PHILADELPHIA, March 12, 2009 - The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has granted BDP Project Logistics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BDP International, a license to operate as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary, providing freight forwarding services for shipments moving via common carrier from the U.S. to foreign countries.

"This license is extremely important since, as a separate legal entity, we could not provide these services without it," explained Luc Van Heygen, managing director, Americas and Europe, BDP Project Logistics. "As such, it enhances our ability to support our clients’ projects and to further capitalize on the continuing strength of global activity in this sector."

BDP Project Logistics offers a complete portfolio of services associated with 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, and jobsite unloading and checking.

For further information, contact: Elizabeth Parke, BDP Project Logistics, 1646 Rankin Road, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77073, USA, phone: 1-281-233-4777, email: elizabeth.parke@bdpprojects.com.

About BDP Project Logistics

Based in Singapore and a wholly owned subsidiary of BDP International, 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.