She will take up her new post on 28 February, while Mr Ruest will remain at CN in an advisory role until 31 March. Ms Robinson joins CN from Canadian energy firm TC Energy, but is rail freight veteran, having spent almost three decades at rival operator Canadian Pacific. “This is a transformationa...

He joined Nallian in January last year as chief customer officer, after more than 10 years at Brussels Airport, where he was director cargo and logistics. Mr Polmans told Logistic-News: “The only reason for leaving so soon is because of the very interesting and challenging opportunity offered....

Top managers who work to promote women will be rewarded financially, said CEO Marie-Christine Lombard (pictured), noting that women are already represented on all the company’s regional management committees. “We now want to go further,” she added. The new Environment, Social & Governance ...

Noting that she is due to have brain surgery next month, he wrote on LinkedIn: “With this in mind I have made a decision to step down from my current role at PayCargo in order to focus 100% on her, as we start preparing for the procedure and in order to take care of her post surgery. “I would li...

My Therese Blank heads Maersk Group’s Oceania-Market, covering the ocean business in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. She has more than 15 years’ experience in shipping and logistics across Europe, Asia and Oceania in senior roles including Australia sales and country director and...

Routinely held on the third Thursday of January, during what would normally be the beginning of the slack season, the annual BIFA Awards, are often rumbustious affairs, but this year there was a particularly strong sense of release as people actually got to see each other in person and not via a&nbs...

Mr Turner has more than 20 years’ experience in transport and logistics, including over seven years with XPO, where he was “instrumental in XPO’s strategic expansion in the UK e-commerce and direct-to-consumer digital sectors”. That was followed by a stint as head of development at Yodel and...

He has also been UK CEO for DP World and his focus will be on “fostering closer relationships with the ports industry” as he rejoins Maritime as deputy chairman, alongside fleet sales director Matt Heath. Mr Heath has led Maritime’s second-hand trucks business for the past 16 years and will fo...

Flexport has announced that he will be replaced by Douglas Brown, currently VP Asia. Mr Brown has spent more than a year leading the Asia office, following a stint as general manager, greater China. Prior to his roles at Flexport, he spent more than five years at Panalpina, which he joined from Ceva...

“Jochen has a proven track record in helping large, worldwide customers in such industry segments as retail and fashion, hi-tech, healthcare and automotive optimise their transport and logistics,” said Forto CEO and co-founder Michael Wax. “This customer focus, combined with his experience in ...