Founded in 2009 by President/CEO and Managing Partner, Donald Rulh, Fourchon Launch Services (FLS) boasts second generation maritime experience in both the international and domestic shipping industries. Donald Rulh grew up boarding ships along the U.S. Gulf Coast and through decades of commitment, and a demonstrated self-starter approach, Rulh’s career has developed across the entire spectrum of the shipping industry. Starting out as a driver and progressing to a dispatch and operations manager for a bonded transportation company, Rulh then founded and operated an international freight forwarding company, became a shipping agent and vessel manager along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River and worked as the liaison for international shipping companies and cargo charterers dealing with various cargoes including: grain, liquid chemicals, oil, LPG, coal, cement, refrigerated reefer cargo, break-bulk, container/ro-ro ships, cruise/passenger vessels and much more.