BDP forms global project logistics engineering division
SINGAPORE and NUREMBERG, GERMANY, November 11, 2008 – BDP Project Logistics has established an engineering division to support its global activities. The new unit will provide professional route surveys, method statements and infrastructure-related structural engineering calculations, as well as technical methods for lifting and positioning heavy-lift equipment.
“These services, among others, are increasingly required by our target verticals, such as EPC contractors, power generation, mining and the chemical and petrochemical industries,” said Luc Van Heygen, BDP Project Logistics managing director. “Establishing a dedicated division to provide these value-added services makes us one of very few project forwarding companies able to offer in-house engineering solutions to increasingly complex infrastructure problems.”
Heading the new division is Hendrik Wagner, who recently joined the company at its regional headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany . In January 2009, the division will relocate to new quarters in Leipzig. Wagner brings nearly 20 years of experience to BDP, most recently as senior project engineer and branch office manager for the Setzpfandt Group, a structural and civil engineering firm where he worked with BDP on a major chemical plant expansion project in Germany. He has also worked as an independent bridge surveyor and inspector. Wagner holds a degree in civil engineering from Bauhaus-University Weimar.
BDP Project Logistics is a subsidiary of BDP International (BDP), one of the world’s leading privately held freight logistics/transportation management firms. The company provides customized logistics solutions to support global construction, mining, oil and gas, power generation, alternative energy and chemical plant projects. In addition to now offering in-house project engineering services, it can coordinate and supervise heavy-lift and over-dimensional shipments, conduct route surveys, recommend transportation options and manage loading and unloading operations.
For further information, contact Arnie Bornstein, Executive Director – Marketing & Corporate Communications, BDP International, Inc., 510 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, phone: 215-629-8493, e-mail: abornstein@bdpnet.com. For BDP: Henry Raab, phone: 610-866-0611, e-mail: henry.raab@swbrinc.com.
About BDP Project Logistics
BDP Project Logistics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BDP International, is a leading privately held project logistics and transportation management services company. Headquartered in Singapore, it operates global logistics centers throughout Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the U.S., with a network of owned offices, strategic partnerships and agencies in more than 120 countries. The company provides customized logistics solutions that support engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, mining, oil and gas, power generation and other infrastructure projects. It utilizes a variety of transport modes, including barge, rail, truck, aircraft and vessels to deliver over-dimensional cargoes to their often remote destinations. Also offered are end-to-end materials management and tracking, freight negotiation and carrier cost maintenance, in-house project engineering services, logistics process analysis and optimization, complete documentation, online tracking and reporting tools, coordination of cargo inspections, supervision of heavy lifts, oversized and hazardous cargo, port operations, and job-site unloading and checking. For more information, visit www.bdpprojects.com.