BIMCO Appoints David Loosley as Secretary General & CEO
BIMCO is pleased to announce that following a thorough executive search, it has appointed David Loosley as its new Secretary General & CEO with effect from June 2020. Mr Loosley joins from the Institute of Marine Engineering Science & Technology (IMarEST), the international membership body for all marine professionals, which he has successfully led for the last eight years.
“We are delighted to have found a successor who can continue to build on the excellent work carried out by Angus Frew in positioning BIMCO as the world’s largest international shipping association. David has outstanding communications skills and is a proven leader of an international shipping-related business,” BIMCO President, Sadan Kaptanoglu said announcing his appointment.
Prior to joining IMarEST, Mr Loosley ran operations at the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) where he was responsible for the transition from analogue to digital navigational products, and chaired the Digital Geospatial Information Working Group (DGWIG) to help drive global standardisation. He has also served at sea for 10 years in the UK Royal Navy.
Top-Level Speakers Announced for the ESW 2020 Flagship Conference
European Shipping Week 2020 (ESW2020) is pleased to announce its line-up of high-level industry speakers for its flagship conference to be held at The Hotel in Brussels, on Thursday 20th February 2020.
Moderated by Carla Olival, President WISTA Portugal, the flagship conference will attract up to 400 top industry ship owners and Brussels-based regulators who will hear from industry specialists on key issues under the overarching theme of: Shipping: Europe’s strategic partner for sustainability, jobs and growth in uncertain times.
The Conference delegates will be welcomed by the Chairman of the ESW2020 Steering Group and ECSA Secretary General, Martin Dorsman, who will then hand over to Carla who will introduce Adina Vălean, EU Commissioner for Transport, to deliver the first institutional keynote. Additional keynote speeches will be delivered by Josip Bilaver, State Secretary, Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, Croatia; and Claes Berglund, President of ECSA.
Delegates attending the conference will then be able to listen to important keynote speeches given by Norbert Brackman, Maritime Coordinator at the German Federal Government; and Henrik Hololei, from DG MOVE in the European Commission among others.
Meercat Celebrates a Decade as UK Leader in Innovative Multirole Vessel Build Concept
For the past decade, Meercats have been pushing the envelope with innovative multipurpose vessels, which have been specifically designed as a single vessel replacement of several workboats in a fleet, being the Meercat. In 2019 Meercat coined the phrase, MultiRole Vessel (MRV).
To date, all Meercats ever built are still in operation, with many taking on further tasks than planned when they were originally purchased. The Meercat concept began as a road transportable multi-purpose workboat, which in time also expanded to include conventional hull versions. Despite no two Meercats being identical as each vessel is specifically designed for the role it will perform, all Meercats represent the same values of versatility, longevity and robustness. In addition, they all boast superb stability and manoeuvrability.
Recent new builds include Guernsey Harbours’ new 15 metre steel Meercat MRV15, Scottish Salmon’s new MRV15 aquaculture vessel, and the Meercat MRV22 metre landing craft, Toplander, which is currently contracted to BK Marine in the Shetland Isles.
January 2020
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