• TPM25
  • March 2-5, 2025 | Long Beach Convention Center

Lori Fellmer

BassTech International

Vice President, Logistics and Carrier Management

The majority of Lori Fellmer’s professional life has been on the transportation provider-side of international shipping, including 20 years with a major ocean carrier and several years in freight forwarding. Her responsibilities spanned regulatory, trade, sales and operations. In 2011, Lori moved to the BCO (“shipper”) side of the business and currently works for chemical and raw material supplier BassTech Interna6onal based in New Jersey, where she is Vice President of Logistics and Carrier Management. Lori is also a devoted and enthusiastic champion for US importers and exporters, advocating for fair and reliable ocean transportation services, including her work to introduce the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 during her time as Chair of the Ocean Transportation Committee for the National Industrial Transportation (NIT) League.

Sessions With Lori Fellmer

Tuesday, 4 March

  • 03:05pm - 03:45pm (PST) / 04/mar/2025 11:05 pm - 04/mar/2025 11:45 pm

    TPM Academy: Freight Forwarders and NVOCCs — How They Operate and How to Select One
    Does any BCO have an international logistics team that couldn’t use a hand? There is an entire industry of intermediaries — that’s freight forwarders and NVOCCs, to you and me — that make a business out of supporting international ocean transportation. This TPM25 Academy module will explore the intersection where the various services that intermediaries provide meets the different needs BCOs have. Sometimes they align and sometimes they don’t, so the key is to know the difference. Led by Lori Fellmer, vice president of transportation and carrier management at specialty plastics and chemicals manufacturer Basstech International, the session also will explore the pros and cons of outsourcing various tasks and what sort of a partner might be most beneficial for a BCO’s unique needs. In today’s wildly changing ocean freight market that has seen the introduction by ocean carriers of comprehensive suites of online tools, including dynamic pricing and spot booking, as well as enhanced scrutiny of NVOs’ named-account activities, BCOs’ traditional perspectives on the role of intermediaries is worth a closer look. 
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