Denmark-headquartered Martin Bencher has appointed Jan Thomsen as a board member.
Thomsen has an engineering background and currently serves as vice president EPC and construction management at Ørsted Offshore.
The Martin Bencher board of directors also includes Nils Hammar as chairman, and Hanna Elisabeth Rosvik, Henrik Kleis Peter and Thorsoe Jensen as board members.
Drew Roberts has joined project forwarding specialist LS Cargo as president of its North American 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).
