Significant changes to Squamish Terminals’ management structure have been made since North Vancouver-based Western Stevedoring bought the facility last week.
Kim Stegeman, who has been the terminals’ president, will be moving on to a role as vice president of finance, administration and strategy at Western.
During her 10 years with Squamish Terminals, she has held the role of president, was a member of the board of directors, vice president, administration and manager, marketing & administration.
Paul Morris will be the manager of Squamish Terminals. He’ll be responsible for taking care of operations and customer service.
Morris joined Western as cargo and operations co-ordinator in 2006. He was a terminal superintendent and more recently trained as a ship superintendent.
Kelly Williams, vice president of operations at Western, will change his title to vice president, terminal and stevedoring services.
Russ Peters will be the general manager for both Lynnterm and Squamish Terminals. He was previously in charge of Lynnterm Terminal in North Vancouver.
The new owners of the terminals also met with Mayor Patricia Heintzman earlier this week.
She said in an emailed statement that the terminals has told her that it will be “business as usual.”
“We look forward to building local ties with the new owners, and trust they will become a good community partner,” wrote Heintzman. “[Western Stevedoring’s president, Brad Eshleman,] has offered to attend a future council meeting to introduce his company to council and the community. A date will be set in the coming weeks.”
Western Stevedoring bought 100 per cent of the terminals from its previous owner, Norwegian company Grieg Star Shipping on May 10.
Western is owned by Seattle-based Carrix Inc., which also owns SSA Marine Inc.,
SSA calls itself one of the largest private marine and rail terminal operators in the world.
Western declined to say how much they bought the terminals for, but BC Assessment estimates the property was worth about $23.64 million.
That’s the second-most valuable property in Squamish. Leading the way is the Garibaldi Shopping Centre at about $31.6 million, according to the assessment agency.
