Tawab Royan Named Director, Business Information Management and Corporate Documentation by Hamburg SÜD North AmericaInc.

(Morristown, NJ – February 24, 2011)...Hamburg Süd North America, Inc. announced today that effective March 1, 2011, Tawab Royan will assume the post of Director, Business Information Management and Corporate Documentation, based at the firm’s North American main offices in Morristown, NJ.

Mr. Royan joined Hamburg Süd North America’s Chicago office in 1999 as an Euipment Control/Logistics clerk and later served as a Customer Service Representative. In 2002 he was transferred to the company’s headquarters in Morristown where he has held positions of increasing responsibility including Marketing and Pricing Analysis. In 2005 he was appointed Pricing Manager, and in 2009, Manager of Trade Management and Business Planning for the firm’s Inter-American services.