Obama to name barge executive to FMC post

Obama to name barge executive to FMC post

Khouri

   President Obama intends to nominate a former barge company executive, Michael A. Khouri, to serve as a commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission according to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
   Khouri, who was recommended by McConnell, lives in Louisville where he is an attorney in private practice with the law firm Pedley & Gordinier.
   He was president and chief operating officer of MERS/Economy Boat in Memphis, and general counsel and senior vice president-maritime operations of American Commercial Lines in Jeffersonville, Ind. He began his maritime career by serving as a deck crewman for the Crounse Corp. in Paducah, Ky., in the 1970s and eventually worked his way up to captain.
   Khouri has served on the boards of the American Waterways Operators Association and the Waterways Council Inc., two major marine industry trade and lobbying groups.
   His nomination must be approved by the U.S. Senate.