BW NEWS September 2017 EN

SEPTEMBER 2017

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STAFF & CLIENT MAGAZINE

Tahkoluoto Offshore Page 2

Agents for the luxury liner “Seven Seas Explorer” Page 6

Enjoyable family day in Legoland Billund Resort Page 13

Mooring equipment for gas field in the Caspian Sea Page 11

Wind turbines from Denmark to China Page 7

WIND PROJECT IN FINLAND

Contents Wind project in Finland 2 General Cargo 3 Reefer Logistics 5 Marine Logistics 6 Port Services & Agency 7 Wind Logistics 8 Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects 10 Blue Water Spirit 12 Blue Water Corporate 14 Trainees 15 New employees 17 Births etc.

19 Jubilees 20 Waste-to-energy plant 24

Milestone project in icy waters Blue Water has provided turnkey logistics to the 42 MW “Tahkoluoto Offshore Windfarm” project

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The services were provided on behalf of Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy - a wind power production company owned by major Finnish city energy companies.

Tahkoluoto Offshore Windfarm is the first of its kind as the 10 x SWT-4.0-130 Siemens turbines being installed are designed to withstand the rough, cold and icy winters in Finland. During a three-month period, Blue Water Shipping took care of the onshore logistics on the wind turbine preassembly site of the Tahkoluoto Offshore Wind Farm project, utilizing their own special equipment and local service providers. Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy was satisfied with the professionalism, quality and safety demonstrated by the team.

“The Blue Water Shipping team did a fantastic job with Tahkoluoto Offshore.

They were willing to serve efficiently day and night, and showed a positive attitude”, says Xavier De Meulder, Marine Operations Manager at Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy.

Another milestone This is another milestone project within our mobile terminal solutions where we provide equipment and skilled personnel in local ports worldwide – with support from our knowledge-based competence centres around the world – to ensure the proper experience, best service and

solutions to offshore clients – in close cooperation with local partners.

Experts on site On site in Finland Blue Water’s responsibili­ ty included transfer of the components to storage, upending, transfer to loadout position for the jack-up installation vessel “Vole Au Vent”. This was performed by our Terminal Operators and coordinated by our On-site Project Manager.

As part of delivering the complete set-up, Blue Water’s Naval Engineers and HSSEQ Specialists were also involved in the project providing calculations and ensuring safety on site.

The project was completed two weeks ahead of the initial schedule.

“We are very pleased and proud to have been part of this successful project.

The close cooperation between Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy and the different contractors was perfect and everybody worked towards the common goal of completing the project according to schedule and always with safety as first priority,” says Rasmus Svane Nielsen, Blue Water’s Project Manager on site.

The Tahkoluoto Offshore Windfarm is expected to be operational later this year.

September 2017

GENERAL CARGO

225 tons food and relief supplies to Somalia Blue Water’s Air & Relief team has, through our office in Doha, Qatar, transported 11 x40’ HC containers of 225 tons food and relief items to Somalia via Berbara port for the two organisations Red Crescent and Katara Culture Village Foundation.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world’s largest humanitarian network.

Kantara Culture Village Foundation is an exceptional project of hope for human interaction through art and cultural

exchange.

“Salah Maaty, from our Doha office secured the order and was responsible for coordination “, says Johnny Mortensen, Head of Air & Relief Logistics at Blue Water.

Dangerous goods seminar Tina Ostradecki and Pia Skytte from Blue Water have held seminars for all Blue Water offices in Denmark, Norway and Sweden to update their colleagues on the new dangerous goods regulations ADR (Road) and IMDG (Sea).

Freight forwarders and terminal staff who handle dangerous goods on a daily basis in connection with bookings, docu-

mentation and supplier booking as well as physical handling participated in the seminars.

Although the teaching material was very technical and contained a lot of facts, all participants showed great interest and not least contributed qualified questions, according to Pia Skytte.

Head of the Nordic countries Blue Water wants to be strongly represented in the Nordic markets. Therefore, Management has decided to concentrate our activities in Norway, Sweden and Finland under the management of one person.

49-year-old Claus Plath has been employed as Head of the Nordic countries.

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thermore, he has wide experience from precisely the Nordic countries. He will therefore be able to contribute to the strategic development in these countries.

Developing this part of our business requires targeted focus. Consequently, we have decided to create this new executive position and we look forward to reaping the benefits of Claus’ qualifications.

Our new Nordic Manager has close to 30 years of experience from the transport business and has for many years occupied leading positions in the transport company Leman – also as responsible for Norway, Sweden and Finland.

As from 1 September, Claus will be based at Blue Water Malmo.

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GENERAL CARGO

Greenland Trade Fair

Meet us at Aidex 2017 Meet our Aid & Relief specialists at the Danish Pavilion and learn how we can help you with any kind of logistics needs or transport of humanitarian aid deliveries.

We look forward to seeing you in Brussels.

The first Greenland Trade Fair will be held at Centralværkstedet in Aarhus, Denmark in September. Blue Water will support the fair both economically and with assistance in connection with the construction of the fair.

The Trade Fair offers workshops as well as presentations of commercial opportunities in Greenland. The presentations will be delivered by well-established companies and initiators.

“Greenland is and has for many years been an important priority area for us.

For several decades, we have strong ties to Greenland where we are represented with three offices – in Nuuk, Ilulissat and Sisimiut. We keep abreast of developments and would like to continue to contribute to a positive development of the Greenland trade and industry. Furthermore, it is always interesting to meet initiators as well as established companies who do or consider doing business in Greenland”, says Jan Dam Poulsen, Director of Blue Water Aarhus.

OFFICE PRESENTATION

Azerbaijan

Baku Manager: Fina Garber Established: 1996 Employees: 50 Primary activities: »» International Transport by Air, Sea and Road »» General and Project Cargo »» Customs Clearance & Brokerage »» Warehousing and Packing »» Deliveries and Handling »» Port and Marine Agency »» Handling and Transportation of Out-of-Gauge and Heavy Lift Cargo Blue Water Caspian has three offices in Baku: the main office in the heart of Baku, a minor office in Baku Airport and a warehouse and site office in the industrial suburb of the city.

The total area of the warehouse base is 12,000 sqm including 1,000 sqm indoor storage with packing facilities. The Baku office was established in 1996 with main focus on the Oil and Gas industry.

Since the beginning, we have been involved in major projects in the Caspian region: Northern Early Oil Pipeline, Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli, BP ShahDaniz and transportation of oil rigs and

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platforms to the Caspian Sea via the Russian waterways for Oil and Gas clients”, says General Manager Fina Garber.

The clientele of the office includes various major players in the market: Saipem, Schlumberger, BUE Caspian – TOPAS, Caspian Marine Services, Baku Shipyard, TOTAL Absheron and Keppel Fels to whom we currently provide customs clearance, international freight, local logistics etc.

“We have a very strong set-up and a reputation of being the best provider of domestic services, especially customs clearance. Our

customers rely on our advice and expertise in local customs rules and regulations. We are also a reliable partner in provision of international transportation of general, project and out-of-gauge cargo from the Caspian region to worldwide destinations”, says Fina Garber.

Future projects that the Baku office is working on and hope to win are the SOCAR – HAOR Modernisation of Oil Refinery Complex in Baku and Azerchemiya Complex in Sumgayit. Both projects are now in the tender stage and will run from 2018 to 2022.

September 2017

REEFER LOGISTICS

Anuga 2017, Cologne

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Blue Water representatives from several offices will again this year participate in the world’s largest trade fair for food and beverages – Anuga. We are ready to present our solutions within global transport of reefer products.

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USAPEEC Summer Event Blue Water attended the USAPEEC Summer Meeting in Cancun, Mexico which highlights innovative business and the global trade impact on US Poultry Export, while providing industry leaders an opportunity to network and strengthen relationships between all attendees.

Everyone seemed to enjoy the beautiful nature and outdoor activities in Cancun. It is one of the greatest ways to get together with our major customers to establish more meaningful relationships.

We discussed market issues and chal-

lenges with our major customers while enjoying the spectacular view of Cancun.

Our industry is changing rapidly and as a result, increased collaboration between supply chain organisations, countries and continents is necessary to provide the service excellence that our customers expect and deserve.

We look forward to strengthening long-lasting relationships with our customers and partners as we continue to grow together.

1 FL: Belkis Ataman/Blue Water, Ashley Bahceci, Darla Turner, Pam Pickering/all from Hakan Foods, Suzi H. Vollrath/guest, Brenda Chastain/Nordic Cold Storage and Diane Breyan/Boston Agrex. 2 FL: Ted Rueger and Martin Piffaretti/both from Eastern Quality Foods, Eduardo Gonzales/Mirasco and Belkis Ataman/Blue Water.

Reefer expansion in Aalborg The office in Aalborg has experienced an increased demand for reefer transport, typically including meat, poultry, fish, cheese, vegetables etc., and has therefore expanded from three to seven employees to ensure that the clients within this segment will benefit from better transport solutions and service.

“Temperature-controlled transport requires special knowledge, a strong logistical set-up and a network of partners worldwide to make sure that the sensitive products maintain their high quality standard during transport. As we also experience an increased demand within transport to and from Greenland, we expect to expand our staff of specialists even further before the end of this year.

We want to be “Best in Town””, says Lars

”I am looking forward to delivering the best service in the industry and finding the best solutions for our local clients", says Mette Munk Gaede.

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Frost Andreasen, Director for Blue Water Aalborg and Frederikshavn.

Mette Munk Gaede has been employed as new Manager for the Reefer department in Aalborg. She has more than 20 years of experience and wide knowledge of global reefer transport.

Reefer transport and transport to and from Greenland are both core activities for the Aalborg office. However, wanting to strengthen the focus on these areas will not de-emphasise the focus on other activities. On the contrary.

“In the long run, we want to strengthen all our activities. We want to spread out the risk and divide our activities on several clients. That is why we focus on developing our activities broadly”, says Lars Frost Andreasen.

Visit us in Hall 9

Stand #A-23a Visit from Vestey Foods

FL: Kurt Skov/Blue Water, Yann Gorrias, Niels Peter Thuesen, Søren Jakobsson, Christian Wichmand, Robert Morgan, Eric Lasserre/all from Vestey Foods and Chris Sorrell/Blue Water.

Nine European Commercial Directors from Vestey Foods International visited Esbjerg in June for a strategy and planning seminar.

During Vestey’s stay in Esbjerg, we arranged a presentation covering Transport Law, Insurance Coverage & INCO Terms. The presentation was given by Jørn Bøllund, our own expert in this field. We also took the opportunity to show our guest our headquarters. Having enjoyed the view from the roof terrace, we spent a very enjoyable few hours together discussing current and future cooperation. In keeping with tradition, Kurt Skov entertained with his stock anecdotes and stories from the past.

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MARINE LOGISTICS

Luxury liner in Copenhagen On 18.6, the impressive cruise ship ”Seven Seas Explorer”, from Regent Seven Seas Cruises, called at Copenhagen for the first time. The ship was built in 2016 and is within the cruise industry considered the ultimate luxury cruise ship.

In keeping with tradition, we had, on behalf of the cruise line, invited representatives from the port, cruise network and partners to a reception on board. The programme included speeches and exchange of presents followed by a tour of the ship and lunch on the aft deck.

“Seven Seas Explorer” will be calling at Denmark and Greenland this year with Blue Water acting as agent.

Summit at Sea

Rasmus Øllgaard/Blue Water Miami and Hans Braas/Blue Water Copenhagen during the safety training on board.

Picture: Paul Britton/Disney Cruises

Workshop on board.

Rasmus Øllgaard from Blue Water Miami and Hans Braas from Blue Water Copenhagen participated in CLIA’s (Cruise Lines International Association) “Summit at Sea” together with 170 other attendees from the cruise industry, including numerous cruise lines.

The summit opened in Hamburg with workshops and social events. The next couple of days were spent on board the impressive cruise ship “Queen Elizabeth”, from Cunard Line, and included lots of workshops and networking. After two days, the event and the cruise ended in Southampton in England.

“We had several meetings, with both cruise lines and other people from the cruise industry, which can open up opportunities. The programme also included relevant debates about the future of this industry and the challenges we will be facing”, says Hans Braas.

Biggest cruise ship ever in Copenhagen On 16.5, “Norwegian Getaway” of Norwegian Cruise Lines called at Copenhagen for the first time. With a capacity of 5,000 passengers, ”Norwegian Getaway” is the biggest cruise ship ever to have made turnaround in Copenhagen.

However, the vessel was not fully booked on arrival as she was “only” carrying a good 3,800 passengers and slightly more than 1,600 crew members. On

several departures in July, the number of passengers reached 4,800.

In honour of the special occasion, Blue Water had arranged a reception on board for 40 guests representing the city, port, the US Embassy, clients and partners.

“Norwegian Getaway” will do 18 crui­ ses in the Baltic Sea this year with Copenhagen as point of departure and with Blue Water as agent.

Vendor Conference In May, Blue Water was invited to the beautiful Salzburg in Austria to participate in Windstar Cruises’ vendor conference.

“It was exciting to learn more about Windstar Cruises’ many new initiatives and a good opportunity to meet and interact with Windstar and participating vendors”, says Rasmus Øllgaard from Blue Water Miami, who participated in the event.

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September 2017

PORT SERVICES & AGENCY

GE project to China GE Renewable Energy was selected by Chinese Fuqing Haixia Electricity Generation Company to deliver three Haliade TM 150-6MW offshore wind turbines to the Fujian Xinghua Gulf demo project. The contract includes technical support and a two-year operation and maintenance service.

GE Renewable Energy is one of the se­ veral wind turbine suppliers participating

in the 73 MW windfarm project, capable to provide enough power to satisfy the needs of more than 20,000 households in the region.

The three nacelles and generators were manufactured at GE’s Offshore Wind facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, whereas towers and blades were manufactured locally in China (Chengxi) and Denmark respectively.

Installation is expected to take place during the last quarter of 2017.

Blue Water’s involvement in the project included trucking of the nine blades from factory to port in Esbjerg, Denmark as well as the port agency and stevedoring operation in connection with the loading of the blades for sea transport to China

by MV “Trina” from SAL.

Port agents for MV ”James Cook” MV “James Cook”, which is owned by Jan De Nul Group, called at Frederikshavn in the northern part of Denmark in June to undergo some minor repair work. The vessel arrived from the roads of Skagen and Blue Water acted as agents while the vessel was at Skagen roads as well as during her stay in Frederikshavn.

“MV ”James Cook” is the biggest vessel so far for which we have acted as agents in Frederikshavn. Blue Water’s Agency departments in Esbjerg and Frederikshavn joined forces to assist the vessel during the port call. Our services included waste ma­ nagement, supply of water, crew change, No. 118

supply of spare parts and coordination of medical assistance”, reports Nicklas Lund, from the Agency department in Esbjerg, who was in Frederikshavn to assist his colleagues during the port call.

MV “James Cook” is now on contract in Murmansk in the north-western part of Russia.

Jan De Nul Group is a leading expert in dredging and marine construction activities as well as in specialised services for the offshore industry of oil, gas and renewable energy. The group is the owner of the world’s most modern and most diverse dredging fleet.

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WIND LOGISTICS

Expertise benefits Japanese wind farm

With decades of experience within sea freight, stowage arrangements, port operations and through a unique tracking system, Blue Water has become a preferred partner for wind projects in Asia

For the first time, Blue Water has supplied a wide range of transport and logistics services to a wind farm in Japan - the Higashi Yurihara Wind Farm located on the northern part of the Japanese main island of Honshu.

The project included a total of 13 Siemens wind turbines for the 41.6 MW wind farm and the commercial operation of the wind farm is scheduled for the spring of 2018.

“A main challenge was the shipping of the components from Esbjerg, Denmark.

The blades required special handling and loading. The project also included a shipment of components from Taicang, China to Akita, Japan”, says Bjarke Riber Nielsen, Business Development Manager for Blue Water APAC.

Unique tracking Establishing a close relationship with vessel operators has also contributed to ma­ king Blue Water a preferred partner in the wind industry. And by providing a unique web-based tracking system – developed

by Blue Water’s own IT specialists – the clients can always follow every step of the transport. The transparency of this tracking system builds trust and gives the clients comfort in knowing that they can always see the status of every shipment.

Blue Water’s scope comprised loading and unloading in the ports – including discharge onto trailers, shift to storage and supply of cranes for unloading to storage.

Blue Water’s experienced supercargos also supervised the operations in the ports and at the storage area.

Latest news from the wind industry Blue Water representatives from Scotland, England and Denmark, participated in EWEA Offshore 2017 in London with a stand at the Danish pavilion.

"EWEA Offshore is always a good opportunity to catch up on the latest news from the industry. Most of our offshore wind clients are represented here, so we had some fantastic days with good talks, business meetings and fine celebrations in traditional "Offshore Wind style"", says Jacob Kjærgaard, Head of Project 8

Logistics.

"The event is always hosted in a relaxing atmosphere and people come because the decision-makers are here."

At the pavilion, Blue Water was re­ presented by Tim Eskesen, Rob Balance, Brian Sørensen, Klaus Odby Jensen and Jacob Kjærgaard.

Next time, EWEA Offshore will be held in Copenhagen Denmark and Blue Water will again be ready to welcome our clients and business relations.

September 2017

WIND LOGISTICS

Presidential visit Blue Water Brest had an interesting experience when our good client Sabella, developing Tidal Turbine energy, invited us to meet Emmanuel Macron. At the time, Macron was running for President in France – a title he later won. Sabella had previously retrieved their nacelle, at a water depth of 60 metres, to inspect the turbine and Emmanuel Macron and his delegation spent a couple of hours on

the site. Here, Fanch Le Bris, the Managing Director of Sabella and Diano Dhomé, Project Manager explained what the future of clean renewable energy offers.

“It was a great experience to meet the future President of France and discuss Marine Renewable Energy with him”, says Mogens Nielsen – Manager of Blue Water Brest.

Visiting GE’s nacelle factory In June, the port of St Nazaire/Montoir organised an interesting Offshore Wind event with the presence of Mrs Liz Burdock, Executive Director of the US Business Network for Offshore Wind. Liz is a good friend of Blue Water as we work

together for promoting Offshore Wind in the US. Interesting speeches were given

by Liz, DCNS Energies, GE Renewables, Innosea and WPD Offshore. The day finished with a visit at GE’s new nacelle factory in Montoir.

Aunis onshore project In Brest, Blue Water is executing an onshore wind project called Aunis for our good client Valrea. The wind farm is situated close to the port of La Rochelle. We have been awarded the transport of blades from China and tower sections and nacelles from Spain – all units being discharged in the port of La Rochelle by our local partners FAST. “The project will be completed in close cooperation with our offices in China, Singapore and the head office in Denmark – great teamwork” says Project Manager Marianne Girardin.

OFFICE PRESENTATION

Sweden

Gothenburg Manager: Björn E Jensen Established: 2007 Employees: 19 Primary activities:

»» General Cargo by Air, Road & Sea »» Automotive Transports »» Project Cargo »» Cruise Logistics

The office is strategically located in the port of Gothenburg, close to the motorway network connecting Sweden with the Nordic countries and continental Europa, and less than 30 minutes from Gothenburg International Airport.

The Gothenburg office started out as a customer service office for the Danish Road Traffic, but developed into a stand-alone office with its own European Road Traffic, IATA licence and set-up for Overseas and Project Cargo.

“In August, for instance, we carried out

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transport of a 103-ton steel roller from Cividino di Castelli in Italy to a client in Sweden.

Together with the client’s supplier we had to dismantle and pack various parts of the machine to be able to perform urgent transport through Europe to reach Sweden within the time schedule”, says Björn E. Jensen, General Manager of the Gothenburg office.

The client base includes a wide range of small, medium-sized and large international clients. One of these clients is Volvo Logistics,

for whom we provide services in the form of just in time sequenced transport from a large number of suppliers to the truck and construction equipment plants in Sweden.

“We always aim to find the right individual or tailored solutions for our customers. These solutions can be anything from hand-carried air freight consignments, sequenced trailer deliveries in Europe to handling of huge constructions in combined road/sea solutions”, says Björn E. Jensen.

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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS Archive photo from one ot the previous, complicated projects that Blue Water’s project department has executed.

Tugs for the TCO project A consortium led by Blue Water Shipping is to supply six tugs to assist barges and vessels at Prorva, Kazakhstan As part of the expansion of the Tengiz Oilfield in Kazakhstan, a 75 km CaTRo (cargo transportation route) channel has been built – providing safe passage through the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea to the offloading facilities at Prorva.

The purpose-built facilities at Prorva are the key offloading for vessels and barges transporting modules for the expansion of the oil field. Due to the special requirements for operating in the CaTRo channel and at the offloading facilities in Prorva, Blue Water is leading a consortium with Caspian Offshore Construction for the provision of six ASD tugs. The con-

tract’s value exceeds USD 50 m.

Caspian Offshore Construction is based in Kazakhstan and is a leading provider of offshore marine fleet services in the Caspian Sea.

Effective cooperation “We are proud to have been awarded this contract. And in Caspian Offshore Construction we have found a solid and experienced partner. We are looking forward to the cooperation, and the tugs are a very important part of the entire logistical set-up in the CaTRo and at Prorva”, states Claus V. Laursen, Blue Water’s Director

for the TCO Project.

The ASD tugs will be tasked to assist barges and vessels through the 75-km channel. Furthermore, the ASD tugs will support inside the offloading facility with other port-related work to ensure that all cargo is delivered in a safe and efficient way.

The tugs will be constructed in the Netherlands at De Hoop’s yard. The construction will commence immediately and the tugs are expected to be delivered in the first half of 2018.

Two contracts signed in Baku The month of May was very successful for our Baku office as they won two contracts - one after another.

“First, we got the signature on a Customs Clearance and Local Services Agreement with Cameron, Azerbaijan. The contract followed a two-year cooperation and contract with Cameron for supply of international freight services from world10

wide locations to/from Azerbaijan. The new, domestic contract includes customs clearance and brokerage, hire and rent of equipment, cargo handling. transportation and packing. The contract runs for three years”, says Fina Farber, General Manager in Blue Water Baku.

Soon after, the office secured a contract for Logistics Services and Marine

Agency in Azerbaijan signed by Saipem, Milan, Italy. The scope covers the support and assistance of Saipem’s operation in the port, ship chandler services, visa assistance for crew, transport, hire of vehicles, packing and storage. This contract runs until February 2019.

September 2017

OIL, GAS & PROJECTS

Mooring equipment for Gas & Condensate Field

Global contract with Enventure Global Technology Blue Water has executed a global forwarding agreement with Enventure GT. Houston-based Enventure Global Technology, Inc., the world's leading provider of solid expandable solutions for the energy industry, innovated the techno­ logy to expand pipe in pipe, when they introduced SET® technology to solve drilling, completion and production issues that threatened a well’s potential value and the oil and gas operator’s return on investment.

“The negotiations and development for this agreement has taken the better part of one year to complete. Our ability to react quickly and provide superior customer service is a key factor in receiving this award. Enventure GT will rely on the entire Blue Water network of offices and will add nicely to a growing portfolio of new Oil & Gas customers”, says Brent Patterson, Sr. Vice President, Global Projects, Blue Water Houston.

Relocations in New York and Klang Our new address as of 1 September

Our new address as of 1 June

Blue Water Shipping US, Inc. Raritan Center Business Park 26 Northfield Avenue Edison, NJ 08837 USA

Blue Water Int. Sdn Bnd, Malaysia Suite 909, A-9-1, 9th Floor, BBT One The Towers (South Tower) Lebuh Batu Nilam 1, Bandar Bukit Tinggi, 41200 Klang, Malaysia

Telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.

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Tel: +603 3322 3644 Email: malaysia@bws.dk

For years, Blue Water Shipping has provided transport solutions to and from the Caspian Sea. Due to our vast experience in the Caspian area, Blue Water was again chosen as the preferred supplier to transport mooring equipment from Asia to Azerbaijan. The Cargo consisted of approx. 4000 cbm of anchor chains, anchor racks, buoys and steel reels from Holland, China and Singapore.

“Blue Water chartered a multipurpose vessel which loaded the cargo in Shanghai and Singapore. After a successful loading operation in both ports, the vessel departed towards Constanta, Romania where all Cargo was transshipped to a river vessel.

By the end of June, the river vessel began its voyage through the 18 locks in the Volga-Don Canal and arrived safely and on time in Baku”, says Operations Executive, Nurul Fatin from Blue Water Singapore.

The project was jointly executed by Blue Water's offices in China, Singapore, Denmark, Holland, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Regional Manager CIS As part of our strategy for the Oil, Gas & Industrial Project business unit, and to strengthen our position further in the CIS, we have created a new position of Regional Manager CIS, Sales & Development.

For this new position we have employed 47-year-old Christoph Birk who has lived the past five years in Baku, Azerbaijan working for Panalpina as AGT Regional Project Manager and since September 2015 as Branch Manager for Ibrakom FZCO Baku.

Our new colleague has a solid operational background from his time in Azerbaijan as well as from his previous employments in shipping and transport in Kuwait, Bahrain, Spain and the US. With the employment of Christoph Birk, we feel confident that our CIS activities will grow even further.

Christoph will join us on 18 September.

His future base will be Tbilisi in Georgia and he will cover the entire CIS.

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BLUE WATER SPIRIT

From ”Lima’s” log book In June, three young sailors, Hans, Nikolaj and Mads, left Sonderborg on board their boat “Lima” bound for the Mediterranean. As sponsor of the project, we have received the first reports from the crew.

We hereby bring a summary: “We set out through the Kiel Canal, the Elbe to Delfzijl, Holland and through the canals to Amsterdam. Here, we had a rather rude awakening early one morning as a German captain collided with our boat in the port. Fortunately, “Lima” only suffered minor damages so we were able to continue our journey.

“We continued to Calais, France, via Zeebrugge in Belgium, where we happened to run into a music festival. Next, we set the course across the Channel for Dover, England where we saw the famous White Cliffs of Dover and the castle. The crossing was a bit tough, although the traffic was not as bad as expected.

Our plan was to meet with Johannes – Englishman and former seaman – whom we had met in Cuxhaven where he had given us a trick or two and now wanted

to show us a real English pub.

We also made a detour by train to London before we sailed further west to the Isle of Wight and then across the Channel back to France with a stopover at the Channel Island of Guernsey.

Here, our mutual friend, Klaus, signed on and stayed on board the next coup­le of weeks. We shaped a southerly course, across the Bay of Biscay. During the crossing we saw dolphins, whales and swordfish.

Last day on the Biscay brought hurricaneforce winds costing us our autopilot which we now try to repair with assistance from home.

One late evening, we arrived at La Coruña, Spain where we spent the following week relaxing until Klaus left us to go home again.

We are now sailing towards Portugal along the Spanish coast which offers plenty of anchoring opportunities. We take it easy and slow – bay by bay”.

To be continued ……

West Coast Running Event 2017 True to tradition, Blue Water participated in the popular, annual West Coast Running Event which took place in Esbjerg on 11 June and as always attracted a large number of runners and spectators.

As in previous years, we had put up a marquee where we, after the race, served grilled sausages to the runners, non-

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participating colleagues as well as family and friends of the house.

Blue Water had entered around 80 runners for the race and the children’s distance of 910 metres was a new and popular initiative.

As always, it was a great event and a day spent in good company.

September 2017

BLUE WATER SPIRIT

Run and fun 15 August was devoted to running and having fun as 280 running and walking teams met in the Vognsbol Park in Esbjerg for the annual Blue Water sponsored relay race. As something new, the concept was extended to also include teams of walkers, each team consisting of five participants.

Blue Water had entered a total of 14 walking and running teams and thereby we secured

the cup for the largest number of participating teams from one company.

Afterwards all 280 teams each received a picnic basket and spent the rest of the evening enjoying themselves and each other’s company in the park. When darkness fell, torches were lit and the evening ended with a fantastic display of fireworks.

Blue Water sponsoring archers

Blue Water’s fastest walking-team. FL: Max Juul, Kitsa Warborg Bjerregaard, Sara Vendelbo Matthiesen and Susanne Nørgaard.

Blue Water Copenhagen sponsored the two young archers Michael Stage and Marcus Sehested from Vordingborg Bueskyttelaug (Vordingborg Arhers’ Association) for the Nordic Youth Games Archery Competition 2017.

The two young lads participated together with more than 200 other young archers

in the competition which was held in late June in Kemi in the northern part of Finland.

Here they both succeeded in winning a silver medal with their team, in bar archery and compound archery respectively.

Congratulations to Michael and Marcus on their fine results.

Family day in Legoland Sunday 27.8, Blue Water’s staff club in Esbjerg repeated last year’s success when inviting all colleagues of the Esbjerg office and their families to the Legoland Billund No. 118

Resort. Close to 300 happy and excited children and their parents met at Legoland’s family restaurant for lunch. The rest of the day, we had free admission to all

attractions in the park which was naturally very popular with all the children – big and small. Everybody had a fantastic day in the magnificent theme park.

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BLUE WATER CORPORATE

ISO certification in Singapore

Blue Water’s clients within the Oil and Gas sector are increasingly demanding ISO certified suppliers. As the office in Singapore is deeply involved in this indu­stry, being ISO certified is of great importance. For our clients, the certification means that Blue Water Singapore has a management

system for quality, environment and work environment ensuring that the office follows procedures, policies and targets within each of the three areas. Also, the clients are assured that the office follows the standards which we can prove through audits. Last but not least, it means that the

office conducts ongoing improvements based on internal improvement suggestions as well as feedback from clients and partners. As can be seen from the picture, the certification caused much joy.

Important education The purpose of the recent Incident Ma­ nagement and Cause Analysis training was to learn how to manage, analyse and extract organisational experience from unwanted events such as accidents, technical failures, delays etc. The training was held in Esbjerg with 11 colleagues participating. Having completed the training, the participants are now able to: understand how management systems and behaviour influence human behaviour and may result in unwanted events – conduct causal analy-

sis – advise colleagues and management on effective incident management - lead an investigation team in connection with an unwanted event - use a systematic method to analyse unwanted events.

Five colleagues participated in a threeday course and the remaining six colleagues continued for two more days and finalised the week with an exam. They can now call themselves Bronze Tripod Beta Practitioners.

Introducing whistleblowing Management has introduced a Whistleblower policy and an internal Whistleblower function for all Blue Water employees. The Whistleblower feature is part of the company’s Code of Conduct which ensures that we do business safely and with respect for individuals, the environment and our values.

The purpose of the Whistleblower programme is to ensure that we always work within the framework

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of the law and act upon any case of unethical or illegal conduct in the best way possible. Also, the programme serves to protect Blue Water’s employ­ ees and reputation globally.

We cooperate with a well-known and respected independent partner who is specialised in safeguarding companies against ethical and compliance risks.

September 2017

HUMAN RESOURCES

Trainees 2017 Aalborg Date of employment: 01.09 Oliver Nielsen (19), Sea Freight. Oliver has been assisting at the office since 1.6.

Pernille Sørensen (20), Air Freight. Pernille has been assisting at the office since 1.6.

Patrick Dreier Jørgensen (24), Air Freight & Courier.

Patrick has been assisting at the office since 1.4.

Isabella Hedegaard Lindenskov (20), Road Traffic Scandinavia. Isabella has been assisting at the office since 1.7.

Rasmus Mortensen (21), Individual Solutions. Ras­ mus has been assisting at the office since 6.6.

Anders Mark Smedegaard (24), Air Freight North Atlantic. Anders has been assisting at the office since 1.5.

Mia Lindsø Fast (22), Road Traffic.

Billund Date of employment: 01.09 Anne-Sofie Frimer Petersen (19), Sea Freight.

Anne-Sofie has been assisting at the office since 1.7.

Kasper Byskov (23), Courier.

Jonas Nørgaard (22), Reefer Logistics Seafood.

Jonas has been assisting at the office since 1.5.

Niklas Kristensen (18), Air Freight Export. Niklas has been assisting at the office since 1.8.

Olivia Fløe Christensen (24), Road Traffic.

Aarhus

Alexander Lindgreen (26), Air Freight North Atlantic.

Nicklas Friis (20), GDL (Government & Defence Logistics).

Date of employment: 01.09 Ane Andersen (20), Sea Freight.

Esbjerg Date of employment: 01.09 Andreas Harboe (21), Wind Logistics.

Copenhagen Date of employment: 23.08 Ditte Damgaard (21), Freight Forwarding Road.

Ditte has been assisting at the office since 1.4.

Jeppe Gaj Nielsen (19), In­ dividual Solutions. Jeppe has been assisting at the office since 14.8.

Emil Gregers Andersen (22), Freight Forwarding Road. Emil has been assisting at the office since 13.6.

Mikkel Birkemose Hansen (23), Air Freight & Courier.

Mikkel has been assisting at the office since 15.3.

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Anders S. De Muckadell (19), Sea Freight North Atlantic.

Casper Frederiksen (20), Agency.

Date of employment: 01.09 Ida Hauballe Risgaard Nielsen (21), Courier. Ida has been assisting at the office since 6.3.

Louise Haahr Sørensen (22), Sea Freight. Louise has been assisting at the office since 1.4.

Line Kiellberg Andersen (24), Freight Forwarding O&E.

Sophia Brink Nielsen (22), Fish Transport.

Frederik Lützhøft Petersen (20), Logistics. Frede­ rik has been assisting at the office since 1.6.

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Trainees 2017 Melanie Finlay Steengaard (20), Esbjerg Accounts dept.

Helena Justesen (22), Accounts Payable.

Casper Seegert (20), Air Freight & Courier. Casper has been assisting at the office since 31.7.

Linette Bek (20), Group­ age Road. Linette has been assisting at the office since 1.4.

Tobias Søndergaard Kristensen (20), Dome­ stic Transport. Tobias has been assisting at the office since 1.5.

Padborg Date of employment: 01.09 Mads Høyer (20), Road Transport Germany.

Isabella Poulsen (19), Sea Freight Overseas.

Per Jensen (26), Nordic dept. Per has been as­ sisting at the office since 17.7.

Taulov Date of employment: 01.09

Herning Date of employment: 21.08 Liselotte Hovgaard (22), Road Transport.

Date of employment: 01.09 Pernille Andreasen (25), Courier. Pernille has been assisting at the office since 1.2.

Hirtshals Date of employment: 01.09 Ronni Michael Gravesen (20), Road Transport Reefer. Ronni has been assisting at the office since 24.4.

Odense Date of employment: 01.09

Julie Bligaard (23), Road Transport Southern Europe. Julie has been assisting at the office since 1.6.

Freja Sofie Katborg (22), Key Account dept.

Susan Hansen (25), Road Transport UK/Ireland.

Susan has been assisting at the office since 1.4.

Benyamin Møller Jensen (21), Sea Gateway Export.

Tobias Christian Christensen (24), Road Transport Scandinavia. Tobias has been assisting at the office since 1.4.

Nikolaj Hedegaard Hansen (20), Road Transport Switzerland. Nikolaj has been assisting at the office since 19.4.

Nuuk Date of employment: 01.09 Heidi Raarup-Petersen (37), Freight Forwarding.

Heidi has been assisting at the office since 1.6.2016.

Oslo Date of employment: 01.09

Theis Bekker (21), Road Transport Italy & Finland.

Theis has been assisting at the office since 1.6.

Martin Rasmussen (23), Freight Forwarding.

Stian Martinsen (21), Government & Defence Logistics. Stian has been assisting at the office since 1.1.2015.

Mathilde Nøhr Jørgensen (20),Gateway Sea. Mathil­ de has been assisting at the office since 1.7.

Simon Rahbek Larsen (21), Road Transport to/ from the Continent. Si­ mon has been assisting at the office since 27.3.

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Izudina Lukovic (20), Road Transport Austria & Poland. Izudina has been assisting at the office since 1.8.

September 2017

HUMAN RESOURCES

New employees Aalborg

Billund Søren Theis (50) is employ­ed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.6. Sø­ ren comes from a similar job at Wärtsilä.

Niels J. Larsen (41) is employed as Freight Forwarder Export Air as from 1.5. Niels was previ­ ously Operational Supervi­ sor at Kuehne & Nagel.

Stig Rene Brændgaard Golfort (58) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.6. Stig has a long experience within ware­ housing.

Lars Kruse Jensen (42) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.6. Lars comes from a similar job at Optimera.

Helene Kümler (22) is employed as Freight Forwarder on the North Atlantic traffic as from 10.7. Helene joins us from TNT Danmark.

Aarhus Kenneth Sand Ryberg (30) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Sea Export as from 1.6. He recently completed his apprentice­ ship at Kuehne & Nagel.

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Kevin Lundgaard (24) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Agency & Projects as from 1.6. Kevin joins us from Glander International Bunkering.

Copenhagen Emil Dahl Rasmussen (25) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Sea Freight Export as from 6.6. Emil joins us from a similar job at Schenker.

Nicolai Keller (30) is employed as Shipbroker as from 1.7. Nicolai was previously Operations Executive at SDK Cruise/ Shipping.dk.

Tanja Rægaard Jensen (32) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Reefer Logistics Seafood as from 1.7. Tanja comes from Scan-Shipping.

Mogens Juhl Nielsen (36) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.7. Mo­ gens previously worked as a Plant Operator at AKV Langholt.

Søren E. Rasmussen (28) is employed as Assistant Manager in Technical Wind Support as from 26.5. Søren was previously an Engineer at OK Miljø.

Marina Kongsted (35) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Aid & Relief as from 1.6. Marina comes from a similar job at Geo­ dis A/S.

Mette Munk Gaede (40) is employed as Manager Ocean Import/Export Reefer as from 1.7. Mette joins us from Scan-Ship­ ping.

Jesper Schou (50) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.7. Jes­ per joins us from a similar job at Stark, Bronderslev.

Morten Christensen (47) is employed as Assistant Terminal in Technical Wind Support as from 9.5. Mor­ ten joins us from Esbjerg Municipality.

Johan Lund Christiansen (39) is employed as Assistant Manager Stevedoring as from 30.6.

Johan joins us from 3sun Denmark.

Hirtshals Kasper Pedersen (29) is employed as Assistant Freight Forwarder in Reefer Logistics Road as from 1.6. Kasper joins us from Telenor.

Charlotte Pelck Roga­ teus (32) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Sea Freight Import as from 1.7.

Charlotte joins us from DHL Global Forwarding.

Martin Andersen (41) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Reefer Logistics Road as from 1.7. Martin joins us from Håkull, Norresundby.

Esbjerg Cira Bendixen (40) is employed as Quality Spe­ cialist as from 1.5. Cira was previously HSEQ Manager at NT Offshore and World Marine Offshore.

Gitte Skovdal Klausen (35) is employed as Salary Assistant in HR as from 1.5. Gitte joins us from a similar job at Nordisk Dæk Import A/S. Kenneth Haahr Kristensen (35) is employed as IT Integrator as from 1.5.

Kenneth was previously IT Consultant at Foodservice Danmark.

Jeroen de Hollander (36) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Air Freight as from 1.5. Jeroen joins us from a similar job at Schenker A/S, Kolding.

Lindo Karsten Foged (29) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 15.5. Kar­ sten previously formed part of our Stand-by team at Lindo.

Carsten R. Eskemose (53) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 15.5. Car­ sten previously formed part of our Stand-by team at Lindo.

Brian Larsen (35) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 26.6.

Brian comes from a similar job at Alumeco.

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New employees Martin Westergren Jørgensen (41) is employed as Assistant Manager Operations as from 10.7.

He joins us from DONG Energy and DanPilot Nikolaj Wiemert (43) is employed as Logistics Manager Port Services as from 10.7. Nikolaj joins us from Swire Blue Osprey.

Dublin Jennifer Condon (41) is employed as Freight Forwarder Export as from 31.7. Jennifer comes from a similar job in Operations at Airocean Ireland.

René Ørgaard Thomsen (27) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.6. René joins us from a similar job with Lauritz. com.

Joel Victor Berglund (29) is employed as Manager Business Development Road as from 1.6. Joel comes from a job as Ac­ count Executive at UPS.

Aqqalu Lange (18) is employed as Warehouse Trainee as from 24.4.

Aqqalu joins us directly from school.

Christoffer Røssevold (27) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Road Scandinavia as from 20.6 and has recently gradua­ ted in Maritime Logistics.

Lisbon Andre Pedroso (26) is employed as Assistant Finance & Accounting as from 5.6. Andre joins us from Int. Maritime Agency Guinea Ecuatorial.

Bjørn Mikkelsen (45) is employed as General Manager Road and Cus­ toms Norway as from 10.7.

Bjørn joins us from Volvo Norway.

Malmo Pontus Lagerberg (44) is employed as Operational Manager as from 1.6. Pon­ tus comes from a job at Norfolk Line in Sweden.

Cecilie Traun Larsen (24) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 1.6. Ce­ cilie comes from a similar position at ICT Logistics A/S.

São Paulo Amanda Garcia Teixeira (21) is employed as Trai­ nee as from 10.4. Amanda has previously worked at Original Logistica e Comércio as a Trainee.

Miami

Taulov Benjamin Mathiasen (25) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road Southern Europe as from 1.5. He comes from a similar job with Brink Transport.

Tanja Hildingberg (26) is employed as Assistant Terminal Administration as from 1.5. Tanja has re­ cently done an internship at Blue Water.

Henrik Olsen (54) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road Southern Europe as from 1.6. Henrik comes from a similar job at Niels Pagh Logistics.

Jesper Hansen (20) is employed as freight Forwarder in Part & Full Loads Europe as from 27.7. Jesper joins us from System Transport.

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Mette Karine Brock (29) is employed as Business Controller in Accounting as from 1.5. Mette comes from a similar job at Kom­ plett Group.

Ilulissat

Odense Anders Lyshøj Christensen (35) is employed as Manager Sea & Air as from 1.5. Anders was previously Sea Freight Manager at Toll, Odense.

Oslo

Kevin Rutledge (55) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.6. Ke­ vin comes from a similar job at Laborer-Ryder.

Larissa Martins Cristóvão (18) is employed as Trai­ nee as from 24.4. Larissa has been studying up to now.

Juliet Gonzalez (24) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 6.6.

Juliet comes from a job as Ocean Export Coordinator at M&M Quality Logistics.

José Roberto Ribeiro De Oliveira (24) is employed as Assistant Operations as from 22.5. José comes from a similar job at LPC.

Nantes

Sydney Melody Veaux (23) is employed as Freight Forwarder Airfreight as from 1.4. Melody has recently done a six-month internship at DB Schenker.

Salley Gillespie (27) is employed as Assistant Ac­ counts as from 24.7. Salley joins us from a similar job at Planet services.

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Births On 6.5, Talgat Khassenov/Blue Water Aktau and his wife, Aigul, became parents of baby girl Aizere (2.8 kgs/49 cm). The couple also has an eight-year-old daughter, Tayane.

On 24.5, Lasse Franzen/Blue Water Copenhagen became a father for the second time of a baby girl (2.7 kgs/49 cm).

On 29.5, Mette Kelstrup Madsen/Blue Water Esbjerg and her partner, Anders, became parents of a baby girl (3.2 kgs/51 cm).

On 2.6, Morten Eskildsen/Blue Water Esbjerg and his partner, Stephanie, became parents of a baby girl, Bella (3.5 kgs/51 cm).

On 5.6, Søren Gammelgaard Nielsen/Blue Water Esbjerg and his partner, Signe, became parents of a baby girl, Iben (3.5 kgs/53 cm).

On 11.6, Adam Silva/Blue Water Houston and his wife, Stephany, became parent, for the first time, of baby girl Emma Grace (3.4 kgs/54 cm).

On 12.6, Jannick Hansen/Blue Water Copenhagen became a father of a baby girl (3.2 kgs/52 cm).

On 23.6, Michelle and Anders Maul/both from Blue Water Esbjerg became parents of a baby girl, Frederikke (3.4 kgs/52 cm).

On 1.7, Anders Kalmar/Blue Water Aalborg and his wife increased their family by a big baby boy, Gustav (4.3 kgs/52 cm).

On 10.7, Hanus Kristiansen/Blue Water Copenhagen and his partner became parents of a baby boy (3.5 kgs/52 cm).

On 16.7, Roel van der Geest and his wife,Tamara, increased their family by another daughter, Jessie Jill (3.7 kgs/51 cm). The family also includes three and a half year-old Mila Noa. On 21.7, Louise Rasmussen/Blue Water Taulov gave birth to a fine healthy baby boy, Villads (3.6 kgs/52 cm).

On 1.8, Jesper Nagel/Blue Water Gothenburg and his partner became parents of a baby girl (3.5 kgs/50 cm).

On 7.8, Dennis S. Rasmussen/Blue Water Billund and his partner, Regitze, became parents of a baby girl (2.7 kgs/49 cm).

Weddings

On 15.4, Line Beck Johansen/Blue Water Copenhagen married her fiancé, Frederik, in Holmens Church. The couple now share the family name Beck.

On 29.4, Tina Rasmussen/Blue Water Copenhagen married “Miller” in Reerslev Church.

The couple now share the family name Miller.

On 7.5, Aliff Hurairah Bin Abu Jalal/Blue Water Singapore married his fiancée, Fasihah Lim Wanyi, in Singapore.

On 3.6, Jan Kristensen/Blue Water Padborg and his finacée, Lone got married in Bov Church.

On 10.6, Amy Chong/Blue Water Singapore married her fiancé, Sam Chai, in Malaysia.

On 24.6, Allan Leiberg Brodersen/Blue Water Esbjerg married his girlfriend, Dorte, in Zion’s Church in Esbjerg. The couple now shares the family name Dahl Leiberg.

Retirements 30.06 Annette Nielsen/Blue Water Esbjerg

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30.06 Bent Refsgaard/Blue Water Aarhus

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Birthdays October 04.10 Allan Terp, Padborg 08.10 Rasmus Møller Thomasen, Hirtshals 09.10 Nils Munk Hansen, Esbjerg 18.10 Lisette Voogd, Rotterdam 22.10 Vasanth Kumar Vairavan, Doha 23.10 Håkan Thell, Gothenburg 26.10 Michael Ahlden, Bremen 27.10 Gerth Dalager, Sisimiut 31.10 Nikolaj Buurgaard Sørensen, Esbjerg

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Dorthe Seemann, Sonderborg Tomasz Gardzielewski, Taulov Per Bang Christensen, Padborg Torben Ovesen, Hirtshals Bodil Troelsgaard, Esbjerg Victor Pay, Singapore Robert Høegh, Esbjerg Lasse Reventlov Lauth, Frederikshavn Rasmus Kjærsgaard Andersen, Odense Lars Sønderborg Hansen, Esbjerg

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21.11 Tina Wichmann, Lindo 26.11 Talgat Khasenov, Aktau

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December 02.12 Elizaveta Maksimenko, Moscow 02.12 Mogens Laugesen, Herning 03.12 Isak Bergqvist, Oslo 04.12 Pernille Sigvardt, Odense 06.12 Fazil Shikhnabiyev, Aktau 06.12 Jens Anker Gents, Lindo 06.12 Kasper Pedersen, Hirtshals 06.12 Tiina Ojansuu, Turku 09.12 Ang Yian Chew, Singapore 10.12 Carsten Høegh-Olsen, Nuuk 12.12 Fernando Poli, Rio 14.12 Priyadarshini Sanjit, Doha 21.12 Carrie Luo, Shanghai 21.12 Daniel Jerousek, New York 24.12 Dan Nissen, Esbjerg 28.12 Daiva B. Quintana, Aarhus 28.12 Maria Nordby Transholm, Aalborg 29.12 Bartosz Z. Stempinski-Nielsen, Esbjerg

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Jubilees 30th

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Markku Laakso

Olga Abbott

Brian Sørensen

09.12.87–09.12.2017

06.10.97–06.10.2017

01.11.97–01.11.2017

Markku Laakso/Blue Water Turku will celebrate his 30th anniversary on 9.12.

Markku originally started at Wikeström & Krogius (W&K) in 1987 and has been a loyal member of the staff ever since. Due to Blue Water’s acquisition of W & K years back, Markku is now part of the Blue Water staff.

Markku is our true Sea & Air Operator as he fluently manages both modes including Export and Import and the Chartering operations as well. Furthermore, Markku is involved in Cruise Logistics and has made several visits to cruise exhibitions in Florida, USA. Markku is married to Saara for 24 years and they have two grown-up sons.

Markku is an early morning swimmer and occasional badminton player and in his spare time, he also plays trumpet in Turku Voluntary Fire Brigade’s orchestra.

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Olga Abbott/Blue Water Ipswich will ce­ lebrate her 20th anniversary on 6.10.

Olga was originally employed to look after our Full Trailer Load Traffics to and from Russia, however, since that time she has diversified and now handles all Part Load and Full Load Traffics to and from Russia and Central Asia as well as assisting with Sea Freight and Air Freight Traffics.

Olga is a highly valued member of the office and well thought of by customers and other offices alike and always handles her work giving 100 percent dedication and with total diligence.

She has a keen interest in dancing, in particular Salsa, and often travels at weekends to participate in events. As she likes to keep fit, she also frequents a local gym.

At home, she loves looking after her two Persian cats. She is also a massive lover of the sun, some would say a sun goddess, and loves topping up her tan whenever she can. A favourite summer destination for this is Turkey.

On 1.11.1997, Brian Sørensen/Blue Water Esbjerg started at the Esbjerg office to look after Import/Export of Garments and subsequently Chilled/Frozen Products to Russia.

After a posting in Greenland, far from his girlfriend and in close touch with the beautiful nature, Brian returned to Esbjerg and joined our Port Agency team. He was one of our enthusiastic pioneers when we in 2003/2004 seriously started focusing on Wind Turbine Transport and Logistics – for Vestas in particular. Today, Brian is in charge of our Cross Sales and Business Development function and commercially responsible for our Wind Sales activities in Port Service and Wind Logistics – where Vestas’ activities are still close to Brian’s heart.

Among his colleagues, Brian is known for his enormous drive and great commitment.

Brian is married to Bettina and the couple has two children – Jonas and Julie – and within recent years, the family has September 2017

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Jubilees increased further by a little dog.

In his spare time, Brian is a brewer, hunter and a golfer. The family summer holidays are often spent around the Lake Garda in Italy.

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ing to good music, going to live concerts, playing beach volley, practicing yoga, vi­ siting the Catalan villages and enjoying delicious food together with her friends.

10th Julia Blokhina

08.10.07–08.10.2017 01.10.07–01.10.2017

On 1.10, Joey Schouren/Blue Water Amsterdam will celebrate his 10th anniversary.

From day one, Joey proved to be a dedicated multitasker. Although his prime task is Freight Forwarding, usually performed behind a desk, Joey is often seen at our warehouse checking on and looking after “his” cargo. Over the years, Joey has developed to become an all-rounder and he has handled all sorts of cargo – from general cargo, foodstuffs, chemicals to project cargo.

Joey commutes by bicycle, in good and bad weather, bypassing all traffic jams when hurrying home to his partner, Kim, and their two little sons, Sep and Dex. Bicycling is Joey’s passion. He has, together with another bicycle enthusiast, climbed one of the toughest passes in the Giro d’Italia, the Gavia Pass (8,599 ft).

Julia Blokhina/Blue Water Moscow will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 8.10.

Julia started her Blue Water career as Manager Assistant, but due to her diligence, aspiration after development and her excellent communication skills, Julia was soon promoted to the Manager position responsible for Road Transport and the Book-keeping of our clients.

Some of Julia’s brightest features are her cheerfulness and happiness which no doubt come in handy in the challenge of motherhood now that she has two charming little sons; Raphael and Roman.

Julia is on maternity leave and she and her family are spending the time in Tbilisi, Georgia, the mother country of her husband Aram, but they will soon return to Moscow where she will join our team again.

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Lars Byskov

Marianne Brun 22.10.07–22.10.2017 06.10.07–06.10.2017

Having taken her Master’s Degree in International Trade in Perpignan in the South of France, Marianne Brun/Blue Water Barcelona decided to come to Barcelona for a six-month period and joined our team there on 6.10.2007. Marianne fell in love with the city and now, ten years later, she is still part of our Barcelona team as Assistant in the Air Freight and Road departments doing Import as well as Export.

Marianne lives with her three flat mates and her kitten Lovi and she has two little nephews, aged nine and three, living in France, whom she adores.

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Lars Byskov/Blue Water Esbjerg will cele­ brate his 10th anniversary on 22.10. Lars is originally a qualified Shop Assistant.

Fortunately, we decided to give Lars a chance and quickly discovered his fine qualities – both in relation to the ships and the clients.

Today, Lars is Manager of our Stevedore group in Esbjerg and participates in our major international projects.

In every corner of the office, you can hear Lars talking and no one will ever doubt his loyalty towards the company and towards his colleagues.

Lars is married to Anja, has three daughters, is a football enthusiast and fan of AAB. Lars is also coaching a girls’ team.

10th Michelle Maio

29.10.07–29.10.2017

Michelle Maio/Blue Water New York (also known as Michelle Afonso) will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 29.10. Michelle started in our Accounts department. Over the years, she has moved a bit back and forth – to General Cargo Import, Government & Defence Logistics (GDL) Import, back to Accounting, Export and finally back to GDL Import. She has recently been promoted to Import Supervisor GDL & Assistant FSO. Michelle is well-liked and very much committed to her job.

She is married to David and has three daughters, Kayla, Alexa and Madison.

Michelle enjoys following her daughters’ many school activities, vacationing and naturally the family holidays.

One of her interests is studying the English language. She is also fond of attending weddings, weather forecasting and toasted bagels.

10th Kenneth F. Hansen

01.11.07–01.11.2017

Kenneth Falkesgaard Hansen/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.11. Kenneth forms part of our Overseas department and is responsible for Key Account Management for our contract with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Route Development Management programme, LCL Pricing for tenders and target clients as well as the Agency Cooperation for various countries.

A few years ago, Kenneth moved to Australia for six months, with his family, to start up Blue Water’s branch office down under.

Kenneth is very popular, always cheerful and willing to help.

He is married to Camilla and the coup­le has two sons, Bertram and Anthon. Kenneth is a devoted father who accompanies his sons to ice hockey and floorball tourna21

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Jubilees ments and competitions across the country.

Kenneth goes in for fitness – and is a lover of red wine.

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Ana Gomez Llaurado

Torben Thordal Rasmussen

02.11.07–02.11.2017

12.11.07–12.11.2017

10th Henrik Boll Madsen

01.11.07–01.11.2017

Henrik Boll Madsen/Blue Water Nuuk will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.11.

Henrik joined Blue Water from Pisiffik who was and still is a very important client for us.

Henrik is highly esteemed among our Canadian shipping clients discharging their fish products in Greenland. He is perfect at handling the clients, their port calls and all procedures for discharge operations in Greenland.

In addition, Henrik is the anchor of the office in Nuuk where his long experience is of great benefit to new (and old) colleagues. He is also very popular with our local clients who often ask specifically for him when they drop by the office.

Henrik spends his free time with his son, Niklas, on their common interests: football, movies etc. Henrik has also become very active in the fitness centre – four to five times a week.

10th Debby Windridge

01.11.07–01.11.2017

Debby Windridge/Blue Water Rotterdam will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 1.11.

Through all the years in Blue Water, Debby has formed part of our Documentation Reefer department. She is very committed to her job which she performs to perfection.

Debby’s employment in Blue Water has also resulted in her meeting Mr. Right. She is now married to her colleague Richard Buys from our Cruise & Marine department.

The couple loves their cats. In their free time, they are fond of gardening. Debby also practices Sibpalki, a very old Korean martial art developed around year1500 by the Korean elite. When it is time for relaxing, Debby enjoys reading a good book.

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Ana Gomez Llaurado/Blue Water Barcelona will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 2.11. Ana forms part of the Import Sea Freight department as Assistant.

Over the years, she has gathered wide experience, but Ana will never forget her first special transport of moving a vesseI from the port to shipyard Marina Barcelona 92. Everything went well until the vessel was launched and started to sink. Upon raising the vessel, it became apparent that the drain plug was missing. The only way to solve the problem was to find a substitute in a big mountain of plastic for recycling.

One hour later, a perfect plug was found and the vessel could continue.

Ana is married to Tony who is a contai­ ner truck driver. She is a caring stepmother of his children and the family also includes her two dogs Neo and Sic.

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Torben Thordal Rasmussen/Blue Water Taulov will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 12.11. Torben was until recently based at our Aarhus office. He is a Freight Forwarder specialised in Norwegian Traffic with focus on Oslo and the northern region.

At the job, Torben is very busy and serious, but he is also the one who can raise the temperature at the office with his sarcastic remarks. Some people find it difficult to see through his sarcasm. Does he really mean what he is saying or is he just joking. His manner contributes to creating team spirit across the departments.

Torben is a single father of two teenage children – a boy and a girl.

If you want to get into conversation with Torben, you should start talking about food and wine.

10th Eva Zsubori

16.11.07–16.11.2017 05.11.07–05.11.2017

Ines Monge Ballarin/Blue Water Barcelona will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 5.11.

Ines has a long experience with administrative tasks from her previous employments in the customs and transport sector. At the Barcelona office, she performs the function of Administrative Assistant in the Operational department doing Invoicing and Controlling Costs.

In her free time, Ines likes to go to the mountains and to the beach. She also enjoys spending time in her village in the Pyrenees with her family. Her other pastime favourites include travelling and having a good time with her friends.

In her job at the Barcelona office, Ines has met three of her former colleagues, two of whom are still her colleagues. It is a small world indeed.

Eva Zsubori/Blue Water Miami started at our New York office on 16.11.2007. Subsequently Eva, who originally comes from Hungary, was transferred to Florida where she joined our Ocean Export team. Eva has also been part of Air Freight Import and Accounting until she landed in the Air Export department which was newly established at that time. Here, Eva played a crucial part in developing the activity, demonstrating dedication, loyalty and excelled immensely.

Due to her excellent customer service skills and wide knowledge, she has become a key team member. In August last year, Eva moved to the newest department at the Miami office, Logistics, where she handles a more catered type of customer service for specific PO accounts (Purchase Orders).

Eva lives with her boyfriend and colleague, Lasse Petersen, and they have a son named Daniel.

September 2017

HUMAN RESOURCES

Jubilees 10th

10th

10th

Mohubbat Musayev

Poul Henning Nielsen

Steffan Ploog

01.12.07–01.12.2017

01.12.07–01.12.2017

01.12.07–01.12.2017

Mohubbat Musayev/Blue Water Baku will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.12. We have, however, known Mohubbat since 2005 when he started with Blue Water as a Driver on a call-off basis. Due to his diligent and accurate service, Mohubbat was in 2007 employed on the permanent staff of Blue Water Caspian.

Over the years, Mohubbat has, as a dedicated truck driver, worked on different projects, delivering standard and heavy cargo, servicing Blue Water’s project clients. But he is not only a good driver, he is also a fantastic colleague always ready to lend a helping hand.

Mohubbat is married and has three grown-up sons and two grandchildren whom he enjoys spending time with and taking care of. He is also a handyman who does minor repair work at home as well as maintenance of his car.

10th Henriette Daugaard

Poul Henning Nielsen (PH)/Blue Water Esbjerg joined our Esbjerg office on 1.12.

2007 with years of experience from his previous jobs at different shipyards, naval engineering companies and Viking Lifesaving Equipment in Esbjerg. He had quite a flying start in Blue Water as he was sent off to a project in Singapore before he even had time to meet at his future base in Esbjerg. Since then the job has involved considerable travelling. Employing PH was sheer speculation as we had no need for a full-time naval engineer. In the beginning, he also assisted in HSSEQ, but today he is, according to himself, working more than full-time because of our many projects.

Today, Blue Water has around ten naval engineers.

PH’s leisure pursuits Include sailing and golfing. Most recently, he has also taken an interest in hiking together with his two children.

10th Rikke Moesgaard Andersen

01.12.07–01.12.2017

Henriette Daugaard/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 1.12.

Henriette originally started her Blue Water career in Accounts Payable, but after a couple of years, she moved on to new challenges in the IT department. Here, her responsibilities include coordination of support jobs to IT Development, control of working hours charged to the organisation as well as ad hoc jobs in connection with reporting.

Henriette is a family person and being an auntie to her sister’s five children is no doubt her favourite role.

She is also a very organised person, punctual and accurate. No details will escape her notice.

Crochet work is another of Henriette’s strong points and this is something that her family and friends benefit from.

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01.12.07–01.12.2017

On 1.12, Rikke Moesgaard Andersen/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate her 10th anniversary. Rikke originally started in a Temp job in Accounts Payable, but six months later she was on the permanent staff.

Rikke’s responsibilities include the Maersk accounts and positive vendors. In this connection, high accuracy and tight deadlines are necessary, but Rikke is a perfectionist and takes pride in doing a perfect job.

Rikke lives with her partner, Kenneth, in the small town Oksbøl and is the loving and caring mother of the couple’s two children, Nicklas and Sofie, aged 12 and four respectively.

The family loves to travel and seeking adventure. When the occasion arises, they enjoy diving and parachute jumping.

On 1.12, Steffan Ploog/Blue Water Taulov will celebrate his 10th anniversary. Steffan was employed in 2007 as Export Freight Forwarder in the Italian team in Odense.

However, his responsibilities were promptly extended to include Italian Import as well.

Steffan was also for a period responsible for the German Traffic department in Odense and subsequently, in 2016, he was assigned responsibility for all Road activities in Odense. In early 2017, Steffan accepted the appointment to Head of Road Transport in Taulov. A job he has thrown himself wholeheartedly into.

Steffan lives in Middelfart together with Karina, their children of different marriages and their mutual child.

In his free time, Steffan plays squash or goes for a run.

10th Christoffer Hedeager

01.12.07–01.12.2017

On 1.12.2007, Christoffer Hedeager/Blue Water Oslo started in Esbjerg as Trainee in Road Transport Eastern Europe. In his second year of apprenticeship, Christoffer moved to Air Freight Export and Courier and then to Air Freight Import & Export.

In 2010, Christoffer joined GDL (Government & Defence Logistics) in Billund, where he stayed until he in 2015 was offered a three-month stationing in Oslo to help establish a GDL department there to manage the FLO (Defence Logistics Organisation) and our Kongsberg agreement. Christoffer did not return to Denmark, but was for a long period in charge of this department.

In June Christoffer accepted a new challenge when he was appointed Business Development Manager for GDL. Christoffer spends his free time with his girlfriend, Mariam, as well as on mountain biking, watching football on TV and visiting the big home furnishing store Illum.

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WASTE-TOENERGY PLANT

Waste-to-energy plant components to China Blue Water has loaded 16 components for the construction of a gigantic waste-to-energy plant for Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S in Esbjerg, Denmark Blue Water was responsible for all operations: loading by crane at Babcock & Wilcox Vølund (B&WV), transportation to the port in Esbjerg, loading of the vessel and the sea freight to Shenzhen in China.

Also, Blue Water arranged collection of cargo from B&WV’s suppliers and packing of the containers for the shipment.

“We are pleased that we have chosen Blue Water as our partner. This is B&WV's largest waste-to-energy project so far and it is therefore extremely important that we have a trustworthy carrier. Throughout the entire process, we have met great understanding and professionalism from Blue Water”, says Flemming Andresen, Purchaser from B&WV. The loading of the 16 components was the first of three DynaGrate® loadings. The cargo weighed 370 ton in total.

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“It is a pleasure to be part of a local cooperation on a complex project like this. The first of three shipments was completed exactly as planned”, says Allan Dahl Leiberg from Blue Water.

Once the components arrive in China, they will be part of the construction of the waste-to-energy plant which will convert waste to energy. When the plant burns the waste at high temperatures, the steam from the heat will be directed into turbines creating electricity. It is an effective and environmentally friendly method to burn waste.

Blue Water has been nominated for an additional two shipments to be executed in the autumn of 2017.

September 2017