Executive Moves: World Shipping Council

Claudio Bozzo, chief operating officer of liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Company, joins the World Shipping Council board.    Claudio Bozzo, chief operating officer of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has joined the World Shipping Council (WSC) board. Bozzo’s appointment fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Mr. YC Ng of NOL, which was recently acquired by CMA CGM.
   Having joined MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company in New York in 1994 as a clerk in the intermodal department, Bozzo went on to become president and chief executive officer of MSC USA, where he elevated the business to the market leader position in the United States and saw it triple in size in 10 years.
   The WSC is an association of liner shipping companies with offices in Brussels and Washington, D.C. Its members transport over 90 percent of containerized international trade. The WSC’s goal is to provide a coordinated voice for the liner shipping industry in its work with policymakers and other industry groups interested in international transportation issues.
   Other WSC board members are: Randy Chen, Wan Hai Lines; Thomas Crowley, Jr., Crowley Maritime Corporation; Ottmar Gast, Hamburg Sud; Rolf Habben Jansen, Hapag-Lloyd AG; Hidetoshi Maruyama, NYK Group; Tai Soo Suk, Hanjin Shipping; Soren Toft, Maersk Group; Andy Tung, Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL); Wang Haimin, China COSCO Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd.; and Board Chairman Ron Widdows, Ronald D. Widdows & Associates Pte Ltd.