Vitol mourns the loss of shipping CEO Kit Kernon

Oil-and-products trading giant Vitol today announced the passing yesterday of Kit Kernon, CEO of its shipping arm Vitol International Shipping (VIS). Kernon, aged 56, died in Singapore, sources say, from a suspected heart attack while out jogging.  Since 1997, he helmed Vitol’s shipping division, building it into a market-leading platform and steering the company’s transition …