Garry named GC rep for Bouchard

MELVILLE, N.Y. - Shawn Garry has been named Bouchard Transportation’s Vice President of Regulatory Compliance and Inspections. He is being tasked with ensuring that the company achieves regulatory compliances and requirements. Garry will be the primary contact for the Gulf Coast region's internal and external vetting, SIRE, ABS, USCG and ISM. Prior to joining Bouchard, Garry worked with the Coast Guard as an engineer of the watch afloat, senior marine inspector, and marine casualty investigator. Bouchard Transportation is the nation’s largest independently owned oceangoing petroleum barge company. (Source: Bouchard Transportation 06/27/17) Gulf Coast Note: The company celebrated the naming of the M/V Donna J. Bouchard and Barge No. 272 at a christening ceremony in February 2016 in New Orleans. Barge No. 272 was launched at VT Halter Marine’s Pascagoula, Miss., operations in November 2015. The tug Donna J. Bouchard was launched from VT Halter Marine's facility at Escatawpa, Miss., in September 2015. These are the second of two Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) units constructed by VT Halter Marine, a company of Vision Technologies Systems, Inc.