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Michael (Mike) Wilson, senior vice president of business operations for Hamburg Süd North America,
was presented with the 2018 Connie Award by the
Containerization & Intermodal Institute. Roy Schleicher,
who recently retired as executive vice president and
chief commercial officer of the Port of Jacksonville,
was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Since 1972, Connie recipients have been acknowledged
for their contributions to containerization in world
trade and the international transportation industry.
… Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., a provider
of less-than-truckload, temperature-controlled, and
intermodal services, has appointed Michael Rapken
chief information officer. Rapken will be responsible
for the company’s ongoing improvement and inte-
gration of its information technology
systems and resources. … Cory Comer has
joined RateLinx, a supply chain software
and data services company, as director of
marketing. … Motion Industries Inc., a
distributor of MRO (maintenance, repair,
and operations) replacement parts and
a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine
Parts Co., has promoted Randall (Randy) P. Breaux to
president and N. Joe Limbaugh to senior vice president
of supply chain, operations support, and marketing.
… Temperature-controlled packaging supplier Pelican
Bio Thermal has appointed Lynaye Reynolds worldwide
director of quality. … ITS Logistics has named Scott
Pruneau chief executive officer. Pruneau, who previ-
ously served as executive vice president and chief com-
mercial officer, will replace Dan Allen, acting chief exec-
utive officer and co-founder of ITS Logistics. … Craig
Roeder, founder and owner of third-par-
ty logistics services provider ProTrans
International Inc., has announced that
Gary Cardenas will succeed him as chief
executive officer. Cardenas has served as
president of ProTrans for the past two
years. … JZ Expedited Companies, an
asset-based third-party logistics services
provider, has promoted Chris Sloope to chief operat-
ing officer. … Warehouse automation and software
specialist Swisslog Logistics Automation Americas has
named David Schwebel vice president of business
development and market intelligence. The company
also announced the appointment of Grant Beringer
as vice president of the Americas Technology Center,
based in Salida, Calif. In addition, Beringer will lead the
Swisslog Latin America business unit.
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