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Brian Darnowski is named president of the Container Owners Association
the charge of vice-president is assigned to Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen
January 18, 2017
Brian Darnowski is named president of the association of the intermodal owners of container for the duration of a three years, with effect from slid 1° January. Moreover the directive council of the Container Owners Association (COA) has assigned the charge of vice-president to Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen. Darnowski, that it is member of the directive council of the association from 2008, is vice-president Global Operations of the Triton International, while Ernst-Frederiksen, that it takes part of the council of the COA from 2014, is responsible Cargo Management of the Maersk Line.
"In the near future - Darnowski in occasion of its nomination has declared - the field of the containerized marine transport will continue to face difficult moments, but I do not see the hour to work with the directive council of the COA and with our associates in order to achieve tangible benefits being focused to us on the improvement of the efficiency, the development of common standards and the promotion of best the practical ones for the field. I would want to thank Paul Merritt, our outgoing president, in order to have guided the association in the course of a period of great changes in the field. During its presidency the COA has continued to expand itself".
"During the last few years - Ernst-Frederiksen has confirmed - the associates of the COA have been in continuous increase and now they represent beyond 85% of the fleet world-wide container. In the course of the next year - it has announced - we will start a series of initiatives in order to offer better services to our associates. These will include new lines guide and standard promoted from the COA together to an innovative approach regarding our conferences and meeting of the working teams to the aim to guarantee the maximum value for our associates".
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