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Cruise Supply

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Supplying the cruise industryhas changed dramatically over

the last ten years and it becomes more and more dificult to

keep in tune with the industry’s requirements

Fred Verhagen, Managing Director of B&S Global Cruise Supply

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Availability is one of the biggest Cavendish Ships Stores has supplied Track 200 programme as one of the

challenges Cavendish faces, Mr Davey said. the majority of cruise and ferry linesUK’s fastest growing export irms, and it
“Availability of key commodities is oftenin Southampton and Dover for nearlyremains a fast-growing company today.

an issue. Some of the cruise lines annual 40 years. It supplies ambient, chilled Mr Davey explained: “Intrinsic cruise

volumes are very signiicant and this can frozen and bonded loods, as well asline growth is over 30% for this year and
lead to availability issues. The ish category soft and alcoholic duty free beverages, our export division has grown 175%. This

in particular and I cite the issue with cold consumables, hotels stores, ‘deck and is where we see the most growth going
water prawns that faced all sectors last engine,’ technical and general chandlery forward. We are attempting to latten out

yearduetobiomassproblems.”items. Cavendishsuppliesinexcessof thecurvebygrowingothermarkets.Ina
Mr Davey believes there will be an 3,000 product lines, and as Mr Davey puts nutshell, scale is the growth as that gives

ongoing trend towards more sous vide, it: “There is not a cruise line that home us the purchasing/negotiation leverage
portion controlled protein products,bases in the UK or visits the UK that we do to offer more competitive prices to our

as crewing numbers come under more not supply in some shape or form.customers. We will also continue to add
scrutiny and basic preparation functions In 2013 and 2014 it was recognised value into every contract by being ourselves

will revert to the suppliers and producers.in The Sunday Times HSBC Internationaland sourcing new and varied products.” u