Mr Mee will continue as an advisor to and employee of the company until 1 April. “We are deeply grateful to Dave Mee for his over 27 years of leadership and dedication to the success of JB Hunt,” said John Roberts, president and chief executive. “We wish Dave well in his retirement and look fo...

The division focuses on providing vertical-specific logistics solutions to the DIY sector. “Its annual shipment volume, currently at 5m, clearly underlines the relevance of the logistics solution, which is specially tailored to the requirements of the global garden and DIY sector,” said Stefan H...

He succeeds LaserShip co-founder Blake Averill, who will continue to serve as a board member at the company which serves the eastern and midwest regions of the US. “Brett brings a wealth of experience in managing large, high-growth companies,” said Mr Averill. “I am excited to hand the reins o...

The SSCA is part of the Florida Blockchain Foundation and has “a mission to use collective business intelligence to build the infrastructure of the 21st century for the logistics supply chain and create a knowledge-based economy in South Florida”. As part of his new role, Mr van der Walt will be...

Maggie Simpson, RFG director general, said: “I am delighted Joe is joining our team to focus on the vital policy agenda for rail freight. His appointment will strengthen our team and allow us to better support our members in key topics such as decarbonisation, the Williams Review and regional devo...

From March, Panalpina’s chief executive Asia Pacific, Sven Raudszus, will become Hellmann’s regional chief executive Asia Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand. He will take over from 30-year veteran Mark Hellmann, who has decided to “pass on the leadership role to the next generation�...

Mr Bourke will be responsible for the acceleration of Seko’s organic growth and driving demand-generation, revenue management and corporate marketing and communications initiatives. In his new role, based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Chicago, Mr Bourke will work closely with Terry ...

It will end a 40-year career in the industry, which has seen him serving in Brazil, Chile, Australia and Hong Kong. Mr Smet has been a member of Hamburg Süd’s management board since 2012. He was initially responsible for network, operations and logistics before assuming responsibility for sales a...

Mr Haycock (pictured below) is currently area sales manager for the UK & Ireland and has worked for Maersk in a variety of roles in Denmark, Italy, UK, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden and the US. Mr Godsafe’s retirement brings to an end a long career with Maersk, of which he ...

His 30-year-plus career began 1988 when he joined Port of Tilbury, specialising in business planning. He was closely involved in the successful management buy-out of the port in 1992 and its subsequent sale to Forth Ports in 1995. He also gained freeport status for the port, acting as freeport manag...