No deficiencies – of course! - Brise Schiffahrts-GmbH

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THE CREW NEWSLETTER OF THE BRISE GROUP
DEAR COLLEAGUES
AT SEA AND ON SHORE,
Our company’s
development
has been infl uenced
by many
external factors.
We have
responded
appropriately to changes in rules
and regulations by fl ag states, the
IMO, port states and other offi cial
bodies. We have also been able to
adapt to the commercial challenges,
which we are facing in an ever
volatile market. This evolutionary
process has been driven successfully
by all of us on the foundation
of solid qualifi cations, high motivation
and identifi cation, experience
and loyalty to BRISE. However, in
view of the growing organization,
the need to develop structures and
procedures accordingly is becoming
more and more apparent. We
are now engaged in a process of
evaluation and change to position
BRISE for the future. With many
colleagues and external support
involved, a lot of resources are
required to further improve on
what has already been good. I am
convinced that the benefi ts of this
investment will soon become obvious.
We want everyone in BRISE
at sea and ashore to get on board
with this process of continuous
improvement. When looking back
at what we have achieved I am
convinced that this is where we all
want to be anyway. We will keep
you informed as the process is still
ongoing. Happy sailing!
Yours faithfully
Kai-Erik Clemmesen,
Managing Partner
IN BRIEF ASHORE ABOARD
Cement vessels meet
in Aalborg, Denmark
NO.13 2/2011
Families and friends
on the MV EGERNSUND
Meet the crew of
the MV NORRLAND
No defi ciencies – of course!
FOCUS Port State Controls are common in the shipping business. Read more about their background
and join in our effort to minimize defi ciencies
Port State Control (PSC) is the inspection
of foreign ships in other
national ports by PSC offi cers
(PSCO) for the purpose of verifying
that the competency of the master
and offi cers on board, the condition
of a ship and its equipment
comply with the requirements of
international conventions (e.g. SO-
LAS (ISM), MARPOL, STCW, etc.)
and that the vessel is manned and
operated in compliance with applicable
national and international
fl ag state and shipping regulations.
IMO has encouraged the establishment
of regional Port State Control
organizations and agreements on
Port State Control in the 1970’s.
As a consequence, Memoranda
of Understanding, or MoUs, have
been signed covering all of the
world’s oceans: Europe and the
north Atlantic (Paris MoU); Asia
and the Pacifi c (Tokyo MoU); Latin
America (Acuerdo de Viña del Mar);
Caribbean (Caribbean MoU); West
and Central Africa (Abuja MoU); the
Black Sea region (Black Sea MoU);
the Mediterranean (Mediterranean
MoU); the Indian Ocean (Indian
Ocean MoU); and the Riyadh MoU.
The U.S. is not a member of any
Port State Control MoU but the
U.S. Coast Guard verifi es that all
foreign vessels operating in United
States waters are in compliance
with national and international conventions.
Today the number of a vessel’s
defi ciencies – or better, the lack of
them – is not only public information,
as it can be easily looked up
on websites like equasis.org, it is
also a very important indicator for
charterers and customers of the
shipping industry when it comes
to choosing new business partners
and negotiating new contracts. If
a vessel has a bad reputation, it is
very hard to sell its services to anybody.
Therefore it is crucial to the
success of our business to minimize
defi ciencies and to provide
fl awless service. All crew members
should keep the following advice in
mind to prevent defi ciencies and
misunderstandings:
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■ Vessel and crew have to be in
compliance with international requirements
at all times
■ A clean, well-maintained vessel
and a professionally dressed crew
always make a better impression
on the PSCO right from the start
■ The PSCO is to be treated with
all due respect, yet he should be
attentively escorted by the master
or – if the master is busy with other
important matters – an offi cer
of the vessel should be present
throughout the whole inspection.
If in doubt, the offi cer is to consult
the master
■ Sometimes PSCOs note a defi
ciency that does not really exist
because of a misunderstanding, a
lack of knowledge of the vessel or
other circ circumstances. In this case,
iit iis iimportant
to be aware of
this misunderstanding and
to speak up to the PSCO
in order to explain why
a defi ciency is not to
be noted. This has to
be done immediately
because once the
PSCO has left, it is too
late to change anything
in i the report.

2 Brise in Brief
CeleBrAtions
on tHe mv missunDe
When Captain Lech Kopaczyk
and his crew of the MV MissUnDe
(MsC LOnGOni) came
to Port Louis (Mauritius) on 2nd
May, they were greeted by offi -
cials from the port authority and
MsC to celebrate their 300th
visit to Port Louis. in order to
commemorate this event, a
shield was manufactured and
presented to the ship’s crew.
Congratulations!
reCiPe
reD younG Beet souP
in our loose series of recipes
cooked aboard our
Brise vessels, we
would like to present
you with some ideas
on how to eat healthy
and tasty meals while on
board. This time the recipe
from cook Wlodzimierz
Gniewek (MV nOrrLAnD) provides
an excellent example of
how to prepare a tasty vegetarian
meal that can be enjoyed on
cold and hot days alike.
ingredients:
• A bundle of young beet (red)
• 3 carrots
• 5 potatoes
• Parsley
• 3 eggs
• 100 ml of cream (30%)
• spices (pepper, salt, vinegar,
magi, dill, ...)
Hard-boil the eggs. slice the
young beet and boil it for 5-10
minutes. Then put the sliced
carrots, parsley and potatoes
(cut into small cubes) into
another pot and boil them for
15-20 minutes.
stir up from time to time. When
the vegetables are soft, put
them all together and add the
cream, vinegar and spices.
After tasting and before serving
add the eggs and enjoy.
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Families and Trainees
on the MV EgERNSuND
for the fi rst time since 1971 a vessel supported by south Pacifi c Marine service
with six i-Kiribati colleagues on board called at the Kiribati atoll Tarawa
This was not only a great chance
for the colleagues to meet up
with their families after many
months of separation, it was also
a long-awaited opportunity for the
students at the Tarawa Marine
Training Centre (MTC), as it tries
to enable all their trainees to visit
ships calling at Betio. MV eGernsUnD
was a very special case,
because all trainees were invited
not only to look around but also to
talk to their fellow countrymen and
receive fi rst-hand information with
regard to their work and their daily
routine on board. The crew’s families
were also invited by the Master,
Capt. malakhov, to visit their
husbands, fathers and sons. One
of the happy colleagues who met
up with his family was Bosun teburebure
toma, who completed
his training at the MTC in 1982. “i
couldn’t go to sleep because i was
Trainees of the
MTC (top) and family
members (bottom)
joined the crew in
Betio and had interesting
insights in life
aboard a vessel
looking forward to being in Tarawa
so much and to seeing my lovely
wife, my children and especially
my eight-month-old baby girl,” he
tells us. fitter Kabiriera Kabotau
was thrilled about the visit to their
home country. He stated, “i am
so proud this special opportunity
has allowed us to show our people
how hard-working we are and
enabled them to see the kind of
ship we are assigned to.’’

fotos: Brise (10)
Dockings
As reported in out last edition,
there are many scheduled dockings
this year, among them many
of our cement vessels, like the
MV CeMLUnA, the MV CeMseA,
and the MV CeMVALe, which
have already been docking in
the first months of 2011 (news@
Brise reported). in March the
MV rinKenis went for her intermediate
survey to a shipyard in
Varna. she was due for an overhauling
of the main and auxiliary
engines as well as an exchange
of the bow thruster. steel works
series more
MARPOL: Annex IV
After providing you with a general
introduction to MArPOL, the
“international Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from ships”
and its first three Annexes, we will
be taking a closer look at Annex
iV this time. it contains regulations
regarding the discharge of sewage
into the sea, ships’ equipment and
systems for the control of sewage
discharge, the provision of facilities
at ports and terminals for the
reception of sewage, and requirements
for survey and certification.
it is generally assumed that
on the high seas the oceans are
capable of dealing with raw sewage
through natural bacterial action.
Yet, to prevent the shorelines
from pollution, the regulations in
Annex iV prohibit ships from discharging
sewage within a certain
distance of the shore unless they
have an approved treatment plant
in operation. The Annex requires
The MV RINKENIS entering the dock
in Varna
FiGures oF tHe montH
in April the mv CemBAy carried the 1,000,000th ton of cement on her
journey from Brunsbuettel to Plymouth. most other cement vessels have
already exceeded this benchmark.
ships to be equipped with a sewage
treatment plant, a sewage
reduction and disinfection system
or a sewage holding tank. The discharge
of sewage into the sea is
prohibited unless the ship has an
approved sewage treatment plant
in operation or is discharging disinfected
sewage which has been
reduced to small pieces using an
approved system at a distance of
more than 12 nautical miles from
the nearest shore. in addition to
abiding by these regulations, every
crew member can help to keep
the oceans clean. To ensure that
the sewage treatment plant works
most effectively, it is helpful, for
example, not to discard any alien
substances in the sewage system
and to use special (toilet) cleaning
liquids like Gamazyne from Wilhelmsen/Unitor
which do not harm
or kill the microbiological fauna in
the sewage plant.
and repairs to her ballast water
and stability tanks were also
necessary. furthermore the MV
ULsnis was docking in Capetown
for her intermediate survey
in April with a similar workload
as her sister-ship MV rinKenis.
The MV LAnGBALLiG was docking
in the second half of April for
her special survey in swinoujscie,
Poland. some maintenance work
and repairs were also due, including
an exchange of the hydraulics
system and a complete exchange
of the rudder stock.
STRANDguT
some almost real “sTrAnDGUT”
has been stranded in this edition
with the help of the MV CeM-
LUnA’s master, Jacek Delag.
He has sent us this great picture
of A/B Adrian radomski and
D/Cadet sebastian szych with
their masterpiece, a self-made
pilot ladder. This ladder not only
consists of pieces that are bought
(like manila rope), but also of
wooden steps, rubber and pieces
that have been recovered and “recycled”
from damaged ladders
and from the sea. As a result of
the two colleagues’ great skills
and hard work, this perfect “new”
pilot ladder, which meets all of the
pilot embarkation requirements,
could be put into use. We are
impressed and would like to say:
Well done and thank you!
Adrian Radomski and Sebastian Szych
with their self-made pilot ladder
Brise in Brief
Five Questions
For Artur FryzA
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1. When did you start working
for Brise/A&A and why?
i started to work for the technical
department of Brise July 2011,
but in fact i have been working
“for” Brise for 17 years. After
graduating from Maritime Academy
i got a job with scan shipping Pol
as a water clerk to attend to Brise
vessels, among others. Then i
started to work on these ships as
O/s until my first captain’s duty in
2004. Later i took on the position
of crewing director at A&A.
2. What exactly are your
responsibilities? As a technical
inspector i am responsible for the
management and technical maintenance
of the vessels CeMBAY,
CeMseA, CeMsKY, KOLLUnD
and nOrrLAnD. furthermore i am
responsible for the implementation
of Maintstar.
3. What do you like best about
your job? We never stop learning.
This is what i call experience. i
am keen to gain experience and i
am always happy to share it with
others to help them to get out of
trouble.
4. When you travel, which part
of the world do you like most
and why? i like Croatia, italy and
Portugal, but honestly, i really like
the parts of the world i have never
been to before like new Zealand,
Australia and many others.
5. What input would you like
to read in upcoming editions
of news@Brise? i’d like to read
about the incredible stories of a
seaman’s life. i know there are a lot
of them because i heard so many
when i was sailing myself.
in this part we introduce
colleagues from all different
parts of Brise. if you have any
suggestions who might be next
in this column, please send us
an email to news@brise.de

4 Brise AsHOre
Cement vessels
meet in AAlBorG
The MV CEMSKY and the
MV CEMSEA seen from the
MV CEMSTAR
By sheer chance, four of our
CeM vessels met in Aalborg
on the 11th of May. As the MV
CeMsTAr’s Captain Marek
Gasior reports, his vessel and the
MV CeMseA, MV CeMfJOrD
and the MV CeMsKY had to load
cement in Aalborg at roughly the
same time. The MV CeMsTAr
was just entering the port as the
MV CeMfJOrD was leaving.
Yet, there was enough time for
Captain Gasior to take some
snapshots of the CeM fleet and
even to visit the MV CeMseA for
a chat with her captain.
stAFF neWs
Two new colleagues have joined
the staff of Brise Hamburg
recently. Freyja Pommerschein
became a part of the operations
team at the beginning of April. As
of April as well stefan lindberg
is heading the inspection team as
fleet manager. silke schirmer
is on maternity leave while Uta
Wunder and Karoline Pätsch are
carrying on in the crewing department.
Artur Gawlik has left
sCAn-shipping Pol. Ltd., Gdynia
Branch, to seek new challenges
as a self-employed shipbroker. We
wish Artur all the best in his new
endeavours and trust that there
will be new opportunities to work
together in the future. Chartering
activities will refocus within the
Brise network on our Hamburg
office where Jo Koeppelmann and
his team are at our customers’
disposal.
series
Learning from disaster: Immersion suits
in our series
“Learning from
disaster” about
different regulations
and their
backgrounds,
Jens e. Bo-
rowski provides you with some
essentials on immersion suits (is):
“After a few incidents in the north
Atlantic where crew members
had to abandon ship and later
suffered or died of hypothermia,
a sOLAs regulation was enforced
to carry at least one is per person
aboard every cargo vessel.
Yet, the experience gained during
the January 2007 abandonment
of the containership MsC
nAPOLi during a winter storm in
the english Channel highlighted
the potential risks of wearing immersion
suits in totally enclosed
lifeboats. Although outside temperatures
were frigid, a number
of crew members wearing immersion
suits suffered from overheating
and dehydration. Other crews
also reported interference with
New Charters
Although the economic situation
is slowly improving, it remains difficult
to find suitable contracts
for all our vessels. As a result the
MV LAnGBALLiG is lying idle in
Poland at the moment. fortunately
there are also some new
contracts, which we are glad to
report. The MV sAnDWiG (MCC
CHALiCe) has been redelivered
and has a new time charter with
seaboard Marine Limited, Miami.
for two years she will be sailing un-
seating arrangements in the lifeboat.
Therefore a revised sOLAs
regulation iii/32 advises that is
should not be worn when boarding
totally enclosed lifeboats.
While abandon-ship drills are a
good opportunity to examine and
demonstrate the use of immersion
suits, crew training during these
drills should emphasize that immersion
suits are intended primarily
to ensure thermal protection in
cases where the totally enclosed
lifeboat cannot be boarded and
where air and water temperatures
are well below body temperature.
it is also very important that each
crew member have access to an
immersion suit of appropriate size.
Any colleagues who are especially
tall or have an especially large
build should check the fit carefully
and report back to the captain or
safety officer if their is does not fit
well.”
Contact: Jens E. Borowski;
fleet@brise.de
No immersion suit necessary in totally enclosed lifeboats, because crew-
members suffered from overheating and dehydration while wearing them
der the name of MV sAnDWiG in
the Caribbean. The MV KOLLUnD
has prolonged her time charter with
Lars Jonsson Trading AB, stockholm,
until at least september
2011. she will be sailing in northern
europe to transport bulk goods and
general cargo. The MV KeGnAes
(OXL BAMBOO) has also reported
an extension of her time charter.
OXL nV, Zeebrugge, will keep her
sailing in order to transport heavy
and project goods until at least
september. The MV eGernsUnD
is sailing for OXL now as well. from
the end of July until at least October
she will be serving on a worldwide
service for project goods under
the name of OXL OCeAniC.
from April until at least October
the MV fALsHOefT has a new
time charter with nirint shipping
BV, rotterdam, and has therefore
been renamed MV nirinT sPiriT.
she will be on a worldwide service
transporting project goods.
MV EgERNSuND
is busy discharging

Photos: Brise (11)
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Visitors to and from the
MV gLuECKSBuRg
As the MV GLUeCKsBUrG is scheduled to come to Hamburg about every second
month at the moment, there are many opportunities to meet and greet. see here
what happened in April
Office staff aboard the MV gLuECKSBuRg (top) and ratings in the office of BRISE Hamburg (bottom). Kai-Erik
Clemmesen also paid a visit to the crew aboard (bottom of page)
Managing Director Kai-erik Clemmesen,
Jo Koeppelmann, Jens e .
Borowski and some other colleagues
from the Brise office paid
a visit to the vessel while she was
loading and discharging in the Hamburg
port. They were greeted by
departing Captain tomasz Konkel
and were shown around the bridge
and the vessel.
in return, four Philippine ratings
had the chance to visit the office
of Brise Hamburg before joining
the crew for their new contract. AB
isidro ofianga, AB ruelo oliveros,
Os Pedro Arsolon, and
Os Anicito laguna were greeted
by Jens e. Borowski and stefan
Lindberg. Afterwards Wibke Pottberg
showed them the office and
introduced them to the other office
staff. All of them have had contracts
with Brise before (some as many
as five) and most of them were returning
to the MV GLUeCKsBUrG.
“We like this vessel
a lot because it
is the biggest and
most modern in
the BRISE fleet”
AB isidro ofianga and
os Anicito laguna
“We like this vessel a lot because it
is the biggest and most modern in
the Brise fleet”, AB isidro Ofianga
and Os Anicito Laguna told us. Unfortunately
they did not have much
time to see much of the city. “We
flew in from Manila via Dubai the
day before and had to relax a bit
in the hotel. Yet, before we board
the ship in the afternoon, we will
try to do a bit of sightseeing,” AB
ruelo Oliveros and Os Pedro Arsolon
told us. They all agreed that
it was an interesting experience
to see the office in Hamburg and
to meet the colleagues personally.
There was a pleasant surprise
when the colleagues who came to
relieve the current crew, Captain
Arkadiusz zagozda, 3rd/Off Jakub
Frydecki, 2nd/eng tomasz
Danowski, and electrician Kryztof
Baranski, paid a visit to the
office later on and were able to join
the party as well.
Brise AsHOre 5
best
practice
Handling drugs
in some regions of the world
vessels are highly exposed to
drug smuggling. Although there
are very sophisticated methods
of smuggling high quantities of
drugs, small amounts, hidden in
backpacks dropped on board
or in some other space, are an
even bigger problem because
they may imply the crew’s involvement
in the smuggling and
can lead to the vessel’s detention
and to the arrest of the crew.
Please find some important precautions
below that will increase
the safety of ship and crew alike:
n Protect yourself! Be aware of
the possibility of drug smuggling
and do not exchange any personal
information (name, marital
status, residence etc.) with the
port personnel
n The deck watch should
consist of a minimum of 3 crew
members, positioned on both
sides of the ship
n Only individuals with iD are
allowed to board the vessel.
Whenever possible the vessel’s
command is to insist on a list of
stevedores
n Be very careful with stevedores.
They are not allowed to
bring parcels or backpacks on
board and they are only allowed
to have drinks in transparent
containers
n The activities of all visitors
must be carefully monitored. Any
visitors to the accommodation
area must be escorted at all
times. The paint room, bosun
stores and other compartments
are to be immediately locked
after required materials or tools
are collected
n if drugs are found on board,
do not touch the packages
n All drug-related incidents are
to be reported to CsO and DPA
immediately
Contact: fleet@brise.de

6 Brise ABOArD
MV NORRLAND
rePort Do women on board really mean bad luck? When Miss Gyde sievers and Miss Kachina Barmbold
from the Brise office spent a week on the MV nOrrLAnD in June, it seemed to have been a good time for everyone …
“Our one-week trip covered exactly the time the MV nOrrLAnD needs
to complete her scheduled round trip between Bergen, Hovland, Odda,
Haugesund, Tananger (all norway) and immingham (UK),“ Gyde sievers
tells us. “We were really impressed by how busy the crew was and
noticed how little time they had to relax.” Loading and unloading, lashing
and securing, operating the side-loading facility and stowing heavy
cargo and project cargo… the tasks of the crew are manifold. “Yet, they
took the time to tell us about their duties and to explain many features
of the vessel to us,” Kachina Barmbold adds. Before being relieved in
Haugesund, 1st/Off Bartlomiej Pilarski showed the ladies the vessel
A chat with the captain
While on board the MV nOrrLAnD we also took the opportunity to talk to her captain:
Krzysztof Wawrzyniak (41)
n@B: Master Wawrzyniak, why
did you become a captain? Did
you always want to work in seafaring?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: My father
was a fisherman and i started
sailing with a small sailing boat
when i was 12 years old. i decided
to become a seaman when i
was about 15, although my father
didn’t like it because his experience
working as a fisherman
was very hard.
n@B: How long have you been
working for Brise and what do
you like about it?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: i joined
Brise in 2002 and became a
master in 2007. i think the cooperation
with the technical support
is very good and uncomplicated.
The colleagues in the office are
also very nice and always helpful.
n@B: Do you have a favourite
vessel in the Brise fleet? if so,
which one is it and why?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: Yes, it’s the
MV nOrrLAnD. she is more
than 20 years old. i gained most
of my seafarer’s experience on
her and became master on this
ship. she is not easy to manoeuvre
and her different types of
cargo make her a very interesting
vessel to work on. i learned
a lot from Capt. niemeyer and
Capt. Toepfer.
n@B: Oh, you really seem to like
this vessel…
Capt. Wawrzyniak: Yes, and
so do the other colleagues. The
same seamen keep returning to
and explained the loading facilities and the system of ballasting, and
C/e Genadijs Grisnis gave them a tour of the engine room. The cargo
consisted mostly of zinc, aluminium and water pallets. As the MV nOrrLAnD
is a ro-ro vessel, she also transports trailers, excavators and
trucks and even has space for containers and project goods. Kachina
Barmbold: “The electrician Wieslaw roguski explained to us how to
use the side-loading facilities. The port’s forklift carries the goods down
the sildeloader into the cargo hold where the vessel’s forklift takes over
and stows the goods in the right place.” Captain Krzysztof Wawrzyniak,
1st/Off Witold Borecki and 2nd/Off Andrzej trojan showed
them around the bridge and let them take part in the manoeuvres. Gyde
sievers: “it was very interesting to see how the captain and pilot communicate
and work together. in immingham we also had the chance to
observe the bunkering process because new bunker and provisions
had to be taken. This was also a very happy day for Cook Wlodzimierz
Gniewek, as he was met by his son and his daughter who both live in
the UK.” Although the ladies were not nearly as busy as the colleagues
working on board, they only had time to go sightseeing on their very
first day when they arrived in Bergen. Accompanied by 1st/Off Bartlomiej
Pilarski and Os Artur okolotowicz, they enjoyed the beautiful
scenery of norway.
this vessel over and over again.
As a result the team knows the
ship and each other very well,
and the support and teamwork
is great. Whenever i return to the
MV nOrrLAnD, i already know
what i have to do and there is no
need for a long change of command.
i can also relax during
my vacation because there is no
need to be nervous about my job
or the crew.
n@B: Where do you live?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: i live in a
small Polish village called Kolo.
n@B: Are you married? Do you
have any children?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: Yes, i am
married and i have three children.
Our eldest girl is 22, our
boy is 18 and our little girl is just
6 years old.
n@B: Where do you like to sail
best?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: During the
Contact: Gyde Sievers and Kachina Barmbold;
fleet@brise.de
summertime i like the norwegian
fjords with their calm sea and
nice nature. in the Baltic and the
north sea i like the fact that i am
really close to home, so my wife
and children can visit me while i
am on board.
n@B: What do you like to do during
your spare time?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: My favourite
hobby is hunting. i have just received
the Polish permit to own
and to buy my own gun and i
joined an official hunting club.
now i can start to go hunting on
my next vacation.
n@B: What would you like to
read about in upcoming editions
of news@Brise?
Capt. Wawrzyniak: i would love
to read more interviews about
other vessels, crews and captains.
i would also like to know
more about the four new heavylift
vessels in the Brise fleet.

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meet tHe CreW – AnD tAKe A looK At tHeir HoBBies
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1. Krzysztof Wawrzyniak, Master, Polish, likes hunting
2. Artur okolotowicz, Os, Polish, likes basketball
3. Wieslaw roguski, electr./fitter, Polish, likes music (pop and rock), gardening and fi ddling with his own car
4. Witold Borecki, 1st/Off, Polish, likes biology
5. Genadijs Grisnis, C/e, Latvian/russian, likes fi shing and swimming
6. Wlodzimierz Gniewek, Cook, Polish, likes football, baseball and travelling (especially in the mountains)
7. Andrzej raciborski, Motorman, Polish, likes gardening and barbeques with friends and family
8. lukasz Grosicki, AB, Polish, likes sport, singing karaoke and music
9. marcin urbaniak, Os, Polish, likes diving, swimming and playing play-station games
10. Piotr maziarz, AB, Polish, likes sport, singing karaoke and music
11. Andrzej trojan, 2nd/Off, Polish, likes to restore classic cars from 1930 -1940
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Country ProFile:
lAtviA
in this edition of our series on
home countries of our fellow colleagues,
we’d like to give you a
short introduction to Latvia, the
home country of the MV nOrr-
LAnD’s C/e Genadijs Grisnis.
name republic of Latvia
Population 2.22 million
Capital riga
language Latvian
General information Latvia is
a country in the Baltic region of
northern europe. it is bordered
by estonia, Lithuania, the russian
federation, and Belarus. With a
population of 2.22 million, Latvia
is one of the least populous
members of the european Union.
following a period of being part of
the soviet Union after World War ii,
Latvia declared its independence
in 1991. After years of economic
stagnation in the early 1990s,
Latvia posted europe-leading
GDP growth fi gures during the
1998–2006 period. in the global
fi nancial crisis of 2008–2010 Latvia
was the hardest hit of the european
Union member states. Today
its per capita GDP is 49% of the
eU average in 2009, making it the
third poorest.
Population Latvia’s population
has been multiethnic for centuries.
Latvians now form about 59.49%
of the population; 27.37% of the
inhabitants are russian, 3.52% are
Belarusian, 2.45% are Ukrainian,
2.31% are Polish, 1.32% are
Lithuanian, 0.43% are Jewish,
0.38% are roma, 0.2% are
German, 0.1% are estonian and
2.43% are of another background.
Culture Traditional Latvian folklore,
especially folk dances, dates back
well over a thousand years. More
than 1.2 million texts and 30,000
melodies of folk songs have been
identifi ed. ice hockey is the most
popular sport. The 2006 iiHf
World Championship was held in
Latvia.

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Photo gallery
Here are some snapshots of everyday life at Brise. if you have some entertaining
photos to contribute, why not take part in our ongoing photo competition?
(see details below)
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Participate...
... and win! if you would like to
be featured in the next issue,
send a photo from your vessel
or your offi ce to news@Brise
and take part in our great photo
competition. The best contributions
will receive a DVD package
worth UsD 50.00. The winners
of this edition are the crews of
the MV Arnis and CeMLUnA.
Thank you for your great help
and pictures! We hope to see
more photos from all of you in the
upcoming weeks. And please
do not forget our sTrAnDGUTseries,
about special things you
have found, been given or
bought.
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E-mail from Aboard
From: 3/O Charith Dilum Ranasinghe, MSC LONGONI
To: BRISE Hamburg
Subject: Happy belated Birthday
Dear Brise staff ,
Thank you very much for the birthday wishes. i really appreciate it and it means a lot to me.
i’m looking forward getting older by spending more birthdays in the future onboard with Brise! :-)
With Best regards to all at Brise Hamburg.
3/O Charith Dilum ranasinghe
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1. Deck Cadet Kanila and o/s rex (mv sAnDWiG) took
this photo after their cargo watch in laem Chaban,
thailand 2./3./4./6. impressions of the mv norrlAnD
by Gyde sievers and Kachina Barmbold 5. A ray
amongst the crew of the mv GlueCKsBurG 7. the
next winter is coming up for sure: the mv Cemsol still
remembers her last ice voyage 8. Part of the
mv GlueCKsBurG-Crew ashore at the Brise offi ce
9. How brave: Crew-members of the mv Arnis paid a
visit to the largest crocodile farm in thailand
imPrint “news@Brise” issue no.13, 2/2011, August 2011 Circulation “news@Brise” is published three times a year by Brise Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG, schaarsteinwegsbrücke
2, 20459 Hamburg, Germany, Phone +49 40 38 99 67-0, contact@brise.de editor-in-Chief Kai-erik Clemmesen Concept Gordon schacht Publishing, Hamburg
Production Andrea schneider, b3K design, Hamburg text irmela Tölke; Gyde sievers, Kachina Barmbold reprint © Brise Bereederungs GmbH & Co. KG 2009 reprinting
permitted – copy requested. All information is correct to the best of our knowledge. Contributions by external authors do not necessarily refl ect the views of Brise Bereederungs
GmbH & Co. KG. no liability can be accepted for unsolicited photographs and manuscripts.
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