EUROPEAN forwarding giant CEVA Logistics, formerly of the Netherlands, but now of Baar, Switzerland, has strengthened its ocean freight team with the appointment of Claus Svane Schmidt as head of less than container load (LCL) product
EUROPEAN forwarding giant CEVA Logistics, formerly of the Netherlands, but now of Baar, Switzerland, has strengthened its ocean freight team with the appointment of Claus Svane Schmidt as head of less than container load (LCL) product. Previously managing director of the company's North Asia cluster, Mr Schmidt will commence his new role on March 1.
In a statement, the company said it has identified LCL as a key product for development in the coming months and Mr Schmidt's extensive experience in the logistics industry makes him ideally qualified to take on this newly created role.
Mr Schmidt joined CEVA early last year following a wide-ranging career with a number of leading industry players including senior positions in Scandinavia, Dubai, Sydney and Hong Kong. For the last year, he was based in the Philippines.
In his new role, he will have full responsibility for all LCL products within CEVA and he will seek to drive further innovation across both existing and new markets. This will include digitisation of the LCL product to ensure constant yield improvement.
'This is an exciting new challenge with tremendous potential for growing what is already a very strong service offering. There is untapped potential especially utilising our worldwide capabilities in eCommerce and our own operations where new lanes can be brought on stream,' Mr Schmidt said.
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