The appointment of Samuel Norton to the leading role in Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG)’s US-flag business brings an executive with ample shipping experience, though in international markets, as the unit prepares to potentially go its own in an uncertain market.

As TradeWinds reported yesterday, OSG has appointed Norton to the job of chief executive of the unit, which is one of the largest tanker and articulated tug barge (ATB) owners in the protected Jones Act market.

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