Jack O'Connell
Senior Editor
harvardjo@maritime-executive.com
In 2006 Jack retired from Seabulk International, where he was Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications and Investor Relations. He previously worked for 20 years at W.R. Grace & Co., where he was Director of Public Affairs and chief speechwriter for J. Peter Grace.
Interview: Eric Casey, CEO, GT USA Wilmington
Okay, “GT USA Wilmington” is a mouthful. What is it? It’s the company that manages operations at the Port of...
The Next Big Thing
In early July Dominion Energy broke ground on the second U.S. offshore wind farm, called the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind projec...
Dry Ports
Okay, this is not a column about the merits of a certain postprandial libation made in Portugal and known for its sweetness, in ca...
Martin Kits van Heyningen, Chairman, President & CEO, KVH Industries
Martin Kits van Heyningen, Chairman, President & CEO, KVH Industries Innovation and a start-up mentality are what keep KVH...
Interview: Joel Walton, CEO, Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands
[By Jack O’Connell] A native Caymanian, Joel Walton was educated in Canada at Brock University and the University of Wind...
Can Offshore Wind Save the Workboat Industry?
In March, the U.S. workboat company Harvey Gulf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest in a long list of casualties dating ba...
Ramesh Krishnan, Chairman & CEO, R&M Group
Tell us about yourself. I’m an engineer. My parents have Indian and English ancestry, so I grew up in both cultures until...
Anthony George, President & CEO, FUELTRAX
Anthony George, President & CEO, FUELTRAXTM George finds motivation in helping others. Maybe that’s why his products...
Irrational Exuberance?
It was a year for the record books. Despite persistent warnings from most financial advisors that stocks were overvalued and a pai...
Clay Maitland, Managing Partner, International Registries, Inc.
Tell us about your early life. Since grade school my family and I lived near salt water, and in retrospect I was destined for a...