HONG KONG SHIPPING ASSOCIATION APPOINTS EXECUTIVES

HONG KONG SHIPPING ASSOCIATION APPOINTS EXECUTIVES

   The Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association, a body representing shipping lines and agents in Hong Kong, has appointed a new chairman and vice chairman for the next two-year term.
   Ulrik Brandt, managing director of Maersk Hong Kong Ltd., the Hong Kong organization of Maersk Sealand, is chairman of the association. Jim Poon, managing director of OOCL (Asia Pacific) Ltd., is the body’s vice chairman.
   A spokesman for the Hong Kong Liner Shipping Association said that it plans to join the Hong Kong government on a team to tour major U.S. cities to promote the port of Hong Kong.