Rickmers-Linie GmbH & Cie. KG has appointed Greenport Shipping Agency LLC, Dubai as its new agent in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain effective October 1, 2009. Point of entry for communication with Bahrain will be the office of Greenport in Dubai. Rickmers-Linie and GAC, the previous agent in these locations, have mutually agreed to terminate the existing agency agreements.