Marygrace Collins, vice president of New York-based Bulkore Chartering, was elected president of The Federation of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents (FONASBA) at the organization’s 43rd annual meeting in Venice on Friday.
She succeeds Christakis Papavassiliou who steps down after a two-year term as president.
Based at London’s Baltic Exchange, FONASBA is made up of 38 national associations of shipbrokers and agents with a further 11 countries represented by associate or candidate members.
Collins has been a shipbroker since 1982 and a FONASBA director since 2006.