RICHARD D. STEINKE RECEIVES 2011 CONNIE AWARD PRESENTED IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA

News Release Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) September 23, 2011

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Honored
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LONG
BEACH, CA (September 22, 2011) --- The Connie Award was presented
by the Containerization and Intermodal Institute (CII) to Richard D.
S teinke, who will retire this month as executive director of the Port
of Long Beach. Mr. Steinke was honored for his leadership role in
developing the Port into one of the world's largest container harbors.
More than 200 people attended the industry-wide dinner event held on
September 21, at the Renaissance Hotel.
 
"Richard
Steinke established himself as an indispensable leader of the Port of Long
Beach and maritime industry," said Allen Clifford, President of CII. "His
hard work and immense contributions will help keep the port among the
busiest in the world."
 
Mr.
Steinke led the Port's redevelopment of the former Long Beach Naval
Complex, creating one of the nation's largest container cargo terminals.
He transitioned the Port, making it both a builder of modern cargo
terminals while becoming environmentally efficient. Mr. Steinke also
implemented a Green Port Policy that included a successful Clean Trucks
Program in collaboration with the Port of Los Angeles.  
 
Mr.
Steinke's leadership and expertise were instrumental in the completion of
other various projects that includes winning approvals for the $1 billion
Middle Harbor Redevelopment project and the $950 million Gerald Desmond
Bridge Replacement project.  These projects helped create one of the
nation's largest container cargo terminals and assured safe access in and
out of the port complex. 
 
In
accepting his award, Mr. Steinke said: "Containerization came
to the Port of Long Beach in the early 1960s, just about the time the
institute was forming, and we've been on a fast ride ever
since."
 
He
continued: "Thank you CII for all you have done to promote and support the
business of international trade and intermodal container transportation. I
am very proud to receive this Connie. It's a tremendous honor."
 
I
share this award with many past and present Harbor Commissioners and Port
of Long Beach staff, and our many industry partners, collaborators and
stakeholders. 
 
 
He
noted that a special debt of gratitude is owed to the port's customers,
marine terminal operators and the workers at the Port of Long Beach. "They
have been a key part of our success. They have played a large part in
developing innovative technology and practices that brought efficient
operations to the Port of Long Beach," said Mr. Steinke. 
 
He
said the culture of the Port of Long Beach changed dramatically in 2005,
when it adopted the Green Port Policy. "We made a big change in our own
administrative culture, and we asked our partners to make big changes as
well," he said. "We developed many idealistic goals to protect the
environment and cut port-related air pollution." 
 
Those
goals could not have been achieved, Mr. Steinke noted, without the
willingness of marine terminal operators, trucking companies, vessel
operators and many others in the transportation chain to help Long Beach
"grow green."   Together, he said, "we have shown the world that
it is possible to increase our business and reduce emissions at the same
time."
 
With
immense appreciation for his staff, Mr. Steinke added. "In my 20-plus
years at the Port of Long Beach, I've always felt a true collaborative
spirit within our industry. We speak with one voice when it comes to our
support for international trade growth, and the need to continue to
improve our intermodal networks so that we support additional jobs and
economic activity in the future. It's a real pleasure for me to be able to
play a role in that collaboration."
 
During
his career, Steinke served as the chief spokesman for the U.S. West Coast
Collaboration, Chairman of the American Association of Port Authorities
and the California Association of Port Authorities.  He also serves
as a member of the Red Cross CEO Advisory Committee. 
 
Recipients
are honored for innovative spirit in their careers and at their respective
companies, as well as for their positive influence on the industries they
serve. 
 
In
addition to the Connie Awards, CII continued its industry education
mission by presenting scholarships to students studying logistics.
More than a half-million dollars has been given to deserving
students through CII since the program began with Crowley Maritime in
1992. Crowley has given very generously to Cal Maritime and Kings Point
midshipmen every year since then. This year's Thomas B.
Crowley, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Award was awarded to three
California Maritime Academy midshipmen: Stephen Luxton, Drew
Kerlee and Richard Darwood    
Two
awards were designated in memory of Captain Minghung Wei by Barbara and
Joe Yeninas, as well as one from the Wei family. Captain Wei sailed for
many years with several ocean carriers and came ashore some 40 years ago
to become an executive at Evergreen. He left Evergreen as its West Coast
president in the early 1980s and joined ITL operations in Long Beach. The
two recipients of the Captain Minghung Wei Scholarship were
Warren Tang of the Global Logistics Specialist Program at
California State University, Long Beach and Ryan
Waller of Global Logistics Specialist and Marine Terminal
Operations Professional Programs at California State
University, Long Beach.
 
The
Journal of Commerce Scholarship was awarded to Stacy Kelso of the Global
Logistics Specialist Program at California State University, Long Beach.
The Containerization & Intermodal Institute
Scholarship was awarded to Chris Novosad,
terminal manager for Horizon Lines in Tacoma. He is pursuing a degree at
the Intermodal Transportation Institute of University of Denver,

 
Any
company can sponsor a named scholarship through CII, which has had more
than a half a million dollars given for higher education under its
auspices since 1992. The next Connie events will be held in Newark, NJ on
December 5 and in Chicago, IL in April 2012. The Connie Awards will be
back in Long Beach next September.    
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About
CII Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII), a
non-profit organization founded in 1960, promotes industry awareness,
preserves the history of intermodalism, and engages scholarly interest in
the field by organizing educational conferences and seminars, serving as
an information resource, providing networking opportunities, offering
career guidance, arranging internships and facilitating scholarships. For
more information, visit <A shape=rect>www.containerization.org</A> 
  
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