ASI Director to Guest Lecture to Merchant Marine Academy
KINGS POINT, NY – Bob Frucci, ASI Mid-Atlantic Region Director will serve as a guest instructor for Logistics and Intermodal Transportation at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy on March 27 and 28.
Frucci will share his expertise in transportation shipping, security and operations and lecture on this dynamic industry.
“I am thankful for the opportunity to meet with the future leaders in the transportation industry and examine some of the critical issues that effect terminal operations,” Frucci said. “We are at a very important point for the transportation industry. Congestion, globalization, security, aging infrastructure, and other factors present major problems, but will also present opportunities for change. The group I will be meeting with will be the ones standing at the helm in the future and it will be their fresh ideas and guidance that keeps the supply chain flowing.”
Participants will learn a great deal from Frucci, whose transportation background is extensive. As Director for Middle Atlantic Region, Frucci is responsible for maintaining extensive contact with high value shippers, pharmaceutical companies, and transportation companies. He provides a highly experienced background developing targeted, threat based solutions providing protection from tampering, theft and damage to unattended assets.
“ASI is lucky to have the talents of Bob Frucci on our team, particularly as our company moves forward and grows with the dynamics of the transportation industry, said ASI President Anthony Shupin. “The Merchant Marine cadets will be equally as lucky to spend two days learning from one of the best.”
Frucci began his career in the transportation industry as a tractor-trailer driver and worked as supervisor in various operational positions, including Vessel Superintendent for Maher Terminals and as Manager of Vessel Operations for Atlantic Container Lines. This exposure to the inner workings of the transportation system provided a platform to work as a Private Investigator for Regent International Solutions focusing on cargo crime.
In addition to his role at ASI, Frucci serves as an instructor at GMATs teaching Maritime Security and Intermodal logistics. Past projects include security assessment and plan development of 73 Ready Reserve Vessels for the US Maritime Administration, Member of US Delegation to Cape Verde Islands to perform facility security review, and ISPS training to Security Officers in Dominica.
Frucci’s two-day presentation will be under the direction of Ron Katims, first holder of the academy and Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Crowley Chair in Logistics and Intermodal Transportation.
The Crowley Chair was established through a $2 million endowment by Crowley Maritime in memory of Thomas B. Crowley, Sr., the late leader of the firm. As the occupant of the Crowley Chair in Logistics and Intermodal Transportation, Mr. Katims will enhance the academy's visibility and stature in the field; provide midshipmen and faculty with unique perspectives on containerization and intermodal issues through teaching and public lectures; assist midshipmen in finding internships and building careers; help to organize conferences and seminars; and advise the academy on the further refinement and expansion of its Logistics and Intermodal Transportation Program.
“I thank Ron Katims, the Crowley Maritime Corporation and USMMA for including me in this important program. It is an honor to work with the group and also with Ron Katims who has contributed greatly to the building and success on the Intermodal transportation system.”
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