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Contact William Hall
Seaport Consultants, Inc.,
Seattle, USA
Email: w.hall@seaportgroup.com
Tel: +1 425 742 8800
Skype: williamjhall1
Position in the Company
President, Seaport Consultants, Inc.
Profession
Port and Logistics Consultant
Nationality
USA
Education
BA, University of California Los Angeles
MMA (Port and Transportation Management) University of Washington
Professional Affiliations
- Member, International Association of Maritime Economists, UK
- Member, National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, US
- Member, Subcommittee on Emergency Evacuations, Transportation Research Board, US
- Past chair, Agricultural Transportation Task Force, Transportation Research Board, US
William Hall has nearly forty years of experience in the transportation industry, with the last eighteen years in transportation feasibility studies and facility planning for engineering and development projects worldwide. Mr. Hall has managed and participated in port and rail due diligence and privatization projects, marine, rail and truck terminal feasibility studies, shipping rate and level of service reviews and port traffic forecasts.
In addition to container shipping terminals, he has also analyzed bulk transport and terminal operations, with an emphasis on grains and mineral bulks. Mr. Hall has also planned and supervised movement of project cargoes and personnel once project feasibility has been established and engineering and construction have begun.
Before forming Seaport Consultants, Inc., Mr. Hall was a port planner for a large marine engineering firm. Prior to this, he spent six years with a US Class 1 railroad, largely in intermodal operations.
William Hall has project management experience in North America, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
Contact David Wignall
Seaport Consultants Asia
Singapore
Email: d.wignall@seaportgroup.com
Tel: +65 9621 8738
Skype: David.Wignall
Position in the Company
Managing Director, Seaport Consultants Asia
Profession
Port Business and Technical Advisor
Nationality
British
Education
BSc (Hons.) Engineering, UMIST
Professional Affiliations
- Chartered Member Institute of Logistics and Transportation
- Member of Institution of Highways and Transportation
- Companion of the Nautical Institute
- Member of PIANC
- Graduate Member of Institution of Civil Engineers
David Wignall is a senior port professional. His experience as a senior port manager responsible for operations and development, combined with twenty years of providing consulting support within the industry, has allowed him to develop a comprehensive understanding of the port and marine industry. His expertise stretches from economics and feasibility through to day-to-day operations. Mr. Wignall has been responsible for preparing business plans, financial strategies and providing management support covering operational, financial and technical areas for ports and terminals throughout the world.
The International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank have recognized Mr. Wignall’s expertise by appointing him to undertake independent studies. He has acted as an expert witness for courts in many jurisdictions. Of particular note was the first appearance by a western expert in a Chinese maritime court. Mr. Wignall has presented more than fifty conference papers detailing projects and management research in the ports and shipping sector and undertaken workshops and training for port managers and investors on three continents. He has led the financing of Indonesia’s largest ever port development which is sourcing all funds from the private sector.
Before establishing Seaport Consultants Asia, David Wignall was an independent consultant and earlier was responsible for the Ports and Logistic Division of one of the world’s leading maritime research and consulting groups. In this role he was instrumental in growing their Asian operations from start-up to well over one hundred professionals spread throughout the Asia Pacific region.