Bram van Olphen

Project Forwarder of the Year! We are the proud recipient of the "Project Forwarder of the Year" at the Project Cargo Network annual summit in Botswana. The two-stage judging process that consisted of a shortlisting, followed by a final judging...

Smart Sewage Systems! The team in Singapore and China have assisted with the first shipment of tunnelling machinery for the second phase of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System deep underground Singapore. The machines will assist in making tunnels that serve...

Pharmaceutical delivery The team in Singapore completed the delivery for a brand new pharmaceutical plant in Indonesia last week on time and within budget. The team assisted our long term partners with the transshipment in Malaysia, shipment to Indonesia, trucking...

Plastic Free Rivers The team in Singapore assisted the Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup with the delivery of mooring sets in Malaysia for the "Interceptor" project that was only revealed last week. The team ensured that the mooring systems were...

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

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

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

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

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

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