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Schiphol is Seko’s second-largest site

Seko Logistics has opened its second largest operation in Europe at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Logistics Park. The new 80,000 facility doubles the size of SEKO’s previous locations in Amsterdam and brings its entire service offering under one roof. It provides a further distribution channel into Europe for US retailers and will help to spearhead the development of the company’s Final Mile and White Glove services across the continent. [+]

Change at the top for Seko

William Wascher is to take over as chairman of Seko Logistics while president, James Gagne, president also takes on the chief executive role. Gagne was promoted to president in January 2017, succeeding Wascher, president and chief executive since 2002. [+]

Air chief for Seko

Seko Logistics has appointed Shawn Richard to the newly-created post of vice president global airfreight He will be responsible for driving international air procurement and maximising air carrier utilisation globally. He was lately northeast regional sales manager for Delta Airlines Cargo. [+]

Former Allport MD joins SEKO

Former Allport managing director Chris Cargill has joined SEKO Logistics in the UK as group director for air and sea freight product development. Between 1987 and 2009, he was Allport’s managing director (air freight) before assuming responsibility for global network development and strategy and, ultimately, taking the post of managing ... [+]

It’s swifter by sea, says SEKO

SEKO Logistics is helping Peak Scientific to optimise its supply chain with visibility, reporting and cost saving solutions, and says that seafreight can give quicker response than airfreight. Peak Scientific, designs, manufactures and supports gas generators for laboratories, is now using in-territory stock in China and the US, sending products ... [+]

High-flyer for Seko

SEKO Logistics has named John Eastland as president of its aerospace and aviation industry vertical, based in Washington DC. He was formerly at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics where he was vice president, domestic product. SEKO Logistics created a dedicated Aerospace and Aviation industry vertical at the start of 2016 with the ... [+]

SEKO to manage UK and US for Joules

UK-based premium lifestyle brand Joules has signed a three-year contract with SEKO Logistics. It will manage Joules’ global supply chain from all of their sourcing locations in Asia and the Indian Sub-continent into their distribution centre in Corby in the UK and the US, including all customs and compliance requirements. ... [+]

Barnes to lead Seko in Asia

Seko Logistics has named Tony Barnes as chief operating officer Asia Pacific. He takes over the role vacated by James Gagne, who assumed the post of president of SEKO Logistics at the start of 2017. Based in Hong Kong, Tony Barnes will also lead SEKO’s global ocean product as senior ... [+]

Seko joins aerospace and defence elite

SEKO Logistics has earned a place on the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) through which companies in the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors identify qualified suppliers. The JOSCAR register holds common supplier data in a central system that can be accessed by all participating buying organisations and reduces ... [+]

Seko grows Hong Kong gateway

SEKO Logistics has added 100,000 square feet of warehousing and fulfilment capacity in Hong Kong for its e-commerce gateway to China’s online consumer market. It includes  a new 50,000 square foot warehouse on the border of Shenzhen in southeastern China, with 10 dock doors and employing 50 staff. It also ... [+]

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