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People &

Companies

Port NOLA CEO Steps Down Hughes Joins engines, inc.

The Port of New Orleans’ president engines, inc., a distributor of diesel en- and CEO Brandy D. Christian will step gines and generator sets, has hired David down mid-June 2024 to become CEO Hughes as its new managing director.

of Patriot Rail Company. Port EVP and

Mack Boring

CFO Ronald Wendel, Jr., will assume

Promotes Ponnwitz acting leadership.

Christian Kruger

Mack Boring & Parts Co. has pro-

New Leadership at moted Christopher Ponnwitz to the role

Austal USA of chief commercial of? cer of Mack Sus-

Austal USA, a U.S. shipbuilding tainable Energy, a new division for the subsidiary of Australia’s Austal Group, engines and power products distributor.

has appointed Michelle Kruger as pres- ident. The company has also named

Faller Named SNA Chair

Mark Santamaria as its new chief ? nan- Retired Adm. Craig Faller has as-

Santamaria Fetten cial of? cer. sumed the position of chairman of the board of directors of the nonpro? t Sur-

Americraft Names face Navy Association.

Fetten Chairman

Americraft Marine, a maritime sub- Hurley Elected MLA President sidiary of the Libra Group, appointed Grady Hurley, a partner and co-lead-

Peter Fetten as chairman. er of the maritime litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution team at Jones

Maritime Partners Adds

Walker LLP, has been elected president

Satterwhite Naquin

New Execs of the Maritime Law Association of the

Maritime Partners has added Ste- United States (MLA) phen J. Bordes and Greg Chase to its

DCE Elects New executive leadership team as chief ? -

Board Leadership nancial of? cer and chief legal of? cer, respectively. Trade group the Dredging Contractors of America voted to accept James Cot- trell as the president of the DCA Board

ABS Wavesight Hires

Hughes Ponnwitz

Satterwhite as COO of Directors and Harry Stewart as its se-

ABS Wavesight has appointed Staci nior VP. Cottrell is president and CEO

Satterwhite to serve as chief operating of Cottrell Contacting Corporation, and of? cer, a new role for the maritime soft- Stewart is president and CEO of the Du- ware as a service af? liate of ABS. tra Group. Other DCA of? cers are Brian

McGeorge, president of Pine Bluff Sand

Bollinger Promotes Naquin & Gravel Company, as DCA VP; Fred

Shipbuilding group Bollinger Ship- Paup, chairman of the board and ex-

Faller Hurley yards has promoted Andrew “Andy” ecutive VP at Manson Construction, as

Naquin to lead its sales team as the DCA VP; and Gordon Shelton of Cot- company’s new VP of sales. trell Contracting as DCA treasurer. 42 | MN June 2024