Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello
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Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello (13 April 1950 – 6 March 2024) was an Italian-born British businesswoman who was president and managing director of the Contship Italia Group.
Life and career
Battistello started her career in the shipping industry in Switzerland as a commercial representative for Contship Containerlines.[1] In 1988 she was appointed managing director of the company and in 1989 she became the first woman to chair the UK India Pakistan Bangladesh Shipping Conference.[2] In 1993 she assumed the role of vice-president and in 1996 she was elected chairman and CEO.[3] In 1998, after the sale of Contship Containerlines to CP Ships she resigned as Board Chairman and became President of Contship Italia.[4] From 2005 to 2010 she was President of FEPORT (Federation of European Private Port Operators).[5]
In February 2020 her autobiography "Il sogno di Cecilia - Una Nave Rosa Attraverso l’Oceano" was published. The book was written by the director and television writer Aldo Innocenti as co-author and published by Mondadori.[6]
Battistello died in Hamburg on 6 March 2024, at the age of 73.[7]
Awards and honours
In 1992 the Times dedicated an article to her for introducing a series of containerships whose hulls and superstructure were painted pink.[8][9]
In 2014 she won the Bellisario prize in the category “Entrepreneurship”.[10]
In 2015 London Containerisation International assigned her the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her career in the global shipping industry.[11][12]
In 2016 she was featured in Lloyd's List's Top 100 Most Influential People in Shipping.[13]
References
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- ^ ""The Lady", l'italiana regina dei container". il Giornale.it.
- ^ "Battistello a tempo di record". ship2shore.it.
- ^ "Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello presents her book "Il sogno di Cecilia - Una Nave Rosa Attraverso l'Oceano"". contshipitalia.com.
- ^ Latorre, Michele (6 March 2024). "European transport mourns the loss of Cecilia Eckelmann Battistello". TrasportoEuropa. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "The Times, London". 25 November 1992.
- ^ "Battistello: "Ho voluto una nave rosa, è stata un'idea folle ma riuscita"". LaStampa.it.
- ^ "26a edizione: Donne ad Alta Quota". fondazionebellisario.org.
- ^ "Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello presented with CI's Lifetime Achievement Award". Lloyd's List.
- ^ "Cecilia Battistello wins Life Time Achievement Award". Contshipitalia.com.
- ^ "The most influential people in the shipping industry - one Hundred" (PDF). Lloyd's List, One Hundred - Edition Seven. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-05-03.