PONL Germany Reunion 07/06/2024
Earlier this month a major PONL reunion took place in Germany involving 167 former colleagues. Our sincere thanks go to Renate Ridley, Gaby Schliewenz and Gabi Trowbridge for providing the content for this reunion report!
This is what happens when two former colleagues in Hamburg meet on the street and chat and reminisce about old times:
Why not arrange a PONL Reunion Party ? Yes, why not? Should we?
Within hours a Whatsapp group was opened and grew in members very rapidly , it literally exploded during that weekend in February. Everybody was up for it. PONL Reunion Party, yeaah, that is what we all need. Lots of photos were posted, lots of memories came up in the group.
There were a handful of people who were willing to organize this special event. A location was found quickly which served anybody location wise and budget wise: SAUSOLITOS in historical Chilehaus Hamburg, which celebrates 100 years this year.
We met at 17 h on June 7th for table decoration, preparing the event. Lots of colleagues arrived before the agreed time of 18 h, because they simply could not wait.
During the last 20 years, everybody moved, so we had colleagues travelling from all over Germany, Sweden, Denmark, UK and the Netherlands. Former colleagues from Bremen, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Munich and Duesseldorf office joined in too.
So in the end we met up with 167 ex-PONL-colleagues and the last ones went home at 1.30 h Everybody with a big smile on their face knowing that we all did not change and promised to keep in touch , even in smaller groups.
Gabi Trowbridge
Some quotes arranged by Gabi:
"P&O Nedlloyd Hamburg called - and everybody came running 🤗
We had such a blast at our PONL Reunion Party on June 7th! 167 people, most of whom haven't changed a bit, celebrated with our large family.
Every company would be honoured to inspire such loyalty, such a feeling of belonging 💖 Thanks everyone for making this an unforgettable evening! 😍😍"
Renate Ridley
"Imagine you worked in a company that was taken over at some point and yet a good 20 years later your former colleagues meet up again because they all have fond memories of that time. It was more like a meeting of friends. Thank you for the great meeting, the organisation and for sharing so many good memories. And now I can say yes! I really did fall asleep on the loo back then and the red spots on my face were not a rash, but marks from my hands. I had to support myself somehow. Thank you for letting me be part of this family and I'll see you again in 5 years at the latest :-)"
Carsten Pottharts
"Wow, that was emotional....
P&O Nedlloyd Reunion after nearly 20 years, with around 170 colleagues from Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, London, Rotterdam, Sweden, Denmark who did not shy away from joining.. It felt as if it was just yesterday that a colleague just asked who wants to join for a Friday afterwork drink ( ok we all got a little bit older in the meantime)... but it clearly showed what a great Company ,with great colleagues PONL was...STILL SMILING!!
Thanks to All who made this happen"
Martina Ganswig
The attendees:
Nicole Ahnert (ehem Beyer)
Bettina Barg
Klaus-Peter Barth
Elena Becker (ehem Ortmann)
Marianne Bigalk
Ulrike Binroth
Janine Birkle (ehem Thens)
Franklin Birkle
Doris Blankenburg (ehemSpitzer)
Uwe Blunk
Jörg Bockholt
Michael Borngräber
Britta Breckwoldt
Ilo Brockmann (ehem Pielke)
Sina Bruns
Angela Buchholz
Matthias Bunge
Corinna Burchard (ehem Boss)
Dagmar Buth
Erik Chatel
Nadine Cölln-Papaevaneglou
Irene Grupe (ehem Arnold)
Berit Hahn (ehem Moll)
Norbert Hahn
Mark Hall
Anja Hamann (ehem Franzen)
Kerstin Hamann
Carolin Hansson (ehem Richter)
Maike Harm
Matthias Harm
Gaven Harms
Sonja Hartung
Bettina Helgesen (ehem Plauschinat)
Jan Helgesen
Henri Hellmer
Sandra Hellmer (ehem Liedtke)
Svetlana Henke
Nina Hergert
Petter Hinrichs
Nicole Hübner
Sabine Hutton
Oliver Iben
Svenja Maruhn
Stefan Marx
Alistair Mather
Birgit Meidert
Stefan Melschau (ehem Palzer)
Karen Melson
Michiel Messchaert
Mignon Michow (ehem Obstoj)
Tina Mickein
Corinna Mildt (ehem Wunram)
Jens Mittmann
Dirk Möller
Jasvinder Nagra
Jonida Naska
Diana Nutzmann
Claudia Ockert (ehem Florian)
Gaby Oldenburg
Frank Palmer
Frauke Paul (ehem Schedelgar)
Ralf Pesler
Claudia Petersen
Gaby Schliewenz (ehem Pries)
Nicole Schoop (ehem Höpfner)
Thomas Schreiber
Kristina Seibig
Kristina Seltz
Alexandra Smith
Michael Sparr
Peter Spilcker
Angela Sprehe
Britta Stahmer
Marco Stelljes
Kay Stolte
Christian Strauß
Juana Strauß (ehem Kreß)
Katja Strauß
Marian Suhr
Micha ter Haseborg
Peter Theisen
Christian Thiel
Frank Tietjen
Gerd Timmermann
Anne-Kathrin Danker (ehem Kohls)
Janina Delissen (ehem Benecke)
Stefanie Dolata
Tom Dolling
Danilo Don Ranasighe
Claus Elling
Corinna Elling
Isabell Falldorf
Larissa Falldorf
Gunnar Finck
Sigrid Fricke (ehem Knacke)
Kurt Friess
Bianka Gaedke-Semmler
Martina Ganswig
ChristophGercke
Felix Gliffe
Maren Gonzales
Natascha Graubner
Vicky Griva
Daniela Grosser (ehem Sauerwald)
Sven Groth
Carsten Ihde
Florian Jäckel
Catarina Klingauf (ehem Hellberg)
Heike Klotzki (ehem Reibold)
Franziska Knahl
Jochen Köhler
Veit Kohlmann
Michaela Kolbe
Tina Kolodziej
Matthias Köster
Rüdiger Kranz
Angelika Krenz
Sabine Krauß (ehem Liu)
Julian Kurz
Simone Lenz (ehem Simon)
Annette Linke
Christian Lücke
Thorsten Lührs
Janett Lukaschik
Heidi Lund (ehem Winkelmann)
Axel Martens
Antonieta Pinto
Martina Plümer
Nils Poser
Heinrich Possardt
Carsten Pottharst
Katrin Prüßing
Sylvia Rahlmeier
Tracey Rank
Birte Rasmussen (ehem Oetinger)
Peter Steen Rasmussen
Gabi Rau
Christina Reckmann
Claus Reckmann
Britta Renneberg (ehem Wulff)
Renate Ridley
Ulrike Riedl-Geiken
Michael Ritter
Ralph Schäfer
Gunnar Scheehl
André Schenk
Nicole Schlag
Gabriele Trowbridge (ehem Graw-Biesel)
Karin Valentin (ehem Bostelmann)
Rainer Völmle
Garlef von Borstel
Stephanie von Salzen (ehem Drägert)
Jan Wappler
Ecki Weichel
Julia Weichel (ehem Weber)
Lars Werbeck
Michael Wesselhöft
Steffen Wick
Roland Wiedenroth
Felix Wigand
Frank Wilke
Katrin Wincenciusz (ehem henning)
Thore Windeit
Jens Witthaus
Ann-Krestin Wöbber
Charlotte Wolf
Birgit Ziegenbalg
Only a small number of the circa 90 photos from the event could be displayed here but the full set can be found in the Google Photo album which can be found by clicking on any one of the images on this page.
Our sincere thanks go to the following for kindly giving their permission to use their pictures: Jörg Bockholt, Martina Ganswig, Maren Gonzales, Vicky Griva, Norbert Hahn, Angelika Krenz, Thorsten Luhrs, Diana Nutzmann, Nils Poser, Tracey Rank, Renate Ridley, Gaby Schliewenz, Gabi Trowbridge, Eckehard Weichel, Julia Weichel, Steffen Wick, Felix Wigand, Thore Windeit & Birgit Ziegenbalg.
(To see who took which photograph, in the Google Photo album click on the 'i' in the top right-hand corner of your screen to view the description).
19/06/2024