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🐋 Last week still feels surreal (just like the ACTUAL SIZE of a blue whale) When you have an idea in your head for months and it turns out better than you could ever dreamed of thanks to all the amazing people who cross your path. Big thanks to: - EBE - dry bulk (Capt. Richard van Renswoude (AFNI)) and COBELFRET (Svetoslav Todorov) for bringing STAR from North-Carolina all the way to Stad Antwerpen - Erik Roscam Abbing, Céline MORTIER and Werner huysmans for showing our MASS Think Tank Belgium how we can integrate whale related data into navigational software at The Beacon | Innovation Community - the entire COBELFRET team (Vlad Adrian Bordanc, Steven Jacobs - MICS, Owen Vangrunderbeek, Valentin Protin, Bert Schandevyl) for showing up unexpectedly in the morning to help us set up STAR and the students from Antwerp Maritime Academy - Svetoslav Todorov for taking care of the logistics and staying by STAR's side during the entire day - Basile Aloy for spreading the message and inspiring 1.000 other maritime professionals during Belgica Maritime Night - Plug and Play Europe for giving the Whale Guardians™ a stage and a stand during the EXPO day - Flows (Trade, Shipping, Logistics & Transport), VRT NWS and all other news channels for spreading the message Let's #MakeWayForWhales Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association (KBRV) Great Whale Conservancy

📺 [WATCH] Captain Svetoslav Todorov, Head Of Handy Operations at COBELFRET, told us how education and training plays a vital role in preventing unintentional ship strikes on whales. Like 👍 and share to help us spread his message to all seafarers and managers! 🐳 #MakeWayForWhales is an initiative by the Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association (KBRV), the Great Whale Conservancy, the Whale Guardians™, Plug and Play Maritime, the Blauwe Cluster (Blue Cluster) vzw, and The Beacon | Innovation Community . Together we brought 🌟 Star, an inflatable life-sized female blue whale to Europe, to get industry and regulators' attention on what can be done to safeguard these majestic and ecologically vital animals. This is another proof of Belgian shipowners going #boldlyBEyond for shipping. #EU2024BE International Chamber of Shipping European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) European Commission International Maritime Organization FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer / SPF Mobilité et Transports Voka - Starten met Ondernemen N-VA cd&v Mouvement Réformateur (MR) Les Engagés !

Our Handysize Operations Department in Antwerp is looking to expand. Will you join us as a Dry Bulk Ship Operator? Applications only via admin.ant@cobelfret.com with reference "Dry Bulk Ship Operator".