Derek Dickins News Today

Derek Dickins, who joined Seatrade from day one and worked for the company in the UK, Greece and Hong Kong, passed away this week on the Greek island of Aegina.

Changing of the Guard at APLF By Dr Michael Redwood and Richard Smith Director of APLF and Executive Vice President of Informa Markets (Asia), Michael Duck, will be taking on new, expanded responsibilities for the company as Executive Vice President- Commercial Development, a global position. This will mean that after 27 years Michael will be handing over his role as APLF Director to his Hong Kong colleague David Bondi. It is hard to recall the Asia of 27 years ago a time when few leather indus...

Tony Nash, Derek Dickins and Themis Vokos taken in the very early days of Seatrade A look back over the half-century history of Seatrade and this its flagship magazine, first launched by company founder Themis Vokos 50 years ago. The vision of Seatrade founder Themistocles Vokos was to create a news medium that would focus on the business of maritime transport, appealing as much to the owners of cargo and the financial and trading communities as to traditional shipping – an ‘Economist...