The Denmark-headquartered Blue Water Shipping (BWS) has opened an office in Guyana and is looking to provide a number of services for the energy sector including import and export, freight forwarding, and personnel logistics.
“We see Guyana and the Caribbean as a natural extension of our value proposition to our clients: to be flexible, swift, and solution-driven. Our existing clients in addition to many other companies had a need for in-country logistics solutions, so we moved forward with a local office. Our company philosophy is to be ‘Best in Town,’ and that continues to be our objective as business continues to increase in the Caribbean. We believe being the best starts with having skilled, experienced, local staff,” Blue Water’s regional director for energy and projects in the Americas, Brent Patterson told Stabroek News.
In an interview with this newspaper, Country Manager and Guyanese, Richard DeNobrega, who was once a senior at Trinidad-headquartered oil and gas company, Ramps Logistics, said that the company brings a number of job opportunities and skills building for locals and he underscored their anti-corruption training. Noted too was that BWS builds on local content and its staff is one hundred percent Guyanese.
Since establishing a presence here last year, in Waterloo Street, George-town, DeNobrega said that the company has been offering to clients what it has served to the rest of its primarily oil and gas clients in the Caribbean for a number of years, but with Guyanese-styled hospitality and warmth.
“I am thrilled that Blue Water Shipping has put their faith in me to help create a local solution in Guyana. They have allowed me to build a strong, native team that exceeds the standards of the Guyana energy marketplace. I’m proud of what our team has accomplished over the last year and look forward to what 2021 will bring for Blue Water in the region,” he said.
He explained that Blue Water Shipping is a mid-sized global project freight forwarder encompassing 63 offices globally with an excess of US$1 billion in revenue and will provide a host of local Guyana services which are supported by their global network located on five continents. These include, but are not limited to: warehouse storage, pipe yard, and materials management services, personnel logistics-work permits, crew changes, transport, meet & greet, freight forwarding services – import and export, project logistics, brokerage services, warehousing, and local Guyana trucking.
While he is confident in the team’s abilities in Guyana, he said that it is reassuring to have the support from offices around the world which have almost 50 years’ experience in the Freight Forwarding business.
“The camaraderie amongst Blue Water Shipping is ultimately what has led to the growth and so many additional local solutions,” he explained.
In addition to the opening of Blue Water’s Guyana office, the company is also registered in Suriname and has since opened an office in Trinidad & Tobago.
It stated that as the demand continues to grow across the Caribbean, Blue Water Shipping will remain “committed to providing the highest quality custom-tailored solutions in the market – combining local and global expertise and experience.”
