Phillip Holmes has been appointed as a director of Shipping Australia.
He began his shipping history in 1984 when he joined Columbus Line (later re-branded in Australia to Hamburg Sud) in Melbourne. After a short stint at P&O Nedlloyd in 1997-98, he joined K Line in 1999.
Since then, he climbed through the ranks, first as an Assistant Trade Manager, later as the NSW State Manager, and he was appointed as an Assistant General Manager in December 2012.
His initial background was in liner shipping and the establishment of the Ocean Network Express (branded as “ONE”) container shipping line – the joint venture between NYK, MOL, and K Line – saw his focus shift to the PCC / RoRo and Dry Bulk trades and which resulted in his current role as General Manager of K Line Australia.
Commenting on his appointment, Phillip said: “I feel privileged to be invited to join the Board of Shipping Australia as the peak body representing Ship Owners & Agents in Australia. This is an exciting time to be involved in the maritime industry, with so much change and so many challenges facing us over the next few years in the areas of environment and sustainability, whilst digitisation and automation is surely disrupting the traditional ways our industry has operated.
“I feel that Shipping Australia has a critical role to play in navigating our sector through these times, and I hope that in some small way as a director of Shipping Australia I can support the transformation of our industry into this bold new era of shipping”.
Shipping Australia CEO, Capt Melwyn Noronha, commented: “it really is excellent to have such a distinguished maritime leader on the board of Shipping Australia who has in-depth experience and understanding of different sub-sectors of the shipping industry. I am sure he will be able to further the interests of the industry and he is a great addition to the board”.
