New essDOCS office in Houston serves customers in the United States, Canada, and Latin America

VALETTA, MALTA, 24 August 2012. essDOCS (essDOCS), the leading shipping and trade eDocs provider, announced today that it has expanded its presence in the Americas with the opening of a new office in Houston, Texas, USA.

The opening of the Houston office enhances essDOCS ability to manage and support customers involved in any shipping segments, i.e., tankers, bulkers and containers across the US, Canada and Latin America.

Alexander Goulandris, Chief Executive Officer of essDOCS said:

“The expansion of essDOCS activities into the Americas, which has seen rapid expansion in the use of eDocs in the last 6 months, is seen as an important strategic move for the group. We are delighted to launch our offices in Houston and look forward to engaging actively with the American market in our rollout of electronic documents.”

The new office is located in the Greenway Plaza campus between the Galleria area and downtown Houston.

The office will be managed by Luis A. Del Aguila, Account Manager for the Americas Region. Luis joins Bevan Davies, Service Delivery Manager who was tasked with establishing essDOCS presence in the Americas. Prior to joining essDOCS, Luis worked for Deloitte providing services to the Oil & Gas industry in the areas of bulk commodities trading and maritime transportation. He also worked for a global petrochemical trading company in the areas of logistics and operations, and for a global corporation in the consumer products industry in charge of the consumer electronics business unit and quality audits of photofinishing processes. Luis holds an MBA degree with concentration in International Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering.

Contact details for the new office are as follows:

essDOCS Americas Limited
12 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100
Houston, Texas 77046
United States of America

Email: americas@essdocs.com