How can we make sure that our fleet continues to meet the needs of our clients in times of sustainability demands? That is the central issue for the Wagenborg fleet strategy. In conversation with Theo Klimp, fleet director of Wagenborg Shipping.
Customers or their customers increasingly choose to engage a vetting company before entrusting their valuable cargo to one of our vessels. Such a vetting company checks the quality of our organization, services and ships. That means another check that costs us a lot of time and energy, in addition to, for example, the checks of Flagstate, Portstate and Class. Nevertheless, we are happy with this extra check. Nautical Operations Manager Eldert Heijkoop explains why.
If you thought the paper industry was going to disappear, think again. Even though the global demand for fine paper has dropped, online shopping drives packaging paper volumes through the roof. We talk with Metsä Group’s Vice President Marine Logistics Jyrki Ranki about growth ambitions, innovations driving sustainability and choosing the right logistic partners.
“We believe sea transport is important for SCA towards the future. For the last decades Wagenborg has been able to ship our products with a high quality and flexible fleet and had the chance to grow together,” says Mikael Toft, Commercial Manager SCA Sourcing & Logistics.
After having seen much of the world, Jan Willem Danser and Peter Danser were put in an extremely unusual situation by their charterer Klaus Wirring, in August 2019: ‘Are you willing to transship freight from fishing boats on board the MV Trinitas, from Antarctica to Montevideo?’ More than a year down the line and the ship is still hard at work in this very unique region.
“I always like to see a customer in the sun”, laughs Wagenborg chartering director Koos Zumkehr when suddenly the sun shines through the clouds into the Delfzijl head office. Here, we talk with ADM senior chartering manager Jagjit Bibra-Hertle about the cooperation between ADM and Wagenborg.
Wagenborg has been cooperating with Transchart to transport gas piping around Europe. At the moment, this “occasional” joint venture is again going full steam ahead for a project near the Scottish town of Dumfries. Implementation of the project is being supervised for Wagenborg by Max Tack and Thijs van der Wenden. Thijs is going to tell us a bit about the project.
For decades, wind has been of particular significance for Wagenborg. Wind was used to sail all different corners of the world. But as the world changed, so did our relationship with the wind. In current times we no longer depend on the wind to transport our cargo. Instead, we now offer logistical solutions to those who do still depend on wind, for instance, to generate sustainable energy.
