re: Salary for a Director of Logistics?

How does a student get into this field? Know the right people? I'm an International Trade & Finance major and plan to go into logistics after graduating. I've found it hard to find internships and contacts for maritime transportation companies/etc. The companies usually aren't big firms and are hard to locate if you don't know what you're looking for. Logistics isn't the "cliche" business profession that accounting/finance tends to be which can be a good thing but it also seems hard to get into the business. Any advice would be great. Thanks for your help and good luck

ETA: My uncle started out as a grain/re-frig bed truck broker in Ark and has moved up quite a bit over the years. I've always been interested in transportation/distribution due to him.

When I was doing interviews for software development positions before graduating college, the companies had a tendency to bring all of the candidates together that were onsite interviewing for different openings. I couldn't believe the number of logistic majors in the room that were interviewing. Every one of them had interviews with companes spread across the southeast/midwest region. I felt pretty out of place even considering that my degree is in high demand.