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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

Bjørkeli Catoe Warren Scalise & Allegretti Ziegler Zukunft

Guard has not sustained the pro? cien-

Corvus Energy announces AMP Names Scalise cy and policy framework of the Al- a new CEO ‘Champion of Maritime’

Corvus Energy is pleased to announce The American Maritime Partnership ternate Compliance Program (ACP) the appointment of Geir Bjørkeli (AMP) recognized U.S. Congressman in general. “The loss of the El Faro as its new Chief Executive Of? cer Steve Scalise (R-LA) last month with and its crewmembers was tragic and (CEO). Bjørkeli was previously Direc- the 2017 ‘Champion of Maritime’ preventable. The Coast Guard will tor of Norway for the Dutch company Award, which honored Rep. Scalise take appropriate action on all that we

Huisman, and established the compa- for his support and dedication to the have learned from this investigation,” ny’s Norwegian presence for offshore American maritime industry. AMP an- said U.S. Coast Guard Commandant construction equipment solutions. nually presents the ‘Champion of Mar- ADM Paul Zukunft. “I thank the

Bjørkeli is a mechanical engineer and itime’ Award to a Member of Congress members of the Marine Board of In- holds an MBA in Shipping, Offshore who has demonstrated exceptional vestigation for their exhaustive work and Finance at BI Norwegian School support for the hardworking men and and independent recommendations. of Management and Nanyang Techni- women of the American maritime in- El Faro’s heartbreaking story points to cal University, Singapore. dustry. Rep. Scalise is a long-standing the need for all maritime stakehold- champion of the Jones Act. AMP’s ers to zealously recommit to both the

Glomex Opens U.S. Of? ce, Ap-

Tom Allegretti presented the award. safety of our mariners and to profes- sionalism of the maritime industry.” points Catoe as Sales Director

Glomex SRL has established a North

New Managing Director for

BTS Releases National Census

GAC North America

American of? ce and warehouse in of Ferry Operators Highlights

Brooklyn, New York and Dayton, Patrik Ziegler has been appointed

Ohio, respectively. Glomex Marine An- Managing Director of GAC North The U.S. Department of Transporta- tennas USA Corp is led by Chris Catoe, America – Logistics (GNAL). He tion’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics who has been appointed sales director. brings to the role more than 30 years’ (BTS) today released the 2016 High-

Most recently, Catoe was a sales man- experience in logistics and oil & gas. lights of Ferry Operations in the United ager and sales engineer for Shakespeare In his new role, Patrik is tasked with States. Key ? ndings from the 163 ferry

Electronic Products Group. overseeing the continuing expansion operators that responded to the 2016 of GAC’s integrated logistics services National Census of Ferry Operators

Oregon Board of Maritime Pi- throughout North America. (NCFO) indicated that 118.7 million passengers were carried on ferries in the lots Names Executive Director

The Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots U.S. and its territories in 2015. The re-

USCG Releases El Faro Final (OBMP) has announced the appoint- porting ferry operators provided service

Action Memo ment of Marc Warren as the new Ex- The U.S. Coast Guard in December through 560 terminals on 880 unique ecutive Director. Warren previously released the Commandant’s Final Ac- route segments in 39 states, 2 U.S. ter- served as a regulatory specialist for the tion Memo regarding the loss of El ritories, and 2 non-U.S. locations, us-

Oregon Liquor Control Commission Faro with 33 persons on board. The ing a ? eet of almost 609 active vessels. and possesses 25 years of maritime Commandant found that the primary This report and data from previous cen- leadership experience with the United cause of the casualty was the decision suses can be found on the NCFO home

States Coast Guard, serving as a Com- to navigate the ship too close to the page. The NCFO is a biennial census of manding Of? cer and most recently, path of Hurricane Joaquin. The inves- all known ferry boat operations within

Enforcement Division Chief. tigation also revealed that the Coast the U.S. and its territories. 57 www.marinelink.com MN