PHILADELPHIA, Pa. USA; ANTWERP, Belgium, August 23, 2005 - BDP International(r) (BDP), a leading privately held global logistics and transportation services company, has opened an office in Hoogvliet, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Managing the new office is Bob Van Buren, reporting to BDP Managing Director Benelux/France Yves Letange, who is based at the company's European headquarters in Antwerp.

The Rotterdam office offers a wide range of services, including sea freight forwarding, customs brokerage and compliance consulting, logistics and warehousing, road transport, distribution and project forwarding.

"A presence in Rotterdam, one of the world's largest ports and base of operations for many of our customers, is essential," said BDP's Letange. "As such, BDP operations here represent another progressive step in building our regional infrastructure to better serve our global clients, particularly those in the chemical, petrochemical, healthcare and biotechnology industries."

The Port of Rotterdam accommodates more than 30,000 vessels a year, handling over 350 million tons of cargo. In addition, the port area hosts over 40 chemical companies, 13 tank terminals, four refineries and three gas companies.

In the past two years, BDP has acquired logistics firms in Germany, France, Belgium and Italy, formed a strategic partnership with a Japanese firm and a joint venture with a firm in Qatar; and opened offices in China and Dubai. In June, the company acquired the Elite Group, a Houston, Texas logistics service provider specializing in the chemical sector.

For further information, contact Arnie Bornstein, Director - Corporate Communications, BDP International, Inc., 510 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Phone: 215-629-8493; fax: 215-629-8995; e-mail: abornstein@bdpnet.com; Web site: www.bdpinternational.com. In Europe, contact Yves Letange, BDP International NV, Braderijstraat 11, Antwerp B-2000, Belgium; Phone: 32 3 234 5711; e-mail: ylta@bdpinternational.be.

About BDP
BDP International is one of the leading privately held freight logistics / transportation management firms based in the U.S. It operates freight logistics centers in more than 20 cities throughout North America and a network of subsidiaries, joint ventures and strategic partnerships in more than 100 countries. The company serves more than 4,000 customers worldwide. Clients include Bayer, Cargill, DuPont, Heineken USA, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Marks & Spenser, Osram Sylvania, Revlon, Rohm & Haas, Schwinn, Trek Bicycle, Wacker, and others. BDP provides a range of services, including ocean, air and ground transportation; Lead Logistics process analysis, design and management; export freight forwarding; import customs brokerage and regulatory compliance; project logistics; warehousing/consolidation/ distribution; and Internet shipping transaction/tracking management systems.