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MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. said ownership of the business was transferred in the fourth quarter of 2025 from founder Gianluigi Aponte to his children, Diego and Alexa Aponte, marking a generational transition at the world’s largest container carrier.
Diego Aponte, group president, and Alexa Aponte, group chief financial officer, will assume ownership while continuing in their current executive roles. Gianluigi Aponte will remain executive chairman.
The company said the move is intended ...
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Cargo theft activity eased in the first quarter of 2026, but industry analysts said increasingly sophisticated methods and transnational crime groups continue to pose significant risks across North American supply chains.
Total supply chain crime incidents fell 5.3 percent year over year to 767 events in ...
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The Maryland Port Administration has promoted Nick Porter to director and Jeff Gutowski to deputy director of business development, strengthening its commercial team at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.
The business development unit is responsible for marketing and customer engagement across the port’s core ...
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The Port of Long Beach is restructuring its leadership team as part of a broader strategy to improve decision-making, operational performance and long-term resilience, the port said.
The changes include the creation of a new Organizational Effectiveness bureau, consolidating human resources and procurement functions under a ...
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Independent Port Consultants has expanded its advisory network with two senior appointments to support growing demand for digitalization and sustainability guidance in the ports sector.
Kevin Martin joins as senior port technology consultant in Dubai, bringing more than 30 years of experience in operational transformation, automation ...
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BIMCO has launched a campaign film, Fair Seas, calling on governments to strengthen protections for seafarers, citing rising geopolitical risks and growing concerns over criminalization.
The group said around 20,000 seafarers are currently stranded in the Persian Gulf amid heightened security risks and mounting mental strain ...
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Hapag-Lloyd AG said its supervisory board has elected Karl Gernandt as chairman with immediate effect, replacing Michael Behrendt, who is unable to perform his duties due to health reasons.
Behrendt will remain an ordinary member of the supervisory board, the company said. The board emphasized that ...
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Otis Cliatt II, president of Pacific Harbor Line, was awarded a Black History Month Trailblazer of the Century Award, by U.S. Rep. Nanette Barragán for his leadership in advancing lower-emission rail operations in the San Pedro Bay port complex.
Cliatt received the award at the Michelle ...
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Ocean Network Express said Feb. 24 it has appointed Till Ole Barrelet as CEO-designate, succeeding Jeremy Nixon as part of a planned leadership transition.
Barrelet will join the Singapore-based container liner on May 1 and assume the role of CEO on July 1, while Nixon, who ...
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Freight rate data provider Xeneta has appointed Bjorn Vang Jensen as executive industry advisor. Jensen brings more than 35 years of experience managing global supply chains across sectors including fast-moving consumer goods, retail, automotive and consumer durables, the company said.
In the advisory role, Jensen will ...
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