Ports & Cargo appoints new managing director

Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group and the concessionaire in charge of Terminal C of the Tin-Can Island Port, Lagos , has appointed Denrick Moos as its new managing director.

Moos holds a master’s degree in Maritime Studies from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and has over two decades of professional experience, including a 7-year stint as a combat officer in the South African Navy. He also has an extensive working experience in Europe.

Moos started his commercial maritime experience at Ocean African Container Lines as a terminal superintendent and later joined the West Africa Container Terminal Nigeria Limited as the waterside & planning manager. He later became general manager, operations in 2010.

Between 2013 and 2015, Moos worked at the APM Terminal management BV Netherlands as the global transformation leader and head of Global Yard, Gate and Rail Operations. He returned to the West Africa Container Terminal Nigeria Limited in 2015 as the chief operating officer (COO) before joining PCHSL.

On the appointment, John Jenkins, Group managing director, SIFAX Group, said Moos was given the mandate to improve market penetration, increase revenue and achieve greater operational efficiency.

“We are convinced that we have made the right decision by bringing him on board. Our expectation is that he will surpass all the targets for the company to consolidate on its position as the leading indigenous terminal operator in Nigeria,” Jenkins said.

AMAKA ANAGOR