But the elder Saverys will take over the top seat on the Belgian shipowner’s board, taking over immediately from chairman Etienne Davignon.
His return to a chairman role comes roughly a month after Greek shipowner Peter Livanos succeeded him as chairman of compatriot tanker owner Euronav.
Marc’s eldest son, Alexander, 36, has already been a director at CMB. He is also managing director of multimodal transport solutions company Delphis, which he founded.
Meanwhile,