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Eugene R. Bailey is DSPC’s New Executive Director |
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Wilmington,
DE - The Board of the
Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC) has selected Eugene R. Bailey as
the new Executive Director of the Port of Wilmington.
Bailey is currently the Deputy Executive Director for Sales,
Marketing and Operations of the Maryland Port Administration, which runs
the Port of Baltimore, a major competitor of Wilmington for automobile
and other cargoes destined for east coast terminals. Bailey
will bring to Wilmington more than 30 years of experience as a manager
in nearly every aspect of the maritime industry. Bailey was chosen after
a six-month nationwide search by the DSPC board. “All
of Delaware can be proud of this appointment,” said Governor Ruth Ann
Minner, who selects a number of the DSPC board members. “The Port of
Wilmington is one of the most significant contributors to our state’s
economy, and recruiting someone with Gene Bailey’s experience and
abilities is good for the port and for Delaware.” Bailey,
who has spent the majority of his career in the Baltimore area, is
currently responsible for day-to-day activities in one of the east
coast’s largest ports. He is a board member of the North Atlantic
Ports Association and a member of the Operations Committee of the
American Association of Port Administrators. He has been an instrumental
leader in helping Baltimore double its cargo tonnage, and has led
Baltimore’s team on a multi-disciplined Private-Port Sector Economic
Development Committee. “I
am honored to be chosen for this position and look forward to the
challenges we will face at the Port of Wilmington,” Bailey said. “It
is a challenge to keep a port moving forward and we must constantly
review and improve our customer service while seizing every opportunity
to grow.” Bailey
began his career on the stevedoring side of the shipping, as business
manager within several stevedoring firms before moving to the Maryland
Port Administration, where he became the Deputy Executive Director for
Operations, Sales and Marketing. Bailey is married and has two
daughters. Nathan
Hayward III, Secretary of Transportation and chairman of the DSPC, said,
“The Port of Wilmington has found a real leader to address the many
challenges confronting us in these difficult times. Gene Bailey is a
team builder. He has excellent interpersonal skills and a long-standing
respect from organized labor, customers, vendors and others who rely on
the Port of Wilmington. He will bring new ideas, a new openness and
ability to listen, and an unquenchable love for the maritime industries
and their role in our economy. We know we have a winner in Gene.” Bailey
and his family have a vacation home in Fenwick Island. They plan to move
to Delaware from their current home in Reisterstown, Md., and he will
assume full-time leadership at the Port in about three weeks. In the
interim, the DSPC Board has named Thomas R. Keefer, Director of
Marketing and Trade Development for the Port of Wilmington, as Acting
Executive Director. Bailey replaces Adam McBride who resigned last fall
to pursue other interests. |
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For
further information, digital photos, free tours of the Port and free
speakers contact: Vered Nohi-Becker, Marketing Services Manager
at the Port of Wilmington |
