chairman of Schenker’s supervisory board, called Rath “an internationally experienced expert in various fields of HR.”

Rath is joining DB Schenker from Continental Automotive Technologies. With Continental for almost two decades, she most recently has been the senior vice president of human relations, automotive...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/career-tracks-db-schenker-hires-hr-expert