Joe Angelo (Middle) with Capt. Cahit Istikbal (IMPA) and Capt. B. Sitki Ustaoglu (Turkey)
The Intertanko council has appointed Joe Angelo, currently Deputy Managing Director, as new Managing Director. Kathi Stanzel will join the organisation later this month as Deputy Managing Director. The piracy issue was also discussed at the council. “The council reaffirmed that, as one of its highest priorities, Intertanko should continue to press for action over governments’ lack of ability/will to prosecute suspected pirates even when they have been caught attacking a ship with witnesses readily available. However Intertanko applauds recent moves by the Seychelles and Kenya, as well as by the Netherlands and the US, to try suspected pirates and convict them with prison sentences”, the organisation stresses in a press release.