Tomorrow I’ll head over to Canada Feeder Lines for the last interview in the series for the NNPC. The last time I wrote about the subject was before the Occupy Wall Street movement started and still it ended in the observation that shipping is dehumanizing rapidly. And the last couple of interviews haven’t really changed…
I have finished 5 out of the 10 interviews I am doing for the NNPC. With people involved in shipping in various ways. What have I learned so far? People go into shipping mostly because they are born into it. People go into insurance, mostly because they happen to stumble upon it. Dealing with the…
Last tuesday I interviewed mr. Damhof for the NNPC anniversary book. There’s something very thrilling about ringing a total stranger’s doorbell and asking him about his life. Mister Damhof told me all about the place he called home for decades: Delfzijl. His house overlooking the sea and how he was part of that sea from…
For some strange reason (probably of my own making) the only work I do as a journalist is for Bright. I’ve dabbled with the idea of expanding in that profession, sent some emails out to other magazines and newspapers, but never followed up on them. But as always: one thing leads to another, so I…