GAC Sri Lanka Taps Edirisinghe as Director
Business veteran Ravi Edirisinghe has been appointed Director/Chief Executive Officer of GAC Group of companies in Sri Lanka.He brings to his new role 27 years of knowledge and experience in strategic planning, business development and re-engineering, supply chain management, logistics and project management in diverse industries to this role. He is responsible for the strategic growth and business direction of the Group comprising GAC Shipping Ltd, GAC Marine Services Pvt Ltd and GAC Logistics Ltd. He replaces Mahesh Kurukulasuriya, who continues to be a member of the Group’s board of directors.
Svitzer Appoints Jeeninga, McKeating as Cluster Managers
. He has been with Svitzer since 2009, most recently as Operations Manager in Svitzer Americas before taking on his new role.Maurice McKeating has nearly 30 years of international experience, the majority of which were regional or managing director roles. He was born in the UK and has worked in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bangladesh, and The Philippines before moving back to the UK. Prior to joining Svitzer, he was most recently Cluster Head, UK, Ireland and Mediterranean of APL.
DAMCO Names Dixit CEO for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Supply chain management and freight forwarding services provider DAMCO, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the appointment of Ashutosh Dixit as CEO for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka (IBS) effective from June 15, 2018.A seasoned executive with over two decades of experience in Supply Chain, Ashutosh will lead the next phase of growth for Damco across IBS with a key focus on offering innovative and seamless solutions to customers shipping from and to the IBS markets.Ashutosh comes to Damco from DHL Global Forwarding where he held different leadership positions across functions. Prior to
Kanoo Shipping Acquires Wallem South Africa
; Handling its first vessel in 1911, Kanoo Shipping now operates in 20 countries, covering all principal ports and offshore tanker loading terminals around the Arabian Peninsula, including Iraq and assists with over 17,000 ship calls a year through a network that covers all ports from the Suez Canal to Sri Lanka and East/South Africa.
CMPort Acquires Container Terminal in Brazil
; Dr. Bai Jingtao said, “CMPort is China's largest and the world's leading container port developer, investor and operator. As of 31st December, 2017, CMPort surpassed 100 million TEUs milestone in 2017, in which, our overseas projects such as Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT) in Sri Lanka and Port de Djibouti S.A. in Djibouti have all become benchmarking companies recognized by local governments and people. They achieved not only sound economic benefits but also social benefits, creating employment and inland tax revenue. We will also endeavour to make TCP a win-win cooperation
GAC, Hemas team on Sri Lanka Logistics Facility
GAC Sri Lanka has partnered with Hemas Transportation to build an integrated logistics facility in Muthurajawela Industrial Zone in the western part of Sri Lanka. It will comprise a state-of-the-art distribution center, a container yard and a 15-acre warehouse. A groundbreaking ceremony, graced by the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the Honorable Ranil Wickramasinghe, was held. The facility is expected to be operational by early June 2017 and the distribution center by February 2018. This new integrated logistics facility will be equipped with the latest reach stackers and will harness
Wikborg Rein Bolsters London Team
contracts, having advised on FIDIC-based projects in Turkey, Oman, Jordan, India and Ethiopia. He has advised on construction and energy disputes throughout the Middle East, acted on international arbitrations arising out of major projects in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, India and Sri Lanka, and on disputes arising from FPSOs in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brazil. Also joining Wikborg Rein from K&L Gates, as a senior lawyer, is Mary Lindsay. Lindsay’s practice concentrates on international arbitration. She is primarily concerned with disputes arising out of complex
Svitzer Names Manager for Middle East & Africa
As of February 1, Mohammed Ahmed is appointed new Regional Manager of Svitzer Middle East & Africa, including the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Ahmed has been with the Maersk Group for 11 years, most recently working as Maersk Line Cluster Manager of Africa Horn Cluster in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Prior to this, Mohammed has worked in various commercial roles in East and West Africa, United Arab Emirates as well as in the United Kingdom. Ahmed is tasked to further accelerate growth of the Svitzer MEA region and will replace Torsten Pedersen, who has been instrumental in
LNG Ltd Appoints Chief Development & CTO
, and demonstrates a unique background in process engineering and applied research. He obtained his PhD from Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia where his area of research was on Gas Hydrates. He also holds a first class honours degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. He has co‐authored three patents and has had three technical papers published.
Strike Ends at Mumbai's GTI Container Terminal
demand as of now, we sympathetically listened to their concerns and assured them to look into the matter," a senior port official, who is not authorised to talk to media, told Reuters on phone from Mumbai. A number of cargoes were diverted to the Pipavav port in the western state of Gujarat and Sri Lanka's Colombo port due to the congestion at JNPT, which is also known as Nhava Sheva. "My 200 containers of sugar meant for Afghanistan via Karachi (in Pakistan) were stuck at the port so I'm relieved to know that the strike has come to an end," said Mohan Narang, head of New Delhi-based
New Managing Director for GAC Sri Lanka
Mahesh Kurukulasuriya, currently a director of the GAC Group of companies in Sri Lanka, has been appointed its Managing Director. Equipped with over 12 years of international operations, commercial, customer service and management experience in shipping and supply chain management, he is overall responsible for the strategic growth and business direction of the Group comprising GAC Shipping Ltd, GAC Marine Services Pvt Ltd, GAC Logistics Ltd and Mclarens Shipping Ltd. Preethilal Fernando, former Managing Director of GAC Sri Lanka continues his role as Director/CEO of the group of
Thome Boosts Its Presence In Southeast Asia
and highly important seafarer recruitment market. The oil and gas sectors are also very important in this part of the world and the opening up of an office here places the Thome Group in a good position to service the future needs of this and other growth areas.” The Myanmar/India/Sri Lanka region is seen as an area of massive potential growth for Thome, not only as far as crew recruitment and training is concerned but also in the supply of general ship management services. Thome already employs close to 1,000 crew from the region and it sees significant opportunities for expansion
