MOL picks Birnbaum for Central China marketing role, Prado joins

MOL picks Birnbaum for Central China marketing role, Prado joins    Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Line has promoted Fred Birnbaum to director/general manager of marketing for Central China.
   He was the Asia Region marketing manager for MOL (Asia) Ltd.
   At the same time, David Prado joins MOL in Hong Kong as the general manager of transpacific trade management. He succeeds Junya Nakamura who is now the group leader of MOL’s ports and terminal group, located in the company’s Tokyo headquarters.
   Prado has worked over 16 years in the container shipping industry, working for P&O Nedlloyd and “K” Line. Most recently, he was the vice president and general manager of P&O Nedlloyd’s pacific trade in Hong Kong.