January 2 - Maria Isabel von Lachmann is leaving her position as ceo of Brazil-headquartered Lachmann Companies to become chairman of the board of directors.
Antonio Carvalho has been appointed as Lachmann's new ceo.
Carvalho has worked at Lachmann since 2000 and most recently held the position of corporate commercial director.
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Richard J. Hendrick was unanimously elected vice chair of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) board of directors.
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) played an instrumental role in the delivery of the European Southern Observatory ELT M5 mirror cell, which will be part of a gigantic observatory in South America.
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Worldwide Project Consortium (WWPC) members gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for its 22nd annual membership conference on November 10-13.
Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has launched a specialised logistics division catering to the cloud infrastructure industry.
The port of Taranto, Italy, granted wind turbine OEM Vestas a nine-year licence to use the Taranto port platform.
