October 21, 2011 - Our phone service has been restored with all phone lines operating properly once again. Kindly, please resume contacting J.W. Allen & Co. by phone via our main line at (504) 464-0181. Your understanding and cooperation over the last 24 hours is greatly appreciated.

October 20, 2011 - A few minutes ago our office experienced a catastrophic AT&T cable line failure in our area. At the present time we are without any phone service at all. Construction workers in the area severed a major underground cable which services our entire local area. AT&T has advised the failure and related infrastructure will take approximately 24 hours to fix. As our computer servers are housed in an off-site data center with multiple modes of connectivity, all other facets of our operations are functioning properly. We are encouraging all communications to be forwarded via e-mail as all…

Birthdays: Please join us in wishing the following J.W. Allen & Company family members a Happy Birthday: Jerry Becnel (October 12th) Michele Ellis (October 14th) Anniversaries: The following persons celebrate their Anniversary with J.W. Allen & Company this month. Sandy Frazier - 2 Years (October 26th)

Birthdays: Please join us in wishing the following J.W. Allen & Company family members a Happy Birthday: Erin Clancey (September 12th) Anniversaries: The following persons celebrate their Anniversary with J.W. Allen & Company this month. Billy App - 48 Years (September 05th) Michele Ellis - 20 Years (September 03rd) Brittany Vicknair - 1 Year (September 13th)

Birthdays: Please join us in wishing the following J.W. Allen & Company family members a Happy Birthday: Brittany Vicknair (August 03rd) Erica Gregoire (August 05th) J.W. Allen & Company - Celebrating 79 Years!!! (August 08th) Anniversaries: The following persons celebrate their Anniversary with J.W. Allen & Company this month. Peggy Bordelon - 12 Years (August 16th)

Birthdays: Please join us in wishing the following J.W. Allen & Company family member a Happy Birthday: Terry Grisamore (July 23rd) Anniversaries: The following persons celebrate their Anniversary with J.W. Allen & Company in the month of July. Terry Grisamore - 12 Years (July 11th) Kristi App - 10 Years (July 16th)

Birthdays: Please join us in wishing the following J.W. Allen & Company family member a Happy Birthday: Bill Yennie (June 4th) Anniversaries: On June 1st Erica Gregoire celebrates her 1st Anniversary with J.W. Allen & Company.

Anniversaries: The following J.W. Allen family members celebrate their anniversary during the month of May: May 10th - Dana Landry celebrates her 1st Anniversary May 15th - Monica "Taty" Hamburger celebrates her 3rd Anniversary May 24th - Karen Johns celebrates her 35th Anniversary May 25th - Erin Clancey celebrates her 1st Anniversary

Birthdays: Please join us in wishing the following J.W. Allen & Company family member a Happy Birthday: Cathy Alvarez (April 24th) Anniversaries: On April 16th Jerry Becnel celebrates his 16th Anniversary with J.W. Allen & Company.

Birthdays: Please join us in wishing the following J.W. Allen & Company family members a Happy Birthday: Billy App (March 3rd), Sandra Frazier (March 20th) and Karen Johns (March 24th) Anniversaries: On March 25th Debbie Janusa celebrates her 9th Anniversary with J.W. Allen & Company. Nine years later, Debbie continues to provide high quality customer service to our clients as she has always done since her first day on the job. Thanks Debbie! Welcome to the Family: Please join us in welcoming Heather Blanchard to the J.W. Allen & Company family. Heather joined our family on March 09th and will…

GAC Summary for Company News - September 2010 By: Kristi App Billy App, Sandy Frazier, and I recently returned from the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference in Washington D.C. Day one of the conference educated the attendees about upcoming legislation or regulations that will affect the trade community. On day two, we visited our legislators on Capitol Hill and expressed our concerns as constituents with these bills. We also discussed local problems that affect trade in Louisiana. On a federal level, there were two bills we lobbied against. The first is the Ports Bill (H.R. 5967) introduced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler…

In 1932 business was personified by a, Do what it takes and get the job done philosophy. Waiting online then meant standing in line at the Customs House to get your paperwork processed. Delivering documents to the carriers by each Brokers runner was routine and employing a hands on approach at the docks was the rule of the day. Although performing International business with a pencil, paper, and a handshake was then the industry norm, the shipping process was anything but efficient. As the years passed and new technology became available, J.W. Allen & Company quickly adapted to this new…