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Wilkin Mes – a longtime veteran of the cruise and maritime industries with in depth expertise in terminal administration, logistics and cruise providers – has been named Vice President of Port Operations for Princess Cruises.
Prior to becoming a member of Princess, Mes spent the previous three years at Ceres Terminals, most just lately as Senior Vice President – Cruise Strategy Development the place amongst his accomplishments included serving to to develop the brand new Terminal 10 on the Port of Galveston. He additionally improved the corporate’s enterprise processes and marketability of their stevedoring and terminal administration providers, in addition to developed plans for a multi-faceted cruise providers platform.
Mes started his maritime profession with Holland America Line as a deck officer and transferred to the corporate’s shoreside workplaces in Seattle as supervisor of human sources, liable for the planning and scheduling of the fleet’s deck and engine officers. He additionally held roles in marine operations and itinerary planning at Holland America Line.
Mes then moved to Metro Cruise Services, working in quite a lot of roles, together with Regional Manager for Southern California, overseeing cruise stevedoring and administration of terminal services in Los Angeles and was a part of the group liable for enhancements that allowed for the lodging of bigger cruise vessels. These enhancements garnered the popularity of Princess Cruises which named Los Angeles as their “Port of the Year.”
He later joined Carnival Cruise Line the place he had day-to-day oversight of the Long Beach Cruise Terminal in addition to the cruise line’s nationwide stevedoring contracts. As Director of the Long Beach Terminal, he oversaw a big growth of the ability which grew from a one-way terminal to an architecturally engaging and operationally extremely environment friendly facility, capable of accommodate the corporate’s largest vessels.
A local of the Netherlands, Mes earned a bachelor’s diploma in marine transportation with an emphasis on navigation and a minor in engineering from the HZ University of Applied Sciences.
“We’re delighted that someone of Wilkin’s caliber has joined the Princess Cruises maritime organization,” mentioned Stefano Borzone, Princess’ Senior Vice President – Global Port Operations and Development. “His wide-ranging experience, combined with his collaborative and solutions-oriented approach, will be instrumental in implementing key operational strategies and associated initiatives going forward.”
SOURCE: Princess Cruises press launch.
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