Wijnne Barends

About Wijnne Barends

Wijnne Barends, established in 1855 developed into Europe’s leading Short Sea Specialist. Now we also offer transatlantic routes and total transport from and to inland waterways combined with sea transport. Our main navigation area is from the White Sea to the Black Sea: Scandinavia, the Baltic States, Western Europe and the Mediterranean. Fleet Wijnne Barends’ young and well-maintained fleet is tailored seamlessly to market requirements. High cubic and multi purpose. Ideal for the transport of high-volume dry cargoes such as timber products, grain and turf, but also heavier products such as steel and aluminium, containers and project cargo. Tonnage Our fleet comprises of similar sister ships and series tonnage classes, we always have a ship in position to meet your requirements, quickly and efficiently. Wijnne Barends is ISO 9002 and ISM certified, and all of our ships sail under the Dutch flag. Transport solutions We take a constructive approach to your needs and look for creative and efficient transport solutions. And if we make you a promise, we keep it. Wijnne Barends stands for reliability and loyalty. Our aim is to enter into an ongoing relationship with you and to constantly make sure that you are pleasantly surprised. Our track record shows that we have succeeded in that aim time and time again. Wijnne Barends always offers you the right vessel at the right time. That ideally places us to deliver goods quickly and efficiently from door to door. From manufacturer to buyer. This we can offer through excellent maritime management, experienced personnel with knowledge of the cargo and the navigation area, an extensive network of road, sea and inland waterway transport and outstanding storage and transhipment facilities at strategic locations. And the strategic joint venture in the Spliethoff Group enables us to fulfil our promise worldwide. Just add water. We’ll take care of the rest.

Keywords

• Short Sea Shipping

Address

• Headquarters

  Handelskade-Oost 59934AR DelfzijlGroningen, Netherlands

Team by function

Based on 86 public job profiles as of 4 August 2026.

• Operations34
• Logistics / Transportation30
• Procurement / Supply Chain5
• Finance / Accounting4
• Skilled Trades / Technical4
• Engineering / Software Development2
• Executive / C-Suite2
• HR / People / Recruiting2
• Administrative / Office1
• IT / Infrastructure / Security1
• Other / Unclassifiable1