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Cargo Partner calling on Blue Water Copenhagen On 17.3., Blue Water’s Scandinavian department in Copenhagen received a visit from our agent Cargo Partner in Norway - 14 forwarders from Oslo, Trondheim, Stavanger and Bergen respectively. Furthermore Blue Water representatives from our Norwegian departments in Odense and Aarhus participated in the joint meeting at our office in Copenhagen where our guests were taken on a tour of our fine office facilities before Henrik Dam Larsen gave an introduction of Blue Water and Reidar Hagelund told about Cargo Partner. The remaining part of the day’s programme included small “workshops” and a quiz which put a smile on everybody’s face. Afterwards they all spent the evening at Big Bowl in Valby, bowling to their hearts’ content (we bet a couple of
our Norwegian guests have been practising at home ...), dining and having a good time together in the nightlife of Copenhagen.
Blue Water has acted as Lloyd’s agent in Greenland for a number of years. Now Smyril Blue Water is appointed Lloyd’s agent on the Faroe Islands looking after their interests in connection with surveys etc. from the office in Torshavn. Hedin Joensen/Smyril Blue Water, Torshavn has been to London to learn the routines and procedures. In the picture he is together with Sonja Flink/Lloyds of London.
Compass Web Booking System Blue Water’s basic strategy has always been focusing on the clients’ wishes. For this reason we want to be close to our clients in a co-operation based on confidence and personal relations. As a consequence the IT department has developed a brand-new transport booking system which is in the process of being introduced to the clients. The Compass Web-booking System is designed to make our clients workday easier. The system is simple, user-friendly and ensures complete overview. Send your bookings direct via the internet - any time of the day - without delay. You will be able to follow the ETA (expected time of arrival). Previous bookings will be filed in
the system together with invoice amount, which makes it possible, at all times, to retrieve these and other relevant transport information - and not least without any paperwork. Other advantages of Blue Water’s Web Booking System include: • No waiting time • Guarantee for correct information • Possibility of notifying consignee • Print of proforma invoice • Print of labels • Booking documentation • Security / Access Control If you are interested, please call your contact for an introduction.
Visiting Cobelfret, Belgium The big Belgian shipping line, Cobelfret N.V., has since January 2006 operated a service between Esbjerg and Zeebrugge, based on a weekly departure, with a ro/ro ferry. A large amount of containers on mafi trailers are shipped in both directions between Denmark and the Continent/ UK as well as a number of new cars to Denmark. Blue Water acts as port agent and stevedore for Cobelfret in Esbjerg where the handling takes place at Blue Water’s new ro-ro terminal at Sydhavnen (South Port). Furthermore we sell and promote the service on the Danish market and hope for increasing volumes between Denmark and the Continent in particular, which will create a basis for more calls. In February, Blue Water paid a visit to
Cobelfret in Belgium together with Esbjerg Havn (the Port of Esbjerg). Esbjerg Havn was represented by Sales and Marketing Director Søren Clemmensen and from Blue Water Claus Bæk, who is in charge of sales, and Kurt Skov participated. We spent a couple of interesting days in Belgium. The programme included a very friendly reception by the top management of Cobelfret at their impressive headquarters in Antwerp, followed by a constructive talk about freight with the management of Cobelfret Containers in Bruges, where a new impressive head office is under construction. Finally we enjoyed an - for shipping people - extremely interesting and fascinating guided tour in the port of Zeebrugge. The port is really bursting with new activities and facilities.
Cobelfret N.V., Antwerp - left to right: Søren Clemmensen, Mike Gray, Christian Cigrang (Man. Director for the entire group) and Kurt Skov.
Left to right: Ruben de Baets and Bruno van Assche are busy with the Scandinavian traffic at Cobelfret Containers.
Cobelfret Containers, Bruges: Claus Bæk standing between Freddy Brauwers and Yves Strube.
Cobelfret Ferries, Zeebrugge: Martin Storme standing between Søren Clemmensen and Kurt Skov.
Closing-time Seminar 40 customers accepted an invitation to a seminar which was held at Blue Water’s office in Esbjerg at 4 p.m. on Wednesday 21.3. The headlines of the seminar included Incoterms, liability rules of the transport business, Insurance and What to do in case of damage. Jørn Bøllund told about the trading parties’ agreements of risk during transport and the carriers’ many exemptions from liability and limitations of liability. He was in particular very careful in emphasizing the shipping lines’ special possibilities of rejection of liability and the cargo owner’s risk of contribution to salvage expenses etc.
After these very serious subjects, the participants were, however, relieved again as it is possible to take out a transport insurance of goods which indemnifies the cargo owner for the full value from door to door. The last half hour of the seminar was an introduction of claims procedures and handling of claims as well as answering questions from the many interested customers. The last item on the afternoon’s programme included sandwiches, beer and soft drinks. The large attendance made us consider repeating the seminar not only in Esbjerg, but also at our other offices..