SSA Containers president will receive Connie Award

A leader in the terminal and stevedoring industry, Edward DeNike will be honored at a September dinner.    Edward Anthony DeNike, president of SSA Containers, a division of Carrix, and a 50-year veteran of the international shipping industry, will receive the Containerization & Intermodal Institute’s Connie Award.
   Each year, Connie recipients receive recognition with the prestigious award for their significant contributions to containerization, world trade and the transportation field and are acknowledged for their innovative spirit as well as for the positive example they set for individuals who will be the future the industry.
   “Ed DeNike’s career bridges the advent of global containerized shipping, the success of intermodalism and the innovation of shore side facilities that changed the face of the worldwide movement of cargo,” said Michael J. DiVirgilio, president of CII. “His expertise and vision has touched every sector of our industry.”
   DeNike began his career in 1966 with Crescent Wharf & Warehouse. He became a member of the SSA management team when SSA purchased Crescent in 1983. He managed numerous waterfront operations since his initial hiring and has worked in all major ports on the West Coast in all types of cargo operations.
   He was the architect and terminal manager for several major facilities in San Francisco, Oakland and Long Beach. In 1986, he relocated to Seattle from Southern California and assumed overall responsibility for Carrix’s West Coast container and select breakbulk operations. He was a Blue Ribbon Committee member responsible for rewriting the Pacific Coast Longshore Contract document and has been heavily involved in container equipment design.
   DeNike is the president of SSA’s domestic container operations and also serves as chief operating officer for SSA Terminals, Carrix’s largest joint venture; Pacific Maritime Services, Carrix’s joint venture with COSCO; SSA Terminals (Long Beach), Carrix’s joint venture with Mediterranean Shipping; and SSA Terminals (Seattle), Carrix’s joint venture with China Shipping.
   He also serves on the board of the Pacific Maritime Association, the industry organization that negotiates labor agreements with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.
   DeNike will be presented with has award at a dinner at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, Calif., on Sept. 18.
   For more information, contact Barbara Yeninas, executive director of the CII, at (732) 817-9131 or at info@containerization.org.