US Shipping has new CEO

U.S. Shipping Corp. has promoted Albert Bergeron to the post of CEO, replacing Michael Ryan. Bergeron has been with U.S. Shipping since its founding in 2002 and has more than two decades of experience in the maritime sector. Ryan is taking a position with another company. USSC is a petroleum transportation provider with two product tankers and four petroleum-chemical articulated tug barges (ATBs). Its primary service area covers the Gulf Coast, East Coast, and Puerto Rico. It was founded as a subsidiary of Hess in 2002 with the name of U.S. Shipping Partners. The company changed to its current name in 2009. (Source: Maritime Executive 03/23/17)