Foss Maritime announces restructuring

Foss Maritime announces restructuring Foss Maritime Co., with offices in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles has announced a shift from a regionally organized company to one that is organized along lines of business.
   Foss performs services such as tanker escort and assist, container ship assist, ship bunkering, marine transportation, project cargo, shipyard and engineering services.
   The Seattle-based company said the change would result in 'single individuals responsible for each of the company's major lines of business' with increased accountability and greater depth of experience.
      'Our customers are increasingly global. They have a need for services in many ports across the country and the world. We want to make it as easy and seamless as possible to work with us,' said Foss' new president and chief operating officer, Gary C. Faber.
   As part of the restructure, several new senior level positions were announced. Scott Merritt, senior vice president, will now head up the Domestic Services group. Other appointments in this group include Don McElroy, senior vice president of Marine Transportation; Dave Hill, vice president of Harbor Services; Ric Gerttula, director of Contract Towing; Tim Beyer, director of Regional Towing; Ron Bates, director of Ship Assists; and Wendell Koi, director of Customer Service.
   Charlene McArthur, who recently joined the company, will head the Management Services group as vice president.