Crowley Maritime Corp. said it is restructuring the remaining liner
services of its Crowley American Transport unit, to take effect once the
sale of its South American liner services to Hamburg Sud is complete.
P. Elliott Burnside, will step down as president of Jacksonville-based
Crowley American Transport, to start is own consulting service.
Instead of replacing Burnside, Crowley’s liner services will be
restructured into two business units — Puerto Rico and Caribbean services, and Central
America and Mexico liner services. Each unit will report directly to Tom Crowley Jr.,
chairman, president and chief executive officer of Crowley Maritime Corp.
John Douglass will head the Puerto Rico and Caribbean services as vice
president and general manager, Puerto Rico and Caribbean services. Rinus Schepen, will
lead the Central America and Mexico liner services as vice president and general manager
of Central America and Mexico services.
Frank Larkin, vice president and general manager, South America
services, will continue to run Crowley’s South America services until the
sale to Hamburg Sud is finalized, and will transfer to the new company.
Crowley said the reorganization will result in a "more decentralized
ocean cargo transportation company" that will "have greater autonomy with their
own sales forces, terminal and marine operations groups, pricing and yield management
functions and offshore organizations.
Crowley’s Freight Services department, which handles customer service,
bookings and rates, will become a function of Crowley Logistics Inc., a Crowley subsidiary
run by John Hourihan, vice president and general manager.
CROWLEY TO RESTRUCTURE LINER OPERATIONS; BURNSIDE TO STEP DOWN
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