March 10 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Prean Pather to the position of area director of East and South Africa area, covering Egypt, Djibouti, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia and the Islands off East Africa.
Prean, who will be located in Durban, South Africa, was previously general manager of Wilhelmsen Ships Servicein South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania and has been instrumental in establishing a strong sales and operations organisation in the region.
JAS Brazil has appointed Karin Schöner as its managing director/president.
Africa Global Logistics (AGL) Ghana has transported four grinders and their accessories, with a total weight of 243 tonnes, from the port of Tema in Ghana to the Kiaka gold mine in Burkina Faso.
BBC Chartering has appointed Anastasios Karagiannis as chief chartering officer – dry bulk division.
BMS Stangeland – the Danish-Norwegian joint venture of BMS Group and Stangeland – has acquired lifting, special transport and heavy haulier Havator Group.
Sarens has signed a strategic framework agreement with Mozambique-based transport company Transportes Lalgy.
Hendrik Veder Group, which provides steel wire and fibre rope products to the marine, oil and gas and shipping industries, has appointed Anne Raangs as a sustainability and circularity specialist.
