January 14 - Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Vidar Hole (pictured below) to the position of business director responsible for the Maritime Logistics Services portfolio.

Hole (seen below) will drive the design, development and launch of new offers in line with the company's strategy and identified market and customer needs, across its range of logistics services.

This includes developing new services, with particular focus on more complex logistics projects to ensure that they respond to customers' needs. In addition, he will be responsible for managing existing offers to ensure they are in line with market demand and regulatory developments.

Hole has most recently been working as vice president logistics, in the Shipping and Logistics Division of Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA and has been in the company since 2006.