Ørsted hires Coast Guard waterways chief

Proposed vessel transit corridors (light blue) lanes through offshore wind energy areas off Massachusetts will be part of a draft Coast Guard plan expected in late 2019. Coast Guard image.

The former Coast Guard waterways management chief for New England has joined offshore wind energy company Ørsted, as the emerging U.S. industry comes to grips with pushback from commercial fishermen and other interests.

Ed LeBlanc, a former Coast Guard officer and most recently chief of the Waterways Management Division for Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England, will be manager of marine affairs for Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind, the Denmark-based energy company’s American division.

In his last...

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