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Maritime Transport & Logistics Advisors, LLC
1819 S.E. 17th Street, Suite 1503
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316
Phone: (954) 889-MTLA (6852)
Fax: (954) 763-1291
E-mail: info@maritimeadvisors.com
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Michael Diaz







Michael Diaz has thirty-five years executive experience in domestic and international transportation and logistics that spans all rail, highway and ocean disciplines. The majority of Mr. Diaz’s career was with American President Lines LTD. Mr. Diaz was responsible for the combined P&L of the corporation ($2.8 billion in sales), managed the domestic transportation group, developed and grew the third party logistics entity and operated overseas as general manager and later president of all offshore divisions. As President of the offshore divisions, Mr. Diaz opened the China market for APL. He was COO of the domestic units and Chairman, American Consolidated Services.

Mr. Diaz was responsible for the introduction of the first non-Panamax containerships in the industry to the transpacific trade. This introduction required structural changes in pricing and marketing, deployments, port facilities and handling. He was also Managing Director for APL’s port operations at Los Angeles, Oakland and Taiwan. Most recently Mr. Diaz has worked with Manalytics/Transystems, one of the country’s largest transportation design firms in a contract consulting position. Mr. Diaz completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Management Program and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts from Dartmouth College.