BIMCO is the globe’s biggest worldwide delivery organization, with around 1,900 participants, and also Greek proprietors manage even more tonnage than any type of various other team of BIMCO participants.
Now BIMCO strategies to open up a workplace in Athens so regarding have a more powerful and also closer discussion with its Greek participants– and also hire even more of them.
“Opening an office in Athens is an important step to make BIMCO even more member-focused,” states BIMCO President, Anastasios Papagiannopoulos, Principal of bulker driver Common Progress Co Na S.A.
“There is a lot of regulation coming and being a BIMCO member will help Greek shipowners get the advice and information they need to make decisions about their business,” Papagiannopoulos states.
The workplace will just be staffed with someone– like BIMCO’s workplace in Singapore– and also the worker will certainly report to BIMCO’s Head of Membership and also Business Development,Erik Jensby
BIMCO remains in the procedure of working with the ideal individual for the workplace.
“We want to be more visible in Athens. The job is to go and meet with members and potential members several times every day, to make sure they understand what we can do for them, and to gather feedback from our members,” statesJensby
The secretariat in Copenhagen will certainly remain to be in charge of the everyday work with delivery plan and also policy.
BIMCO has actually not yet located a physical area for the workplace. The intent is to rent out an area with an additional firm, which is the remedy BIMCO has actually utilized with its various other regional workplaces in Shanghai and alsoSingapore
Currently, BIMCO has 152 Greek shipowners as participants.
