BDP/Project Logistics receives FMC license

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 12, 2009 -- The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has granted BDP/Project Logistics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BDP International, a license to operate as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary, providing freight forwarding services for shipments moving via common carrier from the U.S. to foreign countries.

This license is extremely important since, as a separate legal entity, we could not provide these services without it, explained Luc Van Heygen, managing director, Americas and Europe, BDP/Project Logistics. As such, it enhances our ability to support our clients' projects and to further capitalize on the continuing strength of global activity in this sector.

BDP/Project Logistics offers a complete portfolio of services associated with the movement of project cargo, including road, rail, river, ocean and air transportation and related services to support construction and expansion projects for the power generation, infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, chemical, alternative energy and other industries. In connection with these services, it will provide end-to-end materials management and tracking, freight consolidation and carrier cost maintenance, logistics process analysis and optimization, documentation, coordination of cargo inspections, inland transportation and scheduling, and supervision of heavy lifts, and hazardous cargo, port operations, and jobsite unloading and checking.