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PeopleDrawing on knowledge gleaned from overseas training, practical sea experience and a superior international network, the brokers offer customers significant expertise and creative solutions for their ship, cargo and freight transportation requirements. Each broker is independently active within local maritime associations and cargo industry groups. Working with peers, friends and colleagues within these associations, CTL brokers' activities help shape the decisions of both regional and international shipping policies. 
Daryl Raibl, General Manager, MCI Arb, Shipbroker
Tel: 604 891 5529 E-mail: westrans@ctlwestrans.com  Download vCardAs General Manager, Daryl Raibl oversees the brokers' activities as well as the company's day-to-day operations. A member of the CTL Westrans team since 1980, he has worked as a broker in Norway as well as Hong Kong and is fully established in Vancouver. In addition to his managerial responsibilities, Daryl provides chartering services to a varied clientele involved in time charter and voyage transactions. Drawing on his significant expertise in dry cargo as well as sale and purchase, he brings to the company specific industry knowledge about steel, grains, fertilizers, and forest products as well as the related charter parties. His specialties are box-shaped, open and semi-open type ships. Daryl is a member of the North American branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (MCIArb) and has completed the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents course. He is Past President of the Vancouver Maritime Arbitrators Association. 
Geoffrey J. McNeill, FICS, Chartered Shipbroker
Tel: 604 891 5532 E-mail: westrans@ctlwestrans.com Download vCardGeoff McNeill has broad experience in the Vancouver shipping industry, having worked the last 18 years in shipbroking, ship agency and freight forwarding. Currently he applies his shipping expertise to the grain, steels and forest industries, working closely with a large network of bulk and container ship owners.
Philip Theunissen - FICS, ACI Arb., Chartered Shipbroker
Tel: 604 891 5520 E-mail: westrans@ctlwestrans.com Download vCardWith more than 30 years of global shipping industry experience, Philip not only possesses a remarkable amount of knowledge regarding all aspects of bulk and break-bulk shipping but also has practical experience at sea. He started his career as a Navigating Cadet Officer and after four years he started moving quickly through the ranks at Safmarine's South African office implementing containerization between South Africa and Europe. To further his interest in Chartering, Philip joined Anthracite Producers Association, a major coal charterer, where he earned his Fellowship in Shipbroking (FICS), and eventually moved to the position of Chartering Manager. Looking for growth and new opportunities Philip worked briefly for Southern Shipping, an operator based in Johannesburg, before joining Gearbulk as Manager of Marketing and Chartering. There he spent three years working in their South African, Vancouver and Bergen offices. This experience led him to move his family permanently to Vancouver where he joined Maple Shipping as Chartering Manager. In 1987 he was offered a position at Worldwide Shipping as Vice President, Business Development and was responsible for developing new accounts throughout North America as well as internationally primarily in the fertilizer and grain business. In addition to his FICS, Philip was made an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London (ACI Arb). 
Michael Shigley, B.A., Shipbroker
Tel: 206 463 2677 E-mail: westrans@ctlwestrans.com Download vCardMike Shigley joined CTL Westrans in 1987 after nine years of experience in agency, stevedoring and shipbroking on the U.S. West Coast. Now based in Seattle, he brings valuable commercial and operational expertise to a range of forestry-related projects in North America, Chile, New Zealand, and Australia. His special areas of concentration are logs, full and part cargoes as well as wood chips and scrap cargoes on both voyage and time charter basis. Mike also provides parcel cargo chartering services for a number of mineral companies. 
Richard Peters, Shipbroker
Tel: 604 891 5572 E-mail: westrans@ctlwestrans.com Download vCardRich joined CTL Westrans in August 2006 after six years as a ship agent with our sister company Compass Marine Services. Other notable posts include inspector for CFIA Harbour Operations (Agriculture Canada) and field supervisor in British Columbia's forestry sector. Rich focuses on global break-bulk shipments such as steels, forest products, machinery and heavy-lift/project cargo as well as shares duties in CTL's diverse bulk commodity mix. Conversant in French and Spanish, Rich has a diploma in Maritime Law and Principles of Chartering from the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents(ASBA). 
Ben Vandenberghe, Shipbroker
Tel: 604 891 5531 E-mail: westrans@ctlwestrans.com Download vCard
Ben brings a diverse background to CTL Westrans, having more than fifteen years of experience in logistics, transportation and freight operations. His previous position as a ship agent with CTL Westrans’ sister company Compass Marine Services, gave him extensive insight into many different types of ships as well as cargoes such as grains, pulses, minerals, project cargo and forestry products. Before joining Compass, Ben worked as a transportation co-coordinator for a commodity trading company. He also operated his own truck freight brokerage firm for several years and has spent time working on board both deep-sea vessels and coastal towboats. This wide range of experience has given him the ability to see the big picture and assist and advise clients on all of their marine freight needs. His education includes a certificate in the Principles of Chartering from the Association of Ship Brokers and Agents and an honours diploma in Transportation Logistics from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. 
Racquel Pagelazon BSc, BA, Operations/Container Logistics Tel: 604 891 5541 E-mail: westrans@ctlwestrans.com Download vCardRacquel handles the Operations and Container Logistics at CTL Westrans. With more than 30 previous years experience as a Traffic Supervisor, Racquel is well versed on shipping documentation and the import/export process. Her strong organizational skills and attention to detail are invaluable as she works alongside our team of brokers helping to facilitate the smooth flow of documentation. | |||
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