BIO-UV Group, the France-headquartered manufacturer of the fully type-approved BIO-SEA ballast water management system, has appointed Steven Matthew to head up the company’s new sales office in Hong Kong.
Benoît Gillmann, president and chief executive, BIO-UV Group, said: “We are delighted to welcome Steven to the executive team as we increase our global presence in Asia with the opening of a new sales and support centre in Hong Kong.”
“As a former seagoing marine engineer, a maritime lawyer with Holman Fenwick Willan, and more recently, Sales Director in the field of ballast water treatment, Steven brings a wealth of industry knowledge and experience to BIO-UV Group.”
Commenting on the Asia market in particular, Steven Mathew, BIO-UV ASIA’s lead sales for Asia in the field of ballast water treatment, said: “We anticipate a huge start to the ballast water treatment retrofit market beginning in 2019 and spiking in the 2021 to 2022 period.”
“With Chinese shipyards likely to account for a significant share of the BWTS retrofit market, it is important we have a strong local presence on the ground to support shipowners and shipyards. I am very much looking forward to increasing BIO-SEA’s share of the ballast water market in the area.”
While Steven’s focus initially will be on increasing sales of the UV-based BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam, BIO-UV Group ASIA, established on 4 August 2018, will target the Asia-Pacific market as a whole.
With fewer components and welded parts, the UV-based BIO-SEA system is designed and manufactured at BIO-UV Group’s production plant in Montpellier, France, using components manufactured in the European Union.
BIO-UV Group will showcase its BIO-SEA ballast water management system at Hamburg’s SMM 2018, in Hall A1, Stand 114.
Sources:hongkongmaritimehub http://www.hongkongmaritimehub.com/bwms-manufacturer-opens-sales-office-in-hong-kong/
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China's iron ore futures settled higher on Tuesday.
The most active contract for January 2019 delivery closed the day session up 1.14 percent at 488.5 yuan per ton.
China has opened the domestically-traded iron ore futures to foreign investors since May 2018.
Sources:cctvplus
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