Zeaborn Ship Management appoints veteran Rob Grool as new CEO

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Zeaborn Ship Management, which has announced plans to grow its fleet, has appointed Rob Grool as its chief executive, to take over from interim CEO Holger Strack. 

Mr Grool has been in the industry for nearly 40 years, most recently at Vroon Group, which he left in January. Prior to that he was president of ship management for Seaspan for three years, after nine years as group managing director for Wallem Group. 

“With the appointment of Rob Grool, we are very excited to have found an internationally renowned executive for our company’s top management,” said Jan-Hendrik Többe and Ove Meyer, Zeaborn’s managing partners.  

“Rob has an excellent industry network, possesses extensive know-how in all areas of ship management and operations, as well as international expertise and many years of leadership experience.  

“With the acquisition of Claus-Peter Offen Tankschiffreederei (CPO Tankers), we have set the course for Zeaborn Ship Management as a full service provider in the ship management sector. “Together with Rob, we want to work towards a strategic goal of expanding our managed fleet to more than 250 vessels.”