Blue Water News | No. 103 | August 2013
North Atlantic Fish Fair
In April, Smyril Blue Water participated in the North Atlantic Fish Fair, which was held in Klasvik on the Faroe Islands, and is particularly for suppliers to the fish industry. “Our stand had a lot of visitors and both our colleagues from Hirtshals and Tor-
shavn received exciting inquiries, feedback on our services and had a chance to talk about new possibilities for transport to and from the Faroe Islands”, says John Frandsen, General Manager from Smyril Blue Water’s head office in Torshavn.
Fish Factory opened
From left: Jérôme Ruelloux / Capitaine Houat, Laëtitia Guygniec / Capitaine Houat, Stéphane Le Badézet / Blue Water Hirtshals, Patricia Herniou / Capitaine Houat, Rainer R. Holm / Blue Water Esbjerg. Blue Water was present when Capitaine Houat - the largest distributor of fish in France - opened its new fish factory in Lanester, Brittany. Around 500 guests were invited to the opening of the 17,000 sq.m. top modern factory. “Capitaine Houat is a very important cli-
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ent for us and we have cooperated for more than ten years. We are excited to be part of this opening and to see a positive development for one of our good clients”, says Stéphane Le Badézet, Sales Manager of Blue Water.
Exclusive agreement in Greenland In the spring, Blue Water entered a three-year exclusive agreement with Mittarfeqarfiit (Airports in Greenland) for all freight activities from/to/in Greenland. Mittarfeqarfiit runs a total of 13 airports in Greenland, and the agreement entails that we seek to optimize the deliveries for the airports throughout the three year period in a common effort. We will do this via the freight calculator we have developed containing the prices, frequencies for departure and transit times we have arranged in the contract – these depend on which freight category the airports choose when they put an order in. We have had agent agreements for many years with Mittarfeqarfiit in cities such as Kangerlussuaq and Kulusuk. We expect that this agent cooperation will increase in the nearest future so more cities in Greenland will be involved. The freight calculator was so well received with Mittarfeqarfiit and its freight consultant that we would like to offer this added value to our many other clients – also outside Greenland.
Sea and air freight in the Faroe Islands Blue Water considers the North Atalantic (the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland) as part of the home market and wish to develop the activities in the area. Therefore, we operate with sea and airfreight as of June and at the moment we are hiring additional staff. In this way, we follow our motto to be locally represented and at the same time we are able to handle all our seven business areas.
Blue Water Arena in the Faroe Islands Smyril Blue Water is the new head sponsor for the football club AB Argir in Tors havn on the Faroe Islands. “This year, AB has advanced to the national premier league and we see a good opportunity to develop our involvement in the club which began when we sponsored their kit in 2008. Now, we have a chance to be seen in the street while at the same time supporting the local sports. That is why AB’s stadium is now called Blue Water Arena similar to the stadium in Esbjerg which is also sponsored by Blue Water”, says General Manager for Smyril Blue Water, John Frandsen.