Santi Casciano has been appointed as the new director delegate of Vado Gateway, the company that manages the container platform of the port of Vado Ligure, which of the Reefer Terminal, the company that operates the adjacent terminal for the fruit handling. Both companies are shareholders in the 60% from the Dutch APM Terminals of the Danish group Maersk and 40% from the Netherlands by China's COSCO Shipping Ports. Casciano will hire The appointment will take place on 15 December.

Santi Casciano, 44, with a master's degree in Business Administration at Copenhagen Business School, has a long history of professional career in the shipping world where he followed development projects in numerous foreign markets. Joined the group Maersk was founded in 2000 and has gained significant experience over the years transversal and managerial skills in the commercial field, operations and procurement in Italy, Denmark, Spain and Panama. In April 2020, he moved to APM Terminals, where he held the position of Regional Development Manager for Latin America, subsequently becoming a member of the Board of Directors of Sociedad Portuaria Terminal de Contenedores de Buenaventura S.A. is, in August 2022, responsible for investment region for the Americas.

At the helm of the two terminals in Vado Ligure, Casciano will report directly to Igor van den Essen, Regional Director General for Africa and Europe by APM Terminals.