Dr Ignace Van Meenen steps up to the position from hiscurrent post as deputy chief executive with immediate effect.
Widdows is also being replaced as chief executive of Rickmers-Linieby current chief operating officer Ulrich Ulrichs.
Widdows will shift to the advisory board of RickmersHolding. He will also remain on the board of the Rickmers joint venture withprivate equity firm Apollo.
Rickmers described the moves as “continuing to executesenior managerial changes as part of its journey towards a high-performingglobal maritime business”.
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