Lynn Hohensee, Port Director, West Calcasieu Port, has actually been chosen President of the Ports Association of Louisiana
The Ports Association of Louisiana (FRIEND) Board of Directors has actually chosen its brand-new policemans. They create the Executive Committee for the board, charged with standing for the company, together with itsExecutive Director The Committee offers to maintain FRIEND’s subscription abreast of any type of regulation, instructional chances, or prospective collaborations appropriate to the innovation of the maritime market. The FRIEND Board is included 29 company participants, each standing for a various port from throughout the state. FRIEND additionally has almost 100 associate participants standing for supplementary services and also stakeholders from throughout the UNITED STATE
The brand-new policemans are:
- Lynn Hohensee, President; Port Director, West Calcasieu Port
- Paul Aucoin, Vice President; Executive Director, Port of South Louisiana
- Jay Hardman, P.E., Treasurer; Executive Director, Port of Greater Baton Rouge
- David Rabalais, Secretary; Executive Director, Terrebonne Port
“Our entire organization could not be more grateful for the leadership team that has stepped forward to lead PAL over the next two years,” Executive Director Jennifer Marusak claimed. “Their know-how, initiatives and also time will certainly show vital to not just our Corporate participants, however our Associate participants, also.
“It is a great personal honor to have been elected to serve as PAL’s president for the next two years,” Hohensee claimed. “The incoming slate of officers represents deep water ports, coastal ports and inland waterway ports, and represents the diversity of maritime public ports across this great state.”
Hohensee takes control of the duty of FRIEND President from outward bound President Executive Director ofSt Bernard Port, Harbor & & Terminal District, Drew Heaphy.
Hohensee has and also runs LEH Communications, LLC, under which he is under agreement with the West Calcasieu Port where he has actually acted as port supervisor considering that June 2006.
The West Cal Port is a 203-acre inland river port on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Southwest Louisiana, and also its port renters focus on maritime transport assistance, consisting of shallow-water barge short lived, barge cleaning/stripping/repair solutions, marine building, aquatic fueling and also building products sales/service.
Aucoin has actually exercised regulation considering that finishing from regulation institution, getting his very own exclusive technique in May 1971 and also remains to preserve that company. In July 2013, Aucoin was picked to act as executive supervisor of the Port ofSouth Louisiana A year before his consultation as executive supervisor, he was the Port’s lawful guidance.
Hardman was selected as executive supervisor by the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission in November 2006 and also has actually held a variety of vital team placements considering that signing up with the port in May 1999 as the supervisor of design and also ecological solutions and also later on as its handling supervisor.
In current years, the port has actually made considerable renovations to its aquatic properties to satisfy the expanding needs of transport and also sell regional market. Hardman has actually been in charge of the layout and also application of greater than $100 million in facilities renovations to the port’s basic freight anchors, roadway and also rail. He has actually additionally been associated with boosting port protection steps and also creating and also establishing brand-new financial growth tasks such as the timber pellet plant, bulk sugar storage space and also circulation complicated, container-on-barge center, Maritime Security Operations Center and also various other renovations and also recovery tasks at the port’s Inland Rivers Marine Terminal and also various other upgrades to the port’s public maritime facilities.
Rabalais has actually acted as the executive supervisor of the Terrebonne Port Commission considering that 2006. Prior to signing up with Terrebonne Port, Rabalais acted as building task supervisor for T. Baker Smith, Inc., and also at Picciola & & Associates, Inc.
