Edward W. DeFrancesco

President Universal LandSea Transport Inc.

Ed DeFrancesco has spent more than 60 years in the breakbulk and heavy-lift shipping industry. In 1957, Edo came ashore from the merchant marine and started working for Black Diamond Steamship where he became vice president and managed a “round-the-word” breakbulk service. His career in the heavy-lift industry started in earnest when he began handling chartering for Hansa Line. He was involved in the creation of the first custom-built American-flag heavy-lift ships. In the early 1980s, DeFrancesco established Universal LandSea Transport Inc. And became the U.S. sales agent for Jumbo Shipping. He remains at his post today, working with his son, Edward DeFrancesco II.

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