Japan-based Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has reshuffled its senior management team.
Junichiro Ikeda will take on the role of chairman. Takeshi Hashimoto will succeed him as president and ceo, effective April 1, 2021.
MOL also announced changes to its organisational structure, including alterations to its dry bulk shipping business. The group’s multipurpose, bulk and wood chip carriers in the 10,000-100,000 dwt range will trade as part of Mitsui OSK Kinkai.
BBC Chartering said that its fifth Lakermax newbuild multipurpose vessel, BBC Santiago, successfully passed sea trials last week.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has issued a ‘refusal of access direction’ to the Netherlands-flagged general cargo ship Marsgracht, banning the ship from entering Australian ports for 180 days.
Vertom has placed an order for four 10,700 dwt geared tweendeckers at Chowgule Shipyards in India.
