Bram van Olphen

Fit for Purpose? We often get requests for additional services, for instance to assist customers with packaging services. As packaging cost represent a substantial cost, the important question is not "what is seaworthy packaging," but rather what is "fit for...

Happy Diwali On behalf of the whole team at Central Oceans, we want to wish you a happy Festival of Lights! We hope it will be a festival of joy, peace and prosperity for you and your family. Wishing that...

Thank you Houston! We are glad to have again received so many of our international friends and colleagues on the break-bulk conference in Houston. The exhibition, that lasted a full two days, was a great opportunity to catch up with...

Chile Tanks The team in China assisted our partners with the complete movement of a large, new bulk tank from the interior of China to Chile. We ensured the tank was safely lifted at factory and moved to the loadport,...

Deep Tunnels for Singapore Last week, the teams in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore moved one of the last Tunnel Boring Machine for a SGD 6.5 billion project to build a deep tunnel sewage system in Singapore. The units were...

Finalist "Project Forwarder of the Year" We are very grateful today after learning that the Central Oceans team has been shortlisted as Finalists for the "Project Forwarder of the Year" award! Each November, the world’s top heavy lift and project...

Power for San Antonio Yesterday the team in Antwerp loaded the first two of a lot transformers for various substations in San Antonio, TX. These transformers will replace the existing ones through which the substations will improve reliability of the...

New Addition to the Sanchez Family! On the early morning of the 28th of September, the Sanchez family welcomed Alexander Bruce into their world. Mother and baby are doing excellent and we hope you can join us in wishing them...

Clean air for the World! The team in China assisted our partners with several new scrubbers deliveries to shipyards in China. The scrubbers are being installed to reduce the emission of Sulphur Oxides in line with the upcoming IMO 2020...

A beauty for Hong Kong waters! Our team assisted our partners with the discharge of a beautiful 53 foot motor yacht in Hong Kong this week. To complete the job, we dismantled the temporary cradle and will ship it back...