Andrew Wormald has joined Allseas Global as a project manager.
Wormald has a wealth of experience in abnormal load logistics having held both managerial and operational roles in the sector for the past 25 years.
His core skills, according to Allseas, are out-of-gauge (OOG) road transport in Europe, contracted lifts, machinery removal/installation, shortsea chartering, barge charter and port operations.
Thomas Skellingsted has joined global logistics and supply chain advisory and investment firm LPX Partners as managing director.
After 35 years’ service, Peter Kloiber has retired from his roles at Swiss freight forwarder Gebrüder Weiss. Peter Schafleitner, former director of product management land transport, will now join the managerial board.
Independent private equity firm InfraVia Capital Partners has acquired an 80 percent stake in Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA), a subsidiary of the Louis-Dreyfus Company. LDA now plans to invest some EUR1 billion (USD1.18 billion) in the fleet and new technologies. Moreover, Samira Draoua has also joined LDA as ceo.
Crane manufacturer Tadano has acquired the transportation system business of IHI Transport Machinery, marking a milestone in its ongoing effort to expand its product portfolio.
Mike McCoshen has been sworn in as the administrator of the US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS).
Blue Water Shipping is consolidating its existing operations in Aarhus, Denmark, with an office building located in the heart of the port.
