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Hapag-Lloyd, based in Hamburg, currently manages its business from three Region headquarters Hamburg (for Europe), Singapore (for Asia and Australasia) and New York (for America). After acquiring CP Ships at the end of last year, Hapag-Lloyd is now setting up two new regions: "South Europe", based in Genoa, and "Latin America", based in Tampa, Florida.Glenn Hards, as Executive Vice President Operations at CP Ships responsible for the ship and container fleet, will in addition to these duties, serve as managing director of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line heading the Region South Europe, covering all countries bordering the Mediterranean, the Middle East and services to Africa.Region Latin America, beginning in Mexico and extending southwards as far as Argentina and Chile, will be headed by Juan Manuel Gonzalez, Executive Vice President Commercial at CP Ships and responsible for Latin America, Asia and Australasia. He will assume this function in addition to his current duties.Alan Boylan, responsible as Executive Vice President Commercial at CP Ships for the Atlantic trades, will also be in charge of all aspects of the integration of CP Ships into Hapag-Lloyd as Integration Chief Executive.Juan Manuel Gonzalez, Glenn Hards and Alan Boylan will therefore be members of the executive body of Hapag-Lloyd Container Line (Excom)."We are delighted that these executives will help shape the integration process. This will ensure continuity, as well as retaining vital know-how in-house. With the two new regions, we are responding to the forecast increase in cargo volume," commented Adolf Adrion, executive board member of Hapag-Lloyd AG.