Geest Line would like to congratulate Veronique Seremes on becoming the first Lady Pilot in the French West Indies. Veronique had worked as a Chief officer for SNCM Ferry company in France but had always since childhood wanted to one day become a Pilot and in December 2013 she passed her Pilot exams and in February this year joined and trained with the Pilots of Martinique. Veronique has always thought that her work as a Pilot is a vocation and not just simply a job.
We wish Veronique well and certainly welcome her on board the Geest vessels.
Please click here to see a short interview with Veronique, on French network ATV.
Geest Line and their local agents HHV Whitchurch were happy to lend a small gesture of support to the Twenty-20 match between the iconic teams of the West Indies and New Zealand at Windsor Park Stadium, Roseau recently.
Geest Line positioned one of their containers at the famous ground to help with storage of consumables over the weekend. Despite rainy conditions, the teams as expected performed to a high level for the excited crowd. The two match series ended in an honourable draw with NZ taking the Saturday game on the D/L method due to rain, with the WI finishing on a high during Sunday with 165 for 6 off their twenty overs – then skittling out the NZ tourists for 126.
Andre Fletcher of the West Indies gained the Man Of The Match Award for his two innings totalling 114 runs.
Geest Line UK have a long history with Dominica and the Eastern Caribbean, bringing many success stories through the import & export trades for the local community and industry at large – however cricket is one export from the UK we have yet to master (a work in progress you could say!)..
Geest Line would like to congratulate Christina Harding and Jorge Farias on their Wedding in Barbados on August 2nd 2014.
Christina Harding is the Sales Manager for Seafreight Agencies, Geest Line’s agent on the beautiful island of Barbados. Christina has worked on behalf of Geest Line for many years and is well known to Geest Line staff, customers and the local shipping community. We wish them all the very best for a long and happy life together.
Geest Line were pleased to hold their 2014 Agency Conference at the Barbados Hilton Hotel in the month of May. The two day meeting was an invaluable opportunity for all Agencies to meet and discuss opportunities to drive the business forward both operationally and commercially as well as resuming acquaintances forged over a number of years.
Geest Line also had the pleasure to acknowledge the hard work of all our agents, and in particular the best performing agents in various categories, and we would like to congratulate them all on their success:
Best Commercial Agent – Shipping Agency Services – Le Havre, France
Best Operational Agent – Seafreight Agencies Ltd – Barbados
Best Accounting Agent – Admiral Shipping Ltd – St Lucia
Best Overall Agent – Seafreight Agencies Ltd – Barbados
To further enhance visibility to their customers Geest Line has embarked on tweeting information on each port call made by their vessels.
Tweets will include actual times of arrival, actual time of sailing and next port call giving Geest Line customers real time information.
We hope that you will follow us @geestshipping or please click here to follow.
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Geest Line were proud to be a sponsor of Bradfest, held by Bradleys Foundation charity in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust on the 28th June 2014. A Hampshire based charity helping local children and young people with life shortening illnesses.
The aim of the foundation is simple; to raise funds to support the welfare of sick children and their families whilst being treated in hospital, at home or in the community.
The event has become a yearly “party in the park”, based on live music and entertainment, if you missed this year’s sold out event there’s always 2015! Great fun was had by all with many of the Geest staff in attendance.
For more information please visit either https://www.bradleysfoundation.com/home/ or https://www.bradfest.net/
Geest Line would like to congratulate Jonathan Whitby and Samantha Wheeler on the birth of their second son, a welcome addition to their family and a baby brother to Dylan. Evan was born a healthy 8lb 14oz at 03.14am on the 1st May 2014.
All your colleagues at Geest would like to wish Jon and his family all the best.
Hayley Rolfe, Geest Line Container Operations and Transport Supervisor, became Mrs Selby on the 4th of April 2014. Hayley and Matt, a former Geest Line employee, started dating in 2007. They celebrated their special day with close family at the Old House Hotel, Wickham.
We wish them all the happiness for their future as Mr & Mrs Selby.
m/v KLIPPER STREAM loading the first consignment of Mangoes of the 2014 season for Geest Line in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 7th May 2014. Geest Line will be calling in San Juan on a weekly basis throughout the Mango season from May to August providing a fast service to European markets.