Karv Communications is handling southern California stakeholder outreach in support of China-state owned COSCO Shipping Holdings’ $6.3B acquisition of Hong Kong Orient Overseas.
That corporate hook-up would create the second biggest mover of imports into the US.
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The Harbour Group, which has a $70K monthly retainer for the Cosco work and reports to Paul Hastings LLP, hired Karv as its subcontractor.
Karv is in line for a $20K monthly retainer, payable once THG receives its free.
Andrew Frank is founder/president of Karv. He’s been involved in crisis/issues management, PA financial and regulatory matters for more than 25 years, which included a 15-year run at Strategy XXI Partners and Kreab Gavin Anderson.
Frank also served in the Clinton Adminstration as managing director of the US Information Agency’s New York Foreign Press Center and senior advisor for communications.


Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
Imperium Strategies has signed the Government of Turkey as a client for government relations services.



