December 21 - H.Essers' ceo, Ivo Marechal has resigned and will leave the Belgian transport and logistics group in the first quarter of 2013.
H.Essers, which is active in exceptional transport through its subsidiary, Geertrans Hellings, said that basis of the decision is Marechal's desire, "after 12 years at the company, to fulfil his personal ambitions for the future, differently."
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