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Marine engine, generator, and propulsion systems distributor Laborde Products has appointed Michael Murzi as its new marine sales manager. Murzi brings with him over 10 years of experience in the marine industry and over 30 years of experience in sales, customer service, and business development. Murzi has held various senior sales roles throughout his career and has… Read More
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ORN) (“Company”), a leading specialty construction company, today announced that Austin J. Shanfelter will transition from Executive Chairman to Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective March 2, 2023. Mr. Shanfelter has served on Orion Group’s Board of Directors since 2007 and was named Chairman in January 2021. From April to September 2022, he assumed the roles… Read More
Squire Patton Boggs is pleased to announce that Michael Wray has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Litigation Practice Group resident in the Houston office and part of the firm’s global Commodities and Shipping Industry Group. Mr. Wray joins from the Houston office of English law firm HFW. Mr. Wray is an experienced… Read More
Susan Serrano has moved from Höegh Autoliners to take up a new role as manager of automotive business development at Maryland Ports Authority (MPA). Serrano takes over from Larry Johnson, who has retired from the MPA. Serrano will now be responsible for increasing vehicle volumes through the port of Baltimore, already the US’ busiest vehicle-handling… Read More
Arcadis DPS Group, a global engineering, procurement, construction management and validation firm serving high-tech process industries, today announced it has hired Patrick Traver, AIA, NCARB as its Process Architect Subject Matter Expert (SME). In his new role, Patrick will serve as a top-level technical or functional expert, often working on multiple projects and programs that support… Read More
David Helfrich is a name familiar to personnel at the Scott Air Force Base resident office. He was in that role for five years since he began his career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, January 2018. Helfrich takes the helm as Scott AFB Area Engineer from Jay Fowler, who retired December 2022. “My… Read More
Gov. Andy Beshear has been elected by the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority to serve as its chairman for 2023, with members citing the Governor’s tremendous support of the Tenn-Tom Waterway and the inland waterway system during his time in office. Gov. Beshear helped implement the Kentucky Lake Research Project, an experimental system of netting, pumping,… Read More
St. Johns Ship Building has appointed Nick Nelson as its first HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) officer. “I am proud to accept my new role as HSE officer within St Johns Ship Building,” said Nelson, who has more than a decade of service with the Palatka, Fla., shipyard, most recently serving as yard safety manager…. Read More
Port of Palm Beach commissioners Thursday chose its business development director, Michael Meekins, to serve as its executive director, a position that could pay as much as $280,000 a year. That is the amount that has been budgeted but what Meekins will receive has yet to be determined. Meekins said he is hopeful that a contract… Read More
Ports of Indiana has named Jody Peacock as the new chief executive officer for the statewide port authority which operates three ports on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan. The action was approved during today’s meeting of the Ports of Indiana Commission. Peacock has served in various leadership positions for the Ports of Indiana since… Read More
Newport News, Va., headquartered Ockerman Automation Consulting has named Jon Holvik as executive vice president for sales, overseeing business expansion activities for the design and integration of a wide variety of propulsion, power conversion, advanced energy storage and automation systems for hybrid and all-electric vessels. Born in Norway, Holvik spent a significant amount of his career with Kongsberg… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Is proud to announce the organization’s newest fellow who started 1 February 2023: Narayan Kumar. WEDA announced the opening of the position in the fall of 2022 to ensure turnover after the completion of Kendal Brome’s term as the organization’s first fellow (2021/2022). Narayan Kumar is slated to be the… Read More
ABS has appointed Patrick Ryan as Chief Technology Officer to support continued development of ABS as a maritime technology leader. Having served in the key executive leadership role of ABS Senior Vice President, Global Engineering and Technology since 2019, Ryan’s appointment to CTO reflects the increasingly pivotal role of technology in the global energy transition…. Read More
The Board of Directors of Beemac Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Presto as Chief Executive Officer. Presto has a tenured logistics and supply chain career, having earned degrees in Supply Chain Logistics and Computer Information Systems from Robert Morris University. With 25 years of experience his ability to provide solutions to customers goes unmatched…. Read More
Crowley has appointed Clay Heil as vice president of global government relations, where he will lead the company’s full spectrum of government advocacy across all of the company’s business interests and activities. Based in Washington, D.C., Heil will spearhead Crowley’s engagement with federal, state and local government partners and elected officials on policy and regulatory… Read More