PHILADELPHIA and PRAGUE, February 19, 2009 – BDP Project Logistics has established an office in Prague to meet Central and Eastern Europe’s growing demand for its services. In addition to the Czech Republic, the new office will focus on business development in Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.

"Expansion of the E.U. to include former CEE countries, subsequent growth in direct foreign investment and a continuing shift of production facilities from Western Europe make this region a particularly strong market for project logistics," said Luc Van Heygen, BDP Project Logistics managing director for the Americas and Europe. "This new office, which will have the support of our European headquarters staff in Nuremberg, puts us closer to our clients and clearly demonstrates our commitment to project logistics in the region."

The company’s parent, BDP International, established a presence in the Czech Republic in 2007, when it formed a joint venture with Czech logistics firm, Wakestone sro.

Based in Prague, BDP Project Logistics sro offers a complete portfolio of services relating to the movement of project cargo, including road, rail, river, ocean and air transportation and related services to support construction and expansion projects for the power generation, infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, chemical, alternative energy and other industries. In connection with these services, it will provide end-to-end materials management and tracking, freight consolidation and carrier cost maintenance, logistics process analysis and optimization, documentation, coordination of cargo inspections, inland transportation and scheduling, and supervision of heavy lifts, and hazardous cargo, port operations, jobsite unloading and checking, and special customs services under the Czech Republic’s free customs zone.

In addition, BDP Project Logistics recently established an engineering division based in Leipzig, Germany, that provides professional route surveys, method statements and infrastructure-related structural engineering calculations, as well as technical methods for lifting and positioning heavy equipment.

Heading the new operation is Milos Molnar, project manager, who has been working with BDP Project Logistics for the past two years, with sales and business development support from Emanuel Scerra, regional director, Europe; Stan Turek, strategic sales and procurement, BDP-Wakestone; and Karel Babicek, country manager of the Czech Republic, also BDP-Wakestone.

BDPProject Logistics sro
Milos Molnar
Project Manager
Malesicka 16
130 00 Prague
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 267 311 262
Fax: +420 267 311 263
Mobile: +420 721 110 110
Email: milos.molnar@bdpprojects.com

For more information, contact Elizabeth Parke, Manager, Marketing & Proposals, BDP Project Logistics, 1646 Rankin Road, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77073 USA; Tel: 281-233-4777; Fax: 281-233-4791; Email: elizabeth.parke@bdpprojects.com. In Europe, contact Karel Babicek; Tel: +420 267 311 262; Fax: +420 267 311 263; Mobile: +420 602 187 845; Email: karel.babicek@wakestone.cz.

About BDP Project Logistics

A wholly owned subsidiary of BDP International and based in Singapore, BDP Project Logistics is a leading privately held project logistics and transportation management services company, operating 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.