Oil Patch Bits: Crowley names Tessier VP of sales, chartering

Crowley Maritime Corp. said Dec. 9 that Dorine Tessier has been named vice president of sales and chartering for its petroleum transportation group. In her new role, she will report to John Douglass, senior vice president and general manager of Crowley’s Gulf and Atlantic region and will relocate from Anchorage to Jacksonville. As vice president of sales and chartering, Tessier is responsible for the planning and direction of the group’s sales and chartering initiatives, overseeing development of policies and procedures; coordinating and negotiating customer contracts and developing business relations, specifically in the company’s articulated tug barge program. “I am very happy to be joining such a highly skilled team and look forward to the opportunities and challenges chartering, sales and marketing represents,” said Tessier.