Project Cargo Professionals

At the christening of MV Patricia in Rostock, Luke King steps aboard SAL’s newest Orca Class vessel for a conversation with Dr. Martin Harren, owner of SAL and the Harren Group. Patricia is the third vessel in SAL’s new Orca Class programme. Named after Patricia Rüf of Liebherr, she was christened at Liebherr’s maritime crane facility, reflecting a relationship between the two companies that Marti...

Faymonville is making its biggest move yet in North America: investing more than $100 million in its first US production facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. In this episode of Project Cargo Professionals, Luke King visits the Faymonville Group in Luxembourg to explore the company’s US expansion, its ambitions in the global heavy transport market and how the seventh generation of the Faymonville fam...

Jumbo is preparing to expand its fleet from eight vessels to ten – while also embarking on a series of complex offshore projects in South America. In this episode of Project Cargo Professionals, Luke King sits down with Peter de Bree, CEO of Jumbo Maritime, to discuss the company’s growth plans, its new L-class heavy-lift vessels and the advantage of combining ocean transportation with offshore in...

Battery energy storage systems are becoming one of the biggest growth markets in project logistics – and the volumes heading towards the industry are staggering. In this episode of Project Cargo Professionals, Luke King sits down with Christian Ohlrich, Head of Global Logistics at Fluence, to explore what is driving the global BESS boom, why the physical logistics requirement is growing even faste...

Latin America’s energy landscape is changing fast – and with it, the opportunities and challenges for project logistics. In this episode of Voices of Breakbulk Americas, Luke King sits down with Renata Malina Pfeffer, Regional Director of New Energy Sector, Latin America at DHL Global Forwarding, to explore where the next wave of project cargo is coming from, and what it takes to move it. São Paul...

California is home to some of America’s biggest container ports, but San Diego is building a different proposition – one centred on breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo. In this episode of Voices of Breakbulk Americas, Luke King sits down with Joel Valenzuela, Vice President, Operations, Port of San Diego, to explore how the port is carving out a distinctive role in the US project cargo market....

What do some of the world's fastest-growing energy markets mean for the future of project logistics? In Part 2 of The Shipper Sessions, recorded live at Breakbulk Europe 2026, three senior logistics and supply chain leaders from the wind, battery storage and power generation sectors share what they are seeing from the shipper side – from bigger and heavier cargo to changing supply chains, vessel c...

What does it really take to deliver the world's largest industrial, power and infrastructure projects? In this special edition of Project Cargo Professionals , recorded live at Breakbulk Europe 2026 , two senior shippers share how project logistics is evolving from a transport function into a strategic advantage – and what that means for freight forwarders looking to win more business. In this epi...

How do you keep your logistics operation under control when your business is growing 30%+ year on year? How can logistics providers win more project cargo business by leveraging their in-house engineering capability — rather than relying only on sales reps? And how could LSPs be helping shippers navigate the growing weight of global regulatory compliance, from CBAM to Article 232? These are just s...

Italy's project logistics sector faces no shortage of challenges — aging infrastructure, permit delays, rising complexity and growing demand from the power and energy sector. In this episode of Project Cargo Professionals, Giovanni Marraffa reflects on the journey of a family business that began with a single truck in southern Italy and has grown into one of the country's best-known heavy transpor...

Wind power is growing larger, more complex and more exposed to global disruption — and that is changing the role logistics plays in project delivery. In this episode of Project Cargo Professionals, Siemens Energy's Ruediger Fromm explains why logistics can no longer be treated as an execution function. From turbine design and engineering through to project delivery, logistics is increasingly shapi...

Wallenius Wilhelmsen has long been known as one of the world’s leading RoRo operators, but as Carsten Wendt explains in this episode of Project Cargo Professionals, the company is making a renewed push into breakbulk and project cargo at a time when global trade patterns, sourcing strategies and fleet deployment are rapidly evolving. Recorded in Bremen, Germany, Carsten discusses how Wallenius Wil...

Currently on assignment at Eli Lilly and Company, supporting the construction of a major pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Germany, Tina Benjamin-Lea joins Project Cargo Professionals for a wide-ranging discussion on how project logistics is evolving far beyond its traditional oil & gas roots. Tina’s conversation with host Luke King offers a rare shipper-side perspective from somebody w...

Edgar Monteiro joins Project Cargo Professionals for a riverside conversation in Porto about the rise of LASO Transportes from a Portuguese heavy transport specialist into an increasingly international project cargo player operating across Europe and Africa. In this episode of Voices of Breakbulk Europe, Strategy Director Edgar reflects on LASO’s rapid expansion into markets including Germany, Fra...

Martin Harren rarely gives interviews — so when the owner and CEO of the Harren Group (which includes SAL, SAL Intermarine and Combi Lift) sat down with Project Cargo Professionals in Bremen, it was an opportunity to hear directly from one of the sector’s most influential decision-makers. In this extended episode of Voices of Breakbulk Europe , Martin reflects on an unconventional path into shippi...

After 35 years in the project cargo and heavy lift industry , Sameer Parikh joins Project Cargo Professionals host Luke King for his final interview before retirement. Recorded live at Breakbulk Middle East, this conversation reflects on a remarkable career that helped shape some of the most complex logistics projects across India, the Middle East, and beyond. From container operations in the earl...

Lars Greiner, CEO of the multipurpose business at Red Sea Gateway Terminal, joins Project Cargo Professionals to discuss Saudi Arabia’s rapid rise as one of the most important centres for global project cargo. With Vision 2030 mega-projects, mining, manufacturing, infrastructure and energy developments accelerating simultaneously, the Kingdom is driving unprecedented demand for breakbulk, heavy li...

Mohammad Jaber left a career at the world’s biggest logistics firm to push himself into uncharted territory as CEO of Combi Lift Projects in the Middle East. In this episode of Voices of Breakbulk Middle East , host Luke King sits down with Mohammad to explore how project logistics in the region is evolving — and why the old “do everything yourself” model no longer works. Mohammad reflects on his...

Mustafa Şener, executive board member at Hareket, joins Project Cargo Professionals for a wide-ranging conversation recorded in Dubai as part of our Voices of Breakbulk Middle East series. With more than two decades in global project logistics and heavy engineering, Mustafa offers a grounded, strategic view on where the sector is heading — from Türkiye’s evolving role as a manufacturing and engine...

In this episode, Project Cargo Professionals meets Denis Bandura, managing director at BBC Chartering Middle East, one of the longest-serving figures in the organisation, having joined BBC at the turn of the millennium. From his early seafaring career to more than 25 years with BBC Chartering, Ukrainian-born Denis reflects on what it takes to build longevity in a sector defined by cycles, geopolit...

In the PCP Christmas Special, a group of senior project cargo professionals sit down with host Luke King to reflect on a turbulent 2025 — and look ahead to what 2026 may bring for the heavy lift and project cargo sector. Over good food and candid discussion, the group touches on: Market volatility, geopolitics and regulatory pressure Fleet development, capacity and the role of specialist tonnage T...

Few people in project logistics will have seen — and shaped — as much of the industry as Colin Charnock , Group CEO of Trans Global Projects . In this episode, Colin shares four decades of experience across Abu Dhabi, Houston, Singapore and beyond, and explains how TGP grew from a two-man spin-off to a globally respected medium-sized project forwarder. From navigating the collapse of his former em...

In this powerful episode of Project Cargo Professionals , we sit down with Humeira Aidarous Al Hashmi — the dynamic Regional General Manager of Blue Water Shipping — for a deep dive into the Middle East market. From starting her career as a young operations assistant to leading a major project logistics organisation, Humeira shares the reality of carving out success in a traditionally male-dominat...

Blue Bell Shipping has quietly become one of the growth stories in the project logistics world — and, in the first episode of Voices of Breakbulk Middle East, we hear how it happened. Aditya Menon joins us in London to unpack how a family-run firm founded by his father in 1987, has transformed into a 15-office boutique project forwarder, spanning the Middle East, Central Asia and beyond. From majo...

Richard Seeg on 35 Years of SAL Intermarine: Navigating Markets, Building a Breakbulk Brand, Shaping a Sector In this special episode of Project Cargo Professionals, host Luke King sits down in Houston with Richard Seeg, President of SAL Intermarine, to reflect on the carrier’s remarkable 35-year journey — a story that mirrors the evolution of the breakbulk and multipurpose sector. Richard explain...