Maritime Hall of Fame honorees announced

· Monday, February 18, 2013

   The 20th annual Maritime Hall of Fame will be held in New York on May 8.
   The reception and dinner, which is attended by 400 international maritime executives, will recognize six honorees this year. They include New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Morton S. Bouchard III, president and chief executive officer of Bouchard Transportation Co.; Joe Dorto, president and CEO of Virginia International Terminals; E. Hunter Harrison, CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway; Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, chairman of A.P. Møller-Maersk (posthumous award); and Ronald D. Widdows, CEO of Rickmers Holding and Rickmers-Linie Shipping Group.
   For more details or to attend the event, contact Judy Rovins, International Maritime Hall of Fame coordinator, at (203) 216-0681.

Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.