Wayne Louis Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle

Red River Foods and Gold Harbor Commodities, Inc. were sister companies. As importers of similar products, both companies officially merged in January 2018. Gold Harbor Commodities is now operating as a Red River Foods office in Seattle.

Gold Harbor Commodities is an international trading company specializing in the import and export of natural foods. Established as a US exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables, the business has become a leading importer of dehydrated fruits, seeds, edible nuts, specialty snack foods, and food ingredients. Gold Harbor sells to a wide spectrum of the food.

Seattle

My work as Operations Manager expanded the business in new areas for Gold Harbor. I designed, developed, implemented, and managed a national distribution network for imported products for several club store programs. The success of these programs opened new opportunities for the company to sell private label consumer packaged goods. Taking a hands-on.

Seattle

As Traffic Manager, I oversaw Gold Harbor’s import, export, and domestic logistics. (Air, ocean, and truck.) I managed the flow of information, documentation, shipping, and vendor relationships for the company. Working closely with our sales staff, I helped open new export markets in India, Bangladesh, the Middle East, and South America for our fresh.

Greater Seattle Area

Daito Corporation is a leading port operator in Japan. In the 1990’s, Daito Corporation established of a freight forwarding division (Due International). I was recruited to help open and run the Seattle office.Building on the ocean export business of our launch customer (CGC Japan: a large grocery store chain), we expanded our services to include.

Greater Seattle Area

A division of Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Logistics provides international shipping services for mid-size and multinational companies. The Seattle office specialized in agricultural commodities, food & beverage, and large industrial projects.Air / Ocean Export AgentI joined Mitsubishi Logistics to run the airfreight department in Seattle. I.

Seattle

In the 1980's and 1990's, Japan was one of the world's leading exporters. Airfreight from Japan was expensive, cargo space was limited, and ocean transits to Seattle were fast (9 days). This combination of factors created the Sea-Air business. Cargo was shipped by ocean from Japan to Seattle, transferred under customs bond to the airport (same day as.