Duncan Wright

UWL is a full service, asset-based global 3PL. We are fully licensed and bonded to provide freight forwarding, customs house brokerage, ocean freight (FCL, LCL), bulk liquid logistics, supply chain visibility, vessel chartering services and project cargo and airfreight internationally. We also provide road and rail freight, overweight cargo solutions, domestic truck brokerage (FTL/LTL), warehousing and distribution using our network of 20 warehouses strategically located across the U.S. We use technology to tie these services together to provide worldwide, integrated solutions. UWL is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio with additional management offices across the U.S., Asia, Europe and South America. UWL is a subsidiary of World Shipping Inc., an industry leader since 1960 with over 55 years of market experience dedicated to providing innovative cargo transportation and freight services while delivering the highest level of customer service available in the industry. Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, The World Group companies include World Shipping, Inc., ContainerPort Group, UWL, World Distribution Services and Newport Tank Containers.

Managing Regional Dewell offices across the central territory, covering offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston & Chicago.Tasked with running NA operations and the development of commercial growth for North America. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dewell Group is the largest Chinese owned Freight Forwarder & NVOCC with 150,000 containers moved annually. Dewell also owns and operates multiple container depots, warehouses, QC operations & trucking fleets in China & Se Asia. Recently, they have been investing in assets in the US adding trucking, warehousing, customs brokerage and regional service centers, creating over 150 new jobs into their North American operation. Privately held and entrepreneurial, The Dewell Group continues to focus on US growth and servicing clients’ needs both in Asia and the US.

Developed out an agency network and services for the Topocean Group in Europe, Latin America & Australasia. Extending the Asia and US footprint of Top Ocean offices into new markets. Marketed and built sales channels and services, integrating existing supply chain products within the group for Ocean, Air, Warehousing and PO tracking/management. • Responsible for building and developing the non-usa trade lanes within the organization. • Built new services across Europe, Oceania, Latin America and the Middle East. • Managed Sales & Marketing initiatives for these new trades, companywide. • Managed a multinational team of marketing, pricing, ops and sales people, across various global regions.

Responsible for directing import & export sales and marketing efforts for Horizon Lines new Asian ocean carrier service from Shanghai & Ningbo to USA, starting on Dec.12th 2010.

• Responsible for developing complimentary Logistics products and services for Horizon’s emerging Transpacific International Ocean offering and developed and launched Horizon’s inhouse NVOCC.

• Built an E-Business department and project development team. This team built nine shipping business transaction products. Two of which were voted by the US military as the most mature in the global containerization business. • Responsible for developing business channels and opportunities for CSX/Horizon Lines under the newly formed Horizon Services Group technology and consulting company. • Developed and worked on several maritime homeland security projects including managing a consulting group on their 10+2 initiative. • Multiple relationships with Washington DC officials on the marine side, including DOT, Customs etc as well as congressional and house relationships and key chief of staff.

• Sea-land management training program, a multi-country/function 2 year training program. • Operation roles in trucking, vessel at the Port of Felixstowe and sales positions in London, Scotland and New York. • Worked on the Shipment Management Project, on a global implementation team rolling out international and domestic call centers, implementing new client-server technology with users based on legacy systems.

MBA Intermodal Institute