He is to be replaced as COO by Edward Koharik, whose most recent role was senior vice president for FlightSafety International, and who has also worked at US Transportation Command – ATSG’s largest customer. Joe Hete will remain as chief executive, but relinquishes his role as pr...

Mr Fordree was previously senior vice president commercial and before that vice president cargo development. A former board member of CargoiQ, he now sits on IATA’s Cargo Handling Consultative Council. Mr Beale re-joins Menzies after roles at Etihad and, most recently, Worldwide Flight Services in...

This week, the UK Treasury announced an extra £16m in funds to train staff to make customs declarations that are likely to be increase dramatically after Brexit takes place. The announcement followed £8m made available last December and another £8m round announced in July. “Brexit takes place o...

Mr Slosar, who has worked for Swire Group for 39 years, was chief executive of Cathay for three years, and has been chairman since 2014. He will be replaced, in the Cathay way, by another long-standing Swire executive, Patrick Healy (pictured).  Mr Healy is currently managing director...

Mr Parkes joins from Hong Kong apparel sourcing and supply china giant Li & Fung, where he spent four years as global business development head for Hong Kong and Taiwan. Although the bulk of his 35-year career has been spent at Li & Fung, he boasts a varied CV. This includes stints at F...

Mr Ollmann will share the role with Christian Hager, both responsible for managing TGP’s latest acquisitions across Germany. He joins from Conceptum Logistics, where he has been director of sales for the past two years. Mr Ollmann was head of sales and business development for industrial projects ...

Mr Deneubourg joined the company last week, and is a veteran of the freight forwarding industry, having spent 13 years at Panalpina in the US, which was followed by another five years with SNCF-owned Geodis – two of which were in the US and the last three years in France. His previous role was hea...

Mr Metcalf is Singapore partner for Clyde & Co, and ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers as one of the region’s top shipping lawyers.   The move follows HFW’s recent appointment of former shipbroker Chris Jones and shipping finance partner Siri Wennevik. &n...

Still, Mr Verhage (pictured) is not fazed. Pointing out that so far not one major retailer has actually shifted production, he said people had simply “taken their foot off the gas” to see where the situation is headed. “We’re in a wait-and-see market,” he said, adding that he believes ship...

Mr Peretz, a lifer at UPS, having joined in 1981, has held a number of positions with the firm, and was responsible for its IPO in 1999. He became CFO in 2003, vice president for corporate finance in 2007 and corporate controller in 2013, a role that was expanded to corporate treasurer in 2014. Mr A...