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Niels Groenewold was born at Rotterdam in 1974.

He is General Manager of commercial affairs and new buildings of Uniloyd b.v.

After he successfully completed the Dutch School of Inland Shipping, he started his career as a sailor at VERENIGDE TANKREDERIJ B.V., better known as VT or Uniloyd. Having fulfilled the necessary period of two years experience on board, he became first officer of a bunker barge, sailing between Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp for the next two years. After this period he moved to a chemical tanker sailing the river Rhine and became, after he succeeded for his patents, the youngest captain of the company at the age of 23.

Again after two years, he was asked to take up a post at the office of Uniloyd b.v., at the planning department of bunker barges. Later on he set up a luboil department within Uniloyd, looking after the supplies and keeping up the stock positions for a major oil company.

Furthermore he became project manager for the new building of the “World's largest Inland Shipping Bunker Barge” named 'VLISSINGEN' and supervised the construction of the luboil barge 'VOORBURG'. He also supervised the construction of the two bunker barges mt.'VANCOUVER' and 'VERONA'. These four barges are currently a great success and valuable objects for the company, due to his knowledge, practical experience and the nerve to improve with innovative manners.

Currently he is fully engaged supervising the construction of three very large tankers: mt. VLAARDINGEN, mt. VEENDAM and mt. VALENCIA, which, according to the prospects, will be finished by the end of 2005.

 

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