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Two major examples of Interferry’s growing influence will be highlighted next week at the global trade association’s 39th annual conference in Vancouver. CEO Len Roueche will report on his nomination to a new UN high level advisory group on sustainable transport, while executive director for European Union and IMO affairs Johan Roos will explain a breakthrough by ferry operators in obtaining EU funding to help them comply with the low sulphur rules that enter force in Emission Control Areas next January.

Navico, provider of recreational and coastal commercial marine electronics, announced the appointment of Mark McCully as its new Global Chief Marketing Officer. McCully will direct all high-level brand identity and marketing activities for the B&G, Eagle, Lowrance, Northstar and Simrad brands throughout the world, with a targeted goal of expanding the company’s brand presence and positioning. Bringing more than 25 years of marine and consumer electronics marketing experience and over 15 years of senior marketing executive experience to the position, McCully joins Navico after spending five years operating a strategic marketing and tactical execution consulting firm, Intellectual Marketing Capital.