CONTSHIP NAMES EURASIAN TRADE MANAGERS
Contship Containerlines has appointed its senior management team for two new fixed-day weekly services in the Europe-Asia trade.
Paul Copsey has been named senior line manager for the new services, based in Ipswich, U.K. Copsey has just finished a one-year assignment at CP Ships, Contship’s parent company.
In other changes, Franco Di Scala will work in Hong Kong as owner’s representative. He was Contship’s business development manager for the Mediterranean. Keith Birch'will have a similar posting in Shanghai. Birch was with the agency company Canmar-Contship UK.
The company also said that Richard Burgess, from Contship Ipswich, is now lines coordinator, Southeast Asia, for Contship’s wholly owned operation in Singapore, where he will work with regional director John Quek.