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Senate committee OKs Maritime Administrator

   The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Monday evening favorably reported President Obama’s nominees for several positions including:

  • Paul Jaenichen, Sr., to be administrator of the Maritime Administration
  • Debra Miller, to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board
  • Arun Kumar, to be Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion and Director General of the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade Administration
  • Kathryn Sullivan, for Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and for Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Chris Dupin

Chris Dupin has written about trade and transportation and other business subjects for a variety of publications before joining American Shipper and Freightwaves.