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.&...

The programme will enable NAP partners to boost their airfreight products, while carriers are set to benefit from widening their customer base and see more tonnage commitment. Christos Spyrou, CEO of NAP, said: “Forwarders and consolidators have had to rethink their entire supply chain produc...

Europa Worldwide Group has six divisions – Europa Road, Europa Air & Sea, Europa Showfreight, Europa Warehouse, Europa Contact Centre and Continental Cargo Carriers and has featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for two years running. Europa recently revealed its results for year-ending 31...

Britain’s largest supermarket operator said the positions were in addition to 4,000 permanent roles already created since Covid-19 emerged. Read more... ...

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The airline has also announced its annual management rotations. Nelson Chin, general manager cargo commercial for the past three years, becomes regional general manager for north-east Asia, based in Tokyo. Ronald Lam, chief customer and commercial officer, said: “I am happy that Nelson retains inv...

He leaves IATA, where he has spent 16 years – a relatively short haul for IATA bureaucrats – in March, and will be replaced by Muhammad Albakri, the regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East. In 2005, Mr Popovich became the first to take the role of global head of cargo at IATA...

The company has announced three areas of focus in a new value proposition statement, service, people and technology, with the appointment in line with the strategy. Mr Kuykendall was a chief information officer in the oil and gas industry, and has been chief technology officer at ThoughtTrace, an ar...

Eduardo Pelleissone becomes chief transformation officer, following six years at Kraft Heinz, most recently as executive vice president of strategic projects. Prior to that, he spent nine years at America Latina Logistica, rising to chief operating officer, and then chief executive. He said: “I�...

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 ...