The U-Freight Group (UFL) has named Steven Wong as vice president - sales & marketing, of its main subsidiaries, U-Freight Ltd and U-Ocean Ltd, in Hong Kong.

Wong joined UFL in 2009 as general manager of Rijin International Freight Co, one of the group's freight forwarding brands - each of which services different trades, or types of industry.

UFL chief executive officer, Simon Wong says: 'Steven has over 30 years of freight industry experience in senior management roles on both the sales and operational sides of the business.

"The knowledge he has accumulated will be brought to the fore as we reinforce our sales and operations teams within both U-Freight and U-Ocean.

'We have made no secret of our desire to expand from U-Freight's airfreight forwarding roots and Steven's understanding of both international air and oceanfreight will help us to do that. We will also benefit from his wide market knowledge of the intra-Asian and Transpacific trades in which we continue to expand our oceanfreight and airfreight forwarding, as well as logistics operations.

'Steven will also have a key role in helping to train the numerous junior sales people that we have been recruiting both in Hong Kong and further afield.'

Steven Wong will continue to be based in Hong Kong and continue with his responsibilities for Rijin International Freight Co.