November 4 - Marine casualty response specialist Donjon-Smit has appointed Raymond Lord as president, effective November 8.
A Houston native, Lord (pictured below) has more than 30 years of experience within the marine salvage industry, most recently serving as vice president and operations manager for Smit Americas in Houston.
"We are very happy to welcome Raymond Lord to Donjon-Smit," said John Witte, Jr., director, Donjon-Smit.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has appointed Joe Kramek as its president and ceo, succeeding John Butler who retires at the end of July.
Liebherr USA has named Shane Kuhlmey as divisional director of crawler cranes, deep foundation machines and maritime cranes.
Peter Hesselink, who joined engineering specialist Eager.one as commercial director at the start of this year, will succeed Wim Kattouw as the company’s managing director.
Energy and marine consultants ABL has opened an office in Constanta, Romania, to support the Black Sea region’s offshore energy and maritime markets.
Spanish logistics service provider Bergé has set up an industrial process logistics division, which focuses on consolidating industrial logistics activity for the automotive and steel industries.
Antwerp-headquartered Ahlers Logistics has opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
