JOC Staff | Oct 16, 2012 12:08PM EDT
Alberto Aleman Zubieta will receive the 2012 Connie Award, presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute on Dec. 10 at The Newark Club in New Jersey, for his work as an administrator of the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project, which will widen and deepen the interocean passage to accommodate larger ships and boost global trade.
Aleman retired from the Panama Canal Authority in September after 16 years at the helm. He is a graduate of Texas A&M, and has received numerous awards throughout his career for his work on the canal, including the International Maritime Prize, Georgia Ports Authority Partnership in Excellence medal and Latin Trade Bravo Award.
