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Seaber announces new special advisor

Finnish maritime technology company Seaber welcomes a new special advisor, Willem Dijkhuis, who has served as chartering & freight trading lead at Cargill, an agribusiness company based in the United States and one of the country’s biggest private companies.

He is an experienced shipping professional who enjoys working in dynamic markets with constantly changing variables and is driven by the opportunities brought on by the decarbonisation journey.

Willem Dijkhuis said on joining the team, “I firmly believe that Seaber will change how optimization algorithms are utilized in chartering and pre-fixture. The product is amazing and already now makes a big difference. With current and upcoming regulations, many shipping companies and cargo owners will benefit from Seaber’s ability to optimise fleet utilisation enabling operators to make the best chartering and scheduling decisions.”

Moreover, Willem Dijkhuis has almost two decades of experience in the maritime industry including nearly 14 years in chartering and trading at Cargill where his responsibilities included amongst other things risk management, commercial time charter fleet optimization and decarbonisation projects.

Additionally, prior to Cargill, he spent five years at MOL Europe BV handling the Asia-Europe trade. He was in charge of business development for the Asia-Europe trade.

Seaber’s CEO and co-founder, Sebastian Sjöberg commented, “We are excited to work with Willem during an important time in Seaber’s evolution. He has an extensive background in trading, chartering and optimisation that perfectly aligns with what Seaber does.”





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