NEWARK, New Jersey, May 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Global Trade today announces several significant investments designed to enhance its industry-leading Breakbulk franchise, which includes three global Breakbulk events, Breakbulk Magazine and Breakbulk.com. Key personnel appointments and product investments, including a newly designed Breakbulk.com and global distribution of Breakbulk Magazine, will ensure continued excellence of service to the heavy-lift, project cargo and traditional breakbulk shipping sectors.

Alli McEntyre, Vice President of Marketing Services for The Journal of Commerce, has been named Vice President and Publisher of Breakbulk, with responsibility for guiding the Breakbulk brand across all media, including events, print and online.

Janet Plume has been named Content Director of Breakbulk, overseeing all event programming, Breakbulk Magazine and Breakbulk.com content. With extensive experience covering the breakbulk market, Janet will deliver expanded analytical and data-rich information and analysis of particular value to EPCs, project owners, breakbulk commodity shippers and their service providers. Janet Nodar has been named Editor of Breakbulk Magazine and Breakbulk.com. She has been a part-time Breakbulk Magazine reporter for the past four years and will leverage a worldwide network of contacts to develop industry-leading content in her new, full-time role. In addition, Dana Brundage has been hired as Breakbulk Digital Editor.

Rhiannon James has been named Senior Vice President of Marketing Services, Strategic Advisor for the Breakbulk Europe Conference. She will oversee all aspects of the Breakbulk Europe event, including exhibition, conference audience development and on-site logistics.

Julie Wallner has been named Exhibition Sales Manager for Breakbulk exhibitions worldwide. Julie will oversee all Breakbulk exhibition sales staff for the Breakbulk events. She will also continue to serve the Americas as Exhibition Sales Representative. Adrian van Beuningen will join the team as Breakbulk's Sales Director, Europe selling Breakbulk exhibitions, sponsorship, Breakbulk Magazine and Breakbulk.com marketing packages. Greg March, Asia Events Director, and Judy Ow Yeong, Asia Sales Manager, will lead sales of Breakbulk exhibitions, sponsorship, Breakbulk Magazine and Breakbulk.com marketing packages in Asia.

Eric Claiborne has been hired in the role of Audience Development Manager to grow Breakbulk event attendance and increase readership of Breakbulk Magazine and Breakbulk.com.

Rose Ferrara, Senior Conference Administrator, is new to the Breakbulk organization and will assist Matthew Albanese, Breakbulk Americas Conference Director, and Kahlia Wilkins, Breakbulk Registrar.

As part of the commitment to continuously improve services to the Breakbulk community, a completely redesigned Breakbulk.com and upgraded Breakbulk Magazine will be introduced at Breakbulk Europe 2010. For more information, please visit http://www.breakbulk.com.

Breakbulk comprises the leading business-to-business events, magazine and Web site devoted solely to heavy-lift, project cargo and breakbulk commodity shipping worldwide. Breakbulk.com and Breakbulk Magazine, an outgrowth of the editorial excellence of The Journal of Commerce, deliver insightful analysis of current events affecting the global breakbulk and project cargo industries. The breakbulk events include the Breakbulk Americas, Breakbulk Europe and Breakbulk Asia conferences. For more information, please visit http://www.breakbulk.com or call +1-225-784-0177.

About UBM Global Trade - UBM Global Trade, formerly Commonwealth Business Media, Inc., has been the leading provider of proprietary data, news, business intelligence and analytical content supporting commercial maritime, rail, trucking, warehousing and logistics industries worldwide since 1827. The company's portfolio of more than 100 online, print and interactive workflow business solutions includes The Journal of Commerce, The Journal of Commerce Events, PIERS Global Intelligence Solutions and an array of international trade and transportation databases and directories. UBM Global Trade, a subsidiary of United Business Media Limited, is headquartered in East Windsor, NJ, with offices throughout the United States and in Canada and Hong Kong. For more information, explore http://www.ubmglobaltrade.com or call 1-800-221-5488 (+1-609-371-7700 outside the U.S. and Canada).

About United Business Media Limited -- UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring, and the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com.