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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS

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Volvo Penta

Wilhelmsen

Cox Wilhelmsen Donche-Gay Hyldager Bjuve Reed this position, he will provide strategic Concurrent with his appointment as vessel with a gross registered tonnage of

Kartsonas Joins Seanergy Board

Dry bulk vessels owner and operator direction and management for support chairman of the board, Cox announced 63,000 metric tons would enter service

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. has and product training for dealers and cus- the promotion of two other senior Mat- on the Turku, Finland – Åland Islands– appointed Ioannis “John” Kartsonas as a tomers across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, son executives: Ronald J. Forest and Stockholm, Sweden route. Passenger member of its board of directors, effec- Central America and the Caribbean. John P. Lauer. Forest, senior vice presi- capacity will be 2,800 people, and the tive May 4, 2017. Kartsonas has more dent, operations, has been promoted length of its cargo lanes will be 1,500

BV Appoints Leaders than 18 years of experience in ? nance to president of Matson with continued meters. Viking Line said it plans to en- and commodities trading. He is currently Philippe Donche-Gay, President of Bu- responsibility for all of the company’s gage several Finnish and other European the Principal and Managing Partner of reau Veritas, has been promoted to the operations, including vessels, terminals, suppliers, as well as Scandinavian archi- role of Senior Executive Vice Presi- Breakwave Advisors LLC., a commod- equipment, labor relations, purchasing tects for the interior design.

ity-focused advisory ? rm based in New dent of Bureau Veritas, reporting to the and engineering as well as overseeing

Navios Buys’ Containership Fleet

York. group’s CEO, Didier Michaud-Daniel. Matson’s investment in SSAT, a West

His new role sees him lead the imple- Coast stevedoring joint venture with mentation of Bureau Veritas’ strate- SSA Marine. Lauer, senior vice presi-

Petterson Named CEO of Great Lakes

Lasse Petterson has assumed the role of gic plans in parallel with his position dent, ocean services, has been promoted

Chief Executive Of? cer of Great Lakes as President of the Marine & Offshore to chief commercial of? cer of Matson

Dredge & Dock Corporation on May 1, Division. To further strengthen the Ma- with continued 2017. In his 35-year career, Petterson rine and Offshore Division leadership,

Reed Joins WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has extensive experience in the engi- Donche-Gay has appointed Matthieu de neering, construction and maritime in- Tugny Chief Operations Of? cer (COO) James Reed has been named maritime dustries. Most recently Petterson served of the Marine & Offshore Division. Un- manager for the Paci? c Northwest at as a private consultant to clients in the der him will be the central departments WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global Navios Maritime Partners L.P. reached

Oil & Gas sector. of Marine Operations, Marine Technical engineering and professional services an agreement to acquire Rickmers Mari-

Management and Marine Marketing & organization. In his new position, Reed time’s entire containership ? eet. The

Nisomar: Hyldager Challenges

Sales. will be responsible for business devel- deal, worth about $113 million, will see ‘Unsatisfactory’ Shipping Status Quo opment, client relations and manage- Navios Partners acquire 14 container

With a belief that innovation in ship-

Wilhelmsen Acquires Drew ment of projects within the ? rm’s Paci? c vessels from Rickmers Maritime though ping has fallen well behind other sectors, The Wilhelmsen group has signed an Northwest maritime business sector. He a wholly owned subsidiary, Navios Part- will be based in the Seattle of? ce. Nisomar, a new entrant into maritime agreement to acquire the technical solu- ners Containers Inc. Three of the con- services, launched a unique range of ser- tions business from Drew Marine. “This tainer vessels are 3,450 TEU, and 11 are vices for ship owners, operators, brokers acquisition offers a unique opportunity to 4,250 TEU, combining for a total 57,100

New England Ropes Hires Rekrut and charterers, and ? nancial institutions. enhance the scale and geographic reach New England Ropes hired Andrea Rek-

TEU. The average age is 9.5 years.

With insights derived from big data, Ni- of our marine products division,” said rut as Marketing Communications Man- somar will offer analytics that support Wilhelmsen group CEO, Thomas Wil- ager. Rekrut comes to New England with

Minerva Selects Ecochlor business decisions, transformational helmsen. The acquired business will be 16 years of marketing experience. management consultancy, and port call brought into Wilhelmsen Ships Service. services covering all key regions. Cap- As part of the transaction, the business,

Viking Line Inks Deal with Xiamen tain Claus Hyldager, Nisomar CEO, people and competence in Drew Ma- Viking Line said it has signed a condi- said: “We’ve assembled a formidable rine Technical Solutions will be trans- tional contract with Chinese shipyard team of highly experienced maritime, ferred to Wilhelmsen. Approximately Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co. for supply chain management and technol- 400 Drew Marine employees will join the construction of a new passenger ogy professionals. Based on our person- Wilhelmsen Ships Service upon comple- cruise ship for delivery in 2020. A ? nal

Ecochlor Rickmers Maritime al experiences and feedback from large tion of the transaction. “This acquisition agreement is subject to the approval of and small companies, it is our collective is among the largest investments in our the board of directors of both parties, as Ecochlor signed an agreement with Mi- belief that shipping is overly inward- history,” said Thomas Wilhelmsen about well as ? nancial arrangements entered. nerva Marine, Inc. for the potential sup- looking, and ripe for change. Unsatis- the deal with a purchase price of around The total contract amount is about $211 ply of ballast water treatment systems factory margins and many organisations’ $400 million. million and includes an option on an- (BWTS) for up to 30 vessels under its inability to respond quickly enough to an other vessel. The new 218-meter-long management for installations in accor-

Cox New Matson Board Chairman ever-changing world is for everyone an dance to the International Maritime Or- unsatisfactory status quo.” Matson, Inc. president and CEO Matthew ganization (IMO) and U.S. Coast Guard

J. Cox will succeed retiring chairman of (USCG) implementation plan. The Eco-

Volvo Penta Names Bjuve VP the board Walter A. Dods. Additionally, chlor technology was selected for retro? t

Volvo Penta of the Americas has ap- the board of directors designated Jeffrey in Minerva’s managed bulkers and tank- pointed Martin Bjuve as vice president N. Watanabe to serve as the lead inde- ers varying in size from medium range for customer support and training. In pendent director of the Matson board. (MR) to very large crude carriers.

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