The handover follows the departure of head of global containers Jakob Tolstrup-Moller, who has left the broking business to work for a principle.

His position has been taken by Clarksons veterans Steven Goodrich and Chris Smith, who will jointly run the European and Asia-Pacific desks, and Henry Wilsher, who retains the position as head of container chartering.

Tolstrup-Moller, a Dane who has been with the Oslo desk of Clarksons since December 2011, is understood to have accepted a role at Zodiac Maritime.