Container Barge Services News

Columbia Coastal Transport moved its New Jersey Operations office from Union to Newark, NJ. This office has operations and customer service responsibilities for the companies Northern and MidAtlantic container barge services. The new address for the Operations group is: Columbia Coastal Transport, 99 Chapel Street, Newark, NJ 07105. The new phone number is (973) 466-3001, and the new fax number is (973) 466-3004. For more information, visit www.columbia-group.com

Stolt-Nielsen S.A. appointed Otto H. Fritzner as CEO of Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group (SNTG). Fritzner most recently served as Managing Director, Ship Owning at SNTG. He succeeds James B. Hurlock, who was named Interim CEO of SNTG in July 2003. • SNTG's global operations will be organized into three regions - the Americas, administered from Greenwich, Conn.; Asia-Pacific, administered from Singapore; and Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), administered from Rotterdam, SNTG's corporate headquarters. • SNTG's Indian Ocean Service and the Europe-to-Asia Pacific Service will be operated out of Rotterdam. I.M. Skaugen ASA announced that Skaugen PetroTrans (SPT), its 50 percent owned joint venture company, has appointed Per Voie as its President.