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10 People & Companies International Transport Journal 35-36 2013AmericasCrowley affiliate Jensen expandingJensen Maritime Consultants, a Seattle-based US navalarchitecture and marine engineering subsidiary of theCrowley Maritime Corporation, has employed eight newnaval architecture, marine engineering and administrativeprofessionals for its Seattle, New Orleans and Jacksonvilleoffices. They will support Jensen’s productionand electrical engineering, as well as construction managementservices, which were added to the its portfolioin 2012. Jensen’s owner, Crowley Maritime, runs a fleetof 200 vessels and has around 5,300 employees.Johnson to stayBill Johnson, who hadsought to become CEO ofBeacon council, the economicdevelopment agencyof the county of Miami-Dade FL, will remain at theBarack Obama, Bill Johnsonhead of the port of MiamiPhoto: Miami-Dade County FL (USA). Larry K. Williamswas chosen for theBeacon job. Johnson has been port director for twelveyears, and launched important projects scheduled toopen when the expanded Panama Canal does in 2014.They include the re-introduction of on-dock railfreightservices and the deepening of the port’s channel to 50 ft.PortMiami handles approximately 1 million teu a year.New Geodis Wilson head in USAMichael Greco has been named as the new MD of theGeodis Wilson group in the USA. He will report to JohnGallahan, regional director for the USA. Greco movedto Geodis from Panalpina in New York, where he was adivisional head and VP. The appointment signals GeodisWilson’s ambitions in the USA. See also our interviewwith Geodis Wilson’s Kim Pedersen on pages 32-33).UTi Americas sales bossUTi Worldwide has appointed Mike Valentine as itsregional sales VP for the Americas. He reports to EdFeitzinger, executive VP in charge of global operations.Valentine, who joined UTi in 2009, was named regionalVP for automotive activities in the Americas in 2012.Valentine will lead the firm’s integrated forwarding, contractlogistics and distribution sales force.ADV 340/2013 CHLimitless combinations.Intelligent optimisation.Is your goods flow clear? Are your transit times short? Can yourwarehouse stocks as well as your process and fixed costs be reduced? Inthe network of procurement, production, warehousing and distribution,we move people, goods and data, together with you, towards acleargoal: to provide you with areal competitive advantage –worldwide.Because every logistics solution is as individual as our customers.Experience for yourself how GW moves: gw-moves.comService line +41.58.458.5511www.gw-world.com