Clint Evans has been appointed as a director of Shipping Australia.
Clint began his shipping career in 1995 when he joined shipping agency John T. Rennie & Sons as a trainee on an internship program. Over the last 26 years he has gained experience in multiple aspects of shipping, including agency, freight forwarding, supply chain and liner shipping around the world including South Africa, the Middle East, India and, more recently, Australia.
In his current role, as the Oceania managing director for Hapag-Lloyd, he has been actively involved in the implementation of Hapag-Lloyd’s strategy and the consequent expansion of service offerings, throughout the region.
Clint is a highly experienced director, having served as the chairman of the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents of South Africa (Richards Bay) and as a director of several companies such as Inchcape Shipping Services (Bahrain), Inchcape Shipping Services (Qatar), United Arab Shipping Agency Company (India) and Hapag-Lloyd (Australia).
Commenting on his new appointment, Clint said: “it is an honor and privilege to be appointed to the board of Shipping Australia. SAL is an extremely well respected shipping industry body that continues to effectively address industry challenges while also promoting the interests of ship owners, shipping lines and shipping agents in Australia. In my role I would like to actively support the SAL chairman and directors in developing industry improvements and policy enhancements. I would also like to support and drive initiatives aimed at further enhancing overall shipping related capabilities to meet Australia’s future trade and logistics challenges”.
Shipping Australia chairman, Scott Henderson, commented: “On behalf of Shipping Australia, I welcome Clint to the board. He is very highly qualified with years of experience in many different sectors of the maritime industry. He will be able to further the interests of the industry and he is a great addition to the board”.
