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ACS Certified by TSA as a C.C.S.F.

November 6, 2009

American Cargoservice is the first San Diego freight forwarder (Indirect Air Carrier) to be certified by TSA as a C.C.S.F. (Certified Cargo Screening Facility). This designation will enable us to comply with the upcoming 100% screening requirement, while avoiding delays to our clients' air shipments.

ACS launches its new office in the Valley

El Centro, CA July 30, 2009

American Cargoservice Inc. has just opened its new office in El Centro, CA to better assist the Imperial Valley and its surrounding areas.

"Our new office will enable us to have our hands on the upcoming renewable energy projects" says Terry Simokat, ACS's president, "the last few years we have been focusing and specializing on the renewable energy industry's logistics and I believe we are now at the right place and the right time".

Besides having a new office in the area, American Cargoservice Inc. is also a new member of the IVDEC (Imperial Valley Economic Development Corporation) which enables them not only to help the development of the region, but also to be part of the community.

Please come visit us at our new address on 242 N. 8th St., El Centro, CA 92243.

For further information, contact Ellen Laramie, General Manager, American Cargoservice, Inc., Tel: 858-760-592-3013. Email: elaramie@acssan.com

BDP Project Logistics signs agency agreement with American Cargoservice Inc.

PHILADELPHIA and SAN DIEGO, January 21, 2009 Ð
BDP Project Logistics will be represented in California's San Diego and Imperial Valley markets by American Cargoservice, Inc., a San Diego-based freight forwarding firm with which it signed an agency agreement this week.

"BDP Project Logistics is an excellent fit for us," said Terry Simokat, president of American Cargoservice. "The company's global project network will enable us to bring major resources, including engineering, to large projects that require all facets of transportation management on a global scale."

Luc VanHeygen, managing director, Americas and Europe, for BDP Project Logistics, added, "ACS will bring us valuable cargo handling capability and expertise in the important California project market, where we are looking to expand our involvement in the alternative energy markets, among others."

A wholly-owned subsidiary of BDP International and based in Singapore, BDP Project Logistics offers transportation and related services for time-sensitive shipments that require special equipment and coordination to support construction and expansion projects for the global power generation, infrastructure, mining, oil and gas, chemical, alternative energy and other industries.

Among the services provided are end-to-end materials management and tracking, freight consolidation and carrier cost maintenance, logistics process analysis and optimization, documentation, coordination of cargo inspections, inland transportation and scheduling, and supervision of heavy lifts, and hazardous cargo, port operations, and jobsite unloading and checking. In addition, the company recently established an engineering division based in Leipzig, Germany, that provides professional route surveys, method statements and infrastructure-related structural engineering calculations, as well as technical methods for lifting and positioning heavy equipment.

For further information, contact Elizabeth Parke, Marketing Manager, BDP Project Logistics LLC, Tel: 281-233-4777, elizabeth.parke@bdpprojects.com; Terry Simokat, President, American Cargoservice, Inc., Tel: 858-565-4125/800-508-4888, Email: tsimokat@acssan.com.