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People &

Companies

Diversi? ed Marine Names Crowley Hires Fowler

Crowley has appointed James Fowl-

Manning President & COO er as senior vice president and general

Diversi? ed Marine, Inc. has promot- ed Frank Manning to president and manager of its shipping business unit.

COO. The company’s founder Kurt

Manning Blanchard

Redd, who has served as president and

Birdon Names Johnson

CEO for 43 years, will maintain sole

Ship Design Director ownership of the company and serve as

Spencer Johnson has joined Birdon as chairman and CEO.

the company’s new ship design director.

Blanchard Named Executive Young Joins ACL

Director at Cooper

American Cruise Lines announced

Alfultis Britton

Cooper Consolidated named Chris Susan Shultz-Gelino, VP of trade rela-

Blanchard as executive director. Billy tions, has retired after several decades

Fitzpatrick will continue to be the with the company, and that Melissa managing director for Cooper Con- Young has joined the company as di- solidated Stevedoring and Sales groups. rector of business development.

SUNY Maritime’s New Operations Managers

Murdaugh Kruger

Alfultis to Retire at Two Ohio River Ports

Rear Admiral Michael Alfultis will re- Ports of Indiana has ? lled two key tire in 2024 after nearly a decade as pres- leadership roles at its Ohio River ident of SUNY Maritime College and ports, naming Ashley Blocker and Mi- more than 30 years in higher education. chael Graves as operations managers in Mount Vernon and Jeffersonville, respectively.

Fowler Young

Port of Corpus Christi

Promotes Britton to CEO

Vineyard Offshore

The Port of Corpus Christi named

CFO Kent Britton as its new CEO.

Promotes Cullen

Britton had served as interim CEO Vineyard Offshore promoted Jenni- since Sean Strawbridge resigned. fer Cullen to director of labor, work- force and local content.

Blocker Graves

Austal USA

Port of Everett Hires Craig

President Resigns

The Port of Everett has welcomed

Rusty Murdaugh has resigned as president of Austal USA. Michelle Cara Craig as its new trade develop- ment director.

Kruger, VP of global services and sup- port, has been named acting president until a successor is named.

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