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Week 39, 2020

Industry Movers: Port of Rotterdam Appoints Boudewijn Siemons COO
Boudewijn Siemons (56) has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Port of Rotterdam Authority as of 1 October 2020. Siemons,…

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Höegh Ships Heavy Breakbulk to Australia Using Rolltrailers
Höegh recently used custom-built rolltrailers for shipping rail equipment to Australia for a client. Units of rail tamping machines needed to be transported from Europe…

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Video: Wagenborg tows 1,950-tonne port crane from Poland to Tata Steel
Last weekend, Wagenborg towed a new 1.950-tonne port crane from Poland to Tata Steel in IJmuiden, Netherlands under its own agency. In Poland, the 62…

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Video: Jumbo Transports 10 TPs for Yunlin!
Footage of Jumbo’s MV Fairpartner lifting and shipping 10 Transition Pieces in Vlissingen, Netherlands for the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm, Taiwan. Jumbo’s scope for the…

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Breakbulk Volumes Down in Port of Antwerp
According to the Port Authority, the total throughput of Port of Antwerp decreased by 5.1% in 2020 compared with the first 8 months of last…

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AirBridgeCargo Reaches Ten Years in Zhengzhou
AirBridgeCargo, an international scheduled carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, is celebrating its 10th anniversary of flights to/from Zhengzhou.   On the 17th of September, 2010 ABC’s…

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WEEKLY INDUSTRY UPDATE
BBN in Conversation with Leandro Brusque, Supply Chain at Ocyan
We asked Leandro Brusque, Supply Chain Manager at Ocyan, about 4 things: Industry Challenges, Opportunities, Transparency, and Change. Here’s what he had to say: Challenges In your opinion, what are…
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Chatham Chats is Catching!
With a view to increasing transparency and opening up the industry from all perspectives, we recently launched a new forum: Chatham Chats. Have you checked it out yet? The “Chatham…
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Weekly Bunker Update - 23 Sept 2020
Keeping an eye on bunkers. Your weekly bunker update powered by InterContinental Bunkering. Brent crude was down 30 cents, or 0.7%, at $41.42 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)…
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