Founded 1910
CELEBRATING 115 YEARS OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST!
Tacoma/Seattle JOINT MEETING Lunch & Learn - Peter Friedmann AgTC
Mon, Apr 11
|La Quinta Inn & Suites
Join us virtually or in person for the Annual Joint Meeting with the Transportation Club of Tacoma. The guest speaker will be Peter Friedmann - Agriculture Transportation Coalition.


Time & Location
Apr 11, 2022, 11:15 AM – 1:00 PM
La Quinta Inn & Suites, 1425 E 27th St, Tacoma, WA 98421, USA
About the Event
About Peter Friedmann
My predecessors on the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee went for the obvious – to careers in law firms representing mostly foreign ocean carriers; I had those offers too, but went the opposite direction, which no one had done previously, but where my heart was, and still is today — to represent those that supply the cargo, the farmers, ag processors, forest products.
Going the opposite way, to advocate for those that had no advocates when it came to international transportation, export supply chain, has proven so rewarding, and together with those agriculture exporters we have built something powerful and lasting in the AgTC. This work has earned the respect of carriers and ports for exporters, and awareness even in quarters not given to concerning itself with the agriculture in “the hinterland”. For example, after a century of existence, the New York Maritime Society’s Hall of Fame, for…