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原文传递 CORBA Winter Meeting Looks For Supply Chain 'Opportunities'

题名：	CORBA Winter Meeting Looks For Supply Chain 'Opportunities'
正文语种：	eng
作者：	SHELLEY BYRNE
摘要：	Nearly 40 members of the maritime community in the Cincinnati, Ohio, region met February 17 for the Central Ohio River Business Association (CORBA) winter meeting at BB River-boats in Newport, Ky. The meeting included the presentation of two awards. Doug Ruschman, in-house counsel for McGinnis and COR-BA's new chairman of the board, presented the past chairman's award to outgoing chairman Scott James, calling him one of the hardest working people he knows. "It's a rather daunting task to follow him," Ruschman said. "He spent countless hours meeting with companies and potential government contacts about potential new businesses on the river." In James' time as chairman, CORBA attracted 10 new members, and it now has 73 members and is continuing to grow, Ruschman said. CORBA also signed an extension agreement with the Port of New Orleans during that time, he said. Mark Locker, the Ohio Department of Transportation project manager for maritime, freight mobility and logistics, accepted CORBA's 2021 Friend of the River Award via videoconferencing technology. Eric Thomas, CORBA executive director, recognized several highlights from Locker's 39-year career, including leading a study on the economic impacts of the Ohio River a few years ago that contributed to the development of the Ohio Maritime Strategy and the creation of Ohio Maritime Assistance Program (MAP) grants to companies with projects on the Ohio River and Lake Erie within the state. Locker also spearheaded the creation of the Mid-Ohio Valley Port, a statistical port that encompasses nearly 220 miles of the Ohio River between Mile 40.0 and Mile 256.8, filling in a gap between the Huntington Tri-State Port District and the Pittsburgh Port District.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	46
页码：	3,8-9