Braemar Shipping Services has recruited old boy Ben Chesney to boost its tanker operations in Singapore.

Chesney has been chartering officer at Idan Ofer's Eastern Pacific Shipping since leaving Braemar in 2015 following the merger with ACM Shipping. He had been there eight years, working in tankers.

The UK shipbroking group's new chief executive James Gundy told TradeWinds Chesney wanted a return to the shipbroking side of the business.