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Reederei “NORD” Klaus E. Oldendorff GmbH
Congratulations to Mr. Waldemar Celinski, on
completing five years of service.
I joined Reederei “NORD” in April 2001, as a 2/E on Pacific
Voyager ex “NORDSEA”. Fortunately, it just so happened that this
vessel was the same one as the one I was “building” as a commissioned
engineer in Szczecin Shipyard, so there were no secrets for me. Of
course this was not my first contact with the sea since I was looking
after vessels since 1973 when at the age of only 15 years old I started
learning at the Szczecin Shipyard School.
My next contract with “NORD” was on the biggest vessel
in our fleet at the time, the container “NORDSTRAND”, where
I “survived” in good shape for more than 6 months. My next experience was on board the “NORDBEACH”
where I became familiar with our feeders. After this vessel, I was promoted to C/E and I joined the
“NORDSUN”. I also served on “NORDSKY”, before being asked to help with the UCC’s in the Limassol
office. After a few months, I was asked to join the team of Superintendents at Reederei “NORD”
Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd. This was a very good opportunity for me, so I joined the team and I looked after
all the UCC 14 vessels, which were already “discovered” by me.
In 2006, the last of the UCC 14’s was sold and I moved from the very hot Cyprus to Hamburg, where
I currently live, to work for Reederei “ NORD” Klaus E. Oldendorff GmbH. I am still looking for vessels
which “built” to me means they are constructed in Poland. When I look at my new anniversary watch, received
after five years, I think how fast time goes and how many years before me already with the “NORD” vessels.
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Mr. Celinski receiving his commemorative
watch from Mrs. Christiane E. Oldendorff
Welcome to Mrs. Britta Wieghardt
I was born on 25th December 1978, in Hamburg. After finishing my A-Levels
here in Hamburg, I studied for one year at the National Foreign Language School
in order to become a state certified commercial assistant with specialisation in
foreign languages. By the way that was the first time I met Ms Martina Behrens!
Afterwards I completed an apprenticeship in Dortmund to become a hotel
manageress. On completion of my apprenticeship I decided to go to London, UK,
where I worked for several hotels in the sales and front office departments.
Coming back to Hamburg I studied for two years here at the Hotel
Management School to become a state certified business administrator for the
hotel and restaurant industry. I started work with Reederei "NORD" in August 2007 in the secretariat,
where Ms Behrens and I surprisingly met again in order to work together.
In my free time I like to spend lots of time with my horse, going for long riding trips in the forest
"Klövensteen" here in Hamburg.
...and to Mrs. Martina Behrens
I was born on 29th September 1979, in Hamburg, where I began an
education as commercial assistant with specialization in foreign languages after
the completion of my A-levels (You think you read this already? Maybe you are
right…see article Britta Wieghardt). Since I always wanted to spend some time
abroad and follow my interests, I started a Bachelor called "International
Forest Ecosystem Management", which gave me the chance to spend some time
in England and Sweden.
There, I met my boyfriend who was living in the same dormitory as
me and who originally comes from the Saarland in southern Germany. I
decided to move to his place and lived there for about 3 years. After I had gained enough working experience at
a powerhouse, I decided to revive my university life, so I started a Master called "Urban Forestry & Urban
Greening", which led me to Copenhagen and Malmö for a year. Shortly after my return to Hamburg in June
2007, I applied for my current job at Reederei "NORD", where I was lucky enough to meet Britta again.