Ceva Logistics has appointed Caio Najm (pictured) as general director in Brazil, replacing Giuseppe De Vincenzo, who leaves Ceva Brazil after six years to pursue a new role with Ceva outside the country.
Najm has more than 25 years of experience, having worked in companies including Compañia Transportadora, Coml. Translor and Ryder do Brazil, where he also held the position of general director.
Commenting on his new role Najm said: “With the integration of the two main areas of the company – contract logistics and freight management – we plan on optimising our services and offering unique solutions to the market, servicing the needs of our customers across the logistics chain.”
Vincenzo will work with Najm for a transition period before moving to his next role which is yet to be announced.
Former Ceva CEO David Kulik has been appointed chairman of the board at Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT). He will be in charge for a one-year term from October 1st and has said he wants to continue efforts to increase the amount of cargo business at the port by attracting more customers and building a bigger market share for Jacksonville in the international trade arena.
At the same time JAXPORT has appointed Raul Alfonso as senior director of trade development and global marketing. He succeeds Roy Schleicher, who has been promoted to chief commercial officer.
While reporting directly to Schleicher, Raul will oversee trade development for the automotive portion of our business,” said JAXPORT spokesperson Nancy Rubin. “Under Raul's direction, Alberto Cabrera, director of cargo sales for JAXPORT, will continue to have direct responsibility for automotive business development and customer service efforts.”
Talking about his new role Alfonso said: “I look forward to years of success at JAXPORT, as we become one of the best strategic options for the container cargo, automobile (ro-ro), break bulk and bulk cargo commodities in the US South Atlantic region. Our goal is to make JAXPORT and the City of Jacksonville 'America's Logistics Center' to serve the fastest-growing market in the nation."
Before joining JAXPORT in 2002, Alfonso was Hutchison Port Holdings director of marketing and trade development for the Americas.
