Genco Shipping & Trading Limited announced the appointment of Robert Hughes as Chief Operations Officer, effective January 22, 2019. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, John C. Wobensmith, Captain Hughes will be based at the company’s headquarters in New York and will oversee Genco’s operational and technical divisions. Cargill Ocean Transportation serving as Americas Operations and Global Technical Manager has employed Captain Hughes. Prior to joining Cargill in 2013, he served as Deputy Commercial Operations Manager for OSG Ship Management, and held senior positions at Stolt-Nielsen and the U.S. Merchant Marines.