Widdows, Hemingway to receive Connie Awards
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Ron Widdows, group president and chief executive officer of NOL, and Jon Hemingway, CEO and president of SSA Marine/Carrix, have been selected as recipients of the 2010 Connie Awards by the Containerization and Intermodal Institute (CII).
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“Mr. Widdows and Mr. Hemingway represent two of the finest leaders in our industry and it is our honor to present them each with the Connie in this, CII’s 50th anniversary year,” said Allen Clifford, CII president and executive vice president of Mediterranean Shipping Co.
The awards will be presented at a Sept. 30 dinner at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, Calif.
The recipients were chosen following an industry poll. Both are being honored for innovative spirit in their careers and at their respective companies, as well as for positive influence on the industries they serve.
Widdows, whose company also owns and operates APL, has been in the maritime industry for more than 40 years. Hemingway is a lawyer who joined the family stevedoring business in 1985. Both received early educations at the University of Washington.
For more information, contact Barbara Yeninas, executive director of the institute at (800) 231-8244 or execdir@containerization.org.
