New director for Port of Tyne

Tom Boardley, chief executive of CMA CGM (UK) Holdings Limited, has been appointed to the board of the Port of Tyne as a non-executive director.

Mr Boardley has extensive experience of working in the container, transport and ports sectors in Europe, the Far East and Australasia.

Tom Boardley is responsible for the UK ship management for container vessels, shortsea shipping line management and the liner agency of the four CMA CGM brands in the UK, including Australian National Line, Delmas, and MacAndrews’ Iberian and Poland services.