KINGLEY KOO, of Valles Steamship Co Ltd, has been elected chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, succeeding OOCL's Alan Tung, who steps down after completing a two-year term.
Sabrina Chao, of Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Ltd, was elected deputy chairman, succeeding Kingsley Koo. Sham Chellaram, of KC Maritime Ltd and Zhang Liang of Cosco (Hong Kong) Group Ltd, were re-elected as ordinary member vice chairmen and Alastair MacAulay, of Clifford Chance, was elected as associate member vice chairman.
After approval of the association accounts for the financial year 2012/13, which showed a small surplus, it was agreed that no increase in annual subscriptions for the coming year was necessary.
Mr Tung, outgoing chairman, thanked members for their friendship and loyalty to the association during his term. Incoming chairman Mr Koo congratulated him on a successful and energetic chairmanship.
"Despite the hectic work schedule of what we call your day job, Mr Tung had tirelessly promoted the association and Hong Kong's maritime sector in the mainland and internationally," said Mr Koo.
Mr Koo also pledged his commitment to the association to promote Hong Kong's maritime industries and to act as "a voice of our combined interest to the industry at large and other relevant local, national and international bodies".
Also elected were committee members Peter Cremers, Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd; Tim Eyre, Noble Group Ltd; Michael Goh, MOL Liner Limited; Bjorn Hojgaard, Univan Ship Management Ltd; Jack Hsu, Oak Maritime (HK) Inc Ltd; Becky Hung, Credit Suisse AG, Hong Kong Branch; Vishal Khurana, Chellaram Shipping (Hong Kong) Ltd; Kenneth Koo, Tai Chong Cheang Steamship Co (HK) Ltd; Kwai Sze Hoi, Ocean Line Holdings Limited; Edward Lee, Steamship Mutual Management (Hong Kong) Ltd; Li Hua, Sinotrans Shipping Ltd; Alan Ng, PricewaterhouseCoopers; William Peng Chinese Maritime Transport (Hong Kong) Ltd; JB Rae-Smith, The China Navigation Company Ltd; Martin Rowe, Clarkson Asia Ltd; John Rowley, Lloyd's Register Asia; Su Xin Gang, China Merchants Energy Shipping (Hong Kong) Company Limited; Andy Tung, Orient Overseas Container Line and Mats Berglund, Pacific Basin Shipping (HK) Ltd.