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By Martin Uhlenfeldt
The Blue Denmark has a lot to offer As Denmark’s Minister for Trade and Development, one of Mogens Jensen’s jobs is to promote Danish export and at the same time convince foreign companies that Denmark is a fine country in which to invest and to establish a presence in. This is not least true within the maritime sector.
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he Danish government works to attract foreign maritime companies to establish themselves in Denmark. In your opinion, what makes Denmark an attractive country for foreign maritime companies? -Denmark has a long tradition as a seafaring nation – which goes all the way back to the Viking age. It means that a unique set of competences within all branches of the maritime sector has been cultivated and that we are internationally competitive within the sector, says Minister for Trade and Development, Mogens Jensen. -We are a seafaring nation with high standards and we are a pioneering country, where green technology and innovative solutions have been given the pride of place. At the same time, we can take pride in the fact that we have a strong profile within maritime research, development, and education, and we have a clear political focus on improving the sector’s framework conditions. This makes it attractive for foreign companies to become part of the maritime cluster in Denmark. Companies like Maersk, Viking Life-Saving Equipment, Odense Maritime Technology, Alfa Laval, and MAN Diesel indicate that it makes sense to do business in Denmark, and they can, hopefully, inspire other companies. Denmark is known as a country with high wages and taxation. Is that not a problem? -It is important to look at the total level of costs when doing business in Denmark. Health and education are free and our labour market is among the most flexible in the world. These are important factors for companies which consider establishing a presence in Denmark, Mogens Jensen says. -Having said that – there is political focus on reducing administrative burdens in the mari-
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-It would be optimum if all branches of the Danish maritime sector were represented at the Danish Maritime Fair, including the Danish offshore sector, which is developing very positively. - Minister for Trade and Development, Mogens Jensen
-The maritime sector knows how to build on the proud heritage. It can be within areas like technical equipment for the maritime sector, offshore support or retrofitting of older ships. The Blue Denmark has a lot to offer, and we should continuously develop and communicate it, making it strike a chord out in the world. Danish Maritime Days is a very useful initiative to make sure of reaching exactly these goals. Key economic sector Why is it important for Denmark to strengthen the maritime sector? -It is important, as the maritime sector contributes significantly to Danish growth, employment, and foreign currency earnings. Approximately 1,000 Danish maritime companies employ 80,000 persons and create indirectly employment for further 35,000 persons in other sectors. The maritime sector generate billions in foreign currency earnings – Danish shipping companies represent 10 per cent of the total world trade, and the Blue Denmark represents 25 per cent of Denmark’s total export earnings. The Danish maritime sector is internationally competitive, and many of the companies are world leading within their product areas. To keep and develop this position of strength we have every reason to strengthen the maritime sector. The Danish Maritime Authority and other maritime organizations support the future event Danish Maritime Days, which takes place
in the beginning of October. What are your expectations to Danish Maritime Days? -I hope that Danish Maritime Days attracts a number of international visitors at a high level and that the visitors will have their eyes opened for our maritime competences and solutions. In best case, the foreign visitors will come back to this annual event and over time contribute to growth and job creation in Denmark through investments and export. The ambitions are high, we must, however, also be patient and evaluate the efforts in a longer time perspective. It takes time to strengthen a brand and at the same time reach out to a wider audience, the Minister for Trade and Development says.
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time sector to improve conditions for Danish as well as foreign companies in Denmark, for instance by looking at the tonnage taxation and its influence on business. There should be no doubt that the government has big ambitions for the maritime sector, Mogens Jensen emphasizes.
It makes sense to do business in Denmark. - Minister for Trade and Development, Mogens Jensen
What impression of Denmark would you like the participants in Danish Maritime Days to return with? -I hope that the participants in Danish Maritime Days leave with an impression of Denmark as a strong seafaring nation with fine possibilities of developing maritime businesses either through Danish partners and suppliers or by becoming part of the maritime cluster themselves. Danish Maritime Days covers a wide range of events
and I hope that it will contribute not only to the specific knowledge of the Blue Denmark but also to the participants going home with a wider understanding of Denmark as a good country to live, work and do business in, Mogens Jensen says. Danish Maritime Fair One of the events during Danish Maritime Days is Danish Maritime Fair, which takes place in Bella Center from the 7 to the 10 October. Is it important to have a display window, where we can present our Danish maritime knowledge and products? -It is obviously a great opportunity to show our maritime knowledge and products. You only have to think of the fact that we are world leading within as different areas as ship design, diesel engines, and life-saving equipment – not to speak of climate and environmentally friendly solutions for the maritime sector. Of course we should seize the opportunity and display these products and services during Danish Maritime Fair. Would you like the Danish offshore sector to be represented during Danish Maritime Fair too? -It would be optimum if all branches of the Danish maritime sector were represented at the Danish Maritime Fair, including the Danish offshore sector, which is developing very positively. It concerns service to offshore oil, gas, and offshore wind in the North Sea and the Arctic Area, among others. A special growth potential is installation and servicing of offshore wind turbines, which already today gives good possibilities of employment in several parts of Denmark. It would be an obvious possibility to have these core competences exposed towards the international audience during Danish Maritime Days, concludes Minister for Trade and Development, Mogens Jensen.
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Af Tina Altenburg
The area of Danish Maritime Fair tripled When the international maritime event Danish Maritime Fair opens its doors to Bella Center from 7 - 10 October, the area of the fair will be three times as big as planned. The interest in booking a stand has simply been so big that the first hall has been fully booked up.
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t the time of writing, 79 stands have been booked at Danish Maritime Fair, which takes place in Bella Center in Copenhagen coinciding with Danish Maritime Days, which covers the days 6 - 10 October. The exhibitors cover the whole spectrum within the maritime sector. The exhibitors include shipping companies like the Danish Clipper Group, Uni-Tankers, and Weco Group, but also the German shipping company Zeaborn, for instance. A long list of equipment manufacturers such as Desmi, IOP Marine, Hoyer Motors, Hempel, and Wärtsilä will be present. Finally, companies like Skuld and Bureau Veritas will be present at the fair. - We experience a very great interest in the fair, also from foreign companies, and in a few months, we have reached one third of what Norshipping has reached in 50 years, says René Wittendorff, who is partner in the media house Maritime Denmark,
which organizes the fair in co-operation with the Danish Shipowners’ Association, Danish Maritime, and the Danish Maritime Authority. At the fair, a special section for offshore companies will be established. - Here, Invest in Denmark and the Trade Council, part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have stepped in as partners, René Wittendorff says. Big Blue Innovation Camp The fair, however, will not only consist of a number of stands. The fair halls will also be buzzing with activity. Danish Maritime Fair has for instance entered into an agreement with the Danish schools of marine engineering regarding the organisation of Big Blue Innovation Camp 2014 at the fair. Danish Technological Institute will establish a Fab Lab with live 3D printing, laser cutting, CNS milling, and here young students can present their solutions to the tasks given to them by the fair’s exhibitors. At many fairs, it is common that a conference is taking place together with the exhibition. Danish Maritime Fair will be a bit different. A Speakers Corner will be established,
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where it will be possible to give presentations and keynote speeches – quickly and precisely. Innovation Park Another major novelty is Innovation Park, where small companies can book a stand for a small amount of money. Innovation Park is an island in the centre of one of the fair halls, where meeting tables and chairs will be in the middle, surrounded by exhibitors, who each will be given space for presentation of their products. In this way, the price has been kept low, making it possible for even very small companies to participate actively in the fair. Key persons to Copenhagen Danish Maritime Days and the simultaneous summit Danish Maritime Forum are expected to attract a long list of key persons from the maritime world to Copenhagen in the beginning of October. A number of ministers and CEO’s from Denmark and from abroad have thus announced their arrival, and several international organisations such as Bimco and Intertanko will at the time hold meetings in Copenhagen. The expectation is therefore that Danish Maritime Fair also will be well attended.
We experience a very great interest in the fair, also from foreign companies, and in a few months, we have reached one third of what Norshipping has reached in 50 years. - René Wittendorff, partner in the media house Maritime Denmark
Booking status per 1st of june - Danish Maritime Fair 2014 ABB Equipment Supplier DK/CH Alfa Laval Equipment Supplier DK/SE Amplidan Equipment Supplier DK API Marine Equipment Supplier DK Aquatec Equipment Supplier DK Aspida Maritime Security Service & Consultant DK/GR Atlas Incinerator Equipment Supplier DK ATP Instone Marine Travel DK/NO Automationlap Equipment Supplier DK BAC Corrosion Technology Equipment Supplier DK Bureau Veritas Classification Society DK/FR C.C.Jensen Equipment Supplier DK Caverion Equipment Supplier DK/FI Certex (Peter Harbo) Equipment Supplier DK/SE Clipper Group Ship Owner/ Ship Management DK Codan Marine Service & Consultant DK/FI Consilium Equipment Supplier S Danish Maritime Authority Authority DK Dannebrog Rederi Shipowner/ Ship Management DK DASPOS Equipment Supplier DK Desmi Equipment Supplier DK Eksportrådet Authority DK ESL Denmark Equipment Supplier DK/DE Granly Diesel Equipment Supplier DK Green Oil Equipment Supplier DK Hempel Equipment Supplier DK Horsens Yachtværft Shipyard DK Hoyer Motor Equipment Supplier DK Inrotech Equipment Supplier DK Insa Tech Equipment Supplier DK/SE Invest in Denmark Invest DK IOP Marine Equipment Supplier DK/SE Ivar C. Weilbach Equipment Supplier DK Jydsk Emblem Fabrik Equipment Supplier DK Kjær Data Equipment Supplier DK Klinger Equipment Supplier DK/DE Korsør Propeller Equipment Supplier DK Københavns Maskinmesterskole Education DK L3 Maritime Systems Equipment Supplier DK/USA Lemag Lehmann & Michels Equipment Supplier DK/DE Leth Suez Service & Consultant DK/NO
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By Tina Altenburg
Danish Maritime Days becomes nationwide When the Blue Denmark from the 6 to the 10 October opens the doors to the innovation Danish Maritime Days and the largescale maritime summit Danish Maritime Forum, someone might have thought that it would be a Copenhagen event only. That is far from the truth, as meetings and events are planned all over the country.
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t the time of writing, more than 50 events are planned as part of Danish Maritime Days, and they really show the comprehensiveness of the Blue Denmark. - There are social as well as business events, and the content of them show a broad range of opportunities and challenges for the maritime industry. The events and meetings are about green shipping, trade, offshore, financing, global regulation, maritime law, simply the whole spectrum, says Johannah Christensen, head of the secretariat at Danish Maritime Days.
- It has proven to be easier than we had expected. The companies are perhaps competitors in everyday life, they don’t mind, however, cooperating about these events. Therefore, in this way, you can say that in October Denmark will present itself from its best side, Johannah Christensen says. Events all over the country At the beginning, it seemed that Danish Maritime Days was meant to happen in Copenhagen. This is, however, not the case at all, as all places in the country with maritime companies of some significance, are planning Danish Maritime Days events. - The good thing is that the events are not only in Copenhagen, but also across the country. Events will also take place in Hirtshals, Frederikshavn, Esbjerg, Odense, Helsingør etc. Northern Jutland has for example a maritime cluster, which is interested in showing what they can do within retrofitting. Esbjerg is strong on offshore etc. It is very good, and we are pleased about it, Johannah Christensen says.
International interest It is of course not known how many will come to Denmark in October, and the secretariat behind Danish Maritime Days only expects to have more certain information about it after the summer holiday. In spite of that the secretariat expects a rather high number of visitors at the many events and meetings. - The events will have a rather high level of participants, which means that ministers and CEO’s from Denmark and from abroad will participate. Moreover, several international organizations have chosen to place their meetings in Copenhagen at this time, and I think this means that they know that their members and board will be there, Johannah Christensen says. Among the international organizations that support Danish Maritime Days are Bimco and Intertanko. - It is a kind of ketchup effect. You have to start people, but now the clutch is set into gear. People are aware of Danish Maritime Days and know that it is worth keeping an eye on, Johannah Christensen says, adding
that the Danish Maritime Days secretariat now is working hard to let the international media know about Danish Maritime Days. It should preferably attract even more people to Denmark in October. The whole sector gathered Not only is the number of visitors decisive, when it comes to measuring to which degree Danish Maritime Days has become a success. It is even more decisive that the complete maritime sector will be gathered in Denmark. - It is not only ship owners or manufacturers of equipment that are gathering. We try to gather the complete international version of the Blue Denmark. The challenges that the sector are facing globally demands cooperation between the industry, political decision makers, customers etc. You cannot solve the challenges being isolated. I think that Danish Maritime Days in this way differs from other previous events. Moreover, we try to gather the complete maritime top part of decision makers at Danish Maritime Forum as a kind of counterpart to World Economic Forum. This too has not been seen before, Johannah Christensen says.
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The Danish Maritime Days secretariat has as one of its most important jobs to create synergy between the many different events and meetings, so for example more meetings about the same topic are not taking place the same day. Instead, they make the organizers to cooperate.
It is a kind of ketchup effect. You have to start people, but now the clutch is set into gear. - Johannah Christensen, head of the secretariat at Danish Maritime Days
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By Richard Lightbody, Maersk Training
Ngoc’s Fourth Bar - I’ve made that final step, the voice is that of the newest captain in the Maersk fleet, Captain Ngoc Nguyen. The steps Ngoc was referring to were the gangway that was dropped down the side of Arnold Maersk in 1981 when she was in the South China Sea – at the foot 13 year-old Ngoc, at the top, in a crisp white shirt with four gold bars on each shoulder, was Captain Jørgen Orla Hansen. There and then the young Vietnamese boy fleeing with his family and friends from persecution made a promise to himself - One day I will be up there, a captain.
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hat day came earlier this year when he rejoined his ship, Thomas Maersk, in Tangier. The new captain took charge of a ‘new’ vessel, one of the oldest in the entire Maersk Line fleet. At twenty years, only her sister ships match her in maturity, but she left the Moroccan coast looking like a brand new vessel after a major overhaul in Turkey. With 1,600 containers, Thomas Maersk is less than one twelfth the size of the new Triple E’s in terms of capacity, but at 174.6 metres she is still no minnow. She works the West African feeder route with her sister ships, a six-week round trip from Spain to Namibia and back. Captain Ngoc’s first voyage was to take Thomas from Tangier’s port to Algeciras, a trip of just 30 nautical miles, but involving crossing one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. It was all in the mind, the play acting, but for Chief Officer Ngoc Nguyen there was a reality and sting to the situation that none of his fellow course participants could even imagine touching. On day two of a Maersk Training Surviving Piracy and Armed Robbery course, SPAR, he’d been asked to conceal himself in the room and to block off his mind to what was going on around him in order to recover from the ordeal of a piracy situation. Hiding behind a chair, huddled against the wall, he was being coached back to normality, but somewhere deep inside he was in his own world – getting flashbacks of a story of
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human survival, determination and good luck for which the term remarkable is merely adequate. If Ngoc’s story were a Hollywood script you’d say they’d overdone it. This is his story. Dateline: April, 1981 Location: On a beach in Southern Vietnam Gathered together by his war-widowed mother were 65 people, many of them relatives including his younger brother and two younger sisters. Ngoc was thirteen. They were about to become part of one of the most desperate human exoduses in history, the Vietnamese boat people. His father was a paratrooper, missing in action and after over eight years presumed dead. This association to the lost cause was enough to threaten the whole family so Ngoc’s mother had organised the secret escape for friends and relations. Meeting on a beach, their silent and secret departure was disrupted by the arrival of a government patrol boat. They had two choices. To abandon their last chance of freedom and run back inland or to leave the precious few belongings they’d brought with them and quickly set off out to sea. They chose the latter only to be pursued by the patrol boat. With overcrowded jails, the most likely outcome on capture was a quick noisy death. They would
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be just another anonymous statistic in a war. Luckily, after about a quarter of an hour for some unknown reason the faster patrol boat backed off, perhaps thinking they’d loot the abandoned possessions, perhaps thinking nature would save them bullets. And it nearly did. For two days, without food and water, without a chart but with a compass, they chugged toward the Philippines. The boat’s skipper stopped in a calm sea and whilst Ngoc and his brother swam around it, the adults discussed the futility of their situation. Without food and with insufficient fuel they would never reach their goal. Then there was a noise in the distance and the swimmers were quickly hauled back on board. Had the patrol boat returned to search its quarry? A big light blue It got bigger and bigger, too big to be a patrol boat, and slowly after 30 minutes they could see its light blue colour in the haze of the morning sun. They waved and waved and she slipped by at about half a nautical mile. They could only think they hadn’t been seen or they’d been ignored. The mood on the overcrowded little craft capsized into despair and then righted itself as after half an hour the huge vessel slowly began to turn. Ngoc and the other young people were told to lie down and be still and not look up until told
One day if I have the opportunity I want to go to sea, to be an officer or captain on board a big ship. - 13 year-old Ngoc Nguyen, 1981
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to do so. It seemed forever but he could hear strange voices and noises and the next thing he remembered was looking up a long gangway which towered above him. He climbed onto the bottom step and remembers to this day stopping half way up and looking towards the bridge. There, smartly dressed, stood the captain and the chief officer. - At that moment I still remember fresh in my mind, just a young boy’s dream but that one day if I have the opportunity I want to go to sea, to be an officer or captain on board a big ship like this,’ he recalls. The vessel was Arnold Maersk, the captain Jørgen Orla Hansen. He was the reason the ship had passed by. He’d got up early and was taking a walk on the starboard side when the officers on the bridge had seen the stricken craft, port side. A political situation, the bridge
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He was like a godfather to us and to me in particular - Captain in the Maersk fleet, Ngoc Nguyen
crew needed his decision and when he was contacted the A class ship immediately made its slow 180 degree turn. It was not the first nor the last time any Maersk ship had found itself in this situation, indeed the Arnold had already welcomed refugees on board on more than one occasion and Clara Maersk famously once saved over 6000 Vietnamese on one trip.
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Relieved at being saved the refugees took the only item of value from their small boat, the compass, and presented it to the captain as a priceless thank you. The chief engineer was detailed to drill a hole in the wooden boat because, abandoned, it would have been a danger to shipping. As it
sank into the South China Sea Arnold Maersk continued its route to Hong Kong where Ngoc and the others were put into a former army camp before being accepted as refugees by the Danish government. Six months later the family ended up in northern Jutland where a journalist heard about this brave women who brought her four children and 60 others to safety. Down in Svendborg, - a shipowner whose vessels were red not blue, says Ngoc, thought the story ‘remarkable’ and invited the family to come and visit. - He was like a godfather to us and to me in particular’ says Ngoc. Ngoc told him of the promise, made on the gangway, and after he left school he found himself as a cadet at the naval college in Svendborg. In a series of remarkable coincidences, his
first vessel was the very same Arnold Maersk that had saved his life eight years earlier. But no Captain Hansen. The meeting The clock moved on and Ngoc completed his nautical education at SIMAC in Svendborg, his by now adopted town. As a third officer he was assigned Matilda Maersk as his first vessel. His first voyage was to be the captain’s last, but the name seemed familiar. - Sir, I believe we have sailed before, he told the captain.
Today the compass which took them from the shores of Vietnam in 1981 is one of the most treasured items in the Svendborg villa home that Ngoc shares with his wife Kim Anh and their two young sons, fourteen-year-old Jimmi and nine-year-old Kevin. The remarkable story has only one chapter to go to be complete. Part of the reason Ngoc was attending the Bridge Resource Management and SPAR courses was to be ready to make that final step to the very top of the gangway – as the captain on a Maersk vessel.
- In 1981 you picked up a boatload of Vietnamese refugees, I was one of them. Captain Hansen smiled and replied saying that he remembered the day, and added that he had something of his.
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Maersk Line race partner for the Volvo Ocean Race The world’s largest container shipping company, Maersk Line, is the official shipping partner for the Volvo Ocean Race, the pre-eminent round-the-world yacht race. The race takes place from 4 October 2014 to 27 June 2015. During the nine month race, seven 65-foot racing yachts will embark on a nine-leg journey across five oceans. - The Volvo Ocean Race is about seamanship, teamwork, overcoming challenges, being innovative and attuned to the environment. Maersk Line’s claim: “Your Promise. Delivered” is based on the insight that we create simple and reliable solutions so our customers can fulfil promises to their customers. The Volvo Ocean Race has made a promise to deliver a memorable race experience for thousands of fans, sponsors and participants across the world. We are incredibly proud to support them keep that promise, says Maersk Line’s Chief Commercial Officer, Stephen Schueler of Maersk Line’s partnership with the Volvo Ocean Race.
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Maersk Line will be responsible for transporting two batches of each ninety 40’ foot containers. The two batches contain identical sets of equipment for the race organisers and the Race Villages. Each batch will therefore take two separate leap-frogging routes ensuring that the Race Villages can be established on time to welcome race teams and the many hundred thousands of visitors at the stop-over ports. - It is critical that the teams and ports plus we and our sponsors can rely on the best possible logistics delivery and who better than Maersk Line to provide that for us. We are delighted to welcome them to our team of world class
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Race partners, says Knut Frostad, CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race. Features that will be leveraged by the Volvo Ocean Race in the host ports of Alicante (Spain), Cape Town (South Africa), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Sanya (China), Auckland (New Zealand), Itajai (Brazil), Newport (USA), Lisbon (Portugal), Lorient (France) and Gothenburg (Sweden). Additionally, the Dutch port of The Hague will host a one-night pit-stop on the trip from France to Sweden.
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DFDS fleet signs with Lloyd’s Register DFDS Seaways operates a network of 30 routes with 50 ships, predominantly ro-ro freight ships, ro-pax ships, and passenger ships; with few exceptions these ships will now all be classed by LR
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FDS, northern Europe’s largest integrated shipping and logistics company is transferring eight ships into Lloyd’s Register class to help further support the DFDS Seaways operational activities. The increase in ships classed by LR deepens and broadens the support provided by the classification market leader in the passenger ship, ro-pax and ro-ro freight ferry sectors. Lloyd’s Register’s Ship Emergency Response Programme (SERS) has also been contracted fleet wide to provide damage stability and crisis support to DFDS, further underlining the extent of safety and operational services now available to DFDS. Speaking at the signing ceremony in their office in Copenhagen, Kasper Moos, Vice President of DFDS and heading the company’s technical organisation commenting on the decision to
choose LR for fleetwide class and emergency response, said: - DFDS Fleet has been growing because of recent acquisitions, and this means that by coincidence we have our ships registered in various classification societies. We have therefore decided to transfer a number of our ships to LR in order to reduce the number of partners and achieve a leaner process in our daily work with the class. LR has already proven that they have the size and the services we need for fully covering our needs for a safe and efficient operation of our ships. Lloyd’s Register’s Kim Wiese, Marine Business Development Manager for Denmark said: - DFDS has always maintained a close relationship with LR, with the vast majority of newbuildings being ordered to LR class. Our relationship has been strengthened through the agreement to transfer a number of vessels
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to LR Class. Furthermore, enrolling their fleet in to our SERS programme shows DFDS’ commitment to safety of life at sea and their care for the environment. Through our services LR will assist DFDS to provide a high level of safety and operational performance input to their fleet as we strive to help the company realise its commercial and technical ambitions to transport passengers and freight safely and efficiently. LR is highly committed to the ferry business. As well as our day-in/day-out service delivery, our research and innovation activities - including projects in which we have worked closely with DFDS - help drive our global leadership in passenger and freight ferry classification. This is an important sector where a combination of economic challenge and regulatory change means that ferry operators are looking for deeper and broader support.”
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Fayard is hoping for more work Hidden behind ”Gabet”, at the entrance to Odense fjord (bay), Fayard can be found (previously known as Fredericia shipyard). This has been Fayard’s address since september 2010, where the yard moved to Munkebo on the island of Funen. Fredericia no longer wanted the yard. Only four months later, on January 1, 2011, Fayard started activities on part of the area previously used by the Lindø yard.
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n order to carry out such an operation and be able to say “mission completed” it requires a great deal of confidence and support. Yard owner and CEO Thomas Andersen had full trust from his approximately 200 employees and contractors from the Triangle Area and other places. Today, more than two years later, the past is about to become history. The concern is about the present and the future and the securing of jobs. Time is indeed money and competition for every ship whether it is for docking, classification, refitting etc. is tough. - We are not the only repair yard in Denmark close to Deep Water, shipyard CEO Thomas Andersen says. The Swedes close In an overall large perspective, Fayard competes with the Polish shipyards of Gdansk and Gdynia for orders, even though the Swedes
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think otherwise. The Swedish shipyards are in serious trouble. One problem is that the Dutch Damen has closed Götaverken in Gothenburg. In addition, Kockums in Malmö is experiencing serious problems. At the beginning of June this year, when Maritime Denmark was paying a visit, the shipyard dock was more or less full. At the outfitting quay, the DFDS ship “Ark Dania” could be seen, a Ro/Ro ship, which will be operating between Esbjerg and Immingham in joint service with the sister ship “Ark Germania”. Both vessels are designed to operate in connection with military exercises, transport, or other special tasks for NATO. “Ark Dania” has just been dragged to Lindø Shipyard from the bankrupt, and now sold, Volkswerft in Stralsund. Furthermore, the jackup rig “Maersk Gallant” is being upgraded. The rig will be ready again in mid-July. Repair of “Maersk Gallant” means
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employment for more than 300 people in and around Odense. Add to this a further 200 people whom Maersk Drilling have established business with and a number of our own people. Thomas Andersen does not conceal that it is a “giant” and welcome task, also from a logistical point of view. The rig provides work behind the fence The rig does not just provide employment in Odense and the surrounding area; it has also influenced other companies that have established themselves in Lindø. Until now, the move from Fredericia has not resulted in an increase in employment at the shipyard. Thomas Andersen hopes that, in future, this will change. - The elimination of the coaster fleet, which was previously our core business, has meant that we can now concentrate on our major customers
and provide better service than in the past compared to the docking capacity in Fredericia. - As soon as we begun activities in 2011 here at the old Lindø Shipyard, we began a modernization of the docks. Among other things, new pump systems were installed. This means that we can begin repairs on a ship three to four hours after arrival. The gates to the docks can be opened and closed in just 15 minutes. - We dock around 130 vessels a year. Work needs to be finished fast and therefore it was important that the dock gates were as handy as possible. Thinking Environment - In this connection, we have given thought to the environment. By connecting the docks 1, 2, and 4 and the giant dock 3 (Here, AP Møller-Maersk constructed the E ships with “Emma Maersk” as the first, Ed.) to a water purification plant (Stateof-the-art, Ed.) we make sure that we comply with legislation at all times. - Fayard covers about 1/3 of the total area of 1 million square meters at Lindø. This place has a high growth potential. This was not the case in Fredericia, Thomas Andersen says.
- 25,000 square meters of our total land area is under roof with high lifting capacity. We are less affected by weather conditions. That is an important parameter if you want to be “second to none” in relation to customers. It simply does not exist anywhere else in Northern Europe. The future is notoriously difficult to predict about. Still, Thomas Andersen makes an attempt. Ships need to be maintained - rigs also, once every few years. It is also very difficult to say whether an order is secured until four weeks, at the earliest, before the possible arrival. A tanker may be delayed or diverted to the Far East with cargo. So it is important for the shipyard CEO to keep his cool, dressed in the traditional “yard suit” blue overalls. Refitting and tank is one of the areas which the shipyard at the bay of Odense will focus on in the future. Labour no problem Fayard has completed installation of the first flue gas system, a so-called scrubber, on the Color Line ferry SuperSpeed 2 so that it meets the IMO requirements, which will take effect on 1 January 2015, that CO2 emissions should not exceed 0.1
percent. In addition, the yard has started installing treatment facilities for ballast water, a process which is a developing a little slowly, in general due to differing guidelines. For example, American guidelines are more stringent than those of the UN Convention. It was adopted in 2004 and must be implemented in 2015 worldwide. The treatment system for ballast water, which constitutes serious financial costs for shipowners, is to prevent organisms from spreading from one sea to the other and thereby disturbing the natural balance. Just like elsewhere on the island of Funen, for instance in Svendborg, Fayard has no problems finding qualified workers for the metal industry. Qualifications are to be in order, naturally. In the case of foreigners, they must be authorized to work in Denmark. It is not condition to be a citizen of Funen. - The majority of the employees at Fayard are from Funen/The Triangle, Thomas Andersen emphasizes. In 2013, Fayard A/S had a profit before tax of approximately 40 million DKK.
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By Finn Bruun
Innovative Danish Shipdesign The innovative ship design company Knud E. Hansen A/S, headquartered in Elsinore and with office at Lindø, has experienced its best year ever and continues at full speed with an incredibly wide range of activities worldwide from an oil recovery vessel which can almost sail in a puddle to retrofitting of cruise giants and advanced ventilation systems for efficient chemical tankers.
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quite unique range of activities and great flexibility and innovativeness make the ship design company Knud E. Hansen A/S something special, which was confirmed in April when Knud E. Hansen A/S was awarded the Shippax prize for the ro-ro ship of Bahri Abha, which was designed in Elsinore.
Knud E. Hansen A/S was probably world leader in passenger ships in both the ferry and cruise businesses. Worldwide, Knud E. Hansen A/S was number one. And this is also the approach being pursued today.
- Knud E. Hansen A/S operates within a wide range of marine and offshore activities and we work all around the world. I think Knud E. Hansen A/S was the only Danish company with activities on all seven continents last year. I do not think even Maersk achieved this. We were also in Antarctica working on two projects, Managing Director Finn Wollesen says.
- We had some tough years in the 1990s when the company lost pace because a proper succession was not made, but we picked up speed after the year 2000, with ro-ro ships, non-corrosive chemical tankers and wind turbine installation vessels and being the first to make jackup vessels which are used in connection with installation of large wind turbines. The very first of them, Resolution, was designed by us for Mayflower, Finn Wollesen says.
Knud E. Hansen A/S was founded in 1937 and has always been in the lead. Till the late 1980s,
- The next generation is the Swire-ships Swire Orca and Swire Osprey, which are both our
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design, and which sail for a Danish shipping company currently. In general, we are very active in the area of offshore and offshore wind. We are designing a number of projects in the ice class because the melting ice means that it is beginning to be feasible to sail places you could not sail before. There will be new rules regarding how to operate in the Arctic and the Antarctic, and we are well prepared for that development. In another field where the company has been doing well for the past 10-12 years is conversions: - We have been doing a good deal of work for Stena, which includes extension of existing ferries, so they can sail other routes, including upgrading with extra deck. In fact, we have examined the entire fleet, because we have been involved in all of their projects. Among other things, we have converted Saga Sapphire, previously a
Pullman Tour ship. A project completed last year at the Palermo yard. So, conversions is something that we are also very successful in, Finn Wollesen says and mentions that Knud E. Hansen A/S has been divided into segments. One of the specialties here is HVC, heating, ventilation and air conditioning. -The largest project we are working on right now concerns British aircraft carriers, where we have been involved in the design of air conditioning since 2008. Our client is a major German air ventilation company. But we also are also doing a considerable amount of ventilation work in the offshore business. And for a large number of small ships, where we assist ventilation companies with their design, often as a buffer for their own technical departments. Cruise ships in the U.S. - In our USA office, we focus greatly on the two major cruise lines, Royal Caribbean and Carnival. They provide a constant flow of work - everything from assistance in connection with small conversion projects; machinery may need to be moved or we need to update their safety plan.
But, in addition to cruise lines, the U.S. office will also focus on offshore in the Gulf of Mexico when we get a little further ahead. - We have deliberately placed those of our office which are outside Denmark where our customers are - unlike many of our competitors who have placed offices in low-cost countries to save costs. We have offices in London, the Faroe Islands (here are no other consultants than us), Australia (due to offshore in Western Australia), Piraeus, Greece (ferries and the entire Mediterranean). Lindø - Furthermore, we have an office at Lindø, which supports Western Denmark and the shipbuilding activities at Lindø, including Faryard. We are located at the shipyard in Lindø Industrial Park, where there are many activities. We have chosen the location at Lindø because we have succeeded in employing a number of people who lived in the area, but who were not interested in moving to Elsinore. So today, our second largest office is in Odense, which attracted employees, enabling us to support Western Denmark and the island of Funen fairly quickly.
- The Lindø office co-operates with the main office in Elsinore. All our offices work closely together with Elsinore, and if an office experiences a decline in the number of local jobs, that office will be connected to projects in Elsinore. Odense works in exactly the same way as Elsinore. We have a platform offering prompt assistance to local areas, Finn Wollesen says. The innovative projects also include designing a floating power plant for a Danish company. - It is a wave system, which is flowing in the sea off Nakskov, and which has now entered the next stage after the testing of the prototype has begun. We are in the process of full-scaling. - Our project for the Saudi shipping company Bahri was nominated as the best design in ro-ro. We are very proud of this. It was a much optimized design. The ro-ro market has been a great success for us over the past few years. In the magazine “Significant Ships”, two of our designs have been nominated. This is CMN from France. And two years ago, Pacific Orca was also in “Significant Ships”, the head of ship design says, also highlight-
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ing that Knud E. Hansen A/S has designed the ships to sail on Fogo and Change Islands near Newfoundland. - They will be built in Romania and will be delivered to the Government of Canada in approximately two years. They are ice-class ships and they are a bit special because of the tough nature of the area. Energy savings Knud E. Hansen A/S puts a lot of work into energy optimization these days. - We have had huge projects with Carnival Cruise Line concerning energy savings. Mainly concerning ventilation. And we are also looking at energy savings for other shipyards: - You can simply cut off the bow and put up a new bulb. A great deal has happened because the speed of ships has been reduced. The hull is not optimal for the lower speed and therefore it pays to change the bow and get a better hull shape. We have done this for several shipping companies. Also concerning trim optimization, we have made low energy danish
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studies, meaning how ships are to perform in various trims according to whether a ship carries a cargo or not or has different gravity loads. It pays to trim the ship differently depending on the draft and measure what is most optimal trim is. The design company’s range of activities also includes platforms and drill ships. Currently, Maersk Galant is docked at Fayard. This is a project where we are also very much involved with design and calculation of a number of conversions, he says. - A few years ago, we created a complete concept, an arctic drill ship for an American shipping company, Frontier Drilling. The financial crisis put a stop to the project, but we are on the market of drilling ships and we are working on projects, Finn Wollesen says without saying who the client is. Another project related to oil is a small oil collection vessel, SWORC, designed by Knud E. Hansen A/S.
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- It is a light craft that can pick up oil in coastal areas. Originally, the idea was for Denmark to have a plan for such a situation, but there is no political will to make a decision, so nothing happens. But we have built one vessel in order to be prepared for the future. The problem with an oil spill is that if you fail to get booms out in time, and the oil will float into shallow water, and you can only stand on the beach and wait to be able to scrape it up. For each ton of oil, 13 tons of sand must be removed. But this small vessel - it is a catamaran - can sail at 30 cm and can collect oil in plastic bags which are dumped between the hulls. This means that the bags can be collected by a tractor, for instance, the next day. It is possible to skim 400 kg at a time, and then it dumps the bag. In that way, it can be avoided that many tons of oil end up on sandy beaches and you can therefore save wildlife and prevent pollution and loss of revenues from tourism. - If you placed ten of them in Denmark, it would be possible to reach any coastline within 2-4 hours. The political plan says it should be done, but there is chaos between municipalities, the
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Royal Danish Navy, the Marine Guard, and politicians, he points out. Knud E. Hansen A/S is looking to the future with great optimism: - The financial crisis was an advantage for us at first because many shipping companies predicted that yards would be put under pressure and become desperate for work, so a lot of tender designs were put on the shelves in order to be able to purchase cheap vessels when the yards were ready to lower prices. Those who have bought at the lowest prices will be successful over the next 20 years. - But no one knew when the bottom was reached, and there is only one who buys the cheapest ship, so we began to feel the crisis. 2009 and 2010 were ok, but 2011 and 2012 were a little hard on us, while 2013 was our best year ever. So, we are hopeful, Finn Wollesen says. In addition to North America, he also has hopes for the Chinese market, where Knud E. Hansen A/S has had two successful projects: - In China, you have to win confidence, and we have, so when they get their next projects, we believe that we will be involved.
Knud E. Hansen A/S has clients who have been co-operating with Knud E. Hansen A/S for 4050 years. - Among those is Stena, which supply a constant flow of projects. Also Canada is and has always been a great market for Knud E. Hansen A/S. For instance, in the beginning of 1965, Ralph Misener placed a design order with Knud E. Hansen A/S for ships. The new ship was to be the largest in the fleet in terms of capacity and the company’s first independent bulk carrier with a deck-installed system for self-reading. Knud E. Hansen A/S is bidding for the same type of vessels for another Canadian shipping company, and at the same time, two KEHdesigned ships are under construction, while contracts are being made regarding chemical tankers and multi-purpose vessels. Along with energy optimization, these projects also help pull Knud E. Hansen A/S forward. - But even if you have certain goals or targets, unexpected things will suddenly emerge. All of a sudden, a ship-owner, who is used to working with us, has a project that needs to be finished
the day after tomorrow. Therefore, contracts are often traded from day to day. A company like ours rarely has a full book of orders for more than 3-6 months. We have had some very long projects, which are nice to have – among others the British aircraft carrier. But often we have only had a horizon of one month. Our employees are fortunately very flexible, Finn Wollesen states and adds that Knud E. Hansen A/S is its very own brand. - Our company has 70 employees representing 15 different nationalities. Knud E. Hansen A/S is very multi-ethnic and it makes things very exciting when you have learned to deal with it, Finn Wollesen says. Finn Wollesen also points out that employee resources are a challenge today, because there is a fight to attract the most experienced employees. - In principle, it means that we are constantly recruiting and employing senior machine engineers and senior ship engineers with ship design experience, Finn Wollesen says.
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By Tina Altenburg
LINDØ will bring offshore wind energy to the next level Lindø Offshore Renewable Center (LORC) is located at an enormous area previously belonging to Odense Steel Shipyard, part of A.P. Møller-Mærsk. Now, LORC uses the area for testing of offshore wind energy technology. The goal is to reduce the cost of energy in connection with offshore renewable energy. The latest addition is LORC’s nacelle testing.
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hen Odense Steel Shipyard (the Lindø Shipyard) announced its closing in 2009, a group of companies from the renewable energy sector together formed LORC as a non-profit foundation with the aim of reindustrializing the area and creating new jobs for some of the 3000 people, who lost their jobs, when the shipyard closed. Among the companies participating in the creation of LORC was Vestas Wind Systems, Siemens Wind Power,
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Dong Energy as well the two universities, the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Southern Denmark. The goal was not only to establish new jobs, the goal was also to use the big former shipyard area for testing of technologies connected to offshore renewable energy and in this way reduce the cost of energy, making offshore renewable energy a lot more profitable.
grid. They can test everything related to the electricity grid, before they install the wind turbines at sea. The nacelle testing facility actually comprises two test-docks, one of them offering a so-called Highly Accelerated Lifetime Test, where the wind turbine manufacturer can see whether the wind turbine can stand up to the wear and tear during the expected lifetime of 25 years. The other test-dock tests the performance of the nacelle including the hub, where the blades are normally mounted.
- The basic idea was to create a knowledge and testing center for offshore renewable energy. The knowledge center is established and being handed over to the cluster Offshoreenergy.dk and we are now focusing on wind energy. Wave energy and other forms of offshore renewable energy are still too immature technologies, making us unable to push the industry further ahead for the time being. We simply cannot reduce the cost of energy in wave energy enough, explains Tea Hviid, Head of Communication at LORC. LORC has just opened an indoor test facility for testing of nacelles. It can test offshore wind turbines with a power output up to 10 MW. Two test-docks - We believe that LORC Nacelle Testing will be the most realistic and advanced testing of nacelles globally. The test facility is designed in order to be able to test the upcoming offshore turbines. LORC recently signed its first contract with Vestas for testing of the V164-8MW turbine, she says adding: - We can test wind turbines nacelles, as if the wind turbines were erected at sea. However, here we will not have to wait for the wind to blow in the right way. This will reduce the time spent on the development phase. Here they can test indoor, what happens to the wind turbine, when it is connected to the electricity
- It has been a very large project to establish the test facility. For example, we started 1½ year ago undertaking the piling work and placed 107 concrete piles 16 meters down. The foundation is very important, as the facility would be destroyed, if the foundation were not made solid enough, Tea Hviid says. Welding technology LORC has also established a test center for welding technology, in cooperation with industrial partner FORCE Technology. LWT is equipped with one of the world’s most powerful laser systems and focuses on the application of laser hybrid welding technology in heavy industry like the production of offshore wind turbine towers and foundations. - For the moment, we are getting some new welding methods verified. We believe that the hybrid laser technology can contribute the reduction of costs when applied in e.g. construction of wind turbine substructures, Tea Hviid says.
turbine foundations. Today they are made one by one,each designed according to its location, the water depth, the seabed, and a number of other factors. If it were possible to produce them in a kind of serial production, you could reduce the cost of energy. So we try to find solutions for some of the challenges that the industry is facing, Tea Hviid explains. The component and substructure test center is in its initial phase with the establishment of a strong floor, where foundations can be tested mechanically. The test facility also includes a climatic chamber, where the foundations can be tested under extreme climatic conditions. The next step will be to establish an outdoor test site for full scale testing of foundations. Close to the industry Only eight people are employed at LORC, and the intention is to stay a small organization with very close links to industrial partners, Tea Hviid explains. - We design test facilities with our partners and buy the knowledge that we need. In connection with the nacelle test facility we entered into a turn-key contract with General Electric. Today approximately 1500 people works at the former shipyard area, but only eight at LORC. Our goal is to attract production companies, which then establish production at the Lindøarea, Tea Hviid says.
Test center for foundations The next step for LORC is the establishment of a test center for wind turbine foundations and components.
LORC has already participated in attracting some of the big companies within renewable energy to the Lindø-area. Bladt Industries, which produces the large foundations for offshore wind turbines, is among the companies that have established production at Lindø. Among other companies can be mentioned Vestas Wind Systems and Siemens Wind Power.
- During the next 10 years, cost of energy must be reduced by 40 per cent. Most people agree on the fact a lot of effort is being put into making the nacelle less costly, and time has now come to the foundation and the tower. That is why we establish this new test center, where we will look into new ways of producing offshore wind
As a non-profit foundation, LORC is based on receiving funding from public as well as private sources. Among the public funds that have given LORC funding is Green Labs DK, which has contributed to the establishment of the nacelle test facility, and Markedsmodningsfonden (the Market Development Fund).
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Af Martin Uhlenfeldt
Small business with great possibilities Hydrofoss ApS is one of the many maritime growth businesses which have established themselves in Lindø Industrial Park at the old shipyard area in Munkebo. The relatively new business was established by Mads Willum and Syddansk Teknologisk Innovation with the purpose of introducing a unique chemical-free freshwater generator for maritime installation to the market.
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lmost all merchant vessels produce their own fresh water via vacuum evaporation of sea water, and among other uses, this fresh water is used for drinking water and for technical installations on vessels. All commercial freshwater generators (FWGs) on the market today have a continuous use of special anti-scaling chemicals in order to prevent salt deposits in the generator. This is where Hydrofoss takes another and more sustainable road. - It was our goal to avoid adding of chemicals completely because of the negative impact on the environment and the continuous cost for the shipping company, says Mads Willum, the man behind the chemical-free freshwater generator and the CEO of Hydrofoss. In our design, the FWG has ultrasound modules installed on the inside and when these modules are activated, the salt is dissolved and washed with the brine out of the freshwater generator. Thereby, the cost of anti-scaling chemicals are removed from the first day that this system starts operating on board, and negative impact on the marine environment is avoided, Mads Villum says. danish
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- The decisive difference in relation to our competitors’ design is the titanium plates with the special shape. This shape means that salt water can evaporate optimally, but that the ultrasound cleaning can still proceed efficiently. And our patent is also based on this plate design, Willum explains. Advanced technique Evaporator and condenser section is constructed of titanium plates and unlike other manufacturers the Hydrofoss FWG has a counter flow in the evaporator which results in better thermal efficiency. The H2O vapor passes through the demister mesh up to condenser section where the vapor condenses. The distilled water is pumped out of condenser via a separate pump and subsequently the water is controlled by a salinometer in order to comply with the preset limit for salinity (normally 3-10 ppm). If salinity is larger than the specified limits, the solenoid valve in the pressure line from the fresh water pump is automatically activated and the condensate is returned to evaporator feed line.
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The patented ScaleGuard system is mounted in the evaporator section and automatically activated 4-6 min. every hour - thus achieving that microscopic bubbles are flowing in anywhere where seawater evaporates. Ultrasonic modules emit waves with a frequency of 26500 Hz and when the bubbles hits evaporator surfaces they implode whereby the scaling is loosened. The flow of seawater removes the loosened scaling and evaporator section incl. gaskets, joints and plates are designed to withstand long-term effects from the ultrasonic modules. The ScaleGuard system is designed as a Startand-forget system - a Hydrofoss fresh water generator will continue to maintain clean surfaces without any scaling in the evaporator section. Lindø Industrial Park Hydrofoss ApS was established by Mads Willum and Syddansk Teknologisk Innovation in 2012 and moved to Lindø Industrial Park from the very start. The aim was to ensure close contact with the maritime environment and, not least,
with Fayard. The idea was and is to invite the shipping company inspectors, who visit the yard when their ships dock, to stop by for a talk and a demonstration of Hydrofoss’ freshwater generator. Hydrofoss is developing in the right direction, but the process has not been without problems. A large number of test have shown that it may be all very well in theory, but reality is something else. - The fact that we have replaced non-corrosive steel with plastic has also meant that even if we can now avoid corrosion in the entire lifetime of a generator, it has been necessary for us to bear in mind that plastic is another type of material altogether to work with, and as an engineer it is really important to remember that plastic only has about 1/6 of the strength compared to steel, Mads Willum says. - During the entire design process, we have been very mindful to what shipping company and crew have provided in terms of input. And a significant aspect has been to draw up solutions enabling the machine crew to separate and see to maintenance of the FWG – there
is no doubt that, today, a large number of systems in the engine room require the attention of an engineer, so one of the goals has been to make a system which more or less takes care of itself, with no leakage problems after having been separated many times – the last part has actually been a greater challenge than expected.
tight schedule and which would prefer not to wait till the next time the ship is docking, Willum says.
Maritime background Even if Mads Willum has not sailed himself, he has maintained close contact with the maritime world throughout his whole career. At first, as a shipyard engineer for a number of years, later on as a teacher at a school of marine engineering and at University of Southern Denmark. This practical experience combined with close affiliation to the corporate sector has been a clear advantage during the entire design process.
- What we need is actually not a big bag of money, because we are pretty much in control of the product now. What we mostly need is a good sales organisation. One which can open doors for us in the right places, Mads Willum says.
- It has also been important to us to be able to offer a solution which can be installed on board ships while they are operating, and we have just installed a system in ‘Naja Arctica’ while she was in Ålborg. It is a great advantage to us that we are able to offer this possibility to shipping companies which might have a
Searching for an investor Today, Hydrofoss ApS has four employees, a number which can increase quickly when Hydrofoss succeeds in finding the right investor.
- We are up against some of the biggest players in the business, but we believe in our product – and we believe that we have a competitive edge in terms of being able to deliver while the ship is in port. None of our competitors can offer that service. Where are you in ten years? - It is always difficult to predict the future, but we do not doubt that we have the right product. So, the answer must be that we, or our patent, will dominate the market by that time.
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Is the supergrid starting in the Baltic Sea? In 2014, construction will begin at Kriegers Flak, the site of the first offshore wind farms to enable electricity trading between countries. Will it all end as an isolated project connecting Germany and Denmark – or is this the start of something much more significant?
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ometime before 2020, electricity will flow from new offshore wind farms located in a part of the Baltic Sea where three countries: Germany, Denmark and Sweden, have each allocated a large area for offshore wind development. Denmark alone expects its Kriegers Flak wind farm, once completed, to double the country’s current wind power capacity. But it’s not so much the extra capacity that’s of interest here – instead, the excitement centers upon what may be the beginnings of the eagerly awaited “Supergrid”. Optimised advantages Kriegers Flak will connect the offshore wind farms of two nations – Germany and Denmark, following the 2013 withdrawal of Sweden’s Vattenfall – for the very first time, enabling their output to be traded. And the projected benefits are convincing, including a more stable and flexible supply, and lower power prices.
Importantly, interconnection will optimise offshore wind investments, enabling wind farms to keep on generating electricity in windy periods instead of having their production curtailed to avoid overloading the national grid. In less windy times, individual countries may also be less reliant on fossil fuel sources to fill demand gaps.
“While solar has a contribution to make, it isn’t the answer to the sustainable energy challenge. But offshore wind at scale brings costs down – and the Supergrid is what will make this happen.”
Naturally, with advantages like these, the project is enjoying €150 m in support from the EEPR (European Energy Programme for Recovery).
“There are still many national markets – a single market would be of tremendous value to the customer. From the customer’s viewpoint, wind has a zero incremental cost. That’s good, because the more wind there is, the cheaper power becomes. But offshore wind has high fixed costs that need to be covered.
Cost reduction driver Mainstream Renewable Power CEO and renewables champion Eddie O’Connor is in no doubt about the need for renewable energy sources in general and the construction of a European supergrid, with a strong offshore wind component, in particular. “Where will power be generated in Europe in the years to come? It can’t take up the land, so offshore wind, really, is the answer,” he says.
Eddie sees the Supergrid as a key driver in reducing electricity prices to the consumer:
“Linking up the whole of Europe moves the dial in favor of incremental costs. You can still tap into sufficient capacity via fossil fuels but you also let people far from major centers share in the low variable cost of wind. This is a model I believe will reduce the price of electricity for the average customer in
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If we’re going to achieve the transition to sustainable energy, then the Supergrid is absolutely vital. There’s no alternative. - Mainstream Renewable Power CEO, Eddie O’Connor
A force for good “If we’re going to achieve the transition to sustainable energy, then the Supergrid is absolutely vital. There’s no alternative,” he claims. “Just look at shale gas. It’s a fossil gas that’s dirtier than coal. The gas lobby say you can replace coal with it, but in the US, coal employment has risen since shale opened, with mines being dug even deeper. Europe, too, has invested more in coal since the entry of shale. In my opinion then, shale encourages the development of coal. The Supergrid can’t get here soon enough to help us avoid further increases in fossil-based infrastructure.”
Eddie isn’t content just to talk about the challenges. He’s the founder and president of Friends of the Supergrid (www.FOSG.com), assembling companies such as ABB, Siemens, Alstom, Prismian, RTE National Grid, REN, Ilia and others.
“The US is attempting to build its economy on shale gas. Gas is one of the major inputs to the coal industry, and we see an extra 20,000 people being employed in coal manufacture since shale gas ramped up.
He is convinced that the group has the knowhow and resources to advise on the design and development of the SuperGrid, and FOSG is actively lobbying to push its agenda forward at EU and national levels. Mainstream Renewable’s CEO is also concerned by the impact of the transition to renewables on companies such as RWE or Eon.
“Once the US starts exporting gas, pricing will move to a world price. Fossils include gas as well as coal. Burning 1 tonne of coal releases 2.8 tonnes of CO2. When 1 tonne of natural gas is burned, 2.6 tonnes of CO2 are released. Just look at the massive damage the climate change is inflicting on the planet. We pay a high price for this now, but we will be paying a much higher price in the future.”
“They are losing money on their fossil fuel generators. For example, the UK is incentivizing new gas plant build, while RWE, for instance, is closing down gas plant in Germany. Instead, use could be made of existing capacity in one country to meet the electricity demand in another. “In this way, the capacity factors for the existing plant would increase and make profit for the company that owned the plant, and the other country would not have to invest in new plant. The net result would be cheaper electricity for consumers at both ends of the Supergrid.” His passion for sustainable energy is unmistakable:
Birth of the European supergrid? A converter platform and two 150 Kv sea cables approximately 15 km long will connect the new Danish 600 MW wind farm with Baltic 2 – a 288 MW wind farm owned by Germany’s EnBW.
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Europe. And it simply can’t be done without the supergrid.”
The modular solution can be extended to incorporate other wind farms and national markets. The key drivers of the project are German transmission system operator 50 Hertz Transmission and Denmark’s Energinet. Source: A2SEA NEWS SPRING EDITION 2014
The US is attempting to build its economy on shale gas. Gas is one of the major inputs to the coal industry. - Eddie O’Connor
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New OW Bunker barge in the Panama Canal Danish OW Bunker, one of the world’s leading physical distributors and resellers of marine fuels, has time chartered an additional barge in Panama to further strengthen its physical operations.
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W Bunker’s new vessel in the region is the 3778 DWT, double-hulled Star Goethals which is equipped for delivering a full range of quality products, including low sulphur and high sulphur fuel, as well as MGO. This complements the 3255 DWT Star Baltic, which OW Bunker has been utilising since 2010. Both vessels have fast pumping rates to quickly and efficiently provide customers with a wide range of fully tested and independently verified marine fuels. - Panama’s marine fuel market is undergoing a period of change, driven by the widening of the Canal which will exert a shift in regional trade routes and impact fuel demands across the Americas. As these dynamics continue to evolve, OW Bunker is committed to helping ship owners and operators plan their fuel sourcing throughout the Americas, including Panama, says Adrian Tolson, OW Bunker Regional Manager, North America. - By co-ordinating physical distribution for customers through our network spanning the south and west coasts of North America, Panama and wider Latin America, OW Bunker is well positioned to work with customers in maximising their operational efficiencies going forward. OW Bunker has been operating in Panama as a physical fuel distributor since 2009. Complementing this offering, the company also has physical distribution operations off-
shore in the Gulf of Mexico and in Houston, as well as recently launched operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in North America. OW Bunker is a leading global independent marine fuel (bunker) company founded in Denmark in 1980 with operations in 29 countries. Headquartered in Nørresundby, Denmark, OW Bunker is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen and has over 600 employees globally. Source: OW Bunker
By Akshay Wal
The spirit of teamwork I am sure that when we sit back and reminisce about the best time that we had on a ship, we will all go back to one common thread – that is we were so lucky to have had a great crowd on that ship! And then if you reflect further you will see that you were part of a great team – and it was thriving at that time!
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here are a number of things that contribute towards creating the team spirit – in creating the synergy which takes a team to great heights. And when a team moves into that zone – it is a feeling which is so unique, so win-win, that everyone comes out feeling like a winner! For a team to move into the zone the environment has to be just right. And one of the first things to understand is that the environment is created mainly by the boss or the leader. Great leaders are able to lift the environment into one full of optimism and positivity just by exuding the warmth which they have learnt to generate. By looking a person in the eye, making them feel important by treating them as though they are meaningful to them, with a
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firm shake of the hand, a warm smile, a pat on the back – a leader demonstrates a feeling of trust for his or her people. People want to be respected, made to realize how important their role in the organization is, want to be recognized for what they have done/ are doing etc., and when they feel respected – in response they reach out by respecting their leader. And a feeling of total and complete trust exists between the leader and each team member which is so essential to lift a team to the highest levels! A matter of trust Alternatively we have some people – I won’t call them leaders – who just by their mere pres-
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ence, bring down the environment a notch or two. Their subordinates are made to feel that they are insignificant, inferior in some way, and they get a feeling that they are being used / manipulated for the personal gains of the boss. These people are never able to get the best of their junior team members as there is no trust between the boss and his / her team mates – and people just want to do the bare minimum to get the work out of the way. They say that a leader should be like a thermostat – a person who controls the temperature, not like a thermometer – which only monitors it. A great leader can change the environment through his positive attitude and overwhelmingly warm personality.
Anthony Robbins says that “ultimately, everything we do in our lives is driven by the need to avoid pain and our desire to gain pleasure.” In other words people work for only two reasons in life. • To gain pleasure • To avoid pain
were indeed chipping – but not in the corroded areas. The deck plating was duly covered with patches of primer to show for their efforts. They always had their excuses to explain the slow rate of progress to the chief officer whenever he bothered to ask. )
Try to think of any other reason why you would work? I can assure you that on rationalizing you will come to the conclusion, that what Tony Robbins is saying is true.
A person becomes a good leader only when he masters how to get his / her people to work towards gaining pleasure. And how one achieves that is by going out of the way to understand his / her people, realizing that each person is unique, and treating each person based upon their uniqueness. People will always respond to you! If you give respect- you will get it. If you give love – you get love. If you are patient with them – they will be patient with you. Once they feel wanted, respected, loved – they will follow you because they like you. They will then go out of the way to help and put in their best efforts. They enjoy working with you and are working towards pleasure.
Management by fear How does this apply to you and your leadership? If people are working for you just because they fear you and are scared as to how you can harm them and their careers if they displease you, you will agree that they would probably not do their best nor go out of their way to do what you tell them to do. They would probably end up doing the bare minimum they need to – just to keep you off their back. They are working only to avoid pain! (Reminds me of the cadets on one ship who would take a steel plate with them, when they had to do chipping on deck. They would hide in the lee of a hatch cover – so they could not be seen from the bridge - and hammer away on the steel plate instead of the deck plating. The noise would indicate that they
“People don’t care as to how much you know – till they know as to how much you care” The thriving team In a thriving team there is a high level of interdependence among members. People do their
respective work knowing that their team mates would in turn be doing theirs; nobody has to spy on others to monitor their performances, and as everyone trusts the others- the team functions seamlessly. People feel comfortable voicing their doubts and opinions and are not scared to approach anyone in the team for help / guidance –even approaching the leader if so required. Each team member knows that he can influence the agenda and that the team is willing to listen to him and work on his ideas if they are found to be appropriate. People don’t hesitate to volunteer ideas knowing that they won’t be shot down by their leaders. This spirit is so important, especially in times of need when more people means more ideas, more energy and more resources! There is no politics within a team such as this – and that in itself is so beautiful. For we would all have experienced the sick atmosphere on a ship / in an office where politics thrives! Everyone in the team has bought into the common goal for which the team has been brought together. Let’s take the example of the people on board a ship which is heading for a vetting inspection by oil majors. A meeting is held with the key players. Here the Superintendent / Master / Chief engineer clearly indicate the
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desire to have the inspection done with zero recommendations. The roles of everyone are clearly defined and spelt out and each person in the office and on the ship made to realize their role / the responsibility of getting the vetting through with the minimum of fuss. Each person in this case would take on the ownership for the inspection doing whatever it takes to get the job done. Each member is willing to contribute and do his or her bit towards the common goal. People here would volunteer to help to tackle any situations if the occasion arises. People would step in for their colleagues – instead of saying “that it is not my job!” Communication flows freely upwards and downwards, is transparent, open and upfront. The group has the capacity to create new ideas by thinking out of the box if so required. If the situation demands the team and individuals are prepared to take risks for the common goal danish
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and for each other, which they may not have done otherwise had the team spirit not existed. The good leader A leader who recognizes the strengths of his people would ensure that the members are working from areas of their respective strengths. When a person has to be corrected for a mistake made, he is made to realize that what he did was probably not the best way to do that process, and the person learns to examine the error made without taking it as a personal attack. The team then collectively looks at what happened and what corrective action needs to be taken to ensure that the same mistake does not occur again. People learn to congratulate each other, compliment them for things they do and openly praise their colleagues as appropriate. At times you have to place the team before self. You may have to pay a price for the team. You may have to do something which is extremely
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important for the team but which requires a personal sacrifice. A classic case of such a price being paid is of the Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto. He was competing in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics when during the floor exercise he broke his knee. He continued to compete and ended up scoring 9.5 in the pommel horse event with a broken knee. His team was behind the Soviet Union when he was the last gymnast in the competition who had to perform on the rings. He needed to score a 9.5 and above for his team to win the championship – a score that he had never ever scored before. He gritted his teeth and went through the routine – doing a high dismount to score a 9.7 for his team. You can imagine the agony he must have gone through when he landed on his feet and had to hold his position for a minimum time to show control! He walked off the mat and collapsed. Closer to home we can think about Anil Kumble playing with a bandaged broken jaw and getting Brian Lara out in the Antigua Test in 2002!
When you put the team before self a fantastic atmosphere exists. We get up from our sleep with a positive feeling, an attitude of getting things done, of achieving things and also an expectation to have a great time in the process. Now looking at a situation when our leader is not a person who can uplift other people, or in other words the leader is not a team player – what can we do? I believe that in that case, the burden falls on the shoulders of the next in line – if he has what it takes. He can build the team and try to isolate the negative impact of the leader from his team members. This is definitely not as effective as when the leader himself is a team player – but would still be preferable to what would happen if the second in command also takes a back seat. Scale of leadership Another worthy thought is to look at the level of leadership of the people in the team. If we
take a scale of 0 to 10, to indicate a person’s level of leadership – where 10 is the highest level, and measure the level of leadership of all the team members, we come with some interesting conclusions. If the leader is 4-5, he will find it difficult to lead people who are 7s and 8s. If in a team we are having a high turn around, it is worthwhile to try to understand the leadership of the people leaving. If 3s and 4s are leaving – it shows that the leader is strong and the weaker/ incompetent people are quitting because they can’t cope up. The team will evidently grow. If on the other hand, 7s and 8s are leaving – it shows that the leaders is probably a 4 or 5 and is not able to get the respect of his juniors, and so has turned to flaunting his position to assert himself – causing the guys to quit. This team is on a downward slide.
where this bonhomie existed, and I can tell you that whenever I do meet up with some of those guys, anywhere in this world- even decades later, it is a wonderful reunion- and normally we end up talking about what we did and how much fun we had and what a great time of our lives that was! These are just a few ideas of mine which may help you to build and be part of great teams! I wish you all fun in your work place! Akshay Wal is a marine engineer and ex LR surveyor, who is currently giving seminars on leadership, cross cultural teamwork, conflict resolution etc. for companies all over the world. He has designed some special training modules for shipping companies. Working from Lucknow, he may be contacted at walakshay@gmail.com
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