SINGAPORE, April 28, 2008 – While the vast majority of logistics jobs involve moving packages and containerized cargo from point A to point B, occasionally a job comes along that is so difficult, so large in scale and complexity that only a specialized team of experts could attempt it.

It is the growing number of these seemingly impossible projects that has spurred BDP International – one of the world’s leading privately owned logistics firms –to expand its capabilities to a new subsidiary dedicated to large and difficult logistics projects across the globe. Based in Singapore and called BDP Project Logistics, the new subsidiary will scorn easy projects and aggressively go after the jobs that others consider to be too hard.

Many of these big and complex projects are in the energy and natural resources markets such as the construction, mining, power, oil, natural gas and chemical industries. And often the projects are located in remote locations in emerging markets such as China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa, Russia and the former CIS countries.

BDP Project Logistics will be responsible for the execution and management of each project and will outsource operational functions to BDP and its Global Network on a contractual, project-by-project basis.

According to CEO Peter Huels, BDP Project Logistics is targeting a growing segment of the logistics market.

"BDP has a long established reputation for doing the difficult things well. That’s why we have such a strong position in the chemical and energy sectors. As the demand for resources and energy booms, we are being approached by companies asking us to tackle exceptionally complex jobs in problematic locations.

"To be able to complete these jobs requires a special type of team which can think outside the traditional rules and find solutions where initially there does not appear to be one," Huels said.

BDP Project Logistics has already secured a number of assignments including:

• Transport for the huge new industrial park located in Leuna, Germany for chemical giant Quinn Chemicals. This multi million dollar project involves constructing a bridge over a railway track and its overhead power cables just so equipment could be moved to the site without shutting down the high traffic rail line between Erfurt and Halle.

• Logistics and transport for reactors and related equipment from Indonesia to northern Iraq for a US based power company.

• Logistics planning and transport involving machinery and equipment from Europe, Japan and North America for the construction of a chemical manufacturing plant near Guangzhou, China.

Singapore was selected as the location for the new company due to the country’s first-world infrastructure and business-friendly environment.

"Singapore is also advantageously positioned for easy geographic access to most of the world’s emerging economies and in close proximity to a vast number of projects we will be targeting," Mr. Huels said.

For further information contact:
Europe and the Americas: Henry Raab, phone: 610-866-0611, e-mail: henry.raab@swbrinc.com.

Singapore: Matthew Shaw, Rubicon Consulting Pte Ltd, TEL: +65 6465 3029, HP: +65 9851 9340, matthew@rubcion.com.sg

About BDP International
BDP International is one of the world’s leading privately held logistics and transportation companies. Headquartered in Philadelphia in the US, BDP International operates a network of subsidiaries, joint ventures and strategic partnerships in 121 countries. The company serves more than 4,000 customers worldwide. Clients include Bayer, Carrier, Conoco Phillips, DuPont, Dow, Heineken USA, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Marks & Spencer, Revlon, Rohm & Haas, 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; trade, regulatory and security compliance; project logistics; warehousing/consolidation/distribution; and internet shipping transaction/tracking management systems.

About BDP (Asia Pacific)
Singapore is the Regional Headquarters for BDP’s operations in South East Asia and the Pacific. The Singapore office was established in 1995 with a staff of just eight people working in a shared office with a borrowed fan and typewriter. Today, BDP’s Singapore office employs 122 logistics professionals in three locations around the island. The Singapore office expedites more than 40,000 shipments a year for hundreds of customers in a range of industries including chemicals and consumer goods. In addition to Singapore, BDP has more than 40 offices in 12 countries in Asia Pacific and the Middle East including China (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Dalian, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shenzhen), Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea (Busan, Incheon, Seoul, Ulsan), India (Mumbai, New Delhi, Calcutta, Pune, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Baroda), Dubai, Qatar, Oman, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Kerteh, Kertih, Kuantan, Penang, Port Klang), Indonesia (Balikpapan, Batam, Jakarta, Medan, Semarang, Surabaya), Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket), and Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Queensland).