ABC of Naval Inland Navigation

As broker, we negotiate with charter parties to transport oil products over the Western European waterways, using NAVAL’s double hulled fleet. Negotiating long term contracts is also part of our core business. Moreover we offer bunker barges with activities in Flushing, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and the Port of Bruges. We are ambitious and entrepreneurial. We focus on the clients (being barge owners or oil majors) and on safety and quality, which we translate under the term NAutic VALue (NAVAL).

Naval Inland Navigation is focused on the needs of the customer. We have a motivated team, pro-active, and experienced people, both on board and in our office, who are ready to assist clients 24/7 with their questions about scheduled transports. Safety for humans and the environment, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility get the highest priority. As an employer, we also fulfil an important role towards society, and we work continuously on involvement and awareness, using input of all our employees to improve efficiency, optimize processes, and improve results. The results that matter to us are customer satisfaction, delivered services, and a correct follow-up of customer requests.

Naval Inland Navigation is focused on the customer's needs. A team of motivated, pro-active, and experienced people, both on board and in our office, are ready to assist customers 24/7 with questions about scheduled transports. Safety for humans and the environment, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility gets the highest priority. As employer, we also fulfil and important role towards society, and we work continuously on involvement and awareness, using input of all our employees to improve efficiency, optimize processes, and improve results. Towards barge owners, we guarantee a “open bookkeeping”, and try to assist in their specialty: focus on the barge itself.

With this approach, we clearly provide an added value in the entire transport chain and we see a clear added value of our organisation in the market.

Our team with more than 30 years of experience in inland shipping loves to work for and with the customer creating solutions for each situation. We value a transparent and personal approach towards ship owners. A fee is not just a number to us and gets considered based on the needs of the client, which are determined in/during a personal conversation. We strive to enhance the existing bond of trust we have with our customers.

The permanence numbers, which are continuously staffed, are always answered by someone from our team who will assist you. Our customers can always count on us.

As an organisation, we are very attentive towards the impact we have on the environment. We continuously investigate how we can realize lower emissions. This is why our employees drive hybrid cars, we use ECO logic office supplies, we moved our offices to an energy-neutral building with a green roof. We continuously challenge ourselves to improve, not only in our services, but also towards society. Naval Inland Navigation is convinced that this approach will improve our reputation, our self-image, and eventually also our results, knowing that the impact we have on the environment is a matter which requires our constant attention.

As company we claim to be a financially reliable counterpart for you as a customer. In addition our team has years of experience in different aspects of our business including and excluding inland navigation and is able to provide custom made services. Our credo : "WHAT WE SAY, IS WHAT WE DO" is of utmost importance to us.