January 2026

Guillaume Sauzedde to head Maersk in Europe and beyond

Maersk has appointed Guillaume Sauzedde as regional managing director for Europe Region, succeeding head of Europe Region Aymeric Chandavoine, who is taking a position outside the industry. Sauzedde, a French national, joined Maersk in 2024 as head of logistics and services for Europe region after holding managing director roles for CEVA Logistics and Kühne + Nagel. Sauzedde will be based in Maersk’s main office in the Polish capital but will ... [+]

North-west logistics firm is Carbon Certified

Haydock and St Helens-based SSO Logistics has become a Carbon Certified Business,  following in the footsteps of the Wolverhampton-based Pallet-Track network, of which it is a shareholder member. SSO partnered with carbon reduction specialists Eight Versa, a consultancy specialising in the quantification of environmental performance, to develop a roadmap to help ... [+]

DFDS chooses new chief

Michael Hansen will succeed Torben Carlsen as president and chief executive of Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS on 1 July. It follows the initiation of a succession process announced in November. Michael Hansen, currently president and chief executive of paint and coatings group, Hempel, previously spent nearly two decades ... [+]

Hanseatic takes control in Florida

Hapag Lloyd’s Hanseatic Global Terminals arm has become sole owner of Florida International Terminal following an agreement with Grupo Empresas Navieras. FIT. in Port Everglades, specializes in container and general cargo handling. Hanseatic aims to grow from 21 port terminals to approximately 30 globally. [+]

Trilogy Logistics buys Circle Express

Trilogy Logistics has bought the business and assets of Circle Express out of administration saving all 158 jobs at the UK logistics firm. Circle Express, which specialises in UK next-day and same-day delivery, appointed Dean Watson and Paul Stanley of Begbies Traynor as joint administrators on 19 December. They immediately sold ... [+]

Disruption burden falls heaviest on the Global South

Companies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the Gulf (GCC) lose over a month of operational time every year due to logistics disruption, more than their peers in Europe and North America, according to DP World’s Without Logistics Global Report, published on 8 January. Companies ... [+]

Top honour for KLN chief

KLN Logistics Group executive director Vic Cheung was named a Director of the Year in the Listed Companies category at The Hong Kong Institute of Directors Awards for 2025. It recognises KLN’s outstanding performance in corporate governance, director professionalism and sustainable development. [+]

Dubai’s DP World gets its skis on

DP World is sponsoring the Norwegian Team Aker Dæhlie cross-country ski team, building on its long-standing relationship with Aker Solutions which has a joint venture with its Drydocks World arm. As the Official Logistics Partner, DP World will support the team’s operations, including travel planning, equipment movement and race-week logistics. [+]

Gebruder Weiss appoints air and sea chief

Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss has appointed Alessandro Cacciola as member of its management board in charge of air and sea operations, following the departure of Lothar Thoma from the company for personal reasons on 31 March. Cacciola joins from the Andreas Schmid Group where he was chief executive. [+]

CargoBeamer appoints digital chief

Rail-road operator CargoBeamer has appointed Julian Hagenschulte to the new board position of chief digital officer. He is responsible forGroup-wide digital strategy including the systematic development of an integrated platform. Hagenschulte joins CargoBeamer from PwC, where he most recently led the Digital and AI Advisory practice for construction, real estate, ... [+]

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