NYK Logistics (Americas), Inc. (NLA) announced the appointment of Mr. Timothy J. Nolan to the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of the NVOCC & CHB Division. Domiciled in Secaucus, NJ, Mr. Nolan will oversea NLA's activities involving Double Wing Express (NVOCC) and CHB (customs house brokerage). "The NVOCC and CHB division represents one of our biggest opportunities for the future and we are pleased to welcome someone with such a diversified background to direct and promote the future growth of this area", says Anthony Chiarello, Chief Operating Officer of NYK Logistics (Americas), Inc.

Prior to joining NYK Logistics, Mr. Nolan was Vice President of Global Customer Development for AMB Property Corporation. Nolan's customer focus has been in the railroad, trucking, domestic distribution, third-party logistics and consumer product segments. Nolan also spent a number of years with Maersk Line and Maersk Logistics in the Americas.

His position with Maersk included; Senior Director of Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, Director responsible for the company's ocean an airfreight forwarding unit (DSL, now rebranded as DAMCO) and regional Director for Florida, Mexico and Central America regions for the company's logistics unit.

Nolan holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing and a master's degree in International Marketing from Saint Joseph's university in Philadelphia and is an alumnus of the Executive Management programs from Columbia Business School and Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business.