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DANISH MARITIME FAIR 2015 DMF is at its second edition, improved, with more media partners and international exposure, with more business and networking opportunities, all happening in a classic Copenhagen venue: The Train Workshop, from 6th to 8th of October 2015.

4 TEAM TANKERS INTERNATIONAL SET FOR GROWTH After a long process of reconstructing, the former Eitzen Chemical ASA is now ready to reappear with a new name, new board and new shareholders. The name has changed to Team Tankers International, and the holding company has moved from Norway to Bermuda. The operational headquarters are still in Copenhagen, just as it has always been, and here they are ready to embark on a new chapter in the company’s history, a period that should show renewed growth.

SEMCO MARITIME BUYS HANØYTANGEN Bergen Group has decided to divest the company’s activity at Hanøytangen. Sale agreements have been concluded with Semco Maritime for the operational activity and with Hellik Teigen AS for the real estate. The total transaction price is set to 245 million kroner.

ESVAGT IS NOW ALSO SERVICING WIND TURBINES With the delivery of the largest new build for the fleet, Esvagt A/S have ventured into a new area, servicing of wind farms. Some might argue that Esvagt since the first ship sailed out at the turn of 1981/82 has done virtually everything at sea. If customers want something done, Esvagt can handle it.

SHIPPING STRATEGIES FOR AN ASSET-LIGHT ERA Strategic vision has been a quality sorely lacking in many parts of the shipping industry – a failure that at its worst has led to bankruptcies of quite large businesses and as a result to chaos among their suppliers and customers. Shipping guru Peter Lorange is addressing pivotal aspects of this industry-wide weakness in his latest book, scheduled for publication in spring 2016.

DANISH MARITIME FAIR HAS FULL SPEED AHEAD In less than three month, more than 45 % of the area at Danish Maritime Fair 2015 has already been sold or booked, not only by local Danish suppliers like Viking LifeSaving Equipment, Lyngsø Marine and Atlas Incinerators, but also by companies from abroad such as Lukoil, Oil Market Journal and Aspida - Maritime Security.

NORDANA EXPANDS ITS FLEET Nordana Project & Chartering, which is part of the Weco Group located in Rungsted, has just received the first in a series of new vessels, which will help strengthen the company’s position in the market for project cargoes and heavy lift including deliveries in the offshore-sector. This is done through an arrangement with a Dutch company and ditto yard.

BATTLING CORRUPTION Corruption in the maritime industry is an international problem. Consequently, corruption must be battled through international cooperation - followed by the individual shipping companies’ own efforts.

NORTHERN EUROPE’S NEWEST EXPORT The standards work that has been performed by the established European offshore wind industry over more than a decade is creating a valuable HSE platform not only for North Europe, but also for less experienced markets such as Southern Europe, Asia and the USA.

KOLOFON DANISH MARITIME MAGAZINE ISSN 1903-5888 ADVISORY BOARD President: Klaus Kjærulf, Chairman, SKULD Jenny Braat, CEO, Danske Maritime Jan Fritz Hansen Per Jørgensen, Chairman, MMF og FICT Bjarne Mathiesen, Rambøll Torben Frerks, CEO, Weilbach Lars Thrane, Chairman, Lars Thrane A/S

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TEAM TANKERS INTERNATIONAL SET FOR GROWTH After a long process of reconstructing, the former Eitzen Chemical ASA is now ready to reappear with a new name, new board and new shareholders. The name has changed to Team Tankers International, and the holding company has moved from Norway to Bermuda. The operational headquarters are still in Copenhagen, just as it has always been, and here they are ready to embark on a new chapter in the company’s history, a period that should show renewed growth.

s of March 2015, the chemical tanker shipping company will no longer be known as Eitzen Chemical, but Team Tankers International. Apart from the fact that the name change is because Axel Eitzen owns the rights to the name Eitzen Chemical and its respective logo, the company feels that a new name will mark the beginning of a new period in the company’s history.

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- Our MR vessels have been sailing in a pool system, which has been called Team Tankers, so it’s a name that people know about. With that being said, we do believe that it is a good name because it represents who we are. The very fact that we are a team is what has helped us through this long difficult period. People have been loyal, and that there has been a good atmosphere, which has

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helped us, survive and recover, says Jens Grønning, Managing Director of Team Tankers International. Team Tankers International currently operates a fleet of 45 ships. The financial crisis has been hard on the former Norwegian owned company and is also the direct cause of the decrease in the fleet size.

ENDED UP WITH LOW DEBT LEVEL During the process from 2009 there have been several attempts at restructuring, but they never got it finalized. The problem was that the company had a high debt level, which remained unchanged. It wasn’t till the end of 2013 that the final restructuring process was done. - During the process private equity funds started to buy into the debt. We started out with 10 traditional shipping banks, and it ended up with 12-13 capital funds and two banks. Relatively early in the process, they suggested that we convert all our debt. This was actually pretty

crazy and we had not originally imagined anything like it. It’s not uncommon to convert the debt on the ships’ market values, but it is quite unusual to write off the whole thing. But it was fantastic and we have ended up with a balance that is very reasonable and a debt level which must be one of the lowest in the industry. Our net debt is approximately five percent of the fleet’s market value, says Jens Grønning.

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- The company has been in to high of a gear, we have had a high LTV ratio, and when the crisis began in early 2009, we were one of many companies that were hit. If you have a gearing of 80 percent, and ship prices end up almost being halved, then you got a problem. The company aggressively bought other companies back in 2006-2007, Jens Grønning explains.

As a result of the restructuring agreement 850 million dollars of bank and bond debt was converted, and 43 million dollars were repaid with the proceeds of a new ongoing credit and loan facility of 100 million dollars. In exchange for the conversion of debt, the equity funds and bond owners now own 98 percent of the shares of Team Tankers International. The largest shareholders also have three seats

Our MR vessels have been sailing in a pool system, which has been called Team Tankers, so it’s a name that people know about. - Jens Grønning, Managing Director of Team Tankers International.

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on the new board. Jens Grønning only sees it as an advantage to have capital funds such as the New York-based Angelo Gordon and Solus Alternative Asset Management within the board and shareholders. - Having strong constellations provides us with an advantage. It provides us with some options if any exciting possibilities emerge, he says, with thoughts on the private equity funds financial strengths. - Getting private equity funds with ambitions for the company has been a positive thing for us. The process would have been more difficult if we were dealing with 10 banks. Initially we were a little unsure whether it was good or bad thing, but it has proved to be very positive, Jens Grønning adds. COPENHAGEN IS AN IMPORTANT LOCATION In connection with the restructuring, the holding company has moved from Norway to Bermuda, the commercial headquarter is still in Copenhagen, as it has always been. - The structure we have now is more efficient from a shareholders perspective. There are

Eitzen also had his commercial operations in Copenhagen, and I think it was for the same reason, Jens Grønning explains - when being asked about why the Team Tankers International has chosen to maintain the commercial headquarters in Copenhagen. GROWTH ON THE AGENDA With the restructuring process, Team Tankers International has a fresh start with a low LTV ratio and a listing at the Oslo Stock Exchange. The attitude of the company is also that it is now time to look ahead. At the same time, Jens Grønning points out that it has been a kind of privilege, if you can call it that, to have gone through the years of crisis. - We have seen how quickly the situation can go into a negative spiral. So I think everyone has learned that cash is really important, so you have something to stand against with, but also that the debt level should not be too high if the market and vessel values begin to decrease, says Jens Grønning. With that experience in mind, Jens Grønning thinks that it is time to look to the future, and the future hopefully offers growth to the fleet.

for us, but we should at least grow, there is no doubt. In our world, you need to have critical mass, you will be punished if you are not big enough to take contracts and optimize trade, says Jens Grønning. POSSIBLE CONSOLIDATION This does not mean that the company is going to buy a bunch of new ships. - If you buy new ships you contribute to creating an even larger order book overall, says Jens Grønning and says that the company will look for ships already in the market. - Hopefully we can find ships already on the water, and maybe there are opportunities for consolidation. It is a fragmented industry, so we think it might be interesting if there were opportunities for consolidation within something that makes sense and something where there is a proper match. So far Team Tankers International does not have any plans to invest more in particular segments of the chemical tanker than others. In recent years, it has been too much of a struggle for survival to be able to think along those lines. But the company is nevertheless going to have more ships in the MR segment. - With the new ownership structure and board we have not really had the opportunity to peruse the various segments, but we like MR segment and would like to be bigger in that. DEPENDING ON THE WORLD ECONOMY Whatever happens, the company cannot ignore the fact that they are dependent on developments in the world economy. Team Tankers International transports organic and in-organic chemicals, vegetable oil and clean petroleum products, that the company’s ships transports to and from production sites.

some tax-problems that we don’t have with the current structure, says Jens Grønning, adding that the company has management companies in Norway, Denmark, Singapore, Spain and the United States, but the Danish management company is by far the largest. - The location in Copenhagen is not something that takes us closer to our customers. It is the shipping talent that makes Copenhagen a good place to operate ships. In the past, Axel

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The 45 ships that the company has now will hopefully turn into more very soon. - It is important that we get critical mass in the segments we are represented in today. We have operated a fleet of 100 ships, so we have been a larger force. We have shown that we can operate a large fleet, and we think that our entire organization is scalable. We can take in vessels and we can adjust the organization in relation to it. Reaching 100 ships again is not a magic number

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- There is not that much arbitrage for chemical tankers, so we depend on the world economy’s development. When the world economy evolves, we typically say that there is a factor of 1.5-1.8 in the actual trend in the demand of petrochemical products by sea. However, we are also dependent on what happens to the prices of oil and gas, says Jens Grønning and adds: - We are cautiously optimistic about how the market will develop because 2014 was a disappointing year. It did not turn out the way we thought it would, but at the end of the year we managed to increase the income, which of course was linked to the price of bunkers and oil generally decreased. But due to recent activities we are optimistic for this year compared to 2014, Jens Grønning concludes.

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ESVAGT IS NOW ALSO SERVICING With the delivery of the largest new build for the fleet, Esvagt A/S have ventured into a new area, servicing of wind farms. Some might argue that Esvagt since the first ship sailed out at the turn of 1981/82 has done virtually everything at sea. If customers want something done, Esvagt can handle it. his now includes being transport ships and floating workshop platforms in a wind farm. That is the task that has been optimized to the fullest with Esvagt Froude from Havyard Group in Leirvik, Norway. As mentioned it is not the first time that an Esvagt ship will work with offshore wind turbines, but it is the first time that it happens with a vessel that is designed specifically for the task. The work will be on five-year contract with Siemens, where Esvagt Froude primarily serves the 80 wind turbines in EnBW Baltic 2-park at Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea. In connection with the ongoing maintenance of the turbines at sea, the Esvagt Froude serves as a floating workshop with extensive facilities and with many opportunities to carry out repairs in direct proximity to the turbines.

In addition, the new build must also act as a floating hotel for the technicians and engineers in charge of the maintenance programs. They stay on board in one-man chambers and will be feed by the ship’s galley with both daily meals and packed lunches to take with them as they work on the turbines.

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From Esvagt Froude they have to be transferred to the individual turbines, and this can happen in several ways. One of them is the walk-to-walk method with a hydraulic and wave compensated walkway that slides out from Esvagt Froude, when in Dynamic Positioning mode. This way the engineers can walk with their special tool backpacks and go to work on the turbine, while Esvagt Froude sail on to the next turbine.

The transfer to the turbines can also be done by boat. This has been Esvagt’s trademark for many years and an area where they have extensive experience with up to 25.000 annual person transfers. When the work on the project, which has now become Esvagt Froude, started, Esvagt began designing a new boat specially to enter the standardized landing systems on offshore wind farms. The Esvagt Fast Rescue Boats could not be used, and instead they developed a brand new boat, which is called the Safe Transfer Boat (Esvagt STB), with a wide stern, which can be used for berthing. In fact, Esvagt have developed two STB types for the transfer of people between ships and wind turbines. - It is our customer, Siemens, which have requested a gyro compensated pathway for the transfer of personnel to the

Over the years we have built a system and a culture in Esvagt, which allows us to gather all the experience. - Søren Nørgaard Thomsen, CEO of Esvagt.

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WIND TURBINES wind turbines, but we here at Esvagt has always had a strong belief that it was also possible to transfer with STBs. We have great experience in such operations, and we figured we could transfer it to personnel transport to the wind turbines. Therefore, we have developed new boats for this special part of our business. Our customers have also expressed great interest in this particular opportunity and there is no doubt that it will also become part of the daily operation in the future, says Søren Nørgaard Thomsen, CEO of Esvagt.

THE BOATS ON BOARD The second boat, which is part of Esvagt Froudes equipment is a Esvagt STB12, which is a larger boat with a specially designed davit from the ship’s starboard side. The boat is covered – and is a further development of the daughter crafts found on other major Esvagt vessels. It has room for eight technicians in a comfortable cabin and operated by a crew of two people. It measures 13 meters in length and can be out at sea for up to six hours at a time. The boat is classified as an independent boat, has considerable power and also has two bow thrusters for maneuvering by the turbines. The smaller Esvagt STB7, which is also a part of Esvagt Froudes standard equipment, have room for three or more technicians, as well as their hand-held equipment. It is also operated by two people, like the as is standard in Esvagt STB7. In addition there is also a conventional FRC on board Esvagt Froude. The STB’s, FRB’s and the daughter craft, are like

all Esvagts boats developed at Esvagt own workshop where a number of people including one of the founders, Ole Andersen, use their accumulated experience for the development of new types of boats and other equipment for the fleet. Everything is about safety and optimization of safety. - Over the years we have built a system and a culture in Esvagt, which allows us to gather all the experience. It’s a little indefinable, but everyone has the ability to establish procedures and ways of doing things together with thoughts about new design of equipment or improvements to what we already have. All of this will be used when we are about to start a project developing a new boat for a special task. This has been proved with the STB’s, which have now been put on Esvagt Froude. The customer was very satisfied when especially the safety was examined, says Søren Nørgaard Thomsen. HATCHES Esvagt Froude is the first Esvagt new build equipped with hatches. Via the three hatches on the aft deck, the crane located at the very

aft can lift them. The point of the hatches is to make it possible to load up to six regular 20foot containers, which can be placed on the bottom deck. There they are shielded from the wind and weather and are part of the workshop facilities of the ship. There are 300 square meters of open deck on the weather deck compared to 430 square meters on the deck below. There are various workshops, as well as storage facilities for different types of spare parts. There are also separate storage rooms that are climate controlled and certain components (circuit boards, etc.) can be stored under controlled conditions. On the whole workshop decks length there is an overhead crane that can lift up to one ton. On the workshop deck there is a pallet lifter that goes directly to a deck where there is access to

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the hydraulic gangway. Smaller goods can be transported along the path (it can handle up to 300 kg at a time) or with the knock-boom crane standing side by side with the walkway in the shipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s port side. The workshop facilities that are just below the weather deck, is for Siemens staff only. The ships own workshops are found elsewhere and is completely separate from the charters area. The same is true with the accommodations. When a technician comes from a wind turbine via the walkway they enter into an area where there is registration, changing and accommodations for this group on board. Under the normal circumstances the technicians never enter the areas where the crew lives. They actually cannot access the quarters as they are limited by key card and a registration system on board.

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When a technician comes on board, or for that matter a member of the crew, they will be registered at the reception, which is the first room on board after the walkway from the landside. As part of the registration people are handed a key card, which gives access to certain area depending on the category they belong to. This key card is used to open all the doors which you have access to like the common area, the rooms, the offices or living spaces, which are intended for technicians. The key card system also provides important information about the personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whereabouts on board at any time. If a person has to be located the computer system can accurately determine whether he/she is in the chamber, in the common room or perhaps in the workshop. - There is no doubt that the system will help them to find a person if there is a need for it, and it

gives a very accurate picture of where people are in an evacuation situation. The system also records who’s on the different turbines and how long they have been there, says Kristian Ole Jakobsen, Chief Operating Officer. Esvagt Froude can carry up to 60 people at a time. Under normal conditions the crew consists of 17 people including additional catering staff. This means that there can be a maximum 43 people from the charters staff. They each have a private chamber with a private shower and toilet. Additionally, there is Wi-Fi internet in all chambers and a large TV on the bulkhead, which provides access to a free entertainment bank with hundreds of films, games or TV shows. There are also two cinemas on board that can fit a dozen people in the comfortable Stressless chairs. All chambers and hallways are decorated

with framed paintings made by students from the Esbjerg Culture School, which has produced 100 impressionistic drawings inspired by the Danish painter Carl-Henning Pedersen. - We think it is a fun and different way to decorate the ship. We both get something out of it. We’ve got drawings while we sponsored some money for a field trip and materials for the students, says Søren Nørgaard Thomsen. COMFORT CLASS The ship is classified for Comfort Class 2 under DNVGL to ensure the best possible conditions for the technicians on board. Which include the noises from the engine room and vibrations are reduced. An active and a passive roll damping system have been installed to reduce movement of the ship when at sea.

- It is all about making it as comfortable as possible for the staff that live on board and give them the best possible conditions to relax in the evening and at night when they are not working. There are windows that reduce the noises from the ship itself and possibly also the weather, says Kristian Ole Jakobsen. The ship has a number of features that make the logistics concerning the technicians easier on board. When they enter the ship via the walkway, or by boat, they go directly to a special area with their “own” living quarters. On the way the take off the survival suit and hang it in a room to dry and maybe washed. Then they go past special shelves built to store the backpacks with tools and measuring instruments that are part of their equipment. After this they go on to the more regular things like relaxing in their rooms

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or dining in the mess hall with the rest of the crew. Up to 30 people at a time can eat at the same time. The galley area has also been created on the basis of the experience accumulated in Esvagt. Thus, the ship’s two chefs Per Kamstrup and Mogens Skytte Saack, have assisted with the design of their domain on board. - The shipyard presented how they usually do things, and then we had a chance to change things and make it better in our point of view. For example we have open shelves in the galley to avoid too much clutter, and we moved the drainage canals to the middle of the floor. The yard wanted them along the scots, but that would be very difficult to clean. So now they are pretty much right underneath our feet and are easy to access on a daily basis, says Per Kamstrup OFFICES There are also quite a lot of office facilities onboard the Esvagt Froude. There are actually four offices and a conference room for 30 people. The various offices are mainly for the charters

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who have several large offices with room for large numbers of people. They all have shelves on the walls and decks available. The offices are spread across the different decks. There is an office on the workshop deck for the person who controls the operation of spare parts and inventory in containers and special storage units. There is also a supervisor’s office along with a small conference facility for charter use. ASYMMETRICAL BRIDGE The wheelhouse on top of the accommodation is large as usual and has a lot of square meters. It fits the usual front bridge with room for two navigators and space for the charters representative. From there the ship is sailed to the turbines where the walkway and/or boat start the transport of personnel. The control of the ship is then moved to the aft bridge, which has a special shape for the sake of the hydraulic walkway. It extends past the ship’s port side and gives the navigator an optimal view of the ship’s deck, walkway and crane operation. Everything is controlled from here in the DP2-system (4x99

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as the highest class of station keeping), while there is contact with a turbine. MACHINERY The mechanical installation in Esvagt Froude is also a new creation. It is a diesel-electric installation designed to be as quiet as possible while it is optimized for lower energy consumption. The energy consumption has been a big part of the agenda during the building of the 400 million kroner ship and is the most expensive in Esvagt. LED is used everywhere to reduce consumption and machinery. Four identical diesel generators from Caterpillar constitute the ships core that supplies the propulsion system with sufficient power to achieve a speed of around 14.5 knots. The propulsion power is supplied by two counter-rotating propellers aft. The power system is based on the innovative new DC technology, developed by Siemens. It ensures low fuel consumption in all phases of operation. The technology is based on the fact that the diesel generators number of revs depends on the actual operating load, as

opposed to a standard system in which the generators maintains a constant rev under all conditions. By utilizing the DC technology the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced. The propulsion power is used by two counterrotating propellers aft. - It has actually proved to be very effective to run at lower revs. It reduces the wear on the diesel engines and they do not need service quite as often as before. So instead of providing service after a certain amount of hours we have switched to “condition based maintenance”, says Kristian Ole Jakobsen. The power-management system manages and controls the entire ship’s power system automatically. - The engine rooms are constantly under camera surveillance from both the control room and bridge. Obviously we have also introduced the recently developed Watermist system that

ensures fast and effective firefighting in the engine rooms, etc., and we have installed the DASPOS systems that monitor air quality in them as well. We will be alerted if there are any oil/gas leaks or unwanted heat reactions. These systems are key safety parameters in ships with many people on board, says Kristian Ole Jakobsen. Another feature of the Esvagt Froude’s is that the floor plates or lack thereof in parts of the engine room. They have been replaced by steel grating in large areas and if things go according to planned; the entire engine room will have grates instead of plates.

THE NAME Esvagt Froude is named after the English engineer William Froude, who lived from 1810 to 1879. He was one of the pioneers in hydrodynamic design of hulls and formulated some of the first rules for ships movement in the water. He was also focused on reducing the ships roll movement in the water. William Froude was a personal friend of the brothers Werner, Hans, Carl and Friedrich von Siemens, who founded the group Siemens. Siemens have chose to have the name Froude on the first of the two ships. Ship number two will be named Esvagt Faraday after the British engineer Michael Faraday, who was also a friend of the Siemens brothers.

- This way of doing it has several advantages. It’s easier to check for any leaks in pipes etc., but also the fact that the cleaning gets done more often because the floor becomes visible. Otherwise it tends to be a dirty place and is only checked when the ship is on land and in the doc says Kristian Ole Jakobsen.

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ergen Group will pass their position as a well-established provider of rig service, maintenance and classing over to Semco Maritime. - The acquisition is an important strategic step for Semco Maritime in pursuing our ambition to become the North Sea leader within projects, service and maintenance for the rig market. Hanøytangen has excellent yard facilities and is the deepest dry dock in Europe. It is a perfect match to our existing facilities in Esbjerg and Invergordon”, says Steen Brødbæk, CEO of Semco Maritime. - Hanøytangen completes our set up in the North Sea triangle, thus enabling us to provide a very strong proposition to our clients with one of the largest and strongest rig upgrades and service facilities in Europe, says Steen Brødbæk. The industrial area at Hanøytangen outside Bergen has for many years been an important

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facility for the offshore division in Bergen Group. Going forward, Bergen Group has found a divestment necessary in order to strengthen the platform for further growth at Hanøytangen. - The offshore market has become more challenging, volatile and complex. An increased international competition is expected, and this calls for a substantial and flexible project capacity as well as future investments in developing the yard. Bergen Group has in this respect evaluated various strategic alternatives and financial measures for Hanøytangen. Based on a comprehensive process, the board of directors in Bergen Group has concluded on a sale of both the real estate and the operating assets as the best alternative available, states Magnus Stangeland, chairman of Bergen Group ASA. - Bergen Group has over many years worked with Semco Maritime on various projects at Hanøytangen. We are satisfied with handing

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over the future development of this unique offshore yard to such a well-established international contracting and engineering company. We also see an exciting potential in a future cooperation between Bergen Group and the new owners at Hanøytangen, based on Bergen Group Services and their strong position within industrial and maritime service, Magnus Stangeland comments. In addition to the sale of the operational activity to Semco Maritime, Bergen Group has also sold the company’s real estate at Hanøytangen to Hellik Teigen AS. - We look forward to working with Hellik Teigen, who is a strong local partner, on the future development of the Hanøytangen facilities, where we see major possibilities, says Steen Brødbæk. SOURCE: SEMCO MARITIME

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2015 DMF is at its second edition, improved, with more media partners and international exposure, with more business and networking opportunities, all happening in a classic Copenhagen venue: The Train Workshop, from 6th to 8th of October 2015.

DMF has been created around the need to bring together the Danish maritime cluster, to unify it in a strong handshake with the world. In Scandinavia, everything gravitates around the sea. It is our biggest resource, our business backbone and it has been like this for as long as anyone can remember. Our ancestorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thirst of adventure, discovery and innovation is still alive in the successful shipping companies sailing the oceans of the world under a Danish flag, and is still to be found in the small maritime technology firms developing the next big idea for tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world. Our vision is that of creating a landmark event for the maritime industry, effectively connecting the Nordic

When Maritime Danmark announced that they were starting the first maritime exhibition in Denmark, we went into dialogue with the consultant and he convinced us that it would be a beneficial marketing platform for us. For a small newly started company with an innovative product, the first challenge for us is to get speaking time with the decision makers and to demonstrate the potential of our innovation. In that respect our co-operation with Maritime Danmark has resulted in many valuable contacts. LARS GERNER LUND, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, DASPOS

Safety starts with Us Safety is our top priority – the safety of our employees, of others involved in our operation, of customers, of property and the environment. Nordic Tankers actively work to continuously enhance and develop on our Safety Culture. All employees, whether employed ashore or at sea are involved in this continues work. We believe that Safety Culture is about People in the entire organisation taking ownership of their actions. Our Safety Culture Drive goes beyond the usual safety procedures in a tanker shipping company, normally guided by the so called SMS (Safety Management System), and deals with the softer and less tangible aspects of safety performance such as behavior, habit and culture.” We look forward sharing our experiences and exchange knowledge and insight with others working with in the same industry. ANN-LOUISE GRAHED - SENIOR PROJECT AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER, NORDIC TANKERS

maritime cluster with the global industry players, providing a space in the limelight for the Danish maritime industry, enabling companies of all sizes to present and promote themselves to the world. This is why we have created an intimate and relaxed setting where maritime people can meet and network, discuss ideas and find ways of working together and where the major players and best minds in the cluster can share their experiences and vision. The affiliated Danish Shipping and Ship Management Conferences are designed to go hand in hand with the exhibition, to encourage and help promote the development and diffusion of the latest maritime

technologies. The Conferences are organized in partnership with MDCE (Maritime Development Center of Europe), having as hosting partners, the Clipper Group and Nordic Tankers. DMF is part of the “Danish Maritime Days” – a concept, which integrates under the same umbrella a multitude of activities dedicated to the maritime cluster, including the top-level conference, Danish Maritime Forum, with executives attending from all over the world. With the free shuttle bus services that we offer, you will be able to cover the other maritime activities taking place in the Copenhagen area, such as briefings, company visits, conferences, din-

ners, exhibitions, presentations, receptions, symposia and workshops on such topics as new technologies, Arctic shipping, international trade and development, piracy, recruitment, education, offshore shipping, among others. The amazing feedback we got from the last year’s participants assures us that there is a need for the Nordic cluster to ‘touch base’, and this what DMF is all about: common ground, accessibility, price efficiency and fun! Do not stand aside, join us in this adventure; open your doors to the world. Come and see us and let us see you!

We were excited about Maritime Danmark initiating a new maritime exhibition, to enhance furthermore the focus on the Blue Denmark and we decided to be a part of it. As a global marine insurance provider, we thought it was an important event and we were pleased to see such a large and diversified group of Danish maritime companies on the list of exhibitors. Considering the fact that the event was a first timer, we were satisfied with the outcome, and the venue proved to be very useful for business and networking. HELLE LEHMANN, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF SKULD COPENHAGEN

A participants survey performed after fair showed the following results:

87%

Believe that Denmark should have its own professional maritime exhibition and conference

65%

Of our visitors believe that the DMF is an important or very important exhibition, with only the SMM being more important.

90%

Described the DMF as “very good” or “good”

RETROSPECTIVE DMF 2014 The Danish Maritime Fair was introduced in 2014. The introduction immediately attracted major attention from all over the world, but especially from the Danish Maritime Cluster. We decided then to coordinate our event with the new private/governmental initiative â&#x20AC;&#x153;Danish Maritime Daysâ&#x20AC;?, this way, the total time from the initial DMF idea to reality was only 7 months. That was the background for the humble

coordinated at Speakers Corner and four ma-

start of DMF, with 1,800 m2 of exhibition

ritime conferences took place in connection

space and 50 stands for exhibitors. The

with the event.

interest was far greater than expected though, and after only one and a half

Large international maritime media houses like

months, the event was sold-out. In or-

Tradewinds and Maritime Executive, The Mo-

der to accommodate the incoming

torship and The Naval Architects, teamed up

requests, we had to expand to a

with us as media partners, and the foundation

bigger exhibition space, and we

stone was laid for a world-class event.

finally ended up with more than 6,000 m2 and 180 exhibitors from 20 countries.

The exhibition attracted more than 4.000 participants from 72 countries, from which 21% of them were purchasing officers and more than

In the short time available, 27

presentations

16% were top executives.

were

76%

Were satisfied with the standard of participants

2015

Danish Maritime Fair

2014 was a great start for Danish Maritime Fair. It was clear that people was satisfied with the event in the post exhibition questionnaire, but we did receive a lot of input on how to improve the event even further from both our visitors and our exhibitors. This has resulted in following changes from the 2014 concept:

Practical information:

• S peakers Corner has been replaced by three major maritime conferences “Danish Shipping and Ship Management Conferences”, with four conference rooms and space for 660 people. • The exhibition has changed to the unique venue “The Train Workshop” • The exhibition is divided in 5 sections with different themes • S huttle Bus service between maritime hot spots in greater Copenhagen area and the Fair • O pening time reduced to 10-17 • Three concentrated days instead of four

• A ddress of the venue: Otto Busses Vej 5A, 2450 København SV, Denmark • D ate: October, 6th to 8th • Time: 10:00-17:00 • E ntrance Price: 150 kr. • R egistration: https://conferencemanager. events/dmf2015/sign-up.html • P arking: There is limited parking available – you might choose to park in the great parking house about 15 min. walk from the exhibition and then enjoy the walk or jump on the shuttle bus. • R ailway: The venue is located 10 min. walk from Dybbølsbro Station • B us: Route 30 bus link from the Main Railway station directly to the exhibition at 17 minutes past the hour. • Wardrobe: Against a fee of 20 kr. • WIFI: There is public WIFI in the halls

Hotel: You are able to obtain 15% discount on the following great hotels – reservation code is in the exhibitor manual. • Tivoli Hotel • Imperial Hotel • Hotel Phoenix • Hotel The Square

Contact Danish Maritime Fair:

Contact MDCE (Conference organizer)

Jakob le Fevre, Business Development Email: booking@danishmaritimefair.dk M: +45 3160 4015

Henriette Dybkær, Project Manager Email: hd@maritimecenter.dk M: +45 5353 6487

6 6

6 2

1 10

Shipping & Commercial

Authorities, Education & Organizations

Bunkers & Service

Equipment Suppliers

Other, including Ports, Shipyards, Design, Offshore & Security

Danish Shipping & Ship Management Conferences

Danish Marine Group & Danish Maritime Conferences

Main Entrance

Rest Room

Conference Room *

* Contact us if you want to book a room for private or public presentations

10 8 9

Danish Shipping and Ship Management Conferences From best practice to next practice is the keyword in knowledge, information and know-how sharing. Apply this by participating in the Danish Shipping and Ship Management conference days during the Danish Maritime Days. This year the organizers of the Danish Maritime Fair and MDCE (Maritime Development Center of Europe) will present the largest maritime conference in Denmark ever. The Danish Maritime Cluster will meet across the sector with participants and presenters including ship-owners, shipbrokers and producers, as well as representatives of ship-management companies, harbours, organizations, labor organizations and government, universities, maritime IT specialists and maritime schools. During these days, we invite you to exchange business cards, to network and make agreements for future meetings, business arrangements and partnerships. A detailed program will be published soon. Date: October 6th – 8th 2015 Price: 1 day: DKK 750 ex. VAT 3 days: DKK 2.000 ex. VAT (The price includes free access to the Danish Maritime Fair, conference day catering package and materials) If you have any questions or input, want to speak at the conference or discuss sponsor opportunities, please contact: Henriette Dybkær, Project Manager M: hd@maritimecenter.dk T: +45 5353 6487

“WITH A CREW OF MORE THAN 1.000 SEA-

Tuesday October 6th @ 10-17

FARERS ON VESSELS IN OUR TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOCUS ON SAFETY INITIATIVES. SAFETY MUST BE APPROACHED WITH CONSTRUCTIVE ADVICE AND A LOGICAL TONE, SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND COMMUNICATION. WE WISH TO CREATE A CULTURE WHERE EVERYONE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF HIS OR HER COLLEAGUES. SHARING CASES AND EXPERIENCES WITH OTHER SHIP-OWNERS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPOR-

Theme of the day: People “Future and sustainable Ship Management at sea – HR, crewing and communication” Some of the leading shipowners, like Nordic Tankers, Clipper Group together with experts will give their view on best practice, based on real cases. We expect many people from the crewing and shore Based HR fields.

TUNITY TO LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE.”

EMMA WAHLBERG, BRANDING & COMMUNICATION MANAGER, CORPORATE

Wednesday October 7 th @ 10-17

BRANDING & COMMUNICATION, CLIPPER GROUP

Theme of the day: Business “Sustainable Commercial shipping - chartering, operations, financing, risk management within the areas of tanker, container, ferry, bulkers, short sea shipping and specialized areas” This is the day when we will talk about business opportunities and challenges. With the big Shipping Cluster in Denmark, there will be good opportunities to network and establish fruitful new business contacts.

Thursday October 8 th @ 10-17 Theme of the day: Technical “Ship Management – development and innovation within the technical, nautical, insurance and maritime IT areas” If you want to be inspired and get new ideas for business development, green technology and innovation, you should attend this day.

Official Hosting Partners

Marketing and Partnerships Danish Maritime Fair 2015 is promoted substantially both on national- and international scale. The marketing team have been working hard to secure media partners, ensuring exposure in all relevant medias both in printed magazines, website and in newsletters. On top of that, Danish Maritime Fair is very active on Social Media like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Our total marketing budget for the exhibition exceeds 135.000 EUR and we continue to build strategic alliances with both media´s and relevant organizations to ensure that the exhibition will be promoted world-wide. Extensive SEO has been performed at the official website www. danishmaritimefair.dk ensuring that if you type in Danish Maritime Fair in Google – it comes out as the top result. For reference, it is

furthermore worth noting that the first ten search pages on Google all have exclusive DMF related content if you search on Danish Maritime Fair – both our own sites and media´s and exhibitors and external medias.

ALFA LAVAL PARTICIPATES AT DANISH MARITIME FAIR BECAUSE IT IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR CUSTOMERS TO SHOW OUR LATEST INNOVATIONS AND PRODUCTS. WE MEET MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AT SMM AND NOR-SHIPPING, BUT MAYBE NOT ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD THE

The strategic partnerships we have with organizations are an extremely important part of our strategy. As organizers, we see ourselves as facilitators – but it should be the maritime business itself that creates the event.

CHANCE TO VISIT THESE EXHIBITIONS SO DANISH MARITIME IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SEE NEW INNOVATIONS FROM US.

ULLA RISBERG, COMMUNICATION PROJECT MANAGER, MARKET COMMUNICATION

Our partnership with relevant organizations will ensure that.

The exhibition have in total 207 exhibition stands. Only two months after opening for reservation, we have received firm bookings from 80 companies and organizations. See below booked companies and organisations as of 15-04-2015

ABB

Codan Marine

DT-Interlink

Hoyer Motor

Alfa Laval Nordic AB

Consilium

E P Technologies

Insatech A/S

API Marine ApS

Danish Government´s

Eaton

I.N.S.B Nordic

Aspida Maritime Security

Seaman´s Service

Floros Maritime

IOP Marine A/S

ATP Instone International

Danish Maritime Authority

Gazcon A/S

Iver C. Weilbach & Co. A/S

BAC Corrosion Control

Danish Maritime Officers

GEA

KVH

BIN-X

Danish Shipping Accident Insurance

GEA Heat Exchangers Danmark

Kyma

Gertsen & Olufsen

Lemag, Lehmann & Michels

Greenoil Standard

Lemvigh Müller

Harding Safety

Leth Agencies

Hempel

Lindemann

Horsens Yachtværft

Logimatic Solutions A/S

Bramidan Bureau Veritas

Daspos

Callenberg

Den Danske Vedligeholdsforening

Caverion

DESMI Pumping Technology A/S

Christian Wempe Chronometer

Mediapartners:

DANMARK

Partners:

Maritime Development Center of Europe

Part of:

LR Marine

NSSL Global

Serman & Tipsmark A/S

Thome Shipmanagement

Lukoil Marine Lubricants Germany GmbH

Oxymat

Shipgaz

Tradewinds

PJ Diesel Engineering A/S

Skuld

Transmotor ApS

Port of Rønne

SPC Marine ApS

Valtor Industri

Ptech

Sperry Marine -

Vestergaard Marine Service

PureteQ A/S

Northrup Grumman

Viking Life-Saving

RINA Denmark ApS

Suntext

Equipment A/S

SAM Electronics

Søby Værft A/S

Visumservice Group

Scanjet Marine

Søfartens Bibliotek

VMS Technology

Scanunit

Team Tec

W & O Europe

Scanwipers

The Oil Market Journal

Seahealth

Thomas Miller

Lyngsø Marine A/S MAN Diesel & Turbo Marine Shaft Marlink Marorka Max Fodgaard Mercy Ships Mitsubishi Mærsk Broker

PRICES Exhibition stands at Danish Maritime Fair is available in predefined sizes, as outlined on the hall plan and below price scheme. If you have requests for special solutions or pavilions, then contact the booking department. Price for exhibition stands are inclusive shell walls, company name, wifi, 1.3 kw electricity and one free parking ticket for the three exhibition days.

thing from The Train Workshop. There are no limitations on serving food or beverages, as long as it will not cause problems with smoke or odours.

You can bring you own decoration materials and furniture or you can rent every-

The exhibition is divided into 5 sections and the exhibition organizers have the

right to ensure that companies book in the right section, according to the nature of business.

All prices quoted are in DKK and exclude VAT m2

Enrolment fee

Area rent

Price in total

Price in total with the special marketing offer**

4 Turn Key*

3,500

11,200

14,700

11,900

3,500

11,200

14,700

11,900

3,500

14,940

18,440

14,705

3,500

16,800

20,300

16,100

3,500

22,400

25,900

20,300

3,500

28,000

31,500

24,500

3,500

29,867

33,367

25,900

3,500

33,600

37,100

28,700

3,500

37,335

40,835

31,501

3,500

39,200

42,700

32,900

3,500

44,800

48,300

37,100

3,500

46,667

50,167

38,500

3,500

52,267

55,767

42,700

3,500

56,000

59,500

45,500

3,500

59,735

63,235

48,301

3,500

65,335

68,835

52,501

3,500

67,200

70,700

53,900

3,500

74,667

78,167

59,500

3,500

78,400

81,900

62,300

3,500

91,467

94,967

72,100

3,500

102,667

106,167

80,500

105

3,500

196,000

199,500

150,500

* The Turnkey option is a special solution developed in order to allow smaller companies to exhibit. This solution comprises a 4 m2 stand with a shell structure with no walls but includes carpet, 2 bar chairs, one bar table, company name, wifi, 1,3 kw electricity and one brochure holder. The concept is ideal for one person, who will be able to benefit from assistance from exhibiting neighbors. These stands are located at a great spot just next to the entrance of the exhibition. **Please see following pages for special media offer

SPECIAL MARKETING OFFER Strengthen your presence at Danish Maritime Fair with a Full Flex media package. You can order following packages in combination with your stand at Danish Maritime Fair and obtain 25% discount on both the media campaign – and the exhibition stand (excluding the enrolment fee). ARITIME DANISH MMAGAZINE November 2014

DKK 49,50

No. 6

DKK 49,50

DANMARK

Marts 2015 17. ÅrgaNg

maritimedanmark.dk

NR. 3 DKK 49,50

magasinet for fiskesektoren

59. årgang · februar 2015 nr. 1-2

Bergensfjord

DANISH MARITIME FAIR A big success

DANISH SHIP OF THE YEAR Bergensfjord

DANISH MARITIME DAYS Can lead to real change

SAMSØ T/R

DMF 2015

OW BUNKERS

Nu på naturgas

Åbnet for booking

Ingen afklaring

Danske fiskere kvæles i bureaukrati Stortrawler indkøbt til Thyborøn Regeringen freder havbund

Calculation example 2 if you book 18 m Media package Exhibition Stand Enrolment fee

DKK DKK DKK

33,900 33,600 3,500

Total price for stand and media package:

DKK

71,000

Full Flex discount on both stand and media package:

DKK

16,875

Total price for stand and media package including discount:

DKK

54,125

You get for DKK 33,900 media advertisement for only DKK 17,025! Approximately 50% discount.

Terms and conditions: A full flex media package is a concept with monthly advertising in one of our medias. By committing to a fixed period of minimum 6 months, you can obtain 25% discount on the entire package. The campaign will continue after the minimum period, unless you terminate

the agreement by writing. Termination period is two months. This offer cannot be combined with other discounts and it is only applicable if ordered in combination with an order for an exhibition stand at Danish Maritime Fair. Exhibition stand and media package will be subject to payment with enrolment fee, 20% down

payment plus the first six months on the first invoice, the remaining payment will be invoiced June 1st 2015. No refund will be made, if the customer decides to stop the campaign before the 6 months minimum period. Termination time after the 6 months minimum period is 2 months.

maritimedanmark.dk

349,500 Visitors

maritimedanmark.dk

danishmaritimefair.dk

79,850

15,558

Unique visits per month

The Magazine Maritime Danmark

Unique visits per month

Denmark’s largest maritime 10,200 media group Newsletter

7,278 Circulation

Daily recipients

FiskerBladet

2,253

4,876 Circulation

Danish Maritime Magazine

Active users

5,412 Circulation

DANMARK

Danish Maritime Fair special marketing offer packages:

Up to 12 m2 • 2 x ¼ page advertisement in Danish Maritime Magazine, Magasinet Maritime Danmark or Fiskerbladet • 1 x large right side banner on www.maritimedanmark.dk (160 X 600 pixels) • Your advertisement will appear alternating from the magazines to our website, according to following model: Magazinewebsite-magazine Price DKK 15,600 Full Flex Discount DKK 3,900 Total Price incl. discount DKK

11,700

Between 12 – 24 m2 • 3 x ¼ page advertisement in Danish Maritime Magazine, Magasinet Maritime Danmark or Fiskerbladet • 3 x large right side banner on www.maritimedanmark.dk (160 X 600 pixels) • Your advertisement will appear alternating from the magazines to our website, according to following model: Magazinewebsite Price DKK 33,900 Full Flex Discount DKK 8,475 Total Price incl. discount DKK

Between 25-40 m2 • 3 x 1/2 page advertisement in Danish Maritime Magazine, Magasinet Maritime Danmark or Fiskerbladet • 3 x large right side banner on www.maritimedanmark.dk (160 X 600 pixels) • Your advertisement will appear alternating from the magazines to our website, according to following model: Magazinewebsite Price DKK 42,900 Full Flex Discount DKK 10,725 Total Price incl. discount DKK

32,175

25,425

The Danish Maritime Fair exhibition team Marketing & Booking

Management & Administration

Jakob le Fevre Head of Sales, Marketing and global business development Email: booking@danishmaritimefair.dk T: +45 3160 4015

Norway Peter K. Christensen Key Account Manager Email: pkc@danishmaritimefair.dk T: +45 6021 9017

Petru Guset Business Development Email: pg@danishmaritimefair.dk T: +45 3162 4642

Great Britain & Germany Casper Nielsen Key Account Manager Email: cn@danishmaritimefair.dk T: +44 78 5757 5656

Birgitte Holten Hansen Office Manager Email: office@danishmaritimefair.dk T: +45 3160 4015

Rene Wittendorff Managing Director Email: rw@maritimedanmark.dk T: +45 7020 4155

Graphic Design Michael Storm, Designunivers Email: ms@maritimedanmark.dk T: +45 26 79 88 69

Danish Maritime Fair conference team Steen Sabinsky - Managing Director Email: ssa@maritimecenter.dk Henriette DybkĂŚr - Project Manager Email: hd@maritimecenter.dk T: +45 5353 6487

BY IRENE ROSBERG

quipping the new generation of leaders in the maritime and related sectors with a full appreciation of how to react to the macroissues, and the ability to master the minutiae, is the fundamental goal of our Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics, here at Copenhagen Business School, and, believe me, this has never been more urgent. I have been privileged to be given a glimpse of the outlines of the forthcoming publication by Professor Lorange, which has the working title of Asset-light Shipping Strategies. Every institution in the sector already has a weighty library of volumes on shipping theory and practice, and so one must ask, as does Prof Lorange, why do we need yet another book on strategy? A LOT HAS HAPPENED The answer is, as Prof Lorange explains, that a lot has happened in shipping over the last few years – centred on the long-term crisis in most shipping markets, which, coupled with cost increases, especially regarding bunker oil (until relatively recently) have led to significant changes (more efficiency, eco-design, and so on). And the ship financing picture has also changed significantly – the traditional shipping banks do not play as important a role as they did until around 2007. In fact, the major providers of loans to many shipping businesses have become China and other Asian sources. That is just the starting point for the considerable road-bumps in the changed landscape! Modern shipping is attempting to become “less fixed assets-intensive,” Prof Lorange perceives, at a time when ship operators are agonising over how to get closer to emerging and new customers. The door to more advantageous financing might be opened by long-term charters with key customers, at times completed with “sale and leaseback” arrangements, but this depends critically on relationships with those customers. A more specialised focus on particular business segments is probably the key here. That then leads to relatively less dependence on the traditional way in which most shipbrokers work.

LEASING Prof Lorange pays particular attention to the attractions of leasing, which links with the challenge on the financial side: how to take advantage of capital from others. He urges a study of leasing-type financing models ‘à la Seaspan’ a reference to a New York-listed independent owner and manager of containerships which charters out tonnage on long-term, fixed-rate time charters. He considers that Seaspan has pioneered a successful model for shipowning that may for others point to the future. Its strategy is similar to what we find in the aircraft acquisition business, based on long-term lease contracts for such equipment. Seaspan specialises in large boxships, with a fleet of around 80 of them, for charter to major container lines, which thereby get access to modern tonnage without tying up their own capital in shipowning. The lines are thus allowed to spend their resources on primary liner business activities. Seaspan owns the ships, has them built (in long, standardised series), finances them, and crews them – achieving multiple advantages of scale. The author goes on to look at how relevant competences (marketing, finance, technical innovation and so on) will take shape in the future. Integrated, cutting-edge competences would be called for: finance together with technical, marketing, etc. They would no longer be residing in separate departments, but would fit into project teams – a totally new way of working – fewer ‘kingdoms,’ and more cutting-edge general competencies. This means a rethink as he puts it, about “classical shipping-derived competence development; less in-breeding, more ‘we, we, we’ teams! There is no getting away though from decisions on market timing. They are still the key ones: in/ out, long/short! More sophisticated forecasting approaches have become available – such as that of Marsoft, which offers portfolio management and risk evaluation services to the ship finance industry. Marsoft provides what it calls strategic decision support tools for companies – it says its

clients “can draw upon our extensive market expertise and gain access to our detailed databases and forward-looking information for your cycle management process.” This will be the 19th book to be written or edited by Prof Lorange, who is owner and president of the Zurich-based Lorange Institute of Business, and was previously president of Lausanne business school IMD and of the Norwegian School of Management in Oslo. He brings strategy down to earth in the latest book through half a dozen case studies of successful modern shipping companies, starting with Seaspan and prospectively covering others with specialities in dry bulk shipping, in managing the complexities of a conglomerate, and activity in the areas of offshore, chemicals, gas carriers and storage. Prof Lorange’s book is to be published by Cambridge University Press. Irene Rosberg is programme director the Executive MBA in Shipping & Logistics (the Blue MBA), Copenhagen Business School. Since 2001, the Blue MBA, as the programme is familiarly known, has graduated 162 executives from 35 countries, and has been praised by many shipping leaders as a key driver for the efficient modernization of the industry.

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BY MARTIN UHLENFELDT

DANISH MARITIME FAIR HAS FULL SPEED AHEAD In less than three month, more than 45 % of the area at Danish Maritime Fair 2015 has already been sold or booked, not only by local Danish suppliers like Viking Life-Saving Equipment, LyngsĂ¸ Marine and Atlas Incinerators, but also by companies from abroad such as Lukoil, Oil Market Journal and Aspida - Maritime Security.

- We are naturally very pleased with the fact that people believe in the concept but I am particularly happy with the positive response we have had regarding the new segmenting of the exhibition, says Jakob le Fevre who is in charge of Sales & Marketing of the exhibition. - This year we are focusing on creating an exhibition not only with traditional equipment suppliers, but also with a strong presence of companies

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and organizations in the commercial sector. As a result, we already have companies like Thome Ship Management, Codan and Skuld booked into the new dedicated Shipping & Commercial section of the Fair, Jakob le Fevre says. The exhibition will cover an area of 9,500m2 at The Train Workshop in down-town Copenhagen. The team behind the exhibition are right now working hard to launch an ambitious strategy for

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the largest maritime conference ever in Denmark â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in addition to planned exhibition activities. CEO of Maritime Danmark, Rene Wittendorff explains. - Last year, our main focus was to start up a maritime exhibition. It was the first year of Danish Maritime Days and affiliated events were scattered all over Denmark. From the user survey we conducted after the exhibition, it was clear that people wanted the events in a smaller geographi-

cal area. In the light of this, we have decided to launch a major conference program, with space for 530 delegates per day, in/near Copenhagen. We hope that all relevant companies and institutions in the Danish Maritime Cluster will support this initiative. The Media Group Maritime Danmark, with support from partners like The Danish Ship-Owners Association, Danish Shipbrokers Association, Danish Maritime and Danish Maritime Authority, organizes the Danish Maritime Fair. Just recently Swedish major Swedocean also joined Danish Maritime Fair as official partner. Swedocean is a non-profit organization working to stimulate contact between its Swedish members, from the shipping and offshore business, and the global community. Swedocean is supporting its members to develop business in the marine sector since 1979, through involvement in fairs, seminars and environmental ventures, and also by visiting and networking with companies from the whole world. Today, Swedocean have 50

members, all leading marine suppliers, working as sub-contractors for the shipping and offshore industry.

the maritime cluster, and includes the Danish Maritime Forum, a top-level conference attended by executives from all over the world.

- Being part of Danish Maritime Fair is a global window of opportunity for its 50 leading marine companies, to expand more and to grow within the shipping and offshore business. The cooperation is expected to develop a closer bond between the two maritime clusters, and to generate mutual benefits. The Danish exhibition is an interesting activity for the Swedocean members, Swedocean CEO Lennart Fougelberg states.

The Danish Maritime Fair 2015c will be open from 10:00-17:00 every day and shuttle buses will be made available, linking the Fair with the other Danish Maritime Days events taking place in the Greater Copenhagen area, and with the Ship-Owners headquarters as well.

Jakob Le Fevre says: -Being able to cooperate this closely with the strong Swedish marine sector provides new possibilities for development, and creates great growth potential for both, the Danish Maritime Fair and for the Nordic marine cluster, with recall of the common cultural history.

The Maritime Fair in Copenhagen is about business, networking and innovation and it is a new window of opportunity for companies looking to expand their horizons. You can find more information at www.danishmaritimefair.dk For reservation of stands call +45 7020 4155 or Email sales@maritimedanmark.dk

The Fair is part of the Danish Maritime Days - a new concept, which integrates under the same umbrella a multitude of activities, dedicated to

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ake a look at almost any mature industry and you’ll see a similar story: the gradual development and acceptance of standards that drive progress, open the supply chain to new entrants and play a crucial role in stimulating innovation, health competition and lowering costs. EMERGING STANDARDS In offshore wind HSE, there’s currently no EU standards framework although, for example, EWEA and its members are working toward defining and agreeing upon industry best practices that may form the basis for a wider set of standards. Another prominent force for standardisation is the recently formed G9 Offshore Wind Health & Safety Association – or G9 for short – which aims

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to share valuable HSE data among companies and develop a range of industry good practice guidelines. And yet another important player is the Global Wind Organization (GWO), an association of wind turbine owners and manufacturers formed to support an injury-free work environment in the wind industry. According to Hasse A. Andreasen, Regional Head of Offshore EHS at Siemens Wind Power and Renewables Division, the seminal work being performed by such groups is of prime importance: - While there is still much to be done, there’s no doubt about the need for such

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standards - particularly as wind farms and their turbines grow in size, and move into increasingly hostile environments. Although it’s still early days, the Northern European offshore wind industry leads the world in the drive toward formalised standards. One of the most successful of these efforts is the International Jack Up Barge Operators Association (IJUBOA) Safety Guidelines, created in consultation with supply chain players and currently the gold standard for offshore wind jack-up safety. It’s emerging standards like these that comprise an opportunity for export to regions of the world where offshore wind energy is struggling to develop a responsible HSE environment. COMING TO AMERICA - Siemens was the first major offshore wind company to seriously address the US market, says Hasse A. Andreasen.

a similarly developed offshore wind farm infrastructure capable of securing the safety of offshore wind personnel to an appropriate standard. The task now, for Siemens Division Wind Power and Renewables and other offshore wind players, is to build a strong safety culture in the market, preferably even before the first commercial offshore wind farms are built. EXPERTING EXPERIENCE Siemens Wind Power’s Offshore Environment, Health and Safety department is charged with developing the US and other emerging offshore wind markets to align with commonly adopted industry standards such as the GWO training framework and G9 guidelines, as well as transferring robust parts of the safety culture and best practices from the company’s own existing projects in North Europe to its future sites further abroad.

- As an example, we began working on the Cape Wind project more than a decade ago and even though final contract closure has not been realized at this stage, the process has been very educative.

- While a straight ‘cookie-cutter’ approach of applying North European-born practices to new emerging markets like the US is best avoided, the lessons learned in existing markets will, of course, define the basic HSE requirements and safety culture strategy for the emerging markets sector, says Hasse A. Andreasen.

The US, as well as a number of Southern European countries, has a well-developed market for onshore wind farms – and appropriate HSE regulations in place. It does not, however, have

- Experience will systematically be derived and shared from lessons learned in incident investigation, implementation of procedures and instructions, and legal considerations related

to environment, health and safety standards and training. LEADING THE WAY IN SAFETY Siemens Wind Power has decided to make GWO training mandatory for personnel on new market projects. The package comprises five courses: 16 hours First Aid training, Manual Handling, Fire Awareness, Working at Height, and Sea Survival. The key is to find and approve suitable local training providers before a project is commissioned. The same goes for training personnel aboard crew transfer vessels. Overall then, Siemens Wind Power expects to become the driving force in offshore wind HSE in these regions, setting the benchmark and ensuring multiple offshore projects can be implemented safely and successfully for many years to come. SHARING OUR KNOWHOW Danish operator A2SEA regularly contributes its knowhow to the development of crew training standards. At EWEA Offshore 2015, for example, we were asked to contribute to an inter-company exchange of views, drawing upon the experience won from installing more than 1,200 turbines, foundations turbines, foundations and cabling throughout Europe.

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NORDANA EXPANDS ITS FLEET Nordana Project & Chartering, which is part of the Weco Group located in Rungsted, has just received the first in a series of new vessels, which will help strengthen the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position in the market for project cargoes and heavy lift including deliveries in the offshore-sector. This is done through an arrangement with a Dutch company and ditto yard.

he first ship in the new series of ships for Nordana Projects & Chartering Rings fleet expansion was launched in a spectacular way, as the ship was launched sideways. It happened at the Dutch shipyard Ferus Smit B.V., whose German branch in Leer, Friesland is responsible for the construction of the initial six ships agreed upon. The ship was named Nordana Sky and during the next two years it will be joined by its other sister ships who will also have an S after the Nordana name. The new series of ships are called Ecobox Symphony Class. The ships are owned by companies under the umbrella of Symphony Shipping located in Etten-Leur, the Netherlands. This company has contracted the ships for a 2 + 2-year time charter to Nordana Project & Chartering. This means that Symphony Shipping will be operating and manning the ships, while Nordana is in charge of delivering the cargo. Nordana Sky will sail under the Singapore flag. Symphony Shipping was founded in 2013 by the Finnish-born captain Jari van Niejenhuis (born 1957), who after many years at sea

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was hired by the Dutch shipping company Flinter. After a short stay there, he founded the company Symphony Shipping through the holding company Symphony Venture in Singapore and have since contracted the six vessels for a charter agreement with Nordana Project & Chartering. MULTIPURPOSE Nordana Sky relies on the experience that the Nordana Project has gained from the past five years with the ships of the so-called Great Dane-class, which were built in Tauzhou in China. These vessels operate in roughly the same segment of the multipurpose/heavy lift market but are more conventional in the sense that it has residential accommodations and machinery astern. Ecobox Symphony class has its residential accommodations in the back of the ship, using the same philosophy that was started by the German SAL Heavy Lift the end of the last century. The crew is located in front of the cargo hatch and is more aware of the

weather. This helps reduce accident on board the ship and on the deck. The Ecobox ships will also have one large hatch with a length of 90.8 m in the upper part of the hold, while there is free length of 79 meters in the bottom part. The remaining space is used for the engine room. In total there will be 429.000 cubic feet of cargo volume - equivalent to 12.100 cubic meters with a maximum load of the tank top at up to 20 tons per square meters. The free height from the tank top is 10.70 meters. The flexibility is high with the middle deck, which has pontoon hatches which can be used for vertical bulkhead, if necessary. Otherwise it can be placed in three different height positions in the cargo hold. The ships are designed to sail without the hatches on, as open-hatch vessels, which also offer great flexibility in terms of very tall structures to be sailed. It could be parts for the offshore industry, which is one of the business areas

in which Nordana Project & Chartering will strengthen its position with the new ships. Because of the open hatches, the ships are suitable for sailing cargo to a platform or such. With a deadweight of 10.500 DWT it will be able to sail much larger loads of for example tubes than a traditional supply ship, which typically (for PSV’er) has a deadweight of 5.000 DWT. The ships are equipped with two side cranes that are located on the port side. Each crane lifts 85 tons at 18 meters outlay (the ship’s width is 17 meters) and can be combined up to 160 tons. That might be the ships only Achilles heel in today’s current market. - The cranes are definitely in the smaller end of the scale and somewhat too small in our opinion. If we were the ones building the ships, we would have mounted some larger cranes on the basis of the experience we already have in the market, says Lars Steen Rasmussen, director of Nordana. As a container ship, Nordana Sky can sail with up to 510 TEUs. DELIVERY The vessels are optimized for propulsion through the relatively slender hull and with consumption friendly machine installation with 3.000 kW. This means that there will be a consumption of around 9.2 tons of heavy fuel at 12.5 knots, while the bunker consumption increases to 12.5 tons by one more knot.

The ships, which are classified by Bureau Veritas to include Dangerous Cargo and Finnish / Swedish Ice Class 1A and notation that they can load/unload offshore as open-hatch, will be delivered over the next two years - the second ship, Nordana Star will follow in the third quarter of this year. Next year Nordana Sea and Nordana Sun will follow, while the last two in the series, Nordana Spirit and Nordana Space, follows in the third quarter of 2017. GREAT DANE As earlier mentioned, the Nordana Project & Chartering continues to work with the customers and contacts that were created with the eight ships in the Great Dane Series, which were built in Tauzhou in China in the years 2009 to 2011. They are 12.600 DWT and have three hatches in a more conventional construction. The two NMF-side cranes lifting 150 tons and 120 tons with an outreach of 16 meters - or maximum 300 tons in a combination lift. The total cargo volume is 15.900 cubic meters, but the maximum length of a container is limited by the 42 meters, which is the length of the middle cargo area. Since the Great Dane Series was delivered, more ships have been sold after so-called sensible deals where a nice sum has been paid for the ships. But despite these sales Nordana has control of six of the original eight vessels. The foreign ownership and flags has provided some unusual combinations. For example, the Great Dane-ships with the good Danish name Fredensborg. It is owned by Jutha Maritime in Bangkok, Thailand, and therefore sails under the Thai flag. It has both the homeport and its name written in European letters, but also with Thai letters. Another example is the ships Elsborg that after 12 months, in 2012, was sold to Canada and the named was changed to Claude A. Desgagnes, but continued commercial operation from the Nordana Project. Several of ships have been charted for periods to the Clipper Project and have therefore had Clipper names in the same period.

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he Danish shipping company Norden is one of the companies that have joined this cooperation, and consequently, the employees are trained to know how to act when they encounter the problem in their everyday activities. Strong business ethics are a prerequisite for keeping customers’, business partners’ and employees’ trust. Consequently, it can have dramatic consequences for a company’s reputation and bottom line if the company does not comply with global legislation against corruption.

- Norden has committed itself to actively battle corruption in the maritime industry. Corruption is an international problem and should be battled through international cooperation. Therefore, our effort against corruption is made in a close, formalised cooperation with other globally operating shipping companies and business partners, says Nordens Interim CEO Klaus Nyborg. - This international cooperation is followed up by a thorough effort internally in Norden where up to 1,000 employees on board the vessels and at the offices are trained to know how to act if they encounter the problem in their everyday activities, Klaus Nyborg says. The cooperation between the 44 companies and organisati-

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Norden has been very active in the network right from the beginning – both as a member and as part of the network’s steering committee 2 FORMS OF CORRUPTION There are 2 essentially different forms of corruption: Bribery and facilitation payments. Norden has a zero tolerance policy towards bribery. Bribery is the acceptance, offering, solicitation or promise of benefits - in kind or monetary - in order to gain business advantages to which we would not otherwise be entitled. Bribery is illegal worldwide, and Norden is committed to complying with all relevant laws prohibiting bribery. Facilitation payments are small payments, in cash or in kind, made for a service to which we have a legal right or other entitlement. An

example is if a vessel is not allowed to leave a port after loading is completed despite the fact that all customs clearance documents have been completed satisfactorily. In such case, the master of the vessel may be pressured to give cigarettes to a government official who threatens to otherwise delay the vessel’s departure. Since facilitation payments are a deeply rooted practice in some cultures, the phenomena is in a legal grey area at a global level where different interpretations of its legality exist, but in any case, facilitation payments are a great challenge for the shipping industry since it conflicts with good business ethics. Norden aims at reducing the use of facilitation payments although it is legal in cases where a captain or a crew member feels that his health and safety are threatened. ANTI-CORRUPTION TRAINING Through the membership of Maritime Anti Corruption Network, Norden is consequently one of the initiators behind the development of a computer-based anti-corruption training

programme, which is to help the Company’s employees understand the essential parts of the international legislation against corruption. Just as important is the training programme’s practical component, which presents the employees with typical everyday scenarios where facilitation payments are in focus. - We wish to equip our employees to enable them to act as leaders in the battle against corruption. That is why we have prepared a training programme for high-risk employees such as captains and operators, which provides training on how to improve their negotiating power towards e.g. government officials who requires extra dollars, a few bottles of whisky or a carton of cigarettes. The purpose of training captains and operators is to help them stand their ground and counteract the use of facilitation payments, says Director Ulla E. Nielsen.

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ons – which in addition to shipping companies includes e.g. oil majors and some of the world’s largest mining companies – takes place in the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), which Norden co-founded in 2011.

SOURCE: NORDEN NEWS SPRING 2015

Norden has committed itself to actively battle corruption in the maritime industry. - Interim CEO Klaus Nyborg.

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BY FINN BRUUN

C-ALARM KEEP TRACK OF THE CERTIFICATES

A NEW FREE DIGITAL SERVICE FOR SAILORS Jesper Holmgren Sveegaard has always had a talent for developing new ideas and solutions, but for the first time ever he has taken a step towards realizing one of his many ideas. As other sailors, he has a wide range of certificates to keep track of - when they expire, and when they should be renewed.

s a navigator, he has a dozen certificates, and it has been a bit of a task to ensure that he never got stucked with a useless piece of paper. That has been the case for him, as well as thousands of sailors every single day. With his talent it was natural to try to create a nifty way to ensure an overview of the matter. - As a navigator I can see how everything is becoming more and more digitalized on ships, especially on the bridge. So what is more natural than to think of digital solution when it comes to the seaman’s personal circumstances? The goal was to create an application, which could monitor and keep track of all the certificates and deadlines a sailor faces, as well as provide reminders. Now this has become a reality and the site is up running. The address is C-Alarm.com which Danish and foreign seafarers from around the world can subscribe to, completely free of charge. C-Alarm.com can be accessed from smart phones, tablets and computers. REMINDERS - This is an application where you will easily be able to display certificates, whether you are at a job interview or required to present valid docu-

ments on board a ship. This will be a platform that digitize the current certificate folder. Our vision is that the C-Alarm will be approved as the proper documentation tool. - C-Alarm manages expiration of all the certificates through reminders. - It is a tool that allows you to organize everyday life at home. Say I had some certificates that expired at 2-5 week intervals I could plan my time and say: Now I’m home for a month, so I will use my home period to take courses, rather than spend two weeks during one stay at home and one in the next. That way I could have better control over my home periods, says Jesper Holmgren Sveegaard. - I noticed that there was no such application for us private users, and we are quite a lot of sailors in the world with these kinds of needs. My girlfriend Bettina and I decided to develop the C-Alarm application in both Danish and English on a website. - We saw the need and decided to go for it almost a year ago and started C-ALARM IVS, says Jesper Holmgren Sveegaard, who together with Bettina Brynjar has developed it with their own private funds.

Jesper Holmgren Sveegard and Bettina Brynjar are hoping that their new application C-Alarm will be an easy way to digitalize mariners everyday life, so they never fear the renewal of an important certificate and can simultaneously keep track of private documents.

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- All my life I have been coming up with ideas and solutions, but this is the first time I have really done something about it. I have always wanted to create my own business, and have always had my eyes open for an opportunity to do things in a new way. It is probably true that I have always wanted to be an entrepreneur, he says. SAILING THE TUG BOAT His stream of ideas are wide and goes in many different directions. - When I dared to throw myself into a project as C-Alarm, it is mainly because it is in the maritime field and I have an extensive knowledge of the industry. Jesper Holmgren Sveegaard is 30 years old and lives in Odense with his

PROFILE girlfriend. Originally he is from North Zealand and trained as a plumber and a fireman in Beredskabsstyrelsen (The Emergency Management Agency). He subsequently became a sailor and in 2013 began sailing as navigator. He now primarily sails domestic routes in Denmark.

Medical care, Fire Prevention and Firefighting, GOC, GMDSS and The Blue Book)

- I’m on a tugboat where we sail around Denmark and pull, push and help the big ships to quay, says Jesper Holmgren Sveegaard who will continue his career at sea.

The target group is primarily mariners around the world, but hopefully we can extend our services and also serve ordinary families, he says explaining the C-Alarm:

- It is my girlfriend Bettina, who is the CEO of the company. She is 32 and receptionist but has a university degree in design and culture economy. This gives us great opportunities because she has excellent knowledge concerning marketing, finance and administration and can run the entire company.

- They just create a profile and the first alarm is free, and it works forever. If you want multiple alarms you have to create a subscription which is free at the momet. Then you can create countless alarms - 100 alarms if you like - with an image per. alarm. You can also open the website on your smartphone, and you can e-mail your pictures with a text through the program with a few taps to a mail address of your choice.

- We aim to create a really solid and good business with a lot of satisfied customers and a base from which we can grow and grow. I would like to end up with a number of employees who run the website and others who take care of administration and customer service. Hopefully we will end up being a large network in the maritime world, where sailors from around the world would use our service. The service is free now, but if users find the system useful, we might consider implementing a small charge. The application can also be used to control the time of renegotiation of their insurance and private mobile subscription. AVOID BEING FIRED OR SENT HOME - If you are on a ship with expired certificates, you can get fined or even lose your job. This can never happen if you have your certificates, overview and daily structure in order. It provides freedom and works great, he says. - I have a network of seafarers and maritime professionals who are testing the program in practice. We focus on mariners, but also other people who have maintenance obligations are reviewing the system. - I have about twenty certificates, 10 of which have expiration dates. It is really important that the certificates get renewed and some expire after five years, some after two years and so on. The certificates includes among others (Certificates of Competency, ARPA,

- The user can attach a picture per. alarm, so it is possible to show the documents directly onboard the ship.

- You can also add your CV. If you are sitting at a job interview and they say: Just send us your CV and your passport - so you can get going on Monday. Then it can be done with a few taps and they will have it in less than five minutes, he explains and underscore that data security is a high priority and is on the agenda every day: - All uploaded data is encrypted. It can only be opened via your own profile, so a possible hacker can never see anything other than an encrypted image and the website is certified safe. C-Alarm is a database from which one’s certificates can be administered, no matter what company or industry you are switching to. It saves you from having to enter all the information again when switching. NEW GENERATION AT SEA - There is a new generation in shipping. Right now they all have their folders with paper certificates, but I want to do it digitally. There are many features on the bridge, which are digital, so why not do the same with certificates.

remind the sailor that his fire course is about to expire and must be renewed. The second alarm could be two months before as a precaution. That way the mariner can take the course in good time. - I also have a desire to get the ship-owners onboard here. They also have certificates and they just have to create one user per. ship and they can use an infinite number of alarms that can be downloaded from any computer. Jesper Holmgren Sveegaard says that it was about making a decision and get started. - But we have people we ask for advice, like friends, family and professionals from various industries. In addition, we have a lawyer assigned to ensure that we comply with the legal requirements. It is a network that we use a lot. Without them we could not have done it, he says, and points to his partner Bettina: - Together, we come up with good ideas and to ways to develop them. We complement each other very well, test ideas, and then use the best of them. LOTS OF PROGRAMS - There is of course a lot of E xcel programs where you can create alarms. But we’ve made our program easy and advanced. I know that there are companies, which have programs that warn about expiration dates, but not everyone has it. However, I don’t think that there are any mariners with their own certificate management program. Jesper Holmgren Sveegaard has high expectations for the program and is ready to hire people in if growth demands it.

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- You can set two alarms on each of your certificates, write the expiration date and select the two dates on which you wish to receive a reminder via e-mail and / or SMS. The one alarm can be three months before and can

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BY TINA ALTENBURG

he Port of Elsinore initiated the Service Port of Elsinore, which is the collaboration between a number of maritime companies in Elsinore and the surrounding area as well as maritime companies on the other side of the strait. Together, they can virtually provide every service that the ship’s need. - There are annually about 32.000 ships sailing in and out of the Øresund and they all pass right by the port. Earlier the Port of Elsinore was a shipbuilding port, but it has evolved into a more cultural harbor - but you can’t live on culture alone. There has to be some sort of business and therefore, we established a service port, project manager Philip Svane explains. Service Port Elsinore will service all types of ships. The port can accommodate ships with a maximum length of 150 meters and

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a maximum draft of 6.5 meters. Ships larger than that can use the anchorage, located just outside the port. - We have a lot of maritime companies in Elsinore, but additionally we have started cooperating with others across the Øresund. We have started cooperating with the Port of Helsingborg, which can handle everything from container service to towing and supply, and we have started cooperating with the shipyard Oresund Drydock in Landskrona, says Philip Svane. Shipping.dk will handle the many inquiries from ships and will also be in charge of the contacts with these companies in this cooperation. The companies that are part of the Service Port of Elsinore, include ship design company Knud E. Hansen A/S, BogserTeam Oresund

Together the companies provide all types of services, except for bunkering. It is on its way and will be available this summer, when Elsinore Harbour has negotiated an agreement with a supplier. LOCATION IS THE BIG ADVANTAGE The Port of Elsinore’s major advantage is its geographical location and the cooperation with Helsingborg, which can be reached in just 20 minutes. Companies on the other side of the Øresund can supply the maritime skills that local businesses in Elsinore might not have. In this way, the service port is completely covered. - We have Denmark safest anchorage. What makes it so safe is its location that is always sheltered from the wind. And it only takes 5-10 minutes to sail to it, says Philip Svane. At the anchorage, ships can sit in shelter in more than 20-meter deep water.

Another advantage of the Port of Elsinore is that it is close to the Copenhagen Airport. The airport can be reached in an hour, making crew switches easy. Malmö Airport can also be reached in 1½ hours.

But the slightly smaller ships sail through the Øresund, because it saves them fuel, and those are the ones we would like to get a hold of. We are going to make money on taxes on goods by ship and ships to berth, says Philip Svane.

MORE ACTIVITY AT THE PORT Philip Svane is not afraid to say that it is all being done to get more activity in the port.

The Port of Elsinore’s goal is to reach well over 100 ships a year, within the first two years, and in long term they hope to reach about 200 ships a year.

- Last year, 31.800 ships sailed through the Øresund. Many ships have to pick up cargo in the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland. They sail through Øresund on the way into the Baltic Sea, but when they are fully loaded they very often head back through the Storebælt.

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from Helsingborg, FROG Services, who does commercial diving and more, electronics and IT company Prokyon and the provisioning company Mammen & Drescher. In total more than 25 companies are affiliated with Service Port Elsinore.

The Service Port Elsinore began on March 4th. The website www.portofelsinore.com, containing detailed information on Service Port Elsinore, was also opened to the public.

Earlier Elsinore Harbor was a shipbuilding port, but has evolved into a more cultural harbor, but you can’t live on culture alone. - Philip Svane, Project Manager, Service Port Elsinore

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