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SEMEN
We’re afraid that the sorry saga of the Heathrow harassment continuesunabated. This time, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK has informed importers that their facility at London Heathrow no longer meets European Commission legislation, which covers the importation of certain animal products. As a result, DEFRA has been obliged to suspend the use of London Heathrow Airport as a place of entry for certain animal products not intended for human … [Read more...] about SEMEN
Four Soft
India-based software solutions supplier, Four Soft Limited (4S), has named Poul R Larsen as its new vice president for product management. He will be responsible for all aspects of product management including designing, development and sales support of all products. Prior to joining 4S, Larsen was director business development of Transaxiom and also worked with organisations such as Atraxis Cargo Solutions (UK), Plus Data (DK) and EAC Data. … [Read more...] about Four Soft
Lufthansa Systems
Norbert Müller has taken over as senior vice president of sales Asia/Pacifi c for Lufthansa Systems and named chief executive offi cer of Lufthansa Systems Asia Pacifi c Pte. Ltd. Müller succeeds Ralf Cabos, who headed the Asian branch of the company since 2002. Müller was head of strategic projects at sales EMEA/South. In his new capacity, based in Singapore, he will manage all marketing, sales and business development activities of Lufthansa Systems in Asia, Australia and … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Systems
British Airways World Cargo
British Airways World Cargo has announced the appointment of Gurmeet Kalra to the position of cargo commercial manager Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines, moving from her current role as Commercial Manager Central India in Mumbai. Reporting to Chris Chan, regional commercial manager for Asia Pacifi c, Kalra will be responsible for all sales, distribution and marketing activities in the area. Kalra joined BA World Cargo in 1992 and has worked in a variety of passenger and cargo positions … [Read more...] about British Airways World Cargo
BIFA
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Peter Quantrill as its new director general to succeed Colin Beaumont. Quantrill, who has many years of experience in forwarding and transportation, began his career with Aer Lingus in operations and cargo sales, before joining Mercury Airfreight International where he became managing director. In 1989, following Mercury’s acquisition by Rockwood, he joined Atlasair, the United Parcel Service (UPS) freight subsidiary, … [Read more...] about BIFA