Movers & shakers
Baltic choice Pedersen takes up role at BIMCO
TRADE association BIMCO has appointed Lars Robert Pedersen, director of regulatory affairs at Maersk Maritime Technology in Copenhagen, as deputy secretary-general, with effect from February 2010, writes David Osler .
Seven join UK P&I board
Seven join UK P&I board
Rio promotes Peever
Rio promotes Peever
Spottiswood moves up
Spottiswood moves up
Yantai appoints two
Yantai appoints two
Two for Valletta
Two for Valletta
New chairman at Hellespont Steamship
ALEXANDER Papachristidis-Bove appointed chairman and managing director.
Westlie is Maersk new chief financial officer
TROND Westlie, has been appointed chief financial officer of AP Moller-Maersk.
Solbakken takes helm at Eidsiva
Eidsiva Rederi has secured Ship Finance Management head Lars Solbakken as its own chief executive.
TDW backs Torjusen
TDW backs Torjusen
Tyser terrorism role
Tyser terrorism role
Andrasick retires as Matson chairman
JAMES Andrasick is to retire as chairman of Matson Navigation on September 1.
LA hires former newspaper editor
PHILLIP Sanfield has joined the Port of Los Angeles as its director of media relations.
GSM appoints Callender as operations director
CARDIFF-based Graig Ship Management has appointed Matt Callender as operations director.
FitzGerald appoints senior adjuster as director
CLAIMS services provider, FitzGerald Consulting, has appointed Graeme Shurben as a director.
Ellerbeck to leave Schiffsbank's
DEUTSCHE Schiffsbank's chief executive Ulrich Ellerbeck is leaving the German ship finance bank on October 1.
Alcalde & Fay hire Creel
HAROLD J Creel Jr, an expert in maritime law and policy, has joined Alcalde & Fay as a partner.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch poaches Loli Wu
CITIGROUP's Loli Wu to head Bank of America Merrill Lynch's transportation and investment banking arm for the Americas.
Germanischer Lloyd hires Kevin Coyne
FORMER General Maritime executive to head classification society's maritime activities in the Americas.
USCG's Vivien Crea steps down
VICE-Admiral Vivien Crea, the history-making personality who in 2006 became the first woman to achieve that rank and become the vice-commandant of the US Coast Guard, is stepping down from the latter role today.
AP Moller Maersk names Broström head
AP MOLLER Maersk has appointed Robert Uggla, grandson of the group's owner, as managing director of the Swedish tanker group.
Montreal names Vachon as new chief
THE Montreal Port Authority has appointed Sylvie Vachon as president and chief executive.
Jackson for Baca helm
THE Baltic Air Charter Association has appointed Markham Jackson as it first chief executive.
V.Group names new chief executive
V. GROUP, parent of V.Ships, has appointed Clive Richardson as its new chief executive.
Clerc to head Maersk Line Europe product team
VINCENT Clerc is to take over as head of Maersk Line's Europe product team following the departure of Leo Huisman.
Schluter joins Fugro
HE has held senior positions as principal coastal engineer/ manager with WorleyParsons and as a senior ocean engineer oceanographer with RPS MetOcean Engineers.
Smit recruits Maersk highflyer
DUTCH salvage, towage and heavylift company has recruited Leo Huisman to head up its Asia business.
Goodyear walks away from Temasek role
CHIP Goodyear will not become chief executive due to "differences regarding certain strategic issues".
BMA seeks new director
THE Bahamas Maritime Authority is advertising for a new director after formally confirming that Ken McLean had stepped down last week.
Blomme promoted
WIM Blomme has been promoted as intermodal director for leading European logistics provider P&O Ferrymasters.
ESR recruits Roscoe
ONE of the industry's leading engineering, safety and risk management consultancies, has hired Peter Roscoe as general manager.
Lunn at Shoreham helm
SHOREHAM Port has announced the appointment of Rodney Lunn as its new chief executive. He will take over from current Rod Johnstone, on July 20.
Alexander joins board
HELEN Alexander has been appointed as a non executive member of the board of the Port of London Authority.
Plymouth professor
Plymouth professor
Lauritzen changes
LAURITZEN Bulkers has announced that with the election of Jens Ditlev Lauritzen as new chairman of JL-Fondet, he will resign from his position as president of Lauritzen Bulkers. He will be succeeded by Ejner Bonderup.
Going to GAC
GAC, one of the world's leading shipping, logistics and marine services companies, has hired Anthony Mollet as the general manager of GAC Bunker Fuels.
Hanjin to invest $875m on ships and terminals
HANJIN Shipping, South Korea’s largest shipping company, has unveiled its investment budget for this year, writes Mike Grinter in Hong Kong .
Parish to the chair
Parish to the chair
Struijs in Green chair
Struijs in Green chair
New Aberdeen chair
New Aberdeen chair
Bale to boost NYK
Bale to boost NYK
Campaigners stripped bare
MISTLEY, formerly the main north Essex base for sailing barges and still busy with small cargo ships and photogenic swans, has achieved local fame through a dispute over access to its principal quay.
Swift move to Tysers
Swift move to Tysers
BSH president signs in
BSH president signs in
Smith new to Novae
Smith new to Novae
Costa appointments
Costa appointments
African role for Fillis
KIRSTY Fillis has joined Inchcape Shipping Services as Africa business development manager, based in Cape Town.
Movers and Shakers
NMS promotions
what’s happening where
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5
Terminal beginning
Terminal beginning
Movers and shakers
Lewis in Dubai move
UKWA goes to Wall
GRAHAM Wall, commercial director of PD Ports Teesport facility, has been appointed as the new vice-chairman of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association.
Bi joins Norton Rose
Bi joins Norton Rose
MOL chief steps down
MOL chief steps down
Human factor
Human factor
Ropner in Cosby coup
Ropner in Cosby coup
On the move
MNTB in for Scales
Dutch partner
Dutch partner
Success underwritten
Success underwritten
Battle of the bands
FORGET the credit crunch or the family split, the quality or otherwise of the new Chinese yards or the soaring cost of bunkers.
Reshuffle at CMA CGM
Reshuffle at CMA CGM
Vucinic to boost BMT
Vucinic to boost BMT
Ford in driving seat
Ford in driving seat
Parkinson joins Aquatic
Parkinson joins Aquatic
Maritime law revamp a lengthy task
BELGIUM is rewriting its maritime law in what is believed to be the largest legal revamp in its history.
Leitch steps down
Leitch steps down
Miller joins CMA CGM
CMA CGM (America) has recruited Rick Miller as director, export trades. He will oversee the pricing and allocation management functions for all North American exports.
Boulden makes tracks
Boulden makes tracks
Cox clinches Droll
Cox clinches Droll
Movers & Shakers
Soutar named director
Bilbrough boosts trio
Bilbrough boosts trio
New delivery at Aker
AKER Kvaerner has appointed a new vice-president responsible for the delivery of projects and modifications.
Chapman takes over
Chapman takes over
Kurgo joins Liberty
Kurgo joins Liberty
Shake up at Broekman
Shake up at Broekman
Movers & Shakers
PWS hires Kirk
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Elwert joins BIMCO
