Blue Water NEWS - December 2016 English

DECEMBER 2016

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STAFF & CLIENT MAGAZINE

Historic project in USA

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SMM Hamburg - the world's largest marine exhibition Page 13

Peter Matthiesen will ensure Blue Water's IT development Page 3

Blue Water signs its third contract with TCO Page 6

The Crown Prince visiting Blue Water's headquarters Page 16

STATUS FROM MANAGEMENT

Contents Status from Management 2 New IT Director 3 General Cargo 4 Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects 6 Reefer Logistics 9 Wind Logistics 10 Port Services & Agency 12 Marine Logistics 13 Blue Water Corporate 14 Blue Water Spirit 16 Weddings 17 New employees 18 Birthdays 19 Jubilees 20 Births 23 Merry Christmas 24

Major changes 2016 has contributed essential events to Blue Water, who maintains a strong focus on the needs of the individual customers within transport and logistics For Blue Water, 2016 has been a year of considerable and substantial changes – the biggest change took place as early as in January when Blue Water’s Founder and Managing Director, Kurt Skov, returned to his post as Managing Director. One of the big tasks for Kurt and the other members of the Management Group has been the revision of the strategy to adapt to the company’s ambitions for the coming years.

“Keeping a strong customer focus is still important – working closely together with the individual customers and in this way handling their transport and logistics needs in the best way. Over the years, our will and ability to understand and have a close dialogue with our customers have been our most important basis for success”, says Kurt Skov.

Organisational changes

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The revised strategy has resulted in a few organisational changes with the object of becoming even stronger within Blue Water’s six business segments: General Cargo, Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects, Wind Logistics, Port Services & Agency, Reefer Logistics and Marine Logistics.

“We have strengthened the layers of management and development within the individual business segments so that we can maintain and develop our strong position in the different markets, and we will continue strengthening the global cooperation within as well as across our business segments”.

Projects & investments Financially, Blue Water has this year experienced decreased activity especially in Oil, Gas and Projects due to the low oil price, whereas transport of Industrial Cargo, Consumer Goods and Food Products by Sea, Air and Road have seen increased activity.

Commercially, 2016 has been a historic year for Blue Water as the company has won the biggest contracts ever in the company’s history – two contracts at a total value of 469 million Euro for TCO in connection with the extension of the Tengiz Oil Field in Kazakhstan. Here, Blue Water will lead two consortia responsible for transport of modules, weighing up to 1800 tons, through the Russian river system. The consortia are to build 21 special vessels for the project which runs from 2018 to 2021.

In August 2016, Blue Water inaugurated their new impressive terminal (12,300 m2 at a price of 17.5 million Euro) in Taulov, Denmark. The terminal serves as import and export hub to and from Denmark and will contribute to strengthening the service, quality and efficiency towards our customers.

Keeping a strong customer focus is still important

Kurt Skov Managing Director

Editors: Jan Hjortlund Hansen Carsten Lindegaard Iversen Anne-Grethe Biehl Kurt Skov

Production: Michelle Berntsen Andersen

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Board of Management. FL: Søren Nielsen, Peter Matthiesen, Kurt Skov, Dan Nissen, Allan Junge and Carsten Steffensen.

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NEW IT DIRECTOR

Peter Matthiesen, CIO/Blue Water in front of part of the IT-department.

New IT Director at Blue Water Peter Matthiesen is new CIO at Blue Water and he will ensure the company's strong position within customised IT solutions for transport and logistics Integration and development of customised IT solutions have become an increasingly important element in the handling of major and minor transport and logistics assignments. And over the years, Blue Water has built a powerful and dominant position in this area. As of 1 September, Blue Water has increased its executive board by appointing 44-year-old Peter Matthiesen CIO.

Continuous developement "We are proud of the strong position we have established in the market due to our customised IT solutions, but it is of vital importance for our further development that we intensify our focus on this area.

With the appointment of Peter Matthiesen, we will have a very competent director who, together with our skilled and dedicated IT team, will make sure that we develop further - on client solutions as well as on our internal IT platforms," says Kurt Skov, Blue Water’s Founder and Managing Director.

So far, the overall IT responsibility at Blue Water has rested with the Group No. 115

CFO, Allan Junge, who has been the driving force behind the building of a strong internal IT organisation as well as development of the internal IT structure and the customised IT solutions.

Years of experience Peter Matthiesen is very pleased and proud to become part of Blue Water and brings along years of IT experience from the transport industry - most recently as CIO/Program Director at TNT. Peter Matthiesen is originally a fully qualified freight forwarding agent, but for the past 17 years, he has been involved in the implementation of processes and software primarily within transport and logistics.

"I am concentrating on bringing IT and the business itself closer together so that we can add as much value as possible to our customers. IT has become a strategic parameter in the transport industry, and it is crucial for Blue Water to develop and expand our IT landscape enabling us to quickly evolve and adapt to the customers’ needs and requirements. We shall be able to offer our customers new and market-

leading services, which - in addition to a strong underlying intra structure – take talented and dedicated employees who know how to combine IT expertise with operational transport. In this respect, Blue Water holds a very strong position, and I am looking forward to contributing to further enhancing our position," says Peter Matthiesen.

Customised IT solutions Blue Water has 1,400 employees, at 60+ offices worldwide, providing a wide range of transport and logistics solutions within road, sea, air, warehousing as well as complex project transports. As part of our services, we offer tailor-made IT solutions developed by Blue Water's own IT Development team. The IT solutions include e-booking, track & trace including overview via dashboards, warehouse management, purchase order management as well as complete solutions for handling major logistics assignments within cruise, oil, gas and wind logistics.

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GENERAL CARGO

Diesel engines to China Blue Water in Turku, Finland was assigned with the task of moving four medium-sized diesel engines from Wärtsilä Finland to the company’s newly established joint venture - CSSC Wärtsilä Engine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. - in Shanghai, China. Wärtsilä is one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced technology, solutions and equipment to the marine industry.

“The engines were loaded on two 100 tons roll trailers and shipped on board a ro/ro vessel destined for China – with expected time of arrival in Shanghai 14.11.

Our team in Turku is also moving modules and components in consolidation service to Shanghai for this project”, says Tom Öhman, Manager Sea Freight at Blue Water Turku.

Well-attended seminar on La Blue Water and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently hosted a seminar on trading with Latin America. The seminar was held at Blue Water’s headquarters in Esbjerg with more than 100 representatives from the business sector in Denmark.

In addition to various presentations, focusing on know-how and development

of business relations with Latin America, one-to-one meetings were arranged between five commercial secretaries from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the participants.

Afterwards, one of the participants, Lars Krogh Vammen from Weibel Scientific, expressed his satisfaction with the

Reflections from refugee camps in Greece The following report is from Ivone Azeedo, our colleague at the Lisbon office: I am a 37-year-old single mum.

Last September, I decided to go to the Greek island of Lesbos to work as a volunteer for ten days in the KaraTepe and Moria refugee camps.

As part of the Remar team (NGO working together with Blue Water’s Aid & Relief department), our main role was to feed thousands of people every day in both camps. I can assure you that 12 hours of hard work every day are not enough.

We cooked, we sang and we suffered bruising to our bodies from carrying heavy boxes. But we never felt tired until the moment our head hit the pillow.

90 per cent of the volunteers helping in the camps are refugees from Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan etc. doing this job for months - no holidays, no Sundays, no breaks. All of them arriving in rubber boats having seen many fellow refugees die at sea.

They are now part of who I am today. I am glad that they let me into their lives.

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Growth in Air Cargo from Asia In recent years, Blue Water’s Danish Air Freight departments have seen a significant increase in imports from the entire Far East. The total volume handled by Blue Water in Danish airports have more than doubled within a year.

"We are going through a very positive period where we are improving and developing our transport services from the Far East to Scandinavia. We work to optimise our set-up within our own offices and in cooperation with agents, "says Jonas Espersen, Business Development Manager Air & Sea, Blue Water Aarhus.

The market is constantly changing and so are our customers' demands. Many customers require air freight of larger quantities than previously due to the end customers’ requests for faster delivery.

Here, our strong set-up and ability to handle large volumes at short notice are of vital importance.

Apart from air freight and general ocean freight, Blue Water also offers alternative solutions such as combined sea/air or rail transport as well as solutions customised to the individual client’s needs.

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GENERAL CARGO

High acclaim from satisfied client

atin America event: ”It was a fantastic event offering significant opportunities to meet representatives from Blue Water and from the Danish embassies in Latin America. I am happy I the took time to travel from Copenhagen to Esbjerg to attend the meeting, and I look forward to exploring future possibilities”, says Lars Krogh Vammen.

“At Blue Water, we are pleased with the large attendance and of course very satisfied with the positive response from clients and business partners”, says Frank Madsen, Head of Reefer Logistics & Marine Logistics.

Blue Water’s team in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam has received recognition for their service from a very satisfied client, Thomas Jakobsen, Director of Gate To Asia. The company’s goal is to bring foreign and Vietnamese companies together for mutual benefit and for the development of Vietnam.

“The packing last night was fantastic. The work done during the day was as good as I have seen in any factory here and the loading was completed in 90 minutes. Blue Water’s contribution to us is outstanding and much appreciated. Your loyal customer has become even more loyal”, says Thomas Jakobsen from Gate To Asia.

“We have been servicing Gate To Asia since 2013 handling shipments from ex works Vietnam to door Denmark. This time, we took care of everything from calculations, building pallets, packing, fastening to loading cargo into the container at the factory, says General Manager Le Le Thi My from Blue Water Ho Chi Minh.

Research project in Tanzania Earlier this year, Blue Waters Aid- & Relief Team was contacted by a Danish university involved in a research project in Tanzania.

A shipment of various equipment was needed for a research and development project for Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute supporting an environmental analysis of Lake Tanganyika in the north-western part of Tanzania.

“The scope of work was quite complex with many obstacles locally: poor road conditions, customs formalities etc.

Through our efficient network in Africa, and with our agents performing a road survey, we managed to handle the logisti-

cal challenges. With the needed permits, we could finally ship the equipment from Denmark via Dar Es Salaam up to Lake Tanganyika” says Operations Manager for Blue Water’s Aid & Relief team Niels Mikkelsen.

“Examples like this, where our team provides all solutions and all permits on behalf of our client and consignee, show how good our set-up in Africa is. Having the right contacts locally is of vital importance”, says Johnny Mortensen, Head of Aid & Relief, who often travels to Africa to meet with the agents.

Photoshooting Blue Water Bremen has arranged air freight of equipment for photoshooting and TV production in Greenland for the supplier of outdoor clothing and footwear Jack Wolfskin, Germany.

“The transport involved various challenges due to lack of space, bad weather in Greenland, backlog of cargo and flight cancellation in connection with deadlines. However, with the assistance from our offices in Aalborg and Copenhagen, we managed to deliver on time to the client’s full satisfaction”, says André Wurmehl, Assistant Branch Manager, Blue Water Bremen.

After the photoshooting and TV production, Blue Water arranged return of the equipment via Aalborg back to Germany by ocean freight.

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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS

Third TCO contract signed Tengizchevroil (TCO) has exercised an option to order two additional specially designed Module Carrying Vessels (MCVs) for the TCO FGP project Earlier this year, Blue Water Shipping announced a major contract, in connection with the TCO FGP project, with a value of US$350 million. For this project, Blue Water Shipping is leading a consortium in partnership with Topaz Marine and Energy which will supply 15 specially designed MCVs for the transportation of modules through the Russian river systems to a new offloading facility in Prorva, Kazakhstan.

The new contract includes two additio-

nal Module Carrying Vessels, of the VARD 921 design, measuring 123 by 16.5 metres.

Both vessels are scheduled for delivery in Q2, 2018 and the contract value is in excess of US$ 40 million.

The 17 vessels will be used to transport modules weighing up to 1800 tons from the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, via the Russian inland waterways, to Prorva.

This autumn, Blue Water also signed a contract with TCO for three major vessels,

which will be used to transport modules from Kuryk, in the western part of Kazakhstan, to Prorva. This contract was also awarded to a Blue Water led consortium.

Tengizchevroil LLP is a Kazakhstani partnership exploring, developing, producing and marketing crude oil, LPG, dry gas and sulfur. Current partners are: Chevron, 50 per cent; KazMunaiGas NC JSC, 20 per cent; ExxonMobil Kazakhstan Ventures Inc., 25 per cent and LukArco, 5 per cent.

Transport of pump module for ExxonMobil This summer, Blue Water Houston was awarded the shipment of a 137 mt pump module by ExxonMobil.

The module was received from an installation vessel at Texas Terminals, in Houston, and subsequently prepared for shipment to Bergen, Norway.

“Our project team in Houston worked hand in hand with the Chartering department in Esbjerg, planning and executing this critical transport. Engineering, technical and commercial support were crucial for ensuring a safe and cost-effective solution to our valued customer”, says Brent Patterson, Manager Global Projects at Blue Water Houston.

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eventually loadout of the pump module, and the operation was executed without delay or damage.

“We are proud of our continued rela-

tionship with customers like ExxonMobil and look forward to earning more opportunities to provide customised solutions, in the future”, says Brent Patterson.

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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS

700 mt tug boats to Panama and Brazil Blue Water Singapore has completed a Heavy Lift Shipment from SVITZER Transmar S/A Maritimos Servicos which is part of the Maersk Conglomerate.

Blue Water was engaged to handle the dry mobilisation of four newly built ASD 3200 tug boats from Hong Kong to Brazil and Panama, delivering two tug boats at each destination. Each tug boat weighed 700 metric tons and all four tug boats were shipped together on one vessel, the MV ''Jumbo Jubilee", of the Dutch Heavy Lift Vessel Owner Jumbo Shipping. The vessel has a combined lifting capacity of 1800 metric tons and the ability to sail with open hatches, which was needed

due to stowage challenges.

The biggest challenge was the lifting concept for the tugs and the odd shaped hulls. The tugs are not equipped with lifting lugs. Eventually, a safe lifting concept was developed together with Jumbo Shipping who provided the lifting gear.

Blue Water's contractual scope included the design, engineering and fabrication of customised cradles for the tug boats.

These were developed by our regional engineering department in Singapore and a shipyard in Doumen, China.

The design and strength of the cradles played an important role during the 13,800 nautical mile journey.

Semco prolongs contract Blue Water and Semco Maritime have agreed on a renewal of their current framework agreement meaning that Blue Water will continue to provide logistics services to Semco Maritime throughout 2017.

“Blue Water has proved to be a reliable and experienced logistics partner across a broad range of our business areas. They have shown their understanding of supporting a project-based environment like Semco Maritime’s, and their flexible “cando” attitude to meeting the diverse needs of Semco Maritime and our customers’ projects is very much appreciated” says Roderick McNeil, Commercial Director of Wind, Oil and Gas at Semco Maritime.

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“We believe that Blue Water’s network of more than 60 offices and over 40 years of experience in the Oil & Energy industry are essential for the cooperation. Another key factor is our capacity for providing flexible IT solutions which can easily be integrated with our clients’ technology”, says Allan Brodersen, Freight Forwarding Agent Projects at Blue Water.

Rio Oil & Gas Expo In October, this year’s edition of Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference was held in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the leading oil and gas industry event in Latin America, promoted by IBP – Brazilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (private, non-profit organisation founded in 1957). The event promotes the development of the Brazilian Oil, Gas and Biofuels industry. Since its first edition in 1982, the conference has helped Rio to become the Brazilian capital of oil, now with 80 per cent of all barrels of oil produced in Brazil, and beyond 50 per cent of the country’s gas production.

The expo is an outstanding opportunity for Brazilian and foreign companies to display their products and services. At the event, Blue Water was represented by crew member from our Rio office: Verônica Macedo (Sales), Vinicius Dantas (Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects), Sergio Murilo (Manager Sales Projects) and Rodrigo Faria (Operations Supervisor).

Transport to Germany In September, Blue Water Dusseldorf arranged the stowing, lashing and sea transport of a big digger from the Norwegian port of Nedre Vats to Bremerhaven in Germany.

In total, 18 items, mainly oversized with a total weight of 327 tons, the biggest single piece weighing 73 tons.

We performed our part of the project in cooperation with our partner NorLines.

For the sea voyage from port of Nedre Vats to Bremerhaven, the MV “ Kvitbjoern” of NorLines was engaged.

The transport was arranged for our customer UNI INTERNATIONAL/KSP Transport (Project Cargo specialists) in the USA and Ratingen, Germany, who were responsible for the entire transport project from Norway into the USA via Galveston.

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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS

Challenging charter job After a period of meetings to fully understand the client’s business and requirements, Blue Water was awarded a charter job for Pipeshield International in Lowestoft, England – a global leader in providing specialised Subsea Pipeline Protection Systems to Oil and Gas majors and Offshore contractors.

The shipment consisted of concrete mattress and ancillaries from Montrose, Scotland, to Randaberg and Egersund, Norway.

“During the transport, the client requested a change in rotation of discharging ports. Close cooperation and quick decision-making between Blue Water’s office in Aberdeen and our in-house chartering desk made sure that the requirement was met and all cargo was discharged the very same day at both ports in Norway”, says Stewart Greig, General Manager at Blue Water Aberdeen.

A job well done and delivered on time to the client’s satisfaction subsequently recommending Blue Water for future projects.

Strengthening our position in Guyana Blue Water has decided to strengthen its position and services in Guyana in South America and has entered into an agreement with RAMPS Logistics covering services to the Oil & Gas Industry.

Since the company was founded in 1985, RAMPS has developed into one of the leading logistics providers in the Caribbean.

With the combined experience and in-house competences of Blue Water and RAMPS, we feel comfortable taking on

even the most challenging projects locally.

For any Oil, Gas & Industrial project-related inquires regarding Guyana, Trinidad and Tobacco, please contact Blue Water’s Houston office.

OFFICE PRESENTATION

USA

Houston Manager: Denise Arnold Established: 2003 Primary activities:

»» Transport by Road, Air, Sea and Rail »» Courier and Hand Carry Services »» Heavy Lift Transport »» Chartering by Sea and Air »» Warehousing and Worldwide Consolidations »» Project Management

The staff of Blue Water Houston is comprised of project management forwarders, heavy haul and crane experts, field services personnel dedicated to the planning, management and execution of Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Industrial and Renewable Energy Project Logistics.

Located in the heart of the global Oil & Gas capital, Blue Water Houston works diligently to not only develop business within the Americas, but to ensure that our global project teams and offices are vetted and approved with the major Oil & Gas and Project owners,

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developers, EPCs, OEMs and service companies headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Our client base includes major companies of the Oil, Gas and Energy sector and our long track record is a proof of our great commitment and involvement in our clients’ projects. Our list of past projects include: ExxonMobil’s “Julia”, Cameron’s “Chichimene” and “Cano Sur”, APMT’s “West Coast RTG Project”. Currently, we are among other projects working on “Freeport LNG” and “Cameron Groupement Berkine”.

“We are focused on increasing our relation-

ships with the O&G EPC market and is well-positioned to add MSA relationships locally which will have tremendous global benefits for the organisation as a whole. Emerging areas such as Guyana are also vital to our expansion, and resources are being dedicated to the development of this and other strategic market areas”, says Denise Arnold, who took on the position of General Manager of the Houston office in June this year.

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REEFER LOGISTICS

PMA Fresh Summit USA For the first time, Blue Water participated in the annual PMA Fresh Summit Convention & Expo in Orlando, USA from 15-16 October.

Fresh Summit is a global produce and floral convention with 1100+ exhibitors from more than 60 countries.

“As the convention is the biggest of its kind in the US within fresh produce, it

makes good sense that we are represented with our reefer activity”, says Thomas Jeppesen, Sales Executive from Blue Water Maimi, who attended the convention and had the pleasure of meeting existing clients as well as establishing contact with potential clients showing great interest in our service.

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1100 exhibitors from all over the world attended Fresh Summit.

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FL: Paul Miller and Tal-

mage McLaurin/both from potential import client Nature's Flowers and Thomas Jeppesen/Blue Water Miami.

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The exhibition presented agricultural products, fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Shipment no. 10,000 Blue Water and Hakan Agro DMCC have a long and proud history together.

The relationship started in Dubai in the late nineties and has for the past 15 years developed to include cooperation all over the world - particularly in the Middle East and North and South America.

In the US, we have served Hakan USA as freight forwarder on their impressive export business of frozen poultry from North America to worldwide destinations.

This business has for the past nine years been a very important part of our reefer activities. Much of our current success is owing to the tremendous support we have received from Hakan.

"Reaching 10,000 shipments from USA during only 9 years is a remarkable accomplishment for our team, but also a testament to the enormous support and trust Hakan USA has in our ability to create the necessary solutions. We are grateful for their trust in us.

We will work hard to keep earning the business and we look forward to building on our great relationship in the future", says Lasse Petersen, Manager Reefer Logistics, Blue Water USA.

SIAL food fair in Paris During the days of 16-20 October, SIAL Paris presented the largest international market place for food service professionals seeking inspiration.

As always, the exhibition attracted a lot of visitors and no less than 7000 companies, from more 100 countries, presented their products to retail and food service professionals.

“In keeping with tradition, Blue Water participated in the annual food fair with our own stand at USAPEEC’s pavilion, the

American joint stand for poultry exporters.

Our stand was manned by employees from Brazil, USA, Spain, France, Holland, Portugal and Denmark. Furthermore, we hosted a reception on the Sunday for around 150 guests. The exhibition was a great success offering plenty of opportunity to meet old acquaintances as well as establishing new contacts”, says Frank Madsen, Head of Reefer and Marine Logistics at Blue Water.

FL: Simon Skov and Belkis Ataman/both from Blue Water

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WIND LOGISTICS

Site team/from GE, DeepWater Wind and Blue Water in Providence.

First offshore wind farm in USA In November 2015, Blue Water USA started providing hub logistics services to General Electric (GE) in the Port of Providence for the 30 MW (5 x 6 MW) Block Island Wind Farm, the first offshore wind farm in the United States. The wind farm, built by Deepwater Wind, is located three miles off the coast of Block Island (Rhode Island).

“The scope of the services included vessel discharge, heavy lift and storage of turbine components as well as warehouse management and support activities related to the tower assembly work. Blue Water personnel on site in Port of Providence has been working closely with local subcontractors to perform the services”, says Hans Christian Mikkelsen, General Manager in Blue Water New York.

In June, Blue Water discharged the 15 blades from MV “Suomigracht”, loaded in Esbjerg a couple of weeks earlier. Before that, two chartered vessels transported the tower sections from Spain to Port of Providence, of which the last vessel with tower sections, MV “Fairlift”, was discharged in May. Blue Water was also contracted by the wind farm developer, Deepwater Wind, to arrange the transfer to quayside and loadout of components onboard barges from Port of Providence to the offshore location. This phase was completed during a 3-week period in July/August.

The Block Island Offshore Wind Farm is scheduled to be fully commissioned before the end of 2016 and is expected

to generate 125,000 megawatt hours of electricity which is more than the Block Island consumption. The excess electric power will feed into the region’s grid on the mainland.

FL: Chris van Beek og Poul Murphy/both from Deepwater Wind together with Peter Ehrhorn and Hans Christian Mikkelsen/Blue Water.

Timeline for the project 2015/2016 November

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July/August

Start of providing hub logistics services in the Port of Providence

Discharge of last vessel with tower section arriving from Spain

Discharge of 15 blades arriving from Esbjerg

Transfer to quayside and loadout of components to the offshore location

WindEnergy Hamburg In September, WindEurope (previously EWEA/the European Wind Energy Association) teamed up with Wind Energy Hamburg to present the world’s largest wind energy conference & expo, at which 1200 exhibitors participated.

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contacts, partners, clients and suppliers.

We also took the opportunity to introduce our new joint venture set-up in Cuxhaven and Mukran together with BREB. BREB was founded in 1951 as Bremer Reederei Eilemann & Bischoff and owns a fleet of ultramodern MPC vessels.

"The event offered plenty of opportunities for networking”, says Kasper Junge, Business Development Manager, Wind.

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First assignment to Blue Water BREB In August, Blue Water assisted our client MENCK GmbH with the demobilisation of a hydraulic hammer system.

“The project included shipment of four items - a hydraulic hammer, fully mounted, together with accessories, measuring 340 cbm and weighing 190 metric tons - from Singapore via Bremerhaven to Norway.

Upon arrival at Bremerhaven, our new joint venture, Blue Water BREB took over next leg of the demobilisation: transshipment from ocean vessel to coaster and further shipment to end destination, the Norwegian offshore base Stord”, says Clarence Loh, Business Development Manager in Blue Water Singapore.

After project completion, MENCK GmbH entrusted Blue Water with the return transport of the hammer system from Norway to Hamburg, Germany.

MENCK GmbH is a German specialist

offshore engineering company providing specialised hydraulic pile-driving solutions to the offshore, oil & gas, wind, bridge and harbour industries worldwide. MENCK GmbH has afterward expressed their satisfaction with Blue Water’s performance.

“This shipment perfectly shows the fruitful cooperation between Blue Water and MENCK on a global basis. Due to the excellent performance from Blue Water, we have been able to deliver our equipment in time to our client, despite a narrow time frame for everybody“, says Thorsten Kock, Senior Logistics Manager, MENCK GmbH. This shipment perfectly shows the fruitful cooperation between Blue Water og MENCK

Thorsten Kock Senior Logistics Manager, MENCK

OFFICE PRESENTATION

Denmark

Sonderborg Manager: Flemming Bruun Sørensen Established: 2015 Employees: 5 Primary activities:

»» General Freight Forwarding »» Air & Ocean Freight »» Courier Freight »» Parcel Distribution »» Logistics »» Road Transport

Blue Water Sonderborg is located at the best address in town with a view of the sea, the harbour and the city.

The office became part of the Blue Water organisation through the acquisition of the then Als Logistics, which was founded back in 2008 by the present General Manager in Sonderborg Flemming Bruun Sørensen.

The primary activities of the office include General Freight Forwarding, Air & Ocean Freight, Courier Freight, Parcel Distribution

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and Road Transport.

“Our concept ensures that each individual client has his/her own regular contact at the office as we know this is very important. We have a base of highly qualified colleagues enabling us to handle any transport assignment, and in case of urgent shipments, we naturally offer our assistance outside normal opening hours”, says General Manager Flemming Bruun Sørensen. ”We are top-motivated for optimising and

developing solutions together with our clients.

The local focus has always been central for Blue Water Sonderborg and we aim to be close to our clients. The close contact is the basis for creating a stable business. Local presence, service and flexibility must always be in the top class, says Flemming Bruun Sørensen concluding that the future looks bright with increasing volumes and new interesting clients and assignments.

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PORT AGENCY

Bridge protection work The Aggersund Bridge is one of three bridges across the Limfjord in the North of Denmark. In connection with protection work on this bridge, Blue Water acted as agent for the vessels supplying materials for this job.

“Crushed granite was delivered at a minor port in the Limfjord which is normally used for loading calcium. Due to the draught of only 3.9 metres in Aggersund, the almost 24,000 tons of materials had to be delivered on 15 successive voyages”, explains Agency Manager Mathias Søndergaard from Blue Water’s office in Aalborg, who is pleased with the recognition received in connection with the project.

Extention of agreement T he Por t S er v ice Agreement w it h Schlumberger, which was signed in May 2016, now also covers M/V “Big Orange XVIII”. This means that Blue Water is in charge of full support to the three Schlumberger well stimulation vessels, M/V “Island Centurion”, M/V ”Island Captain” and M/V ”Big Orange XVIII”, calling at Esbjerg in between the offshore operations.

Well stimulation is an oil and gas term for using high pressure water and sand to crack a rock formation deep underground.

By pumping this fluid into a drilled well, tiny fissures, up to several tenths of an inch wide, open up, which then allow oil

and natural gas resources trapped in tight rocks to flow back through pipes and up to the surface where they are captured for energy use.

“Esbjerg is now Schlumberger’s largest vessel hub, and Blue Water provides traditional agency support, stevedoring and customs clearance”, says Agency Manager Peter Gysing Nielsen.

Esbjerg is now Schlumberger’s largest vessel hub

Peter Gysing Agency Manager

Conversion of drilling rig

24/7 work in dry dock Blue Water's Agency Department in Brest, France has been very busy during the past three weeks with the beautiful cruise ship "Club Med 2" in dry dock at Damen Shiprepair.

“The ship was in dry dock to have certain technical maintenance done. The work was carried out 24/7 during the 3 weeks, keeping us very busy”, explains Frédéric Jullien, Agency Manager in Brest.

MV “Club Med 2”, built in 1992 by the Alteliers et Chatiers du Havre, is 187 metres long with five masts of 50 metres deploying no less than 2500 m2 of sails.

The ship left Brest on 1 November to go back into her schedule in the Caribbean during the winter.

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After a one-year yard stay, with Blue Water acting as port agents, the former drilling rig “Maersk Guardian” left the port of Frederikshavn.

“During the stay, Blue Water Frederikshavn acted as Maersk Drilling’s right-hand man taking care of many interesting jobs - among other things warehousing and handling various equipment to and from the rig”, says Agency Manager Mathias Søndergaard from Blue Water Frederikshavn.

“Maersk Guardian” arrived at Frederikshavn as a drilling rig, and was during the stay converted into an accommodation

platform. The conversion has generated employment to Blue Water and to several other local companies resulting in many new cooperation partners.

“The three colleagues in Blue Water Frederikshavn handle General Cargo and Port Agency on a daily basis and are therefore well equipped for this kind of job and provide services of the highest quality”, says Mathias Søndergaard.

After the conversion, “Maersk Guardian” stopped at Lindo, were Blue Water also acted as agent, before heading for its planned location in the North Sea.

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MARINE LOGISTICS

Main port Barcelona For the inaugural season, “Harmony of the Seas” cruised the Mediterranean, with Barcelona as main port, until late in the autumn where she relocated to Florida.

For that reason, Blue Water Barcelona was heavily involved in various port services; loading from an 80 metre crane, K9 Security, stevedoring and logistics.

All pier staff, including K9 Security, were wearing Blue Water logo vests as they were contracted through Blue Water Barcelona.

“In Blue Water Spain, we try to develop and put our loop within additional services. The cruise business is a good example, where we can develop services and add value for our customers. Besides ordinary freight by road, sea and air, we offer warehousing and port services, such as assistance to vessels, dry dock and port operations. That way we can customise our services and adapt them to the needs of our clients”, says Amadeu Outeiro, General Manager in Blue Water Barcelona.

The cake was a present to Elco (standing in the middle) and the stevedores for working together as a perfect team.

Thankful client Blue Water Holland was assigned by Royal Caribbean to provide all port services for their cruise vessels in Holland and Belgium in 2016.

In connection with each port call, Elco Boelhouwers from Blue Water Rotterdam worked the whole day on the pier to assist the vessel with all logistics needs.

“In total, we handled 14 calls of the MV “Celebrity Silhouette” and MV “Azamara Quest”. Elco only missed one call, the day his son was born, which we naturally forgive him”, says Hans Poiesz, Managing Director in Blue Water Rotterdam.

To show their gratitude, the chef on board the “Celebrity Silhouette” baked a cake on the day of the last call and asked Elco to come back in 2017.

Creative driving skills

Participants from the Danish delegation under Danish Export.

SMM exhibition Hamburg Together with our Cruise & Marine Logistic Network partners from Italy, England and Germany, Blue Water participated in SMM, Hamburg from 6-9 September.

SMM is the world’s leading maritime trade fair, and we enjoyed some busy days meeting many existing as well as potential clients.

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We shared a stand with Blue Water’s exhibition department who was responsible for the transport for the Danish Export Association. As part of the association’s promotional campaign, a tour was arranged in which the Minister for Business and Growth, Troels Lund Poulsen, and other member companies participated.

When Blue Water in Rotterdam solved an urgent transport for the cruise line Silversea, they were helped by a skilled driver from partnering company Vlietrex.

Initially, the truck was loaded in Copenhagen in cooperation with Blue Water’s reefer truck division in Esbjerg. Upon arrival at the quayside in Helsinki, Finland, the driver discovered that the forklift on site was not able to move the cargo. However, he found a solution.

“The driver really did a great job. We could not load the pallet with the forklift, because the fork was to short and could not reach the loading ramp. But, he managed to turn the truck to the mouth of our loading shell door to make the loading happen”, says Robin Nedumanile, Hotel Stores Manager on board the vessel “Silver Whisper”.

After the unloading, Silversea requested another urgent delivery in Aalborg.

The driver accepted and took care of that delivery as well. What a great display of cooperation between Blue Water in Esbjerg, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and our partner Vlietrex.

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Kurt Skov/Managing Director and Ole B. Ulriksen/former Director of Blue Water Aalborg and Blue Water Greenland.

Reception in Greenland In connection with Ole B. Ulriksen’s departure from Blue Water, an informal reception was held at the Manhattan Restaurant in Nuuk to thank Ole for his long commitment in Greenland and in our Greenland activities.

Business relations, representatives from the local business community and friends dropped by to say goodbye to Ole, and at the same time they seized the opportunity to meet the new Blue Water team who will be responsible for the activities in Greenland in future: Jesper Skjoldborg Øraker, Kenneth Skovbjerg Pedersen and Per Holm Nørgaard.

It was a great and memorable day.

Ole Ulriksen’s farewell reception was a fine occasion for Gyrithe and Kurt Skov to visit Greenland again, seizing the opportunity to call on business connections, friends as well as our offices in Nuuk and Ilulissat. During a visit to a residential home for socially marginalised children and young persons, Gyrithe and Kurt were very impressed by the work contributed by Mælkebøttecentret.

Kurt Skov and Blue Water's local Manager in Ilulissat, Carlo Lennart and Mrs. Arnannguaq.

Kurt og Gyrithe Skov in Greenland.

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Change of guard Ole Bøgh Ulriksen, who for a number of years has performed the function of Director of Blue Water Aalborg, Blue Water Greenland and Business Development Manager for our Greenland activities, has decided to leave Blue Water.

Ole has accepted a new and very interesting job as Managing Director of the present ISS Grønland.

Ole is a well-known face in Greenland as he and his family lived there when he was previously in charge of Blue Water’s Greenland offices.

In his 35-year career in Blue Water, Ole has contributed great efforts.

Due to Ole’s resignation, organisational changes have taken place. Per Holm Noergaard has been installed in a position of overall responsible for the offices in Aarhus, Aalborg, Frederikshavn and Greenland.

Per has lived in Greenland twice. At one time as General Manager of the Nuuk office. With his background, Per will bring both experience and know-how within the Greenland market into the teamwork with Jesper Skjoldborg Øraker, Kenneth Skovbjerg Pedersen and the other colleagues involved in Greenland.

Jesper Skjoldborg Øraker will continue in his present position as General Manager of our Greenland offices.

Kenneth Skovbjerg Pedersen will take over the role of Business Development Manager for the activities across the Greenland offices.

Jan Dam Poulsen is appointed Director of Blue Water Aarhus where he is already part of the Management Group. Up to now, Jan has performed the function of Deputy Manager at the Aarhus office.

Per Nørgaard

Jesper S. Øraker

Kenneth S. Pedersen

Jan Dam Poulsen

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300 guests in Taulov The many guests stopping by filled the premises when Blue Water hosted an opening reception of their new terminal and office facilities in Taulov. During the day, many of the guests expressed their admiration of the impressive facilities which made the employees in Taulov very proud. Among the speakers at the event were Kurt Skov, Blue Water's Founder

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and Managing Director, Søren Nielsen, Director of Blue Water's General Cargo division and the Mayor of Fredericia, Jacob Bjerregaard, who expressed his satisfaction with the addition of a strong transport company generating new jobs to the region. Since the inauguration in August, there has been great activity at the 12,300 sqm terminal in Taulov.

Guests on a guided tour of Blue Water’s giant terminal in Taulov (12,000 sqm) during

the opening reception.

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The Mayor of Fredericia, Jacob Bjerregaard, welcomes Blue

Water to the region.

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Preparing for certifications Blue Water’s Singapore office is preparing for becoming certified - according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 – by the end of first quarter 2017.

“Many companies only wish to cooperate with ISO registered vendors to ensure that Health, Safety, Environment and Quality are complied with. The major reason for us to obtain three certifications is to continue or increase our business with the clients and to maintain effective operations.

With the coming certifications, we will also improve access to potential clients”, says Jason Goh, Managing Director Regional, Asia Pacific.

Jason and his team are being guided by the HSSEQ department at the headquarters in Esbjerg and will receive another visit in February where our Singapore colleagues will attend two internal training sessions before their final exam.

Managers Meeting ensures development Blue Water's General Managers from all over the world participated in the annual General Managers Meeting at the headquarters in Esbjerg in September.

The managers meet to discuss strategy, new development, market opportunities and to share knowledge.

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we can use this meeting to discuss how we want to take Blue Water even further in the future, says Kurt Skov, Founder and Managing Director.

Meeting with colleagues from other parts of the world is also a good opportunity for social networking. It has always been an important factor for Blue Water's culture that everyone cooperates across business areas, offices and geographical borders.

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Happy intern in Aarhus Lærke Kamp Pedersen has spent a week as an intern at the office in Aarhus. She enjoyed her stay.

“Working in the different departments was the best experience because I learned how they function and also how the different departments need to work together to solve an assignment or a problem”, says Lærke.

“The staff members I met were very friendly to me and talked and explained what they were doing in their jobs. They were all very nice and gave me a friendly welcome”.

Business Leaugue Blue Water in Hirtshals has two teams participating in the local table tennis club, B75’s, Business League. Some may think there is room for improvement as one of our teams is now, after three rounds, in second place, while our other team takes eighth place – out of ten participating teams.

From a business point of view, the explanation might be that two of our good customers, Seaco and Kølemadsen, are also participating in the competition. It is always a balancing act, going all out to win or letting the customers win – or maybe it is just because our talent does not go far.

In any case, all participants have fun and are already looking forward to the next round.

Early arrival by the Crown Prince “You are a bit early – we are busy”, said Kurt Skov, Founder and Managing Director of Blue Water, with a twinkle in his eye when he welcomed H.R.H Crown Prince Frederik at Blue Water’s headquarters in Esbjerg in September. The Crown Prince visited Esbjerg - including the companies Maersk, Semco and Blue Water - as part of the celebration programme for First50 (50th anniversary for the first oil discovery in the North Sea). What Kurt Skov did not know was that the Crown Prince

had shortened his stay in Esbjerg by 20 minutes and therefore arrived at Blue Water earlier than expected. The situation was turned into fun and the Crown Prince and the Mayor of Esbjerg, Johnny Søtrup, were given a guided tour of the building during which the Crown Prince had a brief talk with Morten Eskildsen from our O&E department, who has recently completed Copenhagen Triathlon. The visit finished with a presentation of Blue Water.

Gammelnok's Autumn excursion

Bronze to Blue Water Our colleagues at the office in Sonderborg have sent us this picture from the official Danish Championship for J/80 sailing boats, in which the boat sponsored by Blue Water and 21 other boats participated.

Blue Water’s crew - skipper Erling Ewers, Kim Løndal, Søren Mikkelsen and Peter Lindum – did well in the race and took bronze.

The crew is happy for the support from Blue Water. The sponsorship is solely spent on the maintenance and repair of the boat.

The cost-intensive part are the sails.

Congratulations to the crew on the result.

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Saturday 1 October, Blue Water's senior club, “Gammelnok" went on their annual autumn excursion, a guided tour of Lake Filsø. It was a very interesting tour during which we received information about the big lake (915 hectares), which re-establishment started in 2012 after 60 years of being farm land. Today, the huge

re-established lake sets a record for being exceptional in Denmark in respect of flora.

Some species of birds have also returned to the area, including the sea eagle.

The excursion finished with afternoon tea/coffee at Henne Mølle Aa Seaside Hotel, which was designed by the famous Danish architect, Poul Henningsen (PH).

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Weddings

On 6.8, Lars S. Vajse/Blue Water Copenhagen married Katrin in Havbar Church in Torshavn, Faroe Islands.

70th birthday

On 13.8, Rasmus Krohn Hansen/Blue Water Copenhagen married his fiancée, Josefine, in Nivaa Church.

On 1.9, Pernille Krause og Simon Kvist/both from Blue Water Copenhagen got married at Greve Town Hall.

On 3.9, Sascha Winther Willersted/Blue Water Esbjerg married Jonas at Esbjerg Town Hall.

On 3.9, Kasper Junge/Blue Water Esbjerg married his fiancée, Jeanet, in Sct. Jacobi Church in Varde.

On 17.9, Stine Adler Wiuff/ Blue Water Aalborg and her fiancé, Thomas, got married in their own garden.

On 15.10, Per Riber Hansen/Blue Water Esbjerg married his fiancée, Rikke, in Zions Church in Esbjerg.

On 12.11, Jesper Dalsgaard/Blue Water Esbjerg married his girlfriend, Line, at the Old Town Hall, Varde.

On 12.11, Ulrik Schat-Petersen/Blue Water Odense married his girlfriend, Gitte, at Odense Town Hall .

On 22 September, Blue Water’s Founder and Managing Director celebrated a special birthday.

70 years ago “little Kurt” saw the light of day in a small town in the south-western corner of Denmark.

A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then. Kurt Skov has created Blue Water – established 44 years ago as a small transport company in Esbjerg, Denmark with three employees – now a worldwide company with 1400 employees distributed at more than 60 offices.

Kurt Skov has always been the captain on board – he has led the way, enthusiastically and dedicated, in building up the company and its activities. Being the natural central figure, he has managed to create a unique culture by selecting the right team and motivating and delegating responsibility to managers and general staff.

Baku’s 20th anniversary On 3.9, Blue Water Shipping Caspian celebrated their 20th anniversary on a beach resort by the Caspian Sea. All staff and their families.participated in the event enjoying each other’s company and spending the day on the beach with outdoor activities: football, swimming, volleyball etc. - and fun and games for No. 115

the children - barbecue lunch and drinks in the afternoon.

The celebration finished with a gala dinner in the evening and discotheque until late into the night.

Special guests from Denmark were Dan Nissen and Anne Skov representing our head office in Esbjerg.

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New employees Aalborg

Copenhagen Helle Fyenbo Brandt (43) is employed as Administrative Assistant at the Terminal as from 15.8. Helle joins us from Frederikshavns Havn.

Claus Jensen (46) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road Europe as from 15.8. Claus joins us from a similar job with East Logistics.

Jeanette Kirk Hasselstrøm (44) is employed as Business Development Manager Sea & Air as from 1.8. Jeanette joins us from DSV.

Christina Skolander Tønder (34) is employed as Manager Sales Executive as from1.9.

Christina joins us from Nordic Transport Group.

Chris Toftelund started as Trainee in Road Transport Europe on 12.9

Heidi Antonsen Grunnet (34) is employed as Freight Forwarder in our Nordic dept. as from 1.9. Heidi joins us from Danish Defence.

Berit Møller (49) is employed as Assistant in Domestic Transport as from 1.9. Berit was previously Freight Assistant at Bestseller.

Christine Torp Wenning (35) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Road Transport Europe as from 1.10. Christine joins us from Freja.

Tina W.M. Pedersen (34) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 19.9.

Tina joins us from Kongskilde Industries.

Esbjerg

Karen Juul Pedersen (61) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Finland/Domestic as from 17.10. She used to work as a temp in Aarhus.

Jette Sundahl (49) is employed as Manager Sales Executive as from 1.8. Jette was previously Account Manager at TNT Danmark A/S.

Kit Martinsen (50) is employed as Freight Forwarder in our Nordic dept. as from 26.10. Kit comes from Eimskip.

Kristina Tønder (43) is employed as HR Assistant as from 1.9.

Kristina was previously Economy Consultant at Esbjerg Kommune.

Peter Matthiesen (44) is employed as IT Director as from 1.9. Peter was previously IT Director/ Program Director at TNT Express.

Billund

Taulov Kristina Kvedariene (38) is employed as Assistant Terminal Administration as from 1.8. Kristina joins us from VetCur Biotec Aps.

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Allan Petersen (44) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 24.8.

Allan previously worked as Logistics Assistant at SPX Flow.

Andrzej Marchacz (32) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Road Europe as from 1.9. Andrzej join us from a similar job with HCS.

Morten Nygaard (26) is employed as Freight Forwarder in our Nordic dept. as from 22.8.

Morten is newly qualified from Schenker.

Steffen Holm (23) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Air Freight Export as from 15.8.

Steffen joins us from DSV Air & Sea, London.

Kim Christiansen (46) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 7.8.

Kim was previously Logistics Assistant at SPX Flow.

Kim Nestrup (35) is employed as Manager Sales Executive as from 1.9. Kim joins us from a similar job with Expeditors International.

Aarhus

Marianne Hede Eberhard (42) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Sea/Air Import as from 1.10. Marianne joins us from Eimskip.

Christian Henriksen (43) is employed as Manager Terminal Administration as from 1.8. Christian joins us from Kongskilde Industries.

Morten Andersen (31) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 19.9.

Morten was previously working for a Temp Agency.

Mads Klinge Bøttzau (26) is employed as Freight Forwarder in our Groupage dept. as from 10.10. Mads joins us from NTG.

Baltimore Michael Kenny Jr (57) is employed as Warehouse Manager as from 1.8.

Michael comes from a similar job at New York Forwarding.

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New employees Donald Cook Jr (47) is employed as Logistics Coordinator as from 1.8.

Donald comes from a similar job at New York Forwarding.

Mark Macknovitz (57) is employed as Inland Agent as from 1.8. Mark comes from a similar job at New York Forwarding.

Karen Whitwood (49) is employed as Assistant Account as from 1.8.

Karen comes from a similar job at New York Forwarding.

Miami

Reykjavik Ana Escobar (27) is employed as Freight Forwarding Agent in Ocean Export as from 12.9. She joins us from MRG-ECU Worldwide.

Nuuk

Magnína Magnúsdóttir (38) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 26.9. Magnina was previously a Receptionist af Hótel Flókalundir.

Rotterdam Iwan Dam Andersen (35) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 12.9.

Iwan joins us from KK Engros.

Oslo

Daniel Jerousek (59) is employed as Warehouse Supervisor as from 1.8.

Daniel comes from a similar job at New York Forwarding.

Kathla Dornon (54) is employed as Operations Manager as from 1.8.

Kathla comes from a similar job at New York Forwarding.

Esther Van Rij-van Boxtel (43) is employed as Assistant in Customs Clearance as from 1.10.

Esther joins us from Louis Dreyfus Company.

Sydney Angelina Stanko (30 is employed as Freight Forwarder Road Transport as from 22.8. She joins us from Hecksher Linjeagentuere.

Samantha Soutar (26) is employed as Freight Forwarder Operations as from 22.9. Samantha joins us from Reject Store.

Sigurd Solli Wold (23) started as Freight Forwarder in Government & Defense Logistics on 1.9.

Jesse De Caires (25) is employed as Manager Projects as from 1.10.

Jesse joins us from DSV, Sydney.

Robert Adamczyk (41) is employed as Manager Road Transport as from 1.9. Robert joins us from Freja Transport AS.

Pamela Dobbins (55) is employed as Ocean Coordinator as from 1.8.

Pamela comes from a similar job at New York Forwarding.

Birthdays January 7.1 17.1 18.1 23.1 24.1 25.1 26.1 26.1 26.1 27.1

Karina B. Lauridsen, Billund Michael K. Pedersen, Copenhagen Guido Lichtenstein, Taulov William Fraser, Manchester Jannie Houkjær, Aalborg Michele Ross, New York Aase Bjerregaard Christensen, Esbjerg Jonas Holm, Esbjerg Marijke Van Der Voort, Rotterdam Katrine Linnerup Kristensen, Billund

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

February 1.2 2.2 6.2 7.2 8.2

John Daniel, Doha Richard Dunning, Manchester Søren Gammelgaard Nielsen, Esbjerg Stig Jeppesen, Odense Jonas Espersen, Aarhus

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11.2 14.2 16.2 21.2 22.2 23.2 28.2

Bjarte Andre Hope, Bergen Mette Linding, Herning Susanne Pagh Sørensen, Esbjerg Kim Beier, Esbjerg Lene Lyebalk, Aalborg Gilles Tocquet, Brest Janaina Moreira Gomes, Rio de Janeiro

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

March 2.3 2.3 8.3 11.3 13.3 15.3 18.3 21.3 27.3 30.3

Mohamed Thahir Ashmer, Doha Mona H. Pedersen, Copenhagen Veronica Torrijos Pascual, Barcelona Gerben C. Van Giesen, Rotterdam Lilbritt Lilliendahl Christiansen, Odense Conni Lagoni, Padborg Jørgen Kristensen, Esbjerg Mogens Møller, Herning Karina Bekke Andersen, Esbjerg Søren B. Jensen, Aarhus

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Anne-Grethe Biehl

Rhona Linehan

Claus Glass

20.01.87–20.01.2017

01.03.92–01.03.2017

01.01.07–01.01.2017

On 20.1.2017, it will be 30 years since Anne-Grethe Biehl/Blue Water Esbjerg joined Blue Water. Over the years, the Reception and now the Marketing department have enjoyed the benefits of her always good spirits. Anne-Grethe is a real language geek who easily becomes absorbed in her translations. Years back, she worked all night on a tender, resulting in a very tired girl talking nonsense the next morning so that her colleagues had to send her home to get some sleep.

Anne-Grethe has a very sweet tooth, she never says no to sweets, chocolate, cake – any kind of sweets.

At home, she relaxes together with her cat, Tiger, now and then to the sound of bagpipe music. By the way, she used to play the bagpipe herself. She enjoys going on vacation - combined with a painting course if the occasion arises. And you will often see her visiting the small island of Fano on her bicycle.

Rhona Linehan/Blue Water Dublin will celebrate her 25th anniversary on 1.3.2017. in her long career with Blue Water, Rhona has mostly specialised in the Reefer Trade and she is highly respected within the industry as is her profound knowledge.

Rhona is the General Manager of the Dublin office. She is a very strong and hard-working lady who cherishes her office and colleagues very much – so much that she once walked into the office on a burglar and chased and scared him off.

That is Rhona dedicated!

Rhona is married to Peter and they have a son, Elliott, who is seven years young.

Rhona is a big golf enthusiast However, Elliott keeps her busy in her free time, so she does not get to play much anymore, but we reckon she would give some of the self-proclaimed semi-pro lads at Blue Water a run for their money. .

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Richard Dunning

Steve Townsend

17.02.92–17.02.2017

01.01.97–01.01.2017

Richard Dunning/Blue Water Manchester will celebrate his 25th anniversary on 17.2.2017. Richard has had various roles on exports, but currently spends most of his time working on different projects with a key customer involved in the fashion industry. He is a keen Manchester City fan so driving to our office in Trafford Park (our office address) every morning must be a source of great joy for him.

Richard and his wife, Rachel, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary back in June by taking a holiday in Cuba together with their daughter Amy. A couple of weeks before his 25th anniversary with Blue Water, Richard will also celebrate his 50th birthday - so, plenty of crusty bread and cakes for the colleagues in February.

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Steve Townsend/Blue Water Manchester will celebrate his 20 th anniversary on 1.1.2017.

Steve is mainly involved in Sales, but still lends his skills to a bit of Project Work when required. He is from London and is a rather fanatical supporter of Chelsea.

Strangely enough he is the only Chelsea fan at Blue Water Manchester, but luckily for him, he has an ally or two at the London office of our key customer, Faerch Plast.

Steve is one of our most health-conscious colleagues. Every few weeks, he gives up smoking, drinking, excessive sugar in his tea etc.

Steve lives with his wife Lorraine on the outskirts of Liverpool so he can go and see a good game of football.

Claus Glass/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.1.2017.

Claus was employed to form part of a Rotation Team, where he should look after our ro/ro terminal every third week handling containers. The rest of the time, Claus should take part in the usual terminal routines. Claus is still part of this rotation.

He is a nice and quiet guy who takes pride in doing a good job.

Claus is in a relationship and he has three children. He likes spending his free time running and exercising in the fitness centre, going to concerts or just relaxing and enjoying life.

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01.01.07–01.01.2017

Torben Nyborg/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.1.2017.

During his entire Blue Water career, Torben has formed part of our Key Account team in Esbjerg.

Torben once pursued new challenges outside Blue Water and was for a short time employed with J. Lauritzen’s Eftf.

Fortunately for us, he felt homesick and returned to the paddock again.

Torben is and has always been a competent and reliable colleague dedicated to his job. Recently, he has lent a helping hand to our exhibition department moving empties and packing exhibition goods in connection with an exhibition in Hamburg, Germany.

Torben is married to Anne-Sophie and the couple has two children, Cecilie and Christian. Torben’s great passion is golf.

At Monday mornings, when his colleagues discuss football, Torben does a google search on the weekend’s golf results.

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Linda Tosti

Björn E. Jensen

Ulla Outsen

01.01.07–01.01.2017

01.01.07–01.01.2017

15.01.07–15.01.2017

Linda Tosti/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 1.1.2017.

All the years, Linda has formed part of Finance in Esbjerg involved in accounting for various departments and offices.

For the recent three years, Linda has been long distance responsible for the accounts of Blue Water Dublin. A job she manages to perfection in close cooperation with Rhona in Dublin.

Linda is married to Thomas and they has two children: Mick aged seven and Merle aged five. Linda and Thomas have spent a large part of their free time renovating their home and they have just bought a house in the country. Another hobby is beekeeping and the couple makes their own honey. Linda has also taken up her old hobby indoor cycling.

Linda is a sweet, helpful and very thoughtful colleague.

Björn E. Jensen/Blue Water Gothenburg will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.1.2017. Björn started his Blue Water career in our UK/Ireland team in Esbjerg in 1997 as Freight Forwarder responsible for the Reefer Transport from Jutland to UK. Björn was also part of our Dublin team before he in 1999 joined Irish Interspe Hamann through a merger between this company and our road activities in Dublin.

Björn returned to Blue Water in 2007.

His first challenge was to register Blue Water’s office in Sweden and be the local contact for the Swedish clients as well as for the Danish road traffics. Björn is based in Gothenburg in charge of our two Swedish offices and their development.

Björn is married to Annabel and the couple has three children. The family is the most important thing in his life followed by handball.

Ulla Outsen/Blue Water Hirtshals started in Blue Water’s Key Account department in Kolding on 15.1.2007 where she soon became involved in the Faroese market.

In 2009, a department of the then Smyril Blue Water was established at Blue Water’s Esbjerg office and Ulla joined the team. However, about a year later Smyril Line decided to move their port of call to Hirtshals. For the past six years, Ulla has once a week travelled the long way from her home to Hirtshals. Ulla has now moved into our new office in Taulov for the remaining part of the week.

Ulla lives with her boyfriend, and the family also includes her son Kasper aged 17 and her stepson, Andreas, 21 years old.

Among her colleagues, Ulla is wellknown for her extensive knowledge and skills – and for being plain-spoken – often with a smile and a loud laughter.

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Leif Argjum

Luise Crone Dons

Hanna-Mari Repo

01.01.07–01.01.2017

08.01.07–08.01.2017

29.01.07–29.01.2017

Leif Argjum/Blue Water Odense started as Assistant at our Odense Terminal on 1.1.2007. For a number of years, Leif performed the function of Manager for the Terminal team before he moved on to new challenges at the Logistics Warehouse where he takes pride in providing first class service to the clients.

Leif was born and bred on the Faroe Islands, but moved to Denmark many years ago. He is not a frequent visitor to his native islands, but his brothers, who still live there, often come to Denmark to visit.

Leif has a daughter, Camilla, aged 26, whom he often helps taking care of her rabbits. Furthermore, he likes to go fishing.

Leif is a real joker who loves pulling his colleagues legs – in a friendly way.

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Luise Crone Dons/Blue Water Odense started as Assistant in our Seeds and Niche department in Odense on 8.1.2007. In addition to her “seed duties”, Luise became later involved in ILN (partner network) and in Key Accounts where in particular our Kolding and Herning offices have enjoyed the benefit of her cheerful mood. Today, Luise performs the function of all-rounder in Key Accounts and with ILN. Luise is single, but has a large network of friends and a very active life filled with dancing and other sporting activities. She loves fun and at weekends, we have often seen her dancing and drinking cocktails.

Luise used to be a professional dancer, but for the past ten years, she has enjoyed dancing as a hobby. However, she has three times been part of the TV programme “Come dancing” as a professional dancer.

Hanna-Mari Repo/Blue Water Turku joined our operation on 29.01.2007 during the Wikeström & Krogius era. She started in the Road department taking care of Continental Export.

Over the years, Hanna-Mari has moved from Road Transport to our Import department, taking care of Customs Clearance in Turku, and from there, she moved on to Sea Freight Export. Today, Hanna-Mari is taking care of some of the most valuable accounts in the fields of LCL, FCL, B/B and Consolidation Operations.

Hanna-Mari’s positive attitude cascade all over the department.

Hanna-Mari lives in the country, 30 minutes’ drive from Turku, with her family including her husband and their two children.

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Jeanett Pedersen

Rie Petersen

Lisbeth Hemmingsen

01.02.07–01.02.2017

05.02.07–05.02.2017

01.03.07–01.03.2017

Jeanett Pedersen/Blue Water Odense joined our Overseas department in Odense on 1.2.2007. She has extensive knowledge of the overseas market, clients and shipping lines. This knowledge, combined with her ambitious and professional personality, has contributed strongly to the positive development of the Overseas department over the past ten years.

As the leader of a team of eight colleagues, she is always ready to support, show interest and take good care of her team, be it work-related or private Jeanett goes in for fitness. She also loves partying and is never the first to leave a good party. She also enjoys relaxing in the family summer house in Funen.

Jeanett is married to Per and the couple has two sons, Markus and Matthias.

Rie Petersen/Blue Water Aarhus started her Freight Forwarding career as Trainee in Key Accounts at the Aarhus office on 5.2.2007. Next stop was Import Sea Freight before she became in charge of our Import Sea Freight Gateway.

After her maternity leave with her son, Frederik, Rie accepted new challenges and started in the autumn of 2015 as Assistant Manager in Import Sea Freight.

Rie lives in Hinnerup with her boyfriend and colleague, Mikkel Østergaard Kruse, and the couple is planning their wedding to take place in the spring of 2017. Their son is two years old and the couple is expecting their second child in February.

Rie is always ready with cheerful remarks and she is contributing to a pleasant atmosphere.

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Louise Mortensen

Lisbeth Hemmingsen/Blue Water Odense was employed to our Key Account department in Odense on 1.3.2007. With her open and positive mind, Lisbeth soon became a popular colleague. In 2012, she took charge of Key Accounts and controlled her colleagues and our clients with an iron hand until 2016, when it was time to move on to new challenges in our Tender Group.

Lisbeth’s family includes her husband, Mads, and their teenage sons, Laurits and Anton. Together they have spent many summer holidays in Italy – and they have also been to India and the US. Lisbeth supports her sons’ football interest – selling lottery tickets and well as acting as driver and cheerleader.

She is also a genuine doctor’s wife appreciating classical values such as visits to the theatre and opera, real newspapers, good (Italian) wine and literature.

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01.02.07–01.02.2017

Magnus Joensen/Blue Water Reykjavik will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.2.2017. Magnus started his Blue Water career at Smyril Blue Water in Torshavn on the Faroe Islands together with his brother Paul. The two brothers were employed to boost our Air Freight and Courier activity on the islands. Magnus was later appointed in charge of the Import department – both Sea & Air. Two years ago, Magnus accepted the challenge of becoming General Manager in Reykjavik, Iceland – where he still rules.

Magnus has always been well-known for his extensive knowledge of the business and for his enthusiasm and eagerness to service the clients in the very best way – always with a big smile.

As far as we know, Magnus lives alone in his penthouse apartment in Reykjavik offering one of best views in town.

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Louise Mortensen/Blue Water Aalborg will celebrate her 10th anniversary on 12.2.2017. Louise started in our North Atlantic Sea Freight team, where her primary responsibilities included invoicing, month-end closing of accounts and statistics. Louise was also one of the driving forces behind our Freight Forwarding Concept for North Atlantic Sea Freight.

For almost a year, Louise has formed part of the Administrative team in Aalborg.

She is in charge of the daily registration of vendor invoices. She is also Superuser on various IT systems and the local Claims Coordinator at the Aalborg office.

Louise is married to Johnny and the couple has two sons, Alexander and Jonathan. Louise prefers spending her spare time with her family and going to the movies with her friends. She keeps fit by exercising in the local fitness centre.

01.03.07–01.03.2017

Mikkel Østergaard Kruse/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 1.3.2017. When Blue Water took over Unifeeder in 2008, Mikkel was part of the deal and joined our team in Aarhus as Assistant Manager. A job where terms like service, business talent and client in focus were put into practice. At the same time, he studied HD Part II, and having received his diploma, he moved on to new challenges in our TMS group in Esbjerg.

Today, Mikkel is Management Assistant trying to keep check on the Management Board, which is more than a full-time job.

Mikkel lives with his girlfriend and colleague, Rie, and the couple has a twoyear-old son. Mikkel’s great passion is aquarium fish, and his favourite outdoor activities include running and cycling.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Jubilees

Births

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Morten Jensen

Erling Elmstrøm

12.03.07–12.03.2017

19.03.07–19.03.2017

Morten Jensen/Blue Water Aarhus will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 12.3.2017.

Morten joined Blue Water in 2011 through our acquisition of the company Eurouter.

He soon felt at home as part of our Aarhus team and it proved to be the perfect match for both Morten and Blue Water.

During recent years, Morten has further developed his unsurpassed flair for servicing and sweet talking the clients – in particular the female part.

Morten is a fun guy – always making witty remarks, however, varying in quality.

Furthermore, Morten is always ready to lend a helping hand. He will do almost anything for a lukewarm Star (beer) and when visiting the local pub with his friends, he will be in his element. Most importantly, when it comes to his job with Blue Water, Morten has exellent business abilities – a highly appreciated gift.

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Erling Elmstrøm/Blue Water Aarhus will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 19.3.2017. According to his birth certificate, his name is Erling, but everybody calls him Elmer.

Elmer was originally employed to attend to Export Sweden, but was after a short period transferred to Import Sweden. For the recent six-seven years, he has performed the function of Coordinator on all administrative matters. Due to Elmer’s past career as a Truck Driver, he also acts as right-hand man for his team in relation to external truck drivers/hauliers. In addition, Elmer controls the trailer fleet of the Nordic department in connection with service checks/renewals etc. and he is also the office jack of all trades.

Keeping pets has never been a possibility in Elmer’s mind. However, when young Louise came into his life, Elmer’s firm principles were turned upside down.

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On 4.7, Cindy Choo/Blue Water Singapore gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Tedrick (3.4 kgs).

On 5.8, Louis Ramjee/Blue Water Nantes and his partner, Steffie, became parents, for the first time, of a baby boy, Andrea (3.2 kgs/50 cm).

On 14.8, Nicklas Lund/Blue Water Esbjerg and his partner, Randi, became parents of their second child, a baby boy (3.2 kgs/50 cm).

On 6.9, Anita Andersen/Blue Water Esbjerg gave birth to a baby girl (3 kgs/50 cm).

On 10.9, Mads Antoni Nielsen/Blue Water Lindo and his girlfriend, Patricia, became parents of a baby boy, Marley (3.6 kgs/54 cm).

On 10.9, Carsten Lindegaard Iversen/Blue Water Esbjerg and his girlfriend, Tanja, became parents on, for the first time, of a baby girl, Camille ( 3.4 kgs/52 cm).

On 8.10, Jakob Højerup Sørensen/Blue Water Copenhagen became a father of a baby girl, Karoline (2.8 kgs/50 cm).

On 15.10, Julie N. Pedersen/Blue Water Copenhagen gave birth, for the first time, to a baby boy, Erik (3.6 kgs/53 cm).

On 1.11, Mette Rolund/Blue Water Esbjerg gave birth to a baby boy (3.6 kgs/53 cm).

On 10.11, Karina Aakjær Jørgensen/Blue Water Esbjerg and her boyfriend, Steffan, became parents of a baby girl (3.6 kgs/50 cm).

On 11.11, Susan Buchwald Lind/Blue Water Billund and her husband, Jeroen, became parents of a baby girl, Sara (3.7 kgs/54 cm).

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Steen Hartvigsen/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 19.3.2017. Steen originally served his apprenticeship at Blue Water’s head office where he started as Trainee in 1994.

In 1999, Steen moved on to new challenges outside Blue Water, but returned to the paddock in 2007 to a job as Project Coordinator on the then Altinex offshore project. When this assignment was completed, Steen joined our Wind Logistics team, which he is still part of.

Steen visits the fitness centre (if he remembers) and he has the wryest sense of humour with an extremely pessimistic aspect to the vast amusement of his colleagues.

Steen is married to Louise and the couple has two children; Alberte aged six and Halfdan aged ten.

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Heins Christensen/Blue Water Esbjerg will celebrate his 10th anniversary on 26.3.2017. During his 10 years, in Blue Water’s IT department, Heins has been involved in almost all aspects of IT. In his early days, the roles in the IT team were more versatile and he was what we call an All-rounder. Today, Heins is the firm rock in IT Operations primarily involved in Economy (AX), Data Bases and Telephone Systems. Heins’ popularity is evident.

When he has been round to Blue Water’s offices and they have an IT problem afterwards, they will only talk to Heins.

When he is off duty, Heins is busy spending time with his family: his wife, four children and a minor zoo. In addition, he is addicted to football as coach and as an active player.

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