Scott Joins Laborde
Laborde Products recently expanded its procurement department, with long-time veteran Dan Murphy leading the way. With Murphy’s promotion, there was a need to satisfy the position for a new parts manager. Joe Scott, a Kansas City native, residing in Dayton, Ohio joins the Laborde team to fulfill this role. Scott has a valuable history in the automotive industry with over ten years of experience in dealing with parts.
Montgomery Named CEO of Ports America
Stevedoring Council.Concurrent with the transition, Dave Starling will assume the responsibility of chairman of the board of directors. Starling has more than 40 years of experience in the North American rail, intermodal and global shipping logistics industries. Most notably, he served as the CEO of Kansas City Southern (KCS), a publicly traded Class I railroad. He currently serves on the board of directors of Greenbrier, an international railcar manufacturing and leasing company. Prior to KCS, Starling held management, leadership and operational positions at the Panama Canal Railways Company, American
Superior Industries Appoints O’Hearn as Territory Manager
. based manufacturer and global supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, has hired Terry O’Hearn as its new conveyor components territory manager for the southcentral United States. O’Hearn will work with distributors in the region to market and sell conveyor components in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas. Active in the industry since 1981, O’Hearn has 36 years of experience working with conveyor belting and components. Before starting at Superior, O’Hearn worked for Texas Bearing, helping the company open a new branch in Dallas. O&rsquo
Who Works the Rivers: Inland Waterways Career Fair
, American Commercial Barge Line, Amherst Madison, Artco/ADM, Coast Guard Saint Louis Greater Area, Crounse Corporation, Ingram Barge Company, Marquette Transportation, McNational Inc., Newt Marine, Seamen’s Church Institute, St. Louis – Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council, TPG Marine, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – St. Louis District, ST. Louis Admirals R/C Model Boat Club, Americas Central Port, West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Mountwest Maritime Academy, Aquarius Marine LLC.
Hatteras Yachts Appoints Grindle as CEO
builder of convertible sportfishing and luxury motor yachts from 45 to 100 feet, has appointed Kelly Todd Grindle as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer as of today, January 23, 2017. Grindle served most recently as President – Outdoor Products at Vista Outdoor Inc., in Overland Park, Kansas, a $2.3 billion designer, manufacturer and marketer of consumer products in the outdoor sports and recreation markets. He brings to Hatteras Yachts his extensive experience in the recreational marine manufacturing sector. Prior to Vista Outdoor Inc., he spent 15 years as Senior Group Vice President
Personnel Changes at Ellicott Dredges
self-propulsion systems; Mud Cat, the original auger dredge; and LWT - Liquid Waste Technology, which designs and makes customized wastewater treatment dredging solutions. Horton started with IMS in 1999, first working on the shop floor. He has a degree in marketing from the University of Kansas. Horton also has several dredge technology patents to his name and is credited with conceptualizing the Depth Master product line and other innovations
ISS Appoints Schollaert
as Executive Vice President for North America region. Steve joins ISS with extensive experience at American President Lines (APL) where he held senior positions with responsibility both domestically and internationally in the areas of operations and commercial. In addition to APL, he has worked with Kansas City Southern Railroad, responsible for sales and marketing and as a business consultant to private equity firms. Michael van Hemert, Chief Operating Officer - Marine Solutions at ISS said “We look forward to Steve’s leadership and for him to build upon the successes achieved in North
Crime DOES Pay: Denmark Compensates Suspected Pirates
defendant received $3,247 for the 13 days they were detained, a spokesman from the prosecutor in Copenhagen said. Official Somali figures show 43 percent of the population lives on less than one dollar a day. The nine Somalis were charged with piracy after an attempt to hijack the tanker vessel Torm Kansas, which had been chartered by shipping company Torm, in the western Indian Ocean on Nov 10, 2013. Danish Navy support ship Esben Snarre seized the nine suspected pirates on the high seas after the unsuccessful hijacking and held them for 13 days before they were brought before a judge via a video
Mary A. Francis is CS & CGO of Chevron
, to which she was appointed by President George W. Bush and the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission, to which she was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson and for which she was recognized as a Civil Rights Hero by the state of California. Beebe currently serves on the governing boards of the Kansas University Endowment Association and the San Francisco Symphony
