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Vitarana, Yeager will receive “Connie” Awards

Vitarana, Yeager will receive “Connie” Awards

Vitarana, Yeager will receive “Connie” Awards

   The Containerization and Intermodal Institute will present its annual “Connie” Awards this year to Anil Jay Vitarana, president of United Arab Agencies Inc., and Phillip C. Yeager, founder and chairman of The Hub Group Inc.

   Vitarana has been in his present position for 11 years, overseeing nine offices in North America for United Arab Shipping, the national shipping line of six Arabian Gulf countries. Previously he was chief executive officer of Ceylon Shipping Co.

   Phillip C. Yeager has been chairman of The Hub Group since October 1985. Yeager became involved in intermodal transportation in 1959, five years after the introduction of containerization, as an employee of the Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Central Railroads.

   The two will be honored at an industry-wide luncheon Dec. 11 at The Newark Club in New Jersey. For more information, contact Barbara Yeninas, executive director of the institute at (732) 817-9131 or at

execdir@containerization.org.