Centerline Logistics prevails in Franco lawsuit

Seattle, Wash., based Centerline Logistics reports that, following a month-long jury trial in Washington State Superior Court (King County), the company and its co-defendants, including CEO Matthew Godden and co-owner, Macquarie Capital, prevailed on every count in a lawsuit brought against them by former CEO Harley Franco.

Franco filed that suit after being terminated for cause by the board of directors of the company, then known as Harley Marine Services.

“We are happy to have this baseless...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/coastal/centerline-logistics-prevails-in-franco-lawsuit/

Saltchuk Marine to expand ship assist operations

Saltchuk Marine announced yesterday that it has acquired Centerline Logistics’ harbor ship assist operations in California and the Pacific Northwest.

Eight ship assist tugs currently operated under the Millennium and Starlight brands will join the Saltchuk Marine fleet in early 2021. Operations will be consolidated under the Starlight brand, which will remain independently operated, managing, dispatching, and crewing its own boats.

The acquisition increases the ship assist capacity of Saltchuk...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/saltchuk-marine-to-expand-ship-assist-operations/

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