In a whirlwind tour of Asia last month, DNV CEO Miklos Konkoly Thege spent a great deal of time in China, where he met with top level management from COSCO and World Wide Shipping.
In Beijing, Miklos Thege met with members of management team of World Wide Shipping with whom he exchanged views about shipping in general and the Chinese shipowners future plans, of which DNV hopes to support.
The following day, the DNV CEO met with senior COSCO officials who expressed their satisfaction with the class society's performance internationally and appreciated the stand it has taken in maintaining high quality performance. Ways in which the two parties can further develop their business relationship were discussed.
Later that same day a working lunch meeting was arranged with the president of CCS who expressed his views in relation with CCS' cooperation with DNV and the benefits this has brought them. Miklos Konkoly-Thege then traveled to Shanghai where he met senior management from China Shipping Group who again stated their satisfaction with DNV's role in ongoing VLCC newbuilding project where CCS and DNV are jointly involved.
Later that day he met with DNV staff in the Shanghai office which was followed by a meeting with Christos Kanellakis (Chairman of DNV Greek Committee) owner and president of Alpha Tankers and Freighters. This meeting was followed by lunch at the newly built reception hall used by the Mayor of Shanghai