CH Powell Company, a United States' based customs broker and transportation intermediary, in business since 1919, announced its participation in the new global freight transportation network ' Tandem Global Logistics.

The network partner firms, sharing extensive international shipping expertise and long-term business relationships, have joined to offer complete supply chain services connecting over sixty-five countries worldwide. The network uniquely offers regulation compliant and customer responsive services in air and ocean carriage. CH Powell will extend customer logistical value as an original investor in Tandem Global Logistics with initial operations in the Netherlands, Hong Kong and China.

CH Powell Company, an industry leader, with 230 employees and offices at seventeen major, domestic ports will be the exclusive United States' network representative. Peter Powell, Sr., CEO of CH Powell Company, underscored the new network formation as a strategically critical step for ongoing growth and indicated, ''the marketplace today requires a secure, affordable supply chain with end-to-end visibility. Tandem Global Logistics is formed with these requirements in mind.'

Tandem Global Logistics offers full services in ocean forwarding, customs clearance, airfreight, ocean carriage, distribution and compliance. Tandem Global Logistics and CH Powell Company information is available at www.chpowell.com.