Update on Freight and Logistics Appointments and Departures
Who is Heading Where Along the Supply Chain
WORLDWIDE – SWITZERLAND – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Willie Walsh has officially taken on the role of Director General of the organisation. He succeeds Alexandre de Juniac.
Walsh was confirmed as IATA’s 8th Director General by the 76th IATA Annual General Meeting on 24 November 2020. He joins IATA after a 40-year career in the airline industry. Walsh retired from the International Airlines Group (IAG) in September 2020 after serving as its CEO since its inception in 2011. Prior to that he was CEO of British Airways (2005-2011) and CEO of Aer Lingus (2001-2005). He began his career in aviation at Aer Lingus in 1979 as a cadet pilot.
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Security Conference Updates Merchant Shipping Interests on the Guardians of Middle Eastern Waters
International Maritime Security Construct Protects Against State Sponsored Terrorism
MIDDLE EAST – The success of the combined international naval forces in controlling the criminal elements which, not so long ago, were the scourge of the region s waters, has largely removed them from the headlines of the shipping press which they once dominated. Piracy has been greatly reduced, and while terrorist incidents remain, these too are at a lower level than hitherto.
Nevertheless the International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) continues to work together with industry partners to safeguard freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce and to reassure merchant shipping by deterring and exposing state-sponsored malign activity that threatens security of the maritime commons in the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden and the Southern Red Sea.