From DP World to SSA Marine
SSA Marine, an independent marine terminal operator, has appointed Nicolas Gauthier as president of its global container division. In this new role, he will leverage his extensive executive experience in international port and logistics operations to oversee SSA Marine’s container terminal concessions in the United States, in Manzanillo, Mexico, Panama, Chile, Colombia, and Vietnam.
Gauthier is a member of the Seattle-based executive team, where he reports to Uffe Ostergaard, CEO of Carrix, the parent company of SSA Marine. Gauthier joins SSA Marine from DP World, where he served as CEO of DP World Peru. He started with the company in 2019 as CEO of DP World Ecuador. Before that, Gauthier spent seven years as CEO of Port Synergy Group, France’s largest container terminal operator. (cj)