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succession plan, with Sirka Hintze now formally appointed CFO after joining as incoming CFO in September 2019. Rainer Barthel, who has held the post since 2014, will retire at the end of the year and will remain with the company until then to work with Hintze on ongoing projects. Hintze arrives from Marquard & Bahls, where she was head of finance for North America, based in Houston. www.leschaco.com MORE STORAGE WITH RHENUS
ALBATROSS MAKES STRATEGIC MOVE
Albatross Tank-Leasing has appointed Lindenau Full Tank Services (LFTS), which has recently been acquired by CIMC Enric Holdings, to act as its central European operations hub at its Oberhausen site north of Duisburg, Germany. Albatross has recently taken delivery of ten new T75 cryogenic tanks at Oberhausen and more are to join in the coming weeks. The tanks will be available to lease under Albatross’s new Strategic Move fleet management package. Albatross says it now has one of the largest T75 fleets, including 20-foot units for a range of industrial gases, including oxygen, nitrogen, argon, ethylene and ethane, as well as 40-foot units for LNG. To help with the rollout of Strategic Move, Albatross has also appointed Fredrik Niermann as its new marketing and sales manager. His main area of responsibility will be the new fleet management system which offers, apart from the tank container leasing, a digital platform
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for round-trip supervision, including technical support and control of the dedicated tank. albatross-tanks.de WIDER AEO FOR LESCHACO
Leschaco Nederland has been awarded Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status, adding to similar accreditation awarded to Lechaco’s subsidiaries in Belgium and Brazil last year. The certification confirms that Leschaco Nederland is a reliable business partner for customs clearance in international trade. Customers benefit from simplified customs declaration procedures, which among other things allow customs formalities to be completed more quickly and efficiently. “The AEO certification is a great success for our Leschaco subsidiary in the Netherlands and another important step in our constant efficiency and quality improvement for our customers,” says Jörg Conrad, owner and CEO of the Leschaco Group. Leschaco has also pursued its leadership
Rhenus Midgard has embarked on an expansion of its hazardous goods container store at the JadeWeserPort Freight Village om Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Rhenus is adding another 1,000 m2 of space, taking the entire site up to some 4,000 m2. “We’re growing with our customers; they’ll have more storage space at the Freight Village in Wilhelmshaven in future,” says Matthias Schrell, managing director of Rhenus Midgard Wilhelmshaven. “The container store forms one element in the services that we provide for containers. They not only include storage, but also stripping and stuffing, the containerisation of project loads as well as freight forwarding and customs clearance.” Work began in April and is due to be completed by the summer. www.rhenus.group MILKYWAY EXTENDS EXPERTISE
China-based tank container operator Milkyway has completed its first shipment of hazardous waste, having started work to develop the capability this past October. Its first cargo involved a waste organic solvent transported from Wuxi to Nanjing by Milkyway Baohua Logistics. “The completion of this transportation task marks that Milkway has opened up a new market in the chemical transportation business, and has made a new breakthrough,” the company says. The move into waste transport has also prompted investment in onboard systems, including real-time positioning, safe driving identification and intelligent video analysis for all vehicles in transit. Milkyway has also extended its expertise into the transport of radioactive materials, with a containerised cargo from South America
