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Enrico Farneti to take over from Daniela Coppola as MD Hellmann Italy

Gavin van Marle — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:55:02 +0000

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Enrico Farneti (above) as its new managing director of Hellmann Italy, succeeding Daniela Coppola, who will leave the company at the end of the year, as planned.
The move follows last year’s acquisition of Hellmann Italy by the Germany-headquartered firm, which “enabled Hellmann to significantly strengthen its presence in the central Alpine region and expand its seafreight operations in the strategically important Mediterranean region, particularly through ...

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Şükran Gencay and Daniel Hülemeyer join Hellmann global sustainability division

Charlotte Goldstone — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:23:22 +0000

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is expanding its sustainability division with the appointment of Şükran Gencay and Daniel Hülemeyer.
As head of sustainability for social & governance, Ms Gencay will lead the development and global implementation of Hellmann’s social sustainability initiatives. She has held various leadership roles at Hellmann since she joined in 2020 from Kuhne + Nagel.
In her previous role at Hellmann as global head of leadership & culture, she ...

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K+N’s Jens Drewes takes the reins at Hellmann

Alex Lennane — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 12:54:37 +0000

Today marks the start of Jens Drewes’ career at Hellmann, as he takes on the CEO role following the departure of Reiner Heiken.
The news of the management change came last year, broken by Loadstar Premium, so there has been a long transition period since Mr Heiken announced his plan to retire.
Mr Drewes, pictured, is a 27-year veteran of Kuehne + Nagel, where he was most recently president Europe region. He ...

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DVZ radar: Hellmann Worldwide Logistics – growing in the shade

Gavin van Marle — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 11:46:36 +0000

(This post was originally published in German in Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung DVZ on 26 March; DVZ and Premium have agreed a partnership according to which selected corporate/supply chain content published by DVZ can be exclusively used by Premium.)
When it comes to contract logistics, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is not normally the first name that springs to mind. The company is considered a strong player in road transport, as well as sea and ...

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Vedat Serbet returns to Hellmann to develop European rail freight offering

Gavin van Marle — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:56:49 +0000

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed former Dachser executive Vedat Serbet (above) to the new position of head of business development rail, Europe.
The company said his primary objective would be to “further develop international expansion of rail-based transport and establish new intermodal products, while also expanding alternative connections between Europe and China”.
Mr Serbet was most recently head of rail freight, EMEA, at Dachser, a post he held for five years, and ...

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Hellmann sets out to extend its footprint in perishables

Alexander Whiteman — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:11:07 +0000

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is looking to strengthen its presence in the perishables arena, despite already being a market leader in air shipments of fruit and vegetables.
But any expansion is likely to focus on organic growth rather than M&A, according to Natasha Solano, appointed to the new position of global airfreight director perishables almost a year ago.
She had considerable experience in the vertical, including almost 12 years in a similar role at Kühne+Nagel.
“Hellmann has ...

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Hellmann: Matthias Köfler becomes product manager rail East Europe

LoadstarEditorial — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 08:13:40 +0000

PRESS RELEASE
JANUARY 23RD, 2024
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has been able to recruit Matthias Köfler as Product Manager Rail East Europe. In this newly created position, he is responsible for the further development of rail and intermodal transport, especially between Southern and Eastern Europe. The appointment is a further strategic step by the global logistics service provider to develop and establish rail transport within Europe as an important part of intermodal transport.
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Ex-China e-commerce surge triggers air capacity squeeze and rate hike

Alexander Whiteman — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 11:36:22 +0000

A surge in e-commerce volumes out of China has triggered an air cargo capacity squeeze, leading to some consignments being transhipped to other points in Asia for on-forwarding to end-destinations such as the US and Europe, according to a major forwarder.
“We are hearing there are around 2,000 to 3,000 tonnes, maybe more, of e-commerce goods leaving Hong Kong every day,” Jan Kleine-Lasthues, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics’ COO airfreight, told The Loadstar.
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