Peter Friedmann
Agriculture Transportation Coalition
Executive Director
Peter Friedmann led formation of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition when agriculture exporters sought assistance in dealing with transportation challenges. The AgTC is now the voice for a broad cross-section of U.S. agriculture exporters, importers and their service providers who require competitive ocean, rail, truck and port transportation services in order to maintain and grow foreign market share.
The Journal of Commerce declared the AgTC as “the principal voice of U.S. agriculture exporters in transportation policy.”
As Executive Director of the AgTC, Peter conducts Ag Shipper Workshops around the country, Weekly Zoom Updates, and is a frequent speaker at major transportation conferences. He is one of the principal advocates of shipper interests before Federal and state agencies, Congress, ports and labor; instrumental in drafting and passing of Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.
Peter, graduate of University of Washington Law School, served as Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation where he drafted the Ocean Shipping Act, Harbor Maintenance Fee/Trust Fund for port dredging, Jones Act and other transport legislation.