The Great Northern & Southern Navigation Company LLC, trading as the French America Line. Introducing the 4,332-ton 150-berth boutique river cruiser Louisiane. Vessel presently on charter.

Based in London, England. Specialists in Sea Travel - Ultra-Luxury Cruising, Small Ship Voyages and Freighter Travel. General passenger agents for the Polish Steamship Co's Great Lakes service. Retail and wholesale agents for niche cruise, freighter and expedition operators.

Shipping and cruise consultancy and representation. 1993-2005: European representation for the Port of Toledo, Ohio. 2000-2012: European representation for the Great Lakes Cruising Coalition. 2007-2015: Management services for Fednav (UK) Limited and associated shipping companies. 2013 to date: Development of small ship and river cruise projects. 2015: Founding member of French America Line, New Orleans. 2018: Joint owner of Culture Cruises Ltd, London.

1984-85: Promoted a new ship design for the Pacific trades, then opened a US-flag Great Lakes-Europe ro-ro service for Montreal-based Fednav. 1986-88: Vice-president, Europe, based in London, for Fednav Lakes Services Inc.1988-92: Worked forest products shipping contracts for Pacific Commerce Line, Vancouver, and nickel shipping projects with Falconbridge (now Xstrata Nickel). Also Arctic shipping with Russia, as a vice-president of Canadian Marine Transport Group Inc, in which Fednav was a partner.

1981-82: General manager, marketing & sales, Newfoundland Steamships Ltd (now Oceanex), Montreal. 1982-84: director of marketing Halterm Limited (now PSA Halifax). Developed British Ministry of Defence (MoD), Compagnie Maritime d'Affretement (now CMA CGM), National Shipping Co of Saudi Arabia (now Bahri) and Sea-Land (now Maersk) as new clients.

Manager, marketing & sales - CP Rail Overseas Trade, Montreal. Marketing rail services to shipping lines and developing the import/export trade. During this period, Montreal became the foremost eastern Canadian container port as Canadian Pacific market share increased.

1969-70: Line manager, Bristol City Line.1970-72: manager market research Montreal.1972-73: Assigned to London, England, as manager, market research for Dart Containerline Ltd.1973-75: Regional sales manager, Toronto, for Dart Containerline and Zim Container Service.1975-77: Commercial manager, steamship division, Montreal.

At university, worked on board Canadian Pacific passenger ships as: waiter, s.s. Assiniboia (Great Lakes, 1965), chief nightsaloonsman, t.e.v. Princess Patricia (Vancouver-Alaska, 1966), Then as seaman on Great Lakes lighthouse supply & buoy tender CCGS C P Edwards (Canadian Coast Guard) and bulk carrier s.s. Meaford (Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd) in 1967, also for the Clarke Steamship Co Ltd at Montreal Wharf and on board cross-river ferry m.v. Trans-St-Laurent in 1968.