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Russ Bruner and Jim Newsome to Receive 2010 East Coast-based Connie Awards From
Containerization & Intermodal Institute
NEWARK, N.J., June 23 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Dinner event planned for The Newark Club, December 7; Event is in
addition to Long Beach dinner on September 30
The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) will present the 2010
East Coast-based Connie Awards to J. Russell Bruner, Chairman and CEO of
Maersk Inc. and James I. Newsome III, President and CEO of the South Carolina
State Ports Authority. The evening event on Tuesday, December 7 at The Newark
Club will also commemorate the 50th anniversary of CII.
The Newark Club event is in addition to the West Coast-based Connie
Awards on September 30 in Long Beach, CA, honoring Ron Widdows and Jon
Hemingway. CII holds two Connie events each year to accommodate industry
leaders on both coasts. Each recipient is being honored for his significant
influence in containerization in worldwide trade and transportation,
according to Allen Clifford, CII President.
A special Founders Award will also be presented at The Newark Club to the
Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL), recognizing that the
founding organizations of CII were the then-fledgling container leasing
companies.
"Both of these recipients represent eclectic careers in international
trade and transport, embracing several modes. We expect sell-out crowds at
both Connie events, which will be very special dinners honoring our
half-century anniversary of providing education, information and networking
to every sector involved in our business," said Mr. Clifford.
Russ Bruner was appointed Chairman, Maersk Inc., the world's largest
container carrier, in January 2010. He was named Executive Vice President of
the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 2006 and assumed the position of President &
CEO, Maersk Inc. in September 2004. In June of 2001, Mr. Bruner was named
Senior Vice President of Maersk Inc. responsible for managing Maersk's liner
services to and from North, Central and South America as well as Canada and
the Caribbean. Mr. Bruner joined Maersk Inc. in 1989.
Prior to joining Maersk Inc., Mr. Bruner held the position of Regional
Manager for Roadway Package System in New York. Mr. Bruner also held several
positions at Smith's Transfer, located in Baltimore, Md., from 1976 to 1988
with the most recent position being Vice President Northern Region.
A native of Baltimore, Mr. Bruner attended Bridgewater College, Va. He is
a graduate of the University of Michigan Executive Program and Harvard
Business School AMP. Mr. Bruner serves on the Bridgewater College Board of
Trustees and the University of Denver Intermodal Transportation Institute
Board of Directors. He is married and has two children.
Jim Newsome became President and CEO of the South Carolina State Ports
Authority in September 2009. He was previously President of Hapag-Lloyd
(America), Inc., which is part of the world's fifth-largest ocean shipping
company, where he was responsible for all activities in North America and
Latin America. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of Area Southeast,
based in Atlanta, Ga., for 12 years.
Prior to joining Hapag-Lloyd in 1997, Mr. Newsome was with Nedlloyd Lines
from 1987 to 1997. He was Executive Vice President of the Americas for
Nedlloyd Lines and President of Nedlloyd Lines (USA) Corporation. In this
capacity, he was the first non-Dutch member of the Executive Committee of
Nedlloyd Lines and was responsible for North and Latin America and the
Transatlantic trade. He held other senior management positions within that
company. Mr. Newsome began his shipping career with Strachan Shipping
Company.
Mr. Newsome received a bachelor's degree in Transportation and Logistics
in 1976 and a MBA in Transportation and Logistics in 1977 from the University
of Tennessee in Knoxville. Mr. Newsome is a native of Savannah, Ga., is
married and has two children.
In addition to the Connie Awards, CII will carry out its industry
education mission by presenting scholarships to maritime academy cadets. This
includes awarding the Thomas B. Crowley Memorial Scholarship to midshipmen at
the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, funded and managed by
Crowley Maritime Corp.; the New York Container Terminal Scholarship to a
midshipman at the SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler, funded and managed
by New York Container Terminal; the CII Scholarship to a Kings Point cadet,
which is funded by Connie proceeds and is managed by CII; and a BSY
Associates Scholarship to a college student studying logistics, which is
funded by BSY Associates, Inc. of Holmdel, NJ.
CII is dedicated to promoting the international intermodal industry in
education outreach. Scholarship opportunities, tickets and sponsorships are
available. For more information, contact Barbara Yeninas, Executive Director,
at +1-732-817-9131 or execdir@containerization.org.
About CII
Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII), a non-profit organization
founded in 1960, promotes industry awareness, preserves the history of
intermodalism, and engages scholarly interest in the field by organizing
educational conferences and seminars, serving as an information resource,
providing networking opportunities, offering career guidance, arranging
internships and facilitating scholarships. For more information, visit
SOURCE: Containerization and Intermodal Institute
CONTACT: Kimberly McCloskey,
BSY Associates Inc.,
+1-732-817-0400 x28
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