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US vets join forces to serve project freight market

[ June 9, 2025   //   ]

A group of US forces veterans have set up a logistics company in Louisiana to offer solutions for capital projects sectors including LNG, petrochemicals, power generation and infrastructure across the Gulf Coast region. Gulf of America Logistics (GOAL), headquartered in Bossier City, is led by managing partner Brent Patterson, a US Navy logistics veteran and former senior vice president at Blue Water Shipping. GOAL has also appointed Rock Bordelon, owner and chief executive of Allegiance Health Management, as a partner, and Chuck Paddock, a former executive at Ceres Barge Line and specialist in steel and inland waterways. Vice president of operations, Keith Lincoln, is a former director at Bertling Logistics with over 20 years of global projects experience.
The company is in the process of securing a port facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana and has also struck an exclusive agreement to provide asset-based trucking services in the region.
Patterson said: “The Gulf Coast is currently one of the hottest markets for capital projects in North America. From hydrogen hubs to carbon capture and refinery expansions, the demand for heavy-lift and specialized transport services is accelerating – and yet there have been very few local solutions providers. GOAL is here to change that.”
He added that while GOAL is focused primarily on delivering for US capital projects, it also provides international 3PL support and multimodal solutions through its extended network.
He concluded: “There’s clearly a growing America First agenda, and we’re part of that. We want to ensure that logistics contracts – and the jobs that come with them – are staying in the US.”

Left to right: Rock Bordelon, Kim Montie (executive director, Cameron Parish Ports, Harbors and Terminals) and Brent Patterson

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