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flood control, hydro-electric generation, industrial water supply, municipal water systems, recreations, etc. Navigation interests can and have lived side by side with these other users for the most part, for generations.
MN: What do you hope the industry looks like in the next decade?
TP: It would be my hope that we can move in the direction that much of the
European waterways have, namely be looked upon as a "green" alternative by the environmental community and policy- makers. We can take pressure off the nation's highways and railroads. We cer- tainly have our own infrastructure needs but at the same time there is no reason why our cargo base should not grow both in terms of volume and variety.
We have been an industry that has been slow to adapt to technological changes but we are starting to make some progress as inland carriers deal with fuel manage- ment, GPS equipment, tracking options and electronic charts to name a few. We have challenges ahead in terms of contin- uing to recruit people to choose river life as a vocation and increased licensing requirements for wheelhouse personnel will merit constant attention. I hope the various inland waterway groups will be speaking more off the same page, staying on message and not competing any more than necessary.
MN: If you could have the federal gov- ernment change one policy what would it be?
TP: The Office of Management and Bud- get has been a thorn in the side of our industry for many years. No other benefi- ciary of the Federal Treasury has to with- stand the cost benefit analysis that the inland waterway sector does and there has been blatant discrimination against our mode of transportation by this single department. If all we can accomplish is to move them into more neutral posture that would be a huge improvement. Closely behind this would be runaway Corps reform proposals.
Unreasonable Corps reforms efforts can absolutely destroy this industry and there are those in Washington who would use this "Trojan horse" to attempt to accom- plish that goal. We must make sure that
Corps reforms are reasonable and bal- anced.
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Looman Stingo
Looman Stingo is senior vice president, logistics for Holcim (US) Inc. He joined the company in this capacity in 1997. Prior to joining Holcim, he spent 23 years with Ethyl Corporation of
Richmond, VA. During his employment at Ethyl, he held a number of domestic and international positions and spent eight years in Belgium and almost two years in Singapore. Mr. Stin- go's career at Ethyl culminated with his appointment as world- wide director of logistics. Prior to his tenure at Ethyl, Mr. Stin- go sailed with several companies out of New Orleans and spent seven years at Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula, MS rising to the position of manager of nuclear overhaul engineering. He received a B.S. from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and his M.S. from the University of South Alabama. Holcim (US)
Inc., with corporate headquarters in Waltham, MA, is one of the largest manufacturers and suppliers of cement and mineral components in the United States.
Sal Litrico
On July 1, 2004, Sal Litrico became President of TECO
Transport. Prior to that, Litrico was Vice President of TECO
Ocean Shipping, having joined that company in January 1994.
Previously, Litrico was employed by Maritrans, Inc. as Vice
President of Operations & Maintenance. Before that, he sailed aboard merchant vessels for five years and has a current Mas- ter's license. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business at the New York State University Merchant Marine
Academy (Fort Schuyler). TECO Energy is an S&P 500 ener- gy company headquartered in Tampa, Florida. TECO Energy's five business units include Tampa Electric, Peoples Gas Sys- tem, TECO Coal, TECO Transport, and TECO Guatemala.
TECO Energy is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TE.
Nelson Jones
Nelson Jones has served as President of Madison Coal and
Supply Company, and has focused on the company's Construc- tion and Marine Towing concern since 1980. Prior to that, he worked with Materials Transfer and Salvage (Nitro, West Vir- ginia) in the marine contracting and towing division. Before that, Mr. Jones operated an excursion boat as First Mate, the
M/V P.A. Denny, with Pratt Mining Marine Division. Jones received an Associate Degree in Business Management and
Marketing from Morris Harvey College in 1977. Madison Coal and Supply Company is a family owned company founded in 1915. Their well-maintained fleet consists of 30 towboats, 15 floating cranes, a number of deck and hopper barges and vari- ety of excavators, dump trucks, dozers and wheel loaders that support their construction operations. Their management team consists of over 183 years of marine transportation and con- struction experience.
Daniel P. Mecklenborg
Dan Mecklenborg is Senior Vice President, HR, Planning &
Analysis, & Chief Legal Officer for Ingram Barge Company.
He has 25 years of experience in the inland navigation industry.
Dan previously served as Chairman of the Inland Waterways
Users Board and currently serves on the Board of Directors of
Waterways Council, Inc. Ingram Barge Company, headquar- tered in Nashville, TN, is the leading barge transportation com- pany in the US, with a fleet of more than 100 towboats and nearly 4,000 barges. Ingram's distinctive flag will be seen fly- ing on towboats and barges along the entire Mississippi River system. Other Ingram operating units include Ingram Materials (sand dredging), Custom Fuel Services (diesel fuel and sup- plies), Triangle Fleet (ship anchorage in Louisiana), Ingram
Towing (towing on the Gulf Intracoastal and several bulk com- modities terminals in Florida, West Virginia and Tennessee.
Pete Lilly
Peter B. Lilly was named Chief Operating Officer for CON-
SOL Energy Inc. effective October 28, 2002. Lilly is responsi- ble for all aspects of the company's coal production, marketing and sales. Prior to joining CONSOL Energy, Lilly had been
President and Chief Executive Officer of Triton Coal Company
LLC and Vulcan Coal Holdings, LLC, in St. Louis.
A native of Beckley, West Virginia, Lilly is a 1970 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, with a Bachelor of
Science degree in general engineering and applied science. He obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in industrial marketing and operations management from Harvard
University in 1977. In addition, he completed the advanced executive program at Northwestern University's Kellogg
School in 1988. Through expansion and acquisitions, CON-
SOL Energy has evolved from a single-fuel mining company into a multi-energy producer of coal, gas and electricity. CON-
SOL produces both high-Btu coal and gas, which collectively fuels two-thirds of all U.S. power generation, from reserves located mainly east of the Mississippi River. CONSOL Energy is a major fuel supplier to the electric power industry in the northeast quadrant of the United States. In addition, CONSOL
Energy has expanded the use of its vast property holdings by brokering various industrial and retail development projects and overseeing timber sale and forestry management activities both in the U.S. and abroad.
Tim Parker
Since 1974, Tim Parker has served as President of Parking
Towing Company in Tuscaloosa, AL, one of the leading carri- ers on the inland waterways system. Today the company has grown into one of the largest barge lines in the Southeast, launching the region's most powerful fleet of towboats that range from 1,000 to 4,200 horsepower.
Parker received a Bachelor of Science degree in transporta- tion from the University of Alabama School of Business. His is also a graduate of Harvard Business School's owner/Presi- dent Management Program. He serves as Chairman of the
Board with the Alabama State Port Authority, is a past member of the Inland Waterways Users Board, and he served three terms (12 years) in the Alabama State Legislature.
Parker Towing Company was founded in 1940 on the banks of the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa, AL and today has grown into one of the largest barge lines in the Southwest, putting the region's most powerful towboats and newest fleet of barges at the service of its customers. Parker Towing primari- ly transports coal while its open and covered hopper barges carry a variety of bulk commodities including finished cement, cement clinker, metallic ores, petroleum and metallurgical cokes, aggregates, ferro-alloys, steel products, scrap metals, machinery and project cargo.
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