Committees

There are three BIMCO committees: the Documentary Committee for contracts and clauses, the Marine Environment Committee and the Maritime Safety and Security Committee. Each normally meets twice a year.

Documentary Committee

The Documentary Committee directs the affairs of BIMCO relating to documentary and similar matters.

Chairperson Documentary Committee

Nicholas Fell

BW Maritime Pte Ltd
Vice Chairperson

Nicola Ioannou

Oceanfleet Shipping Ltd.
Vice Chairperson

Michiel Starmans

Spliethoff
General Manager - Contract Man

Bianca Knight

Pacific Basin Shipping (HK) Limited
Vice Chairperson

Daniel Carr

Stolt Tankers USA, Inc.
Belgium

Peter Laurijssen

CMB NV
Brazil

Mauro Andre Alves Correa

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PETROBRAS)
Canada

Annie Choquette

The CSL Group Inc
China

Lin Huoping

COSCO Shipping Bulk Co., Ltd.
Cyprus

Kyriakos Kourieas

Interorient Marine Services Limited
Denmark

Glenn Bennigsen

Ultrabulk A/S
Finland

Antti Partanen

Rederi Ab Nathalie
France

Charlotte Grandjean

CMA CGM S.A.
India

Devendra Negi

Bainbridge Navigation Pte Ltd
Italy

Federico Viti

d'Amico Ship Management Srl
Japan

Fumi Nakamura

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
Korea, Republic of

MyeongSu Ha

Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.
Monaco

Luca Forgione

All Energies Services Holding BV
Norway

Elsebeth C. Guttormsen

Odfjell SE
Poland

Marcin Dziewa

Polsteam Frachtowanie Sp. z o.o.
Singapore

Adam Emilianou

Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd.
Spain

Juan Jose Fernandez-Ricoy

Empresa Naviera Elcano S.A.
Sweden

Mattias Kjellberg

Stena Rederi AB
Switzerland

Melissa Cacciotti

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA
Türkiye

Burak Saner

Kiran Holding AS
Co-opted

Ian R Perrott

Ian R Perrott FICS
Co-opted

Conte Cicala

Withers Bergman LLP

Documentary Committee (Substitutes)

Canada

Yolanda Boehmer

Canfornav Limited
China

Li Xu Hua

COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation Co.,Ltd.
Cyprus

Michael Kazantjis

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Cyprus) Ltd.
Denmark

Kaare Christoffersen

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
Finland

Kirsi Ylärinne

ESL Shipping Ltd
France

Cecile Bellord

LD Armateurs SAS
Germany

John Freydag

Harper Petersen & Co. GmbH & Co. KG.
Greece

Haralambos Fafalios

The Union of Greek Shipowners
Hong Kong S.A.R.

Juan Zhai

China Merchants Energy Shipping (Hong Kong)
India

Bidesh Bhaumik

Apeejay Shipping Limited
Japan

Ken Abe

NS United Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd.
Monaco

Francesco Bellusci

Scorpio Ship Management S.A.M.
Netherlands

Ralf van der Zalm

Anthony Veder Rederijzaken B.V.
Norway

Sigve Reme Sand

Hoegh Autoliners Management AS
Poland

Jaroslaw Dziedzic

Polska Zegluga Morska (POLSTEAM)
Singapore

François-Xavier Accard

CMA CGM Int. Shipping Co. Pte Ltd (APL)
Spain

Ricardo Sainz

Ership, S.A.U.
Sweden

Lars Hallsberg

Erik Thun AB
Switzerland

Artemis Papatheodorou

Suisse-Atlantique, Société de Navigation Maritime
Türkiye

Selçuk Sencer Esenyel

Kinay Denizcilik Ve Tasimacilik A.S.
United Kingdom

Joanne Tunstall

Shell International Trading & Shipping Company
USA

Alessandra Tebaldi

McAllister Towing

Marine Environment Committee

The Marine Environment Committee shall direct the affairs of BIMCO relating to marine environment matters.

Chairperson Marine Environment Committee

Bjørn Højgaard

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd
China

Junwen Shi

Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute
Cyprus

Erwin Derlanger

Intermaritime Shipmanagement Limited
Denmark

Sanne Henriksen

A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S
Germany

Silke Lehmkoester

Hapag-Lloyd AG
Greece

Panos Zachariadis

Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd
India

Mudit Mehrotra

The Great Eastern Shipping Co Ltd
Japan

Takuya Koizumi

Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha
Norway

Torleif Frimannslund

Grieg Star AS
Switzerland

Keith Dawe

Cargill International SA
United Arab Emirates

Pradeep Bajpai

Tomini Ship Management

Maritime Safety and Security Committee

The Maritime Safety and Security Committee directs the affairs of BIMCO relating to maritime safety and security matters.

Chairperson Maritime Safety and Security Committee

Bjørn Højgaard

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd
China

Weizhong Jiang

COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co, Ltd
Head of Sanctions & Security R

Flemming Dahl Jensen

Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
Germany

Deepak Gupta

Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co. KG
Greece

Dimitrios Heliotis

Target Marine SA
Hong Kong S.A.R.

Kuldeepak Sethi

Fleet Management Ltd
Netherlands

Marco van Rijsinge

Spliethoff
Singapore

Sachin Saharawat

Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd.
Switzerland

Claudio Abbate

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA
United Kingdom

Katy Ware

Zodiac Maritime Ltd
USA

David Bancroft

Chevron Shipping Company, LLC