As a database administrator, I strive for the consistency and accuracy of data. My routine as a researcher includes regular and extensive search for news, articles and documents in various languages, as well keeping in touch with terminal managers, particularly among the Caribbean, South and Central American countries; making sure that the database is always fresh.
Besides data hunting, I also collaborate as a creative intern for media and marketing content.
My name is Rick Veringmeier. I joined Insights-Global on 2 months ago on the 17th of July as a market analyst. Previously I worked in the financial industry, namely at ABN AMRO and Robeco.
At my old workplace I worked as a know your client/customer due diligence analyst. I decided to switch careers because I wanted to experience working for a smaller organization, and to apply my analytical skills outside of a financial environment.
At Insights-Global I can achieve both of those goals, and I hope to learn a lot more about shipping and energy markets.
I hold a bachelor’s degree in international business administration from Tilburg University, I also studied abroad for a semester in Dublin, Ireland. In my spare time I like to do sports such as squash, and I like travelling a lot.
Rudi is the Managing Director of ener8 limited, our strategic partner in the Asia Pacific.
Rudi has a strong background in the Asia Pacific dating back to 1992, with more than 20 years of experience in liquid bulk and chemical logistics, supply chain management, business development, and safety management.
He worked for an oil and chemical major, one of the largest tank terminal operators, a global chemical shipbroker, and logistics companies. Rudi has experience in parcel tanker shipping and barging, tank containers, flexitanks, forwarding services, tank storage, chemical warehousing, and secondary distribution services.
Starting his career in 1996 with Expeditors in Belgium, he moved to Asia in 1998 when he joined Vopak in Taiwan and gained experience offering integrated supply chain solutions, including storage, freight, and transportation management. In 2002 Rudi returned to Belgium, joining Total Petrochemicals (now called TotalEnergies), where he held various logistics posts. In 2005 he went back to Asia for Total, where Rudi was Logistics Manager for the Asia Pacific in Hong Kong, responsible for developing Total’s regional bulk chemical logistics. In April 2010, Rudi joined SPI Marine in Singapore as General Manager Integrated Logistics Solutions to develop liquid bulk shipping and logistics activities to complement parcel tanker shipbroking. Early 2014 he assisted SPI Marine in forming Contralo Asia (now called Manuport Logistics), a company active in forwarding services for bulk liquids, including Isotanks and Flexitanks.
In 2015 Rudi founded ener8 in Hong Kong and also set up an office in Taipei.
