OMSA President Aaron Smith on PAM Portable Accommodation Modules

OPINION: Will Ferrell is right, Norway is a model for energy policy

by Aaron Smith, President and CEO, OMSA Like most Americans, I spent the Monday following the Super Bowl thinking about the ads. What stuck in my mind was GM’s ad featuring Will

Inmarsat marks a Fleet Xpress milestone and launches a data academy

In yet another sign of shipping’s insatiable appetite for data, Inmarsat has completed the 10,000th ship installation of its Fleet Xpress maritime broadband solution. Simultaneously it has launched a new “Fleet Data

Buttigieg Nomination Points Way To Greener DOT

January 2021 President-elect Joe Biden seems to have hope that Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate and former mayor of South Bend, Ind., could help him sell Congress on a massive job-creating investment

A Q&A with The Shearer Group’s Greg Beers and Cory Wood

Since The Shearer Group is celebrating 10 years of being in business this year, who better to feature in the CEO Spotlight than two its head guys—Gregory Beers and Cory Wood. Back

Q&A: John Eckstein, Executive Chairman of Marquette Transportation Company

After 30 years with Marquette Transportation Company, Paducah, Ky., John Eckstein has assumed the role of executive chairman of Marquette and transitioned his duties as CEO to the company’s president, Damon Judd. In this

Q&A: Lake Carriers’ Association President James Weakley

ML: What can you tell us about the recent Illinois River lock closures and how that’s impacted Great Lakes shipping, if at all? JW: The Illinois River lock closures have not had

CEO Spotlight: Q&A with Tuomas Riski, Norsepower

With economies under stress from COVID-19, carbon emissions this year will be down for the first time since 2008. Tuomas Riski, Norsepower CEO, believes this gives shipping an opportunity to pivot on

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A Q&A with Brian King, Elliott Bay Design Group

Last August, Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), Seattle, Wash., named Brian King, a 30-year veteran at the firm to the role of president-chief engineer. King has direct supervision of the business and

Lois Zabrocky, CMA Commodore of the Year

A Q&A with Lois Zabrocky, CMA’s 2020 Commodore

Lois Zabrocky, CEO of International Seaways Inc., will be the next person to be crowned with an admiral’s hat when she steps into the role of the Connecticut Maritime Association’s (CMA) Commodore

Jennifer Carpenter, new AWO CEO, testifies on behalf of the nation's waterways

A Q&A with Jennifer Carpenter, AWO’s new CEO

In her first year as president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), Jennifer Carpenter, who began her term last month, says she has a lot of ground to cover with

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