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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

STEHMO Lindström Hamilton McAfee entered into a stock purchase agree- and water depth adjacent to its Bayou position of Vice President of Global ment to acquire rival Great Lakes Casotte site. The company also is in- Service. He will initially work out of shipping company American Steam- vesting in machinery, equipment and the Ecochlor Connecticut USA of? ce ship Company (ASC) from GATX building upgrades. STEHMO plans with a global remit for this role.

Corporation for $260 million, create to ? ll the new jobs by the end of the largest and most diverse ? eet on 2021, increasing employment at the

KPI Bridge Oil Acquires the Great Lakes. facility to 186.

OceanConnect Marine

KPI Bridge Oil has agreed to acquire

Hamilton Joins Hempel Taps

OceanConnect Marine, creating one of the largest independent marine

Ingram’s Board Lindström as COO

James L. Hamilton, an investment Katarina Lindström will join Hempel fuels service and solutions providers banker specializing in global transpor- as Executive Vice President & Chief in the world.

tation, has been elected as a director Operating Of? cer from August 1, The two companies will merge to form of privately-held Ingram Industries 2020 as the coatings manufacturer a new brand and entity, KPI Ocean-

Inc. Hamilton has served as the Glob- aims to double in size over the next Connect, with a team of 170-strong al Head of Transportation for JP Mor- ? ve years. operating across 15 locations globally, gan during the past decade. led by KPI Bridge Oil’s current CEO

Søren Høll.

McAfee Leads

STEHMO Expanding

Resolve Alaska

OMSA Honors Alario

Ship maintenance and repair compa-

Resolve Alaska, the northwest operat- ny ST Engineering Halter Marine and ing arm of the Resolve Marine Group, The Offshore Marine Service As-

Offshore, Inc., will invest $10 million has appointed A.W. McAfee as its new sociation (OMSA) announced the institution of the Robert J. Alario to expand at its Pascagoula, Miss. site, Managing Director.

adding 100 jobs in the process. The Distinguished Achievement Award, expansion will enable the company to named after former OMSA Chair- perform new commercial repair work man and President Robert “Bob”

Madely Joins Ecochlor for larger ships and oil platforms that Michael “Mick” Madely has joined Alario, who received the inaugural require greater size and lifting capac- award in a ceremony organized by ballast water treatment systems manu- ity. STEHMO is adding dock space facturer Ecochlor in the newly created OMSA in New Orleans.

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