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Port Canaveral Executive Appointed to Brevard County Historical Commission Advisory Board
Port Canaveral Historian George P. Kistner III has been appointed to the Advisory Board of the Brevard County Historical Commission. The prestigious appointment was issued by Brevard County Commissioner John Tobia during a meeting of the Brevard County Commissioners in Viera. Kistner’s term is effective immediately, and he will serve through December 31, 2018.
George P. Kistner III is a third generation Floridian with more than 30 years in records and information management and 14 years in historic preservation. He is currently a member of the Florida Records Management Association (FRMA) as well as the Association of Records Management Administrators International (ARMA).
The Brevard Historical Commission is dedicated to preserving the history and archeology, marking historical locations and recording historical information of Brevard County. The Historical Commission is made up of fifteen members appointed by the County Commissioners. Each of the five County Commissioners appoints three members to sit on the Historical Commission
Gov. John Bel Edwards has appointed William H. Langenstein, III to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Langenstein, who was sworn in during the monthly Board meeting, will serve a five-year term, succeeding Michael W. Kearney, one of four Orleans Parish representatives on the seven-member regional Board.
With the port’s acquisition of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad effective Feb. 1, 2018, port commissioners also serve as directors of the New Orleans Public Belt board, Langenstein will become NOPB’s newest director with this appointment.
Langenstein is one of Louisiana’s leading tax, corporate and transaction attorneys at Chaffe, McCall in New Orleans. He is an honorary consul to the Republic of Korea and a member of the New Orleans Estate Planning Council.
Langenstein is a member of the New Orleans Economic Development Advisory Committee and the Louisiana Children’s Museum Early Learning Village Steering Committee. He also serves on several economic development and community boards, including Greater New Orleans, Inc., the World Trade Center (Transportation Committee), the New Orleans Board of Trade, and the Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation (WYES-TV). He is a 2004 graduate of the New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute and a former member of the National Kidney Foundation. He served as a New Orleans Public Belt Railroad commissioner from 2006-2010.
Langenstein earned a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University New Orleans in 1977 and received his Bachelors of Science in Accounting from Louisiana State University in 1974. He is a boardcertified tax attorney, a licensed title insurance agent, and an inactive certified public accountant.
NC Ports Welcomes New Director of Carrier and Trade Development
North Carolina Ports has announced the addition of maritime industry veteran Benjamin M. Massa as the new Director of Carrier and Trade Development. At North Carolina Ports, Massa will apply his extensive experience to further grow and expand container business at the Port of Wilmington.
Massa brings decades of expertise in the maritime industry with him to NC Ports. Prior to his role as Director of Carrier and Trade Development, Massa served as Commercial Director, AVP Sales and Marketing for United Arab Agencies, Inc. During his time with UAAI, Massa was responsible for all import and export Sales and Marketing activities for UASC in the Americas cluster. While with UAAI, the company’s fourth quarter 2016 year-over-year export volumes grew 48 percent while import volumes grew 21 percent. Massa also led UASC into the trans-Pacific trade resulting in an overall volume increase of 55 percent, catapulting UASC as an emerging ocean carrier. In addition to his time with UAAI, Massa spent six years with the Jacksonville Port Authority where he was directly responsible for developing new carrier, terminal operating and cargo business opportunities for the Authority resulting in over 26 percent growth.
"I am very excited to be joining the NC Ports commercial team. The Ports of Wilmington and Morehead City are growing at an incredible pace and are poised for even greater success. I am looking forward to working with maritime interests from this side of the supply chain," said Massa.
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