CMT Strengthens Teams

Port of Mobile-based Cooper Marine & Timberlands Co. (CMT) has announced the promotion of Strickler Adams to director of marine logistics and the hiring of Alan Dodd as director of business development. Adams will lead the vessel and barge logistics team, coordinating the movement of the company’s 400-plus barges and 20 towing vessels. Adams has been with CMT since 2013 as a management trainee, then logistics coordinator, then sales manager. Dodd has 17 years of industry experience and joins CMT from T. Parker Host, where he was commercial development manager for Houston and New Orleans. Prior to this role, Dodd was operations manager for T. Parker Host’s Houston operation. He began his maritime career with Norton Lilly International, where he served as marine operations agent in Long Beach, California; customer service representative in Charleston, South Carolina; and port manager in Tampa, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; and Philadelphia.