All,
On my way back to Odesa. Flew from NYC to Istanbul and then to Chisinau, Moldova (cool, historical place. Look it up 😉)
The blue dot is on the flight.
The pics are out of the plane window. Looks very green and fertile.
And we left JFK airport at midnight last night. Flew all night and all day. And look where I ended up back in New York City in my Chisinau hotel hahahahahaha.
More tomorrow.
-JB
The Logistics Plus Chile (aka LP Chile) team officially began operations in Santiago in May 2025. As Logistics Plus aims to strengthen and expand its global network, the new LP Chile office will offer both domestic and global logistics services.
The service offerings that LP Chile will specialize in are listed below:
Located in the country’s central valley, Santiago is Chile’s capital and largest city. It is also the political and financial center of Chile and is home to several regional headquarters for multinational corporations. Whether it is working as your 3PL or 4PL partner, Logistics Plus offers customized solutions to meet the needs of our clients.
Rogerio Alves (Branch Manager)
Email: [email protected]
Loreto Maturana (Operations Manager, Latin America)
Email: [email protected]
Logistics Plus Santiago, Chile
Apoquindo Avenue, 5950 – Las Condes –
Santiago de Chile
For any requests involving our Chile office, please email [email protected]. We thank you for all current business and future opportunities, and we look forward to assisting you.
The Logistics Plus (LP) France team continues to support and manage projects across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Here are a few of the most recent projects handled by the LP France team:
LP France successfully managed two consecutive vessel charters from Turkey to West Africa. The first shipment was 4,500 metric tons, utilizing four separate discharge ports. The second was executed shortly after the first and weighed in at 2,500 metric tons.
The LP France team delivered seven towers from Spain to Belgium. The project required precise planning, staging, warehousing, and road transportation to ensure a safe and timely delivery to the client.
Logistics Plus France shipped 44-ton crates on a container vessel from France to China for an ongoing project.
Photos from these projects can be seen below.
Logistics Plus Customs Brokerage Manager Gretchen Blough appeared on NPR’s May 12, 2025, edition of Marketplace, titled “U.S. and China Hit Pause on Tariff War.” In this episode, Gretchen discussed the temporary pause in the tariff war between the United States and China and what it means for consumers.
Listen to the full episode online at https://www.marketplace.org/episode/2025/04/18/us-and-china-hit-pause-on-tariff-war. Gretchen’s segment begins at the 10:34 mark and concludes at the 13:15 mark.
Marketplace® is a nonprofit news organization on a mission to raise the economic intelligence of the country. For more than 30 years, they have helped people become smarter about the economic forces that touch their daily lives through the unorthodox story, the casual conversation, and the unexpected angle on the news.
All,
It’s pretty interesting—and exciting—that the new Pope is the first American Pope after 275 predecessors. I also read this morning (though not yet confirmed) that his grandparents and great-grandparents were from the Dominican Republic and have French/African Creole roots in New Orleans, making him, in many ways, a reflection of the broader American story and of humankind. Pretty cool.
Even more amazing? He’s a graduate of Villanova University in Pennsylvania—where, as it happens, my former son-in-law teaches.
That Villanova connection brought to mind a story that says a lot about how far we’ve come.
Back in 1931, my Dad—Albert Berlin—was a standout athlete in New York City, recruited by several colleges to play football, including Villanova. Their athletic director at the time was Harry Stuhldreher, one of Notre Dame’s legendary “Four Horsemen.” My Dad had been offered a spot… until the school found out he was Jewish.
I have the original letter, which is still on my wall today. In it, Stuhldreher regretfully withdraws the offer, citing overcrowding and limited scholarships. But in person, he admitted the truth: Jews were not allowed at Villanova back then. The name “Berlin” had slipped through. Once discovered, the decision came down from above: no go.
To his credit, Stuhldreher was ashamed. He helped my Dad get into NYU and stayed in touch with him for years.
Decades later, when I was with Governor Ed Rendell (a Jewish New Yorker and proud Villanova grad) receiving the Pennsylvania Exporter of the Year Award, I showed him that very letter. We both marveled at how the world had changed.
And now, here we are. A new Pope, from America, from Villanova—hopefully another sign of how far we’ve come. From exclusion to inclusion. From shame to progress. From whispered apologies to global milestones.
The arc does bend—if we help it along.
Onward! -JB
