October 2026 CMA Newsletter
Welcome to the Connecticut Maritime Association
Where shipping business gets done!
The Connecticut Maritime Association is a non-profit organization which was built by its members, for its members, and as such is one of kind.
Unlike many similar organizations which are supported largely by corporate membership, the CMA’s voting membership is comprised only of individuals. From bunker brokers and tug-boat operators to lawyers and underwriters, to ship owners, brokers and managers, shippers and merchants of all kinds of cargo, each CMA member has an equal and separate vote.
The CMA was created to build a community of shipping people, and remains a conduit for the exchange of information and a source of camaraderie and fellowship that is unique and vital to the shipping community. In 2022, the CMA celebrates its 39th anniversary. It prospers with over 1,500 members representing nearly 500 companies and organizations.
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The CMA Education Foundation
The CMA Education Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit organization dedicated to the maritime industry and its future leaders.
Mission: To foster future maritime professionals by promoting and supporting maritime-related education through financial assistance and program initiatives. Programs include Scholarships, Internship Stipends, Career Days, and the Business of Shipping Competition.
CMA SHIPPING EXPO & CONFERENCE
Connecting the North American shipping community worldwide
Our interactive Conference IS well known for its high profile thought-leaders and in-depth discussion points. This year our key topics will include State of the Industry, Decarbonization & Alternative Energy, Freight Markets, Digitalization, Finance, Salvage & Wreck Removal, Integrated Logistics and Finance.
From the Desk of the President…
Dear Members:
Last week, together with our conference partners at Seatrade Maritime, we announced that Karrie Trauth will be our 2027 Jim Lawrence Commodore! For our first CMA Shipping in Houston, I can’t think of a more fitting choice, and the CMA Board is so proud to welcome her.
Karrie is Executive Vice President of Shipping & Maritime at Shell, responsible for the company’s shipping and maritime activities worldwide — its ships, barges, drilling units, floating production facilities, and everything else that touches the water. She began her career in uniform as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy, among the first women assigned to combat ships. She went on to Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, eventually taking charge of a shipyard delivering for the Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyer program, before joining Shell in Houston in 2012 and working her way up to lead its global shipping and maritime business.
An engineer by training, Karrie earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at MIT and holds an MBA from Georgetown University. This past March, she was elected President of the UK Chamber of Shipping, only the second woman to hold that role in its nearly 150-year history.
In accepting the honor, Karrie credited the people she has learned from along the way and said it speaks less to any individual accomplishment than to what this industry can do when it works together. That is very much the spirit of CMA. And with deep roots in Houston and along the Gulf Coast, she will be returning to familiar waters.
I also want to say a word about Dag von Appen, our inaugural Jim Lawrence Commodore. We are so lucky to have him — a true gentleman — and I’m grateful that he will be with us in Houston to continue the tradition and pass the bicorne to Karrie on March 18th.
Please save the date! CMA Shipping 2027 takes place March 16–18 at The Royal Sonesta Houston Galleria. If you’d like to help shape the program, please reach out to Lorraine Parsons or me.
Best wishes,
John
John Lindquist
President
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