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2 NORD NEWS Autumn 2007 REEDEREI “NORD” KLAUS E. OLDENDORFF 43 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Vorsetzen 50 20459 Hamburg Germany Tel: +49 40 369020 Fax: +49 40 364937 Email: management@reederei-nord.de Website: www.rnkeo.de Libra Tower 23 Olympion Street P.O. Box 56345 3306 Limassol, Cyprus Tel: +357 25 841400 Fax: +357 25 345077 Email: mail@rnkeo.com.cy Website: www.rnkeo.de
Dear Seafarers and Readers! As we are approaching the 10th Maritime Cyprus it's time to welcome you on this wonderful island, a thousand participants from all over the world are expected and it once again shows that Cyprus is still a Maritime Centre - even after becoming a member of the EU in 2004. Today we have the 23rd of September - the autumn season begins, where day and night are for a short time of the same duration and an extremely nice and pleasant Sunday here in Hamburg, where the sun shines mildly - a very rare phenomenon this summer where we were introduced with extraordinarily wet months. As a result, the summer clothes were hardly used and everyone had rather white complexion unless you happen to be on holidays in southern Europe, where the opposite was happening; hot, hot, hot and fires blazing by coincidence or on purpose! I do not want to discuss the weather because there are so many "experts" doing it. But the summer of 2007 was awful. Not so the charter rates: Bulkers, bullish like never before, tankers, decreased and containers fine. This is the sunny side of the trade - the other one is much harder. We should have more seafarers like you, highly educated, highly motivated, healthy and loyal. One week later… We celebrate Thanksgiving Day (Harvest Festival) where the churches in Germany are adorned with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves, different fruits and vegetables, sunflowers and other harvest bounty. Since pagan times in ancient traditions Harvest festivals were held on or near the Sunday of the Harvest Moon (the full moon which falls in the month of September). Our Thanksgiving is different than the one celebrated in the US, since theirs is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. We think and we thank for all the good food we were blessed with during the last months. We remember that we do not have to die from starvation like unfortunately so many human beings in this world and that we should always be most careful with our food stocks and appreciate it every day. Bread, fruit and vegetables are gifts from God! European harvest hymns are customarily sung on this special day along with scriptural story lectures derived from biblical ones. I especially like the idea of decorating the dining table with coloured autumn leaves and having the whole family for a special Thanksgiving meal where normally turkey is served. But nowadays I have seen many people infusing this classic meal with elements of their traditional ethnic foods which I really respect. Irrespective of when or where you will be celebrating your Thanksgiving Day, I do hope is going to be one you will enjoy and remember. Happy Sailing! Christiane E. Oldendorff NORD NEWS Autumn 2007 3
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Page 5 and 6: E. OLDENDORFF LIMITED Mr. Norman El
Page 7 and 8: MT “NORDBAY” visited by her God
Page 9 and 10: MMER” DREAM Mrs. Romi Dobrev the
Page 11 and 12: “NORDSPRING” & MV “NORDSUMMER
Page 13 and 14: Fleet MV “NORDELBE” This Panama
Page 15 and 16: Congratulations to our Seastaff Mr.
Page 17 and 18: to our Seastaff ..and on MT “NORD
Page 19 and 20: ashore ...and to Mrs. Vaso Constant

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