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Arthur van Loon, the founder of VL Maritime Services (Pty) Ltd<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=\u00bb2\/3″][vc_column_text]Arthur van Loon is a Master Mariner and Marine Engineer by trade, who graduated as a BSc at the Nautical Academy in Vlissingen, the Netherlands in 1986.<\/p>\n

He has 30\u00a0years of professional experience and expertise in the dredging, offshore diamond mining and merchant marine (tanker) industry.<\/p>\n

During the first 15 years experience was gained as a seafarer acting in various disciplines, for various owners in different types of industry, ending his sea-going life as an Offshore Manager on a Diamond Mining Vessel offshore Namibia, totake on a shore-based position in Cape Town\u00a0operationally, technically and logistally supporting these mining operations.<\/p>\n

Shortly after\u00a0his move back to the Netherlands, he joined \u00a0a large dredging company to be involved in the fleet\/vessel management of a large\u00a0and\u00a0diverse fleet of vessels and floating equipment. These vessels were regionally operated on project basis and spread geographically world wide\u00a0and including\u00a0a dozen regional offices and their support staff.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/3″][vc_single_image image=\u00bb33″ img_size=\u00bb273×273″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a result of managing such a diverse fleet,\u00a0the involvement spread to towing, heavy lift transport, salvage,\u00a0new-building, valuation inspections, chartering, S&P and responsible recycling of vessels and land-, sea-, and air-logistics, more or less touching all operational aspects within the marine industry.<\/p>\n

Due to his\u00a0affinity towards contractual-, legal-, insurance- and financial issues he has been able to combine all this knowledge and has come up with this unique service.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=\u00bb4px\u00bb][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\u00bb76″ img_size=\u00bb1200×300″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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