THE World Shipping Council has elected new NOL Group president and chief executive officer Ng Yat Chung to its board of directors for a term that expires in September 2013.
This comes after Mr Ng last year replaced Ron Widdows, the former NOL president and CEO and current WSC board chairman, who retired from NOL in September.
The other 10 WSC members are: Philip Chow (OOCL); Thomas Crowley Jr (Crowley Maritime Corp); Rafi Danieli (Zim); Morten Englestof (Maersk Line); Ottmar Gast (Hamburg Sud); YM Kim (Hanjin Shipping); Ulrich Kranich (Hapag-Lloyd); Kenji Mizushima (NYK Line); and Wan Min (Cosco Container Lines), reports the American Shipper. Mr Widdows will continue to serve as the WSC chairman until September 2012.
