January 14 - Ipsen Logistics has strengthened its project forwarding department by appointing Helmut Normann as director of projects.
Normann has had a career spanning 20 years, working with a number of establish project freight forwarders. Marco Steinforth has been appointed deputy director of projects, and will support Normann in his new position.
Ipsen has further reinforced its projects department with the addition of Julia Pfannenstiel and Sebastian Boss to the team.
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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.
