Capt. Wei Jiafu, president and CEO of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) has been named as the Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Commodore for 2009.
The award will be presented to Capt. Wei on March 25, at the annual CMA conference and trade exposition in Stamford.
The CMA mission is to provide a platform for the "development and growth of the international maritime and trade industries." The annual conference, held each March in Stamford, is the premier shipping gathering in North America.
Former CMA Commodores include Ole Skaarup, Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, George Livanos, Phil Loree, Thomas Moran, Gregory Hadjieleftheriadis, Helmut Sohmen, Gerhard Kurz, William O’Neil, Richard du Moulin, Per Heidenreich, Mark Saverys, Frank Tsao, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Peter Georgiopoulos, C. Sean Day, Torben Jensen, Morten Arntzen and John Fredriksen.
COSCO was founded in 1961 as the pioneer of international shipping in China; together with the re-construction of national transportation resources on February 16, 1993, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) has grown into a $17 billion corporation. COSCO Group now owns and operates more than 800 modern merchant ships.
