Mandel becomes CEO of Aker subsidiary

Mandel becomes CEO of Aker subsidiary Gary Mandel will become chairman, president and chief executive officer of American Shipping Corp., a subsidiary of Aker American Shipping.
   American Shipping own or have under order a series of 16 product tankers, the first of which was recently delivered to it from its sister company, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Inc.
   American then bareboat charters the tankers to New York-based Overseas Shipholding Group for use in the coastal U.S. Jones Act trade.