Officials with Old Saybrook-based Connecticut Port Authority went out of state to find a new executive director, announcing Tuesday they had selected a Maine man for the job. John Henshaw, who was the executive director of the Maine Port Authority for more than 10 years, will start in his new job Sept. 8 at an annual salary of $200,000. Henshaw’s selection is the culmination of a yearlong makeover of the quasi-public agency that saw his predecessor, Evan Matthews, resign last October while on administrative leave that began during summer 2019. The agency’s biggest focus has been on the Port of New London, which state officials hope will be boosted by commitments to use the city’s State Pier as a staging area for a wind power project that will be located halfway between Martha’s Vineyard and Montauk, N.Y. The Revolution Wind project is a joint venture involving Eversource Energy and Dutch renewable energy giant Orsted. The partners have pledged $77.5 million to redevelop New London State Pier into a heavy-lift cargo and deep-water port.
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