BLUE Acquires 20|20 Marine Energy Consultancy
Specialist maritime consultancy 20|20 Marine Energy (20|20) founded by bunker industry veteran Adrian Tolson has been acquired by UK-based BLUE, the business, brand and communications consultancy for the marine and energy markets.20|20 will be re-named BLUE Insight to provide commercial advisory and research services for key transformative areas within the maritime industry.The practice - which will be led by Adrian Tolson, 20|20’s Senior Partner - provides BLUE with a physical presence in North America, as well as wider and deeper support to BLUE’s current clients.BLUE Insight will provide strategic commercial advisory services for business-critical areas that are fundamentally changing the marine and energy markets and evolving and disrupting traditional business models.
WCI Names Colbert SVP
The Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) Board of Directors has named Debra A. Colbert as Senior Vice President, effective June 1, 2012. Colbert currently serves as Director of Communications and Media Relations for the organization and has served with WCI since its inception in 2004, developing the communications program of its predecessor organization, Waterways Work! Prior to her work with WCI, Colbert served as President of Colbert Communications, a communications consultancy practice that offered media relations…
CP Ships Appoints Communications Director
CP Ships Appoints Corporate Communications Director Elizabeth Canna has been appointed CP Ships Director of Corporate Communications. She reports to Jeremy Lee, Vice President, Investor Relations. Mrs. Canna joins CP Ships from The Wordsmith Inc, a communications consultancy she founded in 1995. CP Ships has been one of Wordsmith's clients since then. Before forming Wordsmith, she was deputy editor of American Shipper Magazine for eight years. She previously served with Barber Blue Sea, first as manager of market research and subsequently, as manager of advertising and public relations.
