Welcome to the 30th International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards
The commercial maritime industry has always remained resilient within our rapidly changing global landscape, and this past year is no exception. With ongoing conflicts in the middle east and drought effecting the Panama Canal, the safe shifting and flexibility of maritime trade routes remains paramount. Today’s industry leaders prove time and time again that global events and ongoing trends influence decision making and pivoting to sustain the safety and security of the maritime sector. Tonight, we honor leaders who have navigated through challenges and enhanced maritime operations through ingenuity, innovation, and vision.
In 1993, the Board of the Maritime Association of the Port of New York & New Jersey created the International Maritime Hall of Fame to honor those visionaries who, through excellence in their company, organization, or services, best exemplify the qualities of forward thinking that guide our industry now and in the future.
This year the following areas were considered for persons with significant accomplishments: international container carrier, international vessel operator, terminal operator, non-container steamship carrier (bulk, liquid, or oil), ocean transportation intermediary, cruise industry stevedore, cargo handling, port logistics, maritime negotiations and labor, Class I railways, and supply chain collaboration.
The Lookout Award is presented to people who are true transportation visionaries. Funds raised from the Awards event promote advocacy and educational awareness for the industry.
This year, the International Maritime Hall of Fame inducts five outstanding leaders:
Randy Booker Chairman Terminal Investment Corporation
Joseph S. Gregorio
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Pacific Crane Maintenance Company, LLC
Rolf Habben Jansen
Chief Executive Officer Hapag-Lloyd
Mary Jo Muoio
Director, Customs and Trade Amazon
John C. Wobensmith
Chief Executive Officer
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Please join us in honoring tonight’s inductees and thank them for keeping the international maritime and transportation sectors strong and the supply chain competitive.
Stephen Lyman
Executive Director
Maritime Association of the Port of New York & New Jersey
The Georgia Ports Authority Congratulates this Year’s Maritime Hall of Fame Inductees.
Thank you for your many contributions to the logistics industry.
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HONOREES for the May 15, 2024 International Maritime Hall of Fame at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, NYC
Randy Booker Chairman Terminal Investment Corporation (TICO)
Joseph S. Gregorio Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Pacific Crane Maintenance Company, LLC
Mary Jo Muoio Director, Customs and Trade Amazon
Rolf Habben Jansen Chief Executive Officer Hapag-Lloyd
John C. Wobensmith Chief Executive Officer Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME HALL OF FAME HONOREES
RANDY BOOKER
JOSEPH S. GREGORIO
ROLF HABBEN JANSEN
MARY JO MUOIO
JOHN
C. WOBENSMITH
CADDELL DRY DOCK AND REPAIR CO., inc .
Joseph E.M. Hughes
Chairman, Shipowners Claims
Bureau, Inc. (SCB), Manager of the American P&I Club
Joe Hughes has been Chairman of Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. (SCB), the New York-based manager of the American P&I Club, for nearly 29 years. He joined SCB in 1995 from London where he was chairman of global marine at Jardine Insurance Brokers, a major Lloyd’s intermediary.
A Liverpool-born Welshman – and now a US citizen – Joe graduated in law from Balliol College, Oxford and was thereafter called to the Bar of England and Wales, serving his pupillage in a leading barristers’ chambers specializing in maritime law. Joe began his marine insurance career at the Steamship Mutual P&I club in 1977, and subsequently worked for the Gard club in both Norway and London before joining Jardine’s.
Since Joe’s arrival at SCB, the American Club has emerged as a full-service insurance provider, offering P&I, and related lines of cover, with a presence throughout the world. SCB affiliates are also active across a broad range of other management and service sectors in the maritime domain.
The immediate past president of the Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey, Joe is also the chairman of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) and immediate past chairman of its international coordinating body, INTERMEPA. A former chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters of the United States, Joe also serves on the board of both the American Club and its Cyprus-based subsidiary, the American Club (Europe). He is also a member of committees of the American Bureau of Shipping and of Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.
Joe Hughes is Chairman of Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. (SCB), the Manager of the American P&I Club.
Joe was himself an inductee of the International Maritime Hall of Fame in 2011, and was designated by Lloyd’s List as one of the top ten global marine insurance personalities of 2015.
30th International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards
May 15, 2024
The Lighthouse, Pier 61 at Chelsea Piers
Evening Program
Cocktail Reception
Induction of 2024 International Maritime Hall of Fame Recipients
Host: Stephen Lyman, Executive Director The Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ
Emcee: Joseph E.M. Hughes Chairman of Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc.
HONOREES
Randy Booker
Chairman – Terminal Investment Corporation (TICO)
Joseph S. Gregorio Chief Executive Officer and Chairman – Pacific Crane Maintenance Company, LLC
Rolf Habben Jansen Chief Executive Officer – Hapag-Llyod
Mary Jo Muoio Director, Customs and Trade – Amazon
John C. Wobensmith
Chief Executive Officer – Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Dinner
Post Event Reception Immediately Following
2024 International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards Dinner
Committee
EVENT CHAIRMAN
Dennis Lombardi
Institute of International Container Lessors
EVENT COMMITTEE
Michael J. DiVirgilio
Michael J. DiVirgilio & Associates
Bruce Fenimore
Columbia Group
Vincent Foley
Holland & Knight LLP
Jake Gilene
TRAC Intermodal
Joseph E. M. Hughes
Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc.
Lisa Aurichio BSY Associates Inc.
Carol Lambos
The Lambos Firm
Stephen Lyman
The Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ
Jim McNamara
International Longshoremen’s Association, AFL-CIO
John Nardi
Shipping Association of New York & New Jersey
Tiffany Torrey
The Maritime Association of the Port of NY/NJ
EVENT COORDINATORS
June Chin
BSY Associates Inc.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Leo Sorel Photography
Anna Maria Hubner
BSY Associates Inc.
Randy Booker Chairman Terminal Investment Corporation (TICO)
Randy has created unique value in ocean terminal operations through innovative services and products and has extended this value creation to the broader supply chain through a uniquely branded OEM customer experience. In an industry that likes good stories, the story of Randy and TICO resonates. Randy’s professional bio is the story of TICO where he has poured all his professional energies into a career that spans five decades. The two are inextricably entwined.
In the early 1970’s Randy saw the arrival of container terminals as an opportunity to improve waterfront operating efficiency in terms of the capital, land, and human resources deployed in equipment required to run these new operations. Terminal tractors were new to marine cargo operations. Randy introduced the TICO neutral pool turnkey equipment service model in the port of Savannah delivering to port end users efficiencies in capital, operating costs, land, business risk, and uptime that cannot be replicated in a traditional direct ownership model. Today, the TICO Terminal Services business delivers value in numerous other east and gulf coast ports and the fleet has grown steadily over the years.
In the early 1980’s Randy decided to design and build a proprietary TICO terminal tractor with the goal of a truck designed to be easily repaired, rebuilt, and durable in harsh port operating environments, thus improving uptime. For many years Randy’s team built trucks only for the TICO fleet. In 2008, TICO Manufacturing commenced external retail sales. Today, TICO is a leading global producer of terminal tractors, having invested aggressively in increased production capacity to meet anticipated future demand and in a unique customer experience platform trademarked TICO Edge™.
Power train options now include several sustainability options, including natural gas and electric. The retail customer base includes many of the leading national fleets along with TICO’s world class North American dealer network of 28 companies with 170 locations. Getting there has been a journey whose hallmark has been Randy’s legendary tenacity.
Being part of Randy’s team has always demanded special people who can nurture enduring partnerships. TICO started by doing something no one else was doing and built a business by solving pain points that had often gone unnoticed. That is the essence of creating value.
“Randy has created unique value in ocean terminal operations through innovative services and products.”
Apart from building his commitment to building a team and his business, Randy is known for supporting friends and others in the shipping space following hurricanes and other disasters and has long been a generous supporter of schools and his beloved Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Savannah. Randy recently turned 81 and was married last September to his wife Judy.
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International Maritime Hall
of Fame
Joseph S. Gregorio Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Pacific Crane Maintenance Company, LLC (PCMC)
Joeseph S. Gregorio is a 45-year veteran of the cargo transportation maintenance industry and co-founded Pacific Crane Maintenance Company (PCMC) in 1990. As Chairman & CEO, Joe focuses primarily on overseeing the strategic direction of the Company, including managing PCMC’s core staff of Senior Executives.
Joe grew up in the San Pedro Port Complex, starting his career at Rigging International’s maintenance and repair division (RIMCO) in 1978 at the age of 19 as a mechanic/electrician. As a mechanic, Joe erected, maintained, and repaired some of the first container cranes to be utilized in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Port Complex. Joe worked his way into becoming a foreman, managing several crews of mechanics maintaining, repairing, and performing special projects on cranes in the Los Angeles/Long Beach Port Complex, as well as in several other locations including Mexico, Guam, Puerto Rico etc. Joe later made the transition into management in the 1980’s and ultimately became the president of west coast operations for RIMCO until 1990 when he left to start PCMC.
PCMC is a family-run business and benefits from the participation of Joe and his wife Laura’s entire clan. Their sons Joe Jr., Andy and Robert, daughter Jennifer, son-in-law Kyle Clinton and brother-in-law Darrin DelConte all play important roles within the business.
Joe’s leadership, dedication, and hard work have propelled PCMC to what it is today, the largest maintenance and repair service provider to the maritime industry, as well as the largest employer of ILWU mechanics.
The company today employs about 1,100 people, including approximately 900 longshore mechanics and 100 ILWU longshoremen. PCMC contracts with shipping companies, terminal operators, port authorities, intermodal equipment providers, and equipment manufacturers to provide complete maintenance and repair programs for all types of automated and nonautomated cargo handling equipment.
In addition to dedicating his time to PCMC, Joe also supports many charitable causes and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Maritime Association.
Although the above accomplishments have made a reputation for Joe throughout the waterfront and in his community, Joe’s most valued achievement is his family.
“Joe’s leadership, dedication, and hard work have propelled PCMC to what it is today.”
He and his wife Laura met at San Pedro High School and have been married for over 44 years. Joe prides himself on being a dedicated husband to his wife Laura, father to his four children, and grandfather to his many grandchildren. Joe and Laura devote themselves to their seven grandchildren (ranging in age from 1 to 25), attending their sports events and various performances. Nothing creates more happiness for Joe than spending quality time with his family.
(This profile was submitted by the recipient.)
Rolf Habben Jansen Chief Executive Officer Hapag-Lloyd
Since 2014, Rolf Habben Jansen has been CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies with a fleet of 264 container vessels and around 16,000 employees worldwide.
A native of the Netherlands, Habben Jansen holds a degree in economics from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, where he graduated in 1991. He began his 30-plus year career in logistics and shipping as a trainee with former Dutch shipping company Royal Nedlloyd.
Royal Nedlloyd then merged the shipping activities with P&O into P&O Nedlloyd and the landside activities were sold to Deutsche Post, which also included DHL and Danzas. He held various positions at Danzas in Switzerland before its rebranding to DHL. From 2001, Habben Jansen was responsible for contract logistics for large parts of Europe at DHL, before he took over as Head of Global Customer Solutions in 2006 – responsible for the Top 100 customers across all the divisions. From 2009, he served for five years as CEO of Damco, a global logistics company within the Danish A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group, specializing in origin consolidation services, warehousing, sea and air freight.
Since 2014, under Habben Jansen’s leadership, Hapag-Lloyd has undergone transformative mergers and acquisitions, reshaping its global presence. The 2014 acquisition of Chilean shipping company CSAV bolstered Hapag-Lloyd’s presence in vital South American markets, while the 2017 merger with UASC enhanced its Middle Eastern footprint and expanded its fleet capacity and operational capabilities.
In 2021, Hapag-Lloyd reinforced its expansion in Africa by acquiring NileDutch, a shipping company specializing in West African trades. In 2022, under Habben Jansen’s direction, Hapag-Lloyd expanded its presence in South Africa by acquiring the container business of Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL). In addition, Habben Jansen has led initiatives to grow Hapag-Lloyd’s terminal portfolio, with significant expansions in Morocco, Germany, Egypt, Italy, the Americas, and India, alongside acquiring SAAM Terminal & Logistics and a significant stake in the Indian terminal and inland operator J M Baxi Ports & Logistics Limited.
“Habben
Jansen is an advocate of innovation in the shipping industry.”
Habben Jansen is an advocate of innovation in the shipping industry and his tenure at Hapag-Lloyd is marked by a steadfast dedication to quality, efficiency, and sustainability. Under his leadership, Hapag-Lloyd has driven digitalization and quality improvement initiatives to navigate the evolving global shipping landscape. In line with these efforts, HapagLloyd has announced an operational cooperation with liner shipping company Maersk, called “Gemini Cooperation”, starting in February 2025.
Apart from his CEO position, Habben Jansen serves as Co-Chairman of the World Shipping Council in Washington, D.C., and acts as an Independent Director at Stolt-Nielsen Limited (SNL).
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The Maritime Association of the Port of New York and New Jersey Congratulates the 2024 International Maritime Hall of Fame Inductees:
Randy Booker
Joseph S. Gregorio
Rolf Habben Jansen
Mary Jo Muoio
John C. Wobensmith
Mary Jo Muoio Director, Customs and Trade Amazon
Mary Jo Muoio is Director, Customs and Trade at Amazon and on the Board for Amazon companies INLT and AMZL. Prior to joining Amazon, Ms. Muoio was Senior Vice President of Trade Services and Government Relations with Geodis, Inc. Before assuming leadership of the consulting division, Ms. Muoio was a Senior Vice-President of Barthco International, Inc., a leading customs broker and forwarder acquired by Geodis. She is a licensed customs broker, having passed the exam with the highest score in the nation.
Ms. Muoio is currently serving as Senior Counselor/ Board of Director and Chairman Emeritus of the Customs Committee of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA), a post she assumed after serving as Chairman of the Board and two terms as President. Before being elected as the first female president of this association, she served as Vice-President for several terms, Secretary, Board of Director and on key Association committees. In 2023, Ms. Muoio was recognized by the NCBFAA as the 10th recipient of the Presidential Designation as Centurion.
Ms. Muoio was appointed as a Director to the International Federation of Customs Brokers (IFCBA) and represents the US customs brokerage industry under the IFCBA flag at the World Customs Organization. Ms. Muoio served as Vice-President for Imports of the New York New Jersey Foreign Forwarders and Brokers Association for many years, resigning to focus her representation on the national level. She continues to serve on the Board of Governors and is honored to be a recipient of their Captain of Industry Award.
She is a Past-President of the Philadelphia Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association. Ms. Muoio served two terms on COAC, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions and continues to serve on several working groups. Ms. Muoio serves on the Board of the American Association of Exporters and Importers where she has been a career-long member. Ms. Muoio was appointed as a Trade Ambassador of the Trade Leadership Council and sits on the Trade Support Network committees and several joint TSN-CBP working groups.
“Mary Jo is a licensed customs broker, having passed the exam with the highest score in the nation.”
At the start of her career, Ms. Muoio taught at the college level in Japan. She continues to pursue studies in the Japanese language. Ms. Muoio is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s University with a degree in International Relations. In her spare time, she is active in the lives of her children Matthew and Jayne Marie and husband of over 33 years, Bill. Every once in a while, she gets the ironing done.
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Randy Booker
Joseph S. Gregorio
Rolf Habben Jansen
Mary Jo Muoio
John C. Wobensmith
POWERING THE WHEELS OF COMMERCE
WITH THE FUTURE OF RAIL
The
John Wobensmith Chief Executive Officer
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
John C. Wobensmith has nearly 30 years of leadership experience in the shipping industry.
John gravitated to the shipping industry at a young age, based on his love of the water, being a core member of the St. Mary’s College sailing Team and his formative internship with the head of the Port Authority of Baltimore.
After graduating college, John turned his focus to ship financing, landing his first role at the First National Bank of Maryland, where he ran their Latin America shipping portfolio at the age of 24, working for one of his mentors George Wood.
John served as Senior Vice President with American Marine Advisor before joining Genco Shipping in 2005, where he spearheaded its IPO and served as the Company’s CFO for twelve years. Genco represented the first of two dry-bulk shipping companies John brought public. In 2017, John became CEO of Genco and led the company through the transition from a tonnage provider to an active owner operator, providing a full-service logistics solution to create value for Genco and its customers.
Under John’s leadership, the company achieved other notable accomplishments including resetting its capital structure to create a low-leverage compelling and differentiated dividend company in the public markets and embracing new technology to improve fuel efficiency and lower Genco’s carbon footprint. Advancing the long-term sustainability of Genco and the shipping industry is a priority for Genco, and John is proud that Genco has been rated the top ESG shipping company for the past three years.
The importance of giving back is a significant tenet of John’s work and personal life. For the past 25 years, he has volunteered with Children of Bellevue, a non-profit organization focused on the health and well-being of children in New York City. In 2019, he was honored as a Children’s Champion by Children of Bellevue due to his fundraising efforts and work with the organization.
“In
2017, John became CEO of Genco and led the company through the transition from a tonnage provider to an active owner operator.”
John is also one of the longest serving trustees on the Board of St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He was appointed as a trustee by four different State governors and continues to serve in that capacity. Over the years, he has provided numerous need-based scholarships for deserving students at St Mary’s. And more recently he endowed the Wobensmith Family Marine Science Academic Laboratory. John resides in New York with his wife Andrea and their two daughters, Ella and Gracie.
Well-deserved, John!
The IGB Group congratulates John C. Wobensmith for being inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame.
We are proud to have partnered with you and Genco for nearly 20 years.
30th Annual International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards
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AMERICAN STEAMSHIP OWNERS MUTUAL PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION, INC. and SHIPOWNERS CLAIMS BUREAU, INC., MANAGER
congratulate the honorees of the 30th International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards
May 15, 2024
RANDY BOOKER
JOSEPH S. GREGORIO
ROLF HABBEN JANSEN
MARY JO MUOIO and JOHN C. WOBENSMITH
InternatIonal longshoremen’s assocIatIon
Harold Daggett, President
Dennis A. Daggett, Executive Vice President
Stephen Knott, Secretary-Treasurer
Wilbert Rowell, General Vice President
John D. Baker, General Organizer
James H. Paylor, Jr., Assistant General Organizer
Alan A. Robb, Assistant General Organizer
Benny Holland, Jr., Executive Vice President Emeritus
Proudly Congratulates
The 2024 International Maritime Hall of Fame Award Honorees
Joseph S. Gregorio
Randy Booker
Rolf Habben Jansen
Mary Jo Muoio
John C. Wobensmith
Thank you for your leadership and contributions to the Maritime Industry.
JOHN C. WOBENSMITH Chief Executive Officer
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited
Congratulations John! FROM THE ENTIRE GENCO TEAM, BOTH ON-SHORE AND AT-SEA
Congratulations to our founder, Randy Booker, on his induction into the International Maritime Hall of Fame! Our industry offers many opportunities for impact and excellence, working with world-class ports and operators. The TICO experience has been more. Together, we have been fortunate to be on a journey creating new value. What a privilege to ride a vision with Randy…making something happen!
Hapag-Lloyd extends its warmest congratulations to our CEO, Rolf Habben Jansen, for his induction into the 30th International Maritime Hall of Fame.
266 modern ships, 2 million TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) total transport capacity, 16,300 motivated employees in more than 403 offices in 140 countries. Hapag-Lloyd is a leading global liner shipping company and a powerful partner for you.
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MARY JO MUOIO
For being recognized as an industry leader and first customs broker ever to receive the International Maritime Hall of Fame Award
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Randy Booker
Joseph S. Gregorio
Rolf Habben Jansen
Mary Jo Muoio
John C. Wobensmith
30thAnnualInternationalMaritime Hall of Fame Award Recipients:
- Randy Booker Chairman, TICO
- Joseph S. Gregorio
Chairman & CEO, PCMC
Rolf Habben Jansen CEO, Hapag Lloyd
- Mary Jo Muoio Director of Customs & Trade, Amazon
John C. Wobensmith CEO, GENCO Shipping and Trading Limited
to the Distinguished Recipients of the 30th International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards
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Mc ALLISTER TOWING
CONGRATULATES THE 30 TH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME HALL OF FAME
HONOREES
Randy Booker • Joseph S. Gregorio
Rolf Habben Jansen • Mary Jo Muoio and John C. Wobensmith
Maritime Association of the Port of New York & New Jersey Board of Directors
OFFICERS
President - Steven Kalil Caddell Dry Dock & Repair
Vice President - Thomas Hinderhofer Cape Liberty Cruise Port, LLC
Treasurer - Leslie O’Neal The Seamen’s Church Institute
Secretary - Bethann Rooney Port Authority of NY & NJ
DIRECTORS
John Atkins Port Liberty
Frank Borland Ironbound Intermodal Industries, Inc.
Ronald D’Ambrosio Norton Lilly International
Michael J. DiVirgilio
Michael J. DiVirgilio & Associates
Joseph Hughes Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc.
Jake Gilene TRAC Intermodal
Jason Kirin Columbia Group
Steven Kress McAllister Towing & Transportation
Dennis Lombardi IICL, Ltd.
James Mahlmann
United New York Sandy Hook Pilots Association
James McNamara International Longshoremen’s Association
COUNSEL
Vincent Foley Holland & Knight LLP
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Stephen Lyman
John Nardi Shipping Association of NY & NJ
James Overley East Coast Warehouse Dist.
Brian Rau Vane Brothers
Joseph Ragusa Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors’ Association
Michael Stamatis Red Hook Container Terminals
Mike Taylor Equinor
Maritime Association of the Port of NY & NJ
PORTWIDE CONGRATULATES
Joseph S. Gregorio
Randy Booker
Rolf Habben Jansen
Mary Jo Muoio and John C. Wobensmith on their induction into THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME HALL OF FAME
CONGRATULATES
The 30th International Maritime Hall of Fame 2024 Honorees:
RANDY BOOKER
CHAIRMAN
TERMINAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION (TICO)
JOSEPH S. GREGORIO
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHAIRMAN PACIFIC CRANE MAINTENANCE COMPANY, LLC
ROLF HABBEN JANSEN
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
HAPAG-LLOYD
MARY JO MUOIO DIRECTOR, CUSTOMS AND TRADE AMAZON
JOHN C. WOBENSMITH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
GENCO SHIPPING & TRADING LIMITED
International Maritime Hall of Fame 2023 Memories
2023 International Maritime Hall of Fame Honorees and Presenters:
From Left: Griff Lynch, Tony Scioscia, Peter Tirschwell, Jeremey Nixon, Reverend Mark Nestlehutt, Brian Buckley McAllister Esq., Lee Newitt, Bill Shea, Semiramis Paliou, Christopher Wiernicki and EMCEE Joseph E.M. Hughes
Past International Maritime Hall of Fame Honorees:
From Left: Anthony Chiarello, Vincent J. Marino, Roger Guenther, Joseph M. Hughes, Jim Devine, Michael DiVirgilio, H.W. Thurber III, Christopher J. Wiernicki, Symeon P. Palios, Peter Tirschwell, Markos Marinakis, Carol Lambos, Tony Scioscia
International Maritime Hall of Fame 2023 Memories
2023
2016 International Maritime Hall of Fame Honoree,
P. Palios smiling proudly as his daughter Semiramis Paliou receives the same honor in 2023
2023 IMHOF Honoree Semiramis Paliou with family and friends
2023 IMHOF Honoree Griff Lynch with family and friends
2023 IMHOF Honoree Jeremy Nixon with Peter Tirschwell and Joseph E. M. Hughes
2023 IMHOF Honoree Bill Shea with Lee Newiit and Joseph E.M. Hughes
IMHOF Honoree Brian Buckley McAllister, Esq. with Reverend Mark Nestlehutt
Symeon
Randy Booker
Mary Jo Muoio
Rolf Habben Jansen
Joseph S. Gregorio
John C. Wobensmith
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International Maritime Hall of Fame 2023 Memories
Captain Zeita Merchant and MAPONY/NJ Executive Director
Stephen Lyman
Bryan Blalock, Michael Wojnowksi, Davey Miller, Mike Holt
2023 IMHOF Honoree Bill Shea with 2022 IMHOF Honoree Vincent J. Marino and Dan Walsh
Cate Avolio and Bruce Fenimore
Sue Coffey, Anil Vitarana and Lisa Wheldon
2023 International Maritime Hall of Fame Honoree Jeremy Nixon
International Maritime Hall of Fame 2023 Memories
Guests Enjoying the 2023 International Maritime Hall of Fame Dinner Reception
International Maritime Hall of Fame Honorees 1995-2023
2023 Griff Lynch
Executive Director, Georgia Ports Authority
Brian Buckley McAllister
President, McAllister Towing
Jeremy Nixon
Chief Executive Officer
Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd.
Semiramis Paliou
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Diana Shipping Inc. & Chairperson
Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association
Bill Shea
Chief Executive Officer, DCLI
2022 Gary Cross
President and Chief Executive Officer, Maher Terminals LLC
Michael J. DiVirgilio
Principal, Michael J. DiVirgilio & Associates
Roger Guenther
Executive Director, Port Houston
Anthony V. Marino (posthumous)
Executive Vice President, The Marino Group
Vincent J. Marino
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Marino Group
John A. Witte, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Donjon Marine Co., Inc.
2021 Lisa Lutoff-Perlo
President and Chief Executive Officer, Celebrity Cruises Inc.
James R. Mara
President Emeritus, Metropolitan Marine Maintenance Contractors’ Assoc.
James I. Newsome, III
President and Chief Executive Officer, South Carolina Ports Authority
Dr. Nikolas P. Tsakos
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tsakos Energy Navigation
Lois K. Zabrocky
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, International Seaways Inc.
2019 Harold J. Daggett
International President, International Longshoremen’s Association AFL-CIO
George Economou
Founder, Chairman & CEO, DryShips Inc.
John F. Reinhart
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Virginia Port Authority
Rodolphe Saadé
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, CMA CGM Group
Richard S. (Rich) Weeks
Chief Executive Officer, Weeks Marine, Inc.
2018 Donato Caruso
Senior Partner, The Lambos Firm, LLP
Adam M. Goldstein
President & Chief Operating Officer, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Michael A. Jordan
SE Founding Principal & Technical Director, Liftech Consultants Inc.
Juergen Pump
Senior Vice President, Hamburg SudNorth America, Inc.
2017 Harley V. Franco
Chairman & CEO, Harley Marine Services
Angeliki N. Frangou
Chairman & CEO, Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.
James C. McKenna
President & CEO, Pacific Maritime Association
Madeleine Paquin
President & CEO, Logistec Corporation
Jean-Jacques (JJ) Ruest
Executive Vice President & CMO, CN
C. Duff Hughes
President, The Vane Brothers Company
Robert (Rob) P. Kusiciel, Vice President, Honeywell ACS Integrated Supply Chain Logistics & Transportation Center of Excellence
2016 Symeon P. Palios
Chairman & CEO, Diana Shipping, Inc.
William (Bill) Payne, Vice Chairman, NYK Line (NA), Inc. & Vice
President, NYK Ports, LLC
Christopher (Chris) J. Wiernicki, Chairman, CEO & President, American Bureau of Shipping, Inc.
2015 Thomas A. Allegretti
President & CEO, The American Waterways Operators
Wolfgang Freese,
President, Hapag-Lloyd Region Americas
Markos K. Marinakis
President, Marinakis Chartering, Inc.
Brian A. McAllister
Chairman, McAllister Towing & Transportation Company
Special Award – Lifetime Achievement
Richard L. Sadler
Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd’s Register Group Limited
Peter Tirschwell
Executive Vice President/Chief Content Officer, JOC Group Inc.
2014 Peter Friedmann
Executive Director, Agriculture Transportation Coalition
Jorn Hinge
President & CEO, United Arab Shipping Company (S.A.G.)
Carol Notias Lambos
Partner, The Lambos Firm, LLP
Lambros C. Varnavides
Managing Director & Global Head of Shipping, Royal Bank of Scotland
Wolf von Appen
President, Ultramar Agencia Maritima Ltda, & Chairman, Grupo Ultramar
2013 Michael R. Bloomberg
Former Mayor of NYC
Morton S. Bouchard III
President & CEO, Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc.
Joseph A. Dorto
President & CEO, Virginia International Terminals, Inc.
E. Hunter Harrison
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Pacific
Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller, Chairman, A.P. Møller-Maersk (posthumous award)
Ronald D. Widdows
Chief Executive Officer, Rickmers Holding Rickmers-Linie
2012 Joseph C. Curto
President, New York Shipping Association, Inc. NYSA
Spyros Polemis
Chairman & Managing Director, Seacrest Shipping Co., Ltd.
Matthew K. Rose
Chairman & CEO, BNSF Railway Company
Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
Chairman, DP World
Captain Wei Jiafu
Chairman, COSCO Group
2011 Claudio Bozzo
President, Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Rick Gabrielson
Director, Target Corporation
Joseph E.M. Hughes
Chairman & CEO, Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc. (P&I Clubs)
Charles ‘Wick’ Moorman, IV
President & CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation
2010 Dr. Yung-Fa Chang
Founder, Chairman, Evergreen Group
Anthony “Tony” A. Chiarello
Executive VP & COO, NYK Logistics (Americas) Inc.
James J. Devine
President & CEO, NY Container Terminal
Stanley O. Sher
Founding Partner, Sher & Blackwell LLP
Michael J. Ward
Chairman, President & CEO, CSX Corporation
2009 Captain Timothy A. Brown
President, IOMM&P
Peter C. Georgiopoulos
Chairman, General Maritime Corporation
Doug J. Marchand
Executive Director, Georgia Ports Authority
Li Shaode
President, China Shipping (Group) Co.
Douglas A. Tilden
Senior Strategic Advisor, Ports America Seamen’s Church Institute
International Maritime Hall of Fame Honorees 1995-2023
2008 Adolf Adrion
Executive Board Member, Hapag-Lloyd AG
James A. Capo
Chairman & CEO, United States Maritime Alliance, Ltd
Dr. C.C. Chen
Chairman, Wan Hai Lines, Ltd.
Axel C. Eitzen
CEO, Camillo Eitzen & Co. ASA.
Jon Hemingway
President & CEO, SSA Marine
Reinhard Lange
Deputy CEO, Kuehne + Nagel International AG
2007 J. Robert Bray
Executive Director Emeritus, Virginia Port Authority
Angus R. Cooper, II
Chairman, Cooper/T.Smith
Captain James J. McNamara
President, National Cargo Bureau, Inc.
J.W. Park
President & CEO, Hanjin Shipping Co., Ltd.
Alberto Aleman Zubieta
Administrator, Panama Canal Authority
2006 Thomas W. Gleason
Attorney, Gleason & Mathews
Peter I. Keller
Executive Vice President & COO, NYK Line, NA
Gary P. LaGrange
Port Director, Port of New Orleans; Post Hurricane Katrina
John Meredith
Group Managing Director, Hutchison Port Holdings
Robert D. Somerville
Chairman & CEO, American Bureau of Shipping
Captain Panagiotis N. Tsakos
Founder, Tsakos Shipping & Trading SA
2005 Peter J. Finnerty
President, American Ocean Enterprises, Inc.
Captain Nikolaos I. Frangos
President, Good Faith Shipping Co. S.A.
Andrew W. McGovern
President, Sandy Hook Pilots Association
Stelio Papadimitriou
President, Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
Anthony A. Scioscia
President & CEO, APM Terminals
H. W. Thurber, III
Chairman & CEO, Kerr Norton Strachan Agency
2004
Helen Delich Bentley
Former FMC Chairperson & U.S. Congresswoman
Dr. James S.C. Chao
Chairman, Foremost Group
N. Nick Cretan
Executive Director, Maritime Association, NY&NJ
Ruediger “Rudy” Mack
President, Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc.
Efthimios E. Mitropoulos
Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization
Jacques R. Saade, Chairman, CMA CGM
2003 Nicola Arena
President, Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Christopher L. Koch
President & CEO, World Shipping Council
Olav K. Rakkenes
Former President & CEO, Atlantic Container Line
Charles G. Raymond
Chairman, CEO & President, Horizon Lines
Paul F. Richardson
Principal, Paul F. Richardson & Associates
Henk Van Hemmen
President, Emeritus, Martin, Ottaway Van Hemmen & Dolan
John Arnold Witte, Sr.
CEO & President, Donjon Marine Co., Inc.
2002 C. Thomas Burke
Senior Advisor to President, K Line America, Inc.
Ernest J. Corrado
Maritime Counsel to American Maritime Congress
C. Peter Lambos
Senior Partner, Lambos & Junge
Brian D. Starer
Executive Partner NYC, Holland & Knight
Jacob Stolt-Nielsen
Chairman, Stolt-Nielsen S.A.
2001 Lillian C. Borrone
Retired Executive Director, Port Authority NY&NJ
R. Kenneth Johns
Chairman, R.K. Johns & Associates, Inc.
Brian McAllister
President, McAllister Towing & Transportation Co., Inc.
2001 Secretary Norman Y. Mineta
Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department Transportation
Lawrence H. O’Toole
President, Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
2001 Michael J.S. Seymour
CEO & President, P&O Nedlloyd Ltd.
C.C. Tung Chairman, Orient Overseas (Int‘l) Limited
2000 John Bowers Sr. President, ILA, AFL-CIO
Dr. Charles R. Cushing
President, C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc.
George H. Hearn
President, International Shipholding Corporation
David A. Howard
Founder, American Shipper
Niels W. Johnsen
Chairman, International Shipholding Corp.
Christos N. Kritikos
President, Ceres Terminals Inc.
1999 Professor Francesco Berlingieri
President, Comité Maritime International
Richard “Skip” Hayward
Chairman, Pequot River Shipworks
ADM Robert E. Kramek USCG (ret)
President, ABS Americas
Guy E.C. Clay Maitland
Principal, International Registries, Inc.
Patricia Martin
Director, Maritime Affairs for the Republic of Panama
Malcom P. McLean
Founder of Container Shipping
1998 Ronald Bergman
Chairman, Nordstrom & Thulin AB & BIMCO, President J. Erik Hvide
Chairman, Hvide Marine, Inc.
Dr. Thomas A. Mensah
Justice, Court on Law of the Sea
Ole Skaarup
Chairman, Skaarup Shipping Corporation
1997 Manfred A. (Fred) Busker
President, SMIT International
Edward P. Doherty
President, Atlantic Marine, Inc.
Gerhard E. Kurz
President, Mobil Shipping & Transportation
Jan Sander
President & CEO, PTT Telecom Netherlands U.S. Inc.
1996 Captain Kenneth J. Fullwood
Vice President, Mobil Shipping & Transportation Co.
John H. Griffith
Chairman, Norton Lilly International, Inc.
Vice Commandant Eugene Henn
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
Arthur Imperatore, Sr.
Chairman, NY Waterway
Niels W. Johnsen
Chairman, International Shipholding Corporation
Lane Kirkland
President, AFL-CIO
1995 George Lowman
Chairman & CEO, Farrell Lines
M. Brian Maher
Chairman & CEO, Maher Terminals, Inc.
Rear ADM Edmond J. Moran, USNR
John Olsen, CEO
Cunard Lines, & Managing Director, Trafalgar House
W.R. Phillips
Retired Chairman, Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Christopher J. Rankin, President, P&O Containers
Lester Rosenblatt
Chairman, M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc.
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GDLSK is Proud to Support International Maritime Hall of Fame Awards 30th Annual Dinner
Congratulations to Honoree
Mary Jo Muoio
and other honorees
With Special Congratulations and Appreciation to the International Maritime Hall of Fame for its continued commitment to excellence in the logistics community
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Pacific Crane Maintenance Company Congratulates The 2024 International Maritime Hall of Fame Honorees
Randy Booker
Rolf Habben Jansen
Mary Jo Muoio
John C. Wobensmith
A special congratulations to our Chairman and CEO, Joseph S. Gregorio, Sr.