The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority has hired J. Craig Stepan of Fairhope, Alabama, as its administrator. He succeeds Bruce Windham who resigned last year due to illness. Stepan will also serve as president of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Council, the authority’s sister waterway trade association. “The members of the authority are pleased to have someone with Craig Stepan’s extensive background and experience in marine transportation to lead our efforts to promote the development of the waterway and grow its benefits to our region,” said Brian Roy, vice-chairman of the waterway compact.
Before joining the waterway agency, Stepan was president/owner of Superior Shipping and Consulting Services LLC, specializing in multi-modal transportation matters. He has over thirty eight years of experience dedicated to the marketing, development, and operation of marine transportation, including terminal facilities in the U.S. and abroad. He had earlier held executive management positions with U.S. Steel, including general manager and president of its Warrior and Gulf Navigation Company and Mobile River Terminal Company. “In addition to having many years of involvement in all the major modes of transportation, Craig also understands the respective roles of the Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard, and that of waterway stakeholder groups like the council to make the waterway an efficient and dependable mode of transportation”, said Lucian Lott, chairman of the Tenn-Tom Waterway Council. “He will provide needed leadership and direction for our group”, added Lott.
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