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Richard (Dick) Corfe is the President
and Chief Executive Officer of
The St. Lawrence Seaway Management
Corporation, which came into existence on
October 1, 1998.
Mr. Richard (Dick) Corfe
Richard
Corfe has served as President and CEO of The St. Lawrence
Seaway Management Corporation since April 1, 2003. Previous
to this appointment, he held various executive positions
with the Seaway over a period of some 20 years, making a
substantial contribution to the waterway’s safety and
reliability, and modernizing its infrastructure management
process. www.At the outset of his tenure as CEO, Mr. Corfe
spearheaded the Hwy H2O marketing campaign,
seeking to improve the business and public sectors’
perception of the Seaway. Over the course of the last four
years, the campaign has brought about a coalition of 41
partners, spread across a diverse group of stakeholders,
which include ports, carriers and other members of the
logistics industry. Working together, the partners are
raising awareness of the Seaway’s untapped potential, in an
age where energy efficiency and a low carbon footprint are
critical aspects to cargo transport.
Technological innovation has also advanced markedly under
his leadership. From efforts to optimize vessel draft,
utilizing satellite navigation and 3D imaging of the channel
floor, to the development of self-spotting and hands free
mooring technologies, the Seaway is steadily advancing in
its quest to further refine the system’s dependability and
productivity.
The recent
conclusion of a five-year agreement with the Government of
Canada provides an excellent platform for future growth.
Various incentive programs, combined with a three year
freeze on toll rates, speak volumes of Richard Corfe’s
vision for a Seaway that is ready to take on a broader role
within the transportation sector, with sustainability as the
defining characteristic of the system’s future potential.
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Collister Johnson,
Jr.
Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation (SLSDC) was
sworn in by U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Mary E. Peters on October 7, 2006.
Mr.
Collister Johnson
Collister Johnson, Jr.
was sworn in by
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters
on October 7, 2006 as the ninth
Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation following his
nomination by President Bush and
confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
Mr. Johnson
brings to the position three decades of
experience in the transportation industry
working diverse marine, rail, and
aviation issues
that focused on capital investment, R&D, and
strategic planning. An attorney, he has
served as a senior consultant at Mercer
Management Consulting, Inc. in Washington,
on the Board of Directors of the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation, as chief
executive officer of FastShip Atlantic,
Inc., and chairman of the Virginia Port
Authority, the Commonwealth’s largest
economic development agency.
He leads the
federal government corporation responsible
for maintaining and operating the two U.S.
Seaway locks located in Massena, N.Y., and
vessel traffic control in areas of the St.
Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, in
collaboration with its Canadian partner, the
St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation.
The Development Corporation is responsible
for providing safe, efficient, reliable
marine services on this critical binational
waterway and marketing the Great Lakes St.
Lawrence Seaway System.
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