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STAFF & CLIENT MAGAZINE
Reefer experts expand our global services Page 9
Danish Foreign Minister visits our Copenhagen office Page 15
1500 tons of plastic pipes transported to recycling Page 6
Skilled trainees graduate and new ones are welcomed Page 3
Flexible trailers optimise the client service Page 10
POSITIVE PROSPECTS
Contents Positive prospects 2 Trainee graduation 3 Wind Logistics 4 Port Services & Agency 5 Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects 6 Marine Logistics 7 Reefer Logistics 8 General Cargo 10 Blue Water Corporate 12 Blue Water Spirit 14 New employees 16 Birthdays etc. 19 Jubilees 20 Merry Christmas 24
Positive prospects for the Oil-Gas Division The level of activity is increasing after being influenced by the low oil price for a couple of years
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During the past three years, the oil industry has among other things been severely affected by an extremely low oil price which has caused projects to be cancelled or postponed and it has overall resulted in a low level of activity. Also, Blue Water’s Oil-Gas Division has experienced the consequences, but the recent months seem to indicate that the times are changing. “The oil price is going up and the situation seems pretty stable, creating positive trends in the market. We can see that our clients in the oil industry start investing again which means increased activity for us. If we look ahead, things look good as we have recently won some good contracts and we are participating in many tenders”, says Thomas Bek, Global Director of Blue Water’s Oil-Gas Division.
Efficient organisation In recent years, the Oil-Gas Division has worked at adapting the strategy and organisation to the future market. Several offices have been affected by cutbacks due to lower activity. It is, however, important for the division to maintain an efficient organisation with offices at the key locations of this industry: among other places in Houston, Singapore, Dubai and Baku. “Many of our clients operate at several locations throughout the world and it is of vital importance for our service that we are able to provide the transport and logistics services requested by the clients. Therefore, we have spent the past year
adapting and strengthening our set-up and we expect that our clients will benefit from the fact that we are ready to handle their assignments now that the level of activity is increasing”, says Thomas Bek. Blue Water’s global network of offices is working closely together for servicing our clients. In addition, the company has a wide range of special in-house competencies: engineers, IT developers, experienced project freight forwarders as well as a number of quality, safety and environmental specialists. Blue Water is in the process of executing the company’s biggest project ever, the scope of which comprises project management of a transport assignment for TCO in connection with the extension of the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan. And other major projects are in the pipeline: Our Houston office has just won a big contract. “We see an increasing demand for complete project management where we, due to our wide experience and expertise, are capable of controlling the entire logistics part for our clients. We still have a big job ahead of us, but it is encouraging to see how the market is picking up again". We can see that our clients in the oil industry start investing again which means increased activity for us.
Thomas Bek Blue Water Shipping December 2017
TRAINEE GRADUATION
Trainee graduation September marked the graduation of 24 trainees from Blue Water’s Scandinavian offices. They are all part of the first team, who have completed Blue Water’s own academy profession programme in international transport and logistics. 18 trainees will continue in Blue Water Denmark after their graduation. Some have completed their trainee programme in Norway and Sweden where a few of them will continue their career. Blue Water has made it a priority to find and develop future talents which means that our trainees have to work long days as well as prepare schoolwork. During the school periods, focus is on
the theoretical level and our trainees are given lectures by teachers from the Business Academy and by Blue Water’s own experts – including Claus Bo Larsen who has decades of experience within customs handling. “All trainees have given what it takes to become the best. We focus on creating the troubleshooters of the future by making the education relevant through involvement and examples and cases from the freight forwarder’s everyday life”, says Pernille Sigvardt, HR Business Partner who is responsible for the trainees in Blue Water.
Welcome to 48 new trainees A new chapter has begun for 48 new trainees who participated in Blue Water’s introduction week in Esbjerg. Here, we had strong focus on involving everyone in making the week a valuable and educational experience. Among other things, the trainees were asked to prepare questions to an expert panel consisting of Carsten Steffensen, Global Head of Reefer Logistics and Per Holm Nørgaard, COO General Cargo.
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“The introduction week is vital for making sure that the new trainees will have a good start. In particular, we focus on the social aspect, teambuilding and workshops about career, values and ambitions. We had a great week, where the new trainees, particularly during the questions session, proved that we have some of the brightest minds in the business”, says Pernille Sigvardt.
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Project facts The 75MW Sidrap Wind Farm is located in the Sidrap province in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Project, which will be Indonesia’s first utility-scale wind farm, is scheduled to be producing power to the South Sulawesi PLN grid in late 2017.
"BBC Rosario" discharging blades in Pare Pare port, Indonesia.
Indonesia's first
wind farm project Blue Water has from July to November, on behalf of our client Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, been involved in an inte resting project of supplying transport and logistics services to an onshore wind farm in Indonesia. “Our part of the project included six shipments consisting of blades, hubs and nacelles for the 30 turbines as well as general cargo. The heaviest component was a nacelle weighing 107 tons.
The blades were loaded in Qinhuangdao in China, nacelles, hubs and general cargo in Bilbao, Spain and port of discharge was Pare Pare in Indonesia, a first time event for Pare Pare port. The project was carried out in a perfect teamwork between Blue Water’s offices in Esbjerg, China and Singapore and proceeded on schedule”, says Sebastian Stackelies, who was the Project Manager at Blue Water Singapore.
MV “Merwedegracht” discharging nacelles in Pare Pare port, Indonesia.
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PORT SERVICES & AGENCY
Preparing for renewable energy
Done in record time Blue Water Brest acted as agents in connection with a subsea operation at more than 50 metres' depth At the end of August, Blue Water Brest was once again nominated as port agents by our client Sabella – French specialist in subsea tidal turbine energy. Sabella was to replace a so-called submarine connector at the end of the export cable connecting the tidal turbine D 10 to the shore on the Ushant Island in the Fromveur Strait. The cable is lying on the sea bed at a depth of 55 metres. To manage this delicate operation, Sabella’s team embarked the MV “Olympic Taurus” of Olympic Subsea ASA, Norway, chartered by Mojo Maritime France/James Fisher Marine Services,
an operator specialised in subsea installation for marine energy technologies. The new connector was installed by another long-time client of Blue Water: MacArtney - specialists in this kind of subsea cable connectors. The operation was performed in record time and without a hitch. “Sabella’s tidal turbine D10 is undergoing optimisation and reinforcement work in Brest and will be reinstalled during the coming winter. We very much look forward to working together with this splendid team again”, says Mogens Nielsen, Director in Blue Water France.
The port of Brest is preparing itself for marine renewable energy and in this respect, Blue Water have been assisting as port agents. The preparations consist in upgrading the quay areas to adapt them to marine renewable energy. “This upgrade will hopefully attract major players from the offshore indu stry. With our experience and years of involvement in challenging projects, we are ready to provide all operators with the best services within offshore wind”, says Marianne Girardin, Marine and Renewables Manager at Blue Water Brest. The region of Bretagne owns the port of Brest and after some time of planning, it was decided to invest in the future and construct a 400,000 square metre area. The upgrade includes a new heavy load quay for large components to the renewable offshore industry. For this project, Blue Water has acted as port agents for several coasters arriving in Brest with so-called sheet piles. In total, the region will be investing around 220 million euro in this project, which is scheduled to be completed in 2020.
Port logistics for Horns Rev 3 Blue Water has been awarded the port logistics contract for the Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm by Vattenfall. An exciting challenge lies ahead. “We have worked together with Vattenfall on several projects and look forward to continuing the good working relation we have built. For Horns Rev 3, our experienced staff will provide many of our core services and ensure a high level of quality and safe operations throughNo. 119
out the project. Horns Rev 3 means a lot for the local companies in Esbjerg and is also important for us to be a part of”, says Klaus Odby, Manager Port Agency at Blue Water. The scope for Blue Water will include stevedoring, warehousing, terminal hand ling, project agency and general logistics surrounding the project. Horns Rev 3 Offshore Wind Farm is located 25-40 kilometres off the west
coast of Denmark and will consist of 49 of the so far most powerful turbines in the world. They will have a total capacity of 400 MW, equivalent to the annual consumption of 425,000 households. The installation of foundations will commence in 2018 and the entire wind farm is expected to be running at full power in 2020.
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OIL, GAS & PROJECTS
Global freight contract Worley Parsons won a five-year contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) services for BP- operated assets in A zerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Having passed a prequalification stage, Blue Water Caspian were invited to submit a tender which was successfully evaluated by Worley Parsons and their client BP. “We are very pleased and proud to have signed a three-year contract for Global Freight Forwarding services. The scope includes international freight from worldwide locations to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, export freight from these countries, customs clearance, warehousing services, packing, stuffing at origin and destination. We look forward to working closely together with Worley Parsons to deliver the best services and logistics solutions to our client”, says Fina Garber, Managing Director of Blue Water Baku.
Breakbulk Americas Again this year, Blue Water representatives from all over the world participated in the Breakbulk Americas exhibition in Houston, during which we had the opportunity to present our new stand and explain our existing as well as potential clients about our global services. The visitors were particularly interested in the model ship that we had brought with us from the TCO-project, for which we will deliver 20 specially designed Module Carrying Vessels (MVCs) to Kazakhstan. Brent Patterson from our Houston office participated in a panel discussion concerning the current situation of the logistics industry. We met a lot of suppliers and clients, and we look forward to additional, interesting meetings at Breakbulk Europe in Bremen in May 2018.
1500 tons of plastic pipes
Blue Water France has handled all logistics services for a project for NFM Technologies facing traffic, administrative and weather challenges. The task included the transport of 16 components – cutter heads, shields, reels - as well as forty 40’ containers from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia to Fos-sur-Mer in the South of France. All shipments are for a used tunnel boring machine. “The first challenge was to reach the site in Riyadh to collect the cargo. Also, a lot of road restrictions made the collection difficult”, says Lionel Guilbaud, Blue Water’s Project Specialist in France. Furthermore, the customs procedures turned out to be a bit comprehensive and challenging. Finally, Blue Water’s stevedores had to work in 44 degrees centigrade in Dammam – and so the challenges continued. “As the elements arrived in Fos-sur-Mer, we transshipped the cargo from the master vessel onto a river barge. It can be a difficult manoeuvre as the weather may also be a determining factor. Everything went as planned though”, says Lionel Guilbaud. At the end of October, the 40’ containers arrived in France.
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the beach, they were brought into the port of Lowestoft and considered unfit for further use. The pipes were then cut into 218 sections. Dutch Marine BV was responsible for the recovery and cutting of the pipes. In Lowestoft, Blue Water handled the loading operation together with the local crane company Wavetrade and received big support from ABP (Associated British Ports) as well. The pipes had to be removed swiftly from the quay area, which had to be used for other purposes. Due to the tight deadline, which had to be observed, the pipes were loaded onto three coas ters and transported to Aalborg within two weeks. “It was a challenging assignment as we had to move three shipments within two weeks. But we succeeded in finding a good solution with Scot Line”, says Søren Lassen from Blue Water.
Photo: Dutch Marine BV
Project with many challenges
With three shipments within only two weeks, Blue Water handled the transport of 218 plastic pipes (PE) from England to the plastic recycling company Aage Vestergaard Larsen in Denmark “Within a short time frame, Blue Water managed to solve this exceptional assignment. It was a complete success due to competent employees and a well-run organisation”, says Tommy Jensen, Logistic Coordinator at Aage Vestergaard Larsen. Originally, the plastic pipes were towed by tug in a configuration, consisting of six 485-metre pipes and one section of 315 metres, from Norway to Algeria where the pipes were to be used as cooling water inlet for a power plant. Unfortunately, a container vessel collided with the pipes in the North Sea resulting in four pipes breaking in halves. As a result of the incident, four pipes washed ashore on the east coast of England outside the city of Lowestoft and some pipes were floating around cau sing a danger to navigation. Upon salvaging the pipes at sea and from
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MARINE LOGISTICS
Port expansion creates unique possibilities The port expansion in Kalundborg, Denmark will benefit the cruise industry and the progressively larger cruise ships. Blue Water is also developing its cruise activities in the port Kalundborg Port is in charge of the 330,000-square metre port expansion – 50-metre quay area and a water depth of 15 metres. The project aims to develop the local business sector, generate employment and ensure that the port is adapted for future requirements of the growing
cruise market. The expansion is welcomed by Blue Water. “With decades of experience of deve loping cruise activities, we can offer our services within turnarounds (passenger and crew change), terminal handling as well as additional services to the cruise ships. The new area will be a unique turnaround opportunity for Baltic cruises as well as for cruises along the Norwegian west coast. The cruise industry is growing and so are the ships. With this expansion, the
Cruise gathering
FL: Wolfgang Sump/Managing Director of Sump & Stammer GmbH, Lisette Trab Munk and Hans Chen Braas/both from Blue Water.
Seatrade Europe In September, Lisette Trab Munk and Hans Chen Braas, from Blue Water Esbjerg and Copenhagen respectively, participated in Seatrade Europe which was held in Hamburg, Germany. Seatrade Europe is an important international exhibition and convention for the Cruise industry.
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also attended the CLIA Europe Cocktail Reception (Cruise Lines International Association) where they had the plea sure of meeting the Managing Director of Sump & Stammer GmbH Wolfgang Sump, with whom we share a great business relation. “We enjoyed some fantastic and busy days with lots of meetings and contacts – as well as participated in several CLIA events”, says Lisette Trab Munk, Head of Marine Logistics at Blue Water.
port will become a more attractive location for the cruise lines”, says Hans Chen Braas, Manager Port Agency & Cruise, Blue Water Copenhagen. Kalundborg Port is situated near Copenhagen, the airport and the motorway network. Therefore, the port has a strong position in the cruise market believe Blue Water, the port itself as well as the third partner in the project – German PWL Port Services. The new port area is expected to be up and running in the spring of 2018.
Optimised logistics In 2015, Blue Water Miami signed a global contract with an important cruise client covering logistics services for their products by air and ocean freight to cruise ships around the world. The contract included a commitment from Blue Water to help the client optimise their logistics set-up on a global scale. “In January this year, the client asked us to do an analysis of their logistics set-up in Asia, which materialised into a request for setting up a distribution centre in Busan, South Korea with pick and pack services including direct ship delivery in South Korea and Japan. Despite the political situation between China and Korea, we expect Busan to become a central point for home porting and provisioning of cruise ships in the future”, says Kasper Diaz Sommer, General Manager, Blue Water Miami, who is happy to announce a newly
awarded subcontract covering this scope in South Korea and Japan. Our Singapore office has handled the process of identifying the right partner in Korea: Zodiac Solutions, whom we have worked with on project logistics for se veral years. “Our many years of experience with Cruise Logistics, combined with a Control Tower set-up with one point of operational contact co vering the global arena, was the reason why Blue Water was awarded this contract”, says Clarence Loh from Blue Water Singapore. The first container under this contract arrived in Busan at the end of June and first shipment was successfully delivered on 5 September to cruise ship “Costa Neo Romantica”.
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REEFER LOGISTICS
A great evening with clients In October, Blue Water participated in the Anuga exhibition in Cologne, Germany. For Blue Water’s Reefer offices, Anuga is a key event and during the exhibition, representatives from Rotterdam, Brest, Barcelona, Lisbon, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Miami and Sâo Paulo took the opportunity to renew, strengthen and build relationships with customers and suppliers. On Saturday evening, we held our annual reception where almost 200 custo mers, suppliers and partners contributed their share to a brilliant evening. Among the many subjects discussed, door delive ries in Angola, booming exports to South America and the positive expectations for 2018 were recurring themes. With over 160,000 visitors and 7,000 exhibitors, the Anuga exhibition once again proved to be an important event for Blue Water’s reefer offices.
FL: Bob Lillecrapp/Intermeats, Freddy Stehlin/Kuando Trading, Jack Skaaning/Vestey Foods International Brazil and Yann Gorrias/Vestey Foods International France.
Executive training at the highest level Frank Madsen, who is global responsible for Reefer Logistics at Blue Water has completed his Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) at ATV Business School. It is a leadership education at the highest level and the teaching is done by some of the most skilled professors in the 8
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world. To support him, Frank received a scholarship from the Danish Maritime Foundation. The education provides further knowledge within a number of relevant areas such as new technology, innovation and digital marketing.
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FL: The Danish Ambassador in Iceland Mette Kjuel Nielsen visiting Blue Water’s stand. Behind her you can see Andreas Nøhr Vestergaard, Assistant Manager at the embassy. Next to the ambassador are Bent Rasmussen and Rasmus Krohn Elkjær from Blue Water.
Fast deliveries of fresh fish to Europe At the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition & Award in Iceland, Blue Water Hirtshals presented its transport solutions for fresh and frozen fish. A service focusing on transit time and quality “We had a good talk with the Danish ambassador in Iceland Mette Kjuel Nielsen. We informed her that by weekly departures we can swiftly transport fresh and frozen fish by RO/RO vessels from Iceland and the Faroes to Denmark in close cooperation with Smyril Line. And via our reefer terminal in Padborg, we distribute the fish
throughout Europe. Mette Kjuel Nielsen already knew a little about Blue Water, and told us that we had provided transport solutions to the embassy on previous occasions”, says Rasmus Krohn Elkjær, Assistant Manager at Blue Water Hirtshals.
Focus on quality Over the years, Blue Water has built special know-how on transport of fish from both the Faroes and Iceland. By air freight in particular, large quantities are being transported to Asia. And by RO/RO vessels,
reefer trailers are rolled directly on board the vessel and rolled off upon arrival in Denmark. This shortens the transit time, which is an important factor for the quality. “The transit time is vital when transporting reefer products. Also, the cold chain must remain unbroken, which will ensure that the quality is maintained during transport. As an additional initiative for ensuring a high quality, we use ultramodern temperature-controlled trucks so that the products remain fresh”, says Rasmus Krohn Elkjær.
Expanding global reefer services At Blue Water’s headquarters in Esbjerg, a central department with international experience within Reefer Cross Trade is located. This department handles its own clients as well as supports other Blue Water offices and clients all over the world. “The purpose of establishing this centralised Cross Trade group was to deliver better service and to meet our clients’ needs in markets where we are not re presented. The group consists of an international team who has solid knowledge of
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the global reefer market. Therefore, we are able to follow the trends and changes and help the clients with adapting their transports for the development”, says Frank Madsen, Global Director Reefer Logistics.
Global strength Initially, the Cross Trade department consisted of two employees. Within the past couple of years, the team
has handled increasing volumes and today the team consists of six colleagues each having their own area of responsibility and knowledge of specific markets. On a global scale, Blue Water has a strong position within reefer transport by air and sea freight and a strong position has also been built within European road transports of temperature-controlled cargo.
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GENERAL CARGO
Gazelle nominee In Norway as well as in Denmark, companies can be nominated as a gazelle company. One day in September, Blue Water Oslo received a letter with the heading: Congratulations – your company is on this year’s gazelle list. There are certain criteria that a company must live up to before it can be nominated. One of them is a doubling of the company’s turnover during a four-year period as well as a turnover of minimum one million the first year. The Gazelle prize in Norway is presented by H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon. We cross our fingers for our Norwegian colleagues and congratulate them on the nomination. Gazelle companies in Norway as well as Denmark are rewarded due to their growth.
Clean water by Hippo Water Rollers Blue Water’s Aid and Relief team has transported 400 Hippo Water Rollers to the Marshall Islands. Now, the locals can collect 90 litres of water at a time and minimise the physical strain. A Hippo Water Roller is a barrel invented for making water collection simpler for third world countries. The barrel can contain up to 90 litres of water and can be pushed or rolled by use of a handle. This way the physical strain will be minimised compared to carrying buckets or other containers as the locals are used to do. In October, the 400 Hippo Rollers arrived at Ebeye in a container. Ebeye is one of the minor islands of the Marshall Islands and is located a six-hour flight east of Australia. The transport was handled by Blue Water’s Aid and Relief team from Billund. “The assignment went exactly as we had planned. It was great to see the hap py faces of the locals as they received t h ei r H i p p o Rollers”, says Marina Kongstedt, Freight Forwarder in our Aid & Relief team.
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Flexible investment Blue Water Copenhagen has invested in new flexible Libner trailers to their road department. These trailers are designed to transport part loads, full loads as well as containers. Blue Water has already more than 1,200 curtain and reefer trailers on the European roads and with this new investment, we aim to improve the service. “With the flexible Libner trailers, we can take full advantage of our trailer fleet and optimise our service towards our clients”, says Lasse Franzen, Assistant Manager Road in Blue Water Copenhagen. Through this new investment, the road department wishes to work closely together with the Sea Freight department in supplying the increasing demand for road transport of containers between Sealand and Germany. “We experience a great demand for
short transit times and increased fle xibility. The new trailers will strengthen our capabilities for fulfilling our clients’ needs. They facilitate trucking of two 20’ containers or one 40’ container at a time – directly from point of collection to the quayside or the other way around. Our service will result in a time saving of up to ten days compared to the current feeder solutions in the market”, says Laila Teilhof, who is responsible for Sea Freight in Blue Water Copenhagen. The trailers are purchased on trial for a period. If they show good results, we will evaluate and increase our fleet of this type of trailers. The drivers of the custom-designed trailers have received in-depth training and been approved to deliver goods in port areas.
Logistics to the Sailing WC 2018
Logistics to the Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark next summer must be 100 percent under control. Blue Water will take care of this. The event is going to be one of the world’s biggest sailing events as more than 1,500 yachtsmen from almost 100 countries will be visiting Aarhus at the same time. This places heavy demands on the logistics services. ”A sailing event like the Sailing World Championships involves gigantic logistics challenges and due to the short duration, everything needs to be in place within
short time. Blue Water has more than 40 years of experience within this field. The company has a strong global network and knows Aarhus very well. We are therefore very pleased with this partnership”, says the Manager for the Sailing World Championships Klaus Natorp. Before and during the event, the yachtsmen are offered transport of their equipment to/from worldwide destinations by air, sea, road and courier. Also, we offer to handle local customs procedures, transport to/from the event area, receipt and shipment of parcels as well as storage. December 2017
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Vintage aircraft across the Atlantic In August, our Overseas department in Esbjerg received an inquiry for transport of a vintage aircraft, from 1944, from the US to Denmark. The client arranged the packing himself into a 20’ DC container. To help us, we had involved our colleagues in Chicago, who have substantial expertise in import to and export from the States. “It turned out that our client had bought the aircraft from a private person who was not registered with the US Customs and consequently had no export licence. However, our colleagues succeeded in helping him to obtain such licence, so that shipment of the aircraft could take place without delay”, says Teddi Dahl Holm, who was the Coordinator of
the project at Blue Water Esbjerg. “This is just an example of the exci ting projects we are involved in. We have extensive experience within regular sea freight, but also with the more challenging assignments, and we often assist with anything from ordinary freight to import of cars and special projects like this”, says Teddi Dahl Holm.
Aid to hurricane victims After hurricanes IRMA and MARIA struck and left thousands in need of help, Blue Water has assisted humanitarian and aid organisations in bringing aid items to the Caribbean region. Thousands of tons of aid kits and aid materials have been distributed to those in need. “Together with our agents in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, we loaded a barge with different kinds of aid
items. The barge set out on a three-week voyage to bring aid and assistance to the many families in the region”, says Johnny Mortensen, Head of Blue Water’s Aid & Relief department. The aim was to provide aid to Barbuda, Antigua, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St Martin, Turks and Caicos, which were some of the worst affected islands.
Special transports in Hirtshals In Hirtshals, Blue Water has built comprehensive expertise within special transports of large components to the Faroe Islands. One of the office's latest assignments was the delivery of a 30-ton transformer on behalf of Følsgaard A/S, to the Faroese power supply company SEV, in cooperation with Smyril Line. “The transformer arrived at the port of Hirtshals and was by rented crane lifted on to another trailer. Our own stevedores made sure that the cargo was rolled safely on board. Finally, our terminal workers performed lashing and securing of the cargo. The transformer was delivered in Havnardalur on the Faroe Islands where it will be installed and connected to the electricity grid”, says Jan Nørgaard from Blue Water Hirtshals. At the moment, our Hirthals office is in the running for being nominated supplier to other major projects next summer.
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Popular career exhibition At the career exhibition in Herning, the eight graders from the town’s primary schools were introduced to their future training and educational opportunities. At Blue Water’s stand, the trainees from our Herning office told the visitors about the working day of a freight forwarding agent. “We welcomed around 250 visitors. Our trainees did a great job introducing Blue Water and the educational possibilities that we offer as well as the possibilities No. 119
of an international career in our organisation. It was a great day and hopefully we have encouraged some of the young people to make the right choice for their future”, says Fin Hüttel, General Manager at Blue Water Herning.
The office facilities in Billund have been extended by 300 square metres due to progress in the activities and pressure of business in general. But part of the reason is also the twofold increase in the number of employees over a period of five years. Today, the office employs a staff of 38 compared to 18 in 2012. “With the refurbished facilities of almost 1000 square metres, we can provide better working conditions for our employees. Also, we have created a basis for further growth”, says Rene Lindhard Rasmussen, General Manager in Blue Water Billund. Our colleagues in Billund handled the re moval of office furniture themselves and over the weekend, IT managed to make everything ready for Monday morning.
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Together under one roof in New York As we have had two offices in New York (New Jersey) for the past several years, it was time to relocate to bring the staff together under one roof as well as increase our warehouse space. We moved to our new location just down the road in September, with more warehouse space to better support our current and future operations. The building has been remodeled to fit our needs and requirements, and we have spent several months working with the landlord and contractors to make the space our own. Coordination of the work in preparation of the new space was handled by Cyndi Lawrence and Leanne Manetta. All employees assisted in the move, and it has come together nicely.
New IT Director In October, Blue Water welcomed 41-yearold Jan Dalgaard Andersen as the company’s new IT Director. Jan comes from a position of Director in DSV’s global IT Management. Jan has worked within the IT field for 20 years and has knowledge of and experience in all aspects of IT. For the past seven years, he has been employed in the transport industry and among other things contributed IT strategies, IT architecture and system implementations. “We will continue concentrating on providing IT solutions where we focus on the client's needs and adapt the solution accordingly. This flexibility is a characteristics of Blue Water. So is the
strong culture, where colleagues across departments cooperate in achieving our goals. I am pleased to be part of such an organisation”, says Jan Dalgaard Andersen. With Jan’s competencies and experience, we will maintain our strong focus on strengthening our digital platforms, both in respect of the internal systems as well as the external customer-focused systems. We will continue our focus on providing IT solutions where we focus on the clients’ needs
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Safety on the quay
Safety is the number one priority at Blue Water. However, in case of an accident, it is important to be well-prepared. Therefore, the Port Services division in Esbjerg attends a mandatory first aid course every second year. Our daily operations are planned with strong focus on safety. Blue Water must be a safe and healthy workplace for both employees and partners. We will do everything to make sure that our employees know what to do in case of an accident. If it happens, it is of vital importance to 12
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keep calm and react fast. This is exactly what we practice on the courses. That our employees, also in their free time, can use everything they learn on the course, is an added benefit”, says Søren Messmann, General Manager Port Services Esbjerg.
Zero incidents is the target On the latest course, the participants simulated different types of accidents. The course was organised together with AP Services and PEAK Safety, who have years of experience with first aid courses.
In addition to the first aid course, Blue Water is in the process of rolling out a Safety Awareness programme for Management as well as for many other colleagues from the different offices. Here, the participants are trained in safety culture as well as in the importance of intervention to ensure safe working conditions at the workplace. The efforts made by Blue Water within safety, courses and training contribute to achieving a workplace with zero accidents.
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New Director of Blue Water Copenhagen 43-year-old Henrik Mørch is employed as new Director of Blue Water Copenhagen. Henrik, who has solid experience from the industry along with strategy and sales development, comes from a position of Managing Director of DSV Solutions Denmark. “I am looking forward to an inte resting cooperation with dedicated, competent colleagues and to our joint strategic efforts in making Blue Water “Best in Town”. We will continue to focus on offering our clients the best service within sea, air, courier and road solutions as well as within the niches in which we have specialised here in Copenhagen. As part of a large organisation, I am looking forward to contributing to Blue Water’s further positive development”, says Henrik Mørch. Blue Water Copenhagen has more than 100 employees offering road transport to and from any European destination as well as world-
wide sea, air and project transports. In addition to the 1,000-sqm office area, the branch has about 5,000 sqm of warehouse and terminal facilities. In recent years, Blue Water has experienced a positive development with increasing activities and volumes. “The positive development was created as Blue Water focused intensely on customised solutions for the clients as well as on added services beyond transportation. With our experience and know-how, we have good possibilities of contributing positively in several links of the logistics chain”, says Henrik Mørch. With his competencies within logistics and supply chain, Henrik adds further interesting business opportunities to Blue Water. Henrik lives in the northern part of Sealand with his wife and their three children and spends his free time playing hockey and squash as well as skiing.
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Ireland
Dublin Manager: Rhona Linehan Established: 1978 Employees: 7 Primary activities:
»» International transport by Sea and Road »» Transport of Refrigerated Cargo »» Transport of General Cargo »» Customs Clearance »» Veterinary Clearance »» Warehousing & Packing »» Deliveries & Handling Blue Water Shipping Ireland was established in 1978 as two separate offices – one based in the city centre for the Sea Freight department and a second office and warehouse in Coolock for the Road Freight department. In 1998, the offices joined together in the heart of Dublin, but as the business expanded, the team moved to its current location in Clonshaugh in 2008, with the warehouse facilities close by. The Sea Freight team of four specialises in transportation of Refrigerated Cargo world-
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wide. The main cargoes carried are frozen meat, fish and poultry as well as dairy products - all are deep sea shipments to destinations like the Far East, Africa, America, Australia and New Zealand. The office provides all services for the export from Ireland, not only the sea freight but also customs clearance and issue of waivers and certificates required. We also specialise in import of food products into Ireland and deal with customs and veterinary clearance on the same”, says Rhona Linehan, General Manger in Blue Water Ireland.
The three colleagues of the Road Freight team specialise in transportation of General Cargo to/from Scandinavia. The opening of our new depot in Taulov, Denmark has, however, opened up new opportunities for covering deliveries further afield in Europe, based on Blue Water services and delivery options provided by Taulov. “We are a small office, but a busy one, and we always welcome a challenge and look forward to all enquiries for transportation of cargo”, says Rhona Linehan.
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Mountain hiking
FL: Leanne Manetta, Lisa Manetta, Josh Alston, Michele Ross and Michelle Maio/ all from Blue Water New York.
Walking for a good cause In October, Federal Business Centers, the business park where Blue Water’s New Jersey office (New York) is located, sponsored their fifth Annual Fun Walk to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. It was a one-mile walk where employees of local businesses came out to walk in support of a great cause. Federal Business Centers made a donation to the American Cancer Society on behalf of every person who walked. It was a beautiful day, and five of the Blue Water staff members joined in the walk.
Gymnastics team on tour A team of travelling gymnasts from Aarhus, Denmark recently returned from a fantastic and eventful two-week tour of Florida, USA. The team is a show team of boys and girls from both the artistic gymnastics and the jump disciplines. The participants are from seven to 16 years old. The combination of the two gymnastics types and the age composition make the team unique. For this tour, Blue Water sponsored the freight of the team’s gymnastic appliances.
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23 Norwegian Blue Water colleagues spent a weekend together on a hiking adventure in one of Norway’s famous mountain areas Jotunheimen and the Besseggen Ridge. Early in the morning, the troops gathered before departure. Even though no competition was mentioned, one might suspect some of the Blue Water hikers to compete for being the first one to cross the mountain. The young ones started with a bang, but were overtaken while enjoying their lunch. When everyone had reached the mountain top and admired the scenery,
they all continued to the cabin for good vibes and local beer as well as delicious local dishes with reindeer, fish and elk. Some walked back to the bus the next morning, however, those who had stayed up late the night before took the ferry. The bus ride back to Oslo was conveniently more silent than the bus ride from Oslo. The Norwegian mountains showed themselves in the most favourable light that weekend. The sun was shining, there was hardly any wind and the hikers felt great.
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The Foreign Minister visited our Copenhagen office It was an educational and exciting experience when the Danish Foreign Minister, Anders Samuelsen, visited our office in Copenhagen, where we hosted a debate about trade agreements, freight volumes and growth. Both our colleagues and clients seized the opportunity to get at close range of Anders Samuelsen who willingly answered their questions involving topics like free trade agreements with Canada, Vietnam and Ghana, the strong economy of the Czech Republic, Brexit, wealth in Europe and the positive results from many years of aid to developing countries.
Cultural meeting point Nuuk Nordic Cultural Festival 2017 took place over one week in October. The purpose of the festival is to gather the Nordic countries in a cultural event all over the town of Nuuk. 200 musicians, actors and artists from the entire Nordic region presented their individual types of art at 50 different venues and the programme included theatre, dancing, visual arts, music, literature and film. The festival No. 119
took place for the first time in 2015 and will be held every second year. “Blue Water Greenland, who always takes pride in supporting the local community and the culture in Greenland, sponsored the transport of various equipment and art to Nuuk as well as the internal distribution in Nuuk�, says Lars S. Vajse, General Manager Blue Water Greenland.
Pipaluk Lind and Georgine Graversen/Project Managers for the festival and Lars S. Vajse/ General Manager Blue Water Greenland.
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HUMAN RESOURCES
New employees Michael Vagthmann Rolsner (50) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Aid & Relief as from 1.10. Michael joins us from DB Schenker Kolding.
Aalborg Michael Jensen (37) is employed as Manager Overseas Import/Export as from 1.8. Bent joins us from Hyundai Merchant Marine Agency DK.
Copenhagen
Sine Damgaard (44) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Reefer Logi stics Seafood as from 1.8. Sine joins us from Nowaco A/S.
Paw Mortensen (28) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Cruise Lo gistics & Aviation as from 1.9. Paw joins us from Quick Cargo Services.
Anette Mygind Johansen (32) is employed as Assistant Administration as from 7.8. Anette joins us from DB Schenker.
Nicolai Jacobsen (23) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Cruise Lo gistics & Aviation as from 1.9. Nicolai joins us from Green Worldwide, USA.
Morten Vollbrecht Amdi (27) is employed as Freight Forwarder Reefer Logistics Seafood as from 1.9. Morten joins us from Tomex.
Dorthe Yates (50) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Key Ac counts as from 1.9. Dorthe joins us from Daurehøj Erhvervsbyg A/S.
Trine Fjorbak Mikkelsen (28) is employed as As sistant in the Reefer dept. as from 1.10 Trine joins us from Kangamiut Seafood.
Morten Alexander Hansen (24) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Courier dept. as from 11.9. Morten joins us from 3D Logistik, Kolding.
Lone Jørgensen (25) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Sea Freight dept. as from 16.10. Lone joins us from DB Schenker.
Nicolai Sørensen (26) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 16.10. Nicolai joins us from Dachser. Nicklas Schomburg Johansen (17) started as Trainee at the Terminal on 18.10.
Aarhus Simon Elkjær Nielsen (27) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Individual Solutions as from 1.10. Simon joins us from Inter cargo Scandinavia.
Henrik Mørch (43) is employed as Director as from 23.10. Henrik joins us from DSV Solutions Danmark A/S.
Billund Ditte Christine Dam Øhlenschlæger (32) is emplo yed as Freight Forwarder in Perishables Air Export as from 1.8. Ditte joins us from ScanGlobal Billund. Jonas Hansen (26) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Courier dept. as from 1.8. Jonas joins us from TNT Kolding.
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Esbjerg Søren Peter Christensen (42) is employed as As sistant Manager Terminal Port Services as from 1.8. Søren Peter is back after a period with BMS A/S. Kent Stenmann Paulsen (27) is employed as Ste vedore Foreman as from 1.8. Kent joins us from Knutsen OAS Shipping.
Freddy Vork (53) is employed as Stevedore Foreman as from 1.9. Fred dy joins us from Siemens Wind Power. Sune Tonny Holden (34) is employed as Freight Forwarder Reefer Logi stics Road as from 1.9. Sune joins us from DSV. Emma Kirkegaard Jensen (23) is employed as Freight Forwarder Reefer Road as from 1.10. Emma joins us from Bech Hansen & Studsgaard Copenhagen. Lone Willumsen (48) is employed as Develop ment Manager Human Resources as from 1.10. Lone is back after a period with Semco Maritime A/S. Jane Nørgaard Iversen (27) is employed as Assistant HR as from 1.10. Jane joins us from Busi ness Academy Southwest. Søren Warming (28) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Key Account. Søren joins us from N&K Spedition. Henrik Madsen (37) is employed as Coordinator in IT Operations as from 1.10. Henrik joins us from Fibervisions A/S, Varde. Jan Dalgaard Andersen (41) is employed as Direc tor IT as from 1.10. Jan joins us from DSV.
Simon Benn (26) is emplo yed as System Developer in IT Development as from 9.10. Simon joins us from The Perfect App. Martin Lyster (21) is employed as Freight Forwarder Reefer Logi stics Road as from 9.10. Martin joins us from Marc Lauge.
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New employees Américo Furtado (53) is employed as Freight Forwarder Sea, Air and Road Transport as from 1.10. Américo comes from Leman in Taulov.
Herning Bent Andersen (54) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road as from 7.8. Bent joins us from TGP Transport.
Hirtshals Berit Odgaard Christensen (41) is employed as General Manager as from 1.8. Berit joins us from Geodis Wilson, Aalborg and Vejle. Birgitte Larsen (56) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 1.9. Bir gitte joins us from Fjord Line i Hirtshals. Nikolaj Andersen (31) is employed as Assistant Administration as from 1.9. Nikolaj has an MSc in Finance.
Odense Trine Schmidt Halsted (29) is employed as Opera tions Manager Import Sea Freight as from 1.8. Trine joins us from Toll Global Forwarding. Kim Andersen (24) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 20.9. Kim has for a period performed the function of Terminal Substitute. Trine Hollænder (34) is employed as Business Development Manager Air Freight Export as from 1.10. Trine joins us from Leman. Laura Cecilie Holm Andersen (25) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Sea Export as from 1.10. Laura joins us from Carelog.
Sonderborg Lene Cecilie Hansen (35) is employed as Assistant in Sea, Air and Road Trans port as from 1.10. Lene joins us from DHL Freight.
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Mikael Damgaard (41) is employed at the Terminal in charge of Sea Freight Gateway and Parcels as from 1.10. Mikael joins us from Max Sehested. Jakob Paikjær Vædele Nielsen (39) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Norwegian dept. as from 1.10. He joins us from GLS Express, Kolding.
Taulov Ida Pouline Tofte Nielsen (22) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the UK/Ireland dept. as from 1.8. Ida joins us from DSV. Freya Eliasen (22) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Eastern European dept. as from 1.8. Freya joins us from LGT Horsens.
Christian Wolff Bundesen (36) is employed as Assistant Manager Terminal as from 1.10. Christian joins us from NTG, Kolding.
Baku
Søren Bille Jacobsen (32) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Finnish dept. as from 1.8. Søren joins us from Leman, Taulov.
Azer Mammodov (35) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 10.7. Azer joins us from Silk Way LLC.
Markus Morthen Sørensen (35) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Groupage dept. as from 1.8. Markus joins us from DONG Energy.
Aynur Mammadli (39) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 21.7. Aynur joins us from Panal pina World Transport.
Christian Brask Skaaring (47) is employed as Ope rational Manager in Sea Freight Gateway as from 1.8. Christian joins us from ALPI Air & Sea A/S.
Rafael Askerov (33) is employed as Assistant Freight Forwarder as from 5.9. Rafael joins us from KCA Deutag Company.
Jesper Vinter Andersen (28) is employed as Freight Forwarder in the Norwegian dept. as from 1.9. Jesper joins us from DSV. Kamila Christensen (38) is employed as Assistant in the Polish dept. as from 1.9. Kamila has for a peri od filled in as a Substitute in this dept. Anders Backe (38) is employed as Team Manager for the South European Traffic as from 1.10. Anders joins us from DSV, Horsens. Anne Seier (48) is emplo yed as Freight Forwarder in the Key Account dept. as from 1.10. Anne joins us from Leman.
Barcelona Eduard Duran Gil (28) is employed as Cruise Dept. Assistant as from 12.9. Eduard joins us from Porcement.
Valencia David Aguilar Naspleda (24) is employed as Sales Commercial as from 18.7. David joins us from Cotransa. Amadeo Aguilar Baldo (58) is employed as Sales Commercial as from 27.7. Amadeo joins us from Cotransa.
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New employees Chicago Bjarne Alex Blom Kristensen (48) is employed as General Manager as from 1.9. Bjarne joins us from Danoffice IT, Sterling VA.
Houston
Tuukka Väre (46) is employed as Sales Ma nager Road as from 1.8. Tuukka joins us from DFDS Transport.
Sisimiut Michael Johansen (21) is employed as Manager Ter minal as from 1.9. Michael joins us from Royal Arctic Line.
Lisbon Elizabeth Willoughby (25) is employed as Warehouse Technician in-house at Freeport LNG as from 25.9. Elizabeth joins us from XPO Logistics.
Nuno Muguel Costa (44) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Operations as from 28.8. Nuno joins us from Arnaud.
Miami Jose Eduardo Campos (51) is employed as Ware house Manager as from 23.8. Jose Eduardo joins us from Harvest Sensa tions. Michael Noguera (33) is employed as Assistant Manager Logistics as from 5.9. Michael joins us from USL Cargo Services.
Cheryl McMahon (39) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 8.8. Cheryl joins us from Kueh ne + Nagel.
Michel Herrebout (39) is employed as Freight Forwarder Sea Freight as from 1.8. Michel joins us from DSV.
Alexandra Pereira da Costa (33) is employed as Sales Executive as from 8.10. Alexandra joins us from Damco.
Martin Fossum (25) is employed as Freight Forwarder in GDL (Govern ment & Defence Logistics) as from 1.9. Martin has studied up to now.
Marco da Silva Santos (37) is employed as Sales Representative in Sea and Air Freight as from 25.10. Marco joins us from Dachser.
Marius Skjørberg (29) is employed as Freight Forwarder Road as from 1.9. Marius joins us from Bring International.
Singapore Fion Poon (38) is emplo yed as Business Develop ment Manager Oil, Gas & Industrial Projects as from 1.8. Fion joins us from DB Schenker Singapore.
Moscow
Johnathan Le Grange (30) is employed as Freight Forwarder as from 31.10. Johnathan joins us from Independent Express.
Gothenburg
Oslo
Helena Nunes (30) is employed as Assistant Operations as from 25.9. Helena joins us from Transitex.
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Dublin
Elena Bojarkina (50) is employed as Business Development Manager as from 9.10. Elena joins us from WTS Group.
Nur’ain Binte Ismail (30) is employed as Assistant Administration as from 1.8. Nur’ain joins us from Cushman & Wakefield Fa cilities & Engineering Ltd.
Nantes Jonas Malmström (53) is employed as Manager for Sea & Air Sweden as from 1.01. Jonas joins us from AA International.
Malmo
Maëva Baumard (27) is employed as Freight Forwarder in Sea and Air Freight as from 16.10. Maëva joins us from Mai sons du Monde.
Sydney
Freddy Ramsdahl Egede (52) is employed as As sistant Terminal as from 1.9. Freddy has for a peri od filled in as a Substitute at the terminal.
Tbilisi
Maikel Metselaar (44) is employed as Customer Service Manager as from 21.8. Maikel joins us from Rohlig Australia.
Nuuk Claus Plath (50) is emplo yed as Director for Blue Water's Nordic offices as from 1.9. Claus joins us from Scan Global Logistics in Taastrup, Denmark.
Nukaaraq Thorsen (30) is employed as Assistant Terminal as from 1.10. Nukaaraq has for a period filled in as a Substitute at the terminal.
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Tina Thorup (33) is employed as Assistant Administration as from 23.10. Tina joins us from Stadium.
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Christoph Birk (47) is employed as Regional Manager CIS as from 18.9. Christoph joins us from Ibrakom FZCO Baku.
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Births On 25.7, Lars Skov Christensen/Blue Water Singapore and his wife Maria welcomed a healthy set of twins, Felix (2.9 kg/51 cm) and Felippa (2.5 kg/46.5 cm). On 29.7, Uularik Kunuuteeraq Lyberth/Blue Water Nuuk became a father as his wife Marie gave birth to a baby girl (3.1 kg/48 cm). On 7.8, Dennis Rasmussen/Blue Water Billund and his girlfriend Regitze became parents of baby girl Amanda (2.7 kg/49 cm). On 21.8, Travis Snider/Blue Water Houston and his wife Alice increased their family by a baby girl, Annabelle (3.6 kg/50 cm). On 23.8, Frida Vyff Bruun/Blue Water Esbjerg and her husband Bjørn became parents of a baby boy, Thorbjørn (3.9 kg/53 cm).
On 6.9, Nicolai Keller/Blue Water Copenhagen and his partner became parents of a baby girl 3.8 kg/51 cm).
On 3.10, Kasper Madsen/Blue Water Esbjerg and his girlfriend Mie became parents of a baby girl (2.9 kg/50 cm).
On 8.9, Joel Berglund/Blue Water Oslo and his partner became parents of a baby boy (3.2 kg/52 cm).
On 8.10, Mette Gjedsted/Blue Water Taulov and her boyfriend Mads became parents of a baby boy, Milas (2.8 kg/50 cm).
On 12.9, Tina Ostradecki/Blue Water Taulov and her boyfriend René became parents of a baby boy, Viktor (3.1 kg/52 cm).
On 23.10, Karina Sørensen/Blue Water Esbjerg and her partner Morten became parents of baby boy Tobias (3.8 kg/54 cm).
On 21.9, Peter Klintrup/Blue Water Copenhagen and his partner became parents of a baby girl (4.1 kg/55 cm).
On 23.10, Lise Netchaef/Blue Water Esbjerg and her boyfriend became parents of a baby boy, Oliver (3.7 kg/54 cm).
On 25.9, Jonas Lynggaard/Aalborg/Frederikshavn and his girlfriend Cecilie became parents of a baby boy (4 kg/53 cm).
On 31.10, Jesper Dalsgaard/Blue Water Esbjerg and his wife Line became parents of a baby girl, Thea (4 kg/56 cm).
On 27.9, Marina Høghamar/Blue Water Esbjerg and her boyfriend Kristian became parents of a baby girl (4.1 kg/54 cm).
Weddings
On 8.7, Uularik Kunuuteeraq Lyberth/Blue Water Nuuk married his fiancée Marie in Annaasisunnguup Oqoluffia Church.
On 26.8, Thomas Bek/Blue Water Esbjerg and his wife Carina confirmed their wedding vows in Our Saviour’s Church in Esbjerg. The couple’s two children, Emma and Villum, were among the guests at the wedding ceremony.
On 1.9, Erwin Schaap/Blue Water Rotterdam married his fiancée Esther Hoogvliet at the couple’s country house in Strijen.
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Belkis Ataman, Miami Jan Lundsgaard Larsen, Taulov Vickie Maria Dam Gripping, Taulov Anders Joensen, Copenhagen Arletty Lugo, Miami Sascha Lydik, Copenhagen Patricia Rodrigues, Lisbon Jan Dam Poulsen, Aarhus
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Jubilees Silver Priscilla D’Souza
16.03.93–16.03.2018
On 16.3.1993, Priscilla D’Souza/Blue Water Dubai started her Blue Water career involved in customer service/secretarial duties. Over the years, Priscilla has with great enthusiasm and hard work developed her competences and is today the Manager of HR, Administration and Finance in Dubai. A job she performs to perfection. She has for many years been the back bone of the Dubai office. Priscilla is a very caring person and she is never afraid of lending a helping hand, also when it comes to personal matters. No wonder that she is well-liked among her colleagues. Priscilla loves spending time with her family. She is the mother of three grown-up sons who have blessed her with grandchildren. In addition, she is involved in charity. Priscilla’s other interests include travelling and music. Priscilla has on several occasions visited Blue Water’s headquarters in Esbjerg, Denmark and she has now learned to pack warm clothes and boots when she is travelling to this (cold) part of the world. The first time Priscilla visited Denmark was in the winter time. She had to go out and buy herself a pair of boots as she arrived very smart and elegant in her high-heeled Dubai shoes, and soon her way of walking looked like Bambi on thin ice. A spectacular sight which Kurt Skov, in particular, will never forget and
Relocation in Singapore New address as from 6 November Blue Water Shipping Singapore 15 Hoe Chiang Road Tower Fifteen, # 16-05/06, Singapore 089316 Phone numbers remain unchanged.
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sometimes reminds her teasingly. When Priscilla does the cooking, the food is really hot and spicy. When we in this part of the world would use four cloves of garlic in a chicken casserole, Priscilla uses ten times as much. If it is too spicy for us Danes, she will just add some lime juice. Priscilla likes to taste new and different food. We once took her to an old Danish inn where she had rye bread with salted herring and smoked dab with a glass of aquavit. Nobody dares say that she is picky.
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our Baku Cargo Terminal staff and the client handling process. Vagif’s responsibilities also include coordination between the office’s operational chain and our warehouse for conducting smooth and timely freight forwarding, clearance and local deliveries. Over the years, Vagif has developed into a professional customs broker who contributes his share in the teamwork and supports his colleagues. Vagif is married and has three grownup sons, who are all working as technicians. Vagif is also a very devoted and thoughtful son who takes good care of his retired parents.
20th 01.02.98–01.02.2018
Elshan Tobchibashev/Blue Water Caspian, Baku joined Blue Water’s Baku office on 1.2.1998. At the very beginning of his employment, Elshan occupied the position of Customs Broker Trainee, but was soon transferred to our warehouse as he appeared to have good operational and organisational skills. In January 2000, Elshan was appointed Warehouse Manager. Over the years, he has proved his worth in cooperation with our airport, office and sea port staff. Being flexible and quick at responding, he always manages to find the perfect solution in complicated situations. Elshan is a smart, widely read person who is fond of history, literature and ci nema films. His charming wife is a school teacher and the couple has two grown-up children – who have already graduated from university. Elshan is also an active football fan.
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Maria José Llavero Romera
01.03.98–01.03.2018
Maria José Llavero Romera/Blue Water Barcelona started working in the Shipping Industry in 1986 in a company called Cave International. At that time, Cave was Blue Water’s agent in Spain until we opened Blue Water España which Maria José joined on 1.3.1998 to become involved in Domestic traffic, Canary Islands and the Spanish peninsula, as well as Road Traffic Europe, mainly between Denmark and Spain. In 2000, the office started doing FCL Export /Import (Full Container Loads). Two years later, Blue Water España added the Reefer business to its activities and Maria José became in charge of this business as a true specialist within this field. Today María José is responsible for Sea Export in Spain (Dry-Reefer FCL & LCL (Loose Container Loads). On the home front, María José is married to Genaro and has two sons, Alba aged 25 and Pau who is 18 years old.
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Vagif Kazimov/Blue Water Caspian, Baku joined our Baku office on 26.2 1998 as Assistant Customs Broker. Vagif is a diligent and hard-working member of our airport team dealing with customs clearance, the cooperation with
Søren Jørgensen
01.03.98–01.03.2018
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Jubilees department at the Odense office. At that time, Søren already had a truck driving and freight forwarding career from other transport companies. Søren’s absolute field of expertise is Scandinavia, but his knowledge of road transport is in general very comprehensive. Over the years, his colleagues have regarded him an oracle as his knowledge goes beyond what any normal person knows. He is a principal factor in the deve lopment and success of the Scandinavian traffic at the Odense office. Søren was for a number of years manager of this team along with being responsible for the Domestic department in Odense. Since 2015, Søren has focused on Business Development Road for Odense, but he has also participated in the cross Nordic cooperation with the other Nordic traffic managers. According to his colleagues, Søren is a nice and fun guy, but also very clumsy. He knocks over the glass on his table so that his keyboard does not work anymore or he shows his talent for football (or lack of it) resulting in a destroyed office lamp the next minute. He has even managed to fall into a bathing pool during a summer party. Søren loves music and plays electric guitar in a band. His other hobbies include cycling and badminton. But best of all are the family holidays (to destinations that are not too hot) with his wife Jane and their daughters Natascha and Nicoline.
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01.01.08–01.01.2018
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needed. Bodil is thoughtful, conscientious and caring. Bodil is a family person, she is married to Ole and the couple has three grownup sons.
10th Elvira Gadirova
01.01.08–01.01.2018
Elvira Gadirova/Blue Water Caspian, Baku joined our Baku office on 1.1. 2008. Since then she has occupied a key position in the office’s Accounts department, combining the functions of HR specialist and Sales Invoicing Controller. Elvira is patient and competent in her job. Elvira has two grown-up sons who are both married and she is now enjoying the role of grandmother of two little grandchildren – a girl and a boy - and spending a lot of her free time with them. Elivira’s hobby is window gardening She loves flowers and flowers love her. The windowsills in our office are decorated with flowers grown under the care of Elvira.
10th Mette Damsø
01.01.08–01.01.2018
Mette Damsø/Blue Water Copenhagen has since her employment on 1.1.2008 formed part of the department for Air Freight to/from the North Atlantic. Mette plays an administrative role in this department and in the gateway function controlled by it. In 2016, Mette became deeper involved in the operational activities as she became part of the import team of this department. It takes an incredible amount of discipline, focus and precision to support this role, which qualities are exactly Mette’s core competencies. She is a happy girl who always meet at the office with a smile on her face. Mette is very popular and her cheerfulness and energy influence the entire department. Mette is married to Allan and the couple has a set of twins, Lise and Simon, aged 13.
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10th Helena Gustafsson
01.01.08–01.01.2018
On 1.1.2008, Helena Gustafsson/Blue Water Esbjerg joined our Sea Freight team (Import) in Esbjerg as Freight Forwarder. Helena is still part of the import team. She enjoys being responsible for the FCL shipments (Full Container Loads) and she loves the hectic activity meaning that she always has to keep many balls in the air. Helena is the Swedish element of the team and her colleagues draw on her competencies in this respect. She is also a family person and her little niece in particular has a special place in Helena’s heart. In her free time, Helena participates in various running events, but in principle, she just loves to have a good time, to enjoy life, go to cafés, travel, go to concerts etc.
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Per Holm Nørgaard/Blue Water Aalborg started his second round at Blue Water on 1.1.2008. In the opening round 19982006, Per was employed in Billund (Air Freight), Aalborg (Air Freight and subsequently Seafood from Greenland), Nuuk, Greenland (General Manager) respectively and then back to Aalborg focusing on implementation of Smyril Blue Water in General Cargo across the organisation. In 2008, Per returned to Blue Water, with Esbjerg as his base office, responsible for IT Development including roll-out of web-booking. In 2011, Per moved on to new challenges as Assistant to Management and one year later, he was appointed Director of Blue Water Aarhus. In 2016, Per moved closer to his home town when he accepted a new challenge, this time as Director of the offices in Aalborg and Frederikshavn including Greenland. Today Per’s title is COO General Cargo – still with
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Jubilees his base in Aalborg. Per is married to his former Blue Water colleague Charlotte, and the couple has four children. The family lives in Hasseris, Aalborg.
10th Tina Christiansen
01.01.08–01.01.2018
Tina Christiansen/Blue Water Odense started on 1.1.2008 as Freight Forwarder in the Air Freight department at the Odense office. Here, she became responsible for all import – Air Freight, Courier as well as Cross Trade. Tina is the all-rounder of the team who gladly lends a hand in the Import group when things come to a head. For several years, Tina assisted the DGI World Team with moving their gymnastic appliances around the world – a job she, being a former gymnast, handled with personal as well as professional interest. Tina is a very competent freight forwarder who goes all out. She lives with her boyfriend Søren and it is rumoured that they are looking for a house to buy.
10th Mark Ewert-Junge
16.01.08–16.01.2018
Mark Ewert-Junge/Blue Water Esbjerg started as a Freight Forwarding Trainee in the department for Transport of Fish. In his second year of apprenticeship, Mark learned about Project Transport in the Project team. Having completed his apprenticeship, Mark returned to his old fish colleagues before he moved to Key Account where he, with his outgoing and friendly manner, provided excellent service to our local customers. About five years ago, Mark decided to take up new challenges in our IT Development team, which he is still part of as a busy Business Developer contributing to ensuring that the needs of the business are consistent with IT. Mark is married to his former Blue Water colleague Maria. The family also includes their two children, Emily aged seven and Oliver aged four, and the family dog.
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Jane Kaas Raft
Nils Lønne
15.01.08–15.01.2018
18.02.08–18.02.2018
Jane Kaas Raft/Blue Water Copenhagen started as a receptionist at our Copenhagen office on 15.1.2008, but was soon transferred to Sales Administration. Having performed the function of Administrative All-rounder for a couple of years, Jane took up new challenges in 2010 as Administrative Assistant in Overseas Shipping. Jane is still part of the Sea Freight team, involved in small administrative matters, but she mainly keeps check on her own customers, which she is extremely good at. Jane lives in a suburb of Copenhagen with her daughter Alissa. She spends most of her free time following Alissa’s gymnastics activities at elite level as well 22
as commuting to and from her boyfriend’s home in Stensved.
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Nils Lønne/Blue Water Esbjerg joined Blue Water on 18.2.2008. In his entire Blue Water career, Nils has performed the function of Stevedore Foreman responsible for the loading and discharging of installation vessels for the wind industry: offshore supply vessels, ro/ro vessels and coasters. Nils has for several years, in his capacity of former blacksmith, been responsible for purchase of knees and other equipment for our welding jobs on board the vessels. A number of Niels’ old apprentices are today employed at one of our partners and clients Sub-C Partners. Nils is married to Dorthe and he is the father of two grown-up children.
10th Lars Hansen
01.03.08–01.03.2018
Lars Hansen/Blue Water Padborg will celebrate his 10th anniversary with Blue Water on 1.3.2018. Lars started as Freight Forwarder in the German department at the Padborg office and is still part of this department. Today, he is, however, holding a more versatile position involved in various other destinations due to the fish import from the Faroes and Iceland. Lars shares a house with his partner, Petra, and the couple enjoys doing garden work together. Sometimes Lars goes for a run and he also plays old boys’ football pretending he is the local Diego Maradona.
10th Marina F. Høghamar
01.03.08–01.03.2018
Marina F. Høghamar/Blue Water Esbjerg started as a Freight Forwarding Trainee at the Esbjerg office on 1.3.2008 and served her apprenticeship in Road Transport Southern Europe and in the UK department respectively. Some years later, Marina took up new challenges in our Parcel Group where she was promoted to Team Manager. Returning from her first maternity leave, Marina moved on to IT Development where her responsibilities include documentation (manuals and guides), sales material, consignor integrations, superusers on Yammer, Isupport on webbooking Notes, release control etc. Marina shares a house with her boyfriend Kristian. The couple has two children: a two-year-old son August and August’s baby sister born on 27.9.
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Nino Tsagareli
Vishal Nasta
Trine Nielsen
01.03.08–01.03.2018
02.03.08–02.03.2018
10.03.08–10.03.2018
Nino Tsagareli/Blue Water Tbilisi started at the Tbilisi office on 1.3.2008 as Assistant in the Container Operations department. Over the years, various other responsibilities have been added to Nino’s list and she is today involved in all kinds of shipments. Nino is a very organised person, friendly and always ready to lend a helping hand. She got married in 2008 and her free time is dedicated to her family: her husband Oto and their lovely two-year-old daughter Nita. But Nino also manages to find time for her friends. She loves to cook and invite friends to her house to taste her dishes and have a good time. Nino’s friends are sometimes reluctant to accept her invitations as it means they will be eating too much and putting on weight.
Vishal Nasta/Blue Water Dubai will be celebrating his 10th anniversary with Blue Water on 2.3.2018. Through all the years, Vishal has formed part of the Export Sea Freight team at the Dubai office. Vishal is working very efficiently handling all export services by container offered to our Dubai customers. Vishal is happily married and has a lovely 11-year-old daughter with whom he enjoys a special bonding. In his spare time, Vishal enjoys dining out with his family and he is also a music lover.
Trine Nielsen/Blue Water Aarhus was employed as freight Forwarder in our Domestic department in Aarhus on 10.3.2008. Later on, Trine moved to Export Sweden where she took care of documentation and invoicing. In September this year, Trine took up new challenges in our Key Account department where documentation remains her focus area along with handling of shipments. Trine is a sweet and helpful colleague who is appreciated by everybody at the office. She never misses a good party and is a great asset to our company events, Trine lives together with Thomas (former Blue Water colleague) and their cat. The couple has recently moved from Hadsten into the city of Aarhus.
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Ipswich Manager: Tony Hayfield Established: 1994 Employees: 2 Primary activities:
»» Movements to Russia, Azerbaijan and CIS by all modes of transport
»» Worldwide Air & Sea Freight ex UK and Europe
»» Extensive Cross-trade Connections »» Courier/Express Services »» Temperature-controlled Transport of import and export containers Blue Water’s office in Ipswich has been involved in movements to and from Russia and the CIS countries since the office was established in 1994 and we have 40 years of local experience in these markets alone. This experience is invaluable to our clients and we can advise on all requirements prior to shipment to ensure that all documentation is completed as required to minimise any potential problems or issues. “In addition to our primary activities, we also handle project and out of gauge shipments, crew transfers in all ports of East Anglia and
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the UK south coast, export packing, customs clearance at any UK port, FORS & Crossrail compliant deliveries from Bronze to Gold standards throughout the UK and container deliveries from all UK ports”, says Tony Hayfield, General Manager Blue Water Ipswich. Our project track record includes BP Shah Deniz in Baku, tobacco factory UK to Russia, cement train delivery for Crossrail London and broadcasting equipment for the Sochi Winter Olympics. Coming projects for which we are offering our services include the 2018
World Cup in Russia and the Chiwandan crane movement ex Kuwait, planned for 2018. “We were one of the first Blue Water offices to get ISO accreditation more than 21 years ago, so our clients can rest assured that their cargo is handled proficiently and to the highest standards. We pride ourselves on being seen as the “Best in Town” carrier and offering a one stop shop to clients and we would be delighted to assist with any enquiries our clients may have”, says Tony Hayfield.
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year We wish all our clients, partners and employees a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To mark this year’s festive season, we have decided to donate money to humanitarian organisations that contribute to helping people in need. Our donations go to:
RED CROSS Humanitarian aid organisation with 17 million volunteers in 190 countries
SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND Independent organisation supporting children. Represented in 120 countries
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES) International organisation providing medical aid
MAG Nongovernmental organisation (NGO) involved in clearing of landmines