We’re delighted to be celebrating our 10th anniversary this month!
Douglas Maritime was launched in 2014 by shipbroker Douglas Burns, who has decades of experience of working for ship owners and operators. The company is now led by his daughter Anne Hall, who joined the business in 2017 and became its Director in 2022.
And it has been a successful 2024, as we bolstered our global presence by delivering major projects including an export shipment from the US to China and a shipment of aluminium from Malaysia to The Netherlands.
These projects – which were both firsts for our business – have strengthened Douglas Maritime’s relationships with organisations outside Europe.
Commenting on the 10-year anniversary, Anne Hall, Director at Douglas Maritime, said: “Douglas Maritime has gone from strength to strength in the last decade, and we are delighted to be celebrating our tenth anniversary after a successful 2024.
“Our work on two global projects demonstrated our capabilities to a wider market outside Europe, and will help us open up new opportunities as we move into the New Year.
“We’d like to thank our clients and partners for their support over the last ten years and look forward to taking on new challenges in 2025 and beyond.”
Anne Hall champions the shipbroking industry through her active role within the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) in North East England. In 2024, she was appointed Education Officer of the North East of England Branch of the ICS: her work includes supporting the development of the sector and the education of its future workforce, and promoting careers in the shipping industry.
While completing her Advanced Diploma from the ICS, Anne won three international prizes for excellence and achieving the highest marks in the qualifying examinations
More about Douglas Maritime…
Douglas Maritime primarily specialises in dry cargo and our team have extensive experience in the movement of bulk fertilisers, steel, fuels, breakbulk, project cargoes, heavy lifts, and sensitive and IMDG cargoes. We work with charterers and operators to move commodities and ship cargoes to and from Europe, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East and the Far East.
We support some of the world’s largest multinationals on major shipments and we also support SMEs on export projects, providing guidance on regulatory requirements and utilising our extensive links with the maritime sector to help our clients.
In addition, we provide bespoke training in vessel chartering for our clients’ new team members.
We also have a long-standing strategic partnership with Cockfield Knight. Based at the Port of Middlesbrough and owned by AV Dawson, it is one of the UK’s leading shipping and logistics providers. The relationship has led to collaborations on a number of complex projects, including the movement of International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG) cargoes from the UK to South East Asia, and the chartering of vessels to import steel pipes into Port of Middlesbrough, for Cockfield Knight’s client Cleveland Steel & Tubes.
