Port has new CCO; Cleveland company hires managers; and insurance group appoints board members.
Port Houston has named John Moseley as its chief commercial officer to succeed Ricky Kunz, who earlier announced his decision to retire.
Moseley had served as senior director of trade development since 2010. In his new role, he will be responsible for Port Houston’s real estate, trade development, economic development, marketing/external communications and media relations departments and the administration of Harris County’s Foreign Trade Zone.
Moseley started his career in international supply chain and logistics in 1987 and has held expanding roles in the United States and overseas with international freight forwarders, customs house brokers, beneficial cargo owners and ocean carriers Mitsui OSK Lines, COSCO Container Lines and CMA CGM.
The Great Lakes Group in Cleveland announced the hiring of Thomas Rigolo as shipyard general manager; Kirsten Buccigrossi as director of marketing and communications; and Emery Eiber as manager of quality, health, safety, security and environment.
Rigolo has more than 25 years of experience in hands-on engineering and high-level leadership. He is a licensed professional engineer in naval architecture and marine engineering. Buccigrossi has more than 12 years of operations, logistics and marketing experience in the maritime industry both afloat and ashore. Eber has served as a third assistant engineering officer for The Interlake Steamship Co. and as a project engineer intern for the Great Lakes Shipyard.
The Swedish Club appointed five new board members at its annual general meeting last week. They are Zou Yingying, deputy general legal counsel and general manager of the legal department of China Merchants Energy Shipping Ltd.; Gu Zhongdong, deputy managing director of COSCO shipping Lines Ltd.; Thanasis C. Beis, managing director of Costamare Shipping Co. S.A.; Mikael Livijn, general counsel of Wallenius Lines AB; and Twinchok Tanthuwanit, owner representative of Regional Container Lines Pte. Ltd.
Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, with branch offices in Piraeus, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Oslo and London, The Swedish Club was founded by shipowners in 1872 and today is a diversified mutual marine insurance company owned and controlled by its members.
Moseley had served as senior director of trade development since 2010. In his new role, he will be responsible for Port Houston’s real estate, trade development, economic development, marketing/external communications and media relations departments and the administration of Harris County’s Foreign Trade Zone.
Moseley started his career in international supply chain and logistics in 1987 and has held expanding roles in the United States and overseas with international freight forwarders, customs house brokers, beneficial cargo owners and ocean carriers Mitsui OSK Lines, COSCO Container Lines and CMA CGM.
The Great Lakes Group in Cleveland announced the hiring of Thomas Rigolo as shipyard general manager; Kirsten Buccigrossi as director of marketing and communications; and Emery Eiber as manager of quality, health, safety, security and environment.
Rigolo has more than 25 years of experience in hands-on engineering and high-level leadership. He is a licensed professional engineer in naval architecture and marine engineering. Buccigrossi has more than 12 years of operations, logistics and marketing experience in the maritime industry both afloat and ashore. Eber has served as a third assistant engineering officer for The Interlake Steamship Co. and as a project engineer intern for the Great Lakes Shipyard.
The Swedish Club appointed five new board members at its annual general meeting last week. They are Zou Yingying, deputy general legal counsel and general manager of the legal department of China Merchants Energy Shipping Ltd.; Gu Zhongdong, deputy managing director of COSCO shipping Lines Ltd.; Thanasis C. Beis, managing director of Costamare Shipping Co. S.A.; Mikael Livijn, general counsel of Wallenius Lines AB; and Twinchok Tanthuwanit, owner representative of Regional Container Lines Pte. Ltd.
Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, with branch offices in Piraeus, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Oslo and London, The Swedish Club was founded by shipowners in 1872 and today is a diversified mutual marine insurance company owned and controlled by its members.
