Greek brokerage Advanced Shipping & Trading has boosted its sale-and-purchase (S&P) team with the addition of an experienced name.

James Harrington, formerly of Simpson Spence Young, has joined the company in a move that has raised the outfit's S&P headcount to nine.

Harrington is a 25-year veteran of the shipping industry, who has largely worked from London but has strong contacts with the Greek shipowning community.