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Close-up Byron Hock

The Solution Provider

Byron Hock is director of Trade Development for the Georgia Ports Authority. In speaking with him Nick Elliott discovers what makes for a successful marketing strategy.

Byron Hock: Aggressively targeting the beneficial cargo owner
Byron Hock: Aggressively targeting the beneficial cargo owner

In case you thought that in these times of port congestion and capacity shortfalls the job of marketing could somehow be put on the backburner, think again. At Georgia's deepwater ports in Savannah and Brunswick, Byron Hock says today's market more than ever demands 'port solution providers', a function that dovetails with his task of marketing Georgia's ports and developing trade.

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Byron Hock: Aggressively targeting the beneficial cargo owner
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