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Consulting for Logistics and Fruit companiesSale and Purchase of Containers, Chassis and GensetsSupport for Legal Firms-expert witness, etc.

Restructure shipping lines, develop and implement strategies to streamline logistics, modernize equipment and systems, and develop inland infrastructure.Reduced equipment cost to customers by 20%, reduced operational and depot cost by 30%, and provided efficient logistics solutions.

Established worldwide sales and marketing program for sale of 2nd hand refrigerated container in North, South, and Central America, Europe, and the Far East. Sold over 700 units to 12 different customers at peak pricing.Redesigned Chiquita's refrigerated containers reducing weight by 9% and increasing volume by 16% which allowed Chiquita to meet Federally mandated weight restrictions in North America, increasing revenues and commercial business by at least 10% and reducing lease cost by 20%.Negotiated 36% rate reductions for refrigerated containers and 60% reduction for dry container fleet, reducing Chiquita's equipment lease cost by $5.7 million per year and reduced average age of reefer fleet by 2 years and dry fleet by 7 years.Modernized and improved Chiquita's Controlled Atmosphere (CA) systems to Europe, by replacing antiquated centralized CA units on-board vessels with individualized container mounted state of the art units which reduced the parameter failure rate from 30% to 1%.

Equipment and Logistics strategic planning, sale, purchase and leasing of equipment, maintenance of equipment.Designing, building and selling services of container repair depots.Developed new, in house equipment tracking and maintenance software to more efficiently manage worldwide equipment inventory.Redesigned container operating facilityDeveloped Approved Continuous Examination Program from scratch, gain approval of program from US Coast Guard, and implemented system worldwide.Reduced equipment cost structure by $24 million over 3 years.Assisted in purchase of vessels.

Strategic Planning, Commercial Cargo management and marketing, Sale and Purchase of vessels, chartering of vessels, Technical Management and operational management of vessels, Port and Terminal Management, Equipment operations and maintenance management, risk management inclusive of vessel and equipment insurance negotiation.

Sale and Purchase of vessels, Chartering of vessels, Strategic Planning, Commercial Cargo Sales management, Risk Management inclusive of vessel and equipment insurance, Port and Terminal Management, Equipment operations and maintenance management, and Technical Management of vessels.

Managed Vessel Sale and Purchase, Chartering of vessels, Port Management, Port Construction, Strategic Planning, Accounting, Budgeting, and Financial Planning, Established original Commercial Cargo sales program for Del Monte, Managed Vessel Scheduling and Operations, Equipment Operations and Maintenance, Risk Management, inclusive of vessel and equipment insurance.