Mr Hu is said to be a strong contender for CMG’s top seat as the current chairman Li Jianhong is reaching his retirement age

Ackerman cites family reasons for going after more than four years at the helm

George Economou, who has interests spread acrosss shipping, most notably in DryShips’ modern fleet of 32 ships including 20 bulkers, six tankers and six offshore support vessels, walked away with the title of Greek Shipping Personality of the Year

Mr De Stoop leads one of the largest crude oil tanker companies in the world. Over the past couple of years, Euronav has positioned itself as an environmentally conscious company that wants to help the wider industry combat its emissions. Mr De Stoop talks to Lloyd's List about what the future has in store and what the company learned in preparing for the global sulphur cap

Lim will serve as IMO secretary-general until the end of 2023

Job losses are part of an efficiency initiative but numbers are yet to be confirmed

Panama will be audited by the IMO in 2021 and Cigarruista says he does not want to see a ‘bad’ report

‘This is an area in which we already have strong capabilities in London, Australia and the US, and with the addition of this team and future hires in the pipeline, we expect to very quickly ascend to become one of the premier firms in the commodities and shipping space’ — chairman and global chief executive Mark Ruehlmann

Levesque joined the group in 2010 as chief commercial officer before taking on the role of group managing director in 2016