Tony Bruno, Paul Doell and Ray Fitzgerald will be saluted in November.
The United Seamen’s Service 2018 Admiral of the Ocean Awards will be presented at the organization’s 49th annual gala Nov. 2 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City.
Recipients of the American maritime industry’s most prestigious award are Salvador “Tony” Bruno, president and CEO of Hapag-Lloyd USA; Paul Doell, national president of American Maritime Officers; and Raymond F. Fitzgerald, chairman of the ARC Group.
In announcing the recipients, retired Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wykle, chairman of the awards committee, said, “Tony Bruno has devoted his entire career to operating American liner services. Paul Doell has made a lifelong commitment to maritime labor. Ray Fitzgerald has 35 years in ship management and focuses on innovation in our industry. USS is proud to recognize their collective accomplishments.”
Bruno began his career with Waterman Steamship Corp., later Delta Steamship, in Chicago in 1972. In December 1975 he joined Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. as sales manager and over the next 21 years filled senior management positions. After Canadian Pacific (CP Ships) acquired Lykes Lines in 1997, Bruno was named senior vice president of commercial operations. In 2006, the CP Ships container shipping business was merged into Hapag-Lloyd AG and he was appointed senior vice president in Genoa, Italy, where he managed operations in 26 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea and North Africa. Bruno joined Hapag-Lloyd USA LLC in 2015 as president and CEO.
Doell was elected national president of American Maritime Officers, an affiliate of the Seafarers International Union of North America, in December 2014. He began his AMO career in 1972 at the union’s headquarters in Brooklyn. His father, Ray Doell, was a founding member of the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, the union that evolved into AMO.
Early in his career, he served as the union’s liaison to media outlets in the eight-state Great Lakes region, assisted with organizing drives, worked in local political campaigns and walked picket lines in support of striking unions active in the Toledo Port Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department.
Doell served eight years as the union’s legislative director in Washington, D.C., where he worked with key figures in both political parties to promote the privately owned and operated U.S. flag merchant fleet to sustain jobs for civilian American merchant mariners in domestic and international trades. He was active in maritime industry-labor coalitions defending the Jones Act, the Maritime Security Program, the PL-480 Food for Peace program and the U.S.-flag cargo preference laws.
Fitzgerald is president and COO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions, the global logistics unit of Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA. From 2011 through 2016, he was president of WWL’s shipping and logistics activities across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Fitzgerald also is the chairman of the ARC Group. He served as president and CEO of ARC Shipping and COO of parent company American Shipping and Logistics, the ARC Group predecessor, from 2007 to 2011.
He began his tenure with WWL in 2000. Previously, he spent 13 years with the Crowley Maritime Group, for which he held several executive positions. His career in the maritime industry began in New York in 1984.
Fitzgerald also serves as chairman of the board of governors for the Ocean Exchange, a nonprofit organization that links innovators and entrepreneurs with global organizations to advance and promote innovations, solutions and cutting-edge technologies that positively impact the environment, local economies and communities around the world.
Recipients of the American maritime industry’s most prestigious award are Salvador “Tony” Bruno, president and CEO of Hapag-Lloyd USA; Paul Doell, national president of American Maritime Officers; and Raymond F. Fitzgerald, chairman of the ARC Group.
In announcing the recipients, retired Lt. Gen. Kenneth Wykle, chairman of the awards committee, said, “Tony Bruno has devoted his entire career to operating American liner services. Paul Doell has made a lifelong commitment to maritime labor. Ray Fitzgerald has 35 years in ship management and focuses on innovation in our industry. USS is proud to recognize their collective accomplishments.”
Bruno began his career with Waterman Steamship Corp., later Delta Steamship, in Chicago in 1972. In December 1975 he joined Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. as sales manager and over the next 21 years filled senior management positions. After Canadian Pacific (CP Ships) acquired Lykes Lines in 1997, Bruno was named senior vice president of commercial operations. In 2006, the CP Ships container shipping business was merged into Hapag-Lloyd AG and he was appointed senior vice president in Genoa, Italy, where he managed operations in 26 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea and North Africa. Bruno joined Hapag-Lloyd USA LLC in 2015 as president and CEO.
Doell was elected national president of American Maritime Officers, an affiliate of the Seafarers International Union of North America, in December 2014. He began his AMO career in 1972 at the union’s headquarters in Brooklyn. His father, Ray Doell, was a founding member of the Brotherhood of Marine Engineers, the union that evolved into AMO.
Early in his career, he served as the union’s liaison to media outlets in the eight-state Great Lakes region, assisted with organizing drives, worked in local political campaigns and walked picket lines in support of striking unions active in the Toledo Port Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department.
Doell served eight years as the union’s legislative director in Washington, D.C., where he worked with key figures in both political parties to promote the privately owned and operated U.S. flag merchant fleet to sustain jobs for civilian American merchant mariners in domestic and international trades. He was active in maritime industry-labor coalitions defending the Jones Act, the Maritime Security Program, the PL-480 Food for Peace program and the U.S.-flag cargo preference laws.
Fitzgerald is president and COO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions, the global logistics unit of Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA. From 2011 through 2016, he was president of WWL’s shipping and logistics activities across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Fitzgerald also is the chairman of the ARC Group. He served as president and CEO of ARC Shipping and COO of parent company American Shipping and Logistics, the ARC Group predecessor, from 2007 to 2011.
He began his tenure with WWL in 2000. Previously, he spent 13 years with the Crowley Maritime Group, for which he held several executive positions. His career in the maritime industry began in New York in 1984.
Fitzgerald also serves as chairman of the board of governors for the Ocean Exchange, a nonprofit organization that links innovators and entrepreneurs with global organizations to advance and promote innovations, solutions and cutting-edge technologies that positively impact the environment, local economies and communities around the world.