JUNE 2017
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STAFF & CLIENT MAGAZINE
New giant contract to Blue Water’s Oil & Gas division Page 2
Blue Water wins DONG’s Safe Away Award Page 4
Well-executed heavy lift transport China-Singapore Page 5
Long-term cooperation with Vestas in Cuxhaven Page 10
Successful cruise exhibition in Ft. Lauderdale Page 12
NEW MAJOR CONTRACT
Contents New major contract 2 Status from Management 3 Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects 4 General Cargo 6 Port Services & Agency 8 Wind Logistics 10 Reefer Logistics 11 Marine Logistics 12 Blue Water Corporate 14 Blue Water Spirit 15 New employees 16 Obituary and births 18 Birthdays and weddings 19 Jubilees 20 Portrait of Wind Logistics 24
Blue Water secures new major contract A consortium led by Blue Water has been awarded an additional contract by Tengizchevroil (TCO) In 2016, Blue Water announced the signing of two contracts in connection with the Tengizchevroil (TCO) Future Growth Project-Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP). For these contracts, Blue Water is leading two consortiums which will supply 20 specially designed Module Carrying Vessels (MCVs) for the transportation of modules through the Russian Inland Waterway System and on the Caspian Sea to a new offloading facility in Prorva, Kazakhstan.
Modules via the Russian rivers
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Blue Water can now announce a new contract in support of TCO’s FGP-WPMP. Blue Water is leading a consortium which includes Manchester Shipping. This consortium has been awarded a contract for the international transport of modular cargo from the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea – via the Russian Inland Waterway System – to Prorva in Kazakhstan. This will involve the use of up to 11 barges and 29 tugs. These vessels will be upgraded and modified where required to meet the specific transport requirements of the cargo movements. The consortium will work in close cooperation with the leading Russian tug and barge operators for the provision of the vessels’ crews and services within the Russian Inland Waterways. This will bring
significant investment into the Russian system and the client will benefit from the combined expertise and experience of the involved companies.
Part of the elite The three TCO contracts – with a total contract value of more than 750 million US$ for Blue Water - have made our company part of the elite within project transportation to the oil industry. “Blue Water has more than 20 years of experience in complex transport in the Caspian region, and we are honored and very delighted to have been awarded these contracts for TCO. We are in close partnership with strong and leading companies for each of the contracts,” states Kurt Skov, CEO and Founder of Blue Water Shipping. Tengizchevroil LLP is a Kazakhstani partnership that explores, develops, produces and markets crude oil, LPG, dry gas and sulfur. TCO conducts its operations in accordance with world-class safety and environmental standards. In April 1993, Tengizchevroil was formed between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Chevron Corporation. Current partners are: Chevron Overseas Company, 50 percent; KazMunayGas NC JSC, 20 percent; ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Ventures Inc., 25 percent and LUKARCO B.V., 5 percent.
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STATUS FROM MANAGEMENT
Blue Water is back in the black Blue Water’s consolidated annual accounts for 2016 show a profit of DKK 10.4 m before tax A profit of DKK 10.4 m before tax in 2016 is not quite satisfactory for the Danish transport group with a staff of more than 1400 at 60 offices worldwide. However, the top management takes a positive view of the present situation and the result for 2016. “In 2016, we introduced a series of changes and adaptations in consequence of our loss of DKK 14 m in 2015. We have seen an effect of the adaptations, but in some areas, it will take a little longer before the results really show. The result for 2016 is not quite satisfactory. As it is influenced by our still heavy investments in enhancing our business, a modest profit is, however, acceptable. The most important thing is that we are making a profit and that we have turned things around”, says Kurt Skov, CEO and Founder of Blue Water Shipping.
From loss to profit The accounts of Blue Water Holding, covering the activities of the entire group, show an increase in turnover of 4% - from DKK 5.0 bn to DKK 5.2 bn. And the bottom line improvement was just over DKK 24 m – from a loss of 14.3 to the profit of DKK 10.4 m before tax. The annual accounts are negatively influenced by total costs of DKK 45 m resulting from changes in the Nordic activities, the implementation of our super terminal in Taulov as well as decline in the Oil and Projects activities. We operate in a competitive market with a low margin on many activities. We No. 117
are therefore satisfied that our business is growing and that we have succeeded in creating positive changes in 2016 where we have started implementing new strategies and organisations for our business segments”, says Kurt Skov. In 2016, we have made investments for DKK 60 m in the new terminal in Taulov - inaugurated in August last year - and which total investment amounts to more than DKK 120 m. On the IT arena, heavy investments have been made: DKK 30 m to the implementation of a new global IT strategy with fewer but global and more integrated IT platforms. Again in 2017, investments in these two fields will affect the result with an expected DKK 50 m.
We increase our earnings We expect a better total result for 2017 than the 2016 result, as we will see a still increasing effect of the big investments, and because of an expected increase in earnings – especially within Oil/Gas, Wind and Projects, where the recent months have showed increasing activities. Also, the Danish part of the Blue Water Group’s biggest activity – transport of consumer goods, industrial cargo and food products by sea, road and air – generates growth and strong earnings. “Our core business is healthy and grows steadily. Our project-oriented business shows fluctuating activities. This we experienced as a negative trend in 2015 and partly in 2016. Right now, however, things look very favourable as we have recently
won a series of major and minor Oil/Gas and Wind projects. This contributes to increased earnings and enables us to expand and develop these business segments again”, says Kurt Skov.
Giant projects Furthermore, Blue Water has during the past year announced three gigantic contracts totalling over DKK 5 bn for the oil consortium TCO, who are presently extending the Tengiz Oil Field in Kazakhstan. “At present, the TCO activities are increasing strongly, but we will not see any major positive effect in terms of earnings until 2018 and onwards. Naturally, we are extremely proud of being part of this gigantic project, but we also keep a strong focus on maintaining good and strong development of and earnings within our other business segments”, says Kurt Skov.
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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS
Insightful visit During the world’s largest Oil & Gas Conference – OTC Houston – the Mayor of Esbjerg, Johnny Søtrup, as well as several other representatives from Esbjerg visited Blue Water’s office in Houston to learn more about our activities as well as our expectations for the future. “During the visit, many interesting topics were discussed and we are looking forward to welcoming the mayor back again soon”, says Denise Ann Fiery Arnold, General Manager in Houston. The city of Esbjerg is a member of World Energy City Partnership/ WECP, established in 1995. WECP is a non-profit organisation, the member cities of which are globally recognised as international energy capitals. These member cities actively seek and develop opportunities to learn, exchange, and engage in activities which strengthen multilateral ties.
FL: Søren Messmann, General Manager Port Services Esbjerg and Bent Strigler Mikkelsen, Assistant Terminal Port Services Esbjerg/both from Blue Water, Dann Lockdahl, Offshore Base Manager and Keld Fjord, Operational Safety Manager QHSE/both from DONG Energy.
Safety award Blue Water has won DONG Energy’s Safe Away Award. Each year, the prize is awarded to a supplier making a special effort within safety. DONG Energy’s Safe Away prize-giving was held at Esbjerg Conference Hotel where several suppliers were assembled for a feature day focusing on health and safety. The nominated companies were evaluated on proactive and preventive initiatives as well as results. “You are awarded the prize because you have developed positively throughout the year – at management level as well as on the quay. You have achieved great results and shown active and visible safety management. You have introduced further
safety checks of containers and lifting equipment. In short, you have shown a strong will to develop your safety work”, said Kjeld Fjord, Operational Safety Manager at DONG Energy. Blue Water sees the prize as a good result of intensive safety work. “We have worked proactively with DONG Energy on improving the terminal and stevedoring activities in the port of Esbjerg and we have all approached this task with determination. We are proud to have been awarded this prize”, says Søren Messmann, General Manager Port Services at Blue Water.
DONG O&G and Blue Water have recently extended their agreement on transport services to run for the next four years.
Close cooperation with DONG O&G Over many years, DONG O&G and Blue Water have built a close cooperation in Esbjerg. This cooperation has developed to include several of the Blue Water organisation’s activities – such as cargo handling at the port area, rental of facilities, customs clearance and transport services. In spite of the downturn in the Oil and Gas industry, the cooperation between DONG O&G and Blue Water goes 4
on. For the past year, Blue Water has in particular worked proactively with DONG O&G on safety measures at the terminal and port area. “Going through this development with a strong, local client is completely in line with our strategy. Securing a positive, long-standing cooperation with DONG O&G has been a high priority for us. Therefore we are proud that we now have
such a wide cooperation as is the case with DONG O&G. The cooperation on improvements at the terminal and port area also shows that both parties are putting a lot of efforts into the cooperation, which we appreciate highly”, says Allan Leiberg Brodersen, who is responsible for Sales and Development in Blue Water's Project department.
June 2017
OIL, GAS & PROJECTS
High-profile project
Largest project ever for Schlumberger Blue Water has been awarded its largest project to date for Schlumberger’s OneSubsea: the BP Mad Dog II in the Gulf of Mexico. The project was sanctioned by BP in 2016 and includes a new floating production platform with the capacity to produce up to 140,000 gross barrels of crude oil per day from up to 14 production wells. Oil production is expected to begin in late 2021. Our part in the project will include
transport of large subsea trees from Johor, Malaysia and Brazil to Louisiana, USA as well as heavy lift cargoes from multiple global origins. “We will manage the project on a turn key basis with the project control tower being based within Blue Water Houston where we will provide a dedicated Project Manager and Project Team”, Says Brent Patterson, Senior Vice President, Global Projects at Blue Water.
Blue Water has secured a contract with Schlumberger for the project, ENI Zohr, which is a high-profile schedule driven project, from global origins, to Port Said, Egypt and to the UAE. “Blue Water will be responsible for door to door shipping of all Schlum berger's cargoes for this interesting project - almost exclusively via air freight except for roughly 2,000 tons overdimensional cargoes being booked via ocean ex USA to Port Said. The project is expected to last for approximately four months with the possibility of additional scopes being awarded, in time”, says Denise Ann Fiery Arnold, General Manager Blue Water Houston. Blue Water Houston will serve as control tower for this project, but Blue Water offices throughout Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East will be involved.
Heavy lift transport from China to Singapore Blue Water’s experienced project teams in Singapore and Shanghai have completed a challenging transport of pontoons and columns for a semi-submersible drilling rig Precise planning, effective execution and excellent teamwork are the key factors in these kinds of complex projects. “Everything went as planned due to the outstanding teamwork between us, our client and our partners. The challenge with such an operation on the Yangtze river No. 117
is that the daily loading window is very narrow. During the winter period, there is only approx. 90 minutes of slack tide (less current) before the current increases and it becomes unsafe to complete a float-on operation”, says Lars Skov Christensen, Project Manager at Blue Water Singapore. Blue Water's scope included the complete project management, chartering of a suitable semi-submersible vessel, engineering for sea-fastening and cribbing,
chartering of several tugs for the float-on operation and obtaining of all permits from the local authorities in China. The largest pontoons measured 108 x 16 x 15 metres and weighed 4500 tons each. The lift-on operations of the six columns were completed by floating crane. The dimensions of the columns were 15 x 15 x 20 metres and they weighed 500 tons each. The items will in the future form the lower hull of a semi-submersible drilling rig. 5
GENERAL CARGO
Urgent delivery to Greenland One late Thursday afternoon, the air freight department in Esbjerg received an order for urgent transport of a generator to Greenland where a trawler was waiting for the generator. Swiftly, a special truck was booked to transport the generator from Holland to
Denmark. From here, the generator was transported on Air Greenland’s airbus to Greenland. As the 680-kg generator was too heavy for the domestic flights in Greenland, the last section of the transport was completed by helicopter chartered by Blue Water’s air charter experts in Billund.
After one day of very bad weather making delivery impossible, the generator finally arrived safely at Ilulissat where Blue Water’s local team received the generator and arranged delivery to the trawler.
Equipment for World Cup Biathlon Blue Water Finland had the pleasure of arranging delivery of miscellaneous equipment from Germany to the World Cup Biathlon in Kontiolahti in Finland for our good client Soli-Group, Bremen. After the Kontiolahti event, part of the eguipment was returned to Germany and the other part was sent on to a similar event in Norway: the annual BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon Holmenkollen. “Unloading of the equipment was performed in perfect weather and everything went as planned through the entire transport”, says Kai Henrik Hermiö, Manager Road Nordics at Blue Water Helsinki.
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Urgent delivery to Danish Defence When one of the Danish Defence’s helicopters suffered an engine breakdown that could not be repaired on site, Danish Defence was in urgent need of a new helicopter. Blue Water solved the problem swiftly and effectively The helicopter is part of the Danish Defence’s preparedness on the Faroes and in Iceland and Greenland and this helicopter was destined for Keflavik, Iceland. “The new helicopter could not just fly from Denmark to Iceland by itself. The weather conditions were bad which would involve many intermediate landings and transport by sea would take too long.
Instead we chartered an air freighter to transport the new helicopter and return the defect one. All steps in the transport were coordinated in close cooperation with Joint Movement and Transportation Organisation – the transport unit of Danish Defence”, says Nicolai Nørgaard, Manager Government and Defense Logistics, Blue Water Billund. In Iceland, Blue Water’s local experts arranged transport of the defect helicopter to the airport. From here, the defect helicopter was transported back to Denmark.
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PORT GENERAL SERVICES & AGENCY CARGO
FL: Ringo Cheung/Cargo Services, Karina B. Lauridsen, Ole Haahr Hansen and Lene Lyebalk/all from Blue Water, Joanne Zhou/Cargo Services, Søren Ladekjær, Jonas Espersen and Mads A. Paugan/all from Blue Water.
Visit from Cargo Services
Heavy excavator to Torshavn In connection with the port extension in Torshavn, Blue Water Hirtshals has transported a 92-ton excavator on the MV “Norröna”. The excavator arrived at Hirtshals one day before the departure to the Faroe Islands and Blue Water arranged safe storage in a fenced area until the planned departure. “The challenge was the weight of the excavator. Such a heavy item requires
correct positioning on board to ensure a safe transport and delivery. There were no problems during the passage and the excavator arrived safely and in good condition”, says Jan Nørgaard from Blue Water Hirtshals. Right now, the excavator is performing the 95,000-square metre port extension.
Road survey ensures safe delivery Our Aid & Relief team has transported six Iveco Refrigerated Trucks from China to Africa for the United Nations. The biggest challenge of this transport was the weather and road conditions. “We often see that roads are destroyed by the heavy rain. Therefore, we conduct road surveys prior to transports to ensure that the cargo will not get stuck in the middle of nowhere”, says Niels Mikkelsen, Sea Freight Manager in Blue Water’s Aid & Relief team, who was responsible for this transport. The trucks were loaded on board a vessel in China shaping a course for Beira in Mozambique, East Africa. Our partner in Beira Port monitored the reloading operation closely. They also handled transit
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clearing, documentation and hiring of cranes for the lifting operations. When the trucks had been loaded onto six special low bed trailers, the convoy continued with guarded escort to prevent theft along the almost 1000-kilometre route. Despite the heavy rain, the trucks arrived on time. “The rivers in Southern Africa, like the Limpopo, Zambezi, Pungwe and Save, are often, if not always, a big issue to cross when the rainy season reaches its peak. Working with qualified agents in Africa, who know what they are doing, guarantees that all steps in the transport will be handled with care”, says Johnny Mortensen, Head of Aid & Relief Logistics at Blue Water.
In the early spring, we received a visit from our Chinese partner, Cargo Services, South China and Hong Kong, with whom we have a long-time cooperation covering Sea and Air Freight. Ringo Cheung and Joanne Zhou started their visit in Denmark, where we among other things had arranged a meeting in Taulov where we had an interesting talk about our cooperation on Air Freight. After the meeting, our guests were given a tour of the terminal. Ringo Cheung and Joanne Zhou also called at Blue Water’s offices in Billund, Esbjerg, Aarhus and Copenhagen before they continued to Finland. Here, our offices in Helsinki and Turku had the pleasure of their call. Overall, the visit was a very positive experience that will strengthen our future cooperation.
Mosquito nets save lives Johnny Mortensen, Head of Aid & Relief Logistics at Blue Water has been in Benin and Ghana in West Africa to meet with clients and partners. The purpose of the visit was to secure the flow of cargo, prepare for customs clearing and distribution of products to the many remote locations inside Benin and Ghana. “The Ministry of Health is the receiving party for many donations and for this specific project, the ministry receives mosquito bed nets to protect against malaria. These nets serve a very important purpose as approximately one million children and pregnant women die every year from malaria-related diseases. We deliver around 250 x 40’ HC containers” for this project”, says Johnny Mortensen, who visited both destinations to secure a smooth operation.
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Danespo – Change of CEO On 21.4, Kurt Skov and Søren Stouggard from Blue Water participated in a reception at Danespo – a big client of Blue Water through many years in connection with potato shipments to North Africa. The CEO of Danespo for the past ten years – Steen Bitsch – has decided to move on to new challenges at Vestjyllands Andel in Ringkøbing, Denmark where he has taken over the top position. Jens Holstborg is Danespo’s new CEO.
He comes from a similar position at DSV Frø Danmark. Many speeches were delivered during the reception, praising Steen Bitsch – and welcoming Jens Holstborg. "We have enjoyed a splendid cooperation with Steen Bitsch and look forward to continuing the good dialogue with Jens Holstborg", says Søren Stougaard and Kurt Skov.
Jens Holstborg, new CEO of Danespo.
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Chairman of the Danespo Board Truels
Damsgaard – Managing Director of DLF.
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New CEO of Danespo, Jens Holstborg & Chair-
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man in Avlerforeningen Jeppe Jørgensen.
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The outgoing CEO of Danespo, Steen Bitsch.
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OFFICE PRESENTATION
Denmark
Lindo Manager: Kim Thygesen Established: 2011 Employees: 35 10 office and 25 terminal/stevedoring Primary activities:
»» Agency »» Projects »» Stevedoring »» Heavy lift operation
Blue Water Lindo is part of Lindo Industrial Park – an attractive industrial area with its own harbour, workshops, production facilities etc. Over time, the number of employees at the office has increased from two to ten and in addition, we have a terminal staff of 25. The activities of the office include project management locally and globally, port agency, various freight forwarding assignments and administration. Our client base contains a number of major clients within the offshore and wind industry
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– among others MHI Vestas, ST3 Offshore, Siemens Wind Power and Bladt Industries. “Last year, we invested in new equipment, SPMT (Self-propelled modular transporter) – for handling projects such as the jacket project Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm which is being installed in Scottish territorial waters. We are also involved in the Borkum Riffgrund Project 02 Offshore Wind Farm in the German sector of the North Sea for ST3”, says Kim Thygesen, Director Lindo, Poland and Cuxhaven. The office has been involved in several pro-
jects, among others the offshore wind farms Baltic 2 and Wikinger Offshore, both installed in German waters, and Odin’s Bridge, a swing bridge across Odense Canal. “Our core expertise are individual solutions tailored to the specific tasks. It can be everything from transport of small parcels for various companies at Lindo Industrial Park to handling wind turbine components and transport of huge steel constructions with SPMT. There is no logistics assignment too small or too big”, says Kim Thygesen.
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PORT SERVICES & AGENCY
Port agents for Veja Mate At the end of 2016, Blue Water was awarded the Stevedoring and Port Agency contract for the Veja Mate Offshore Project. The project, located in the German part of the North Sea, includes 67 Siemens Wind Power 6 MW turbines, which are being loaded on to installation vessels in the port of Esbjerg. For the installation, Siemens Wind Power has chartered Seajack’s JUV (JackUp Vessel) “Seajacks Scylla” and Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s JUV “Bold Tern”. In December, both vessels arrived at Esbjerg and commenced the mobilisation work to
prepare for the project. The first loadout started in late December, and the last four turbines will be loaded at the end of May 2017. “We are very proud to have been chosen as stevedores and agents for the Veja Mate Offshore Project. With our experience in offshore wind, we are certain that we have contributed positively to the project”, says Søren Messmann, General Manager Port Services and Klaus Odby Jensen, Port Agency Operations Manager at Blue Water.
MV ”Mykines” arrived via Hirtshals When the Faroese shipping line and our good client, Smyril Line, positioned their new vessel for Rotterdam, the vessel arrived via Hirtshals to load empty trailers. During the port call at Hirtshals, Blue Water acted as agents and our stevedores handled the loading operations. MV “Mykines” is a ro/ro vessel with a capacity of 90 trailer units and 500 cars divided on six decks. The vessel will be put in on the service between Rotterdam, Torshavn and Thorlakshofn on the west coast of Iceland. Captain Jóhan Av Reyni proudly displayed his new ship to representatives from Blue Water. Congratulations to Smyril Line on their new vessel – the fourth in their fleet of vessels.
Well-attended Breakbulk Europe Blue Water participated in Breakbulk Europe which took place in Antwerp, Belgium in April. Breakbulk is the largest exhibition and educational forum in the world addressing the needs of traditional breakbulk and project cargo logistics professionals. We had our own booth at this well-attended exhibition, where Blue Water’s representatives from the offices in Singapore, Brest, Lisbon, Oslo and Esbjerg had the pleasure of welcoming old as well as new potential clients.
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WIND LOGISTICS
Special equipment for offshore project
The Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm in Finland is being constructed with the help of Blue Water’s machinery and special equipment. Three reach stackers with capacity to lift from 65 to 100 tons, one truck and a specially designed root end adaptor with dolly to transport the 63-metre blades have been delivered to Mäntyluoto port in Pori. The specially designed equipment
has been designed by Blue Water’s own engineering department to ensure a smooth, safe and efficient handling of the blades at the quay and storage area. Also, it is a cost-effective solution as the client will avoid hiring extra workers to move the blades. One of Blue Water’s own Project Managers is on site and acts as the connecting link between Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy, the
company developing the wind farm, and Siemens. During the next four months, Blue Water will also provide terminal assistants. Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm is constructed off the coast of the Finnish port of Pori. It is the first offshore wind farm designed for icy conditions and consists of ten 4.2 MW turbines.
Long-term cooperation with Vestas Blue Water and Vestas has agreed on a long-term cooperation in Cuxhaven, Germany. The agreement includes stevedoring, terminal handling, coordination of port calls and loading of trucks. The joint venture Blue Water BREB GmbH will handle the daily operations. Blue Water BREB GmbH has a close cooperation with the local company Ambau for the use of cranage and storage area. “We are pleased to offer our assistance and to extend our already good cooperation with Vestas. Our newly established joint venture in Cuxhaven provides years of expertise as well as a unique set-up for the German wind industry. With our common focus on solving any challenge that our clients may have, we will provide top-service and solutions for Vestas”, says Brian Sørensen, Head of Business Development Wind Logistics at Blue Water. “We are happy to extend our good and long-term relationship with Blue Water to also include Cuxhaven. As our new gate into Germany, Cuxhaven is an important port for Vestas and the German market” says Moritz Zimmermann, Head of EMEA Transport, Vestas. 10
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REEFER LOGISTICS
Market challenges resulted in increased rates and limited allocations. In short, it is the carriers’ market right now. The situation in South America is also characterised by high rates and limited space. We will be monitoring the development very closely and do our best to accommodate all clients’ needs”, says Frank Madsen.
Frank Madsen, Global Manager Reefer and Marine Logistics at Blue Water, gives his opinion on the present market situation. “The reefer market has faced some challenges the past few months with carriers having trouble with supplying space and equipment, especially to the Far East. There are several reasons behind the situation, but to mention a few of the major issues, the dry market was very strong and
dry containers paid more than reefers at a point. The usual slowdown in exports that we normally experience at the start of the year did not happen, During Chinese New Year, there were blank sailings which affected the capacity on the eastbound trade later on. Empty equipment being positioned to the southern hemisphere for the fruit season also contributed negatively. All these factors have naturally
Representation in Denver, USA
Boston Seafood Show 2017
Blue Water has added another location to their world map of offices: Denver, Colorado in the United States. Bo Christensen, who has been working in Houston and Chicago, has moved to Denver to work in-house at our good client Western Export Services. There is a lot going on in Denver in the food industry sector (Reefer logistics), but also within the renewable energy sector. Vestas for instance has a huge tower factory south of Denver. Part of the agreement is that Bo will also have time to further develop our activities in the area.
Blue Water participated for the third time in the Boston Seafood Show in March. The event is the seafood industry’s annual showcase and the most important seafood show in North America attracting visitors and exhibitors from all over the world. Belkis Ataman and Lasse Petersen
from Blue Water in Miami teamed up with Jesper Nielsen from Blue Water Copenhagen, who is responsible for the extensive Perishables Air Freight Programme we have in Northern Europe servicing a worldwide clientele a wide selection of North Atlantic Seafood. “During the event, we had the pleasure to meet current as well as potential clients including many interesting companies from all over the world and we feel confident that we will grow our business based on this event”, says Lasse Petersen, Manager Reefer Logistics USA.
This year, around 1000 exhibitors and more than 20,000 visitors attended the Boston Seafood Show.
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MARINE LOGISTICS
Dry Dock Conference Blue Water has been handling Dry Dock logistics globally for many years and has for the first time participated in the Dry Dock Conference & Advanced Training Forum in Houston. The conference was the ninth in a series of international conferences, the objec tive of which is to educate and provide technological updates to personnel in the dry dock industry. 17 different speakers, including highly skilled engineers from Russia, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Australia, USA, Japan and China, told about their experiences with different dry dock projects they had managed. “We obtained a lot of new information. We also had the chance to present our role as a Logistics Service Provider to Dry Dock projects and to increase our network within the dry dock area”, says Thomas Jeppesen, Senior Sales Executive, Cruise & Marine, Blue Water Miami.
Cruise exhibition Again this year, we participated in Seatrade Cruise Global, Ft. Lauderdale, USA - as part of the Danish pavilion under Danish Export Association. Seatrade Cruise Global is the leading international exhibition serving
the Cruise industry. “We had a fantastic exhibition, with lots of visitors and customers stopping by. Blue Water was represented by Marine Logistics and Cruise Port Agency collea
Marine Hotel Association Again this year, we participated at the Marine Hotel Association (MHA) conference and trade show, which was held in Naples, Florida this time. MHA is a small-scale exhibition, however, very cosy as it is held at the same hotel where all attendees are invited to stay. The event was finished off with a fantastic BBQ on the beautiful beach of Naples.
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MARINE LOGISTICS
in Ft. Lauderdale gues from the various offices heavily involved in these niche activities”, says Lisette Trap Munk, Head of Marine Logistics at Blue Water. During the Seatrade Cruise Global
week, Blue Water had the pleasure of hos ting a special customer event. The event took place at the intercostal waterways of the beautiful Ft. Lauderdale and close surroundings.
New flagship In April, our good cruise client, Silversea Cruises, hosted an inaugural dinner for their new flagship “Silver Muse” in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Hans Busbroek from Blue Water Rotterdam attended this very special event. Congratulations to Silversea on the inauguration of their beautiful luxury cruise vessel “Silver Muse”.
Miami Boat Show In February, Blue Water Miami attended the yearly Miami Boat Show, the ultimate boat show, hosted at Miami Marine Stadium Park. This is one of the biggest boat shows in the US, with hundreds of vendors represented, displaying around 1300 boats and thousands of marine products. “During the exhibition, we met a lot of interesting potential clients, many of whom we have established contact with today”, says Blue Water’s representative at the exhibition, Thomas Jeppesen, Sr. Sales Executive, Cruise & Marine Logistics, Blue Water Miami.
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BLUE WATER CORPORATE
Blue Water Reykjavik has moved to new facilities New address: Fellsmúli 26, 2H 108 Reykjavik, Iceland
Telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged
FL: Manager Finance Allan Bate/Manchester, General Manager Stephen Leary/Manchester, Manager Sales Steve Townsend/Manchester, Branch Manager Tony Hayfield/Ipswich, Manager Sales Lee Crewe/Manchester, Business Development Manager Wind Rob Balance/Manchester, Regional General Manager Tim Eskesen/Aberdeen, Manager Air & Sea Billy Fraser/Manchester and Branch Manager Stewart Greig Aberdeen.
Joint UK Sales and Management meeting Blue Water’s Aberdeen, Ipswich and Manchester offices all gathered in Manchester in conjunction with Multimodal 2017 - UK and Ireland’s premier transport, logistics and supply chain management event held in Birmingham. The purpose of the joint meeting was to align on newly implemented Strategy
Action Plans. This to synchronise achieving greater understanding of direction for involved activities within our Road, Air Freight, Sea Freight, Industrial Projects, Warehouse Management and Oil & Gas services. A day well spent introducing new members of the Blue Water team to the more established core.
IT visiting Greenland and France Our IT team is used to visiting colleagues all over the world to help make all systems run smoothly IT is a determining factor in today’s transport and logistics. Therefore, it is important that the configuration is in place at all offices.
Business and pleasure Mathias Skov Madsen, Heins Christensen and Lasse Høeg from our IT department in Esbjerg recently visited Blue Water’s office in the French city of Marseille. In addition to the IT job, the three colleagues
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enjoyed a good meal with their French colleagues after office hours. Also, Martin Hildebrandt and Steffen Frederiksen from our IT department in Esbjerg have visited our offices in Nuuk and Sisimiut in Greenland to upgrade the technical IT installations. In addition to the long working nights, they also took the time to ride the snowmobile in the cold weather – minus 20 degrees centigrade. 2
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FL: Martin Hildebrandt/IT, Jesper Skjoldborg Øraker/General Manager in Nuuk,
Steffen Frederiksen/IT, Gerth Dalager and (lying in front) Louis Thorning/both from Sisimiut.
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FL: Alban Bianchi/Blue Water Marseille, Mathias Skov Madsen, Heins
Christensen/both from IT, Apolline Simeon, Julie Tallec, Lionel Guilbaud/all from Blue Water Marseille and Lasse Høeg/IT.
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June 2017
BLUE WATER SPIRIT
Close matches As usual, Blue Water showed fighting spirit in all three series in this year’s football tournament “Esbjerg Freight Forwarders’ Cup”. We managed to take home one cup, but the matches were very close in all series. Our mix team actually won a joint first, but the score decided that they only
got third place. Our old boys fought their way to second place and the final match in the men’s series was between two Blue Water teams. Thank you for a job well done. Next year, we will go for more cups.
Gammelnok's weekend excursion to Germany The destinations of this year’s excursion of Blue Water’s senior club were the two small German towns Husum and Friedrichstadt On the first Saturday in May, 37 present and former (now retired) colleagues and their partners headed for Husum, and spent the next couple of hours in this little cosy town. Later in the afternoon we continued to the idyllic little village Friedrichstadt - also known as the Nordic Venice – where we had time for a walk in the nice and sunny weather before dinner at the hotel where we stayed the night. Next day’s programme included a canal cruise and a stop on the way home in the village of Bergenhusen, which is famous for accommodating more than 40 storks. A fantastic weekend, beautiful weather and good company.
Sailing adventure Three adventurous young lads from the south of Denmark will soon turn their dream into reality. The three lads will be cruising the Mediterranean, which they cannot do without buying various equipment and here Blue Water comes into the picture as sponsor. During the winter, the three boys - Nikolaj Bie Rasmussen, Hans Kobberø and Mads Ahrenkiel – have prepared themselves for their big adventure. They have made their recently acquired boat “Lima” ready for the cruise, obtained their VHF and sailing certificates and the navigation route has been planned. Each boy will have his own area of responsibility on board: Hans is the skipper, Nikolaj is responsible for the provisioning and Mads is first mate. “Our longing to go cruising started when we watched the popular Danish tele-
As part of the agreement with Blue Water, the boys have promised to send us regular accounts of their journey.
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vision programme about a family cruising the world in their sailing boat. We started making plans for a similar adventure which will soon become reality”, says Nikolaj. ”We easily recognise the three boys’ love of adventure. Blue Water is based on a dream of creating a transport company – the preferred local transport provider – and seizing the opportunities in the markets that we operate in. The boys’ can-do spirit and sense of adventure are in line with the culture of Blue Water”, says Flemming Bruun Sørensen, General Manager in Blue Water Sonderborg. On 5 June, Nikolaj, Hans and Mads will leave Sonderborg shaping a course for the Mediterranean and are expected back again i approx. six months.
Visit from kindergarten The local kindergarten Mikisoq has paid our colleagues in Nuuk a visit. It seemed to be an exciting experience for the children. During their visit, they tried to sit in a forklift and in one of Blue Water’s trucks. Maybe we have a future employee among the kindergarten children. They all received a cap in return for their visit.
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New employees Aalborg
Kathe Bendix Pedersen (55) is employed as Assistant Manager Courier as from 1.2. Kathe was previously Salex Executive at RushXpress.
Claus Sørensen (50) is employed as Freight Forwarder Reefer Logistics Road as from 1.2. Claus comes from a similar job at Schenker.
Anja Bay Mørkeberg (30) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road Export Scandinavia as from 1.3. Anja comes from a similar job at HCS.
Pernille Bønnelykke (34) is employed as Freight Forwarder North Atlantic as from 1.2. Pernille joins us from a similar job at Bring.
Morten Anker Lorenzen (36) is employed as Stevedore Foreman as from 20.4. Morten was previously Supervisor at MHI Vestas.
Lindo Brian Hansen (40) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 15.2. Before his employment, Brian formed part of our Stand-by team at Lindo.
Michelle Mayland (36) is employed as Freight Forwarder in our ILN group as from 10.3. Michelle comes from a similar job at Holship.
Torsten Hansen (53) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 15.2. Torsten comes from a similar job at Aalborg Gods.
Rasmus Lange (33) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 15.2. He used to be an Agricultural machine operator at Hverringe Manor.
Francesco Chelli (52) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 18.4. Francesco joins us from a similar job with Comtek.
Dennis Christiansen (36) is employed as Freight Forwarder North Atlantic as from 1.3. Dennis joins us from Bygma.
Martin Nicolai Beck (37) is employed as Manager Port Agency as from 1.3. Martin was previously a Shipping Agent at G. Sunesen.
Esbjerg Anne Mette Kløve Thygesen (40) is employed as Freight Forwarder North Atlantic as from 15.3. She joins us from Region Northern Jutland.
Max Bech Hansen (23) is employed as IT Developer as from 1.2. Before his permanent employment, Max had a student job in our IT dept.
Anders Kalmar (32) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Domestic dept. as from 1.4. He comes from a similar job at DB Schenker.
Morten Vørts (33) is employed as Manager Project Lead TMS Air as from 1.3. He was previously Sales Manager at YOYO Global Freight.
Aarhus Trine Ravn Andersen (39) is employed as Freight Forwarder Air Freight as from 1.3. Trine joins us from a similar job with Airlog. Patrick Lindberg Schmidt (32) is employed as Sales Executive as from. 20.3. Patrick comes from a similar position at DSV.
Copenhagen Anders Berents (35) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road as from 1.2. He comes from a similar job at Bech-Hansen & Studsgaard.
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Lise Sønnichsen Jensen (54) is employed as Assistant HSSEQ as from 1.3. Lise previously did an internship in our HSSEQ group. Martin Lykke Brinch (33) is employed as IT Developer as from 1.4. Martin joins us from a similar postion at Welfare Danmark. Bjarne Hansen (58) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 18.4. Bjarne joins us from a similar job with Sub C.
Odense Peter Aagaard Scheel (31) is employed as Freight Forwarder Courier/Air Freight as from 20.2. Peter joins us from Callenberg A/S. Thomas Haugaard (28) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Air Freight as from 1.3. Thomas comes from a similar job at Yoyo Global Freight.
Padborg Dorte Sørensen (54) is employed as Assistant Adm. as from 1.3. Dorthe was previously Assistant Logistics at NTG Terminals A/S i Kolding.
Taulov Morten Jepsen (45) is employed as Head of the Norwegian/Swedish dept. as from 1.2. He was previously Head of DSV’s Domestic dept.
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New employees Jane Byrsing (43) is employed as Freight Forwarding Assistant in Groupage as from 1.3. Jane previously worked as a temp in Taulov.
Karsten Jensen (37) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Norwegian dept. as from 1.4. Karsten joins us from a similar job at Leman.
Marlene T. Pagh (44) is employed as Freight Forwarding Assistant in Groupage. Marlene has for a period been working as a temp in Taulov.
Thomas Vitsholm Thomsen (38) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 5.4. Thomas comes from a Temp job at JKS.
John Sylvester Bruhn (55) is employed as Team Leader for the evening terminal shift as from 1.3. John used to be self-employed.
Dennis Petersen (31) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Swedish dept. as from 18.4. Dennis joins us from PL’s KAM dept.
Robert Kristensen (31) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Swedish dept. as from 1.3. Robert joins us from DSV’s Domestic dept.
Cindie Rasmussen (29) is employed as Administrative Assistant as from 18.4. Cindie joins us from Bestseller.
Morten Aaskoven Jensen (33) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 6.3. Morten comes from a job as Dustman at Renovadan.
Jacob Kisendal (26) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road Transport Sourthern Europe as from 18.4. He joins us from DSV Atlanta, USA.
Heidi Schack Lorenzen (38) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Austrian dept. as from 7.3. Heidi joins us from Bring, Aarhus.
Lisbeth Steffansen (46) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 18.4. Lisbeth was previously Sores Clerk at CJS.
Ilse Hartvig Kristensen (46) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Swedish dept. as from 1.4. Ilse joins us from Freja Transport & Logistics. Søren Kjær Hovgaard (43) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Swedish dept. as from 1.4. Søren joins us from Freja Transport & Logistics. Jesper Gylling Jensen (40) is employed as Freight Forwarder Eastern Europe as from 1.4. Jesper joins us from TransCargo. Flemming Jeppesen (40) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the UK dept. as from 1.4. Flemming comes from N&K’s Domestic dept.
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Dublin Sean Reilly (27) is employed as Assistant Freight Forwarding as from 24.4. Sean comes from a similar job at BG Freight Lines.
Houston Barbara Headley (60) is employed as Project Manager as from 24.4. Barbara comes from a similar job at Agility Project Logistics. Leslie Forsyth (57) is employed as Key Account Manager as from 24.4. Leslie comes from a similar job at Agility Project Logistics. Travis Snider (27) is employed at the Freeport LNG Expansion Warehouse as a Warehouse Technician as from 10.4.
Miami Catherine Galvis (22) is employed as Freight Forwarder Ocean Export as from 1.3. Catherine joins us from Sunrise Cargo. Caren Moncayo (29) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 1.4. Caren joins us from Express Consolidation System.
Aberdeen Tim Eskesen (45) is employed as Regional Manager UK as from 1.3. Tim was previously Business Dev. Manager at Ceva Logistics.
Luis Alberto Guerra (46) is employed as Operations Manager Airfreight Export as from 19.4. Luis joins us from Weiss-Rohlig USA, LLC.
Bremen Michael Tiedtke (38) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 1.2. Michael has been self-employed within courier transport.
Dubai Margarita Kalikova (33) is employed as Chartering and Project Manager as from 24.4. She was previosly Project Manager at Deugro.
Ilulissat Egill Antonsson (28) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 19.2. Egill used to work as a Driver for HF Transport Hirtshals, Denmark.
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New employees Lisbon Isabel Carvalho (39) is employed as Assistant Operations Air & Sea as from 1.3. She comes from a job as Procurement Manager at Damco.
Oslo Mats Berg (36) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Government 6 Defence Logistics as from 1.3. Mats joins us from GAC Norway A/S.
Ihsan Al-Saidi (31) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road. as from 1.4. Ihsan joins us from a similar job with Bring International.
Hafdis H. Bárudóttir (47) is employed as Freight Forwarder Air & Sea as from 1.4. Hafdis joins us from Icelandic Post.
Reykjavik Hákon Helgi Leifsson (38) is employed as Sales Representative as from 1.2. Hákon comes from a similar job with Brdr. Dahl.
Obituary It was with great sorrow that we received the information about the sudden death of Søren Nielsen Monday, 1 May. Søren died after a brief illness. Søren has been part of Blue Water since the establishment of the company’s branch office in Odense back in 1988. From the very start, Søren formed part of the Management team in Odense as responsible for Personnel, Sales and Business Development along with his other responsibilities. At first, these responsibilities included import of general cargo from the Continent and England. Søren was also for several years responsible for the Italian traffics. Subsequently, the overall responsibility for the company’s customs activities was assigned to Søren as well. The establishment of Blue Waters’ branch at the former Lindo Shipyard in 2011 – the present Lindo Industrial Park – was an essential event in Søren’s career. Here, as in all other relations, Søren saw the possibilities. Søren always saw the
possibilities, never limitations. In 2014, Søren accepted the position of Head of Blue Water’s General Cargo Division and joined the Management Board as overall responsible for the company’s traditional transport of industrial cargo and consumer goods by road, sea and air – a position he held until his death. Søren was well-liked by everybody – including the customers - due to his quiet and friendly personality and great kindness. During his almost 30 years as Manager and Director, Søren’s door was always open. He cared for and possessed the ability to listen to his employees and he was, because of his central positions, an important and natural culture bearer in Blue Water. In relation to his job as well as privately, Søren had a large network within the business community, sport and culture. In addition to his job, Søren was active in various trade associations: as Chairman in Fynske Speditører (Funen Freight Forwar-
ders) and as a Committee Member in Fynsk Erhverv (Funen Trade & Industry). Søren was married to Kirsten with whom he shared everything for 38 years. The couple also shared the interest for golf which gave them many fantastic and memorable trips and experiences - both in Denmark and abroad. That Søren is no longer with us is incomprehensible. He will be sadly missed by everybody who knew him. In this difficult time, our thoughts go to Søren’s family: his wife Kirsten and his twin brother Peter. Let us respect Søren’s memory.
Births On 20.1, Abu Ghulam/Blue Water Olso became a father of twin girls - Alina (2.9 kgs/48 cm) and Anaya (3 kgs/47 cm). On 9.2, Daniel Milathianakis/Blue Water Amsterdam and his wife, Maria, became parents of a baby girl, Luna Valentina (3.5 kgs). On 24.3, Pernille and Joel Sotelo/both from Blue Water Esbjerg became parents of a fine healthy baby boy (3.4 kgs/56 cm).
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On 24.3, Søren Madsen/Blue Water Taulov and his wife, Thea, became parents of a baby girl (3kgs/51 cm). Little Vilda is the couple’s sixth child. On 27.3, Ania Juel Lindblad Madsen/Blue Water Esbjerg and her husband, Simon, became parents of a baby Boy, Benjamin (3.8 kgs/53 cm). On 11.4, Jeffrey Woudenberg/Blue Water Rotterdam and his partner, Josca, became parents of a baby boy, Reza (4.5 kgs/56 cm).
On 17.4, Anne Hald/Blue Water Aarhus and her partner became parents of a baby girl (2.8 kgs/49 cm). On 8.5, Per Bertelsen/Blue Water Esbjerg became a father of a baby girl, Anna (3.2 kgs/50 cm). On 12.5, Agnieszka Moskwytyn/Blue Water gave birth to a baby girl, Antonine (2.9 kgs/50 cm). On 14.5, Lone Rubin Iversen/Blue Water Esbjerg gave birth to a baby girl, Alba (3.9 kgs/52 cm).
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Birthdays July 3.7 7.7 9.7 10.7 17.7 31.7
Jakob Pavar Langhoff, Odense Henrik Lund, Padborg Hans Busbroek, Rotterdam Apolline Simeon, Marseille Karen Whitwood, Baltimore, NY Denise Ann Fiery Arnold, Houston
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Matthew Neil, Manchester Benjamin Frederiksen, Odense Denise Hanselman, Rotterdam Dennis Rasmussen, Billund Rene Birk Jørgensen, Aalborg Berit Møller, Taulov Thomas Boulund Meng Hansen, Esbjerg Alice Miang Kristensen, Esbjerg Nelson Santos, Lisbon
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Lene Steenberg, Aarhus Nhu Anh Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh Mette Rolund Sørensen, Esbjerg Tom Krøyer, Odense
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Lala Ismailova, Baku Brian Frahm, Esbjerg Jeffrey Woudenberg, Rotterdam Søren Schrøder Jørgensen, New York Søren Ladekjær, Aarhus Leon Kold Andersen, Hirtshals Solenn Guillevic, Lorient Jette Vad Madsen, Esbjerg Paulo Sergio, Lisbon René Krone Junager, Odense Jacob Kjærgaard, Esbjerg Jette Sundahl, Esbjerg
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Weddings
On 5.3, Nicolai Nørgaard/Blue Water Billund and Karina Hansen/Bue Water Esbjerg got married in Our Saviour’s Church, Esbjerg. On the same occasion, the couple’s latest addition, little Nora, was baptised.
On 15.4, Michelle Berntsen Andersen and Anders Maul/both from Blue Water Esbjerg got married at the Old Court House in Esbjerg. On the same occasion, Michelle changed her surname to Maul.
On 22.4, Mikkel Puggaard Hansen/Blue Water Esbjerg married his fiancée, Signe, at the Old Court House in Esbjerg.
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Klaus Odby Jensen/Blue Water Esbjerg and his wife, Louise, were married at a register office a couple of years ago. On 20.5, the couple reconfirmed their wedding vows in Tjæreborg Church.
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Dan Nissen
Frank Madsen
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31.07.92–31.07.2017
Dan Nissen/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 30th anniversary on 1.7. Through all the years, Dan has been based at the office in Esbjerg. He has, however, been around various departments and activities. Today Dan is Global Managing Director for Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects, and Wind Logistics, but he originally started his career as Trainee in our Agency department. Since then, he has mainly concentrated on ships and Sea Freight. At one time, Dan was in charge of our then Lauritzen Reefers department shipping food products to the Middle East on the Lauritzen reefer vessels. He was also for a number of years in charge of Blue Water’s many offices/departments around the world having transport of food products as their core activity. Later on, Dan became responsible for the offices servicing the Oil & Energy sector and his field of responsibility was subsequently extended to include the Cruise industry as well. Dan has also been overall responsible for the Sea and Air Freight activities of the entire Blue Water Group. Furthermore, Dan is a very dedicated Chairman of the local VL Group – Danish Management Society - the purpose of which is to heighten awareness of and understanding for modern management principles and thereby contribute to economic progress, social advances and general promotion of better standards of life in our country. On the domestic front, Dan’s wife, Charlotte, is the boss – definitely when it comes to financial affairs. The family also includes the couple's twins, Line and Mikkel, who will soon fly the nest to start their studies in the Danish university city of Aarhus. Car enthusiast is also one of Dan’s titles. He has quite a few of them (cars) in his garage. We do not believe that Dan will ever become a great triathlete. Last time he gave it a try, it did not work out according to plan.
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On 31.7, it will be 25 years since Frank Madsen/Blue Water Esbjerg started as Trainee, first in Road Transport in Esbjerg and then Deep Sea Shipping. Since then, Frank’s focus has remained on the Sea activities. Later on, Frank continued to Aarhus to help build our Sea activity there. In 1998, he was transferred to Dubai to become involved in transport to the CIS/Central Asia among other things. In 2001, Frank took over the role of General Manager in Dubai until he, in 2003, returned to Esbjerg. Here, Frank accepted a new role of Business Development Manager for Reefer Sea internationally. Additionally, he became responsible for the Sea/Air activities in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. With the latest restructuring of Blue Water, Frank has returned to being responsible for our Reefer Sea activities across the organisation as well as being in charge of the Marine Logistics activities. On top of this, he is responsible for the offices which are active within these two business areas. Frank is married to Camilla and the family also includes their daughters, Sofie and Sara, and the family dog Charlie. Frank spends his free time on football. indoor bicycling and now and then mountain biking. Good food and wine as well as spending time with his family and friends are also top priorities.
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12.08.97–12.08.2017
Christina Husted Bergmann/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate her 20th anniversary on 12.8. Christina originally started as our office girl before her apprenticeship, which started in the UK department and moving on to Deep Sea and Reefer Shipping.
In addition, Christina has formed part of our then existing Terminal Office and the Key Accounts team before she joined the Overseas department which she is still part of. Christina’s field of responsibility is LCL and FCL export worldwide and she makes it a point of honour to provide the very best service. Christina is married to Henrik and the couple has three daughters: Sara aged 13, Sofie aged nine and Camille who is seven years old. Christina keeps updated on the sports news and follows her daughters’ sports activities. She also likes taking the family dog, Carla, for a walk when the dog is not out on her own walking around in the neighbourhood, resulting in penalties from the police. We are still waiting to see Christina jump into the harbour as she missed out on that opportunity almost two decades ago. When she had completed her apprenticeship she suddenly disappeared when her fellow trainees jumped into the water. We wonder whether she will take the plunge before her 20th anniversary.
20th Tony Hayfield
08.09.97–08.09.2017
Tony Hayfield/Blue Water Ipswich will celebrate his 20th anniversary on 8.9. Tony was originally employed to look after Groupage Traffic to Russia and CIS – a job that he performed to perfection, increasing the number of weekly departures and profit for the company. After a few years, Tony added Air Freight and Container Services to his daily duties. In 2000, Tony was promoted to Operational/Office Manager, a position he still occupies Tony is married to Sharon for 21 years and they have three children – Lucy, Oliver and Rebecca. The eldest daughter recently started to study for degree at Nottingham University. Tony is a keen cyclist and often cycles to work – that is 27 km each way! He is often seen on the road overtaking general traffic. He also enjoys watching track cycling and Tour de France on television. June 2017
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Jubilees Tony is a very popular colleague and very witty too. He often relieves the busy working atmosphere by cracking a good joke. .
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priority, but Pernille also finds time to see her friends and she is a member of a girls’ lodge. She keeps in shape on her exercise bike at home while watching Paradise Hotel on TV. The office’s centre of gravity is Pernille’s work station. Often, she has just as many things lying on the floor as on her desk. Pernille loves the company parties, letting her hair down all night.
02.07.07–02.07.2017
On 02.07, Ang Hock Tiong/Blue Water Singapore will celebrate his 10th anniversary. Hock Tiong started with Blue Water as Operations Executive, supervising and being responsible for all our warehouse activities including the day-to-day operation. In early 2008, he moved from the warehouse to our office and was assigned to the Projects Forwarding department handling day-to-day operations. Hock Tiong is a very competent collea gue, always ready to lend a helping hand. Hock Tiong was promoted to Project Manager in 2011, ensuring that the daily operations are performed smoothly. He also participates in tenders/quotations and coaching/training the team of 7 colleagues. Hock Tiong got married in 2014 and his free time is dedicated to his family and friends with whom he enjoys having dinner and watching movies. He is also fond of travelling.
10th Aimish Shaumurunova
23.07.07–23.07.2017
Aimish Shaumurunova/Blue Water Aktau will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 23.7. Aimish joined our Aktau office as a Customs Broker and she is the office’s “Queen of Temporary Imports”. She is very dedicated to her job, diligent and responsible. Aimish is well-liked among her colleagues - a loyal friend and always helpful. Aimish is also the loving and considerate mother of three children and two cats. She loves to cook and she does that superbly. In outward appearance, Aimish looks calm, but at the same time she is very active and light-footed. She likes partying, dancing and doing sports. To keep fit, she even walks up the stairs until the eighth floor every day.
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22.07.07–22.07.2017
Pernille Kvist/Blue Water Copenhagen will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 22.7. Pernille was originally employed as Accounts Receivable Accountant, but over the years, various other responsibilities have been added and she can now call herself an All-round Accountant. However, she is very organised and the debtors are still kept on a tight leash. Pernille lives together with Simon, their three girls and Nemo (their cat). In her free time, the children have No. 117
spirits boosts the positive atmosphere in the department. She has twice participated in Team Rynkeby - a one-week cycling race from Denmark to Paris. Well done. She did not have much cycling experience, but once the decision was made, she worked hard on her training programme. Mette is on maternity leave with her son, Anton, born last November. Recently she and her partner became house owners including a big garden. Luke - their dog – is nowadays reduced to number two in rank order.
10th Angie Wong
01.08.07–01.08.2017
Angie Wong/Blue Water Singapore will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 1.8. Angie is Senior Finance Manager in our Accounts department – a team of four colleagues - and is responsible for the finances of the offices in Singapore, Malaysia, China and Vietnam in close cooperation with Hanne Bärthel in Esbjerg and Jason Goh in Singapore. Angie always does her utmost to prepare her duties in the very best way and she always looks after her team. She also makes sure that colleagues from other Blue Water offices feel very welcome when visiting the Singapore office. Angie lives together with Sam and is the mother of one daughter and three sons. Angie is very devoted and have strong bonds to her family. They love spending time and doing things together. Sometimes they will go cycling and board skating and they cherish their annual family holiday.
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Mette Rolund Sørensen/Blue Water Esbjerg started as Trainee in our Finance department on 31.7.2007 and has all-round knowledge of accountancy. Over time, she has chased clients for payments, paid the suppliers and prepared economic reports. Mette has been accounts responsible for Blue Water Stevedoring, Greenland and most recently the Doha office. Mette is a cheerful girl, and her good
10th Diana Vanggaard Kaag
01.08.07–01.08.2017
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Jubilees Vejle. In 2008, Blue Water took over the activities, including Diana who became part of our Sea Freight team in Aarhus. Having completed her apprenticeship, Diana moved to Gothenburg where she for the next three years was doing local freight forwarding. When it was time for new challenges - this time in Wind Logistics – she moved her base to the North of Sweden. Here, she was responsible for three wind turbine projects; daily coordination of vessel operations and truck deliveries to the site. After four years abroad, Diana returned to Denmark and joined our Oil & Gas department in Esbjerg. Her main responsibility was the execution of three D-rig yard stay projects for Maersk Drilling in USA, Italy and Namibia + South Africa. Today, Diana is based at Lindo in a key function, leading and managing Logistics and Special Projects. Diana lives with her partner, Christian, and she is an enthusiastic volleyball player.
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Jannie Houkjær
Teddi Holm
01.08.07–01.08.2017
01.08.07–01.08.2017
Jannie Houkjær/Blue Water Aalborg started as Trainee on 1.8.2007. From the very start, Jannie became involved in Overseas Import and with her structured nature, she was a strong asset in the Overseas department. In 2016, Jannie changed to a new function as Sales Support in the Sales department. This does not mean that she has cut all ties with her old team. Jannie is always ready to lend a helping hand. In addition to being Sales Support, she is our Client Event Coordinator and Claims Assistant among other ad hoc jobs. Jannie is a cheerful and spontaneous girl who adds a bit of spice to the office. She is an inspiration across the different departments, always going along with the practical joke. Jannie is a single mother of a little girl Liva. That she is still capable of kicking the ball, Jannie proved when Blue Water’s girls won this year’s Rechto Cup in Aalborg.
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Kasper Pedersen/Blue Water Aalborg started as Trainee in the North Atlantic department on 1.8.2007. Since then he has built wide experience with and knowledge of the North Atlantic markets. In addition to Greenland, export to the Faroes and Iceland is Kasper’s primary field of responsibility. Furthermore, he has improved his competences by passing his examination as a Certified Freight Forwarding Agent with magnificent grades in Transport Law, Logistics and Transport Economics. Kasper and his girlfriend, Chris, live in a small town with their two sons; Benjamin aged three and Jonatan aged one. For the present, house work and gardening are Kasper’s only exercise. He used to be a strong footballer playing for the local club. Nowadays he watches football lying on the couch following his favourite Premier League team, Liverpool FC, on TV.
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Teddi Holm/Blue Water Esbjerg started as Trainee in Billund on 1.8.2007. Subsequently, he moved on to Overseas Shipping in Esbjerg, where they soon spotted his special talent. Having completed his apprenticeship, Teddi was in 2011 appointed Team Manager in the Import group. With his career running smoothly, Teddi wanted to get his civil life organised and proposed to Kirsten in 2014. In 2015, the couple signed up for a wedding competition in a radio programme. They made it to the final, but had to face their defeat in the end. In May this year, Teddi and Kirsten got married without help from Danish Radio. The young couple lives in a suburb of Esbjerg with their “child” Milo (dog). They spend hours learning Milo tricks. Teddi is also fond of motoring and the remaining time, he spends on his studies.
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Malene Ehmsen 01.09.07–01.09.2017 01.08.07–01.08.2017
Malene Ehmsen/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 1.8. Malene joined Blue Water from Cargo Centre Billund and has from day one formed an essential part of and contributed her share of the development in the Courier/ Air Freight department in Esbjerg Malene is extremely service-minded and hates half measures. It is not only the clients who benefit from her service enthusiasm - she will tell our suppliers if they do not live up to her expectations. Malene is married to Jesper and they have two children, Ditte and Viktor, and a dog called Fimse. In addition to spending her free time with her family, Malene often takes a run and she and her family love travelling.
Lis Parker/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 1.9. Lis knows all the customs rules and regulations, and if you do not observe them, she will let you know. Her colleagues draw on her vast professional knowledge. Lis will always find a solution to the most exceptional questions and problems, where others would have given up long ago. Lis spends her free time with her husband, three daughters and sons-in-law, four grandchildren and not least her cat. Lis will turn 63 in June, but has entered her second youth. She will go to every concert in Esbjerg, as long as it is her taste in music. If you mention her name at Blue Water Arena, everybody will know who Lis is. She watches all EfB’s home matches and she also attends most of their away matches . June 2017
HUMAN RESOURCES
Jubilees 10th
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Ronny Jensen
Alexander Medvedev
Angel Sanchez Morales
01.09.07–01.09.2017
03.09.07–03.09.2017
04.09.07–04.09.2017
Ronny Jensen/Blue Water Taulov will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.9. Ronny is part of our Part/Full Loads department, doing export to Benelux, and he is also assisting with Export to Germany. One can safely say that Ronny has a somewhat split personality. One minute he is the very serious and hard-working freight forwarder attending to a client on the phone and a driver at the front desk at the same time – efficiently and professionally. The next minute he shows his black humour when making a comment that makes everybody around him wonder: “did I hear right”? Ronny is born and bred in the southern part of Jutland and has his heart in the right place – especially when it comes to his family: Anica, Hjalte and Dicte. Ronny is often seen at BMX cycling tracks around Jutland wearing a boiler suit acting as mechanic for his son.
Alexander Medvedev/Blue Water Aktau joined our Aktau office as a Driver/Expeditor on 3.9.2007. A few years later, he was promoted to local Transport Coordinator. There are not any non-standard tasks within domestic cargo transportation that Alexander cannot handle. He usually explodes with efficient and cost-effective solutions doing his best to handle the job perfectly. As Alexander is very good at talking with people, he is also good at establishing client relationships. Alexander is married to Olga and he is the proud father of two children – a four-year-old son, Kirill, and a 2-year-old daughter, Viktoriya. Alexander loves cars and knows a lot about them. He is even capable of fixing car problems himself. Furthermore, he is fond of fishing and hunting.
Angel Sanchez Morales/Blue Water Barcelona will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 4.9. Angel is the Traffic Manager in Spain playing an important part at our Barcelona team. Angel is married to Chantal and the family also includes the couple’s daughter, Yalmla, and the family dog Quima. In his free time, Angel likes doing sports. He also enjoys a good glass of red wine while watching his favourite team, Real Madrid, playing on television. A few years ago, Angel made an urgent trip to the Bahamas to deliver an important package to a ship. Four hours later, he returned to Barcelona without even having enjoyed a few hours at this exotic destination. A true company man.
OFFICE PRESENTATION
USA
Miami Manager: Kasper Diaz Sommer Established: 2006 Employees: 37 Primary activities:
»» Reefer Logistics »» Cruise & Marine Logistics
Our Miami office is strategically located less than one hour from Miami Airport, Port of Miami, Fort Lauderdale Airport and Port Everglades. Our first Florida office opened in Fort Lauderdale in 2006, as we won the logistics contract with Holland America Line. In 2008, we moved our US Reefer activity to Florida from New York and since then, the team has grown from one person to ten, handling almost 20,000 TEUS p.a. Both the Cruise and Reefer activity grew fast and in 2014, we moved into a modern office
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and warehouse in Doral, a suburb of Miami. The Reefer team services customers especially within Protein, Meat and Dairy. Our Focus is to increase our activities in the frozen protein segment and further develop business with local Miami traders to South and Central America. Our Marine Logistics team services most of the known Cruise Lines and a great variety of vendors of the cruise industry. Our services include consolidations, Air, Ocean, Road, Warehousing and aside from regular provisioning
and technical ship spares, we have handled numerous new-builds and dry dock projects, latest including the new ship “Carnival Vista” in Italy with our partner Priano Marchelli, and the “Regent Seven Seas Explorer” in Genoa for Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. “Our strong team of Reefer and Marine Logistics experts with local and global knowledge is always ready to deliver “Best in Town” service” says Kasper Sommer, General Manager in Miami.
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PORTRAIT OF WIND LOGISTICS
Many projects in Wind Logistics Blue Water’s very active Wind Logistics team is located in Esbjerg and handles projects on behalf of the wind turbine manufacturers During a period of +20 years, Wind Logistics has transported more than 8000MW to many different destinations. Wind Logistics is part of Blue Water’s global set-up servicing the wind industry, and includes a strong set-up in Asia and the USA which was recently, with assistance from our Esbjerg office among others, involved in the Block Island Offshore project – the first offshore wind farm in the USA.
Experience and competences Our Wind Logistics team consists of experienced project managers and a tender group who, in addition to handling projects won, assists the clients with bidding for planned and future projects. The tasks cover a wide field – from transport of single components to big door to door projects of for instance up to 160 wind turbines, where Blue Water is responsible for all port handling, transport by sea and delivery by truck to site, often with efficient assistance from partners worldwide. ”During the first six months of 2017, 24
we have won quite a few assignments and projects and have our own people involved in UK, Belgium, France, Norway, Ireland, Spain, Finland as well as in a number of Danish ports, including Aalborg, Aarhus and Esbjerg”, says Jacob Kjærgaard, Head of Wind Logistics in Blue Water”.
Happy and satisfied clients ”The clients are satisfied with our solutions and we try to be flexible and give them a valuable experience when they are working with us. Even though things do not always work out as we expect them to, the simple fact that we are present on the project, on the quay and on site means that we can act fast and proactively. This way we can often anticipate events and draw on the right resources to solve the challenges. Being involved in a lot of projects obviously places demands on our systems supporting quality control. In that respect the IT system Compass Wind, which is developed by our own IT people, is a unique and strong tool”.
“Our strength is our versatility. Our organisation consists of many different competences and we have the option of drawing on internal resources whenever we need input or assistance. And we must not forget our business partners, including our subcontractors, whom we place heavy demands on. They are always ready to make an extra effort when needed. We appreciate this very much and treat them with respect for their (often local) expertise”. “We do not take on more jobs than we can handle because we will not just deliver a solution. We want our solution to give us a satisfied client who feels that we have given him/her a special experience. Our clients need to see us as more than just another supplier. Therefore we spend a lot of time learning to understand our clients and the way they are working. Even though we do not always agree on everything, we will always find a solution that satisfies all parties involved”, says Jacob Kjærgaaard. June 2017