• TPM24
  • March 3-6, 2024 | Long Beach Convention Center

Lasse Petersen

JBS USA

Head of International Logistics

20 years of experience in international logistics.

Lasse spent 18 years with Blue Water Shipping, a Danish Freight Forwarding Company in various roles. Started as a trainee and worked himself up to become a General Manager. Lasse worked the last 17 years in the USA and been directly or indirectly involved with the exportation of protein from the USA to worldwide destinations.

2021-2022 Globex International, New York, NY. Globex is an American trading company specializing in trading proteins worldwide. Lasse worked here in the capacity as Director of Logistics. In this role Lasse oversaw the logistics operation of Globex in the USA and Europe.

JBS USA. September 2022 to present

Head of International Logistics. In this capacity he is responsible for the company’s international logistics team. Responsibilities in this role include the company’s exportation of pork, beef, poultry and hides products from the USA to worldwide destinations.

Sessions With Lasse Petersen

Tuesday, 28 February

  • 03:15pm - 04:00pm (PST) / 28/feb/2023 11:15 pm - 01/mar/2023 12:00 am

    Cool Cargoes III: Shippers Sound Off on the Need for Solutions
    Perishables, frozen, and other types of refrigerated shippers can’t seem to catch a break. For two years, they watched — at times helplessly and at great harm to their businesses — as ocean carriers bypassed their traditionally high-paying cargoes in favor of less-complicated dry shipments as freight rates skyrocketed across-the-board. Now that dry shipping rates have retreated to nearly pre-pandemic levels, other issues have emerged for refrigerated shippers, and other problems remain unresolved. Some shippers have gotten creative – turning to specialized breakbulk ships when containerized capacity wasn’t available, for example. Cargo visibility, spoilage, and sustainable solutions are still lacking, although help appears to be on the way in the form of increasing investment at ports, in warehouses, and in technology. This session will feature a number of prominent importers and exporters in a roundtable discussion that aims to answer the question: What do shippers want, and at what cost?
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