Georgia Ports Authority Appoints New Execs
grown 73 percent with an impressive expansion of landside supply chain business partners that helped fuel this growth and attract investment in site selection by high profile companies and start-ups.Batista joined GPA as vice president of sales and marketing in January 2023 and came to GPA from the ocean carrier Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group that provided logistics solutions for manufacturers of cars, trucks, heavy equipment and specialized cargo. At WW, Batista served most recently as senior vice president and head of Americas sales, leading ocean and logistics commercial development and customer relations
Georgia Ports Names Batista Sales & Marketing VP
The Georgia Ports Authority has named Flavio Batista as its new vice president of sales and marketing.Batista comes to GPA from the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group, an ocean carrier focused on developing sustainable shipping and logistics solutions for manufacturers of cars, trucks, heavy equipment and specialized cargo.
Matson Promotes Ashton
U.S.-based ocean carrier Matson announced it has promoted Marc Ashton to the role of Director, Equipment, Vehicle and Reefer Operations.Ashton will be responsible for planning and directing all container equipment positioning efforts, including container equipment fleet, equipment control, asset management, and inland logistics departments, throughout the Matson network. He will also manage Matson’s company-wide vehicle operations and all processes and systems related to automobiles, rolling stock and refrigerated cargo.Ashton joined Matson in 1997 as superintendent, terminal operations in
Matson Promotes Jarek to VP of Fleet Operations
U.S. based ocean carrier Matson announced it has promoted Tracy Jarek to the position of vice president, fleet operations.Jarek joined Matson in 2001 and over 19 years earned multiple promotions to key positions including manager, fleet operations; manager, Hawaii container operations; and director, equipment, vehicle, and reefer operations.Jarek will oversee Matson’s 23-vessel fleet deployment throughout the Pacific, including the coordination of vessel schedules with our terminal operations, marine operations, engineering departments, and interisland barge service to maximize schedule integrity
Nolan Tapped to Take Over as TOTE CEO
Tim Nolan has been named the next president and CEO of U.S. domestic ocean carrier TOTE Inc., parent company Saltchuk announced today. TOTE is the parent company to TOTE Maritime and TOTE Services.Nolan, who is currently president of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico, will succeed retiring president CEO Anthony Chiarello who will step down July 16 after eight years at the helm.Nolan has been with the TOTE family of companies since 2013. He will remain in Jacksonville, Fla., as TOTE’s corporate headquarters shift to Jacksonville where both TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico and TOTE Services are currently
Poelma Promoted to President of CCM
develop CCM’s position in service‐oriented chassis pool management which is essential to support the supply chain. CCM manages six regional chassis pools containing over 130,000 intermodal chassis at 300 U.S. rail and port intermodal locations across the U.S. CCM is a subsidiary of the Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA). CCM Pools are the only chassis pools in the United States offering motor carriers and beneficial cargo owners the opportunity to select the intermodal equipment provider of their choice
World Direct Shipping to Double Port Manatee Service
Ocean carrier World Direct Shipping is doubling its service across the Gulf of Mexico between the state of Veracruz and Central Florida’s Port Manatee. World Direct Shipping has announced plans to add a weekly sailing to Port Manatee from the Port of Tuxpan, in the north-central portion of Veracruz, to augment the successful service it has operated each week since November 2014 to Port Manatee from Coatzacoalcos, in southern Veracruz. The first sailing from Tuxpan is scheduled for Jan. 12. Tuxpan is the closest commercia
Minocha Joins INTTRA as President, Asia Pacific
in the region. He will work to further strengthen relationships with INTTRA's customers and partners and drive business development. Mr. Minocha will join INTTRA's Executive Committee and contribute to the company's global initiatives and growth strategy. Mr. Minocha brings 34 years of ocean carrier experience spanning executive leadership, commercial, operations, eCommerce and seafaring. Starting in 2013, he served as Global Head of Customer Service, eCommerce and Agency Management at UASC as well as Chairman of the Board of the United Arab Shipping Agency Company - Egypt. Mr. Minocha joined
Georgia Ports Authority Taps McCarthy as COO
at Lloyd's Maritime Academy at Kent College, Dartford UK, and a Masters in Business Administration from William & Mary University, Mason School of Business. He has served as chairman of the board for Consolidated Chassis Management Company and as a member of the board of directors for the Ocean Carrier Equipment and Maintenance Association
Armstrong Named VP MOL (America)
experience serving as a head of intermodal operations along with responsibility for West Coast terminals. Armstrong earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of North Texas and has served on the board of directors for the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association (OCEMA), and Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA).
Maersk Cuts 110 Jobs at HQ
Danish ocean carrier Maersk Line has begun the process of reducing its workforce as part of the cost cutting plan. The world's largest ocean carrier is eliminating 110 positions this month at its headquarters in Copenhagen where 1,125 persons worked previously. Maersk would reduce its landside staff of 23,000 by 17 percent (around 4,000 jobs) by the end of 2017. Maersk has said that it would seek to reduce layoffs through “managing natural attrition.” The positions are being eliminated as part of a plan announced Nov. 4 that seeks to reduce sales, general
Maritime Partner Cicala Joins Clyde & Co
serve marine and energy clients in the US and around the world." Cicala's practice focuses on litigating transportation, commercial and insurance disputes and providing corporate and business legal advice to companies. He was lead trial counsel in a highly publicized dispute between a major ocean carrier and several NVOCCs, obtaining a multi-million dollar fraud judgment. He routinely represents P&I Club members and other companies in high-stakes litigation and investigations, in arbitration and in administrative hearings. He has represented a leading industry association before multiple
