Sadan Kaptanoglu elected BIMCO President

Kaptanoğlu, who is a Turkish shipowner, takes over from Greek shipowner, Anastasios Papagiannopoulos, Principal of Common Progress, who has completed his two-year term as President. Kaptanoğlu takes over after a two-year period as President Designate and will be the first female President of BIMCO. The wait for a second female president is set to be shorter. Sabrina Chao of Wah Kwong in Hong Kong was elected as President Designate and joins the Board of Directors.

As President, Kaptanoğlu will steer BIMCO through the industry’s transition to low sulphur fuel and must set the direction for BIMCO’s approach to short and longer term measures to bring down the world fleet’s greenhouse gas emissions – and as part of that, ensure a level playing field is retained for shipping.

“BIMCO’s strength and depth of expertise on the technical front, along with the support of its members, are essential to delivering its regulatory work, but are also crucial for BIMCO to maintain its leadership and expertise in contracts and clauses. Our goal is to make sure that new regulation is practical and enforceable, while ensuring that the BIMCO contracts are the best option to deal with new rules,” she says.

BIMCO is the oldest and largest global association representing shipowners, and represents 1,900 members from over 120 countries. The organization has the resources and institutional capability to positively influence future regulations for shipping at the International Maritime Organization (IMO).