Breakbulk shipping company Zeamarine Carrier GmbH, wholly-owned by Zeaborn shipping group, has sacked its Joint Managing Directors, Jan Hendrik Többe and Frank Fischer. It is understood that the company, which took over the multipurpose shipping activities of Rickmers Linie in 2017, is in choppy waters financially. The news of the sackings was broken by Hansa magazine. Többe has left the group, but Fischer will reportedly stay on as a member of the Management Board. Zeamarine had already been rocked by management changes. In October CFO Michael Dumas resigned and was replaced by Chad Call, while just a few days ago Dominik Stehle (left) quit as CCO, after just 11 months in post. Quite how serious is the situation at Zeamarine is not clear, but Sven Lundehn, a company reconstruction specialist who was involved in the liquidation of Beluga Shipping, has joined the management.
Andy Tung has announced that he is stepping down as co-chief executive at OOCL at the end of this year, meaning COSCO’s Yang Zhijian will take sole charge. Tung will remain on the board at OOCL. COSCO stated when it took over OOCL last year that it meant to retain the OOCL brand.
Mark Williams has been appointed CEO of KWL (Kingston Wharves Ltd) group effective January 6, 2020. He succeeds Grantley Stephenson, who will continue to serve the organisation in corporate governance as deputy chair.
Uwe Köhn, director of German inland port of Kehl, is to be new managing director of Rhein-Neckar-Hafengesellschaft Mannheim (HGM). Both ports belong to the state Baden-Württemberg. Köhn succeeds the long-standing director of HGM, Roland Hörner, who is retiring.
