Germany's Lower Saxony Ports Association – Niedersächsische Hafenvertretung (NHV) – has re-elected Karsten Dirks as its ceo.
Dirks also takes over the chair of the supervisory board of the Seaports of Niedersachsen.
Sabrina Wendt was re-elected to the Seaports of Niedersachsen’s supervisory board as a representative for the seaports of Leer, Oldenburg and Papenburg. Jan Müller remains on the supervisory board as a presentation for Brake.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Total cargo throughput of the port of Antwerp-Bruges amounted to 70.4 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 2.4 percent compared to the same period last year, with container throughput increasing and the general cargo sector showing signs of recovery.
Liebherr USA has named Shane Kuhlmey as divisional director of crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and maritime cranes.
Energy and marine consultants ABL has opened an office in Constanta, Romania, to support the Black Sea region’s offshore energy and maritime markets.
Spanish logistics service provider Bergé has set up an industrial process logistics division, which focuses on consolidating industrial logistics activity for the automotive and steel industries.
Antwerp-headquartered Ahlers Logistics has opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
