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Inside This Issue
4   Q&A with BBC Chartering
Svend Andersen
10 market-leading fleet
12  introducing newbuildings
for a new era:
the BBC EcoTrader 500
16 serving Russia better
18  between the lines:
the Caytrans BBC secret
20 any port, any cargo
22  landmarks in the making:
carrying iconic cargo
28  with the utmost precision:
carrying mine, construction
and transportation
infrastructure components
36  from the kickoff:
managed quality project
services fill offshore void
42  uncommon commitment:
volume contracts reduce risk
while cultivating excellence
50 pivotal project cargo ports
54  custodians of tomorrow
56  something special:
BBC vessels prove functional
for unconventional tasks
60 global projects network
66 contacts
BREAKBULK MANAGING DIRECTOR
Alli McEntyre / +353 21 477 3808
amcentyre@breakbulk.com
BREAKBULK HEAD DESIGNER
Catherine Dorrough
BBC CHARTERING PROJECT LEAD
Raymond Fisch
Congratulations to BBC Chartering on its 20th anniversary, and
thank you for allowing Breakbulk to chronicle the event with this
special publication.
Breakbulk is excited to present this guide celebrating BBC
Chartering’s historic milestone in the industry.
From the centerpiece article, a Q&A interview with CEO Svend
Andersen, to outlines of BBC Chartering’s fleet, international
services and global network, to highlighting the breadth and depth
of signature heavy-lift, over-dimensional and project cargo moves,
the pages that follow tell a remarkable tale of an industry leader.
We hope you are informed and entertained by the stories and
graphics on the pages that follow.
Breakbulk wishes to thank BBC Chartering’s many business
partners and colleagues who have displayed their support and
encouragement through advertisements in this guide.
We extend special thanks to Raymond Fisch, BBC Chartering’s
project lead for his help and guidance, as well as Dennis Bruenings
and Christina Geesen for their graphical design assistance in
creation of this publication.
We hope you enjoy this special publication, and congratulations
once again to BBC Chartering, for your 20 years of success, and for
continued success in years to come.
Gary G Burrows
Editorial Director
Breakbulk Events & Media
BREAKBULK ACCOUNT MANAGER BREAKBULK EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Robert Janusauskas / +353 021 477 3808 Gary G. Burrows / +1 904 535 5460
rjanusauskas@breakbulk.com gburrows@breakbulk.com
BREAKBULK SPECIAL PROJECT EDITOR
Lori Musser
BBC CHARTERING DESIGNERS
Dennis Bruenings, Christina Geesen
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 BBC Chartering’s Mission:

“To build the highest performing and most

trusted shipping company for project,
breakbulk, heavy-lift and
general cargo transport in the world.”

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Q&A with BBC Chartering
Svend Andersen
Consolidation/Oversupply/
New Builds/Capacity
Is consolidation in the heavy-lift sector
complete? How have banking reforms
and private-equity investments shaped
industry restructuring?
Consolidation is ongoing and I dare to say
that it will continue to be the determin-
ing theme in our industry in the coming
years. The economic environment and
the markets are plagued by overcapacity,
which makes it an economic necessity to
consolidate activities to create more effec-
tive and powerful players. Those should be
able to survive and constructively shape
the segment’s future.
We see banks trying to reduce their risk,
and others who strive to optimize their
business portfolios. It’s a long and winding
road for all. The industry needs financing
alternatives, and private equity remains a
promising option, but at the end everyone
who makes an engagement decision ex-
It has always been my utmost concern
to put our customers first. They want
flexibility, they want reliability, they want
quality, they want a professional handling
and they expect 100% integrity.
Svend Andersen
CEO, BBC Chartering
pects returns which at the moment might
be very difficult to achieve.
For BBC Chartering, going through these
times means to ensure the best trading
of vessels in any market and to take a
leading role in consolidating activities. We
continue to do this by serving the interests
of cargo customers and vessel owners.
This way we continue to build the market’s
leading project chartering network and
the most attractive platform for marketing
of tonnage.
Tell us about your shipping capacity in-
novations. What are your chief strategies
for chartering in? Are your 12,500-dwt
new builds indicative that the overall
oversupply of tonnage is easing?
The global multipurpose and heavy-lift
fleet amounts to 3,248 vessels today. Of
this inventory only 10 percent qualifies
as premium project carriers, not even
considering future eco-trading require-
ments. Traditionally BBC Chartering tries
BBC Chartering 20th Anniversary Issue
to best cover this segment and operates
the market-leading share of capacity. We
believe that operating the largest share
of the most capable tonnage gives our
customers the highest degree of flexibility
and reliability for their transport needs.
It’s no secret that the situation for new
buildings at the moment looks quite
difficult. Future oriented, highly capable
and eco-friendly tonnage is needed, but
the market environment is a challenge for
all. Not surprising, the order book for new
buildings in this segment has been re-
duced by almost half, with many projects
canceled or shelved.
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BBC Chartering
What strategies do you have for your
port selection process? How important
are port service levels, labor, efficiency,
reliability and cost? How does that
integrate with your port hubs?
As a global carrier we offer worldwide
service and manage nearly 6,000 port calls
on more than 700 ports. Our top 10 ports ac-
count for about 20 percent of our port calls,
which may give an idea of our port diversity.
It’s a BBC Chartering asset that we can
deliver a high quality service even at least
frequented ports, wherever this is needed to
meet our customers’ trading requirements.
We have built dedicated setups for our
high-frequency ports, and we work with
established agencies who help us to get
our job done. Our global supplier manage-
ment program helps us to become more
efficient and improve our services. And
we continuously evaluate existing and
new partnerships, benchmark perfor-
mance, and discuss this with our partners.
Operationally we focus on cost and service
levels. Over the past 20 years we have built
up an amazingly effective global network
and I am not only proud of great working
relationships, but also the many friend-
ships we made along the years.
Where and what are your next terminal
development projects?
We see quite a few large volume contracts
where we work on arrangements with
selected terminals. Our focus is to accom-
modate specific trading and handling re-
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quirements for the dedicated projects on
hand, i.e. incremental moves to improve
the handling of BBC vessels.
Service/Demand/
Customer Base/Innovations
What key initiatives are being put in
place to broaden BBC’s cargo base, expe-
dite movements and expand markets?
In 2015 we have launched “apac service”
to brand the industries’ first global high
performance service network. With apac we
promise to offer a transport solution for “any
port, any cargo.” Today apac service offers
the greatest value in project shipping, and
has developed as a great success story. Our
customers love it because they can be sure
of receiving best transport performance
and a quality solution, anywhere and for
single cargo transactions, strategic volume
contracts, heavy-lift operations, or any other
special project requests. Although this is the
market-leading proposition, it is very unfor-
tunate that shipping price levels today are
devastating and do not reflect the value our
customers receive; this definitely needs to
change so service quality can be sustained.
We moved a record 7 million freight tons
in 2016 and operated a fleet of 180 vessels,
providing a peak fleet capacity of more
than 2.1 million dwt. By the end of the year
we have created total bookings exceeding
9 million freight tons, which translates into
a backlog of about 2 million freight tons
booked forward.
As a global service, apac offers unmatched
flexibility, and we expand and adjust the
service as we go. For example, we just
added a new monthly Asia-New Zealand
leg on our apac map which is open to con-
solidate cargo en route and beyond.
What are the top requirements your cus-
tomers demand? Where does ease of do-
ing business fit in? Do your requirements
of terminal operators differ greatly?
It has always been my utmost concern to
put our customers first. They want flexi-
bility, reliability, quality and professional
handling, and they expect 100 percent
integrity. They count on our word, and we
give a commitment that goes from A-Z in
the whole process.
Not everything is easy in this type of busi-
ness, but without integrity any capability
becomes worthless. This extends to our
partners worldwide. This is real value and
often spares our customers a lot of head-
aches. We call it an “integrated service” and
take at heart what our customers value. I
am really proud that we could built a truly
global network that is able to perform on
any port, any cargo request.
How have market demands changed?
How is BBC’s capacity and service
evolving?
Over the past 20 years we have seen a tre-
mendous development of our industry, and
with that wrote our very own history. I think
most noteworthy is that the general cargo,

breakbulk, project or heavy-lift shipping seg-
ment is a very exceptional business. Where
container trading was driving down unit
cost, and largely helped global trading for
mass markets, general cargo and breakbulk
shipping always led a life off the standard
track, offering tailored cargo solutions.
We very early set a course to build a global
service brand for professional industrial
shipping and with that for a global “any
port, any cargo service.” This thought was
always at the essence of what BBC does
and will continue to do in the future.
BBC Chartering Corporate Values
Quality
The value behind excellence, the attitude to move and improve.
Reliability
The value behind delivering an expected result or performance.
Flexibility
The value of a ready capability to adapt to new or changing requirements.
Professionalism
The value behind skill, judgment and behavior of trained people.
Integrity
The value behind an unimpaired condition, honesty and fairness.

One of the major challenges for industrial

customers, contractors or project forward-
ers lies in the fact of an atomistic market
structure, i.e. hundreds of global shipping
companies focusing on the vessel, but
not on the service, and hence not on the
customer. As globalization continued at
ever-faster pace, customer demands be-
came more complex and global trades for
project cargo and supply chains evolved.
With that grew the need for more reliable
service levels and non-standard shipping
solutions for ever-bigger, heavier equip-
ment and more complex logistics.
BBC Chartering has always been at the
forefront of these developments and
focuses on service, building everything
around on a “customer first” strategy, giv-
ing the market the desired flexibility and
reliability of our chartering solutions.
Over time, more capable tonnage was
needed and we’ve been a major driver of
vessels referred to as “premium project
carriers.” More than 80 percent of our fleet
is capable of lifting 240 tonnes and above,
and it is our declared goal to provide the
world’s largest, most capable fleet in the
segment.
Our services leverage our capability to
consolidate cargo on our vessels and
to create tremendous opportunity and
economic advantage for shippers and ship
owners alike. BBC Chartering wrote ship-
ping history in cargo parceling, customer
service and by combining this with a high
performance fleet concept. This resem-
bles the backbone of the BBC Chartering
service network.
The future will certainly challenge us in
many aspects, but as long as we strive
to continuously better our service,
become more efficient and provide the
highest performance in project shipping,
we follow an infinite mission building
the world’s leading project shipping
company.
Tell us about BBC’s next efforts in
lowering its carbon footprint. Which
BBC innovations and developments are
helping to cut costs and reduce environ-
mental impacts?
Eco-friendliness is one major requirement
for our new buildings in project shipping.
With our core partners we have developed
an eco-friendly design of a 12,500 dwt
vessel with 500-tonne lifting capacity. Our
“EcoTrader 500” is also called “the next
generation workhorse” in project shipping
because the vessel is an upgraded version
of the most widely used design in the
project shipping industry, also known as
the E/F-type.

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BBC Chartering

Our EcoTrader 500 incorporates many
smaller innovations that together create
significant cargo-handling improvements
and efficiency gains. Two vessels of this
new design have already been delivered.
What we have seen so far looks very prom-
ising. This year we will welcome another
two units.
We are also very proud that the new
vessels will receive a DNV-GL Environ-
mental passport and achieves remarkably
low EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index)
values which today already underscore the
limits set for 2025.
Is the container industry’s move toward
automation creeping into the heavy-lift
sector? If so, how is BBC embracing it?
We believe in what we do, and that there
will always be a market for exceptional
cargo and trading requests. We see this
as the essence and strategic focus of BBC
Chartering. We grew up by delivering
on non-standard assignments, and al-
though we are sure that the market will
change, the challenge remains to accom-
modate cargo and trading requests that
are less standardized and where quality
carriers can provide a clear competitive
advantage.
Future
In which global markets and industry
sectors do you see growth, and what
will it take to capitalize on that growth?
At the moment it is difficult to foresee any
change or global market trend which may
increase demand, cargo volumes and hauls
in project shipping, both regarding regional
developments or industrial cargo segments.
The project market is in a phase of low
growth and consolidation. The challenge
is maintaining market share and limiting
risk. For us it is imperative to become
more efficient, and eventually increase our
market share on which we can capitalize in
the future.
How have industry pressures helped
make BBC a better company? What
must happen to take your services to
the next level? Where will you guide
BBC in the long term?
Of course, we work to become better
every day … A next level for us means to
become even more efficient and customer
focused. Eventually the market will find a
new balance and reward those who were
able to build a sustainable business during
difficult times of consolidation. The past
and the present have shown that our plat-
form is most attractive and that it provides
the most efficient marketing of tonnage in
the segment. This allows us to provide the
highest shipping performance and service
level to customers. I am convinced that
steering BBC Chartering along this course
continues to distinguish the BBC Charter-
ing brand from other shipping companies.
Role/Management
How would you describe your manage-
ment style? How is it reflected in your
company?
I grew up in this industry and I invested a
great deal of my time in it, often putting my
personal life second. I am very grateful for
this exciting time, but I am also proud that I
could build up BBC Chartering this way.
Everyone who knows me, also knows what
it means to me personally and that the val-
ues behind BBC Chartering are the values
of our customers and that is what I always
tried to promote in the organization. It’s
about quality, reliability, flexibility, profes-
sionalism and most of all, about integrity. I
would say my style mostly reflects the value
of flexibility to those who look at it from the
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on top as I think this is the precondition for
everything we do. You can hire the smartest
and most talented people on earth, but
without integrity all of this is worth nothing.
So my style is integrity first, then it’s about
flexibility and all the other values.
BBC’s success is described in “Customer
first!” How has your operational philos-
ophy evolved through that approach?
If a customer comes to us, and we end up
with a contract, we see this is a promise for
performance and do everything to stick to
it. It’s about accommodating the custom-
er’s cargo and trading request, although
we know that in shipping things are not
always running as smooth as we wish, and
often a big deal of trust is involved. We
have managed to make trust in project
shipping a standard for customers, and
this provides real customer value – our
customers know that we do everything to
make it work for them. We follow through
with this from the initial fixture, the tech-
nical cargo process and vessel operations
until the project debriefing to capture any
learning. We make sure our customers
know what to expect, stay involved, and
are satisfied with our performance. We
can only be “anchored by excellence” if we
follow a “customer first” philosophy.
Who Is BBC Chartering?
Working With You –
Any Port, Any Cargo.
BBC Chartering is a world leader in
the ocean carriage of heavy-lift and
project cargoes, as well as traditional
breakbulk and other general cargoes.
It partners with shippers around the
world to move any cargo to any place
it is needed.
It occupies an exceptional niche as a
best-in-class, most trusted company,
by effectively managing three highly
harmonized specialties:
• A high-performance, flexible fleet,
unmatched in size.
• The world’s leading project cargo
shipping network.
• Integrated services on its managed
projects.
Operating a 180-strong vessel port-
folio – largely owned by Leer-based
parent company Briese Schiffahrts
GmbH & Co. KG – BBC matches cargo
with vessels and value-added engi-
neering services. Its ocean carriage
services include tramp, affreight-
ment, semi-liner or liner services
delivering to any point on the globe.
If BBC doesn’t have the right vessel
available at the right time, it charters
in to suit. It is the world’s largest
trading and service network for
multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels.
The BBC Chartering fleet includes
vessels from 3,500 to 37,300 dead-
weight tons in size, and features lift-
ing capacities up to an industry-lead-
ing 900 tonnes. Projects needing a
single small lift, or a year-long series
of complex engineered deliveries,
are carried out with equal precision,
reliability, efficiency and flexibility to
suit any charterer’s demands.

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have worked with you for the past 20 years.”
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 market leading fleet
an impressive fleet of 180 vessels
is BBC’s backbone
Largest and Most Capable MPP/HL
Starting with the world’s largest multi-
purpose/heavy-lift fleet (MPP/HL), adding
in a wide variety of vessel size and lift ca-
pabilities, and then providing almost any
carriage option from tramp to semi-liner
to liner, the combinations and permuta-
tions of BBC’s ocean service are seemingly
unlimited.
EPCs and project managers can draw on
MPP/HL vessels ranging from 3,500 to
37,500 deadweight tonnes (dwt), includ-
ing handy-size bulkers. The consolidated
fleet offers a gross capacity of more than 2
million dwt. About 40 percent of the fleet
offers lifting capacities of 500 tonnes or
more – the maximum lift is currently at
900 tonnes and closing in on 1,000. The
range of vessels and self-geared cranes
maximizes flexibility for cargo and ports,
and optimizes performance. More than
80 percent of BBC’s vessels provide lifting
capacities of 240 tonnes and above, hence
qualifying as the world’s largest fleet of
premium project carriers operated out of
one hand.
The BBC fleet is one of the world’s young-
est, helping to earn BBC a reputation for
reliability, performance, safety and service
quality. With shallow-draft characteris-
tics, each vessel is capable of delivering
any cargo to any port, including offshore
operations. Adjustable tweendecks opti-
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mize each hold to fit cargoes of differing
dimensions making each vessel as efficient
as possible.
Reinventing the Rulebook
BBC’s customers want shipping solutions
that are competitive, reliable, flexible and
safe. Using its market-leading fleet of mul-
tipurpose and heavy-lift vessels, supported
by an industry-leading project chartering
network, and its ‘any port, any cargo’
shipping options, BBC will continue to offer
global firsts to enable unrestricted trading.
Newbuilds
The BBC fleet composition is not static.
Vessels are chartered in, repositioned,
bought, sold and upgraded. Future
requirements are always top of mind. An
innovative newbuilding program is rolling
out eco-friendly 12,500-dwt multipurpose/
heavy-lift vessels with lifting capacities
of 500 tonnes. Called the ‘EcoTrader 500’,
each of the new vessels is especially op-
timized for fuel economy and cargo han-
dling in the compact MPP/HL segment.
BBC’s mission is to provide a worldwide
network of vessels for every breakbulk,
heavy-lift, project cargo and bulk need.
The size and versatility of its fleet ensures
the best value for customers by providing
the right vessel for each cargo and trading
request, while maximizing efficiency and
minimizing waste.
 Neptune type Deadweight 37,503 mt Jan type
Lifting capacity up to 60 mt
Cubic capacity 1,689,741 cbft
Built 2010

BBC Ems type Deadweight 17,500 mt Palmerton

Lifting capacity up to 160 mt
Cubic capacity 760,642 cbft
Built 2006-2009

Rhine type Deadweight 17,300 mt EIT Palom

Lifting capacity up to 120 mt
Cubic capacity 707,727 cbft
Built 2008

BBC Congo type Deadweight 17,000 mt BBC Evere

Lifting capacity up to 500 mt
Cubic capacity 698,429 cbft
Built 2010-2013

BBC Spring type Deadweight 16,500 mt BBC Berg

Lifting capacity up to 800 mt
Cubic capacity 794,649 cbft
Built 2010

BBC Amber type Deadweight 14,800 mt BBC Ursa

Lifting capacity up to 800 mt
Cubic capacity 641,057 cbft
Built 2011-2014

BBC Oregon type Deadweight 12,780 mt BBC Lima

Lifting capacity up to 360 mt
Cubic capacity 563,,340 cbft
Built 2008-2012

BBC Maine type Deadweight 12,780 mt BBC Europ

Lifting capacity up to 300 mt
Cubic capacity 563,340 cbft
Built 2007-2010

BBC Campana type Deadweight 12,700 mt BBC Atlan

Lifting capacity up to 240 mt
Cubic capacity 563,340 cbft
Built 2004-2007

Neptune type Deadweight 37,503 mt Jan type Deadweight 12,500 mt

Lifting capacity up to 60 mt Lifting capacity up to 500 mt
Cubic capacity 1,689,741 cbft Cubic capacity 621,537 cbft
Built 2010 Built 2017

BBC Ems type Deadweight 17,500 mt Palmerton type Deadweight 10,124 mt

Lifting capacity up to 160 mt Lifting capacity up to 900 mt
Cubic capacity 760,642 cbft Cubic capacity 554,439 cbft
Built 2006-2009 Built 2009-2010

Rhine type Deadweight 17,300 mt EIT Paloma type Deadweight 9,500 mt

Lifting capacity up to 120 mt Lifting capacity up to 700 mt
Cubic capacity 707,727 cbft Cubic capacity 705,338 cbft
Built 2008 Built 2009-2010

BBC Congo type Deadweight 17,000 mt BBC Everest type Deadweight 9,282 mt
Lifting capacity up to 500 mt Lifting capacity up to 700 mt
Cubic capacity 698,429 cbft Cubic capacity 463,293 cbft
Built 2010-2013 Built 2011-2013

BBC Spring type Deadweight 16,500 mt BBC Bergen type Deadweight 8,000 mt
Lifting capacity up to 800 mt Lifting capacity up to 160 mt
Cubic capacity 794,649 cbft Cubic capacity 406,365 cbft
Built 2010 Built 2011-2012

BBC Amber type Deadweight 14,800 mt BBC Ursa type Deadweight 8,000 mt
Lifting capacity up to 800 mt Lifting capacity up to 400 mt
Cubic capacity 641,057 cbft Cubic capacity 399,973 cbft
Built 2011-2014 Built 2000-2008

BBC Oregon type Deadweight 12,780 mt BBC Lima type Deadweight 7,821 mt
Lifting capacity up to 360 mt Lifting capacity up to 160 mt
Cubic capacity 563,,340 cbft Cubic capacity 430,167 cbft
Built 2008-2012 Built 2011-2012

BBC Maine type Deadweight 12,780 mt BBC Europe type Deadweight 7,500 mt
Lifting capacity up to 300 mt Lifting capacity up to 500 mt
Cubic capacity 563,340 cbft Cubic capacity 389,040 cbft
Built 2007-2010 Built 2003-2009

BBC Campana type Deadweight 12,700 mt BBC Atlantic type Deadweight 6,150 mt
Lifting capacity up to 240 mt Lifting capacity up to 120 mt
Cubic capacity 563,340 cbft Cubic capacity 329,450 cbft
Built 2004-2007 Built 2005-2011

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 introducing newbuildings
for a new era:
the BBC EcoTrader 500
To stay at the top of the project cargo delivery
market, constant intelligent, informed and
innovative effort is obligatory. But human
resource efforts must be supported by other
resources, and in BBC Chartering’s case, its fleet
has long been its guiding star.
The latest group of newbuildings is leading
the way. The next generation of multipurpose/
heavy-lift (MPP/HL) vessels will be delivered
to address future requirements put forth by an
industry intent on faster and greener supply
chains for bigger, heavier, more sensitive and
more valuable cargo.
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The EcoTrader 500
BBC Chartering and its core tonnage part-
ners outlined attributes for its new class of
vessel, the EcoTrader 500:
• Eco-friendly 12,500-dwt MPP/HL vessels
• Lifting capacity of 500 tonnes
• Optimized for fuel economy and cargo
handling in the compact MPP/HL segment
• Designed in-house by BBC Chartering’s
parent company Briese, amalgamating and
fusing decades of know-how on best de-
sign for breakbulk and project cargo trades
Evolving Market Spawns Challenges
In a highly competitive market plagued by
overcapacity, fleet performance is critical
and customer demands are rising. BBC’s
offerings are rising in tandem.
“Our ships are designed for flexible deploy-
ments and reliable carriage of practically any
conceivable cargo,” said Raymond E. Fisch,
senior vice president strategic projects at
BBC Chartering. But, with a clear trend to-
wards bigger and more expensive cargo, es-
pecially in the project business, it forces us to
be even more flexible.” To cope with stricter
environmental regulations, the growing im-
portance of the ‘environmental footprint,’ and
enormous cost pressures, and to succeed in
the markets of the future, shipowners must
invest in innovative technology.
Made to Measure – Challenges Met
The future is here. Together with its partner
shipowners Krey Shipping and Auerbach,
BBC’s parent company Briese has launched
the 12,500-dwt EcoTrader MPV 500. The
ships are being built at the Chinese ship-
yards Jiangsu Hongqiang Marine Heavy
Industry and Jiangxi Jiangzhou Union.
The new class of ship promises to be the
next workhorse of the industry – and an icon
of eco-friendly trading. Based on market ob-
servations, new technologies and statistical
evaluations of the company’s own fleet and
its operating profiles, the Briese newbuilding
team identified seven areas on the legacy
vessel with wide-ranging improvement po-
tential, and addressed each. Those elements
were lower fuel consumption, fast loading
and unloading, eliminating shipping route
restrictions, designed for optimized project
cargo, flexibility, lower operating costs, and
green ship characteristics.
An Economic and
Environmental Forerunner
Employing trendsetting technology in the
MPP/HL ship segment, the eco-features of
the new vessel are mainly driven by the com-
bination of new type of engine, an intelligent
power management system, a market-lead-
ing performance monitoring system, and an
optimized hull with low resistance anti-foul-
ing paint. The engine concept combines a
low-speed, ultra-long-stroke design with a
fully electronic engine control, designed as
a best solution for reducing consumption
values and CO2 emissions in vessels of this
size. Engine concepts of this type have been
used in larger vessels to reduce their envi-
ronmental footprint and to drive down unit
transportation cost. Applying such technol-
ogy for the project, breakbulk, and general
cargo business is a new milestone in the
development of the MPP/HL segment.
The first of the EcoTrader 500 class, the
BBC Birte H., was built and put into service
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by a new owner already, and with voyage
data exceeding expectations, BBC Charter-
ing is confident it will have a winning class
on its hands soon.
Drawing the right conclusions from prac-
tical experiences is standard procedure at
Briese Schiffahrt, and a key success factor
for the current newbuilding project.
“You have to be intimately familiar with the
interrelated requirements of the shipown-
ing and affreightment businesses that the
new vessels will have to live up to,” said
Bernd Boening, Briese’s project head. It is
extremely helpful to work closely with the
charterer who can provide all the relevant
information regarding long-term market
trends, as well as cargo types and their
handling requirements, he added.
“The most important criteria for the design
concept are economic feasibility and flex-
ibility,” Boening said. It begins with deter-
mining the size of the ship, followed by the
optimization of the hull for the intended
cargoes and operating modes, then the
performance requirements for the cranes
and their interaction with the hatch cover
system, through to the selection of the best
propulsion system.
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BBC Chartering
“A good hull shape is always the fundament
for fuel efficiency,” says Boening. A statistical
analysis of the speed, draft and trimming
records from roughly two-dozen ships in
the Briese fleet was the starting point for
developing the future operating profile and
defining the optimization targets for the
EcoTrader plan.
Top Technology
In the project business, where a vessel
may haul rotor blades for wind turbines or
offshore accommodation topside, the ship’s
payload is rarely fully utilized, and the load
Higher fuel economy
main engine, hull lines, low resistant
Faster cargo turnover
hatch cover system, self-driven pontoons
anti-fouling paint, intelligent power
management, performance monitoring
for fast traversing, cranes for continuous
bulk operation
Cargo handling Flexibility
main cargo hold measures, high interchangeability with
deck loads, unique crane outreach, other sister vessels and
lifting height precursor vessels
is often not evenly distributed. Boening’s
newbuilding team worked closely with the
Shanghai-based design team, overseeing
and directing its activities, to ensure a level
of vessel quality and sustainability sufficient
to enhance its value for the long term.
Among its most important attributes, the
end product EcoTrader 500 has an outstand-
ing Energy Efficiency Design Index, and by
far exceeds the requirements newbuilds
must meet as of 2025. The right ship design
will help maximize cargo flexibility and min-
imize operating costs and risks so the vessel
can meet future market demands.
The new vessel will cut fuel consumption
and CO2 emissions by roughly 30 percent
compared with existing tonnage.
Fuel consumption and the propeller shaft
power output are continuously measured
and evaluated by an intelligent Perfor-
mance Monitoring System. The data is
available quickly and transmitted to the
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inland office, as well. If the vessel is found
to be operating outside its most efficient
range, action can be taken immediately.
“But the most important benefit is that
the system raises the crew’s awareness of
efficient operating practices. That alone will
make a big difference,” Boening said.
Optimized Cranage
Improved fuel efficiency is one major
benefit of the new EcoTraders; increased
flexibility and cargo-handling performance
is another. The cranes are the most impor-
tant equipment on board a heavy lifter.
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“Customizing a standard product to make
it an optimal fit for the ship and its cargo
requirements is an art,” Boening said. But
capacity is not everything. Crane outreach,
lifting heights and the fine-tuning between
the crane and the hatch cover system are
major performance-enhancing features.
The EcoTrader 500 has
an outstanding Energy
Efficiency Design Index,
and by far exceeds the
requirements newbuilds
must meet as of 2025.
Each EcoTrader has two 250-tonne Liebherr
cranes capable of delivering their full
500-tonne capacity in tandem operation,
with an outreach of 11 meters from ship’s
side over the pier (when using a lifting
beam). The cranes can utilize a major por-
tion of their lifting capacity across the entire
deck area, which makes it easier to load and
transport extremely bulky cargo items. The
cranes are also approved for continuous
bulk operation.
“No other ship in our fleet offers better
crane reach and lifting heights,” Boening
said. Because of the ship’s dimensions, there
is no need for stabilization pontoons. This
allows the ship to utilize all of the available
space for payload.”
A combined hatch cover system consisting
of mainly folding covers, and two pontoon
covers in the midship area between the
cranes will avoid time-consuming cargo
turnover. The main cargo hold is 76.5
meters long and 17.6 meters wide, and the
tank top can bear deck loads of up to 25
tons per square meter.
“The two-hatch system has increased load-
ing flexibility significantly,” Boening said. “The
new ships can carry large, bulky cargo such
as wind turbine rotor blades below deck.”
Greater Flexibility
Amidships, the two pontoon covers that
close the gap between the folding covers can
carry 8 tons per square meter. “Using both
hatch covers together we can transport very
heavy single cargo units such as cable reels
with a gross weight of up to 3,750 tonnes,”
Boening said. The movable tweendecks,
which can be lifted using auxiliary hoists, sup-
port up to 4 tonnes per square meter, further
increasing cargo loading flexibility. Special
attention was given to the vessel’s stability
and strength limits for safe operation.
Any cargo, any port – the fact that each
EcoTrader is interchangeable with its sister
vessels and, with some limitations, with
its predecessor series as well – gives BBC
Chartering even greater flexibility in the
market. This is especially helpful for fleet
performance management.
“Making the best possible use of a ship’s ca-
pacity is the high art of affreightment,” Fisch
said. But competition is tough. Innovative,
highly cost-efficient and flexible ships make
business a lot easier. After all, fleet perfor-
mance makes the difference.
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 serving russia better:
overcoming obstacles
to efficient project delivery
EPCs, project forwarders and cargo own-
ers shipping to or receiving from Russia
must make logistics decisions in an envi-
ronment where they don’t know all the
factors. Russia’s business environment
differs from other markets in many ways
and poses specific challenges requir-
ing local knowledge. This complicates
a supply chain – especially a project
cargo supply chain – because it not only
needs to be globally managed, but also
adapted to local conditions.
Having a proven fleet and team on your
side, one who understands Russian sup-
ply chain challenges and offers advice
and solutions for overcoming those
challenges, is an important step toward
successful project cargo transactions.
Challenges to be Managed
What types of challenges need to be man-
aged for Russian loads and deliveries?
• I nherent market instability and un-
certainty, perhaps best addressed by
flexibility and responsiveness.
• A rapidly evolving telecommunications
network – but information sharing may
still require good relations with custom-
ers and suppliers, so mutual trust and
commitment are crucial.
• Administrative barriers, requiring suf-
ficient time and resources to deal with
paperwork and government relations.
• Regulations, that may be best addressed
by local advisors.
• Poor infrastructure.
For project cargo movements to and from
Russia, experienced service and excep-
tional planning is an imperative.
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Best Solution –
Three Regular Services
BBC’s Russian Services were put in
place to address customer demand.
The experience that comes with
regular, frequent service can all but
eliminate many of the supply chain
challenges that customers struggled to
overcome in the past.
BBC’s Baltic, Caspian Sea, Arctic Sea and
BBC Caspian Service
Black Sea services provide customers
•  Regular frequency
with tailor-made and effective solu- • From the Continent to the Caspian Sea
tions to their project cargo and other • N avigation period via St. Petersburg:
diverse cargo needs. Heavy-lifts, coastal May to October
services, and navigation-restricted ser- • Navigation period via Azov: April to October
vices into main Russian waterways such
as the Volga River system are all part of
a day’s work at BBC Chartering.
BBC Black Sea Service
• Operates on a regular basis
The services utilize various multipur-
• From the Continent to the Black Sea
pose and heavy-lift sea and river ves-
• Navigation period: year-round service
sels, ranging in size from 100 to 3,500
deadweight tons. They run year-round,
with calls at a variety of ports on an
inducement basis. BBC always ensures BBC Arctic Service
the right type of vessel is employed to • O perates on a subsufficient inducement
best suit a customer’s cargo needs. basis
• F rom the North Continent to various
destinations deep inside Siberia
Frequently, on Russia’s waterways, the
• Navigation period: Mid-July to September
necessary craft will be gearless coaster
tonnage, heavy-lift pontoons, river
barges and similar tonnage in conjunc-
tion with tug operations. BBC identifies BBC Baltic Service
and offers an impressive spectrum of • Regular roundtrips
unique and innovative solutions. Local • F rom Hamburg – Antwerp range to
St. Petersburg
offices in Bremen and St. Petersburg
• Navigation period: year-round service
look after all the paperwork, arrang-
• Additional Services
ing for all the required permits and
• Transport by barges
clearances, and track each shipment
• Beach landing operations
throughout its voyage via a daily track-
• Towage/tug operations
ing and reporting system.
FROM THE BBC PORTFOLIO:
delivering crucial plant components to central russia
Praxair Inc. is the largest company in the
industrial gases sector in North and South
America, and one of the largest worldwide,
with multibillion-dollar sales. The company
produces, sells and distributes atmo-
spheric and process gases, and high-per-
formance surface coatings.
Back in 2011, the company’s subsidiary
Praxair Rus won a contract to supply oxygen,
nitrogen and argon to NTMK, a division of
the EVRAZ Group, a leading global steel
company with its main steel production facil-
ities in Russia. To deliver 3,000 tons of indus-
trial gases per day to NTMK in Nizhniy Tagil,
located in the industrial region of Sverdlovsk
in central Russia, Praxair had to build new,
energy-efficient air separation plants.
Agility Logistics managed integrated logis-
tics for the project, and Agility contracted
with the LOGIS Group and BBC Chartering
for the shipment of two complete sets of
air separation units and other plant com-
ponents. BBC Chartering was in charge
of the ocean-sea-river transport and the
barging was managed by LOGIS.
The project entailed shipping more than
20,000 freight tonnes, including 21 pieces of
heavy-lift cargo. A large portion of the cargo
was delivered by the BBC Summer on its
maiden voyage from Shanghai to Mariupol.
In Mariupol the cargo was transshipped
onto four Russian sea-river vessels that
then took the heavy-lift cargo to Nizh-
nekamsk and to the other general cargo to
Perm for discharge.
The heavy-lift cargoes shipped to Nizh-
nekamsk were loaded onto two roll-on,
roll-off river barges. These two barges
made five voyages to Verkhnechusovskiy
Gorodki (on the Chusovaya River) where
they were discharged using ro-ro ramps,
for trucking by the client to their final
destination, Nishniy Tagil.
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A second shipment of about 6,000 freight
tonnes was loaded in Antwerp onboard
two Russian sea-river vessels. Routed via
Gibraltar, these vessels went to Rostov-on-
Don in the Azov Sea first for customs
clearance, following which they continued
to Nizhnekamsk and Perm for unloading.
The complete delivery, starting with the
arrival of BBC Summer in Mariupol, took two
months. This included 33 days for barging
and ro-ro operations. It was finished in late
October, three days before the Kama River
closed to navigation for the winter.
BBC Chartering’s office in St. Petersburg
was key to developing and implementing
this complex delivery solution. Adminis-
trative expertise and project execution at
this level is what brings customers back
again and again. The obstacles to Russian
moves are notable, but so is the strength
and capability of BBC Chartering’s suite of
Russian services.
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 between the lines:
the Caytrans BBC secret
Strategic Alliances Expand
the Brand
Owned vessels, charters, affreightment,
alliances – these are all ways a global
project cargo operator can assemble
enough tonnage to build a global brand.
BBC Chartering has selected each of these
methods and more, to expand globally in
a rapid-fire manner.
The Joint Venture
In a more than 10-year-old alliance with
Dan-Gulf Shipping, out of New Orleans, BBC
Chartering operates Caytrans BBC, a weekly
high-performance breakbulk shipping busi-
ness for multipurpose and heavy-lift services
between the U.S. Gulf (Mobile and Houston)
and Colombia, North Coast South America
(NCSA), the Caribbean and Central America.
In 2006, the two companies came together
and agreed to share the wealth of expe-
rience and information they had gained
over the previous decade in the project
market. BBC Chartering USA in Houston
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handles Caytrans BBC sales in the Texas
region, and Dan-Gulf also books business
from its New Orleans’ office.
The line principally focuses on carrying
project cargoes such as mining and oil
equipment and heavy-lifts, as well as
hazardous and bulk cargo. It has enjoyed
steady growth over the years. Caytrans
BBC continues to expand its presence in
this market and continuously adapts its
unique schedule to regional market needs
and trade developments.
Caytrans BBC operates a fleet of shal-
low-draft, box-shaped multipurpose
tweendeckers, with lifting capacities of up
to 120 tonnes. At any time, the service can
directly access the large, well-equipped
and versatile fleet portfolio at BBC.
Avenue for Growth
In 2011, Caytrans BBC expanded its offer-
ings by initiating twice-monthly service to
Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago. The ser-
vice loads out of Houston and Mobile and
discharges in Pt. Lisas, Trinidad. Other load
ports are offered on an inducement basis.
The increased frequency to Venezuela and
the establishment of a new regular service
to Trinidad was a logical expansion for
Caytrans BBC. And like its sister service, the
new service can also access the full BBC
Chartering fleet and lifting capacities up to
800 tonnes as needed.
In 2013, the company stepped up capacity
by adding the 6,150-deadweight-ton mul-
tipurpose BBC Ocean to its regional fleet.
Adding a larger vessel allows Caytrans BBC
to book larger shipments into and out of
the North Coast of South America.
A decade after inception, the joint venture
has proven its value as a conduit for con-
tinued growth in a market area where both
parties had previously operated. Caytrans
BBC is one of the most prominent shipping
services from the U.S. Gulf to Colombia and
Venezuela, with integrated ocean transpor-
tation solutions to the world’s major energy
and infrastructure companies.
Leveraging Flexibility and Fleet
Dan Gulf and BBC Chartering offer flexi-
bility, reliability and innovation in ocean
transportation.
Among Caytrans BBC’s largest projects
handled to date was a record-breaking
790-ton, 128-foot-long project piece that
journeyed to New Orleans from Jebel Ali,
Dubai, aboard the Palbora. Caytrans BBC
also recently handled a project into East
Coast Nicaragua that entailed the use of
10 dedicated vessels loaded with oil well
supplies. The cargo had to discharge at El
Bluff and El Rama, Nicaragua – two ports
with severe draft and load restrictions.
“The shipments were extremely time
sensitive and required the use of special-
ized shallow-draft vessels, which were also
equipped with specialized cranes. Once
the project was complete, we also rede-
ployed a substantial amount of equipment
and material back to the USA,” said Dan-
Gulf founder Niels Busse.
Last year Dan-Gulf and Caytrans BBC
moved six land drilling rigs from Houston
to Dos Bocas, Mexico. Each rig consisted
of more than 4,200 cubic meters of cargo
and each needed to be transported within
a four-week time period, necessitating
close coordination and vessel scheduling.
Caytrans BBC used its own fleet of vessels
to successfully complete the project on
time and within budget.
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Secret is Teamwork
Describing the mission of Caytrans BBC,
Busse said, “We are a team of dedicated
shipping professionals who come to work
every day with the singular focus of pro-
viding innovative solutions to our clients’
transportation needs. No cargo is too big
or too complicated for us to move.”
Svend Andersen, CEO of BBC Chartering
said, “Attitude and skill make a great
service, and this is where the core of BBC
Chartering and Dan-Gulf branding comes
together.”
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 any port, any cargo:
look no further
With escalating containerization of global
trade, cargo that doesn’t fit into an ISO
box is ever in danger of being left behind.
And despite the scaleback and slowdown
of many global projects since the global
financial crisis and, more recently, the
widespread commodity glut and advent
of depressed commodity prices, cargo
volumes of all shapes and sizes must still
be transported to and from points across
the globe.
With shifts in technology, production,
sourcing and consumption, new infra-
structure projects still need to be built.
But EPCs, forwarders and cargo owners
responsible for the projects face a host of
perils:
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• Lack of ocean carriage options.
• Lack of available ocean tonnage, in the
right place at the right time.
• Irregularity of service, unreliable timing.
• Insufficient vessel load or lift capacity.
• Inefficient vessel design for specific
cargo or port.
• Shipper’s inability to attract an
inducement call.
• Lack of ongoing service to project sites
over time.
• Inability to lower risk on shipments.
• No integrated inland logistics.
• Lack of quality or ecological controls.
• Insufficient origin or destination market
experience.
• Lack of expertise in engineered transport
for high-value shipments.
• Meager risk reduction strategy.
•  Uneconomical transport, with little
concern for value chain.
Challenging Market Forces
Evolving expectations, the slow recovery fol-
lowing the 2008-2009 economic downturn,
new supply-chain technologies, shipbuilding
developments, sourcing and consumption
shifts, and emerging economies of scale
have worked together to put the ocean car-
riage industry through a period of restructur-
ing and consolidation unlike any before. The
end result for container shipping lines: few,
large alliances of carriers. For other general
cargo carriers, the evolution continues.
BBC’s innovative and unorthodox response
to an unprecedented mix of overlapping
and challenging market forces was to
add a service concept. Too many shippers
were being left out in the cold, and BBC
Chartering identified a niche. In retrospect,
the niche is actually a series of niches
wrapping the globe.

Launch of apac
In 2015, BBC Chartering launched the
“any port, any cargo service,” the world’s
first high-performance inducement ser-
vice network for project cargo on more
than 30 global high-frequency trades for
project, breakbulk and general cargo.
Managed by BBC Chartering, the apac
service combines the efficiency of a liner
service with the flexibility of a project
tramp service to ensure market-lead-
ing shipping performance, economics,
service quality, and eco-friendly global
ocean transportation.
Utilizing the world’s largest fleet of
multipurpose and heavy-lift vessels, a
market-leading project chartering net-
work, and BBC Chartering’s accumulated
experience in delivering integrated project
solutions, the apac service quality stan-
dard has been proven in countless single
cargo transactions, many sophisticated
project deliveries, and through various
strategic partnerships since 1997. Now,
those same service elements have become
a trademarked commitment.
Unrestricted Trading
With about 6,000 port calls annually man-
aged through BBC Chartering, no other
project carrier engineers more transports
and executes more cargo operations
around the world.
While apac is essentially a trademark that
describes BBC Chartering’s commitment,
it provides a recognizable framework by
which customers can better understand
BBC’s unique ability to help them. Tramp
shipping may claim to carry anything to
anywhere, but at what price? And liner
shipping prides itself on providing fixed
schedules, but will it load or offload at the
best port for the shipper?
Some of the breakbulk and project cargo
industry’s traditional service options have
been frustrating or expensive or slow for
shippers. Their services were limited and
limiting; apac is not.
apac aims to create awareness about BBC
Chartering’s unmatched combination
of performance and flexibility in project
shipping, while bringing customers the
best of both worlds. It gives customers
shipping solutions that are competitive,
reliable, flexible and safe. Operating the
world’s largest fleet of multipurpose
and heavy-lift vessels, and utilizing an
industry-leading project chartering
network, apac is well-suited to provide
seamless delivery of integrated projects.
apac addresses the needs of simple cargo
transactions and sophisticated projects
with heavy-lift operations, with the same
skill and precision.
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Proof in the Pudding
Third-party logistics providers, EPCs, indus-
trial customers, raw material traders, and re-
source customers have put apac to the test.
Small businesses and multinational players,
transporting everything from small crates to
elaborate heavy module structures are using
apac services to their advantage.
For a new and ongoing volume contract
delivering Airbus aircraft components be-
tween Hamburg and Mobile, BBC launched
a new apac initiative: other customers can
book cargo on this high-frequency trade
route from the European Continent to North
America on a part-cargo basis.
When the brand new heavy-lift vessel
BBC Ruby, a late member of the BBC
Amber-class was rolled out in 2015, its
impressive maiden voyage showcased the
parceling power of the any port, any cargo
service. In its first trip from Donghae, Korea,
to Davisville, Rhode Island, the BBC Ruby
loaded two carousels, which were filled
with some 3,200 tonnes of cables, addition-
al bobbins and cable equipment, as well
as another 2,000 freight tonnes including
a 265-tonne heavy-lift from Masan, Korea,
to Jeddah and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, and
eventually another 7,300 freight tonnes
including a 415-tonne heavy reactor from
Ulsan, South Korea, to Jizan, Saudi Arabia.
BBC Chartering’s vast network allowed it to
consolidate large project cargo parcels on
the apac service rotation of Far East, Middle
East and North America.
Big Potential
Serving any port and any cargo, BBC’s
market potential is big; every day BBC
introduces more customers to the value,
quality, reliability, flexibility, professionalism,
and integrity intrinsic to the BBC brand.
But its niche will always be technically and
commercially engineered transport. That is
the foundation of its success.
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landmarks
in the
making:
carrying
iconic
cargo
BBC Chartering makes an impact
on the world every day, delivering
important cargoes for customers
around the world. Sometimes,
BBC moves cargo that will only
be used or seen by a select few.
Other times, the cargo is destined
to become part of a city skyline, a
work of art, or an iconic structure
meant to be seen and enjoyed by
masses.

Regardless of the project’s visibil-

ity, BBC’s goal is to provide con-
sistency and cargo care from the
initial booking and stowing-lash-
ing analysis, through preparation
for loading, all the way to the
actual handling, stowing, secur-
ing and ultimate delivery.
BBC has been entrusted with
cargo operations and services for
several iconic project structures,
including the New York Wheel,
the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium,
New York World Trade Center
Transportation Hub and Mon-
tréal’s New Champlain Bridge.
new york wheel
Poised to dominate the St. George water-
front on Staten Island, the New York Wheel
will be among the largest of the world’s
Ferris wheel elite.
BBC Chartering is playing an important
role in delivering what will be a 1,440-pas-
senger, 630-foot-tall rotating tourist
attraction and observation platform, with
unparalleled views of New York harbor.
BBC was contracted by heavy-lift expert
Mammoet Logistics B.V. to provide the
trans-Atlantic transport services for the
New York Wheel project. The scope of
the agreement covers the transport
of erection equipment, and all other
components of the Ferris wheel, including
steel legs, pedestals, rim, spindle, spokes,
and passenger pods. The entire shipment
measured in at 82,000 freight tons.
The project service began with the first
shipment in June 2016 and extends well
into 2017. “We are proud to be involved
in this gigantic project which is set to

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 AIN
DUBAI
HEIGHT: 260M
under
construction
200m
become another iconic New York City
landmark and world-class attraction,” said
Svend Andersen, CEO of BBC Chartering.
There will be a total of 12 shipments, with
BBC loading in Schiedam and Westdorpe,
Netherlands; Ortona, Ravenna, and Porto
Marghera, Italy; and Gemlik, Turkey. Com-
ponents are being discharged at New York
City’s South Brooklyn Marine Terminal.
Pedestals, legs and other project ele-
ments are being barged across to Staten
Island, to a reinforced receiving terminal
NEW YORK
WHEEL
HEIGHT: 190M
under
construction
HEIGHT: 168M
OPENED 2014
constructed especially for the project. BBC
has configured solutions for a plethora
of heavy lift requirements – the heaviest
piece, the spindle, weighs an impressive
790 tonnes.
This project requires reliability and
high-performance cargo service, in-
tegrated with shipping capacity that
matches project progress step for step.
“We work to understand the challenges
and risk of our customers on such de-
HEIGHT: 165M
OPENED 2008 HEIGHT: 160M
OPENED 2006
HEIGHT: 135M
OPENED 2000
manding projects,” said Benjamin Nobel,
chartering manager at BBC Chartering’s
Genoa office. “After a diligent process
of evaluating our capabilities, we are
pleased to say that our fleet and service
concept made all the difference and
eventually helped us become the
carrier of choice for Mammoet Logis-
tics on this project.” Mammoet, in a
joint venture with Dutch giant wheel
specialist Starneth BV, is responsible for
the design and construction of the New
York Wheel.
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BBC Chartering
new champlain bridge
Transformative projects, the kind that
usher in a new day, don’t come often. The
new Champlain Bridge will definitively
transform the Montréal skyline in a matter
of months.
As many as 60 million vehicles and US$20
billion in Canada-U.S. trade pass over the
crossing each year. As one of the busiest
crossings in Canada, the Champlain Bridge
provides a crucial route for the local econo-
my and for Canada as a whole. However, the
old bridge is nearing the end of its life cycle.
The US$4 billion New Champlain Bridge
corridor project is one of the largest infra-
structure projects in North America. The
project includes not just the New Cham-
plain Bridge, but a new Île des Soeurs
Bridge and reconstruction and widening
of the federal portion of Autoroute 15.
Through a public-private partnership with
Signature on the Saint-Lawrence Group,
the Canadian government will place the
new bridge spanning the St. Lawrence
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River in service by the end of 2018. The
new three-corridor bridge was designed to
integrate into the landscape, reflect unique
community characteristics, and enhance its
role as the primary gateway to Montréal.
BBC Chartering was contracted by a main
supplier to the Signature group, to move
the various steel construction pieces of the
bridge, basically the base of the bridge,
from Spain to Montreal. The next compo-
nent of the contract is the “connection”
between the feet of the bridge and the
bridge itself. BBC is loading each shipment
in the series at Sevilla, Spain. The entire
project comprises 10 to 15 shipments.
The development and construction of
bridge infrastructure of this magnitude
entails substantial last-minute component
and packaging adjustments. BBC Charter-
ing’s Genoa-based Benjamin Nobel said that
when a shipper is faced with an amount
of uncertainty about project cargo weight,
dimensions and other specifications, having
a heavy-lift transportation partner with a
large fleet, many carriage options and great
flexibility can make all the difference. This is
where BBC Chartering excels.
“When the final layout, configuration and
packing list are not known in advance,” said
Nobel, it provides challenges. He said BBC
has the assets and the chartering profes-
sionals who have the level of competence
necessary to efficiently handle large-scale
shipments with just two to three weeks
lead time on final shipment details.
To execute such shipments with precision
and agility is an important goal, and one
that Nobel sees flawlessly executed time
and time again. “When customers need a
lot of flexibility, and room for last-minute
changes, we can provide it with our big
and versatile fleet,” said Nobel. For the new
Champlain Bridge, “A lot of the pieces are
between 140 and 220 tons. The size of
BBC’s fleet, offering roughly 20 to 30 ships
in Europe each month with sufficient capa-
bility and capacity to accommodate these
pieces, was important to the shipper.”
 new york metro
Nestled amid Manhattan’s rising new Authority Trans-Hudson Transportation of underground pedestrian concourses to
World Trade Center complex, the WTC Hub promises to not only bring architec- existing and future transportation services
Transportation hub is an awe-inspiring tural beauty to downtown Manhattan, but (capable of accommodating 250,000 pe-
feat of design and engineering. Completed also to significantly improve mass-transit destrians per day), and retail facilities.
in 2016, the winged ‘Oculus’ compels at- connections throughout the region.
tention, while helping pedestrians connect The Port Authority of New York and New
to transit. It is an important part of the Designed by celebrated architect Santiago Jersey, in cooperation with the U.S. De-
shifting New York skyline. Calatrava, the 800,000-square-foot struc- partment of Transportation and through
ture features a multi-story central transit the Federal Transit Administration, built
BBC Chartering provided transport for hall, commuter rail platforms, a network the US$3.2 billion project.
5,000 tonnes of steel structures used in
the construction of the World Trade Center
Transportation Hub. The BBC Alabama
and BBC Danube loaded the heavy steel
structures in Porto Marghera, with delivery
direct to Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey facilities. Although comprising
only a small part of a giant project, BBC
Chartering was a proud participant in
bringing this new icon to life.

With its spectacular soaring design,

featuring retractable 150-foot-high, glass-
and-steel ‘wings’ that will allow natural
light to pass through to the below-street-
level rail platforms, the new WTC Port

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BBC Chartering
nelson mandela
bay stadium
Alternatively called the ‘Protea’ or the ‘Sun-
flower’, the 46,000-seat Nelson Mandela
Bay Stadium is situated on the coast in
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa,
welcoming rugby, football and concert go-
ers. It is remarkable for its unique design,
and for its striking view, overlooking the
North End Lake.
Built to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the
five-tier structure is topped with an eye-
catching roof made up of a series of white
‘petals’ constructed of a combination of
aluminum cladding and a polytetrafluo-
rethylene membrane.
The stadium, the first world-class football
venue for Eastern Cape, was designed by
South Africa-based Architectural Design
Associates and Dominic Bonnesse Archi-
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tects, and constructed by the Ibhayi JV
consortium.
BBC Chartering delivered the emblematic
roof components to Port Elizabeth. Loaded
in Kuwait aboard a series of three vessels,
the pieces were offloaded at Richards
Bay/Cape Town, and delivered safely and
in perfect order. The iconic stadium was
completed on time – the first of five built
for the FIFA World Cup. An estimated 6,800
jobs were created during development
and construction of the stadium.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is the
kind of project that proves gratifying to
the BBC Chartering team. The stadium has
brought long-lasting economic benefits,
urban renewal, and socio-economic op-
portunities to the Port Elizabeth area.
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 with the
utmost precision
carrying mining, Heavy industry, including construc-
tion, mining, transportation and
construction and similar sectors, dishes up complex
cargo carrying demands. BBC Char-
transportation tering offers unrivalled experience
infrastructure in supplying efficient ocean-car-
riage solutions for industrial cargo
components of any shape or size.
BBC’s in-depth knowledge on an
industry-by-industry basis, its
stream of ingenuity and innova-
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tion, and a culture that pads every
shipment with precision and care,
helps shape best delivery solutions
for each client.
No Broken Promises
BBC customers depend on the
company to deliver as prom-
ised. They are reassured by the
size and availability of a massive
multipurpose fleet, motivated
staff and proven business ethics.
 Spotlight on Cobre Panama Mine

Cargo: Mining equipment for Panama.

Site: Ongoing construction and development of the US$6.2-billion

open-pit copper, gold, silver and molybdenum Cobre Panama mine, on
the Atlantic coast, 120 kilometers west of Panama City; the13,600-hectare
concession is Panama‘s biggest source of exports.

Shipment: NMT Global Project Logistics selected BBC Chartering to move

23,000 freight tonnes of mining equipment, trucks and other project
cargo in eight shipments from Houston, Montreal, Genoa, and Antwerp to
Punta Rincon, Panama.

BBC Edge: Capacity. Mining equipment specialty. On the largest shipment,

BBC was able to load more than 12,000 tonnes of mining equipment.

Careful planning, supervision Mining and Construction

and securing of cargo by skilled
crews demonstrates the com-
pany’s exceptional commitment
time and time again. With cargo
safety the top priority, BBC experts
work around the clock to ensure
industrial cranes, machinery,
equipment, rolling stock, pipe,
vessels and other shipments arrive
on time and in perfect condition –
Because mining and construction
industries are highly cyclical, the ability
to ramp up and scale back production
rapidly is vital. Global economics are at
play here. For example, a high demand
for mined resources such as copper or
coal can trigger development of new
extraction efficiencies requiring new
technologies and equipment that need
to be transported to project site.
Recognizing the need for expediency,
BBC partners with mining and con-
struction companies to keep operations
running smoothly and better than ever,
by providing transportation and ex-
pertise to deliver, for example, cleaner
burning earth-moving equipment, or
newest-generation water purification
and treatment plants.

with no broken promises.

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BBC Chartering

Port Construction
Over the last 10 years, BBC has, somewhat ironically, contributed to the rapid global
expansion of its sister container industry by moving many gantry and mobile harbor
cranes to ports around the world. The transportation of large-scale cranes requires
great precision and control. It takes flawless professional expertise to execute a
stowage and securing plan to ensure the safe arrival of the cargo, and, also critically
important, the safety of the vessel and crew while at sea.

Spotlight on Crane
Delivery to Indonesia
Cargo: Mobile harbor cranes for
Indonesia.

Spotlight on New Harbor Cranes for Chile Site: Delivered to the port of Manok-
wari, Indonesia.
Cargo: Three new harbor cranes for Chile.
Shipment: The BBC Pearl loaded in
Site: The ports of Lirquen and Angamos invested in new mobile harbor cranes, Zhangijagang, Shanghai, China, and
which they received through a recent shipment onboard the BBC Aquamarine. transported 104,000 cubic meters (2,300
tonnes) of cargo for a Wuhan-based cus-
Shipment: UTC Overseas selected BBC Chartering to move three new Liebherr tomer. The on-deck load included four
mobile harbor cranes which can each handle heavy-lift cargo up to 200 tonnes. 350-tonne mobile harbor cranes, and
Two were destined for the port of Lirquen’s multipurpose facilities. About 1,200 one large and one small ship-loader.
nautical miles further north, the very modern port of Angamos, which handles Smaller additional cargo was loaded
copper as well as containerized and other general cargo, received the third crane. below deck.

BBC Edge: Routing flexibility. Crane transport specialty. BBC is able to time BBC Edge: Deck capacity for over-di-
and route vessels, consolidating multiport shipments to minimize client cost. mensional – with more than 100,000
BBC also leads the industry in engineered transport with a team that plans the cubic meters on deck. Intra-regional
vessel’s stability, stowage, and lifting with the utmost precision. In this case, two trade. For extremely bulky and oversized
short “railway tracks” were welded on the hatch covers to move the cranes into cargo, and for short distances, such
position, and, container towers were installed to serve as resting pontoons for as this intra-Asia trading requirement,
the mobile harbor crane booms. Continuous ballasting was required to balance BBC Chartering’s portfolio of nearly 180
the vessel, and the operation awaited optimal weather windows. Extensive lash- vessels provides a great selection of
ing, and securing with “stoppers,” was also a vital element. suitable bottoms.

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 Vehicle, Rolling Stock and Yachts
Companies around the globe are investing billions of dollars in upgrading fleet equipment to build capacity, reduce fuel consump-
tion and meet environmental goals. Because many of these projects require delivery to ports not regularly served by a typical liner
carrier, BBC’s handy-sized and versatile fleet has proven valuable. BBC is able to call ports based solely on customer needs.

Customers have relied on BBC Chartering’s quality approach for the handling of railway cargoes almost since the company’s incep-
tion. With more than 30 locomotive shipments in the past two years, BBC has provided dual lift, remote delivery, serial shipment and
other services, continually refining its expertise handling rolling stock.

BBC is also an expert in the transportation of boats and yachts – a preferred carrier for yacht brokers the world over. With its self-
geared ships, it can load yachts without ever calling a port. This not only saves costs, but reduces the risk of damage by additional
handling at a terminal facility. Occasionally, BBC moves other non-standard cargo piggyback, as was the case in 2015 when the
14,800 dwt BBC Sapphire piggybacked two retired German submarines from Germany to the Colombian military.

Spotlight on Locomotives Spotlight on Locomotives

to Western Australia
Cargo: Eight SD90 Locomotives from Norfolk, Virginia.
Site: Port Hedland, Western Australia.
Shipment: Contracted by Westlink Logistics, the BBC Amethyst deliv-
ered this group of 20-tonne locomotives to one of the most remote
and resource-rich areas in the world, the Pilbara region of Australia.
BBC Edge: Remote service. Locomotive specialty. These locomotives
operate with record-breaking iron-ore hauls of 32,880 tons. Special
equipment is routinely entrusted to BBC Chartering’s technical and
operations departments for safe and timely delivery, eliminating the
risk of production delays for the receiver.
to Kenya
Cargo: Twenty re-engineered and refitted B23-7
General Electric diesel locomotives.
Site: Africa’s Rift Valley Railways, for its main line
freight service in Kenya and Uganda.
Shipment: Batch of 20 locomotives to Kenya,
with three moving from Houston to Mombasa in
2014, and 17 more moving on the BBC Ganges in
2015. Each unit weighed 95 tonnes.
BBC Edge: Global coverage. Multiple shipments.
Locomotive specialty.

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BBC Chartering

Pipe Carriage
BBC Chartering has built a solid business as a pipe carrier. Its vessels provide large,
box-shaped cargo holds to minimize broken stowage, adjustable tween-decks to
adapt for cargo requirements, and hatch covers that open fully for easy positioning of
any length or diameter of pipe.

BBC keys in on selecting the most appropriate stowage, planning for acceleration and
friction, filling gaps, full stowage between side panels of hold, stowage to provide
even cargo surfaces, and careful handling with damage-free lashing.

The care invested – which includes conceiving, tailoring and vetting every possible
pipe storage scenario – has built BBC’s carriage and feeding business for all types of
pipe. It uses pipe hooks to allow for highly efficient loading and unloading operations
while focusing on incident-free operations. The world’s leading pipe manufacturers
rely on BBC Chartering’s solutions to capture value on volume contracts, and, major
EPCs utilize BBC’s dedicated project services providing risk managed offshore stow-
age and feeding solutions.

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from the
kickoff …
managed quality
project services
fill offshore void

There is a new player on the

BBC Chartering team, brought
in to beef up the offensive line
for big league projects devel-
oped around the globe.

That player is called Managed

Quality Project Services – a
value-added approach to ocean
transportation that integrates
transportation planning into
the project master plan at the
earliest stages. It is proving
especially prudent for offshore
projects, but is also useful for
a broader range of customer
requests. If both cargo value
and risks are high, a managed
quality approach may be indis-
pensable.

Congo River Canyon
Crossing Project (CRX) –
Pipe Feeding and Storage
Overview: For Angola’s economy
and people, the CRX project was mon-
umental. It was a cornerstone in the
nation’s development and commer-
cialization of its natural gas resources.
The CRX includes an 81-mile pipeline
originating at South Nemba platform,
about 37 miles offshore, and terminat-
ing at Angola’s gas liquefaction plant,
ALNG, located in northwest Angola.
Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. contracted turn-
key oil and gas contractor Saipem to
provide EPC and installation services
for 110 kilometers of subsea pipelines,
subsea spools, as well as trenching
and crossing works in water depths
up to 117 meters.
BBC Chartering was selected maritime
transport partner to provide pipe
feeding and offshore storage solu-
tions for several stages of the project.
Challenge: Large Loads –
Limited Space. The project’s shallow
water pipe-laying barge, the S355, em-
ployed a four-point anchor and winch
mooring system to stay in position at
sea. That meant the barge could only
berth vessels up to 83 meters long, to
fit between the mooring lines.
Solution: BBC Chartering provided a
three-vessel solution. The BBC Germany
was deployed as ‘pipe mother vessel’,
charged with discharge operations in
safe offshore waters; and, two 82.5-me-
tre pipe-feeder vessels, the Saxum
and Barbarossa, were tasked to supply
pipes from the mother vessel to the
pipe-laying barge. After loading pipe in
Leith, Scotland, all three vessels sailed
to Luanda Bay, Angola to provide
onsite services. BBC’s Christoph Krüder
said BBC Chartering vessels feedered a
total of 10,000 tonnes of pipes, finish-
ing in 2013.
The success of the first phase led BBC
Chartering into a second phase. This
time three vessels – Skaftafell, BBC
Thames and HR Marion – supplied
35,000 tonnes of pipe to support in-
stallation works performed in deeper
water by pipe-layer platform
Castoro 7. This assignment included
lifting trials at a potential new
pipe-transfer location that ultimately
proved unfavorable, but BBC was
ready with a fail-safe location, and
the work was completed in a timely
manner.
A third pipe-feeding and off-
shore-storage assignment ensued for
the Mafumeira project off the shores
of Angola. The region clearly holds
ongoing potential.
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Engage Early – Focus on
Performance, Quality and
Costs – Execute
BBC dedicates a project team to manage
ocean transportation from tendering
to execution. Project essentials and key
challenges are defined, and reliable
project-specific solutions are developed.
The client’s and BBC’s project teams
collaborate on how the project should be
delivered to drive out cost, mitigate risks
and ensure on-time deliveries.
An ocean transportation partner that
works with the shipper to find ways to
reduce costs is a relatively new phenom-
enon. But with BBC’s integrated supply
chain, operations can now be effectively
aligned with client project priorities.
Everyone from the engineers to the port
captain to the agents can feed advice into
planning, weaving control of operations
and risks into the fabric of the operation,
and genuinely adding value by avoiding
unnecessary expenditures.
BBC’s project managers coordinate tasks
according to a project management plan,
paying close attention to the quality of
deliverables from all contractors. The
project manager oversees the defined
requirements, the systems design and
development, and the implementation of
a seamless operation and project perfor-
mance. Quality, risks, schedule, costs and
operational requirements are monitored
to ensure that the overall project status
can be achieved and early warnings can be
issued where applicable.
BBC Chartering
Cape Sharp Tidal Project, Bay
of Fundy, Canada – Heavy-Lift
Installation Assistance
Overview: Cape Sharp Tidal is a joint ven-
ture between Emera Inc. and OpenHydro
in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. The project is
expected to be a multiphase development
that could eventually see a 300-megawatt
output of clean energy. In November 2016,
Cape Sharp deployed its 4-megawatt tidal
array – the Open-Center Turbine, North
America’s most powerful tidal turbine. The
project made industry history by connect-
ing the turbine to the Canadian grid 24
hours after deployment.
Challenge: Oversize Cargo –
High Tides. The task of loading and
delivering heavy-lift and over-dimensional
cargo was complicated by the Bay of Fun-
dy’s notorious tidal range, which measures
nine meters at Port Saint John.
Solution: In early October 2016, the
BBC Emerald loaded a 320-tonne turbine
and 444-tonne foundation at a fabrication
yard in Pictou, for discharge at Port Saint
John. The BBC Emerald was chartered in by
Hughes Offshore and Shipping Services Inc.
The subsea base was floated alongside in
Pictou and loaded from the water to the
deck of BBC Emerald with an overhang
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Cape Sharp Tidal Project
of 4 meters to starboard and 13 meters
to port. This made the discharge of the
base to shore in Saint John even more
challenging considering the impressive
local tide range.
As a second element, the BBC Emerald
met the installation barge Scotia Tide
and removed the tidal project’s existing
turbine from the work barge to the deck of
the heavy-lift vessel for further transport
and discharge to shore. The turbine had
to be lifted vertically out of its foundation
stanchions and moved into a horizontal
orientation for stowage on deck. Lastly,
a second turbine was discharged to the
Scotia Tide for final installation.
BBC’s planning for the job, which included
many engineering hours, was performed
on time and on budget to the full satisfac-
tion of the client.
Macedon Subsea SURF
Project, Australia – Cable
Spooling Operations
Overview: In July 2011, oilfield services
firm McDermott International Inc. won the
subsea contract for deepwater offshore
engineering, construction and installation
on the Macedon project. The Subsea,
Umbilical, Riser and Flowlines contract was
Macedon Subsea SURF Project
Guara-Lula Project
McDermott‘s first SURF project in Australia.
It included detailed engineering, pro-
curement, fabrication, transportation and
installation of a 48-mile pipeline, as well as
the installation of subsea umbilicals and
flexible flowlines in waters measuring up
to 591 feet deep (about 180 meters).
BBC Chartering was contracted to support
the logistics and coordinate all aspects of
this unique assignment through its project
division.
Challenge: Turnkey Project –
Massive Magnitude. This was BBC Char-
tering’s first “turnkey project” coordinating
all planning, engineering, manufacturing
and transport.
With operations that had to be managed
over various locations in Europe, and a
discharge port that involved triple banking
vessels, the challenges were vast and
varied. Successfully loading/transporting
cables of considerable magnitude requires
careful quality management, good collab-
oration and open communication not only
with the client and onshore partners, but
also with vessel and crew.
Solution: The BBC Nordland was
discharged in Batam (Indonesia) where
the umbilical was spooled using a triple
banking operation onto McDermott’s
 clients with
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availability
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unloading. With zero incidents reported,
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Chartering
considered highly include a global network
successful.
of recognized ocean project experts in
Europe, the Americas and Asia, as well
For the same project, in a different phase,
as a back-end competence and delivery
the Dollart was selected as standby vessel
center for ocean projects in Germany.
involved in various supply missions to Mc-
Dermott’s DP2 cable-laying vessel North
This set-up ensures that projects
Ocean 105.
can be worked on by BBC’s local
representatives, by chartering brokers,
by owner’s representatives, or by key
Polar Projects – Arcticaround
account managers and the world.
Antarctic Supply
With its approach to projects, BBC
Overview: BBC Chartering has a growing
Chartering provides resources that are
and impressive record delivering to
not only committed to deliver best in Please contact:
remote regions,
classincluding the Arctic and
project performance, sional – the projects@bbc-chartering.com
but that also loading port in South Korea to learnsmooth passage,
more about our safe voyagetoand
“excellence quality
value”
Antarctic. follow global project standards. made for a lengthy sea voyage. cargo
approach for your next shipping project. transactions assured the charterer’s
satisfaction with their carrier selection.
The Hope Bay Project is located in Can- Solution: BBC’s special destination
ada’s northern Nunavut Territory in the services are supported by assets designed
Kitikmeot Region, and is developing vast to deliver to all parts of the world, and
Guara-Lula
Excellence to value Project,
approach Brazil –
gold mining potential. The Jang Bogo those assets include geared, ice-strength- Like our clients, we not only demand
Pipe Feeding and Storage
Station is South Korea‘s new Antarctic ened and/or shallow-draft multipurpose excellent performance, but also strive
research station. It opened in 2014. The and general cargo vessels. In 2014, the Overview:
for The Lula oil fieldand
rigorous implementation is located in
Antipinsky Refinery is located in Tyumen, BBC Danube delivered critically important the Santos Basin, about
continuous improvement of quality 260 kilometers off
Russia (Western Siberia). research equipment for Jang Bogo Station, procedures
the coast offor Rioour
dehigh
Janeiro.value services. 2,000
It lies below
and in late 2015 the ice-class 8,000-dwt meters of water and then
Six proven factors form a high 5,000 meters of
value
Challenge: Remote Sites – Polar Routes. BBC Brisbane successfully delivered gold salt, sand and rock. It is estimated
delivery approach at BBC Chartering. to contain
Hope Bay – BBC Chartering was contracted mining cargo to Hope Bay. In September more than 5 billion barrels of recoverable oil,
to provide a transport solution addressing 2015, the BBC Louisiana supported expan- making
These it Brazil’s
concern (1) most important oil field.
the formation
the special requirements of the Cana- sion efforts at Western Siberia’s Antipinsky of global project teams, (2) the
dian Arctic in September 2015, to deliver Refinery with the engineered transport of application of proven
In 2011, Petrobras transportation
awarded Saipem an engi-
diverse building materials and equipment the refinery’s continuous catalyst regen- engineering methods and
neering, procurement, their
installation and com-
for the Hope Bay gold mine. eration modules, shipped from Mokpo, continuous
missioning,improvement,
or EPIC, contract (3) for
a the Guara
South Korea to Novyy Port, at the mouth non-compromising
& Lula-Northeast gas and thorough
export pipelines. The
Jang Bogo – Valuable research equipment of River Ob in the Arctic sea. Additional approach to risk management,
contract encompassed (4)
the transportation,
needed to be shipped during Arctic sum- cargo was shipped to Vladivostok for the reliance on project
installation pricing and
and pre-commissioning of two
mer to Terra Nova Bay. Important preplan- same project. cost
exportmanagement,
pipelines (54 (5)andexecutional
22 kilometers long)
ning considerations included the weather excellence withengineering,
as well as the regards to vessel and
procurement and
and compressed delivery window. Projects of this type require special prep- operations
construction management,
of related subsea and lastly
equipment.
aration and diligent planning of cargo. (6) our commitment to best in class
Antipinsky – The refinery required delivery Vessel choice is critical, as is compliance performance.
BBC Chartering supported this project pro-
of continuous catalyst regeneration mod- with the special destination’s administra- viding pipe feeder vessels and additional
ules that were heavy-lift and over-dimen- tive requirements. In each of these cases a transport.

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BBC Chartering
Challenge: Timely Deliveries –
Quality Driven. Supply chain issues for
the Guara-Lula represented ongoing
challenges for the project owners. Nega-
tive publicity added pressure to manage
expectations quickly and competently.
Solution: BBC Chartering initially provid-
ed the Stoertebeker as a pipe feeder
vessel to Saipem. Then it added the BBC
Germany (first busy as an intra-European
heavy-lift shuttle to bring together a
total of 32 reels to Arendal; the reels were
brought by another vessel to South Amer-
ica), and the BBC Citrine, which loaded
time critical components – a module and
a pressure tank – in Batam, Indonesia for
delivery to Angra dos Reis, Brazil.
The BBC Citrine is a newer 14,800-dwt BBC
Amber-type heavy-lift vessel that features
two 400-tonne crane lift capability. With
a 200-tonne module and 150-tonne tank,
the load and discharge were relatively
lightweight and executed safely and
efficiently.
High-quality execution and performance
were the mainstay of this project.
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PSVM Project
PSVM Project, Angola –
Pipe Feeding and Storage
Overview: The Plutao, Saturno, Venus
and Marte (PSVM) project is one of the
major hub oilfield developments located
off Angola’s shores. It is situated 400 kilo-
meters from Luanda, in waters from 1,500
to 2,500 meters deep. BP is the operator,
with project partners including ExxonMo-
bil, Sonangol, Statoil, Marathon and TEPA.
In 2009, Heerema Marine Contractors was
awarded the contract for the risers and
production flowlines on the PSVM de-
velopment, which included engineering,
procurement, construction, installation
and testing of the pipe-in-pipe production
flowlines, service flowlines and vertical
riser systems.
Together with Panalpina, BBC Chartering
secured shipping capacity for this first field
development.
Challenge: Ambitious Scope –
Teamwork. High-volume broad-based
shipping services over an 18-month period
required a collaborative environment.
Solution: In more than 30 shipments, BBC
Chartering moved about 200,000 cubic
meters of cargo for Heerema and BP. The
deliveries included port equipment for the
marine construction support base, steel
and pipes, and other critical components
such as inline and flowline tee assemblies,
and upper/lower riser components.
Working together with Heerema and Panal-
pina, BBC contributed a high degree of
flexibility and the availability of appropriate
tonnage over the length of the contract
period. Comprehensive work was delivered
by BBC Chartering documenting relevant
aspects of the work, including the provi-
sioning of manuals for lashing and lifting,
for weight spreading and respective risk
assessments, as per oil and gas standards.
Delivering More Value
to Clients
BBC’s most mission-critical resource con-
tinues to be its unmatched fleet portfolio
and high-frequency sailings on global
trade lanes, providing project clients with
exceptional vessel availability and lowest
mobilization costs. Offshore Vessel Inspec-
tion Database registration and inspection
are an additional benefit, valued especially
by offshore clients.
Customers deserve best-in-class project
performance that meets global project
standards. They deserve a partner who is
aware of a project’s needs, and can deliver
at the right cost. This is especially relevant
for large contractors in the offshore arena,
for special projects targeting areas with
limited accessibility, for supply chain
integrated contracts, for critical high-value
items requiring specialized heavy-lift oper-
ations, or for complex mega projects.
From kickoff to end game, having Man-
aged Quality Project Services on a custom-
er’s side will provide clients with a project
approach that is measurable, expectations
that can be met, a control process, a
systematic approach to risk management,
and clever, innovative direction.
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we would like to congratulate BBC Chartering
on achieving your 20th anniversary.

NMT would also like to thank the staff of

BBC for your past and ongoing support to
our business and the contribution that your
support has made to the success and growth
of NMT.

We look forward to a future of continued

cooperation with BBC and the next 20 years.
uncommon
commitment
volume contracts reduce risk
while cultivating excellence
Transportation management
has taken a cue from infrastruc-
ture projects in recent years
and moved toward a life-cycle
management perspective. There
is an important reason for that:
it allows carriers to gain valuable
insight into their customers’
ongoing needs, helps grow an
existing customer relationship,
and cultivates exceptional service
by identifying opportunities for
adding value to the customer
equation at key points in time.
Taking a more proactive and
personalized approach to total
project transportation needs is an
emerging specialization at BBC.
And using the same longer-term
approach, BBC is adding strategic
value via volume contracting.
There is great opportunity for
EPCs, project forwarders, and
shippers of varied cargoes to set
up more enduring relationships
to their decided advantage.
In a highly competitive market
for project shipping, BBC Char-
tering has generated numerous
high-volume, multiple shipment
contracts. Experience in develop-
ing efficient, safe and cost-com-
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petitive services on risk-man-
aged, high-impact, high-volume
projects is the best indicator of
future success.
In each strategic volume contract
BBC Chartering implements a cus-
tomer-centric project organiza-
tion. Customers have one single
point of contact to discuss their
schedules and procurement plan
updates, technical issues, and
so on. The appointed chartering
manager coordinates internally to
ensure mission critical resources
are provided throughout the
project’s execution. The designee
is backed by a global team of
operations, engineering, cargo
and Health, Safety, Environment
and Quality experts who ensure
CASE IN POINT:
premier preparation, execution,
and delivery of the service.
Airbus, Mobile, U.S.
In recent years, project shipping
has become a premium service as Logistics/Forwarder: DHL Global For-
opposed to a mere shipping com- warding Industrial Projects in Germany, for
pany model. BBC is uniquely po- Airbus.
sitioned to perform high-impact
Cargo: Rear and forward fuselages, wings,
projects requiring both diligent
and both vertical and horizontal tail planes.
planning and a flexible allocation
of carrier’s resources. Challenges: Manufacturing input from
multiple parties on multiple continents,
over time. Need to ensure low risk on this
high-value, long-term supply chain.
BBC’s Role: BBC Chartering is a strategic
partner for the ongoing project, focus-
ing on the accommodation of oversized
cargo shipments.
Solutions: In June 2015, the BBC Fuji
carried the first, highly anticipated
shipment on a regular service created to
deliver high-volumes components from
Hamburg, Germany, to Airbus’ aircraft
assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama. DHL
and BBC co-developed a standard for
the recurring transportation of aircraft
components through BBC Chartering,
and then implemented project-specific
ocean transport operation guidelines.
For example, provisions were made
to prevent touching of the cargo or
welding works next to the cargo. BBC
Chartering was able to build on the
BBC Chartering 20th Anniversary Issue | 43
regular shipments for Airbus, promoting
a biweekly trans-Atlantic service open
for additional volumes being shipped
from Continental Europe to the U.S. Gulf
and East Coast.
Volumes and Time Framework: En-
suring high frequency supply service of
rear and forward fuselages, wings, and
both vertical and horizontal tail planes
of Airbus’ Alabama production plant.
BBC Chartering
CASE IN POINT:
ALMA Project, Chile
Logistics/Forwarder: Various including Alca
Transitario S.A., the Spanish logistics firm
charged with coordinating logistics for the
European antennas.
Cargo: High-precision antennas for the Ata-
cama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array,
a single research instrument located on the
Chajnantor plain of the Chilean Andes, at 5,000
meters above sea level.
Challenges: Delivering precision components
over a period of time with initial delivery to the
port of Antofagasta, Chile, for onward move-
ment to an assembly-integration-verification-
commissioning base camp prior to ultimate
delivery to the high-altitude Observatory.
ALMA supports 80 antennas. BBC’s shipments
included antennas produced in both Europe
and Japan over very specific time frames, ne-
cessitating a regular connection to destination
in Chile.
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BBC’s Role: BBC Chartering was selected to
deliver shipping capacity for the world’s most
advanced cosmic radio telescope, the ALMA.
Solutions: In 2009, the first antennas were de-
livered from Aviles, Spain, to Antofagasta, Chile
onboard the regular line BBC Andino Express
Line – European Service. The antennas were
wrapped and dismantled into three compo-
nents, displacing about 100 tonnes – a small
but very sensitive cargo. They were loaded in
the mid-ship segment, where cargoes usually
encounter the lowest “motion forces.”
Volumes and Time Framework: BBC Charter-
ing ultimately transported more than three-
dozen antennas from Japan and Europe, over
several years.
CASE IN POINT:
Baytown Petrochemical
Expansion Project, U.S.
Logistics/Forwarder: FLS Asia.
Cargo: Varied infrastructure elements,
including tanks, columns and heating
units, for site expansion at the largest
U.S. integrated refining and petrochem-
ical complex.
Challenges: To ensure sufficient ship-
ping capacity was available on time,
CASE IN POINT:
M&G Petrochemical Complex,
Corpus Christi, U.S.
providing optimal intake and lifting
services for oversized equipment
components of up to 250 tonnes.
The work included mobilization of
equipment from around the world to
Houston.
BBC’s Role: BBC Chartering provided
the transport of the key components for
the Baytown expansion project.
Logistics/Forwarder: LPL Italy.
Cargo: Varied infrastructure elements
for development of a massive Polyethyl-
ene Terephthalate (PET) plant.
Challenges: Development of the world’s
largest PET plant began construction
in December 2014. LPL’s sophisticated
procurement plan required distributed
project supply chains with multiple ship-
ments from multiple carriers.
BBC Chartering 20th Anniversary Issue | 45
Solutions: Technical and commercial
performance were closely linked to
allow fast, flexible and effective adjust-
ments to changes in the customer’s
project schedule or changed technical
requirements.
Volumes and Time Framework: The
scope of the project covered 200,000
cubic meters on 13 full charter voyages.
BBC’s Role: BBC Chartering was se-
lected as a trusted tonnage provider.
Solutions: Undertaking numerous
shipments from three main ports includ-
ing Shanghai and Nantong in China and
Taranato, Italy, BBC employed the BBC
Arizona, BBC Elbe, EIT Palmina, BBC Sap-
phire, BBC Rushmore, Peter Roenna and
the BBC Vermont. The project showcased
BBC Chartering’s flexibility, while secur-
ing the highest level of project support
and shipping performance for a large
project that included sensitive project
cargo and heavy-lifts.
Volumes and Time Framework: BBC
has supported the project since 2015,
with an overall volume of about 350,000
freight tonnes on a flexible, high-perfor-
mance standby basis.
BBC Chartering
CASE IN POINT:
Toyo Projects, Worldwide
Logistics/Forwarder: Toyo Engineering
Cargo: Mission critical project cargoes
for four major Toyo projects.
Challenges: Mission critical items of
project and heavy-lift cargo including
components from multiple parties on
multiple continents. Needed to ensure
low risk on these high-value supply
chains. The heaviest cargo for Turkmen-
gas was a reactor column exceeding
100 meters in length and weighing 540
tonnes. Other heavy-lift units included
a de-propanizer, de-ethanizer, propyl-
ene fractionator, quench tower, wash
tower, gasoline fractionator and an
ethylene cracker. The Malaysian RAPID
project included heavy-lift shipments
of cargoes with a maximum 400-tonne
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unit weight. Most of the cargo traveled
on intra-Asia trades, but some moved
eastbound and westbound as well. On
the Shintech project, commitment to
heavy-lift operations up to 430 tonnes
westbound ex-Asia was required. And
on the Sasol LDPE plant, lifting capaci-
ties of 400 tonnes were needed for the
heaviest items.
BBC’s Role: To carry out strategic
volume contracts serving Toyo Engi-
neering’s multifaceted project logistics
needs for the Petronas’ Refinery and
Petrochemicals Integrated Development
(RAPID) project in Pengerang, Malaysia;
the Sasol Low Density Polyethylene
(LDPE) plant in Lake Charles, U.S.; Shin-
tech’s Ethane Cracker Project (SECP) in
Plaquemine, U.S.; and the Turkmengas’
petrochemical complex (TGPC) on the
Caspian Sea shelf, Turkmenistan.
Solutions: High performance solutions
supported project delivery through qual-
ity transportation for client, using the
any port, any cargo service approach; the
best match combining a multi-sourcing,
multi destination approach.
Volumes and Time Framework:
400,000 freight tonnes in 2016-2017.
For Turkmengas alone, BBC Chartering
performed 12 voyages and consolidated
more than 80,000 freight tonnes of
project cargo from Kobe (Japan); Ulsan,
Pyeong Taek, Pusan, Busan, Masan (Ko-
rea); Kuantan, Port Klang (Malaysia); and
Chennai (India) to Constanta, Romania.
The three other projects are ongoing.
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CASE IN POINT:
Amakhala Emoyeni
Wind Farm, South Africa
Logistics/Forwarder: Project services
contractor - Nordex.
Cargo: Wind turbines, rotor blades
and towers.
Challenges: Multiple load ports over a
short delivery window.
BBC’s Role: BBC Chartering was se-
lected as dedicated project carrier to
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deliver the wind farm components for
Nordex, in multiple shipping lots.
Solutions: Working from experience
gained in thousands of wind farm
shipments to date, BBC assigned
heavy-lift trading capacity from March
through August 2016, including the BBC
Moonstone, BBC Citrine, BBC Maryland,
BBC Alabama, BBC Steinwall and the BBC
Rosario, to transport the components
economically and within the project’s
overall procurement plan.
Volumes and Time Framework:
Fifty-six 2.4-megawatt turbines from
the European continent, along with 168
rotor blades from Turkey, and 50 tower
segments from Indonesia, all moved to
Coega port, South Africa from March to
August 2015.
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BBC Chartering
pivotal
project cargo ports
The cargo almost always chooses
the port. BBC Chartering has worked
wisely, rolling out its world presence
to situate management, booking and
chartering offices in places where
EPCs and shippers need them most.
But when it comes to ports of call, BBC
recognizes that projects and cargo
will be prime port determinants.
The same applies to hub develop-
ment. As for any niche business,
the economies of scale generated
by hubbing eventually help project
cargo self-select certain ports and
terminals for heavy volumes of busi-
ness. For some years now, Houston’s
project cargo and breakbulk has
grown steadily, transforming it into
a hub for the Americas. In Europe,
where BBC’s vessels have been foun-
dational to industry growth, Ant-
werp’s project cargo and breakbulk
industry has risen to the top.
BBC Chartering vessels are frequent
visitors to terminals around the
world. Excellent partnerships in key
ports can enhance safe, reliable
and efficient handling for any cargo
operation.
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Antwerp Hub
In 2012, BBC Chartering opened a booking
office in Antwerp, Belgium, augmenting
its already considerable presence in the
port city. Antwerp is an important port for
charters due in part to excellent hinterland
connections. It is also a central commercial
hub for BBC Chartering’s liner activities to
South America and the Far East, and is an
active port for operations. The booking
office decision foresaw continued growth in
the area, and strengthened BBC Chartering’s
commercial presence in the Benelux market.
In 2016, BBC Chartering Belgium N.V. han-
dled about 125 fixtures with 78 port calls.
BBC Chartering Belgium provides a direct
point of access to leading edge shipping
solutions. Managing Director Sandra Bal
said the focus is to provide strong added
value to BBC’s worldwide activities.
Market: “We target sales within the
Antwerp trade, especially on the South
America East and West coast liner services,
U.S. Gulf liner service, and Far East liner
services. But beyond that, as a worldwide
carrier, we are privileged to work with any
party from any place in the world under
our apac (any port, any cargo) service,” Bal
said. Antwerp-based global project freight
forwarders comprise the largest segment
of BBC Belgium’s business.
Competitive Advantage: Bal said Ant-
werp’s central location and exceptional
hinterland connections by rail, road and
river provide a fundamental advantage.
Modern port and terminal facilities, expert
employees, productivity and the enor-
mous range of services for any kind of
cargo within the breakbulk sector define
BBC’s competitive advantage and business
model via Antwerp, Bal said.
“Because we are never bound to vessels,
but instead can choose out of a pool of
vessels which open up in the north Euro-
pean continent, BBC can assure the trade a
suitable vessel within an appropriate time
frame,” Bal said.
Cargo: While the top commodity is inbound
steel, BBC’s project cargoes, heavy-lifts and
out-of-gauge cargo, as well as bulk han-
dlings, are extensive at the port of Antwerp.
Services: BBC operates one sailing per
month out of Antwerp to the South
America West Coast, and two to the South
America East Coast. The ports of call rotate
with the cargo fixtures arranged, but Rio
De Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, Pu-
erto Angamos appear on rosters regularly.
BBC also offers one monthly sailing to the
Far East with ports dependent on spot
business, and with the recent pickup in the
Middle East, BBC offers a nearly monthly
sailing to the Persian Gulf. Building on
BBC’s volume contract with Airbus, it offers
a monthly sailing into the U.S. Gulf as well.
While liner/semi-liner services are in im-
portant part of BBC’s appeal, the compa-
ny’s apac services offer charterers tramp
or affreightment arrangements as well,
to carry out a broader range of transport
assignments.
Berths: BBC’s home berth is Katoennatie
– Quay 361, with two heavy-lift cranes
of 208 tonnes each, which can be used
in tandem. They bring added value to
BBC’s heavy-lift service, as heavy items
can be delivered at the terminal far before
vessel arrival (if required). Katoennatie
also offers 200,000 square meters of open
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storage, 60,000 square meters of covered
warehousing, and a 2,000-meter berth.
The facility provides a variety of rolling
equipment with 45-tonne capacity as well
as lifting equipment of 100 tonnes.
Berth 361 provides plentiful storage for
BBC’s stock in trade – its consumables for
lashing and securing such as D-rings, half-
pipes, lashing chains, tensioners, stopper
plates and the like, as well as heavy-lift
platforms and rigging materials, and
construction steel for customized lashing
or weight distribution.
Houston Hub
Having a dedicated project terminal at
the world‘s busiest project hub makes an
important difference to shippers. In Jan-
uary 2015, BBC consolidated many of its
Houston-based operations at Manchester
Terminals.
“Manchester was always important to
us, but now we use it as our main hub,”
said BBC Chartering USA’s President Per
Petersen. “We were doing way too much
terminal hopping, which is inefficient
and very expensive. We looked long and
worked hard to create this hub approach.”
Manchester Terminals offers 72.5 acres on
Houston ship channel, well-served by rail
and highway, and with 3,200 linear feet of
dock space. BBC has berthed and served up
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to five vessels at the same time. Not only
is Houston a cargo hub, it is also home to
BBC’s largest booking office in the world.
Cargo: BBC’s inbound/outbound cargo
at Manchester Terminals is surprisingly
well-balanced. The head haul used to be
outbound, but, Petersen said, when oil
prices started falling exports decreased
and imports surged providing an in-out
ratio now closing in on 50-50. Pipe, oil and
gas, mining and power generation are all
important customers.
Markets: Inbound cargoes largely originate
in the Far East, especially Korea and China.
Outbound there is less uniformity; cargoes
are being distributed worldwide. In 2016,
170 BBC ships called Manchester Terminals.
The strong U.S. dollar has influenced BBC’s
outbound markets, but because much of
its activity is centered on the oil and gas
sector, recent oil price stabilization is gen-
erating recovery and growth in cargoes.
Competitive Advantage: BBC Chartering
has priority handling and 24/7 service with
subcontractors on up to five vessel berths
at Manchester Terminals. Petersen said that
the economies of scale generated by heavy
ship volumes generate a price point out of
Houston that is hard to beat. “Even export
cargoes originating in Canada get funneled
down to the Houston area,” he said.
It is also a strategic port in terms of
location and flexibility, and with berth
guarantees at Manchester there is no wait-
ing time for vessels. It shortens potential
waiting times outside the port, and cuts
cost for standby and overtime work while
at the terminal. Also, direct access to the
workforce improves the general cargo
handling quality. It increases the terminal’s
utilization while granting clients flexibility
on timing and other transactional aspects
of their cargo operations.
BBC also offers transshipments at Man-
chester Terminals. Freight from the Far
East, for example, can transship onto a
semi-liner service to South America. Of
course, BBC still uses other ports in the
Gulf as cargo or economics dictate.
Services: BBC runs semi-liner “apac
services” between Houston and the East
Coast of South America, largely serving
the oil and gas sector.
Caytrans BBC, managed by Dan-Gulf Ship-
ping, was created in 2006 and offers a re-
gional weekly breakbulk service between
Houston and Mobile to the North Coast of
South America, the Caribbean and Central
America.
BBC Gulf Line is the newest service. Utilizing
20,000-dwt vessels with the ability to lift up to
700 tonnes, it offers two voyages per month
leaving Veracruz, Houston and Mobile.
Berths: Manchester Terminal offers ware-
housing, breakbulk and container facilities,
light manufacturing and assembly opera-
tions, a designated foreign trade zone, and
more than a million square feet of covered
storage. Its 1,500-foot Houston Ship Chan-
nel dock and 1,700-foot Sims Bayou dock,
can easily berth five vessels.
Gulfstream Marine’s largest crane is a great
asset: it is a floating institution nicknamed
Big John and can provide 425 tonnes of lift-
ing capacity. The terminals are also equipped
with a large selection of shore cranes, includ-
ing various crawler cranes up to 165 tonnes,
top-loaders with 85,000-pound capacity, and
forklifts up to 62,000-pound capacity.
 something special
BBC vessels prove functional for military
exercise, super heavy-lift, launch observation
and piggybacking submarines

Some cargoes or vessel charters don’t fit into any category. BBC is the global leader in ocean transport versatility,
and as such has innumerable stories to share about unconventional charters and cargo. Each presented an extraor-
dinary learning experience, contributing to the company’s breadth of experience and specialized knowledge base.

Case Study 1: Super Heavy
Offshore Accommodation
Module to Brazil
In BBC’s heaviest lift to date, the
BBC Sapphire transported a 1,380-tonne
living quarter module for a Petrobras FPSO
offshore Brazil.
An FPSO is a floating production, storage
and offloading unit used by the offshore
oil and gas industry to receive hydrocar-
bons, process them and store oil before
transfer to tanker or pipeline. Like the
Petrobas FPSOs – oil tanker conversions
performed in China – the integral accom-
modation units for offshore workers were
also made in China.
BBC loaded the first six-story-high housing
module in Dalian, China, and successfully
delivered it to Rio de Janeiro for Petrobas
in 2014. The module was destined for the
Lula Norte oil field.
Jimmy Jensen, technical director of BBC
Chartering in Singapore, said the great
weight necessitated loading by a floating
crane. “It was a big challenge from the
beginning, as we had to deal with many
restrictions. For example, we were re-
stricted by draft, both in the loading and
discharging port, but we also needed to
load sufficient cargo to compensate for
the relative high center of gravity for this
shipment,” he said.
The BBC team evaluated an open-hatch-
cover sailing, with loading on the tank-top
level to lower the center of gravity. But
in the end an on-hatch position was
determined to be more suitable. Core
technical challenges for a module with
such oversized dimensions include finding
a way to secure the unit. Calculations
for weight spreading and sea-fastening
were made under different scenarios.

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And special stoppers were designed that
could only be placed in certain positions.
Jensen said, “The biggest challenge,
however, was to determine the optimal
additional cargo which was required to
attain both sufficient draft and stability
for the voyage.”
When asked about the secrets to success
of this shipment, Jensen said, “I don’t
think there are any secrets as such, but
there is a lot of hard work involved. To
prepare any operation, we need the most
accurate drawings to work with and,
wherever possible, we inspect the load-
ing site and cargoes beforehand.”
Case Study 2: Transforming
Berum into Ariane 5 Launch
Observation Stage
Galileo is the European Union’s global naviga-
tion satellite system, which aims to provide an
independent high-precision positioning sys-
tem for European nations. The first Galileo test
satellite was launched in 2005, and the first
satellite to be part of the operational system
was launched in 2011. At the end of 2016, 18
satellites were in orbit, and some operational
capability became available. The complete
30-satellite Galileo system is expected by 2020.
On Nov. 17, 2016, an Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket
launched four full operational capability (FOC)
Galileo satellites from Europe’s Spaceport in
Kourou, French Guiana, into space.
The 5,200-deadweight-ton Berum, part of BBC
parent Briese Schiffahrt’s flexible global fleet,
was there to observe the launch. Positioned in
the Atlantic Ocean a few hundred kilometers
to the east of Kourou, it served as an observa-
tion stage for European Space Agency (ESA)
technicians and their varied monitoring and
communication devices and equipment.
More commonly used to transport wind turbine
rotors or perhaps yachts, the Berum enjoys a
parallel life as an observation ship. When called,
it quickly shifts its cargo at an appropriate port
and then transforms into a floating high-tech
station, sailing to very specific coordinates in
the Atlantic as needed by the ESA.
“This is, for us and the crew of the Berum,
“I don’t think
something special,” said Briese spokesperson
there are any Matthias Müller. The Berum has been used by
secrets as the ESA ever since the third Galileo mission.
Equipped with self-contained units to accom-
such, but modate ESA technicians and their antenna and
there is a lot other equipment, the vessel and its crew play
of hard work an important role. Just holding the vessel’s
position steady so that sensitive measuring in-
involved.” struments can perform their precise functions
can be a challenge. But, as Müller said, it brings
– Jimmy Jensen,
technical director a certain level of satisfaction, especially given
of BBC Chartering the ESA loyalty to this particular ship for ongo-
in Singapore
ing launches. The Berum crew look forward to
their next mission with the ESA, slated for the
spring of 2017.
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Case Study 3:
BBC Scotland
as Platform for
Marine Exercises

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Case Study 3: BBC Scotland
as Platform for Marine
Exercises
Operation Phoenix Express, is sponsored
by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and
facilitated by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Af-
rica/U.S. 6th Fleet. The exercise is designed
to improve regional cooperation, increase
maritime domain awareness informa-
tion-sharing practices and operational
capabilities, in order to enhance safety and
security in the Mediterranean Sea.
In 2016, the nations that participated in
Operation Phoenix Express were Algeria,
Egypt, Greece, Italy, Malta, Mauritania, Mo-
rocco, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and the U.S.
For exercise purposes the U.S. Military
Sealift Command chartered the BBC
Scotland to participate in the operation,
delivering an interesting change – at least
for the seven-day charter period – to the
lives of the sailors on board the multipur-
pose vessel.
The vessel and its crew were embedded
in various scenarios representing the kind
of real-life illegal trafficking issues that
marine security forces have to face at sea.
In many exercises the BBC Scotland was
entered by each participating nation’s
Navy forces and freed of the subversive
elements who took control of vessel and
crew in the training scenario. BBC was
pleased to be a part of an effort designed
to support safety and security at sea.
Case Study 4: Submarines
Travel Piggyback
No stranger to all manner of deck cargo,
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BBC was nevertheless struck by the ex-
ceptional sight of two impressive sub-
marines stowed atop the BBC Sapphire
in late 2015. After being retired by the
German Navy and modified for a new
life, they were loaded in Kiel and moved
to Colombia. The Intrepido and Indom-
able will serve the war against drug
smuggling for the Columbian military.
Being modified in Kiel by ThyssenKrupp
Marine Systems, the 48-meter long and
roughly 500-tonne submarines were lifted
directly out of the water and stowed on
deck of the BBC Sapphire. Also loading
additional equipment in containers, the
project was a noteworthy example of BBC
Chartering’s ability to perform heavy-lift
for unique transactions. They were off-
loaded at the port of Cartagena and soon
ready to be deployed in Colombia’s ‘silent
service’ in the Caribbean.
Case Study 4:
Submarines
Travel
Piggyback
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BBC as
custodians of
tomorrow
The Intersection of Economic and Social Value
BBC Chartering works hard to earn the trust of shippers, build
its business base, and perform beyond expectations. In doing
so it promulgates a culture where the pursuit of excellence in-
tersects with ongoing education and, simply put, looking after
each other, the business and the environment.
BBC Chartering Korea Workshop and Luncheon
Tipping its hat to regional customs, history and holidays, BBC
reaches out to shippers and maritime partners at a variety of
events each year, including the Gallimarkt shipping gala, which
builds on Northern Germany’s Volksfest – an annual event dat-
ing back to 1598 that honors the right to freely trade goods.

In today’s world, global businesses cannot be solely focused on

financial profitability. They must also focus on the greater good
within their communities and the world in general. On the
business side, BBC supports project development around the
world, creating infrastructure that in turn helps build quality of
life on every continent.

BBC strives to be a good corporate citizen on land and at sea,

taking social responsibility for its actions and activities, and
getting behind many worthy causes.

Global Freight Awards Christmas pa

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality
Recognizing its responsibility as steward of its own resources,
and the extended responsibility to create lasting change in
business and society, BBC lives by nine core principles.

1. Engage for customer satisfaction.

2. Ensure safe working conditions.
3. Prevent harmful situations.
4. Protection of the environment.
5. Compliance with applicable environmental, health and
safety laws and legislations.
6. Do the right thing in the right way.
7. Competences and professionalism.
8. Retain and win customers.
9. Efficiency and performance.

BBC Chartering is the place in project shipping where efficiency

meets performance. Aligning business and social goals helps Global Freight Awards
BBC achieve more for the planet and serve customers better.

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 BBC Chartering Korea Workshop and Luncheon: Paul Kim, Shinji Choi, Mugunthan
Narayanan, Henrik Pedersen, Hogan Son, Alex Thomassen, David Youn, Sunny Ham,
Janet Lim Christmas party, Lima, Peru

Christmas party, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Hernan Rey, Andrea Perez, Abu Toledo,
arty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Washington de Barros and his wife Andrew Robinson, Washington de Barros

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BBC Chartering

BBC Chartering is a prominent exhibitor at

Breakbulk events, as well as a significant sup-
porter of educational programs for the events.

At Breakbulk China, held March 13-16 at the

Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Conven-
tion Center, BBC Chartering was honored as
the “best educational booth” during the event.

Booth judging was completed by five mem-

bers of Breakbulk’s VIP Shipper Club, which
includes the industry’s most prominent
EPCs and cargo owners. The VIPs singled out
BBC based on specific criteria for exhibitors’
educational role.

BBC Chartering had a further presence at

Breakbulk’s Shanghai event as David Lloreda
Calero, commercial manager, Shanghai
office, participated on a panel that explored
alternatives for heavy cargo ocean transport,
with representatives of container and roll-on, Breakbulk China 2017 – Winner, Most Educational Booth Award
roll-off shipping lines.

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Our heartiest congratulations

to M/S.BBC Chartering
for completing 20 glorious
years of success!

We wish them success for

many more years to come.

With best wishes,

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Polaris Shipping Agencies LLC

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BBC’s Global Network
Per Petersen
On the Ground in Houston, USA
BBC Chartering USA, LLC
Phone: +1 713 668 4020
houston@bbc-chartering.com
• 8
 years as president of BBC
Chartering USA
• With BBC since 2001
• 4
 0 years in the project cargo
business with carriers, 30 of which
were in Houston
The North American market has always been
important to BBC, and always will be.
Per Petersen has been with BBC USA since
its inception in 2001, solidifying the link
between the Americas and Europe. The hub
location directs the chartering, operations,
sales and marketing, and technical respon-
sibilities for vessels calling the U.S.
In 16 years, he has seen substantial devel-
opment and growth of project cargo and
breakbulk in the North American market.
He has known occasional volatility in the
markets, usually at the hands of the oil and
gas sector.
While a carrier can’t pull cargo out of thin
air, Petersen and his team stick closely to
the oil and gas market to keep up to date
on future investment for exploration, which
will return some import/export equilibrium
to the market. Petersen said, “We’re in direct
contact with most of the major oil compa-
nies and EPCs, and are available to meet
with them on short notice to discuss new
or ongoing projects/shipments and work
out any issues they might have.” The office
also has a dedicated sales group that, in ad-
dition to covering the local market, travels
widely across North America to promote
and expand the BBC brand.
The BBC Houston office is an integral part
of the BBC organization. “We’re in daily
communication with the rest of the main
hubs (Leer, Singapore, Sao Paulo, etc.) in
order to allocate ships and cargoes in accor-
dance with local and worldwide needs. This
BBC Chartering 20th Anniversary Issue
is extremely important in order to maximize
utilization of our fleet,” Petersen said.
Petersen is an avid cyclist. One of his favorite
rides is the yearly MS150 ride from Houston to
Austin, which supports the Multiple Sclerosis
Society. “Every year about 13,000 riders make
the trek from Houston to Austin. This is a very
important fund-raiser and each rider has to
pledge to raise a minimum of US$400 in order
to participate. I made a promise to myself
when I started in 2002 to keep riding until
team BBC has raised US$1 million. We still have
a way to go, a little over US$300,000, but we
will keep pedaling until we find a cure,” he said.
That level of persistence and passion pays
in personal pursuits and business. Petersen’s
leadership is sure to inspire movement for
years to come.
apac services from North American
Cargoes originating or consolidating in the
U.S. Gulf or East Coast are efficiently parceled
and allocated to voyages with sailings as
frequent as weekly, to Central America, South
America (East or West coasts), Europe, Africa,
Middle East, Far East and to Oceania, as well
as trans-Pacific. Services are known as BBC
Americana Line-Southbound, BBC Andino Ex-
press Line-Southbound, Caytrans BBC-South-
bound and BBC Gulf Line.
Central American Services
Cargoes moving between ports of the U.S.
Gulf, Central America, the North Coast of
South America and the Caribbean utilize ded-
icated tonnage of regional service provider
Caytrans BBC.
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BBC’s global network
Natalie Jones
On the Ground in Sao Paulo, Brazil
BBC South America
Phone: +55 11 5041 7320
sao.paulo@bbc-chartering.com
• M
 anaging Director of BBC South
America since 2003
•W
 as instrumental in building up
the South American project market
from a grassroots level
• O
 versees all BBC services to and
from South America including the
local service network
Lars Schoennemann
On the Ground in Singapore
BBC Chartering Singapore Pte Ltd
Phone: +65 6576 4130
singapore@bbc-chartering.com
• M
 anaging Director of BBC
Singapore since 2011
•W
 ith BBC since 2004, in both
Singapore and Leer
• R
 esponsible for 10 very active
offices throughout a vast region
• Oversees 1,000 fixtures per year
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A little over a decade ago, BBC South
America was created. The Sao Paulo-based
operations and chartering base oversees
BBC services to and from South America, as
well as their port agents and commercial
representatives.
The South American continent appeared
early on BBC Chartering’s dance card. In
1999, just two years after BBC’s birth, a
first presence was launched in Argentina.
Colombia and Brazil followed, and, back in
2003, the Sao Paulo office was built up as a
central coordinating hub.
Natalie Jones has been managing director
ever since. She said the company has
always worked to build strong local ties
via local offices assigning local people to
interact with and serve the market. “This
way, we have valuable cultural interaction
between our clients and representatives,
and we have also forged stronger relation-
ships and bonds between these groups
Back in 2004, BBC recognized fresh growth
prospects in the Far East market and
responded by creating Asia Project Char-
tering (APC), a joint venture with Clipper
Projects. APC became BBC Chartering
Singapore in 2009, and is now the regional
head office for the Middle East, Asia and
Australia/Pacific region, supported by 10
offices scattered across the region.
In BBC’s early years, its main trading focus
was between Europe and North and South
America. Nowadays, BBC leads the market
in the Far East region with the largest
fleet and the greatest local presence. Lars
Schoennemann said, “We cover a huge
area, but with more than 30 sales and com-
mercial people, we still manage to be very
local within each market.”
Schoennemann said with BBC’s flexibility
in terms of tonnage, charter solutions are
available at any given time, and the region
books about 1,000 fixtures per year.
than an expat organization could have built
up,” Jones said.
Worldwide, BBC is mindful of its corporate
citizenship, taking social responsibility for its
actions and activities, and supporting many
worthy causes. Jones, an ardent animal lover
and proponent of pet adoption, said the
Sao Paolo office was recently involved in
finding homes for a litter of stray puppies.
“This experience was very rewarding and
heartwarming for all of us,” she said.
apac services form South America
Cargoes originating on either the East or
West coasts of South America will find
space on sailings as often as weekly. Cover-
age is offered to Central America, U.S. Gulf,
Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East and
to Oceania, as well as on the trans-Pacific.
Apac services are the BBC Americana Line
and BBC Andino Express Line (both north-
bound), Caytrans BBC-Northbound and the
BBC South America-Middle East Service.
“We wish to maintain our position as the
largest carrier within the Far East/Middle
East/Australia region. But more than that,
we wish to become an integrated part of
our clients’ logistics solutions and supply
chains,” Schoennemann said. The goal is for
clients to come to BBC Chartering first, for
tailor-made solutions and other options to
fulfill their transport requirements.
apac services from Asia / Far East
BBC carries Far East cargoes to the Middle
East, Africa, Europe, Oceania, South Amer-
ica and the U.S., also serving the intra-Asia
market. BBC markets a Trans-Pacific Service,
the BBC Euro-Asia Express Line West
Bound, the BBC Americana Line Far East
Service, and the BBC Andino Express Far
East Service. The new monthly A-NZ apac
service between Asia and New Zealand is
the latest addition.

Matteo Fortuna
On the Ground in Genoa, Italy
BBC Chartering Genoa Srl
Phone: +39 010 8990 950
genoa@bbc-chartering.com
• Opened BBC Chartering Genoa
• 10 years as managing director in
Genoa office
• 10 years in early career as client,
port captain, forwarder, broker
• Today oversees carrier activities
from the Mediterranean and Africa
Matteo Fortuna didn’t start out to manage
BBC Chartering’s Mediterranean operations.
He graduated in literature and medieval
history, but happenstance and skill brought
him to shipping. One day, perhaps when his
two young children are grown, he hopes to
find time to write.
In the meantime, his Genoa office is about
to celebrate its 10th anniversary, and
its growth has been rapid. It began as a
customer service center for Italian clients,
became the market leader in the region, and
now also operates the BBC fleet throughout
the Mediterranean and Africa.
“We increased from three to 20 employees
and we have chartering, sales, operations,
technical and agency departments now,”
Fortuna said.
While BBC’s large, flexible fleet has been the
key to growth, Fortuna credits reliability,
nurtured by attentive personal relationships,
as being the top selling point over the years.
“In an electronic and globalized world, we
like to keep a personal relationship with
EPCs, forwarders and cargo owners. This
is typical of our culture and continues to
add value for us,” Fortuna said. “If we grow
rapidly for another 20 years, I will still work
hard to maintain our ‘human touch’. Respect
for different cultures and different ways of
approaching life and work are integral to
our ethic.”
The Genoa office is largely responsible
for recasting BBC’s business model in the
Mediterranean. From simply offloading and
ballasting or loading cargo onto vessels in
transit 10 years ago, to a full slate of Medi-
terranean activities, charters, and semi-liner
services today, BBC Genoa now oversees
about 10 percent of the company’s global
turnover.
apac services from the Mediterranean
Cargoes from the Mediterranean Sea travel
on weekly apac services to North America
East Coast, U.S. Gulf, Central America, South
America, Africa, Middle East, Far East and
Oceania.
Cargoes from South Africa and points
en route can take advantage of frequent
sailings to the Middle East, Far East, and
Mediterranean, Continental or U.S. Gulf
destinations.
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BBC’s global network
Guenther Siemens
On the Ground in Leer, Germany
BBC Chartering GmbH
Phone: +49 491 9252090
leer@bbc-chartering.com
• 7 years as Chief Chartering Officer,
Leer headquarters
• 4 years with Briese Schifffahrt, 18
years with BBC including two years
in Singapore with Asia Project
Chartering (joint venture with
Clipper Projects), returned to Leer
in 2008
• Oversees European chartering
activities and global fleet
procurement
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A product of the highly respected Briese
Schiffarht trainee program, Siemens has
moved up through corporate ranks to the
lead position of chief chartering officer. His
outstanding contribution in the early years
was noted by BBC, who stepped him up to
a leadership position in 2010.
What Siemens likes about going to work
each day is the level of expertise and
commitment he sees from his associates.
“There is great knowledge, spirit, reliability
and teamwork among the colleagues in
offices all over the world,” he said. To a
certain extent, there is a Pygmalion effect
inherent in the BBC Chartering culture:
Siemens expects great things from his
colleagues and associates, and they never
disappoint.
At headquarters in Leer, Siemens and his
team furnish optimal solutions for almost
any kind of transport in the project/
breakbulk/bulk/neobulk segments. He
banks on the versatility of the BBC fleet
as well as the hands-on, fast decision and
quick-response mentality which comes
from BBC’s structure as a privately owned
company.
Siemens thinks of BBC Chartering and his
colleagues as family. “It is a big part of my
life, as I have been part of the team from
almost the beginning and helped to create
what BBC Chartering is today,” he said.
Siemens thrives on the challenges that
cross his desk each day, and enjoys
working out creative solutions. He looks
forward to meeting people of different na-
tionalities and cultures around the world
because he deems them responsible for
“broadening his horizon,” personally and
professionally.
He will be glad when the industry finishes
“circumnavigating the current stormy
seas,” because he knows with greater
sectoral stability, BBC will capitalize on its
foundation of innovation and versatility,
and continue to develop its reliability and
resources as the top project cargo carrier
for clients around the world for many years
to come.
apac services from Europe / Continent
BBC Chartering offers excellent coverage
for cargoes from the Continent and Baltic,
with up to weekly sailings to North Amer-
ica East Coast, U.S. Gulf, Central America,
South America, Africa, Middle East, Far East
and to Oceania.
The apac service system markets high
frequency services also know as the BBC
Americana Line European Service, the BBC
Andino Express Line European Service, and
the BBC Euro Asia Express Line Eastbound.
The latter connects Far East and Southeast
Asian destinations with European markets
and vice versa. The Americana and Andino
westbound services provide regular
monthly transports for project and heavy-
lift cargo, consolidating cargo from the
ports of Hamburg, Aberdeen, Antwerp and
Bilbao as well as other ports en route on an
inducement basis.
Russian Services
Cargoes within Europe are able to use
steady fleet capacity traveling between
European ports. BBC offers intra-Europe
heavy-lifts, coastal services, as well as
navigation-restricted services into main
Russian water ways such as the Volga River
system, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and the
Arctic Sea.

Denis Bandura
On the Ground in Dubai, UAE
BBC Chartering Middle East was opened
in Dubai in 2005 to serve a rapidly
expanding economy and a large base of
multinationals.
Twelve years later, Dubai has evolved into
an integral part of BBC’s global team. It has
built up a trusted and high-performance
base of business for project cargo, break-
bulk and other general cargo transporta-
tion, and has established the BBC shipping
brand across the region.
interesting recent shifts in production and
exports, especially from the Persian Gulf
and India.
Bandura has held the helm at BBC Dubai
since its inception – long enough, he said,
that it is sometimes hard to differentiate
himself from the company. “It gets in your
blood,” he said. He likes the dynamic en-
vironment, and said, in his time in Dubai,
he has learned that nothing falls “outside
of normal.”

BBC Chartering Mideast DMCCO

Phone: +971 4 3860 829
dubai@bbc-chartering.com
• 1
 2 years as Managing Director of
BBC Dubai
• 1
 7 years in total with BBC
Chartering
• O
 versees all BBC services to and
from the Middle East, India, and
the Bay of Bengal
Dennis Bandura said BBC Dubai’s success
is partly attributable to BBC’s foresight.
“We were able to capitalize on our ‘early
bird’ entrance into the market. And sec-
ondly … our size. Although it is to some
extent more difficult to feed a large fleet,
the flexibility the numbers give you is
amazing.”
The region has tended toward imports,
but, Bandura noted, there have been
apac services from the Middle East
Cargoes from the Middle East, India and
the Bay of Bengal are efficiently parceled
and allocated on frequent sailings to Eu-
rope, the Mediterranean, Africa, Far East
or Oceania. The BBC Euro Asia Express
Line Westbound, and the BBC Americana
Line Far East Service (eastbound and
westbound) are the key services for this
market under the apac system.

CONGRATULATIONS BBC CHARTERING

The deugro team would like to congratulate BBC
Chartering on its 20th anniversary. Thank you for your
support and good cooperation over the years. We wish
you much success in the future!

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Company Contacts
Leer, Global HQ
Phone +49 491 9 25 20 90
leer@bbc-chartering.com
Antwerp
Phone +32 3540 5645
antwerp@bbc-chartering.com
Bilbao
Phone +34 94 410 550
bilbao@bbc-chartering.com
Bremen
Phone +49 421 330 75 0
bremen@bbc-chartering.com
Esbjerg
Phone +45 8893 6936
esbjerg@bbc-chartering.com
Genoa
Phone +39 010 899 0950
genoa@bbc-chartering.com
Istanbul
Phone +90 216 4632 322
istanbul@bbc-chartering.com
London
Phone +44 203 283 4313
london@bbc-chartering.com
Rouen
Phone +33 6 73 48 18 92
rouen@bbc-chartering.com
St. Petersburg
Phone +7 812 448 3714
st.pbg@bbc-chartering.com
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Houston, Regional HQ
Phone +1 713 668 4020
houston@bbc-chartering.com
Montreal
Phone +1 514 904 0484
montreal@bbc-chartering.com
New Orleans
Phone +1 504 830 3900
info@caytrans-bbc.com
São Paulo
Phone +55 11 5041 7320
sao.paulo@bbc-chartering.com
Bogota
Phone +57 1 300 4226
bogota@bbc-chartering.com
Buenos Aires I
Phone +54 11 4331 4643
buenos.aires@bbc-chartering.com
Buenos Aires II
Phone +54 11 4871 2773
chartering.ncsa@bbc-chartering.com
Esmeraldas
Phone +593 4 3713255
esmeraldas@bbc-chartering.com
Guayaquil
Phone +593 4 371 3255
guayaquil@bbc-chartering.com
Lima
Phone +51 1 616 5100
lima@bbc-chartering.com
Singapore, Regional HQ
Phone +65 6576 4130
singapore@bbc-chartering.com
Quito
Phone +593 4 371 3255
quito@bbc-chartering.com
Rio de Janeiro
Phone +55 21 3550 4451
rio@bbc-chartering.com
Santiago de Chile
Phone +56 2 2847 3900
santiago@bbc-chartering.com
Dubai
Phone +971 4 386 0829
dubai@bbc-chartering.com
Beijing
Phone +86 10 65900650
beijing@bbc-chartering.com
Mumbai
Phone +91 22 6608 9541
mumbai@bbc-chartering.com
Seoul
Phone +82 2 795 0008
seoul@bbc-chartering.com
Shanghai
Phone +86 21 6336 9901
shanghai@bbc-chartering.com
Tokyo
Phone +81 3 6228 6433
tokyo@bbc-chartering.com
Vietnam
Phone +84 8 5416 1752
vietnam@bbc-chartering.com
Melbourne
Phone +61 3 9510 8410
melbourne@bbc-chartering.com
Brisbane
Phone +61 407 965 502
brisbane@bbc-chartering.com
Cargo Hubs
Antwerp Hub
BBC Chartering Belgium N.V.
Korte Lozanastraat 20-26
2018 Antwerp
Belgium
Phone +32 3540 5645
antwerp@bbc-chartering.com
Houston Hub
BBC Chartering USA LLC
6565 West Loop South, Suite 200
TX 77401 Bellaire
United States
Phone +1 713 668 4020
operation.houston@
bbc-chartering.com (operations)
chartering.houston@
bbc-chartering.com (chartering)
houston@bbc-liner.com (liner)
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