Rod Jones is retiring as chief executive at Canada’s CSL Group, and he will be replaced by Louis Martel, the bulker owner said Tuesday.

Jones’ exit follows a 30-year career at the Martin family-controlled company, including nine years at the helm. He steps down at the end of March.

Montreal-based CSL credited Jones with helping to transform the company from a Great Lakes-focused outfit into the world’s largest owner of self-unloading bulkers.

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