The Offshore Marine Service Association (OMSA) announced that Boysie Bollinger and Otto Candies Jr. had received the 2022 Robert J. Alario Distinguished Achievement Award. OMSA also recognized the late John P. Laborde as the 2021 winner. The annual Alario distinguished achievement award recognizes individuals who are indisputable champions of the U.S. maritime industry. The award was created in 2020. Alario died in November 2020. In 1985, Donald T. "Boysie" Bollinger succeeded his father as CEO of Bollinger Shipyards in Louisiana. He transformed Bollinger into the largest privately owned shipyard in the U.S. He retired in 2014. Bollinger became the first non-vessel owner to sit on the OMSA board. Otto Candies Jr. served as a founding member of OMSA and was director of the Coast Guard Foundation. He started working for his father’s business, Otto Candies LLC, in Des Allemands, La., in 1960. Under three generations of family ownership, the company has been a leading marine-transportation firm serving the offshore energy industry since 1942. In 2021, Otto Jr. died at 82. Otto Candies III accepted the award. After serving in WWII, John Laborde founded Tidewater Inc. in Houston in 1956, as a vessel operator serving the emerging offshore O&G industry. He remained CEO of Tidewater for 38 years. Currently, his grandson Ashton Laborde, president of Laborde Marine, serves on the OMSA board. John Laborde died in 2021 at 97. The Laborde award was accepted by his sons Cliffe and Peter Laborde. (Work Boat 11/17/22)
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