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7/31/2023
OmniTRAX Inc. has named former Amazon global supply chain executive Shariff Gonnella president of the Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railway LLC (BRG).
He succeeds retiring BRG President Norma Torres and will begin his new role Aug. 1.
Prior to Amazon, Shariff held key strategic leadership and commercial positions at Convoy, Cargolux Airlines and Singapore Airlines.
His experience developing global infrastructure and international transportation strategies will help reshape the role that the Port of Brownsville plays in North America's port capacity, OmniTRAX officials said in a press release. The port offers expanded capacity, and BRG is poised to serve as an international transportation artery that offers shipping options for U.S. and Mexico imports and exports, they said.
"Texas has continued to shoulder record-breaking freight volumes — stretching shipping infrastructure capacity to its limits — and Brownsville offers global shippers the much-needed optionality and efficiency to reach worldwide markets," said OmniTRAX President and COO Sergio Sabatini.
Demand for efficient global supply chain solutions is at an all-time high and Texas continues to process some of the highest port volumes in the nation, OmniTRAX officials said.
BRG provides exclusive rail transportation services to all facilities located within the 40,000-acre Brownsville Navigation District at the Brownsville port, and interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad and Canadian Pacific Kansas City.