Emanuele Grimaldi takes the chair at the International Chamber of Shipping

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) yesterday appointed Emanuele Grimaldi (above, left), president and MD of Grimaldi Euromed, as its new chairman.

The formal appointment of Mr Grimaldi, a former president of both Confitarma and European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA), follows last year’s announcement of his nomination.

Alongside ICS secretary general Guy Platten, his mandate will include working to find private and public solutions to a range of issues facing the sector, including decarbonisation, digitisation, diversity, and crew change.

He succeeds current chair ...