To be presented December 5 at The Newark Club by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute Sandy Hook Pilots to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honors Newark, NJ - Carol Notias Lambos, partner of The Lambos Firm LLP., who has provided a broad range of legal services and counsel to the international maritime industry, will receive the 2016 Connie Award presented by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute (www.containerization.org) in Newark, NJ on Monday, December 5.  In addition, a Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the Sandy Hook Pilots. The industry-wide luncheon event will be held at the Metropolitan Room at the Newark Club.  Connie recipients are recognized with the prestigious award for significant contributions to containerization, world trade, and the transportation industry.  While also being acknowledged for a pioneering spirit in their careers, at the companies they've worked along with, as well as their positive influence on the individuals up and coming in their field. "Honoring Carol Lambos is also a big honor for CII," said Michael J. DiVirgilio, CII President.  "She has been a 'velvet hammer' in our industry involved with longshore labor negotiations, port productivity, security, environmentally sensitive issues, health and safety and Renaissance woman on the international transportation scene." He added: "Since 1694,the Sandy Hook Pilots and its predecessor groups have provided the support to ensure a safe and efficient harbor operation in the Port of New York and New Jersey. With the expansion of the Panama Canal and Bayonne Bridge enhancement," DiVirgilio added, "mega vessels in our waters will provide greater challenges for the pilots and it is time we recognized their contribution to safe passage of ships through the harbor between the sea and the terminal." The Lambos family has a proud tradition of service to the maritime industry.  Carol's father-in-law, the late C. Peter Lambos, was the long time counsel to the employer associations that negotiated longshore labor contracts on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts that eased the transition to containerization, and her late husband, Peter C. Lambos, also served as counsel to these associations.    Carol is engaged in issues regarding the method and manner in which containerized cargo is transported and handled.  She has been instrumental in the production of white papers and presentations regarding the international supply chain and the economic importance of the marine transportation system.  These works have assisted U.S Department of Transportation officials and legislators in formulating policy and legislative action.   She was actively involved with the enactment of port security measures that would not impede the efficient flow of commerce.  Carol servers on the Coast Guard's Area Maritime Security Committee of the Port of New York and New Jersey and has been at the forefront in exploring issues concerning funding the coasts of maritime security and the implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. She advises industry stakeholders on collective solutions for environmentally sensitive, efficient, and secure cargo handling operations. Carol is also concerned about health and safety issues and has been involved in the production of training programs that assist in teaching safe operation of cargo handling equipment.  She also counsels employers on implementing effective anti-harassment and diversity policies and designs training programs to effectively communicate those policies. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Carol graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany and cum laude from the Pace University School of Law.  She is admitted to practice in: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, and the District of Columbia as well as in federal district and appellate courts including the Supreme Court. The Sandy Hook Pilots are trained at the maritime academies and are licensed maritime pilots that go aboard oceangoing containerships, passenger vessels, other freighters, and tankers, customarily on the open sea near the entrance to the harbor. Today, the Sandy Hook Pilots Association provides pilotage service for the bi-state port, theHudson River, andLong Island Sound. Modern pilot boats are equipped with the latest electronics . The services of the nearly 80 self-employed pilots that make up the New York Sandy Hook Pilots and the New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots (known collectively as the Sandy Hook Pilots) are vital to the majority of waterborne commerce and maritime industry in this region. CII, founded in 1960, has been presenting the Connie Award since 1972 and it has become the most converted honor in the field of containerization and its ancillary industries. Among some 40 recipients to date are Malcom McLean, the Honorable Helen Delich Bentley, Lillian Borrone, Captain S. Y. Kuo, Ronald Widdows, Jon Hemingway, Thomas B. Crowley Sr., Richard Steinke, Matthew Cox, Rick Gabrielson, James McKenna, Paul F. Richardson and Evergreen Group Chairman Dr. Y. F. Chang.   At the event, CII will also carry out its industry education mission by presenting scholarships to students studying logistics.   Any company can sponsor a named scholarship through CII for as low as $1,000, which has had nearly $600,000 given for higher education under its auspices since 1992.