IT HAS been officially confirmed. On October 1, Thato Tsautse took her chair as the first CEO of the new SA Association of Ships’ Operators and Agents (Saasoa) – a unified voice for the SA shipping industry and a combination of the Association of Shipping Lines (ASL), the Association of Ships Agents' and Brokers of SA (Asabosa) and the Container Liner Operators' Forum (Clof).