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Congratulations, you have just won a trip to Bangkok! I was surprised when Mr. Brzezinski, Technical Manager of Reederei "NORD" Klaus E. Oldendorff GmbH, came to me on a Tuesday afternoon. Our MV "CMA CGM Carioca", ex "NORDFALCON" urgently needed a spare part, manufactured in Germany. It was a steel plate for repairing a fuel oil boiler, which is obviously essential for operating the vessel. As it turned out, this spare part got lost on the way to Laem Chabang, Thailand, where the vessel stayed on a berth, after being at dry dock. The most convenient possibility to get "CMA CGM Carioca" sailing on time was to take the same spare part by hand to the Master. So I was instructed to drive to a company in central Germany on Wednesday morning in order to pick up a steel plate, weighing about 20 kg. Suddenly this simple product reached quite a high importance. It was made of a very specific sort of steel, being extremely heatresistant. There was enough time getting back to Hamburg before the flight would depart in the evening. Due to the fact that this steel plate is an unusual hand luggage for any traveller hints were given to me on how to handle the situation. In the end there were only minor problems at the security checks in Frankfurt. Instead many people wondered about my luggage. Anyhow, once I got onto the plane everything seemed to roll smoothly. In Bangkok, I was picked up by a driver 12 NORD NEWS Winter 2007 The part arrived, just in time... Tasting the local cuisine, while sightseeing... Mr. Sönke Beck from our agency "Ben Line". Together with me a welder arrived, who was ordered to fix the mentioned steel plate to the vessel's boiler. After about two hours’ drive we arrived at the vessel. I met Captain Przybyszewski and some of his officers and crew. Almost immediately "my" steel plate was taken to the engine room workshop for preparing same. After a tasty dinner on board I had the chance to go ashore with the second officer. Since I had never been to Asia before I expected it to be exciting. At midnight we returned to the vessel since the second mate had to attend his watch. The next morning I was told by the Captain that the vessel was scheduled to be shifted to anchorage by tugs in order give room for another vessel berthing at 13:00 hrs. So I left the freshly painted and overhauled vessel and was taken together with a Kiribati seaman to a hotel in Bangkok. While he checked in, I only left my luggage and had about three hours to look around and get some brief impressions of an unknown Asian city. Afterwards I was taken by an agent to the airport. My flight left around midnight and, taking into consideration the time difference, I arrived in Hamburg on Saturday morning. Although I spent only a short time in Bangkok, it was probably a unique chance and I have great impressions of a foreign city. Everything went well with the replacing of the part on "CMA CGM Carioca", ex "NORDFALCON" and she is in service again.
Experiences and Impressions by a Trainee I am Daniel Georgantis from the beautiful Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Germany. In preparation for my studies (International Business Management focused on the Asian-Pacific Market), I was offered the great chance by Mrs. Oldendorff to do a three months traineeship in the Limassol office for Reederei “NORD" Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd., from May to August this year. During this period I worked with the Personnel, Accounts and Technical departments. I started at the Personnel department which is responsible for the planning of crew assignments, travel arrangements and recruitment of sea staff. I was familiarised with the tasks of a Personal Officer together with the appropriate computer programs and executed the jobs assigned to me. I dearly hope that my assistance was helpful. In June, I changed to the Accounts department which records all supplier invoices and disbursements for all companies after authorization by the relevant departments. Nicos Pissarides was kind enough to introduce me to the fundamentals of book-keeping so that I could be entrusted with various tasks which I hopefully accomplished to full satisfaction. During August, I stayed with the Technical department - responsible for all aspects of maintaining the company fleet and the supervising of the vessels. Since my technical knowledge is not really broad I mainly worked with the computer programme "Shipnet". Nevertheless I always was very ambitious to learn as much as possible about shipping, the various types of vessels and the tremendous work which keeps the "NORD" fleet running. Being so close to the superintendents, the Purchasing Department and the Technical Manager, Erwin Derlagen, was of great help for my future studies, especially when thinking of the communication - internally, with ships and third parties. I hope that I could help in one way or another. Coming to the end I would like to answer a question often posed during my stay in Cyprus: “What impressions and experiences will you take home?” Most important was that my being interested in shipping was fortified by the traineeship and I am convinced that I will find my future career in this business. Moreover I take with me the most wonderful memories of the island, i.e. the Pafos port, the sandy beaches Left to right, front row: Irene Papacosta, Kim Nicolaou, Yiota Elia, Daniel Georgantis Back row: Erwin Derlagen, Symeon Boeros, Ramel Menon, Stojan Glamocanin and Egli Loizidou of Agia Napa, the pristine villages like for example Lania (many thanks to George Ktistis) as well as the cliffs of Latsi at Aphrodite’s Bath (thank you, Erwin Derlagen) and the night life in the streets of Limassol. I also made new acquaintances and even gained friends which makes me very happy. Taking this opportunity, I would like to thank all of you who guided me with constructive and fair criticism within the company and even found time to spend with me in private activities. I will always remember all the enjoyable days and evenings I spent with people being very open-minded, friendly and honest. Having had the chance to do a traineeship with a renowned company like yours, focussed on high quality standards as well as future businesses and at the same time always committed to ethic policies, has been a great experience for me. I sincerely thank everyone who helped me, and especially Mrs. Oldendorff and Mr. Rybarczyk for making this traineeship possible! I miss you all and hope to see you again. Mr. Daniel Georgantis Left to right: Maria Ioannou, Sergey Parkhomenko, Androulla Heraclides, Efimia Agathocleous, Daniel Georgantis, Barbara Zorpa, George Ktistis, Svetoslav Bodakov, Jakub Skowronek and Yiota Pavli Left to right, front row: Demetris Georgiades, Daniel Georgantis, Maria Kallinikou, Elena Poulli, Tania Kleanthous, Elena Efthymiou, Lenia Constantinidou, Nicos Kacoullis. Back row: Nicos Paneras, Sergey Simakin, Sergiy Nastachenko, Makis Christodoulou and Peter Keller NORD NEWS Winter 2007 13
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