By Tom Gresham
Private sector companies and organizations turn on the spout and team up with colleges and other educational institutions to raise the profile of a career in supply chain, bolster curricula, and help build tomorrow’s supply chain workforce.
Read MoreThe Containerization and Intermodal Institute (CII) will award a 2023 Connie Award to Robert F. Sappio, Chief Executive Officer of SeaCube Containers, one of the largest intermodal equipment leasing companies in the world. Mr. Sappio will be honored at a dinner gala September 13, 2023, at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, CA.
Read MoreKendall Kellaway III, Senior Vice President, Commercial, RoadOne Intermodal Logistics, has been elected to the board of directors of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII), the premier transportation trade association since its founding in 1960.
Read MoreThe Containerization and Intermodal Institute (CII) announces that Jahan Byrne has been elected to CII’s Board of Directors. Byrne brings with him a wealth of supply chain leadership expertise built on a solid foundation in sales, business development, brand management and marketing.
Read MoreCRANFORD, NJ, MARCH 9, 2023—The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) is seeking nominations for the 2023 Connie Awards. Named for the container, the Connie Award has been presented since 1972 to deserving industry leaders making extraordinary contributions to the trade and transportation industry.
Read More“WITH SHIPMENT VOLUMES RETURNING TO MORE HISTORICAL TREND LEVELS-AND PRESSURES EASING- IT IS TIME TO REVIEW AND PLOT A BETTER COURSE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO INTERCHANGE ACTIVITY FRICTION”
Read More“The American consumer has come to realize that the goods they require on a daily basis only appear upon their store shelves via an intricate network of transportation providers requiring very high levels of coordination.”
Read More“Ocean carriers have an obligation to invest in the development of operational efficiencies that could minimize supply chain bottlenecks.”
Read MoreKen Kellaway, co-founder, president and CEO of RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, accepted the Containerization and Intermodal Institute’s (CII) Connie Award by telling a record-breaking audience about the secret of his success: entrepreneurialism.
Read MoreThe Containerization and Intermodal Institute (CII) is expanding its education mission with the introduction of the CII Academic Advisory Committee. The new group is made up of eight well-respected educators in the fields of supply chain and transportation and two transportation industry leaders from the CII board.
Read MoreThe Containerization and Intermodal Institute will award the 2022 Connie Award to Ken Kellaway, Co-Founder, President and CEO of RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, Inc. The award presentation will be made at an industry-wide luncheon Monday, December 5, 2022 at the Renaissance Hotel in Elizabeth, NJ.
The event, marking the 50th anniversary of the Connie Award, will also honor Washington D C.-based international transportation attorney Jeffrey Lawrence of Cozen O’Connor with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read MoreJoseph S. Gregorio Sr., CEO and Chairman of Pacific Crane Maintenance Corporation, LLC (PCMC), has been named recipient of the 2022 Connie Award, which will be presented by the Containerization and Intermodal Institute on September 14. The industry-wide dinner to honor Joe Gregorio will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, CA. In addition, Captain Lynn Korwatch will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing her 45-year maritime career.
Read MoreLooking into the new year, the big question on the minds of all US importers and exporters must be when the disrupted supply chain will return to a semblance of normality. Will a solution be found relatively quickly, or will it be a long wait for infrastructure improvements?
Read MoreLooking back on 2021, the most important takeaway is that the logistics industry remains open to evolving its business models to reflect the needs of the marketplace. Rather than holding onto and investing in systems that are no longer working, shippers and transportation providers should spend their time, money, and resources on next-generation systems that address current challenges and leverage today’s opportunities as well as those of the future.
Read MoreCOVID-19-related trade disruption has resulted in today’s “Great Congestion,” in which a massive disconnect between e-commerce purchases and the physical movement of goods through supply chains has contributed to a transport system that has been overloaded in key markets.
Read MoreThe Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) presented the prestigious 2021 Connie Award to Eugene D. Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles before nearly 400 industry leaders at its 49th Connie Award luncheon event held at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel on December 6, 2021. William Mongelluzzo, Trans-Pacific Senior Editor at the Journal of Commerce, was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Additionally, a Special Recognition Award was presented to the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), New York Shipping Association (NYSA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX).
Read MoreThe Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) will honor Eugene D. Seroka, Executive Director at the Port of Los Angeles, with the 2021 Connie Award. The prestigious award will be presented at an industry-wide luncheon at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel on Monday, December 6.
Read MoreThe virtual round table will bring together industry and scholarly leaders to discuss bridging the gap between academic preparedness and real-world industry requirements
Read MoreGrocery stores worked swiftly to address the challenges brought on by COVID restrictions, adjusting their approach to managing inventory, stocking shelves, and servicing customers.
Read MoreWith a raging pandemic and cargo volumes dipping in the first half of 2020, the outlook seemed bleak for liner operators. Then, almost magically, the lights were switched on!
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