Blue Water NEWS - March 2016

MARCH 2016

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STAFF & CLIENT MAGAZINE

Successful yard stay for Maersk Page 9

Chimney for the biggest cruise ship in the world Page 4

FANT sponsorship creates joy in Sierra Leone Page 14

Terminal construction proceeds as planned

Increased port call activity on Sealand Page 3

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CHANGE OF MAN. DIRECTOR

Dedication & focus

Contents Change of Managing Director Terminal-update Marine Logistics Reefer Logistics Wind Logistics Port Agency & Services Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects General Cargo Blue Water Corporate Blue Water Spirit New employees Birthdays etc.

Jubilees Blue Water Singapore

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Following recent years' significant growth, we will primarily focus on strengthening our core busines during the next year, says Blue Water's founder Kurt Skov

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The best service in the business We are in the process of making big investments in improvements of our organisation and set-up - new IT systems and a new giant terminal in Taulov among other things. At the same time, some of our activities are affected by the low oil price and financial unrest on several important markets including China, Russia and South America. Therefore I wish to consolidate our position", says Kurt Skov.

"We have a big and strong customer base, to whom our dedicated employees provide good, efficient and innovative transport solutions every day. Since the foundation of Blue Water, we have established close relations to the customers which enable us to understand their needs.

We shall also in the future maintain this focus and in this way develop the best solutions and the highest quality of the business".

The Management Board Carsten Steffensen Director for Reefer (Road) Allan Junge Finance Director Kurt Skov Managing Director

Robert Høegh

Søren Nielsen Director for General Cargo

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Dan Nissen Director for Oil/Gas, Reefer (Containers) & Cruise

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"Blue Water has grown significantly in recent years and it is my wish that the company shall continue its positive development. After a somewhat dull 2015, on the result side, and moderate budgets for 2016, we will concentrate our efforts on strengthening our financial result this year rather than focus on expansion", says Kurt Skov, Managing Director and Founder of Blue Water.

For the past three years, Kim Hedegaard Sørensen has been the company's CEO, In late January, however, Kim left Blue Water after mutual agreement after he and the Board of Directors disagreed on the future strategy of Blue Water.

Kurt is now back as Managing Director of Blue Water and he and the other executive board members are now looking at the future plan for the company which operates in six business segments and employs more than 1,500 people at 67 offices worldwide.

March 2016

TERMINAL UPDATE

Project Manager for the terminal construction, Claus Gutfeld, and Terminal Manager Michael Engsig Hansen in front of the new office in Taulov.

Improving the quality The construction of Blue Water’s new terminal in Taulov – an investment of 120 million DKK – is expected to be completed in the summer of 2016 Next summer, when the 12,300 m2 cargo terminal and 1,800 m2 office facilities are completed, we will move into our new facilities in Taulov.

“When the construction is completed, we can start utilising the consolidation effect that the terminal will give us.

Consolidating our cargo volume will give us the opportunity to optimise the operation. This will generate synergies and advantages which means that our clients will experience an improved quality. This could for instance be fewer or perhaps

only one daily collection of their cargo”, says Claus Gutfeld who is Project Manager for the construction at Blue Water.

Experienced Manager Michael Engsig Hansen is employed as Terminal Manager. He has, for several years, been responsible for operating and managing both the central warehouse and the spare part warehouses in Europe for Kongskilde Industries. Also, Michael has built comprehensive experience within management, transport, logistics and

The office will be the future workplace for nearly 40 employees.

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terminal operation through prior employments.

Team spirit “It will be exciting to be in charge of the terminal operation with a team made up of many different persons. The success depends on a good team spirit and I will do whatever I can to make sure that everyone is pleased with the new environment – both the drivers and our employees”, says Michael Engsig Hansen.

In addition to the construction itself, other project groups

are busily involved. One group is preparing internal guidelines and structures for our future national distribution.

Another group is evaluating which kind of equipment the terminal should have. This is important in order to ensure the optimal handling of the cargo and not least for the safet y of our employees .

Al so, t here will be ot her projects in connec­t ion with safety/surveillance and the IT systems to be implemented.

The 250-metre terminal has 105 gates.

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MARINE LOGISTICS

MHA 2016 MHA 2016 is the Marine Hospitality Industry's premier event organised by Marine Hotel Association.

The exhibition will showcase a wide range of products and services related to the travel, tourism & hospitality sectors.

As a provider of services to the cruise industry - including handling of freight of provisions to the cruise lines - Blue Water will participate in the exhibition.

Come and visit us at MHA 2016 from 10 to 12 April at Hyatt Place Orlando/Convention Center.

You will find us at

booth 404

Loading the chimney frame in the port of Rauma, Finland.

Seatrade Cruise Global Blue Water & Cruise & Marine Logistic Network will participate in the Seatrade Cruise Global exhibition from 15 to 17 March at Fort Lauderdale Convention Center.

Come and visit us at booth #1727 (the Danish Export Pavilion) and hear what we can offer within cruise logistics.

Our Port Agency team will also be represented - at booth #1221 (Wonderful Copenhagen).

Furthermore, you will find us at the Greenland booth, #1139, which we share with Newfoundland and St. Pierre/Miquelon as well as Visit Greenland.

You will find us at

booth 1727, 1221 & 1139

Cruise & Marine Logistic Network local knowledge on a global scale

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Exhaust funnel to newbuilding in France In 2015, the colleagues at Blue Water Turku, Finland arranged two part charters for a hoistable exhaust funnel system to the world’s biggest cruise vessel The vessel is under construction at the well-reputed Shipyard, STX France in St. Nazaire, designing, fabricating, erecting and commissioning ships and offshore installations.

The project also included offloading at destination which was arranged in cooperation with Blue Water France.

The hoistable exhaust funnel system will ensure that Oasis-class vessels can enter the Baltic Sea when coming from the North Sea and having to pass under the Great Belt Bridge.

By lowering the exhaust funnel, the required clearance for a safe passage will be ensured.

The funnel system was tailor-made in Finland by Tejera Oy and loaded on board at Rauma port, Finland.

Discharging the chimney frame in St. Nazaire, France.

March 2016

REEFER LOGISTICS

FL: Michael Stentebjerg/Ess-Food, Belkis Ataman/Blue Water and Steven Patrick Jones/Nowaco USA Inc.

Chickens to South Africa Standing FL: Thomas Zuidema and Raimond Lodder/Blue Water. Sitting FL: Gerben van Giesen and Hans Poiesz/Blue Water and Frank Ronkes and Frank Scholten/both from Aviko.

Aviko and Blue Water signs extensive contract Aviko, one of the leading European manufacturers of fresh, frozen and dried potato products, has signed a three-year logistics contract with Blue Water “With this contract we expect to handle more than 4,000 reefer containers worldwide per year for Aviko who has worldwide export. Aviko will extend their cold storage facilities by 40,000 additional pallet places. The facilities will be fully automatic and operational in 2017. Aviko is indeed a major player on the market”, says Hans Poiesz, the Managing Director of Blue Water Rotterdam.

The contract was signed in January, when Blue Water was invited to visit Aviko’s factory in Steenderen in Holland. Early in the morning, an introduction was given to the history of Aviko and their plans for the future followed by a guided tour of the factory. We also attended the loading of a container at the cold store. Furthermore, we had the opportunity to taste some of Aviko’s products.

National Poultry & Food Distributors Association (NPFDA) recently hosted a great networking event in Atlanta where Blue Water participated.

The highlight is always the markets, and this time, the attention was mainly concentrated on the South African market. For the first time in 15 years, this market reopens to US chicken import. The energy of the people and the optimism towards this market made the event even more exciting, not only for Blue Water but for the whole industry.

The three-day event attracted hundreds of domestic and international players: suppliers, customers, traders, shipping lines and transport companies.

“We have proven successful in fulfilling our clients’ logistical needs in different markets and our long-term business relationship strategy is well underway. We continue building strong relationships with our clients and partners. Our meetings at the conference went very well and we had interesting discussions regarding current market issues and predictions of 2016”, says Belkis Ataman from Blue Water Miami.

More fish to Europe Blue Water Hirtshals has entered into a transport and logistics agreement with one of Norway's largest salmon exporters Sekkingstad. The agreement includes transport of Sekkingstad's production of fresh, iced salmon and trout from their packing facilities in Bergen and from external packing facilities around Norway.

Sekkingstad's annual sales amount to ap-

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proximately 50,000 tons. The fish is either transported directly from Norway to the clients in Europe or to Blue Water's reefer terminal in Padborg for sorting, handling and further distribution in Europe.

"Norwegian export of fresh and frozen fish is a large and growing market, which we want to remain part of. That is why our experienced drivers and freight forwar-

ders are available 24/7/365", says Leon K. Andersen, Manager for the Norwegian traffic at Blue Water Hirtshals.

From Padborg, Blue Water offers daily departures to Germany, Holland, Belgium, France as well as weekly departures to other European markets.

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WIND LOGISTICS

Sandbank in the final phase Blue Water has acted as stevedores for Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems GmbH in connection with the installation of the foundations on the Sandbank Offshore Wind Project.

Following the installation of the 72 monopiles and transition pieces, the project has entered its final phase where demobilisation is in process.

“It has been interesting to be part of the project and assist Bilfinger. We are very

pleased that Bilfinger chose Blue Water for this assignment”, says Brian Sørensen, Business Development Manager in Blue Water Wind.

In connection with the demobilisation, Blue Water will also carry out the steve­ dore operations when the world’s largest hydraulic hammer, MENCK’s MHU3500S, is returned to MENCK from the renter Bilfinger. Also, Blue Water has chartered a vessel which will transport the hammer

from Esbjerg to Lindo. Here, Blue Water Lindo will receive the hammer for storage at our terminal until the next project.

“We are proud to deliver a complete solution to MENCK including transport of their hammer as well as stevedoring and agency services at Lindo. This shows Blue Water’s strong position in several Danish ports”, says Nikolaj Buurgaard Sørensen, Operations Manager at Blue Water.

Power from Horns Rev 3 Energinet.dk is building the facilities which lead the electricity from the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm in the North Sea into the onshore grid. The wind farm is being constructed 55 kilometres from Esbjerg and Blue Water is involved in the project in several ways.

“So far, we have discharged two out of three transformer units in Esbjerg.

Furthermore, we were in charge of transporting the units to the storage area as well as being responsible for the storage.

The agreement also includes transport and loading of the units later this year in

connection with the coming installation”, says Mikkel Puggaard, who is Project Manager at Blue Water.

Blue Water has also entered into an agency agreement with one of the Horns Rev 3 topside contractors HSM Offshore BV. “We have ensured accommodation of all crew in one complex. This makes the crew transfer to and from the port a lot easier. We will coordinate all port calls and fulfill any requirement HSM might have during the project. As we are available 24/7, we can render prompt assistance in case of unforeseen events such as illness”, says Mikkel Puggaard.

Mikkel Puggaard, who is responsible for the project, in front of one of the transformer units to be installed at Horns Rev 3.

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March 2016

PORT AGENCY & SERVICES

FL: Bjarne Thorup, Henrik Knude Larsen, Kim Madsen, Steen Bitsch, Jakob Gaarde Uth, Helle Juel and Lars Næsted – all from Danespo.

Ensuring high quality Choosing the wrong vessel may destroy the quality of any product during transportation. Therefore Blue Water Brest focuses on chartering the right vessels for potato export.

“We charter speedy, pallet-friendly vessels to ensure that the high quality of the product stays intact throughout the entire transport. Our stevedores and agency department have worked swiftly so that the deliveries could be completed as planned ", says Marianne

Girardin, the Chartering Manager from Blue Water Brest.

For years, Blue Water has assisted some of the biggest potato exporters in Denmark and France with chartering of vessels. The potatoes are typically transported to Tunisia and Algeria and the loading operations take place in Brest and Esbjerg. In total, Blue Water chartered ten reefer vessels from various owners like GreenSea, Baltic Shipping and SilverGreen in December 2015.

Increasing activity on Romo In June 2009, Blue Water opened an office on Romo (Island in the North Sea south of Esbjerg) to offer port-related services in connection with the German offshore wind project, Butendiek, to which our good business partner Siemens delivered 80 x 3.6 MW turbines. The project was, however, postponed and the activity was relatively quiet until 2014. In addition to Siemens, we have worked with VBMS who have performed the cable work for the Butendiek and Amrum Bank Projects.

We also acted as agents for seven CTVs (Crew Transfer Vessels) and completed

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several different assignments for some of the major players in the offshore market.

Due to the increasing activity, we have employed Kenny Skødt as from 1 September 2015. He is well-known in the local community and has a good relationship with the other companies in the port, the clients and not least the supplier network WSO. We look forward to contributing to the continuing development in the port.

Kenny’s background as a technician and export salesman for the maritime industry gives us high hopes for the future.

Increased port activity In 2014, Blue Water acted as agents for 52 vessels in Copenhagen and on Lolland. In 2015, the number increased to 209. Whether this tendency will continue is difficult to say, however, 2016 already looks interesting.

“We have several frame agreements in place for port calls at Copenhagen, Koge and Bandholm. These agreements include bulk vessels, tankers, battleships, supply vessels and cruise vessels. We expect a total of around 54 cruise ships calling at Copenhagen, which for several years has been one of the major cruise ports in Europe”, says Michael Steen Steenberg, who is responsible for Blue Water’s port calls on Sealand.

The agency department on Sealand is active all over Sealand, Lolland as well as in the southern part of Sweden. The department started with one employee in 2012, who managed 28 port calls. Today, the department has a staff of four and via a focused effort, the number of calls has grown remarkably over the years.

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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS

Rig parts to Singapore Blue Water has transported over 2,000 cbm of valuable rig equipment from Tallinn, Estonia and Gdynia, Poland to Singapore. Among the equipment was a riser gantry crane and Xmas tree trolleys.

The items had varying dimensions with lengths exceeding 39 metres and heights of up to 5.5 metres.

"The large items require both precision during the operation and in general, the project requires thorough preparation, coordination and cooperation between us and our partners in Poland and Estonia ", says Nikolaj Buurgard Sørensen, Project Manager at Blue Water.

The overall scope included the pickup and delivery under vessel's hook from four different locations, a number of challenging trucking transports and chartering of the multi-purpose ship MV "BBC Amethyst". Upon arrival in Singapore, Blue Water also handled the final delivery.

26-metre flexible pipe to Houston In late November 2015, Blue Water received an interesting request for transport of a 26-metre-long Flexible Pipe from Denmark to USA by air for OneSubsea, Houston (a Cameron & Schlumberger company).

"Before the transport could commence, we had numerous telephone conferences involving both OneSubsea and the ma-

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nufacturer of the pipe, National Oilwell in Kalundborg. The aim was to determine how we could design a packing which could support the Flexible Pipe during transport and handling while also being acceptable for the involved hauliers, airport terminals and the airline", says Nikolaj Buurgard Sørensen, Project Manager at Blue Water.

Blue Water loaded the Flexible Pipe in Kalundborg, Denmark on 21 December

for a timely delivery to the airport in Luxembourg two days later, where the cargo was loaded on a plane that set its course towards Houston. Here, Blue Water’s team of experts monitored the discharge operation from the aircraft on to the truck and escorted the truck to final destination Magnolia, Texas where the pipe arrived as planned.

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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS

Sponsor for conference

Blue Water acted as a true partner throughout the project and not just as a supplier.

Juan Antonio Giner Maersk Drilling

There was plenty of opportunities to discuss business. Fina Garber/Blue Water Baku is seen in the middle.

Good partnership In connection with "Maersk Deliverer’s" yard stay in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Blue Water was chosen to provide logistics services. The success of the project was a result of good planning, specialised Blue Water staff on site and a close dialogue with Maersk.

Utilising the expertise “Blue Water’s capabilities and expertise were used for worldwide transportation, warehouse management and quayside crane operations. The challenging local conditions were managed superbly and the key personnel on site received full support from Blue Water’s headquarters", states Juan Antonio Giner, who is the Head of Maersk Drilling Project Procurement.

He also points out that all transportation and warehouse management were conducted by Blue Water with zero incidents.

“Blue Water is truly dedicated providing an end-to-end service with the cus­ tomer in mind”, says Juan Antonio Giner.

Ready for future projects The project was completed ahead of schedule and was characterised by good partnership. The two companies have jointly performed on-site inspections and selected the logistics locations. Looking back, the project has generated many synergies.

“We are very proud to receive recognition for our work from one of the biggest global players in the Oil & Gas industry.

With this project we have gained experience valuable for our cooperation with Maersk Drilling as well as for future similar projects. Delivering high quality solutions through our flexible organisation is a trademark for Blue Water”, says Anders Maul, Senior Business Development Manager in Blue Water.

Bridge sections through the city A 335-metre bridge for the Panum Institute in the centre of Copenhagen was transported by Blue Water in 16 separate sections arriving from Poland. The longest section was 34 metres long, more than 3 metres wide and weighed over 45 tons. The site location required thorough planning and preparation due to narrow roads and heavy traffic.

“Initially, we planned the transport in detail together with Bladt Industries, who was in charge of the construction No. 112

and installation of the bridge. We conducted a thorough analysis of the two site entrances and possible obstacles which might interfere with the transports”, says Kenneth Ruby, Project Manager at Blue Water.

The bridge sections were installed at night. Therefore a fixed delivery schedule was agreed to ensure punctual delivery and avoid lost time for Bladt Industries during the installation. All 16 sections were delivered as planned.

Learning more about the Oil and Gas pro­ jects in the region was the purpose of participating in the CIS Oil and Gas Downstream Conference which was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baku in December 2015.

Blue Water participated as one of the sponsors for the event which was arranged by the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).

“Our particular interest was the modernisation and upgrade of the Heydar Aliyev Oil Refinery (HAOR) in Baku. At the moment, all signs indicate that this project will start in 2016”, says Fina Garber, who is the General Manager for Blue Water Baku and attended the summit.

After the conference, Blue Water Baku was invited to do a logistics survey on existing infrastructure including ports and roads.

Eight months of hard work completed An eight-month project was completed by Blue Water Houston when offloading PMTAS units from a barge to a laydown area within Industrial Terminals in Houston. The offloading was performed by crane and the scope also included transport to the final storage area. Each PMTAS frame weighed around 47 tons and measured almost 12 metres in height and slightly over 10 metres in width and length. The transport was performed by 2 THPs (towable hydraulic platform trailers).

The operation took place in January and was the culmination of eight months of hard work. The project commenced when Blue Water attended the initial loadout from OneSubsea in Bergen, Norway. The frame units will be used for pump installation modules which are installed at sea.

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GENERAL CARGO

Closer cooperation Aidex is a leading Aid & Reilef exhibition and Blue Water was present in Brussels when the exhibition was held in November last year.

“There are many new players in the market and the tendency is that the NGOs (non-governmental organisations) would like a closer cooperation with private companies. The NGOs want to take advantage of the know-how and experiences that the companies possess”, says Johnny Mortensen who is the Head of Blue Water’s Aid & Relief Logistics.

Blue Water’s own stand was perfectly located near the entrance. Following the exhibition, the Aid & Relief department has initiated dialogues with several of the potential clients who visited our stand.

Medical equipment Advantex International – one of Blue Water Amsterdam‘s valued long-time clients – has in cooperation with FanAvari Azmayeshgahi Co. entrusted us with handling the transport of medical equipment and accessories to Iran. The transports require special knowledge of the terms and conditions of sale and export restrictions.

“Our professional approach to and knowledge about legislation/compliance enable us to provide an excellent service

when transporting these very costly devices. We are experienced in arranging these transports which we have done for some years now. Over the years, we have built a close relationship with Advantex International, different carriers and the Dutch customs authorities to ensure that every step is taken in compliance with the requirements”, says Bob Tisserand, General Manager for Blue Water Amsterdam.

In Iran, the equipment will be installed

Improved traffic in Norway and Sweden The Norway and Sweden department at the Aarhus office have united. The purpose of the merger is to improve the utilisation of the road traffic between the two countries.

The merger is part of the plans of fine-tuning the business in a world characterised by tough competition and increased price pressure.

“All markets are constantly changing and our clients’ needs change as well. This is why we try to optimise our organisation all the time so that we can continue providing the flexibility that benefits our clients. Ultimately, a strengthened set-up gives our clients a better service and product”, says Henrik Werdermann from Blue Water Aarhus.

The merger includes 22 employees who have wide experience with and knowledge of the Norwegian and Swedish markets.

Ole Holst Andersen is appointed Manager of the “new” department.

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FL: Arne Iversen/Blue Water Dubai, the Head of UAE Red Crescent Dubai, Mr. Zarouni, Johnny Mortensen/Blue Water Billund and Salah Mohammed Abouel Maaty/Blue Water Doha.

Meeting with UAE Red Crescent Representatives from Blue Water's offices in Dubai, Jordan, Qatar and Denmark met in Dubai in August for an internal Middle East development meeting. The programme included a meeting with the Head of UAE Red Crescent Dubai, Mr Zarouni, and we were very pleased to learn about the projects of the charity organisation.

"Blue Water wishes to support UAE Red Crescent Dubai with their projects and hopes that we can together, through their donations and our knowledge, help refugees and others in need. The many

current problems in the Middle East are attempted relieved from Dubai through relief aid to the refugees in and from Yemen, Somalia, Syria and Iraq - places where we with our set-up would be able to help", says Johnny Madsen, the Head of Blue Water's Aid & Relief Logistics.

UAE Red Crescent Dubai supports charity and provides relief aid through their cooperation with institutions, major national and international companies and regional and international humanitarian organisations.

March 2016

GENERAL CARGO

to Iran

Urgent delivery As a vessel gearbox weighing 911 kilos was too heavy to be transported on board the commercial flights in Greenland, Blue Water had to assist with a swift solution.

Shipping the gearbox by sea freight was not an option as it would take too long. The gearbox was needed for a vessel which was undergoing repairs in Aasiaat. Initially, the airfreight department in Esbjerg took care of the transport of the heavy gearbox to Kangerlussuaq. From here, Blue Water’s air charter department in Billund took over and chartered a helicopter for the remainder of the transport, which was carried out in bright sunshine and according to plan.

in a number of hospitals. The equipment is manufactured at different production facilities in Europe and Blue Water Amsterdam handles the storage and shipping operations. The agreement so far covers six full charters up to the end of March 2016.

The medical equipment has an average weight of 14-15 tons per unit.

Positive development In the past few years, Blue Water has experienced growth within transport of spare parts for aircrafts by air, sea, courier and road. Recently, Blue Water completed the transport of an Airbus EC120 helicopter from Norway to Malaysia by air.

"The project was challenging because it involved many parties. The coordination was a comprehensive task in itself and we were working with tight time slots.

These kinds of projects often include very valuable cargo and leave no room for mistakes", says Jesper Nielsen, Business Development Manager at Blue Water.

Blue Water secured the project through our membership of the TALA network which we joined in 2013.

"The membership gives access to the

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knowledge and expertise required for aviation transports. Also, it is a guarantee for our clients that we live up to very high standards when handling their cargo.

Ultimately, the membership enables us to develop our expertise further", says Jesper Nielsen.

Blue Water's "control tower" for aviation transport in Scandinavia is located in Copenhagen. The role of the control tower is to supervise all aviation shipments and make sure that high standards are upheld in all aspects of the transport.

The AOG desk is also located in Copenhagen, where clients can contact the department for urgent matters 24/7 365.

Special assignment

Sapa – a market leader in aluminium solutions – is one of Blue Water Aarhus’ old clients.

Following Sapa’s various acquisitions and mergers, we have been assigned a special task of transporting scrap iron from Tonder in Denmark to Vetlanda in Sweden. The agreement also includes loading operations and return transport of aluminium bars. The first transport was completed right after New Year. To load the sevenmetre-long aluminium bars, we had to use walking-floor trailers where the sides can open. The driver and the forklift operator managed to cooperate very successfully which resulted in an additional six tons being loaded on the second transport.

Initially, we will provide the logistics for three months. After this period, it will be decided whether the contract will be renewed for the rest of the year.

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Change of address in Oslo On 8 February, Blue Water Oslo moved into new premises – a short distance of approx. 500 metres, but a great change

and improvement. The new bright and inviting facilities are located on the seventh floor in a brand-new building.

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OFFICE PRESENTATION

Denmark

Aalborg Manager: Established: Employees:

Ole Ulriksen 1986 46

Primary activies:

»» Shipbroking and Stevedoring »» Worldwide Sea & Airfreight and Courier Service

»» Fish and Food Transport »» Road Services and Freight Forwarding »» Customs Clearance »» Warehousing including Bonded Storage Blue Water’s Aalborg office was established in 1986. The office, with a staff of 4-5, was located in the inner port, but moved to the Greenland Port close to North Jutland Business and Transport Centre (NTC) in 1993 – a strategic location in relation to the large quantities shipped to/from Greenland.

Our involvement in Greenland does not only include cargo to/from Greenland, but also large quantities of fish and food products from Greenland to Asia.

In recent years, projects related to the Armed Forces and the construction and mining industry have become an extensive activity.

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For instance construction of a ruby mine, Nuuk Port and refurbishments at Thule Air Base – through local logistics agreements with major contracting companies.

Container packing – mainly to Greenland - is the primary activity at our 3000 m2 terminal.

In addition to the strong North Atlantic focus, involving around 20 people, Aalborg – and Frederikshavn which belongs under the Aalborg office – are involved in all the facets of General Cargo.

“We are the biggest North Jutland freight forwarding company – with the biggest air and courier department offering both air-

freight and courier worldwide. Our big deep sea & seafood department handles industrial cargo and foodstuffs globally and our freight forwarding department handles road freight in Europe via our own traffics. Shipbroking, stevedoring and project cargo in both Aalborg and Frederikshavn are taken care of by our agency and project department. A major port extension in Frederikshavn is expected to be initiated in 2016. Also, we have strong focus on staff training and education - both internal and external – in order to ensure the best service and support to our clients”, says Director Ole Bøgh Ulriksen.

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BLUE WATER CORPORATE

Internal HSSEQ audit in HQ Good results, however, with room for improvement. This was the conclusion from the HSSEQ department after an internal audit in Esbjerg. The purpose of audits is to find out whether we follow the defined processes in our daily work. In short, we are checking whether we do as we say. As

a certified office, Esbjerg commit themselves to perform internal audits. This way we control that all demands to quality, environment and work environment certificates are tested thoroughly. The audits also give the HSSEQ department a good indication of how well the Management

System is implemented and maintained and how we can improve. The result was one deviation and seven suggestions for improvement. The audit was performed in a good atmosphere and in general, the HSSEQ department observed an good knowledge of the Management System.

Popular trainee event Human Resources received many applications for the vacant positions as Shipping and Finance Trainees in Blue Water. After a thorough evaluation of 590 applications, it was finally time for the applicants to meet with Blue Water on 1 March.

“We have met some very dedicated young people who have shown good energy, will and desire to learn about the industry. We are looking forward to welcoming our second group into the tailor-made education programme that we established last year in cooperation with Business Academy Southwest”, says

Lone Willumsen from Blue Water's HR department.

The trainee event was divided into stages. Firstly, all the invited candidates met at Blue Water’s headquarters in Esbjerg for a nice welcome and introduction of the programme for the day. Then all the candidates were transported to Blue Water Arena for interviews with the HR department, workshops and games. Also, the candidates had the opportunity to network with each other and not least with the present trainees.

Facts »» Blue Water provides the education in cooperation with Business Academy Southwest

»» The two-year education combines practical experience and study programme

»» On completion of their apprentice­ ship, Blue Water employs 9 out of 10 trai­nees on a permanent basis

To be a trainee in Blue Water, you must not be afraid to take up challenges

Helene Dreyer Trainee, Blue Water Shipping

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BLUE WATER SPIRIT

Happy football players in Sierra Leone We have just renewed our agreement with FANT - Football for A New Tomorrow – for another year. Blue Water supports the project financially.

“Blue Water’s main sponsorship for our project enables us to make a huge

difference in life for our more than 8,000 members. We give children and young people in Sierra Leone the chance to find community spirit and joy through football.

We give them qualified training in a safe environment with caring adults around

them. This gives them a breathing space from a tough life”, says Erik Rasmussen – former Danish national player and topclass coach – who is a co-founder of FANT. All players were gathered for a team photo wearing their new jerseys.

OFFICEPRESENTATION

Portugal

Lisbon Manager: Helio Esteves Established: 2015 Employees: 12 Primary activities:

»» General Freight Forwarding »» Reefer Transport »» Marine Logistic »» Project Cargo »» Cross-trade

Blue Water Lisbon was established in March 2015 as part of the extension of the international activities. The office started with seven employees – all with several years of freight forwarding experience. Today, twelve collea­ gues are divided on two offices: Lisbon and Leixões/Oporto.

General freight forwarding was the starting focus, but today Reefer Transport, Marine Logistics and Aid & Relief are part of the daily activities. On a daily basis, Blue Water Portugal handles Project Cargo, Airfreight, Container

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Sale (all types of equipment, dry and reefer) and Marine Logistics-related activities.

“Soon after the start, we also decided to focus on developing the reefer segment and is now handling reefer shipments from Portugal to Africa (Gabon, Guinea and Angola), Brazil and a few other destinations. We are working in close cooperation with colleagues from Brazil, USA, Spain, France, Holland and Denmark to provide reefer cross-trade shipments to the clients", says General Manager Hélio Esteves.

In addition, a wide range of local services,

import & export, cold storage, insurance, crossdocking and transit cargo to any destination are offered.

"Due to the long tradition and close relationship between Portugal and Angola, we are able to provide door-to-door services to Luanda, where Blue Water also has a set-up.

Currently the service is provided in a way that saves extra costs and reduces the lead time into the market for our customers in Angola", says Hélio Esteves.

March 2016

BLUE WATER SPIRIT

Visit from "Emma Maersk" On a Thursday in February, Mogens Nielsen of Blue Water Brest received a very surprising phone call when one of the largest container ships in the world, the "Emma Maersk", entered the port of Brest for a quick dry dock call at Damen Shiprepair.

“The captain, Bo Gregersen, called to ask how things were going at Blue Water Brest and whether it was possible to drink a cup of coffee together and catch up for

lost time since our last meeting in 1994.

Bo is our good old friend from when we loaded tons of frozen chicken in Brest for the Middle East with the shipping line Lauritzen Reefers. It was a really nice surprise”, says Mogens Nielsen.

Captain Gregersen swiftly arranged that Mogens and his colleague, Fabrice Rolland, could visit him on board the gigantic container ship.

Facts about Emma Maersk Length/width: 398/56.4 metres Capacity: 15,500 TEU

DWAT: 156,000 tons Debth: 16 metres

Speed: 22.5 knots HP: 110,000

Lærke is kicking her way to success In Aarhus, Blue Water has signed a sponsor­ ship agreement with Lærke Kamp Pedersen who has kicked her way to success. As a taekwondo fighter, she has taken bronze in the world championships and gold in the European, Nordic and Danish Championships. Since 2014, Lærke has been part of the national team and she is nominated as Athlete of the Year in 2015 in Aarhus.

“This agreement means a lot to me as travel expenses to the international tournaments are often high. With Blue Water as my sponsor, I will be able to participate in tournaments abroad more often”, says Lærke Kamp Pedersen.

Visit from Korea

Fine amateur dressage rider Maja Petersen from Blue Water’s Finance department in Esbjerg is an ambitious amateur dressage rider who competes against some of the best professional dressage riders in Denmark.

2015 was a fine year in terms of horse shows, where Maja achieved her goals. She qualified for the final in the Bundgaard Byg Cup on her horse Dexter and participated in the middle round for five-year-old horses on Rolex.

2016 has also made a good start. Maja has made her debut at Grand Prix level No. 112

resulting in her first qualification for the Ecco Cup for U25 riders. Maja’s goal for 2016 is to participate in the Danish championship and in the Ecco Cup for U25 riders as well as in the middle round for six-year-old hoses on Rolex.

Maja’s horse, Dexter, is home-bred at her parent’s small farm in the South of Jutland. Dexter and Maja have been partners since he was only five minutes old and Maja proclaimed: “he is my new Grand Prix horse”.

FL: Kelly Delle Fave, VP of Business Development/Blue Water New York, Sang Park, Commercial Director/Allport Cargo Services Korea and Lisa Manetta, Import Manager/Blue Water New York.

Blue Water’s New York office recently had the pleasure of a visit from Sang Park of Allport Cargo Services Korea. The purpose of the visit was to discuss our cooperation and Allport’s support on our business development.

“We are currently cooperating on several accounts who have Air & Ocean shipments from Korea to New York on a regular basis.

Allport have given us a good service offering great customer service and competitive pricing. This has been instrumental in obtaining and servicing new accounts to increase our market share on this trade-lane”, says Kelly Delle Fave who is Sales responsible in NYC.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

New employees Aalborg

Per Riber Hansen (34) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Reefer dept. as from 1.12.15.

Per joins us from a simi­ lar job with DSV.

Carina Hamiltorn (29) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Deep Sea Export as from 1.12.15.

Carina joins us from Royal Arctic Logistics.

Sascha Willersted (26) is employed as Freight Forwarder Deep Sea as from 1.1. She recently completed her trainee­ ship at Safe Shipping.

Maria N. Tranholm (38) is employed as Freight Forwarder in North Atlantic Sea Freight as from 1.1. Maria joins us from Royal Arctic Line.

Gert Rasmussen (43) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Norwegian dept. as from 1.12.15. Gert joins us from Itella.

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Charlotte Fabricius (40) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Part and Full Loads from Europe as from 1.11.15. She joins us from Leman.

Pernille S. Rasmussen (44) is employed to the Reception/Adm. dept. as from 1.11.15. Pernille comes from a job at Solar Danmark A/S. Tania S. Knudsen (37) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Key Ac­ counts as from 1.12.15.

She joins us from SPX Flow Technology DK A/S.

Piet Andersen (50) is employed as Manager Base/HSE Specialist as from 11.1. Piet is the former owner of Safety­ Eksperten.

Copenhagen Tue Scandorff Poulsen (42) is employed as Ter­ minal Manager as from 9.11.15. Tue comes from a job as an NCO in the Armed Forces.

Steffen Henriksen (52) is employed as Terminal Assistent as from 18.1.

Steffen joins us from a similar job at Jutlandia Wind.

Dennis Tom Pedersen (40) is mployed as Caretaker and Terminal Assistant as from 1.1.

Dennis joins us from Studie 82.

Jan Nielsen (55) is employed as Terminal Assistant as from 18.1.

Jan comes from a similar job at Jutlandia Wind.

Herning

Susanne Myrthue Hansen (32) is employed as freight Forwarder in the UK dept. as from 1.12.15.

Susanne comes from a similar job at DSV.

Kolding

Jesper Christensen (31) is employed as IT Supporter as from 1.1.

Jesper joins us from a similar job at Rybners.

Katrine G. Nygaard (23) is employed as Freight Forwarder Sea as from 1.1. She recently comple­ ted her apprenticeship at Strait Air Transport.

Lone Rubin Iversen (37) is employed as Coordi­ nator in IT Consulting as from 1.11.15. Lone joins us from Lærerstandens Brandforsikring.

Jim Jensen (44) is employed as Freight Forwarder in our Norwegian dept. as from 15.11.15 Jim joins us from Tomren Transport.

Lene S. Frederiksen, (49) is employed as Ac­ counts Clerk in Accounts Receivable as from 1.1.

Lene comes from a tem­ porary job at JKS A/S.

Aarhus

Esbjerg

Hirtshals

Torben Kraft Hansen (46) is employed as Terminal Assistant as from 18.1. Torben joins us from a similar job at Euromaster, Aabenraa.

Odense Jørk Müller (44) is employed as Logistics Ass. at our Warehouse as from 1.12.15. Jørk comes from a similar job at Build a Bear Holding.

Padborg Line Lund Riisom (34) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 1.12.15. Line joins us from a job at Spjald Skole (school).

Nina E.S. Overgaard (27) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 1.1.

Nina joins us from a job as Onshore Site Ass. at Total Wind A/S.

Jürgen Ketelsen (54) is employed as Terminal Ass. as from 1.12.15.

Jürgen comes from a job as Terminal Assistant at Nagel Group, Padborg.

Bremen Wiebke WinsemannNagies (37) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road as from 1.1. Wiebke joins us from Nöldner Transporte, Hude.

March 2016

HUMAN RESOURCES

New employees Chicago

Gothenburg Florence Walker (59) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Airfreight Import as from 21.10.15.

Florence comes from a job at Geodis Wilson.

Daniel Macholl (54) is employed as Accoun­ ting/Forwarding Agent as from 1.1. Daniel joins us from MIQ Logistics.

Dina Ferguson (33) is employed as Freight Forwarder Airfreight as from 1.1. She comes from a job at Fed Ex. Network.

Jonas Höglund ( 36) is employed as Freight Forwarder Airfreight as from 1.1. Jonas joins us from a similar job at GreenCarrier.

Nicola Jane Farrow (32) is employed as Freight Forwarding Agent as from 1.1. Nicola comes from a job as Planner at Eddie Stobart Ltd.

Singapore Dan Chua (44) is employ­ ed as our SVP, Business Development for APAC as from 1.11.15. Dan joins us from Panalpina Ener­ gy Solutions, Singapore.

Oslo Daniel Westli (33) is employed as Key Ac­ count Manager Air & Sea as from 1.12.15. Daniel joins us from a job at Bring Warehousing.

Cindy Choo (25) is employed as Accoun­ ting Executive as from 7.12.15. Cindy comes from a similar job at DP Architects Pte Ltd.

Bente E. Huse (40) is ap­ pointed Manager Ope­ rations as from 1.1. She was previously Head of Business Development at NTG Road Norway.

Nikhil Tukaram Patil (36) is employed as Manager Sales, Freight Forwar­ ding & Logistics as from 13.1. Nikhil joins us from Great Circle Line.

Daniel Brændstrup Jensen (22) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Road Transport as from 1.1. Daniel joins us from NTG Road Norway.

Dubai

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Ingrid Toscano Vilarinho (22) is employed as Trainee in Operations as from 16.11.15. Ingrid comes from a similar job at Arrow Brasil S/A.

Manchester

Doha

Craig Allan Pereira (29) is employed as Sales Executive as from 10.1.

Craig comes from Mum­ bai where he has worked for CMA CGM and UPS.

Joana De Almeida Flores (30) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 16.11.15. She was previously Foreign Trade Analyst at Rabobank.

Cristina Ferreira (41) is employed as Assistant Sales as from 11.1. Cristi­ na comes from a similar job at Olicargo.

Steven Weiss (50) is employed as Vice Presi­ dent Customs Brokerage as from 16.11.15. Steven joins us from Geodis Wilson.

Jatinder Tetarbe (39) is employed as Sea Freight Manager as from 4.1.

Jatinder comes from a job at Agility, Jebel Ali.

Caroline dos Santos Pinto Varandas (27) is employed as Sales Executive as from 16.11.15. She joins us from Safmarine.

Lisbon

New York Cynthia Wolf (38) is employed as Manager HR & Administration as from 19.10.15. Cynthia joins us from Vanguard Logistics Services Inc.

Sao Paulo

Winnie Bo Yee Khoo (22) is employed as Project Operations Executive as from 1.1. Winnie has a Bachelor degree in Inter­ national Logistics.

Sydney Kasper Fibiger Hedegaard (36) is employed as Sales Manager as from 1.11.15. Kasper comes from a similar job at DSV.

Reykjavik Hannes Strange (51) is employed as Sales Representative as from 9.11.15. Hannes comes from a similar job at Eimskip.

Rotterdam Marijke Van Der Voort (49) is employed as Assistant in Customer Service as from 1.1. Ma­ rijke comes from a job at Ankor Mennema Groep.

Turku Pekka Esko-Juhani Valkolehto (22) is employed as Driver as from 19.10.15. Pekka was previously employed at Jobio Oy. Henri Laakso (21) is employed as Assistant in Sea Freight as from 2.11.15. Henri has previously assisted at Wikeström & Krogius.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Birthdays April 03.04 04.04 07.04 07.04 09.04 14.04 17.04 19.04 25.04 26.04

Dejan Brajkovic, Aarhus Nicklas Halken, Copenhagen Jatinder Tetarbe, Dubai Ole Rasmus Olesen, Aarhus Anders Kølle, Roedby Heidi Omang Sørensen, Oslo Michael Møller, Esbjerg Claus Glass, Esbjerg Kenneth Tambo, Kolding Maria Sofie Vahlun Junge, Esbjerg

40 years 30 years 40 years 60 years 40 years 50 years 50 years 50 years 40 years 30 years

Lise Michala Rønnow Netchaef, Esbjerg Sara Vedelbo Matthiesen, Esbjerg Herbert Hertz, Gothenburg Brian Grandt Pedersen, Esbjerg

30 years 30 years 60 years 50 years

May 04.05 09.05 10.05 11.05

12.05 12.05 13.05 15.05 15.05 17.05 29.05

Tina Vinfeld, Aalborg Ulla Outsen, Hirtshals Peter Steffensen, Copenhagen Le Le Thi My, Ho Chi Minh Maria Aagaard Mikkelsen, Billund Tanja Svarrer, Esbjerg Craig Allan Pereiro, Dubai

40 years 50 years 30 years 30 years 30 years 40 years 30 years

Thomas Zuidema, Rotterdam Maria Bjørnager Balogh, Esbjerg Brita Bilberg, Herning Louis Ramjee, Nantes Lene Strandvig Frederiksen, Esbjerg Kenneth Ruby, Copenhagen Chris Hartman, Houston Martin Pavel, Oslo

50 years 30 years 50 years 30 years 50 years 40 years 40 years 40 years

June 01.06 03.06 08.06 09.06 13.06 14.06 26.06 26.06

Births On 7.11.15, Joanne Cruz/Blue Water Miami gave birth to a baby boy, Eric, (3.3 kgs/52 cm).

On 17.11.15, Rógvi Helmsdal/Blue Water Copenhagen and his girlfriend became parents of a baby boy (3.1 kgs/51cm).

On 19.12.15, Line Broxgaard Bach/Blue Water Lindo and her husband, Søren, became parents of a baby boy, Matti (3.8 kgs/52 cm).

On 8.11.15, Lasse Franzen/Blue Water Copenhagen became a father when his girl­ friend, Barbara, gave birth to baby girl Alba 2.4 kgs/48 cm).

On 4.12.15, Søren Gammelgaard Nielsen/ Blue Water Esbjerg and his girlfriend, Signe, became parents of a baby boy, Tobias (3.6 kgs/52 cm).

On 26.12.15, Dennis Jensen/Water Aalborg became a father of a baby girl (2.9 kgs/49 cm).

On 13.11.15, Nicki Lund Kristensen/Blue Water Esbjerg and his partner, Julie, became parents of a baby girl (3.5 kgs/53 cm).

On 7.12.15, Tasha Clarke/Blue Water Aberdeen gave birth to baby girl Casey (3.5 kgs).

On 18.2, Brent Patterson/Blue Water Houston became a father of a baby boy, Thomas Drake Patterson (3,7 kgs).

Weddings

On 18.10.15, Chuyen Le Van/Blue Water Ho Chi Minh married his fiancée, Nguyen Thi Van Anh, in Tân Đúc Church in Ho Chi Minh City

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On 26.11.15, Wayne Carrick/Blue Water Dublin married his longterm girlfriend, Caroline Fannin, at St Maurs Church, Rush Co. Dublin.

The wedding reception was held at Darver Castle, Dundalk Co. Louth.

On 19.12.15, Janell Perez/Blue Water Miami married Daniel Portal at Three Lakes Club House, Miami.

On 1.9, Joy Grace Lazaga Lund/ Blue Water Billund and her husband, Michael, confirmed their marriage vows at a church wedding in the Philippines. In 2014, the couple was married at a registry office in Denmark, but now the wedding was celebrated with the family in the Philippines.

March 2016

HUMAN RESOURCES

Jubilees Silver

20 years

20 years

Allan Bate

David Barnett

Ulla Nilsson

17.06.91–17.06.2016

02.01.96-02.01.2016

29.01.96-29.01.2016

Allan Bate/Blue Water Manchester joined Blue Water on 17.6.1991 to head the Book-keeping in Manchester and, as things developed in UK, he became the Accounts Manager for all three offices.

Allan is a key member of the management in the UK and his involvement goes far beyond the financial aspects. His ability to translate information from MOCHA/ IRMA (economy systems) into a report which can be understood by a ten-year-old is legendary in UK, and many of his “tenyear-old colleagues” are very grateful.

Allan has always been a keen sports fan. For many years, he attended the matches of his favourite football team Manchester United. Now he mostly watches these games on TV, but he still regularly goes to see his local rugby team Warrington. Allan’s wife, Katrina, and their three daughters share some of his sporting preferences which probably helps to maintain a harmonious home life.

20 years Lisette Trab Munk

01.01.96–01.01.2016

On 1.1, Lisette Trab Munk/Blue Water Esbjerg celebrated her 20th anniversary.

During her time with Blue Water, Lisette has been far and wide. She is originally an Airfreight Forwarder and she also started as such in our Airfreight department in Esbjerg 20 years ago. But she has also been around our offices in Amsterdam, New York and Houston as well as a period as Head of Key Accounts in Esbjerg.

During her 4-year stationing in Holland, Lisette was an important part of our department servicing the Cruise industry.

In the US, Lisette took part in the start-up of our New York office. Today Lisette is based in Esbjerg as Global Responsible for Blue Water’s Marine Logistics.

No. 112

On 2.1, David (Dave) Barnett/Blue Water Manchester had been with Blue Water for 20 years. Dave is responsible for Domestic Transport for various departments and for Faerch Plast in Durham. Dave is also our Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor in the UK. During his time at Blue Water, he has also handled International traffic as well as Domestic.

David lives in New Mills, on the edge of the Peak District National Park, where he still plays football for his local team, despite his advancing years. As well as his sporting activities, Dave is also a keen music fan and he attends quite a few fes­ tivals each year, particularly those with a "Punk" theme.

20 years Wenche Toegersen

On 29.1, Ulla Nilsson/Blue Water Malmö celebrated her 20th anniversary. From the start of her employment in the then ACI Transport & Spedition, Ulla was involved in both Freight Forwarding and Economy.

After three years of employment, however, Ulla changed to become full-time Financial Controller. In 2013, when Blue Water took over ACI Transport & Spedition, Ulla’s responsibilities changed to include Administrative matters as well.

Ulla is a family person and she and her husband have lived in the same house for 34 years. They have three children and (very soon) two grandchildren. I her spare time, Ulla loves to read, go for long walks, travel and of course spend time with her grandchild.

20 years Fina Garber

02.01.96-02.01.2016

On 2.1, Wenche Toegersen/Blue Water Oslo celebrated her 20th anniversary.

Wenche became part of Blue Water in April 2008 as we took over Unifeeder’s Freight Forwarding division in Oslo. Wenche was and still is Team Manager for the Norwegian part of the Road Traffic between Denmark and Norway. A job she performs to everybody’s great satisfaction. Wenche is a very popular colleague with a positive approach to things. She loves her job and servicing the clients.

Outside work, Wenche is also a very active girl who enjoys running and skiing.

Furthermore, she loves travelling and has among other places been to Beijing on a long weekend as well as impulse daytrips to Krakow, Stettin and London.

01.03.96-01.03.2016

On 1.3, Fina Garber/Blue Water Baku will celebrated her 20th anniversary. Fina was originally Co-founder of Blue Water Baku at the start in 1996. Today, she is running the office as Managing Director for 52 employees. A job she manages perfectly with her professional background and experience from her previous jobs with international oil companies and within the transport sector. Furthermore, Fina has a university degree in foreign languages.

Fina and her husband, Alexander, have been married for 30 years and have two grown-up children, a son, Timur, aged 29 and a daughter, Valeriya, who is 27 years old. Both children have followed in their father’s footsteps as they have an architectural education.

The family is taking care of the private shelter of 30 stray dogs and participates in different charities for orphan children and elderly people.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Jubilees 20 years

20 years

20 years

Nariman Mamedov

James Varghese

Khagani Huseynov

01.03.96-01.03.2016

01.03.96-01.03.2016

10.05.96-10.05.2016

On 1.3, Nariman Mamedov/Blue Water Baku celebrated his 20th anniversary.

Nariman was Co-founder of Blue Water Baku back in 1996 and has always performed the function of Operations Director.

Nariman is a Master of Law and has a long experience from the transport industry.

Nariman has been married to Mahbuba for 21 years and they have two children, a daughter, Tamara, aged 20 and a son, AliHaydar, who is eight years old. Six months ago, Nariman became a grandfather of a little girl, Celine. Furthermore, the family includes two dogs who are adopted from Fina’s private shelter for stray dogs.

In his spare time, Nariman loves to read and watch movies. Now and then he also goes for a swim.

20 years Samed Mirmikhtiyev

01.03.96-01.03.2016

Samed Mirmekhtiyev/Blue Water Baku started as an Accountant in Blue Water Caspian. Samed was one of the first employees at the Baku office. By then, he already had a very good professional experience after a few years’ employment in a big construction company. He tied up his life and professional career with Blue Water and became soon Head of the Finance department in Baku. Samed has built a strong team of five colleagues who keep track of our accounts. Samed has also vast knowledge of local legislation and taxation.

When he is off duty, Samed likes watching football, travelling and reading detective novels.

In the evening, he loves to walk along the beautiful Baku Bulvar (Boulevard) together with his beloved family – his wife, Arzu, their daughter, Ulkar, who studies at the university in Baku.

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On 1.3, James Varghese/Blue Water Dubai celebrated his 20th anniversary.

James started his career with Blue Water Dubai, as a Customs Clearance Representative. In the early days, he commuted on his motorbike as the traffic was limited.

James has come a long way during his tenure with Blue Water and today, he carries out his duties by car. James is our official PRO (Public Relation Officer) and has been for quite a few years, mainly applying for staff visas/renewals of same and has a good track record in keeping the staff records updated. He is also fully responsible for the Customs Documentation.

James has been married for more than 26 years and lives in Sharjah with his wife, who is employed as a senior staff nurse in one of the reputed government hospitals in Dubai. He has four children and his eldest daughter has taken up teaching as her profession while the remaining two sons and one daughter are pursuing studies back home in India.

20 years Elmar Huseynov

09.05.96-09.05-2016

On 9.5, Elmar Huseynov/Blue Water Baku will celebrate his 20th anniversary. Elmar originally started his Blue Water career as a Customs Clerk. Today he is Head of the Road department, he is a Licenced Customs Broker and coordinates Customs Clearance Operations in Blue Water Baku.

Elmar has also found his fortune and the love of his life in Blue Water as he and his colleague, Helena Zabrodina, have been together for years.

Elmar’s hobbies include politics, movies, books and he loves spending time with good friends and travelling.

On 10.5, Khagani Huseynov/Blue Water Baku will celebrate his 20th anniversary. Khagani joined Blue Water from the very start as the first driver of the Baku office. During his 20 years of service, he has proved himself a very diligent and hard-working driver. Not even once have we received a complaint about his work from our clients despite the fact that he is often assigned to deliver critical cargo to regions with difficult access in Azerbaijan.

For holidays,Khagani likes taking his big family – his wife, son, daughter and grandchildren - to the Caspian Sea coast where they can relax and enjoy the facilities.

20 years Vinayak Shenoy

01.06.96-01.06.2016

Vinayak Shenoy/Blue Water Dubai joined our team on 1.6.1996 as a very young Documentation Clerk.

As our trucking activities from UAE to the other Gulf States grew in the mid-nineties, Shenoy became an integrated part of the Trucking of Frozen and Chilled Foodstuffs until this business moved more into Reefer Containers at the turn of the millennium.

Parallel with the food transports, Shenoy developed a niche business transporting live cattle, hay and other animal feed for the growing domestic dairy industry in the UAE. Following this involvement, Shenoy became responsible for our Port Agency department offering Port Agency Services in all major ports in the UAE. As Blue Water Dubai has developed its project and chartering activities considerably since the start of the new millennium, Shenoy quickly became further involved in the Chartering of Heavy-lift Vessels and is today heading our Chartering department.

March 2016

HUMAN RESOURCES

Jubilees 20 years

10 years

10 years

Farhad Gulmamedov

Laila Teilhof

Rene Greulich

10.06.96-10.06.2016

01.04.06-01.04.2016

01.04.06-01.04.2016

Farhad Gulmamedov/Blue Water Baku has been employed at Blue Water Baku as Customs Broker in our Air department since 10.6.1996. The main part of Farhad’s time is dedicated to customs clearance of incoming air shipments and other customs procedures. Farhad is hard-working, efficient and at the same time very fast and ingenious which is important in relation to the specific customs conditions. Today, Farhad is Head of the Airport Brokers’ group consisting of three persons.

He is an easy-going person, always ready to share funny stories and moments. He is full of fun and always up to some trick.

Farhad is married and has two children, a son and a daughter, who are both studying.

Furthermore, he is a cinemaddict and a passionate football fan whose favorite football club is Real Madrid.

On 1.4, Laila S. Teilhof/Blue Water Copenhagen will celebrate her 10th anniversary.

Laila’s Blue Water career started in the Sea Freight department in Copenhagen.

At that time, the team consisted of three colleagues, today the number has doubled and Laila is at the helm.

To be able to keep up with her, one has to get up early. Laila starts at 4-5 o’clock in the morning checking mails from the Far East.

Laila is a very popular and sociable colleague with a preference for parties, big steaks and red wine. She lives in Korsør where she plays team handball, exercises by jogging and loves spending time with her daughters Emily and Mathilde.

10 years Susanne Holm Hansen

20 years Elizaveta Maksimenko

10.06.96-10.06.2016

On 10.6, Elizaveta Maksimenko (Liza)/ Blue Water Moscow started her Blue Water career at our Moscow office as a Transport Manager Assistant. Within three months, however, she was promoted to Transport Manager for the Groupage Road activity, a position she still holds and performs to perfection.

Liza is a very kind and faithful person always ready to lend a helping hand. She is also very frank and open-minded and she has a brilliant sense of humour.

Liza likes classical music and tries to see all the successful performances of the Moscow theatres.

On the home front, Liza is a proud and loving grandmother of two wonderful boys, Matvej and Semen, whom she tries to spend as much time with as possible.

No. 112

01.04.06-01.04.2016

On 1.4, Susanne Holm Hansen/Blue Water Copenhagen will celebrate her 10th anniversary. This is in fact Susanne’s second time round. She originally started in Sea Freight. Then she took a detour to a minor freight forwarding company which was later taken over by Blue Water. Thus Susanne returned to Blue Water - this time with focus on the USA and General Export.

Today, Susanne is responsible for Sea Freight Export.

Susanne lives in Stenlille with her husband, Thomas, and their two children, Helena and Oliver. Susanne is every inch a family person. In her free time, she exercises and runs and naturally enjoys spending time with her family.

On 1.4, Rene Greulich/Blue Water Aarhus will be celebrating his 10th anniversary.

Rene originally started as a substitute in the Container Stripping team (where he was known as the “King of Containers”).

Later on, he got permanent employment in the same team.

Rene lives together with Iben and is the father of two girls aged four and eight.

In his free time, Rene’s big interest, tropical plants and flowers blossoms with help from his green fingers.

Rene loves his family and dedicates his weekends to his wife and daughters.

10 years Thomas Zuidema

18.04.06-18.04.2016

Thomas Zuidema/Blue Water Rotterdam joined Blue Water on 18.4.2006. Thomas has from the start been responsible for the USA/Canada trade and all Dry Cargo to different destinations in the world both LCL and FCL. Thomas is married to Stephanie and has a daughter, Britt who is 13 years old and a son, Olivier, aged seven.

Thomas likes to watch the home matches of Feyenoord and he follows his daughter’s hockey team closely.

The family’s favourite holiday destination is Italy where they go minimum twice a year with their caravan to enjoy the nice food and weather.

10 years Kurt Rosendahl

01.05.06-01.05.2016

On 1.5, Kurt Rosendahl/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversary.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Jubilees Over the years, Kurt has always taken care of Domestic Transport (fish reefer) primarily in relation to the North Atlantic.

Kurt is an enthusiastic member of a beer tasting club. He usually also participates in the annual West Coast running event, where he walks the distance leaving the sweating to his colleagues.

Kurt is married and the father of three girls. And he appreciates his father-in-law very much. He is a handyman you see, which Kurt is not, so granddad is always very welcome.

Kurt loves a good party and he never misses a night on the town afterwards together with “the other young colleagues”.

10 years Leif L. Carlsen

01.05.06-01.05.2016

On 1.5, Leif Løvendahl Carlsen/Blue water Copenhagen will celebrate his 10th anniversary. During his entire employment, Leif has formed part of our Scandinavian department in Copenhagen and has for the past many years taken care of bookings, customs documentation, invoicing and various other administrative matters.

Leif is married and has two daughters (twins). He and his family have just recently moved house. Leif is supporting Brøndby’s football team and loves spending his free time with his family in their summer house.

10 years Mette S. Christiansen

01.05.06-01.05.2016

Mette Sønderskov Christiansen/Blue Water Billund was employed as All-round Secretary on 1.5.2006. Due to hectic activity at the Billund office, Mette was, however, in no time retrained for a job in our Courier department. Here, Mette’s natural flair for service was welcomed and very soon, she became the clients’ and her colleagues’ favourite.

A couple of years later, Mette married and settled down. After her second maternity leave, Mette finally took on her original role of Office Administrator. Later on, Mette also acquired the role of Sales Coordinator where she, with a gentle but firm hand, is guiding our salesman in Billund on course. Today, Mette is responsible for all administrative matters in Billund.

Mette is married to Jose Miguel from Costa Rica whom she met during one of her many tours around the world – before Blue Water. Mette and Jose have two lovely children, Andreas and Anna Paula.

10 years Tina Kupijbida

Lisette Voogd

01.05.06-01.05.2016

On 1.5, Lisette Voogd/Blue Water Rotterdam will celebrate her 10th anniversary.

Lisette started together with Thomas Zuidema and Richard Buys as Assistant to Thomas on USA/Canada and Dry Cargo worldwide (LCL and FCL). Later on, she became part-time employed and today, Lisette is checking the incoming invoices for the Reefer department.

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10 years Petri Savola

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On 8.5, Petri Savola/Blue Water Turku will celebrate his 10th anniversary. Petri joined Wikeström & Krogius in 2006 and became part of Blue Water when we took over W&K in 2013.

Petri forms part of the Sea Freight department where he takes care of the Export activity servicing some of our biggest accounts. The shipments ranging from small parcels to complicated breakbulk cargo not forgetting the containerized shipments with out-of-gauge units.

Petri is married to Anne since 1986 and they have two grown-up children.

When he is off duty, Petri enjoys to watch his son play football (division 2).

Petri also practices sporting activities like cycling and swimming as well as taking care of the family house in Naantali.

10 years Søren Ladekjær

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Another big interest of Tina’s is to watch her sons playing football.

On 2.5, Tina Kupijbida/Blue Water Copenhagen will celebrate her 10th anniversary.

Tina was originally employed as Administrative Support in the Scandinavian department. After her first maternity leave in 2009, Tina formed, for a short period of time, part of the Domestic team before she moved on to the Logistics department. After her second maternity leave, Tina returned in 2014 to become part of the Continental group as Administrative Support and today, she performs her administrative duties in the Continental/ Southern European team.

Tina is married to Kim and has three sons – Nicolai 11, Mikkel 8 and Casper 2.

The family is frequently on the roads in their caravan – in Denmark and abroad.

On 31.5, Søren Ladekjær/Blue Water Aarhus will celebrate his 10 anniversary.

This is in fact Søren’s second time round as he originally started as Trainee in our Airfreight department in Aalborg. Later on, Søren moved to Copenhagen to become part of our Airfreight Gateway with cargo to Greenland.

After Søren had been away from Blue Water, he returned to the paddock in 2006, more precisely to Airfreight Import at the Aarhus office. Since 1 December 2015, Søren has formed part of our Import team involved in both Sea & Airfreight.

Søren lives together with Rikke and even though he cherishes his privacy, he always takes part in the company’s social events. Søren is a born dancer and he always opens the dance floor.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

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Alex Nordtorp Olesen

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On 1.6, Alex Nordtorp Olesen/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversasy.

Through all the years, Alex has formed part of our Ireland department, which he has enthusiastically built (almost) from scratch. Alex also took an active share in the establishment of our Parcel group.

With Alex, we can always be sure that all possibilities will be explored – and no job is too small or too big. Today, Alex is Team Manager for our UK/Ireland group.

Alex lives in Varde. He is married to Lene who is the mother of their two children, Jonas aged 20 and Maria aged 16.

In his spare time, Alex plays football now and then on an old boys’ team. He has just recently finished a glorious football career having realized that his body cannot keep up the standard any longer without training.

Alex is a very sociable fellow who never misses a party. He is a fantastic colleague, who will never let you down.

10 years Mursal C.-Shahsuvarli

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On 1.6, Mursal Chichak-Shahsuvarli/ Blue Water Baku will celebrate his 10th anniversary. Mursal joined our Baku office after the university and his military service.

Though he had a banking background, Mursal decided to change his steady life as a bank clerk with a challenging job in Blue Water which fits his active and en­ thusiastic character perfectly. After a few years in the role of Warehouse Assistant, Mursal became Warehouse Manager for a team of 12 colleagues.

Mursal loves sport, particularly parachute jumping. He also loves spending time with his family – his wife, Samira, and their four-year-old son, Samir.

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Richard Buys/Blue Water Rotterdam joined Blue Water on 1.6.2006 as the last of the three musketeers – they two others are Lisette Voogd and Thomas Zuidema.

Having integrated the Global business at the Rotterdam office, Richard offered to take over Rasmus Ollgaard's job when Rasmus left for Fort Lauderdale. From then on, Richard took over the responsibility of our HAL activity (Holland America Line).

In 2014, Richard created our Parcel project in cooperation with TNT and this has been a success from day one. Both Blue Water and HAL are very pleased with the system and most of all with the cost-savings.

Richard is married to Debby - who is also working for Blue Water, in the Reefer Documentation department – and he has a 14-year-old daughter, Femke.

On 19.6, Conni Lagoni/Blue Water Padborg will celebrate her 10th anniversary.

Conni has from the start been involved in the Invoicing of our Southbound traffic, mainly to Germany, and today also Domes­ tic Traffic and Reefer to Southern Europe.

Conny has been married to Tom for 33 years and they have two children, Rene aged 34 and Pia aged 32. Furthermore she is the grandmother of the two-year-old twins Malia and Silja, whom she loves to take care of.

Conni is very creative and has many different hobbies. She enjoys gardening, making flower decorations, writing lyrics and when the terrace needs new slabs, she does not mind helping.

Conny also loves visiting new places as a pillion passenger on her husband’s Harley.

10 years Tapio Lähde

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On 12.6, Tapio Lähde/Blue Water Turku will be celebrating his 10th anniversary.

From the start of his employment in the then Wikeström & Krogius (which was taken over by Blue Water in 2013), Tapio has been involved in the Italian-Finnish traffic and he still is as part of a team of three where Tapio is responsible for the Import shipments.

Tapio is the father of two sons. He is a football enthusiast and coach for a junior team and he is very proud to follow his eldest son playing at the highest level in the Finnish football league.

Blue Water has upgraded its presence on the social media with a national as well as a global Facebook profile.

Enter Blue Water Shipping Denmark or Blue Water Shipping Global respectively in the search field and you will find us

www.facebook.com

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Optimistic wind future Blue Water Singapore has become increasingly involved in the Wind Industry in Asia.

Bjarke R. Nielsen has been involved since the start and foresees a promising future About eight years ago, Blue Water Singapore started focusing on the wind industry in Asia. The infrastructure is one of the main challenges causing constraints on both the execution and safety for wind projects in this part of the world. However, Blue Water has successfully completed several projects.

“Our breakthrough in Asia came when we completed three successive projects in Australia – Macarthur, Mortens Lane and Mimbida – with a total of 175 turbines delivered. Since then, we have ensured safe deliveries for Caparispisan and Pillilla – two challenging projects in the Philippines”, says Bjarke R. Nielsen who is Business Development Manager for Blue Water in the APAC region.

Working his way up Bjarke started as a trainee in our agency department in Esbjerg at the age of 21.

After five years, he was given the opportunity of moving to our Singapore office to a position of Key Account Manager.

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Later on, he started up our chartering desk in Asia. Two years ago, Bjarke changed direction and is now concentrating on business development.

“My primary responsibility is to secure our good relationships with the turbine manufacturers, windfarm developers, equity investors, equipment suppliers, local government authorities etc. As logistics is a vital part of project deve­lopment to achieve financial closure, we are pushing for Blue Water to become involved as consultants at an early stage. We have received good feedback from our clients on our approach of early involvement”.

Innovative solutions The wind projects in the Philippines were great opportunities for Blue Water to show what we can contribute with in terms of innovative solutions.

“Our solutions ranging from roll on/roll of from bar-

ge, construction of a temporary beach landing platform and changing some industry standards to planning a transport which could ma­noeuvre through narrow streets in the heavily trafficked Manila. It makes me proud to create solutions that give the clients true value”, says Bjarke R. Nielsen.

The future There are several reasons to be optimistic about the future according to Bjarke.

“Political awareness about CO2 emissions means that focus on renewable energy has increased. Together with improved competitiveness due to the technological development of wind turbines, this gives us a very good reason to be optimistic about more wind projects being developed in Asia in the near future”.

March 2016