Tom Hughes

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Executive Vice President, Import

Tom Hughes is an accomplished senior executive with over 20 years’ experience in the maritime industry. In his role as executive vice president, Import, Hughes oversees all USA imports for MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, based in New York. Building on two decades of MSC’s experience, Hughes has been instrumental in helping MSC cement its position as a trusted provider of container shipping services in the United States. Prior to this role, he was national trade manager for MSC, responsible for the overall management of the company’s trans-Pacific service in the US. He joined MSC in July 1998, and his former positions with the company include serving as a line manager in New Orleans and as district manager, first in Oakland and then in Los Angeles. Prior to joining MSC, Hughes worked with D.E. Turncliff & Associates Ltd. He has a degree in economics and finance from the University of Texas at Dallas. 

Sessions With Tom Hughes

Tuesday, 1 March

  • 04:00pm - 04:45pm (EST) / 02/mar/2022 12:00 am - 02/mar/2022 12:45 am

    Cool Cargoes IV: How Carriers Are Approaching 2022 Following a Historic 2021
    From demand-driven rate hikes and congestion-plagued service reliability to equipment shortages and cargo visibility, there is no shortage of questions confronting refrigerated ocean carriers. With a brutal 2021 behind us, how do the carriers view the challenges ahead and how will they approach them? Will relief come in the form of new investments in reefer equipment and technology, and what would that mean for their shipper customers? How will the past two years impact carrier-shipper relationships in the future? This session, wrapping up the TPM22 Cool Cargoes track, will feature a roundtable discussion with some of the world’s largest ocean carriers and unpack many of the questions shippers have for carriers.
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