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Juris Doctor from Tulane University Law School in

January 2011 while receiving a certificate in Maritime

Law and serving as a member of the Tulane

Environmental Law Journal. He is also a former employee in Global's Environmental Division from 2002-2008.

O’Hern Joins Donjon Shipbuilding Team

Patrick J. O’Hern has joined Donjon Marine Co.,

Inc.’s Shipbuilding and Repair as a consultant. He brings more than 35 years of shipyard experience in the Great Lakes region to this position as a result of his longtime employment at Bay Shipbuilding Company located in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., where he last served as

VP and General Manager.

Lenhart Joins COMEQ as Product Manager

COMEQ, Inc. has appointed Eric Lenhart as the

North American Product Manager for the Parmigiani angle & plate bending rolls and the Americor 3-Roll and 4-Roll plate bending rolls. Lenhart is based in the

White Marsh, Md. facility and travels throughout the

U.S., Canada and the Caribbean.

Ship Rechristened to Honor

Former Congressman Oberstar

The Interlake Steamship Company renamed and will rechristen one of its ships the MV Hon. James L.

Oberstar this spring after the former Congressman.

The vessel sailed from layup in March as the MV Hon.

Sutton Larkin Mclellan

Photo courtesy The Interlake Steamship Co.

Photo Enterprise Canada

Algoma Central Corporation expects to invest close to $400m in Great Lakes shipping, Algoma President and

CEO Greg Wight said during his keynote address at the 182nd opening of the Welland Canal. Algoma’s fleet renewal program is starting with the purchase of five new

Equinox Class vessels, with the hope to expand this order. The new Equinox Class was developed in St.

Catharines, Ontario by a team of designers at Algoma’s downtown headquarters in partnership with engineers from around the world. Equinox Class ships are the next generation of bulk carriers on the Great Lakes. They will be able to carry significantly more cargo and move faster than conventional vessels. The new ships will emit 60% fewer emissions than the oldest steamships still trans- porting grain on the Great Lakes and about 40% fewer emissions than existing motor vessels. In addition, the new ships are designed to accommodate engine-exhaust gas scrubbers to further reduce emissions and accommo- date ballast-water treatment solutions. The first of the new ships is expected to be in service on the Great Lakes by 2013. The five new Algoma ships will be joined on the Great Lakes by two new Equinox Class freighters purchased by the Canadian Wheat Board in a historic agreement with Algoma, which will operate and manage the ships on the Wheat Board’s behalf. Algoma also recently entered an agreement to acquire the partnership interest of Upper Lakes Group Inc. in Seaway Marine

Transport (SMT) along with the vessels and assets owned by Upper Lakes and used by SMT. The $85m deal, expected to close by the end of the month, includes the acquisition of 11 bulk freighters wholly-owned by

Upper Lakes, Upper Lakes interest in five additional bulk freighters owned jointly with Algoma (including a new self-unloader currently under construction), plus a new Equinox Class vessel ordered by Upper Lakes.

PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Algoma Invests in Great Lakes Shipping