Simsek leads ship-recycling group
The International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA) appointed Adem Simsek to chairman during its fifth annual general meeting in Hong Kong Monday.
Simsek, managing director of Simsekler Ship Recycling Ltd. Co. in Turkey, succeeds Janice Liu Guohong of Chinese Zhongxin ship recycling yard, who has served as chairman of ISRA for the past three years.
Li Hongwei of Changjiang Ship-Recycling Yard in China was also elected vice chairman of ISRA.
ISRA was founded in 2007 to promote environmentally friendlier methods to ship recycling.
Simsek leads ship-recycling group