EDITORIAL
SHARING THE BURDEN Dear Breakbulk readers, As we go to press with this, the March-April 2022 issue of Breakbulk magazine, the world is in turmoil. The breakbulk and project cargo industry has always shown great resilience, such as during the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008 and over the past several years of global pandemic. Now we are faced with a tragic situation that has brought an unprecedented level of uncertainty to the market, along with fear and sorrow for family, colleagues and all who face an unknown Nick Davison tomorrow. Breakbulk Events & Media, which has served the breakbulk and project cargo industry for more than 30 years as an information and networking hub, is responding to the issues that are affecting the industry today and analyzing their future impact. Our mission is to gather information from expert sources, report the news and look at its implications through the eyes of affected sectors from one end of the industrial supply chain to the other. You can count on Breakbulk for reliable coverage that is relevant to your business at its events, in its bi-monthly newsletter BreakbulkONE and in each issue of Breakbulk magazine. Our editors and reporters are developing stories around supply chain disruptions, as well as the impact on global energy, in particular the transition to greener sources of energy. In this, our annual energy issue, the team was
able to include some initial perspective on the global energy market within the framework of the war in the cover story “Rolling the Energy Dice,” on page 18. They are also examining the impact of sanctions on compliance, a topic that will be of utmost importance to all involved in the transport and logistics of project cargo. Editorial is working closely with our content team to bring these discussions from the pages of our publication and news site to the events themselves. With Breakbulk Europe approaching in May 17-19 in Rotterdam, program development is in the works under the guidance of its Program Advisory Board, which is comprised of executives from the Port of Rotterdam and WISTA in the Netherlands; Port of Tyne, VolgaDnepr, WISTA, Drewry and deugro Group in the UK; Wallenius Wilhelmsen, BBC Chartering and Siemens Energy in Germany; and KK Wind Solutions in Denmark. The cross-section of sectors and geographies ensures we have a comprehensive view of issues and are presenting programming that our Breakbulk Europe attendees can put to practical use. The months ahead will no doubt be challenging. Breakbulk events have been a source of collaboration to solve challenges, and most of all, a few days to gather as an industry for support and reassurance. As Jim Butcher, the American novelist, said, “Sometimes the only way to carry a heavy burden is to share it with another.”
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Gary G. Burrows / +1 904 535 5460 gary.burrows@hyve.group NEWS EDITOR Carly Fields carly.fields@hyve.group SENIOR REPORTER Simon West simon.west@hyve.group DESIGNER Mark Clubb REPORTERS Paul Scott Abbott Felicity Landon Amy McLellan Lori Musser Malcolm Ramsay Thomas Timlen BREAKBULK EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD John Amos, emeritus Amos Logistics
Dennis Devlin Maersk
Dharmendra Gangrade Larsen & Toubro Limited
Margaret Kidd
University of Houston
Anders Maul
Blue Water Shipping
Dennis Mottola, emeritus Global Logistics Consultant
Sarah Schlüter Hapag-Lloyd
Stephen “Spo” Spoljaric Bechtel Corp
Roger Strevens
Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Jake Swanson
DHL Industrial Projects
Ulrich Ulrichs
BBC Chartering
Johan-Paul Verschuure Rebel Group
Grant Wattman
Combi Lift Americas
PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR Nick Davison nick.davison@hyve.group MARKETING & MEDIA DIRECTOR Leslie Meredith leslie.meredith@hyve.group
Nick Davison Portfolio Director, Breakbulk & CWIEME, Hyve Group
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