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/EVENTS
NEECC Lunch, Rockliffe Hall Hotel
The North East England Chamber of Commerce held
a lunch at Rockliffe Hall in association with Newcastle
International Airport.
Phil Forster (Newcastle Airport) and
Ian Willis (Utility Alliance).
Dave Glendinning (H Jarvis), Sophia Gowland
(Espresso Web) and David Porter (Surge Marketing
Solutions).
Dan ielle Croce (Calm Digital) and
Alison Leith (Tilly Bailey & Irvine).
Shaun Williams (Biffa Waste Services) and Greg
Lambert (Veolia Environmental Services).
Chamber CEO James Ramsbotham spoke with passion
about the region’s continued export success, while
Graeme Mason provided a presentation on Newcastle
Airport’s continuing growth and its increasing
importance in providing a strong export gateway for
North East companies.
Mike Meynell (Carroll & Meynell) and Maria
Dotsch (Department of Trade and Industry).
Liam McGuiness (Middlesbrough FC) and
Ken Devereux (Devereux Transport).
Alex Hamilton (Biffa Waste Services) flanked
by Carleigh Stafford (left) and Maria Bloom
(both Middlesbrough FC).
Chris Beaumont (Clive Owen), James Rowbotham
(NEECC) and Andrew Winney (Stiller Warehousing).
GasChem Beluga Ship Naming
Ceremony, Tees Dock
John Bruijnooge (SABIC) with
Stan Higgins (NEPIC).
Alan Appleyard and Rob Bateman (both Casper
Shipping) with Steve Wilson (Braemar).
Hartmann Reederei hosted the naming ceremony
for the eco-friendly ship that will carry ethane
from the USA to Teesside for use within SABIC’s
Olefins 6 Cracker at Wilton.
Senior representatives of Hartmann and
SABIC, together with members of the shipping
community gathered at PD Ports’ Tees Dock site
to hear speeches and see the ship’s ‘godmother’
Odette Claus break champagne onto the vessel.
Mazen Khalaf Al-Rahim (SABIC) with
Niels Hartmann (Hartmann Group). Captain Thomas Kunze, Alfred Hartmann, Sven
Bjoern Rudolf Wuensche (all Hartmann Group).
Odette Claus (the ship’s godmother)
and Frank Claus (SABIC). Jan Lars Kruse (Hartmann), Steve Wilson (Braemar),
Jacob Beck (SABIC) and Ben Johnson (Braemar).
Mazen Khalaf Al-Rahim and
Frank Claus (both SABIC).
Jacob Beck (SABIC) flanked by Steve Wilson and
Ben Johnson (both Braemar).