BDP bolsters UK market presence
2012 04 27
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Logistics firm announces key staff appointments
BDP International, a leading U.S.-based global logistics and transportation management firm, has significantly strengthened its presence in the U.K. market with two staff appointments. Anthony Akerman and David Marshall have joined the firm as U.K. country manager and Aberbeen branch manager respectively.
“These appointments underscore the importance of the U.K. market in the global economy, and world trade, particularly its energy and chemical sectors, where we have extensive experience and expertise,” said Yves Letange, managing director, BDP International Europe. “The chemical industry is the country’s largest export sector, contributing some £10 billion a year to its balance of payments and providing vital support for the rest of its manufacturing sector.”
BDP has been serving the global chemical industry for more than 45 years. Today the company manages more than one million TEUs of chemicals a year, and counts among its clients eight of the world’s ten largest chemical producers. It offers the same range of services in the U.K. that it offers in its other global operations, including air and ocean transport, freight forwarding, and customs and security compliance, plus project logistics for oil and gas service providers.
Based in the company’s main office in Dartford, Kent and reporting to Antwerp-based Letange, Akerman has responsibility for U.K. operations including branch locations, business development, employees, clients and vendors. He brings to BDP more than 20 years of experience in international logistics both in Asia, the U.S. and the U.K., having held positions of increasing responsibility in operations, sales, project management, multimodal supply chain management and trade lane development. Most recently he served as commercial director for Escombe Lambert Holding Ltd., a maritime shipping firm in the U.K. and Ireland. He also has served as director of commercial operations for the projects division of Agility Logistics.
Marshall is responsible for BDP’s operations in Aberdeen, Scotland which in addition to conventional transportation and logistics services, include turnkey solutions from supply chain support for new and existing production facilities to the transport of heavy-lift structures and specialized logistics for offshore equipment and Oil Country Tubular Goods (OCTG). He likewise has more than 20 years of industry experience, during which he has worked in air transport, logistics, operations, IT, product development and project management for a number of the world’s leading multinational forwarding firms.
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