Why Shipping Companies Must Be Led by Masters and Chief Engineers

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Here is an example of a Master Mariners that is holding, or has held, top jobs in shipping:

Caravel Group: Harry Banga charts shipping’s intelligent future - Splash247

Harry Banga, who turns 75 on Sunday, was born in Amritsar and raised in Chandigarh. He trained at Training Ship Dufferin, India’s oldest maritime academy, earning his Master Mariner certification in 1976 at the age of 26. By 27, he was commanding merchant vessels. In 1979, he moved to Hong Kong to join Gulf Group’s shipping operations, later becoming an early partner in Noble Group in 1989. As vice-chairman post-1994 listing, he was instrumental in building Noble into one of Asia’s top commodities trading firms, before striking out on his own with son Angad with Caravel 12 years ago.

For someone who has been in shipping since the 1970s, Banga feels that the industry today is at the edge of a new frontier.

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