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4 DEVELOPING AN ENCOREEurope Sequel Eclipses Americas

as Breakbulk’s Largest Event

6 A DECADE IN REVIEWEuropean Breakbulk

Demonstrates Resilience

8 PORT OF ANTWERP: AN EVOLUTIONARY FORCE

Sponsor Helps Create Breakbulk Europe’s Unique Mix

14 BREAKBULK EUROPE’S FOUNDING FATHERS

Dekkers, Pegg and Westerlund Shaped Successful Annual Event

MANAGING DIRECTORAlli McEntyre / [email protected]

ACCOUNT MANAGERKathleen Pinson / [email protected]

EDITORIAL DIRECTORGary Burrows

DESIGNER Catherine Dorrough

HEADQUARTERSClifton HouseLower Fitzwilliam StreetDublin 2 Ireland

A publication of ITE Group plcTransport & Logistics business105 Salisbury RoadLondon NW6 6RG, UK.

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A fter 14 years of successful development of Breakbulk Americas, it became evident to the management of Jour-

nal of Commerce (Breakbulk’s owner at the time), that it was time to expand the conference beyond the shores of North America.

More and more Europeans were attending Breakbulk Americas in New Orleans, and breakbulk and project cargo transportation was rapidly going global.

The Port of Antwerp stepped up to become the host port for Breakbulk Europe and has continued to do so to this day. Many European shippers, ocean carriers and freight forwarders were queried to determine how the conference should be structured and what the con-tent should be. Thus Breakbulk Europe was born in May 16-18, 2006 at the Hilton Hotel in Antwerp.

A program similar to Breakbulk Americas was designed and it was hoped that it would attract at least 400 attendees. In the end more than 700 attended and it exceeded the Hilton’s capacity – Antwerp’s fire marshal almost shut it down. This meant that a larger venue was necessary, and the conference was shifted to the much larger Antwerp Expo. Each year the conference has taken more of the Expo’s available halls to accommodate exhibitors. In 2014 there were more than 6,300 attendees and it has become Breakbulk’s largest conference.

One of Breakbulk Europe’s unique features is that it has become very popular from a social standpoint, with receptions in Antwerp City and fine restaurants that attract attend-ees late into the night. On the serious side, other organizations have tried to duplicate Breakbulk’s unique format

DEVELOPING AN ENCOREEurope Sequel Eclipses Americas as Breakbulk’s Largest Event

By John Amos and have failed to succeed, as their pro-grams have been too technical and not reasonably priced.

Breakbulk Europe’s continuing success can be attributed to two main areas. First is the wide range of exhibitors that attract attendees from many countries, who can in one location meet with a very wide variety of maritime-related companies. Secondly, the conference has developed a broad scope of education events that pro-vide attendees with valuable information that can be used in the workplace. New features are added every year.

Non-transportation topics are covered, including global economies, insurance, monetary subjects such as currency adjustment and fluctuations, economic trading blocs and protection-ism, and of course regional conflicts.

European transportation, logistics and economics have changed dra-matically in the last decade. As project cargoes continue to increase in size and weight, the cost of transportation becomes more challenging. Projects are increasingly in remote locations, which require lengthy transport time and addi-tional logistics complexities. Breakbulk Europe has responded with relevant subjects such as increased trade with developing African countries; and land transportation between Europe, Asia Minor and China; enabling attendees to find solutions to their breakbulk and proj-ect cargo moves.

Breakbulk will continue to strive for content to remain fresh and relevant within the changing nature of breakbulk and project cargo, and create forums for industry thought leaders to present new and unique solutions. BB

John Amos provides program develop-ment for Breakbulk Events & Media, and has more than 40 years in logistics, pro-curement and construction management, including 26 years with Bechtel Corp.

2006: 861 people attended the firstBreakbulk Europe

2014: 6,300 people attended the ninthBreakbulk Europe

731%

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A DECADE IN REVIEW

European Breakbulk Demonstrates Resilience

16-18 MAY 2006 1st Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at Hilton Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium. Theme: Negotiating a Robust Market

30 MAY 2006 Finland’s TVO Installs Containment Liner on Olkiluoto Nuclear Power PlantThe project marks Finland as the first Western European country in 15 years to build a new nuclear reactor. Olkil-uoto will consist of two new-generation EPR III reactors from Areva. Commercial production was planned for 2010, but slipped to 2018.

17 APRIL 2007 Construction Begins at EDF’s Flamanville 3Flamanville 3, the first in a series of a new generation of nuclear reactors manufactured by Areva, was the first reactor to be built in France in more than 15 years. Bouygues Construction leads the engineering and construction on this €8.5 billion project, scheduled to be commissioned in 2016.

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22-24 MAY 2007 Bigger Digs Required: 2nd Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at the Antwerp Expo in Antwerp, Belgium. Theme: Maintaining the Momentum

27 JUNE 2007 Construction Officially Begins on Panama Canal Expansion Consortium led by Spain’s Sacyr and Italy’s Salini Impregilo began the US$5.3 billion project to add two new sets of locks and widen the canal to accommodated larger vessels.

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30 MARCH 2008 World’s First Commercial-scale Tidal Generator Installed Marine Current Technologies (Siemens sub-sidiary) had its SeaGen turbine assembled at the Harland & Wolff dockyard in Belfast and then transported to Strangford Narrows for installation.

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AN EVOLUTIONARY FORCESponsor Helps Create Breakbulk Europe’s Unique Mix

As the largest breakbulk port in Europe, Antwerp took an early interest in the educational forum and exposition that is Break-

bulk Europe. The port has been a premier sponsor throughout 10 years of success, growth and evolution.

In making that exceptional commit-ment, the port has taken on a leadership role in the development and progress of the breakbulk industry in Europe and around the world.

The port has hailed Breakbulk Europe as the most important networking event in the sector, giving global and local breakbulk and project cargo operators the opportunity to catch up with suppliers, competitors, partners and customers, and to remain current on technologies, trends and future opportunities.

Early DaysLuc Arnouts, Antwerp Port Author-

ity’s chief commercial officer, clearly recalls the origins of the event: “Ten years ago, a few breakbulk profession-als of Antwerp who were familiar with the annual Breakbulk Americas event … decided to approach the organiser, the Journal of Commerce, and ask them to set up a Breakbulk Europe event.” The objective was to create a unique mix – a business information and networking forum – that would attract breakbulk professionals from all over the world.

The “founding fathers” were Jean-Jacques Westerlund, Edourd Dekkers and Albert Pegg. Together they set out to prove that Antwerp, as Europe’s larg-est breakbulk port, would undoubtedly attract the right players and achieve suc-cess in a very short time. “The following

Luc Arnouts, Antwerp Port Authority’s chief commercial officer

27-29 MAY 2008 3rd Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at the Antwerp Expo. Theme: Meeting Market Challenges

24 OCTOBER 2008 Bloody Friday Stuns World “Bloody Friday” saw many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.

14 NOVEMBER 2008 Eurozone Slips into RecessionEurozone officially slipped into recession for the first time since its creation in 1999. (US was officially in a recession since December 2007.) The financial crisis of 2008, also known as the Global Financial Crisis, had chilling effects throughout the breakbulk industry.

1 DECEMBER 2008 EU Launches Anti-Piracy ForceEU launched the European Union Naval Force Somalia – Operation Atalanta

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months this trio, together with many supporters … left no stone unturned,” Arnouts said.

The first Breakbulk Europe took place in May 2006 in a relatively modest venue. “Compared to today, this was a small-scale exhibition with less than 30 exhibitors and about 800 delegates. Yet, all participants agreed, a star had been born,” Arnouts said.

The main event at early Breakbulk Europe gatherings quickly spawned important side events, including site visits to breakbulk terminals, client and prospective client receptions, and even a purely social but much-loved Antwerp dancing party near the River Scheldt.

“There is also the usual gather-ing at the famous pub Den Engel near our beautiful City Hall, and of course a Breakbulk Run for those who have enjoyed Antwerp’s hospitality too much and realise that there is no gain without pain,” Arnouts said.

During the third week of May each year, exceptional educational assem-blies and unique networking and social opportunities allow delegates to share information and often close deals, turn-ing Antwerp into the global centre of conventional shipping.

Ten years after its debut, the Port of Antwerp expresses pride in Breakbulk Europe’s pre-eminence in the world of breakbulk – it has grown into the larg-est event of its kind, with more than 300 top exhibitors and perhaps 6.500

delegates. This was made possible with a relocation to the Antwerp Expo, a vast venue that allows greater attendance and exhibit space.

Antwerp’s Unique StatusThe Port of Antwerp’s well-established

breakbulk capabilities, handling more than 15 million tonnes per year, coupled with strategic handling and storage improvements for out-of-gauge, breakbulk, neo-bulk and project cargo, have made its port infrastructure indispensable to the breakbulk community. The port is the European leader for handling fruit, steel and project cargo, and, it is the world’s foremost port for the storage of coffee.

Recent developments are positioning the port for continued vigorous growth: the freight handling company Zuidnatie installed two new mobile cranes, each with a lifting capacity of 200 tonnes; Antwerp Steinweg Terminal made a multimillion-euro investment upgrad-ing the Albert dock; and NHS opened an additional terminal at the Churchill.

Calling Antwerp a proactive landlord port, Arnouts said the port has created an unparalleled breakbulk platform that allows it to develop and secure business with “the most added value” – business

1 JANUARY 2009 Breakbulk Volumes Sign of HopePort of Antwerp released 2008 results, showing breakbulk cargo makes up 11 per-cent of cargo volume and 40 percent of the jobs. “Berths like ABES are full with break-bulk cargo – which is a sign of hope in these gloomy days.”

26-28 MAY 2009 4th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at the Antwerp Expo. Theme: Working Toward Recovery

Port of Antwerp

30 JANUARY 2010 Construction Begins on ITER Construction on the £13 billion ITER facil-ity began this year in Cadarache, France, where 35 nations are collaborating to realize the world’s largest tokamak fusion device. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for more research into nuclear fusion. “Nuclear fusion is a form of energy that could provide an infinite amount of energy for us,” Merkel said.

13 DECEMBER 2009 Milan to Bologna High-speed Railway OpensBologna high-speed railway, part of Italy’s hi-speed rail network, was completed at a cost of €6.9 billion. The line was built by engineering and construction consortium ENI/CEPAV UNO.

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that is crucial for the community, facili-tating trade in a sustainable manner. “Antwerp today is what the generations before us envisioned, and ours is the responsibility to be visionary for genera-tions to come,” Arnouts said.

A Dynamic SectorThe vagaries of breakbulk shipments

and routings make the industry interesting, sometimes intriguing, and always dynamic.

“All things change, and so does our industry,” Arnouts said. “If you look at the enormous impact of containerisation of maritime trade since the 1970s, we cannot but state that this evolution came at the expense of conventional transport.”

However, with continuing global population growth and urbanisation, the

need for houses, infrastructure, energy, food, water, and mobility will grow, and there will be more international seaborne trade of steel, metals, building products, project cargo, and foodstuffs – the commodities that will require conventional transport. “So, all things considered, we are fairly optimistic for the future,” Arnouts said.

The precarious global economy may introduce some difficulties. “It seems the world hasn’t recovered fully of the global financial crisis of 2008 yet,” he said. “Fall-ing raw materials and oil prices result in important projects being put on hold or even cancelled. BRIC countries aren’t performing as expected, and mature economies know a very moderate growth at best.” Overcapacity of ships, even in

18-20 MAY 2010 5th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at the Antwerp Expo. Theme: Looking for Opportunities

18 DECEMBER 2010 Arab Spring Begins A wave of demonstrations and and civil wars in the Arab world led to port closures and general uncertainty for both ongoing projects and proposed projects.

11 MARCH 2011 Fukushima Disaster Earthquake and tsunami caused the melt-down of reactors at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which largely halted nuclear energy development around the world and led to new safety regulations.

19 MARCH 2011 UN Launches Intervention in LibyaFrance announced a rapid launch of a United Nations operation (Opération Harmattan) to support the Libyan rebels after the vote of the UN Security Council.

SPECIAL THANKS to the exhibitors who have been with us since the beginning

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other sectors like container or roll-on, roll-off, exacerbates risk and weighs on margins. “Today it is very hard to be a niche-carrier, as every segment is ‘fishing in the same pond,’ ” according to Arnouts.

Working as an industry to address the mismatch of supply with demand is key for future success. Over the last decade Breakbulk Europe has become a force in championing industry progress.

In addition to the port authority’s chief commercial officer, Arnouts is director-manager and member of the port’s board of directors. A Belgian by birth, Arnouts was educated at the universities of Ghent and Antwerp, and has accumulated diverse expertise in air and sea logistics and transportation. He is married to Lieve and the proud father of three. BB

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B reakbulk Europe is the largest of Break-bulk Events & Media’s global set of educa-

tional forum and exhibition events that address the needs of the traditional breakbulk and project cargo community.

World-scale events such as this are not founded in a vac-uum. It takes commitment and a passionate belief in the power of ideas to open minds, change atti-tudes, and ultimately, guide the

BREAKBULK EUROPE’S FOUNDING FATHERSDekkers, Pegg and Westerlund Shaped Successful Annual Event

direction of an entire industry.Three individuals made that

commitment almost 10 years ago – Edouard Dekkers, Albert Pegg and Jean-Jacques West-erlund – and it is largely due to their passion for breakbulk that Breakbulk Europe has become a clearinghouse offering knowl-edge and inspiring an entire industry as well as the individu-als who make their careers in breakbulk and project cargo logistics.

EDOUARD “EDDY’ DEKKERSDEKKERS INTERNATIONAL INC.

Edouard Dekkers of New York-based Dekkers International Inc. is a career maritime professional whose European ties helped cast him in a lead role in shaping Breakbulk Europe.

Recognizing, in the midst of the era of containerisation, that not all cargo could be effectively and efficiently con-tainerised, the Journal of Commerce had already initiated its American series of breakbulk conferences and exhibitions. The first Breakbulk Transpo, held in Atlanta in 1990, and the yearly events that followed were well attended by European terminals, stevedores, ports

15 MAY 2011 EU NAVFOR Conducts First Onshore Pirate RaidEU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta forces conducted the first onshore action against pirate logistics supplies. Shoreline ops were approved 23 March 2012.

17-19 MAY 2011 6th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at the Antwerp Expo. Theme: Thinking Globally for the Long Haul

31 MAY 2011 Germany Accelerates Nuclear ShutdownChancellor Angela Merkel announced plans to shut all of Germany’s nuclear reactors by 2022.

1 JUNE 2011 Hansa Heavy Lift Is Born Funded by Oak Tree Capital of Los Ange-les, Hansa Heavy Lift is the new iteration of Beluga Chartering. HHL starts with a fleet of 17 ships with an average age of less than two years, and a further seven vessels under construction and due for delivery before the beginning of 2012.

16 MARCH 2011 Beluga Chartering Files for BankruptcyBeluga Chartering, part of the Beluga Group, formally filed for insolvency pro-tection as Germany’s KG houses and shipowners withdraw their tonnage from the troubled firm.


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1 JULY 2011 Gotthard Base Tunnel CompleteTunneling was completed on the Gotthard Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps, the world’s longest rail tunnel with a route length of 57 km and a total of 151.84 km of tunnels, shafts and passages. Scheduled to open 2 June 2016.

30 OCTOBER 2011 UK Approves Armed Guards on VesselsBritish Prime Minister David Cameron announced British-flagged ships will be licensed to carry armed guards to protect against pirates.

and carriers, and ultimately became the precursors to Breakbulk Europe.

Long before the European event’s inception, Dekkers was a stalwart break-bulk proponent who recognised that an industry builds and improves with better communication, networking and shar-ing. His initial interest in and long-term commitment to a major European break-bulk event was triggered by alarming industry developments.

“In the early 1990s there was a lot of confusion at the level of the freight forwarder,” Dekkers recalled. “Con-tainer carriers were harassing them to use containers.” He described the era’s industry-wide carrier push to re-jig han-dling methodologies for a wide variety of previously non-containerised general cargo. It was wreaking havoc with estab-lished patterns of shipment.

Dekkers has been a fixture on the trans-Atlantic trades since the 1960s, when he joined Belgian Line, running tweendeckers on a triangular service from Antwerp to New York to Africa and back to Antwerp. Eventually the trans-Atlantic leg shifted to container ships, and Dekkers shifted his focus, spending more than two decades running contain-ers through Dart Line and later Orient

Overseas Container Line. But change was in the air.

“In the 1990s breakbulk started to revive,” Dekkers said. “Modernization in developing countries was generat-ing more and more shipments of power plants, industrial machinery, generators,

compressors – the new ‘project cargo’ as it is called today.”

The onset of regular shipments of project cargo on a mass scale taxed architects and designers, fabricators and transportation coordinators, ocean carriers and inland transportation part-ners. Supply-chain management, a term coined only a few years earlier, was a nascent industry, and coordination from plant to jobsite was never a sure thing.

As representative of the Port of Ant-werp in the U.S. since 1995, Dekkers found himself part of a small group convinced that it was time for a major breakbulk event in Europe, modeled after Breakbulk Americas, to help show-case Europe’s leading role in breakbulk. Emphasizing that breakbulk carriers were mostly European lines, Break-bulk Europe was conceived, and then launched in 2006.

“The first American event in 1990 attracted perhaps 275 participants and 10 exhibitors. In 2015, Breakbulk Europe will have 6.000-plus participants and hundreds of exhibitors,” Dekkers said.

Today’s highly successful event is a result of support by top-level breakbulk and project cargo industry profession-als from carriers, freight forwarders,

1 JANUARY 2012 Haropa Port Alliance EstablishedFollowing the 2008 landmark port reform in France, the new alliance is a partnership between the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris.

19 SEPTEMBER 2011 Rickmers-Linie and Maersk Line Announce US Flag Venture The two carriers formed joint venture Maersk-Rickmers U.S. Flag Project Car-rier to provide breakbulk and project cargo shipping using two newly-built multi-purpose ships to be operated under the U.S. flag. The new 19,000 deadweight ton vessels, Maersk Illinois and Maersk Texas, each have a com-bined maximum lift of 480 tonnes and are twice the size of U.S. flag multipur-pose vessels currently in operation.

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and logistics companies, according to Dekkers.

Speakers come from diverse fields of expertise. The events drill down to very specific and focused presentations, exhibits and workshops. This year will bring overview presentations on eco-nomics, and more targeted presentations on, for example, anti-bribery, or trans-port along Poland’s Wisla River.

The role of Breakbulk Europe has evolved, and it now stands guard, Dekkers said, as a watchdog for the breakbulk industry, looking out for breakbulk interests at a time when find-ing facilities like docks, terminals, yard space, and warehousing is a struggle.

“Breakbulk Europe has to defend our interests. There is no worldwide break-bulk association. Port authorities love the container lines but should not forget that the money and profit margin is in breakbulk, not the container business,” he said. “We don’t have to neglect con-tainer lines, but there is growing demand for breakbulk shipments, and they have to be accommodated on an even keel with containers.”

Thinking of the future of Breakbulk Europe, Dekkers is looking for grow-ing participation from logistics decision

makers – companies like Bechtel, Halliburton, Caterpillar and Siemens – because they bring a new range of knowledge.

Based in the World Financial Center, Dekkers International is a privately held consulting firm specializing in steam-ship line, logistics and port training, and the implementation of safety/security for the breakbulk supply chain (as per U.S. Department of Homeland Security mandates).

Dekkers has an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau and a degree in Admi-ralty Law from Kings Point. An avid traveler and sailor, he divides his time between Antwerp, Key Biscayne, and Manhattan.

ALBERT PEGGSENIOR ADVISOR, ANTWERP PORT AUTHORITY,MANAGING PARTNER, ENERJETIXX BVBA

“If there is one place in the world where breakbulk is king it is Antwerp,” according to Albert Pegg, managing partner of Enerjetixx BVBA and senior advisor to the Antwerp Port Authority.

After having been a regular at break-bulk events in the U.S. for a number of years while representing various carri-ers, Pegg saw almost limitless potential for a similar breakbulk conference and exposition in Europe, and specifically, in Antwerp. Describing the role of the Port of Antwerp as a sort of epicentre of breakbulk and project cargo for Europe, Pegg was confident that an Antwerp venue would be unlike any other in the world, while providing an important opportunity to “keep knocking on the same nail.”

To Pegg, the idea of expanding the audience and reinforcing the commit-ment to continuously enhance the global movement of breakbulk, while bringing a European viewpoint to the conven-tion/exposition concept, was timely and relevant and would serve as a catalyst for progress.

From the very start, Breakbulk Europe was decidedly successful, quickly outgrowing its initial site.

Pegg said Antwerp’s roots, which are both Germanic and Latin, lend it a unique approach to commerce that melds business and pleasure. That successful pairing makes the city an excellent convention venue.

15 AUGUST 2012 Intermarine and Scan-trans MergeWith the US-Denmark merger completed, Intermarine fleet grew to more than 50 mul-tipurpose and heavylift vessels with lifting capacities of up to 800 tonnes.

30 NOVEMBER 2012 Volga-Dnepr Becomes Russia’s Official Space Cargo Carrier License awarded to Volga-Dnepr by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) to transport rockets, space mechanisms and rocket fuel.

1 JUNE 2012 Tunneling Begins on London CrossrailLondon’s €14.8 billion Crossrail is Europe’s largest construction project. Eight tunnelling machines have been used to create the new tunnels beneath the capital. Once completed, the thousand-tonne, 150-meter-long machines will have excavated around six million tonnes of earth. Crossrail will open in 2018.

12 AUGUST 2012 Pirate Attacks Drop to Zero For the first time in the last five years, there were no pirate attacks off the east coast of Africa for a full month.

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13-16 MAY 2013 8th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at the Antwerp Expo. Theme: Tapping Emerging Markets

1 JULY 2013 Clipper Projects Merges with Thorco ShippingThe merger created the world’s second larg-est multipurpose/projects owner and operator with a fleet of about 90 modern multipurpose vessels with a lifting capacity up to 400 tonnes.

2 APRIL 2013 OXL and Hanssy Partner “Joint venture created a combined fleet of 25 heavy lift/multipurpose vessels and several gen-eral cargo ships, ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 dwt with cranes up to 800 tonnes.

14 MARCH 2013 Rickmers-Linie Launches Westbound Round-the-World Pearl Service“Having introduced our Round-the-World Pearl String Service with an eastbound rotation ten years ago, we are convinced that the time to start up a similar concept in the other direction has now come,” Ulrich Ulrichs, CEO and managing director of Rickmers-Linie, said in a statement. He made the announcement at the Breakbulk China 2013 event in Shanghai.

“We work hard all day, and in the evening let the euros roll,” he said, add-ing that the quest to be a responsible and good individual permeates Belgian life, and that the business/life balance catalyses true success, not just bottom-line growth.

After its initial year, rapid growth came for Breakbulk Europe following minor adjustments to the convention

model that better reflected local and European business culture. The need to ramp up the exhibition and networking components became apparent early on, and the educational focus was truncated to highlight exceptional and authorita-tive speakers and to encompass more interactive learning. In this electronic age, PowerPoint presentations can largely be relegated to internet access,

freeing up scarce time at the convention for critical discourse, according to Pegg.

Today, the event is very much geared toward the European audience.

Breakbulk Europe offers delegates and exhibitors a plethora of takeaways. Perhaps one of the most important is the sharing of economic and industry outlooks that inspire and influence the strategic direction of individual entities within the breakbulk community.

This benefit will multiply as the del-egate and exhibitor base continues to expand to encompass more shippers.

“The players have evolved and there are a lot more shippers around. This is a positive evolution,” Pegg said. Having only the maritime community speak-ing to each other is incestuous at best. As cargo owners and routers, includ-ing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and engineering, procurement and construction firms (EPCs), increas-ingly recognise the value of meeting with their whole chain of logistics, the event’s momentum will build and more shippers will attend, he said.

While noting that predicting the future is hazardous at best, Pegg rec-ognised the emerging and sometimes conflicting effects of large infrastructure

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projects in the Far East, stepped-up “near sourcing,” and low oil and gas prices, among other developments. He said that in the next 10 years, as OEMs and EPCs rush to address infrastructure deficiencies in developing economies around the globe, their supply chain partners can tap Breakbulk Europe for great insights into the struggle to ame-liorate the impact of an unprecedented level of modernisation and expectations.

The boom of modernisation projects underscores the importance of balance between commerce and quality of life in developing and developed nations alike.

For the European breakbulk industry to continue to thrive, according to Pegg, innovative strategy will be vital. Euro-pean plants and businesses have already discovered that just having the best qual-ity of product is insufficient.

“We don’t want children working on shoes and apparel – in the breakbulk industry, that has never been the case, but we are seeing more concern in every boardroom on compliancy, eliminating corruption, and trying to be green with-out costing more. I think it is possible. You have to think outside the box.” Pegg mentioned the “Logistics 4.0” move-ment, reminiscent of Germany’s foray

into “Industry 4.0” – the Smart Factory vision of cross-functional cooperation to ultimately deliver better performance. Greater teamwork, Pegg said, is a way forward for the European manufac-turing industry and by extrapolation, breakbulk community.

To build its book of project cargo and breakbulk, Pegg said, “Europe has to stay on top of its game. It has to be innovative in order to survive and has to be the best in everything in today’s world – quality, price, and environmental footprint.”

Pegg expects those themes to domi-nate Breakbulk Europe in the coming years.

Pegg is 44-year maritime profes-sional. His lifetime commitment to global shipping entities, currently serv-ing as CEO for Enerjetixx and senior advisor to the Antwerp Port Author-ity, has leant him the kind of shipping, supply chain and general management expertise that helps find solutions, and eliminate roadblocks. As this issue went to press, Pegg and his spouse, Renate, welcomed their fourth grand-child into the world, a world Pegg is committed to bettering by cultivating curiosity and dialogue on business and social issues alike.

JEAN-JACQUES WESTERLUNDTASTE WESTERLUND GROUP,FORMER CHAIR, ALFAPORT ANTWERPEN

Jean-Jacques Westerlund was cast in an entrepreneurial mold. He offers impeccable insights in logistics and innovation, developed at a young age – jumpstarted, perhaps, by his military service in transport, and honed over a career spanning more than four decades.

In 1970, along with a group of like-minded acquaintances, he took over Medior (now EMSYS), a software devel-opment company which stands as the oldest in Belgium. In 1973, Westerlund began working for the forest products handling and logistics company, Wester-lund Corp., founded by his grandfather in 1903. He took over from his father as general manager in 1977. After investing in stevedoring company Vrasenedock Left Bank in 1986, Westerlund Group soon became the largest forest products terminal in the world, with facilities in Antwerp, Rouen, Tilbury and Changshu.

From 2004 to 2007, Westerlund chaired Alfaport Antwerpen, the fed-eration of port companies and logistics service providers that aims to defend the

30 APRIL 2014 GE to Buy Alstom GE announces it made a binding offer to acquire the thermal power, renewable energy and electricity grid businesses of French engi-neering conglomerate Alstom for US$13.5 billion.

12-15 MAY 2014 9th Annual Breakbulk Europe Transportation Conference & ExhibitionHeld at the Antwerp Expo. Theme: Moving the Gears of the World’s Big Business

14 JULY 2014 Costa Concordia Salvage BeginsFirst day of the Costa Concordia salvage operation – considered to be the largest and most complex in history – was led by Crowley Maritime’s Titan Salvage and part-ner Micoperi. In January 2012, the Costa Concordia capsized and sank after striking an underwater rock obstruction off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany.

18 MARCH 2014 Russia Annexes Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of Crimea in the Ukraine.

21 NOVEMBER 2013 Ukraine Protests Begin First of many protests in Kiev, Ukraine, over the government’s refusal to sign an agree-ment with the European Union, which would lead to a violent conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

4 JULY 2013 World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm InauguratedThe 630-megawatt London Array was for-mally inaugurated by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

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2 DECEMBER 2014 First Siemens’ 6MW Offshore Wind Turbine Installed Wind turbine installed at onshore test site in Germany. With a weight of only around 230 tons, the SWT-6.0 nacelles can be transported by truck.

5 DECEMBER 2014 Warning: US$150 Billion of Energy Projects Could Be Delayed Analysts warned one-third or US$150 billion worth of energy projects could be delayed or even cut in 2015 as oil prices plummet. Over the past six months, oil prices have dropped by 60 percent. Among megaproj-ects that have already been postponed are Statoil’s US$5.74 billion in the Snorre field in the Norwegian Sea and Chevron’s US$10 billion North Sea Rosebank project.

19 DECEMBER 2014 First OOG Cargo Arrives for ITERAn 87-ton transformer, the first in a long series of “exceptional loads” for ITER, arrived from Korea on board CMA CGM’s Ivanhoe at the Marseilles Fos Port in the south of France. By barge and then 100 kilo-meters by road, the transformer is delivered to the ITER site in Cadarache.

20 OCTOBER 2014 France Votes to Halve Nuclear PowerThe lower house of France’s parliament voted to cut the country’s reliance on nuclear energy to 50 percent of its energy mix by 2025. Cur-rently, 75 percent of France’s power needs are supplied by nuclear power plants.

interests of all companies active in the port and in the logistics service industry. It was in this capacity that he first rec-ognised the potential for a large-scale breakbulk industry event in Antwerp. Alfaport Antwerpen has been an impor-tant co-sponsor of Breakbulk Europe.

Together with fellow breakbulk devotees, Pegg and Dekkers, Wester-lund went to bat to bring an educational forum and exposition to Europe, and specifically Antwerp.

“We all had the same passion – break-bulk operations – and we all had one mission – the promotion of logistic services for breakbulk cargo,” Westerlund said.

A decade ago, the container business was growing fast, introducing larger vessels and larger terminals. “The main ports were predominantly focused on containers. The breakbulk operators, ourselves included, had been investing a lot of money in specialised ships and terminals,” he said. The Westerlund Group was concentrating on trade with South America and China, emerging and booming markets, and with Scandinavia and more traditional markets strongly focused on breakbulk and roll-on, roll-off services.

Westerlund described sitting down

with Pegg and Dekkers a little more than a decade ago. “The people around the table felt a need for a platform where information about new sophisticated equipment, new handling methods and other topics could be discussed,” he said. “A few months later we launched the first breakbulk conference. We suc-ceeded in our mission: the Breakbulk Europe conference was born.”

Only the best of conventions and expo-sitions are able to survive an economic downturn. Breakbulk Europe has survived, and thrived, during the global financial recession. In part because it is positioned well to address a vital need, targets the right stakeholders, draws globally recognised speakers, and has a top-notch production team, but also because it is tweaked a bit each year. The Breakbulk Europe model has weathered economic turbulence well. Its main dilemma, according to Wester-lund, is that, “During three days, you eat a lot, you drink a lot, and the only thing you are not doing is sleeping a lot!”

About seven years ago, Westerlund sold his company to Babcock and Brown, which is now Euroports. He has founded a new investment company called TASTE-Westerlund, a holding company for TASTE Yachting (yacht charter-

ing) and TASTE Invest (real estate and private equity investments). “We have invested in clean energy projects, a medical device company and an IT com-pany. The latest investment is Blue Line Logistics.” Last year, Blue Line Logistics (BLL) built the first catamaran barge

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in Europe to transport palletised cargo and “big bags.” A second was built and launched in March 2015.

“Taste Invest will not return to ‘ter-minal logistics,’ but we are convinced about the need to better use waterways,” Westerlund said. BLL offers a faster, cleaner and cheaper way to reach cus-tomers. “BLL is definitely an alternative for inland trucking from breakbulk ter-minals to the final customers.”

Innovations like BLL’s are the heart and soul of Breakbulk Europe. And

although Westerlund commented, “I will not further advise you on the trends and new technology in breakbulk activi-ties – I prefer to leave that to my friends who are still in the business 12 hours a day, seven days a week” – his impact on the success of breakbulk cannot be underestimated. Westerlund has made an ironclad contribution to the break-bulk industry by finding and advancing innovative thought, processes and assets.

Westerlund is married with two children. He served as Honorary Consul

General of Sweden in Antwerp from 1987 to 2002, and has served again since 2008. He was the European Shipping Press Association’s Maritime Man of the Year in 1996, and was appointed an honorary citizen of Changshu, China, in 2001 for forest product terminal invest-ment and development in the port of Changshu. In 2007, he became an hon-orary member of Belgium’s merchant marine academy, Koninklijk Belgisch Zeemanscollege. He serves on a variety of marine industry and other boards. BB

18-21 MAY 2015 Breakbulk Europe Celebrates 10th Anniversary

17 FEBRUARY 2015 Soon-to-Be World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Approved 2,400MW Dogger Bank Creyke Beck received UK approval. The 430-square-mile project will be located 80 miles of the Yorkshire coast. At more than twice the size of the UK’s current biggest offshore windfarm, London Array, Dogger Bank Creyke Beck will cost up to £8 billion.

6 MARCH 2015 Main Fractionator Installed at Total Refinery in Antwerp Aertssen Kranen and ALE installed the main fractionator at the Total Refinery in Antwerp, reaching a new milestone for the Optara project, part of Total’s €1 billion investment in its refining and petrochemical complex and Europe’s third-largest refinery. The main fractionator weighed 250 tonnes and mea-sured 57 meters long.

17 APRIL 2015 Goliat Arrives in HammerfestDockwise Vanguard arrived in Hammerfest, Norway, carrying ENI Norge’s 64,000-tonne Goliat platform, the world’s largest cylindri-cal platform, which will produce the first oil from the Barents Sea.

8 JANUARY 2015 World’s Largest Vessel Arrives in RotterdamThe world’s largest ship, Allseas Pioneer-ing Spirit (previously named Pieter Schelte), arrived in Rotterdam after a seven week voy-age from the DSME shipyard in South Korea. At 382 meters long by 124 meters wide and a lifting capacity of 48,000 tonnes, Pioneering Spirit will start work in the North Sea installing three platform topsides for Norway’s Statoil.

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[ FOUNDATIONS OF SUCCESS ]

GPLN was established in 2004 and is a network of inde-pendent small and medium project logistics forwarders. It offers industry clients a real option to the multinational freight forwarders. Here are some of the key advantages of GPLN and their members.

First of all though the multinationals have a global cov-erage they lack of specialists in most of their offices. Even the largest freight forwarders out there have only project and heavy lift specialists located in some key countries. GPLN members though are all focused on turnkey proj-

ect logistics. So with coverage of presently around 280 offices in over 100 countries, GPLN and their members do have many more specialists around the world than any multinational.

Also for most of the multinationals their project division is simply a piece of the larger cake and rather seldom their projects staffs get specialized training. GPLN on the other hand offers their members the well-known Heavy Transport and Lifting seminar to their members to improve the indi-viduals’ skills. So far around 150 GPLN members have taken

this training course. More often than not GPLN member companies are family

owned businesses and the owners are actively involved in the day-to-day business. This brings along an entrepreneur-ial spirit as they are hands-on and willing to work 24/7/365. Customers can build up a lifelong relationship and trust as business owners stay on for a long time.

The most stringent member vetting in the industry guar-antees customers that the GPLN members and their staff are technically and financially qualified companies.

So for the customer there are a number of advantages as the global coverage and the number of project experts of GPLN and their members is second to none.

For members of GPLN there are plenty of advantages too. As already mentioned GPLN offers their member spe-cialized courses. Besides the Heavy Transport and Lifting course GPLN recently offered their members a workshop supported by BIMCO focusing on their more recent project and break bulk cargo chartering contracts.

For good measure GPLN also helps their members to market their companies at industry events around the world and through direct marketing.

GPLN’s newsletter which has now grown from just a few pages to an average of 16 pages is issued bi-monthly and is made for the GPLN members, sponsors and their custom-ers. The majority of the articles covered are the success stories of great moves by GPLN members and sponsors. The newsletter is distributed by mail and at industry events to about 80,000 decision makers globally of companies that are using project logistics services.

GPLN has recorded its history through photos on the GPLN Facebook page with over 10,000 pictures probably making it the largest heavy haulage and lifting online photo bank. For GPLN members the GPLN Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/GPLN.HeavyTransports) simply is as good as any reference book as it gets.

GPLN members also have a direct channel to sponsors such as Rickmers Linie, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, Maersk Line, Ruslan International and AirCargoGroup.

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MONTREAL, APRIL 23, 2015 – Federal Marine Termi-nals, Inc. (FMT), a subsidiary of Montreal-based Fednav Limited, Canada’s largest ocean-going dry-bulk shipping company, yesterday celebrated its 50th anniversary of operation.

Incorporated in 1965 in Chicago, FMT is recognized worldwide as an industry leader in North American marine terminal operations. With its twelve operations, FMT is active along the US East Coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and on the Great Lakes. Leveraging its experience in stevedoring, termi-nal handling, and logistics services for all types of dry cargo, FMT offers a seamless supply chain in the markets served.

With a well-trained, safety-oriented labour force and a strong management team that employs specialized and efficient gear and equipment, together with award-winning

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environmental excellence recognition, FMT has delivered a high standard in smooth, reliable, safe, and efficient cargo handling for five decades.

“FMT is proud to have prospered from its humble beginnings to a successful contender in a very competi-tive market,” said Paul Pathy, Chairman of Federal Marine Terminals. “Through the hard work of our experienced, determined employees to the loyalty of our customers and business partners, and through the solid long-range planning of our management team, we are pleased to be celebrating this milestone anniversary,” added Michel Tosini, Executive Vice-President of FMT.

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Katoen Natie N.V. sets a new benchmark in terms of lift-ing capacity at the port of Antwerp, investing in three new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes, one LHM 550 and two LHM 600s. Additionally, the company enforced its operations in Radicatel, France, with a new LHM 420.

In January 2015, both family-owned companies Katoen Natie und Liebherr celebrated the handover of the strongest Liebherr mobile harbour cranes (LHM) on Antwerp’s Left Bank in a festive ceremony. Ordered twice by Katoen Natie in 2014, the LHM 600 model is the strongest mobile harbour crane available in the market and provides a maximum lifting capacity of 208 tonnes and an outreach of up to 58 metres.

The first LHM 600 was delivered fully assembled in November 2014. The second crane became operational just one month later. Due to this investment in two LHM 600s, Katoen Natie can offer high-capacity tandem lifts to its cus-tomers. In this regard, innovative technology from Liebherr plays a major role. Thanks to the installation of Sycratronic®, one crane operator can safely handle heavy loads of up to 416 tonnes in tandem operation.

Manufactured by Liebherr Maritime Cranes in Rostock, these cranes will increase Katoen Natie’s competitiveness in break bulk cargo, including steel and forest products. This significant investment also demonstrates Katoen Natie’s confidence in their operations in Antwerp. It also shows their

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strong focus on the expansion of the market share for heavy lift and project cargoes, which are large, non-standard pieces like wind turbines.

“Thanks to our two new LHM 600s we have expanded our portfolio and are now capable of lifting loads as heavy as 416 tonnes, which is unique in Belgium. We are very opti-mistic that these state-of-the-art giants in combination with our long-term experience in safe and efficient cargo handling will attract new customers. Our existing customers will also highly benefit from this significant investment as we have speeded up our vessel turnaround times,” said Joos Melis, Commercial Director of Katoen Natie.

In addition to both LHM 600s, Katoen Natie has invested in an LHM 550, which started operation in summer 2014. The LHM 550 is the most-in-demand Liebherr mobile harbour crane model and has proven its capabilities across the globe. Katoen Natie’s new machine is equipped with the unique Pactronic® hybrid power booster. This cutting-edge hydrau-lic hybrid drive for cranes allows for a plus of 30% regarding turnover capacity. At the same time, Pactronic® leads to a reduction of fuel/energy consumption (litre/ton) as well as CO2 and exhaust emissions in the range of 30% depending on the operation. The tasks of this new LHM 550 in Antwerp include highly efficient container and bulk handling.

ANTWERP MAJOR MARKET FOR MOBILE CARGO HANDLING SOLUTION

Antwerp has been an important market for Liebherr mobile harbour cranes for more than 20 years. In 1990, the first unit was delivered to Westerlund Corporation in Antwerp. Over the years, the population of Liebherr mobile harbour cranes has substantially grown in the Belgian port. In 2009 Liebherr Mari-time Cranes proudly opened a new office in Antwerp. Today there are eight service engineers based in Antwerp, to ensure quick response times and excellent service. Due to a notable market growth in recent years, Liebherr is optimistic that the demand for state-of-the-art mobile harbour cranes will further increase in Antwerp.

NEW LHM 420 FOR TERMINAL IN RADICATELIn addition to their major investment in Belgium, Katoen

Natie has opted for another Liebherr mobile harbour crane, type LHM 420, for their facilities in Radicatel at the north-ern coast of France. Delivered in 2014, the new all-purpose crane will be used for general cargo operation, container and bulk handling. The LHM 420 is Liebherr’s latest model, providing an outreach of 48 metres and a maximum lift-ing capacity of 124 tonnes. Katoen Natie’s very positive experience with an existing LHM 250 in Radicatel was a main reason why the logistics company opted for another LHM. This LHM 420 delivery underlines the positive trend of demand for Liebherr mobile harbour cranes in France.

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Founded back in June 1865 initially as a ship owning and operating company in Luebeck (Ger-many), Bertling has come a long way. Company founder Friedrich H. Bertling at the age of 23 had the aim to provide transportation links throughout Scandinavia and the Baltic States. Driven by this vision, Bertling founded his own transportation company.

The establishment of the Riga-Luebeck steam-ship company around 1900 and cooperation with the Hanseatic steamship corporation smoothed Bertling’s way to establish flourishing business relationships and the company’s expansion in the shipping industry. Regular liner services to the Bal-tic States and the former USSR saw Bertling further invest in ships and barges. Following some reces-sion caused by the World Wars, Bertling recovered rapidly in the 1950s and set up new shipping lines in the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean. With the establishment of a logistics division in the 1970s Bertling added customs clearance, warehousing, stevedoring and numerous other project forwarding services to its portfolio.

Following its 100th anniversary, Bertling opened up its first offices abroad, in the United Kingdom, the Caspian and Africa. New liner, ship-operating

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and crewing services saw Bertling continue to grow with expansion to the Americas, Asia and India. Bertling had turned into a global player in the for-warding industry. Today the more than 80 Bertling offices worldwide are staffed by skilled chartering brokers, operators, engineers, naval architects and logistics experts who jointly design project-specific solutions to lower supply chain costs, increase safety and foster local content.

The legacy of the traditions and ethics estab-lished by its founder 150 years ago still remain essential cornerstones of Bertling’s philosophy today and in the future. Bertling’s ambition has always been to provide customers with what they need at the right time and right place. This is achieved by working closely with clients, sharing common goals and providing added value in all Bertling undertakes through people, management techniques, innovation and technology.

With the support of its own fleet of modern ocean-going vessels and its in-house IT company, BESITEC, Bertling always delivers projects reliably, compliantly and safely.

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The Bertling Group celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. In this regard, we would like to thank our customers, business partners and employees for their trust, support and collaboration.

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2006 In order to establish a larger presence in the US Gulf and

Caribbean, BBC partnered with Dan-Gulf, founding Caytrans BBC which is based out of New Orleans. The first APC office on the continent of Australia is placed in Melbourne. BBC starts working in Sao Paulo as an operation and chartering base for all services to and from South America: coordina-tion of port agents and commercial representatives.

2007 BBC gets even bigger in Europe anchoring in well known

shipping cities, Genoa and Aarhus, the wind power capital. Our professional contact is established in Japan provid-

ing our Japanese clients a first hand professional contact person from APC.

2008U.S. operations officially became part of BBC Leer

and are now known as BBC Chartering USA. The office is located in Houston, Texas, convenient to BBC’s energy, oil and gas, and EPC client base.

The new European and Gulf Lines offer solutions from the USG to Europe and the Persian Gulf on a regular basis.

2009BBC Colombia S.A. and BBC Ecuador Andino Ltd.

were formed to enable BBC to better serve the increasing demand for shipments and service in oil & gas, mining, wind generation, and other projects in South America.

Asia Project Chartering Pte Ltd. (APC) was dissolved and is now operating under the BBC Chartering name to reinvigo-rate and enhance its presence in Asian Pacific Markets. The offices are located in Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Mel-bourne and Dubai. Mediterranean Project Chartering (MPC) launched in 2007, became BBC Chartering Genoa Srl.

2010In response to strong customer demand the BBC Bulk

Division was added to create and coordinate customized solutions.

Another BBC office opened up their doors for business - BBC Chartering Japan Ltd. was formed!

Moreover BBC united with Teras Cargo Transport, estab-lishing Teras BBC Chartering LLC for the ownership of m/v BBC Houston carrying the US flag.

2011The year was highlighted by fleet expansion activities as

BBC Chartering took over the operation of numerous vessels previously sailing under the Beluga brand. Also, with the BBC Everest, BBC Fuji, BBC Amber, BBC Chartering took

delivery of three new building vessels from its fleet renewal and modernization program. This step now enables the company to offer lifting capacities exceeding 500mt. This was accompanied by the introduction of a ‘project division’, a service unit that delivers dedicated tender management and transport engineering.

Next to the opening of a Shanghai and Liverpool office BBC Chartering introduced a BBC Trans-Pacific liner ser-vice, and the BBC Americana Line – Med Service.

2012Surrounded by a difficult market environment BBC

Chartering continued to strengthen its global commercial position. New representations were opened in Belgium and Australia, and more capacity was added to respond to customer demand in the coastal Caribbean trade, the West Coast South America trade and, on regular international ser-vices between Europe and Asia.

The fleet renewal program commenced during the year and hit halftime by taking delivery of the 14,800 dwt vessel BBC Citrine, a member of the BBC Amber series featuring 800mt lifting capacity.

2013The year started with the completion of the 17,000 dwt

BBC Congo new-building series by taking delivery of the BBC Danube. By mid-year, the 700mt heavy-lift program of the BBC Everest type was completed by taking delivery of the BBC Xingang. By the end of the year BBC Chartering oper-ates one third of its fleet capable of lifting 500mt and above.

Accompanied by market wide challenges, BBC Charter-ing continued to focus on improving its commercial position in important markets in South America and Korea, also opening another branch office in Brisbane, Australia, and, adding more capacity to the Caytrans operated joint-venture trade in the Caribbean.

2014In an ongoing challenging global market, BBC Chartering

further sharpened its service proposition, fleet procurement and commercial network. The European chartering network was strengthened with own presences opened in France and Spain; innovation of the core fleet was supported by co-launching an eco-friendly new-building program with partners during the year and, lastly a strategic coopera-tion with Manchester Terminal in the Port of Houston was tightened to provide a dedicated project terminal for BBC Chartering in the US Gulf.

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HLI has created a complete network of international services that provides their clients with a superior advan-tage for all their over-dimensional transportation needs. Their three branches, HLI Logistics, HLI Rail & Rigging and HLI Laredo represent the wide technical expertise that ensures the safest, most secure and cost-effective execution of every job. By land, sea or air, they offer the industry’s best solution to get their clients’ project to its location on time — anywhere in the world.

Established in 2005 by crane, trucking and rigging expert Ross McLaren and railroading veteran Mike Scott, their management team brings more than 150 years of experience, covering every angle. They’re backed through partnership with one of the largest utility con-struction companies in New York, the Fresh Meadow Mechanical Corporation.

The navigation of international customs is one of the most critical elements of any transport project. HLI Logistics, LLC, is the hands-on logistics branch of HLI that focuses their expansive sphere of proficiency on international services. Their team of ocean and air experts, led by Ute Bender, handles all of the required transit, securing the equipment and compiling proper documentation to safely transport products where they’re needed worldwide. Because they are an NVOCC, they can leverage their worldwide network of strategic alliances, corporate offices and partnerships to their cli-ents’ benefit.

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