May 01 | 2023
Meet the New Exhibitors of Breakbulk Europe
New Faces at Breakbulk Europe 2023
Get to know the new exhibitors at Breakbulk Europe 2023- ADVEEZ
- Africa Shipping & Logistics
- ANTONOV AIRLINES
- Casper Group Ltd
- Milkyway Global Logistics Co., Ltd
- Norvic Shipping USA Inc.
- SEDNA
- Cargo Flet Blasant S.L.
- ÖZNAKLİYAT
- Cordstrap
- Harlyn Solutions
- Olmar
- Sea Bridge
Casper Group Ltd
Rob Bateman, Managing Director, Casper Group Ltd
United Kingdom
Industry-related Service
Stand 2C70
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
The opportunities to embrace digitalisation, automation, and AI in our sector is incredibly interesting now. As a Group we have embraced digitalisation and have created a new division called Casper Digital, whose objective is to assist us in adopting the emerging technology that is coming to market in the upcoming years. Our innovation team is already using some of this cutting-edge technology to develop our own digital products including Flytta. This comprehensive end-to-end customs automation tool is designed to make trade across Europe and the rest of the world fast, accurate, and compliant.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
After previous visits to Breakbulk Europe and being particularly impressed during 2022, we investigated the possibility of exhibiting in 2023.
Due to Casper Groups growth and enhanced focus around all aspects of transportation of breakbulk cargos within Europe, this appears to be an excellent opportunity to showcase our companies capabilities and meet with new and existing clients at this event, as such, the group will be represented at the event by senior management from the Shipping, Chartering, Logistics, Customs and Port Agency divisions.
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
Casper Chartering Limited and the Group in general has a positive outlook on project opportunities in Europe, particularly over the next 24 Months. Our outlook has enabled us to continue with a strong investment strategy, growing our infrastructure and capabilities to put us in a strong position to offer our clients enhanced solutions for all their project logistics requirements.
Arnaud Garcia, Business Development Manager, ADVEEZ
France
IT
Stand 1J50
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
As an IoT company, the most interesting part of our business is enhancing our client’s business operations by collecting and analysing reliable and actionable data. Everyone at ADVEEZ is involved in connecting real-life, real machines doing real actions, with our high-value cloud-based solutions, and this supports our clients in their day-to-day operations! Our hardware solutions are designed and assembled by our teams in France and our software is also fully developed by us, that is also a point that can make our solutions very interesting (as well as secure)! Thanks to this, we are proud to affirm that we master all the steps between data collection and data visualization through our platform, from A to Z.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
We have been successful in the airport sector working to enhance Ground Support Equipment in the past 11 years, and we wanted to diversify our activities. We are strongly convinced that the seaport industry globally, breakbulk included, has a lot of opportunities to make great things to help both decarbonization and optimization to make this sector more efficient. Data is the key to doing so, and ADVEEZ is persuaded that our leading position in airports paves the way to make things in the port terminal industry. Airport and seaport industries are very similar at a certain point, with the same challenges of being efficient, fast, and reliable! Why eventually choose Breakbulk Europe? This is THE major event to attend, and we know we will have a great show with all the feedback we had!
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
Our perspectives concerning Europe opportunities is to find projects with clients having a real issue of data capture and to take the opportunity to develop new features, specific to the breakbulk industry, for our platform. Every opportunity is interesting after all, and we would be happy to help any client if we know we are the most competent to answer!
France
IT
Stand 1J50
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
As an IoT company, the most interesting part of our business is enhancing our client’s business operations by collecting and analysing reliable and actionable data. Everyone at ADVEEZ is involved in connecting real-life, real machines doing real actions, with our high-value cloud-based solutions, and this supports our clients in their day-to-day operations! Our hardware solutions are designed and assembled by our teams in France and our software is also fully developed by us, that is also a point that can make our solutions very interesting (as well as secure)! Thanks to this, we are proud to affirm that we master all the steps between data collection and data visualization through our platform, from A to Z.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
We have been successful in the airport sector working to enhance Ground Support Equipment in the past 11 years, and we wanted to diversify our activities. We are strongly convinced that the seaport industry globally, breakbulk included, has a lot of opportunities to make great things to help both decarbonization and optimization to make this sector more efficient. Data is the key to doing so, and ADVEEZ is persuaded that our leading position in airports paves the way to make things in the port terminal industry. Airport and seaport industries are very similar at a certain point, with the same challenges of being efficient, fast, and reliable! Why eventually choose Breakbulk Europe? This is THE major event to attend, and we know we will have a great show with all the feedback we had!
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
Our perspectives concerning Europe opportunities is to find projects with clients having a real issue of data capture and to take the opportunity to develop new features, specific to the breakbulk industry, for our platform. Every opportunity is interesting after all, and we would be happy to help any client if we know we are the most competent to answer!
ANTONOV AIRLINES
Valeria Ihnatenko, Marketing and PR Specialist, Antonov Airlines
Ukraine
Air Transport
Stand 2L54-M55
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
ANTONOV Airlines is the Air Transport Division of ANTONOV Company. We operate 5 AN-124-100 'Ruslan', the largest transport aircraft in the world. In March of 2022 ANTONOV`s AN-225 'Mriya' which was the only aircraft larger than 'Ruslan', was destroyed during battles in Hostomel airport (the home-base of ANTONOV fleet). ANTONOV Airlines became the biggest operator of AN-124-100 aircraft and the only option for transporting oversized and super-heavy cargoes.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
ANTONOV participated in other events before the pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war. So, this event is important for us to renew our participation this year, to meet partners and customers face-to-face, and to discuss everything to happen in the coming year.
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
Positive as usual! We continue operating around the world. From Europe to the USA, Canada, Africa, South America and any other routes our customers required.
Africa Shipping & Logistics
Neale Proctor, Group Sales & Commercial Director, OMA Group
Ghana
Freight Forwarder
Stand 1N14
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
No two days are the same. Dealing with challenges becomes a daily routine where problem-solving becomes a top priority.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
It’s an opportunity to showcase our services and to re-assure companies unfamiliar with the continent there is huge market of over 1.4 billion people to tap into and they should not have any concerns about doing business there
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
We do not operate in Europe. Project opportunities in Africa are abundant for companies who take the time to understand the market and choose the right partners to work with!
Milkyway Global Logistics Co., Ltd
Vichy Lang, Head of Project & Chartering Department, Milkyway Global Logistics Co., Ltd
China
Freight Forwarder
Stand 2M21
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
As a professional industrial project logistics serivce provider,, we are solution and cost-efficiency oriented. We are committed to supporting decarbonization and delivering sustainable innovative logistics solutions to our customers. By consolidating global windmill resources, we provide seamless end-to-end logistics services to our project clients
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
We are very glad to be exhibiting at Breakbulk Europe. Our purpose is to enrich lives by connecting our customers and communities around the world. We are dedicated to building long-term sustainable partnerships with our customers.
What is your company‘s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
We are looking forward to finding reliable client/supplier worldwide.
Norvic Shipping USA Inc.
Kasper Bihlet, Senior Chartering Manager, Norvic Shipping International, LLC
United States
Maritime Shipping
Stand 2M56
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
No day is the same you never know what will happen there is always a new challenge around the corner!
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
We want to increase our footprint carrying more breakbulk and project cargos to complement our existing fleet and business of about 150 vessels.
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
We see a lot of requests for windmill equipment and business potential for breakbulk and project cargo out of especially the Mediterranean to the USA/Caribbean.
SEDNA
Cynthia Worley, Vice President of Strategic Accounts, SEDNA
United Kingdom
IT
1N21
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
One of the most interesting things about Sedna is how we are challenging and changing the status quo when it comes to email, elevating its profile - especially for the maritime and broader supply chain industry which has long relied on this workhorse, the backbone of their communications as they move cargos around the world.
Changing work styles and ever-increasing volumes of communication within all sectors - including maritime - mean that shipping teams today spend unnecessary hours manually processing hundreds, sometimes thousands, of emails. This is incredibly cumbersome, can lead to lost and error-prone data, and adds cognitive load to individuals who are already stretched by their busy work schedules; not to mention, it reduces time and focus away from the commercially contributing tasks they were hired for.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
Breakbulk Europe is a really valuable and globally important platform to network, meet new people joining the sector, share tips, ideas and developments, and stay abreast of the latest trends and technologies.
I was fortunate to speak at Breakbulk Americas last September and followed that by attending Breakbulk Middle East in February. Both reiterated how valuable these conferences are.
Finally, the supporting events and activities, like Women in Breakbulk, are particularly important to highlight. It’s so important to have this space and time to consider our achievements for example within gender diversity in the sector and what more we still need to do!
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
Many European countries are continuing to shape and reshape their surroundings, and push forward on new initiatives like the green energy drive which includes the decommissioning of large energy projects, like the North Sea oil and gas production, and the increase of European factories manufacturing electric transport vehicles and their components. As such, the maritime sector is using its powers to deliver essential break bulk materials to make the region into a renewable generation powerhouse.
Digital tools will be essential to drive these project cargo activities forward. This is where Sedna fits in. Breakbulk companies already using Sedna, like AAL, BBC and Nova Marine, report Sedna has allowed them to repurpose time previously consumed by admin to more productive endeavours; directing incoming queries to the right set of eyes more quickly, allowing users the time to think and be creative on their first offers - resulting in more fixtures and higher first win rates.
We will continue to watch market performance closely to see how this develops. While the global economy is proving resilient in early 2023, in recent years we have seen just how quickly our economies, societies and livelihoods can dramatically be altered by external events. It’s important that we prepare for these sudden transitions ahead of time, to ride any upcoming turbulent wave and emerge stronger afterwards.
Cargo Flet Blasant S.L.
Sonia Pinteño, Coordinator/Assistant of Direction, Cargo Flet Blasant S.L.
Spain
Equipment
Stand 1K27
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
The challenge is the realization of developing innovative solutions and equipment to meet the constant demand of the heavy lifting market.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
Being able to be present and communicate with one of our company's target business segments.
What is your company's view on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
We are experiencing a unique moment in technical development derived from the urgency demanded by new ways of producing and distributing clean energy.
Existing and future projects in the offshore wind energy sector, the installation of green hydrogen structures, and the construction of new nuclear power plants mean that we look with anticipation and confidence at the business of lifting equipment for heavy and oversized loads.
ÖZNAKLİYAT
Filiz Bozat, Deputy General Manager/CRO, ÖZNAKLİYAT
Türkiye
Road Transport
Stand 1F01
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
We provide project and heavy road transport within Turkey, Europe, CIS countries, and Iraq.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
Finding new partners and clients, meeting and selling to current customers, increasing awareness of our brand, product and services, launching a new product and service, entering new markets, maintaining our company image, and learning about our competitor’s products and services!
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
Most of the projects in our area are led by Europe-based global forwarders and EPCs, so we need to make our brand name memorable.
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Cordstrap
Adrian Costas, Business Development Manager Heavy Duty Securing and Accredited Cargo Surveyor, Cordstrap
Netherlands
Equipment
Stand 2B64-C65
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
The passion to protect goods, people, and the environment. Cordstrap has a wealth of experience in creating cutting-edge solutions that have transformed conventional lashing procedures and raised security standards. The CTU Code, CSS Code, and AAR requirements are all respected in the development of each of our solutions.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
Many of our global clients visit this event. It is the ideal setting for showcasing both the benefits of our solutions and our wide range of heavy duty securing experience. We can service our customers globally thanks to our extensive network.
What is your company's perspective on project opportunities in Europe right now?
More and more project cargo businesses are seeking for fresh approaches to improve their cargo security procedures. In addition to offering such solutions, Cordstrap also offers training on them.
Europe is still our biggest market overall, even though we see some slowdown in energy-intensive businesses.
Harlyn Solutions
Paige Taylor, Branding & Marketing, Harlyn Solutions
United Kingdom
Industry-related Service
Stand 2J10-K11
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
We are engineers innovating the world of shipping through engineering-led transport solutions. We specialize in moving complex and unique cargo from point A to B. From lifting plans to sourcing vessels, we talk the same language as our clients and understand the intricacies that are involved in these large-scale projects.
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
Having celebrated our third birthday at the start of the year, we have come a long way since 2020. We have almost tripled our team in the last twelve months and our projects have become bigger and more complex which is really engaging and rewarding. We want to exhibit our triumphs and capabilities to a wider audience as well as build connections with European companies.
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
We deliver a wide range of projects throughout Europe, working within the civil, marine, and offshore industry and would like to continue building our reputation around the continent.
Olmar
Martijn Snijder, Managing Partner, Olmar
Netherlands
Ports & Terminals
Stand 2M35
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
Collaborating with our users, we are safety and client focused. Owning circa 50 large warehouses, 14 cranes, deep draft, a great rail connection and a large fleet of forklift trucks, reachstackers, terminal tractors and wheel loaders we experience that only offering storage and handling capacity is not allowing our clients to excel. Thinking together about - for example - through-services, capital investments, and offering CO2-neutral services really can lead to game changers. A classic win-win!
What made your company want to exhibit at Breakbulk Europe?
After our acquisition of Hacklin operations in Pori and the Port of Pori crane operations in the summer of 2022 we wanted to continue their great legacy of being present at Breakbulk Europe. We are keen to show and discuss our capabilities and ample expansion possibilities for investments and for project cargoes, wind mills, forest products, dry bulk, containers and scrap.
What is your company’s outlook on project opportunities in Europe at the moment?
The energy transition towards Fit for 55 and carbon-zero in 2050 has triggered an exciting period of growth with projects to support the transition of factories, transport equipment, wind farms, solar, and all the things that are yet to be thought of. We focus on supporting those cargo flows with a natural benefit of going through Pori, supported by our 15.3 meter draft, great rail connection, and largest land size in the area.
Sea Bridge
Cathy Li, Assistant General Manager, Sea Bridge Shipping Management CO.
China
Maritime Transport
Stand 1L25
What is the most interesting thing about your business?
We are passionate about breakbulk shipping and stowage solutions, because there are many different types of breakbulk and each shipment has its own unique loading requirements; we are always taking on different "challenges" to find a solution that meets all the requirements of the shipment, and of course it is these challenges that make us progress.
What made your company want to participate in Breakbulk Europe?
Sea Bridge (SBS) has been operating mainly in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, but now we want to try to develop European breakbulk shipping as well. As a fresher, attending Breakbulk Europe is a great opportunity to meet and be mentored by senior members of the industry, and to introduce the European market to Sea Bridge.
What is your company's current outlook on project opportunities in Europe?
We are both excited and nervous about project opportunities in Europe as we will be facing new challenges. In terms of the current relationship between Asia and Europe, we believe that there is still a lot of potential for project development in Europe, and we are committed to doing our best in this regard. Certainly we will observe the premise of environmental and ecological sustainability and make our shipping solutions for European projects to our satisfaction.
