DC Velocity - February 2018

Brad Jacobs, chief executive officer of XPO Logistics, was presented with the 2017 Connie award by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute in December.

The Connie award recognizes individuals who have had
a positive impact on the containerized
shipping and intermodal industry. … Roy
Amalfitano, vice chairman of Evergreen
Shipping Agency (America) Corp., has
been chosen to receive the 2018 Person
of the Year Award from the New York/
New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders
and Brokers Association Inc. … Material
handling equipment manufacturer Crown Equipment
Corp. has added another gold-level Encouraging
Environmental Excellence (E3) award from the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency to its list of sustain-
ability achievements. … As part of the presentation
of the European Transport Award for Sustainability,
logistics service provider Dachser received the Special
Award for Corporate Social Responsibility, earning first
place in the transportation and forwarding companies
category. … Material handling equipment and safety
products manufacturer Wildeck Inc. has earned the
Most Valuable Supplier (MVS) award for 2018 from the
Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association
(MHEDA). … A team from Purdue University’s Krannert
School of Management won top honors at the 2017
Conexus Indiana Logistics Case Competition. Conexus
Indiana, the state’s private-public economic develop-
ment partnership, stages the annual event to raise
awareness of logistics career opportunities and devel-
op a pipeline of students seeking logistics careers. …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay
program has named Penske Logistics a 2017 Excellence
Award winner. Penske is among the program’s top 1 to
2 percent of partners that demonstrate environmental
best practices. … The National Association of Business
Resources has added American Global Logistics to its
2017 list of “Best and Brightest Companies to Work for
in the Nation,” a program that recognizes companies
for their commitment to exceptional human resource
practices as well as to their employees.
accolades

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