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Rotterdam Not Novo Mantra

9 January 2015

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I have heard, “Rotterdam Not Novo” so many times now, my ears are ringing! It has become a mantra. CI dip and pay in Rotterdam not Novo. Buyers, brokers, agents, all seem to have enough offers from Novo and don’t trust the port, tank farms, authorities, and seller offers as much as they do Rotterdam. […]

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Does the word ‘mandate’ have any worth?

31 December 2014

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I think the word ‘mandate’ is thrown around so much, it has lost its value. I keep hearing, “I am a mandate, she is a mandate, I know a mandate, I am direct to a mandate, I only work with mandates…” etc! Have you ever asked a ‘mandate’ to provide a mandate letter? I did […]

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In Quest Of A Laundromat In Turkey

11 March 2011

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In Quest Of A Laundromat In Turkey

Here we are in Kemer in Southern Turkey, on the Mediterranean Sea with few clothes left to wear.  So, what is the laundry plan? Well, the hotel provides a service, but it is about €5 per t-shirt, €8 per pair of pants, and so on.  Our total laundry bill could be about €100, which sounds like a waste […]

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