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Swire Shipping opens new branch office in Tonga

Swire Shipping, a specialist in Pacific Islands shipping, has opened a new branch office in Tonga.

Marcus Hand, Editor

October 18, 2022

1 Min Read
Tonga team of Swire Shipping
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The new office in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, is Swire Shipping’s 24th office in the South Pacific region. The company was previously supported by agents in Tonga, a country which it has served since 1959.

“Now as part of a longer-term strategy to have our own offices where we have scale and makes sense to do so, we have set up the Nuku’alofa branch,” said Alex Pattison, Regional Manager – Pacific Islands.
Heading up the new office in Tonga will be Christina Heng, who has been with Swire Shipping for five years and has a wealth of experience in transport and logistics.

Heng commented, “Having our own dedicated office in Tonga will help us to retain a key focus on our activities and allow us to deliver our customary level of personal services, all with the aim of ‘saving our customers’ time’”

About the Author

Marcus Hand

Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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