For the first time since October 2008, U.S. trade grew month over month in December, according to annual trade data released Wednesday (Feb. 10) by the Census Bureau and analyzed by WorldCity. U.S. trade in December 2009 was $18.58 billion greater than in December 2008, a solid 8.21 percent growth rate. The $244.83 billion total for the month nevertheless still fell about 7 percent shy of the December 2007 record of $262.62 billion. But to provide a sense of how remarkable 13 consecutive months of falling U.S. trade is, when… Read More
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Roberts previously owned Miami International Forwarders
Lenny Roberts
Miami International Freight Solutions CEO
Lenny Roberts and a number of other veterans from Miami International Forwarding are celebrating the one-year anniversary of Miami International Freight Solutions.
MIF was sold to Eagle Global Logistics in 2003, and Roberts had a five-year non-compete agreement as part of the transaction.
Roberts founded MIFS, the new company, in 2008 with his brother-in-law Jose Aquirre, Fred Annunziata and two other veterans from MIF.
The area west of Miami International Airport was once typified by the large number of small- to medium-sized “mom and pop” freight forwarders who helped build the area and at the same time their companies. Over the last decade, many of them were purchased by larger logistics companies looking to capitalize on export trade with Latin America.
MIF was one of those companies and at its sale the largest locally owned freight fowarder in the market.
Jose Aguirre and Roberts were partners at MIF and now at MIFS.
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