BDP Project Logistics Opens Office in Beijing     

On October 8th, BDP Project Logistics announced the opening of a dedicated office in Beijing, its second in China, following the establishment of a Shanghai office in January 2008.
    According to Peter Huels, CEO of BDP Global Project Logistics, the new Beijing office will offer a full suite of services to companies that need specialist skills for difficult jobs.
   "China has many large and complex projects on the drawing board in areas such as construction, mining, power, oil, natural gas and chemical industries," Huels said.  In addition a growing number of Chinese firms are successfully bidding for large scale projects in other emerging markets such as Africa and the Middle East.
   Headquartered in Singapore, BDP Project Logistics is a subsidiary of BDP International (BDP). It was established to provide customized solutions to support construction, mining, power generation and other infrastructure projects throughout the world.
    Among the services offered are end-to-end materials management and tracking, freight negotiation and carrier cost maintenance, logistics process analysis and optimization, documentation, coordination of cargo inspections, inland transportation and scheduling, and supervision of heavy lifts, outsized and hazardous cargo, port operations and jobsite unloading and checking.
    BDP International is one of the world's 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 120 countries.  The company serves more than 4 000 customers worldwide. Clients include Bayer, CIBA, Conoco Phillips, Dow, DuPont, Heineken USA, Harmon, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, Revlon, Rohm & Haas, Trek Bicycle, Wacker and others.