Shipping bosses come in different breeds. Some rise to the top after careers in banking. Others hail from multigenera-tional shipowning families and are born to take the helm. Still others - like Chembulk Tankers chief executive officer (CEO) Jack Noonan - ascend to the corner office after years of getting their hands dirty at sea. "Even though I'm over 30 years from going to sea as an officer, [the seafaring background] reminds me that when we're shoreside, we can take for granted what the seafarers are up against, and what they're doing to push the steel," says Noonan, who has been named the Connecticut Maritime Association's Commodore for 2017.
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