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Dear Seafarers and Readers! 

S 

o we have finally come to the end of another glorious summer, which I must say 

passed us by very quickly. I took the opportunity to sail around the Mediterranean 

as I always did with my late husband on our yacht the "Happy Four". 

On this occasion, I visited some small ports in France for the first time 

which was quite delightful. 

I, like most of you may have noticed that Mother Nature again played some fickle tricks on 

Europe this summer with Portugal and Spain having very high temperatures and drought 

leading to raging bush fires, whilst in central Europe we had floods in several countries like 

Southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland. On the other side of the Atlantic basin the 

hurricane season is still going strong with 'Katrina' being one of the strongest storms on 

record in the US since 1969. This year has been predicted as one of the most active 

hurricane seasons by the weathermen. What is causing all these extremes in the weather? 

Is it the effect of global warming? Some may say so, whilst others disagree. 

Only time will tell, I guess! 

Of course all these storms are driving up the price of oil further which no doubt are causing 

hardships to citizens the world over with higher fuel prices. 

On the commercial front, this month is once again one of the most exciting times in the 

shipping circles in Cyprus. "Maritime Cyprus" is approaching us again and apparently 1000 

delegates are expected this time, confirming it as one of the most important maritime 

gatherings in the world. We are looking forward to this and as you may notice we have 

dedicated the current issue of the NORD NEWS to this event as we do every time the 

conference comes around. 

As to our fleet, we are now looking forward to the delivery of our next new building, the 1st 

of the 2600 TEU container vessels built for us by STX in South Korea. She is due for 

delivery on the 8th of November and I am sure you will be able to read about this event in 

the winter issue. 

As to the markets themselves, I must say that they have been quiet due to the summer 

holiday season, where most of them slipped and it is only now that they are starting show 

some signs of activity, albeit mixed, with the dry bulk index creeping up, and the tanker and 

the container markets still slipping further. No doubt within this month we will have some 

clear indications as to which way they are all headed! 

Wishing all of you calm seas and happy sailing! 

September 2005 Christiane E. Oldendorff 

NORD NEWS Autumn 2005 3

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T 

he late Mr. Klaus E. Oldendorff, 

founder of Reederei "NORD" 

Klaus E. Oldendorff, was a strong 

individual, well known in the 

international shipping industry and a 

remarkable leader to many. He was "one great 

man with a great story to tell". This 

outstanding personality has created this very 

successful company, and in many ways has 

made his mark in shipping history. 

Let's take a journey through this 

great story. Mr. Klaus E. Oldendorff was 

born in Lübeck on 14th April 1933. He 

was the eldest son of the Lübeck-based 

shipowner Egon Oldendorff and his wife 

Gisela, and not surprisingly, shipping 

dominated life already in his parental home. 

Mr. Oldendorff always had a very 

keen interest in his father's activities and 

did his apprenticeship (1951 to 1953) 

with the Hamburg shipowning and ship 

broking firm of Helmut Thimm & Co. 

He then worked for shipping companies in 

Great Britain, Sweden and the 

United States. In 1955 he returned to 

Lübeck to be appointed senior 

NORD NEWS Autumn 2005 

REEDEREI "NORD" KL 

PAST, PRESENT 

A WHOLE 

manager and head of the superintendency 

department in his father's company and was 

also made a Managing Director of Reederei 

Egon L. Oldendorff GmbH & Co. 

Mr. Klaus E. Oldendorff opted 

for independence on 20th November 1964, 

when he purchased the 1417 

tdw single-decker BOCKHOLM 

and under his ownership renamed her 

NORDHOLM. The company was 

officially founded on 12th December the 

same year. From then on the NORD prefix was 

incorporated on all of the company's 

ship names. 

In May of 1965 the one-ship 

company turned into a fleet when 

Mr. Oldendorff purchased the 2758 GRT 

motor freighter LEVANTE, built in 1951 

by Flensburger Schiffsbau-Gesellschaft, and 

renamed it NORDMARK. Through the 

years as the fleet grew so did his staff in the 

Hamburg office. 

No great success is achieved 

without hard times and struggles fought.

AUS E. OLDENDORFF: 

AND FUTURE 

LIFETIME 

In 1982 the freight markets being in the 

doldrums and very hard times were faced, 

particularly in Germany with the heavy taxes 

that had to be paid even during the years when 

only "losses were produced". 

It was December 1986 when he took 

another big plunge and Reederei "NORD" 

Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd. was born here in 

Limassol, Cyprus. 

Through the years Mr. Oldendorff 

became well known on the island and was 

respected by all, as anyone who knew him had 

a lot to learn from him. Among many other 

achievements, he made his mark in the 

Cyprus Shipping Industry. Not only did he 

make our company a Founding Member 

of the Cyprus Shipping Council, 

but he was the driving force 

behind the establishment and 

subsequent building-up of 

it and as such, he served many times as 

President of the Council and was 

later even declared Honorary President. 

Sadly, as you all well know, 

Mr. Oldendorff is no longer with us. 

However, he is still in our memory and soul. 

All his visions, hard work, determination and 

achievements have been embedded in all of his 

employees, giving us the strength, will and 

endurance to continue this success story. 

Since the 17th of March 2003, after 

the sad demise of Mr. Oldendorff, the 

company under the skillful guidance of 

Mrs. Christiane E. Oldendorff, has continued 

to grow. The two companies - 

Reederei "NORD" Klaus E. Oldendorff GmbH 

in Hamburg and Reederei "NORD" 

Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd. in Limassol - 

now operate a total fleet of 36 ships. 

In addition, seven newbuildings are on 

order which will allow us consistent and 

prosperous growth. 

It is envisaged that one day 

the helm of this remarkable company 

will be handed over to the next generation, 

Messrs Christian and Nikolaus Oldendorff, 

the twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Oldendorff 

as heirs apparent. 


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CHARTERING DEPARTMENT 

Mr. Sergey Simakin, Chartering Officer, 

on the right and 

Mr. Demetris Georgiades, 

Chartering Accountant on the left. 

THE SAFETY & QUALITY TEAM 

Pictured from left to right: 

Capt. Ramel Menon, Safety Manager, 

Mrs. Irene Papacosta 

and Capt. Andrei Hudzasvili, 

Senior Marine Superintendent 


O U R P 

R E E D E R E I “ N O R D ” K L A U 

MANAGEMENT 

Pictured here is Dr. Michael Schwarz 

Managing Director on the right 

and Capt. Keith Obeyesekera 

General Manager on the left. 

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT 

Mr. John Price, Manager 

Standing from left to right: 

Mr. Savvas Vassiliades, Mr. Plamen Atanasov, 

Mrs. Egli Loizidou and Mr. Duncan McLennan 

Sitting from left to right: 

Mrs. Anna Ioffe, Mrs. Kim Nicolaou, 

Mr. John Price, Mrs. Yiota Elia 

and Mrs. Georgia Frida. 

Absent: Mr. Symeon Boeros 

and Mr. Edward Dziebowski.

E O P L E 

S E . O L D E N D O R F F L T D . 

ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT 

Mr. Nicos Kacoullis, Manager 

From left to right standing: 

Miss Maria Kallinikou, Mrs. Elena Efthymiou, 

Mrs. Lenia Constantinidou, 

Mrs. Niki Nicolaou, Mrs. Tania Kleanthous, 

Mr. Nicos Pissarides and 

Miss Androulla Heraclides. 

Sitting, from left to right: 

Miss Yianna Ioannou, Mrs. Maria Prastiti, 

Miss Elena Poulli and Mr. Makis Christodoulou 

Absent: Mrs. Liana Georgiou 

FINANCIAL CONTROLLING 

Mr. Nicos Paneras 

PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT 

Capt. Ivelin Ivanov, Manager 


Mr. Krasimir Halachev, Mrs. Barbara Zorpa, 

Mr. Sergey Parkhomenko, 

Mrs. Efimia Agathocleous, 

Mr. George Ktistis and Mr. Jakub Skowronek 

Absent: Mrs. Vaso Constantinou 

and Miss Arianna Paramsothy. 

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT 


Mr. Demetris Theouli, Mrs. Maria Ioannou, 

Mrs. Yiota Pavli and 

Mr. Sergiy Nastachenko, IT Administrator. 


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CHARTERING DEPARTMENT 

Mr. Claus Bröhan, Director 


Mr. Rüdiger Knust, 

Mrs. Annelie Ponikau, 

Mrs. Erika Messerschmidt, 

Mr. Claus Bröhan and Mr. Alan Stoddart. 


O U R P 

R E E D E R E I “ N O R D ” K L A U 

MANAGEMENT 

Mrs. Christiane E. Oldendorff 

pictured here with Mr. Peter Rybarczyk, 

Managing Director. 

TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT 

Mr. Cezary Brzezinski, Manager 

Standing from left to right: Mr. Jo Gerlach, 

Mr. Milan Smrcek, Mr. Cezary Brzezinski, 

Mr. Grzegorz Kowalczyk, Mr. Uwe Jungnickel, 

and Mr. Frank Permien 

Sitting from left to right: Mr. Thorsten Vogt, 

Mrs. Nina Littau, Mrs. Maike Braumüller 

and Mr. Thomas Nanns.

E O P L E 

S E . O L D E N D O R F F G M B H 

PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT 

From left to right: 

Capt. Uwe Staack, 

Mr. Jan Fischer, 

Mrs. Susanne Henning 

and Mr. Rasmus Sieg. 

ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT 

Mr. Bodo Krause, Director 

Standing from left to right: 

Mr. Michael Unruh, Mrs. Petra Meier, 

Mrs. Ursula Gehrke, Mr. Alan Stoddart, 

Mr. Thomas Reich 

Sitting: Mrs. Mary O'Hanlon 

Absent: Mr. Hendrik Schlötels. 

SECRETARIAT 

Standing: Mrs. Anja Christiansen 

Sitting: Mrs. Margarete Mühlenbruch 


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NORDMARK 

This Aframax Tanker was the first 

NORD tanker ever built. 

The 105,000 dwt Crude Oil Carrier 

was delivered by Halla Shipyard in 

Mokpo in 1998. 

They are presently trading 

in the LR2 Pool. 

Sister: NORDSTRENGTH 


O U R 

NORDENERGY 

This Very Large Crude Carrier was 

delivered by Hyundai Samho Heavy 

Industries in South Korea in 2003. 

This 319,000 dwt VLCC along with 

the sisters are the largest VLCC’s 

in the Cyprus Flag Fleet. 

They are presently trading in the 

Tankers International Pool. 

Sisters: NORDPOWER and 

NORDMILLENNIUM

F L E E T 

NORDEMS 

Built in 2001, this Panamax Bulker of 

75,000 dwt was one of six vessels 

ordered from Samho Shipyard in 

South Korea. She and 

her sisters are the largest bulk 

carriers in the NORD fleet. 

Two of the sisters are trading in the 

Baumarine Klaveness Pool. 

Sisters: NORDWESER, 

NORDELBE, NORDTRAVE, 

NORDRHINE and NORDMOSEL 

NORDNEPTUN 

This Panamax Tanker along with her 

sisters are of a series of ten Product 

Carriers of 75,000 dwt, all built at 

Hyundai Heavy Industries Ulsan 

in South Korea in 2005, 

which NORD built along with 

TORM DS of Denmark. 

They are presently trading 

in the LR1 Pool. 

Sisters: NORDVENUS, NORDMARS 

and NORDMERKUR 


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NORDPACIFIC 

This Selfsustained Cellular 

Container vessel of the MTW 2500 

type was built at 

Aker-MTW Wismar 

in Germany in 2001. She has a 

capacity of 33,850 dwt and carries 

up to 2,478 TEU. 

Sisters: NORDATLANTIC, 

NORDBALTIC and NORDMED. 

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O U R 

NORDMORITZ 

This Panamax Bulk Carrier of 

72,500 dwt was built at 

Daewoo Shipyard in 

South Korea in 1995. 

She is trading in the 

Baumarine Klaveness Pool.

F L E E T 

NORDEAGLE 

(Pictured here under her Charter name 

Panamerican) 

This Selfsustained Cellular Container 

vessel was built at Daewoo Shipyard at 

South Korea in 1997. She belongs to 

the so-called NORDBIRD series. The 

vessel can load up to 2,105 TEU and 

has 27,000 dwt capacity. 

Sisters: NORDFALCON and 

NORDHAWK. 

NORDSTRAND 

(Pictured here under her Charter name 

Med Marseille) 

This gearless Cellular Container vessel 

B 500 type was built at Stocznia 

Gdanska Shipyard in Poland in 1993. 

She is 34,062 dwt 

and can lift up to 2,280 TEU. 


O U R F L E E T 

NORDCOAST 

(Pictured here under her Charter 

name Alianca Parana) 

The geared Container vessel of the 

B 186 HL type was delivered by 

Szczecin Shipyard in Poland in 1994. 

She is of 22,420 dwt capacity and 

can load up to 1,684 TEU. 

They are presently trading in the 

O & S Pool. 

Sisters and near-sisters: 

NORDSTAR, NORDSEAS, 

NORDRIVER, NORDCLOUD, 

NORDLAKE, NORDPARTNER 

and NORDPOL. 

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NORDSUN 

This UCC-14 type geared Cellular Container 

vessel of 14,140 dwt and 1,158 TEU was built at 

Matthias-Thesen Shipyard 

in Germany back in 1990. 

Sisters: NORDSKY, NORDBEACH and 

NORDCLIFF.

T H E K Y R E N I A S H I P - 

M A R K S T H E C Y P R U S S H I P P I N G E R A 

A N D G I V E S H O P E F O R T H E F U T U R E 

I 

n the winter of 1967, way down in the depths of the sea outside of 

the town of Kyrenia, Andreas Kariolou, a Greek-Cypriot diver 

accidentally discovered the "Kyrenia Ship". 

The "Kyrenia" was sunk around 300 BC, during the decline of 

Alexander the Great, a victim of pirates. It is the oldest and best-preserved 

ship of the Classical period of Greek civilization ever to be found, as 75% of 

the ship measuring 15 metres in length, was preserved under a protective 

layer of sand. 

The "Kyrenia" was a "shell" constructed ship with edge-to-edge 

timbers held together by mortises and tenons (planking) made out of 

Aleppo pine. It is estimated that it sailed on a single mast with a square sail. 

When the "Kyrenia" sank it was carrying amphorae used for the 

transfer of wine and for the storage of almonds. Amongst other items such 

as bronze coins, domestic pottery was also found consisting of plates, bowls, 

ladles, sieves, a copper cauldron, oil jugs, cups and wooden spoons possibly 

belonging to the crew. 

Mr. Harry Tzalas, the president of the Hellenic Institute for the 

Preservation of Nautical Tradition and professors Katzev and Steffy 

constructed an exact replica in Athens and launched it in Piraeus on 

June 22, 1985. They called it "Kyrenia II". It became a symbol of hope and 

freedom taking part in a number of events all over the world: 

· In July 1986 she took part in the celebrations for the 100 years of 

the Statue of Liberty in New York; 

· In April 1987 she sailed from Cyprus to Greece on an experimental 

voyage and survived two storms, completing her journey in 20 days; 

· In February 1988 she was transported to Japan and sailed its ports 

and then was exhibited in the ancient capital of Japan Nara, for the Silk 

Road Celebrations. (Kyrenia III was constructed in Japan and is an 

ambassador of Cyprus and Greece, being exhibited in the town of Fukuoka); 

· In May 1989 she sailed in the river Elbe in Germany, celebrating 

800 years of the port of Hamburg. 

The value and uniqueness of "Kyrenia II" dictated the necessity for 

her to be preserved as a Museum Exhibit in the Nautical Heritage Museum 

in Ayia Napa, Cyprus. 

On 10th November 2002, the "Kyrenia-Liberty" was launched by 

the Charalambos Avgoustis Shipping Company in Limassol. She participated 

as an ambassador for Cyprus in the 2004 Greece Olympic Games. Her name 

portrays the hope not only for all Kyrenians, she represents the right to live 

freely and to develop, including Cyprus' shipping industry. 


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RANK NAME DATE VESSEL 

(new) PROMOTED ON 

Capt Volodymyr Bolkhovsky 17/02/05 Nordbeach 

Petar Dihonov 01/05/05 Nordneptun 

Janusz Szabon 22/06/05 Nordstrength 

Krzysztof Szopa 27/06/05 Nordelbe 

C/O Rumen Savov 25/01/05 Nordmoritz 

Albert Volkov 16/04/05 Nordmillennium 

2/O Mateo Bilic 01/01/05 Nordstrength 

Denis Kharchenko 17/01/05 Nordenergy 

Niroshan Fernando 08/02/05 Nordcoast 

Siraj Lambay 27/03/05 Nordmars 

Nilesh Gadkari 28/06/05 Nordvenus 

3/O George Rujan 12/01/05 Nordlake 

Todor Dzingalov 17/01/05 Nordmark 

Sergiy Prosalov 02/02/05 Nordsun 

Aleksandr Maksimtsev 21/02/05 Nordatlantic 

Todor Uzunov 20/03/05 Nordmosel 

Stefan Doroftei 06/04/05 Nordweser 

Djovani Lesjak 27/04/05 Nordeagle 

George Grosu 01/05/05 Nordelbe 

Mihai Todirica 19/05/05 Nordstrength 

Nicolae Ionita 14/06/05 Nordneptun 

Michal Bialecki 15/06/05 Nordbeach 

C/E Stevan Stijepovic 21/02/05 Nordstrength 

Liviu Minea 25/04/05 Nordmed 

2/E Maxim Maksyuta 01/04/05 Nordatlantic 

3/E Ivo Ozolins 09/01/05 Nordhawk 

Denis Nebero 18/01/05 Nordsky 

4/E Cristian Nanciu 20/01/05 Nordmark 

Dan Razi 22/01/05 Nordpacific 

Pavlo Komar 23/03/05 Nordmoritz 

Andrey Kurkov 18/05/05 Nordcloud 

Maksym Lishchuk 19/05/05 Nordsun 

Mykola Lider 29/06/05 Nordlake 

El/n Adam Wroblewski 01/06/05 Nordcoast 

P.K. Hapugoda Hewagam Acharige 21/06/05 Nordstar 

Chinthaka Silva 22/06/05 Nordvenus 


SEA STAFF STAFF 

PROMO PROMOTIONS 

TIONS 

1 JANUARY 2005 - 30 JUNE 2005

NORD VETTING NEWS 

A 

fter a careful 

review of the 

vetting inspection 

results of our 

tankers over the last few years 

we realised that a significant 

improvement gap remains in 

all matters relating to the 

issue of vetting and vetting criteria. Today, in the 

highly competitive oil trades, the vetting process plays a 

very important role in presenting the company’s right 

image and reputation towards third parties. For very 

understandable reasons, tankers are 

always in the limelight since a 

single 'sensitive to public' incident 

may heavily damage the company's 

reputation as a responsible 

and prudent tanker owner and 

operator. Therefore, good vetting 

performances and vetting records 

are the only way to stand up to 

scrutiny in case of an inevitable 

incident. 

The vetting process is the 

means by which an oil company 

determines whether it can take a 

specific ship for charter and a 

specific tanker operator for 

business. Managing and assessing 

oil transportation risk underlies 

the philosophy of this process. The lower the risk a 

vessel presents makes it the better choice. 

Essentially, the best way to be the better choice and 

being hired is to provide to a potential charterer the 

right quality of both - ship and ship's operation, 

including management, manning and maintenance. 

We as a company took a long hard look at 

our vetting policies and procedures, focusing on 

some areas of weakness where we can achieve higher 

levels of performance and strengthen the 

management of our vetting activities on board and 

ashore. We then decided to systematise and collate 

all the information relating to the tanker vetting 

process in the form of a vetting newsletter - 'Nord 

Vetting News' and transmit it electronically in PDF 

format to the tanker fleet every 6 months. The first 

'infant' issue has been sent out to all tankers on 

July 7th 2005 and we have received very 

positive feedback from our masters. 

CAPT. ANDREI HUDZASVILI 

Will it work? It is a complex issue. We want 

to be proactive in vetting inspection procedures not 

reactive and focus more on innovation and 

transparency. Therefore, the primary purpose of the 

'Nord Vetting News' is to imply greater sharing of 

relevant vetting information and establish greater 

understanding and awareness of this important 

process across the tanker fleet, keeping our 

shipboard personnel well informed and involved. It 

also aims to provide the information for enhancing 

the pre-inspection procedures by targeting 

most frequent vetting observations, assessing causes 

of these observations and 

offering measures to prevent 

them from happening again. At 

the same time, through this new 

edition we will be aspiring to a 

higher and more uniform 

quality standard of the vetting 

practices within the tanker fleet 

by providing the relevant 

analysis and statistics of the 

vetting inspection results. 

Finally, this is also 

important from the point of 

view of the forthcoming 

implementation of Tanker 

Management and Self 

Assessment (TMSA) program. 

This is a new program that has 

been specifically designed by the Oil Companies' 

International Maritime Forum (OCIMF) as the 

principal tool for the advancement stage of quality 

management in tanker operations. Through this 

program a tanker operator will be required to 

openly demonstrate its dynamic ability to comply 

and stay abreast of the best industry management 

practices and operational standards. A major TMSA 

objective is disciplined and systematic approach to 

continuous improvement. In the near future as a 

part of the tanker vetting inspection scheme the oil 

companies would be able to review the operator's 

TMSA input on the OCIMF database system along 

with the ship's vetting inspection reports to make a 

conclusive vetting decision. This means that 

innovative thinking and more effective strategies are 

needed to integrate quality in the tanker 

vetting process in order to achieve the 

TMSA objective. The “Nord Vetting News” 

is only a first step in this direction. 


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WELCOME TO NEW STAFF 

REEDEREI “NORD” KLAUS E. OLDENDORFF LIMITED 

DR. MICHAEL SCHWARZ 

Managing Director 

Dear "NORD" Team, at sea and ashore, 

Writing about one’s self is never an easy 

nor desirable task. But when the editors of 

NORD News, which I consider is a formidable 

and outstanding medium for the company, all its 

members as well as for associates and friends of 

Reederei "NORD" Klaus E. Oldendorff, ask you 

gently first, then pressure you to contribute a few 

lines or so, you try to make the best 

of it and put a readable story together. 

Now, here it is: 

As you already know from internal 

information, I am 63 years old and was born, 

raised and educated in Vienna, Austria, where I 

completed my legal studies and earned a law 

doctorate. 

Shipping always being an ambition of 

mine - mind you, my father was a Master before 

World War II - my first job in London was with a 

P&I Club (Mutual Steamship Billbrough Brothers Ltd. 

as they called themselves then). 

Moving on to Hamburg-Sud in 

Hamburg as Assistant to the Chairman of the 

Executive Board first, with containerization in its 

infancy then, I ended up in New York 

and became Chief Operating Officer 

of Columbus Line, Hamburg-Sud's 

liner company trading between the US / Canada 

and Australia / New Zealand. 


In 1976, after a stint of several months at 

the Harvard Business School in Boston, 

obtaining an MBA, I formed my own consulting 

firm in New York and assisted international 

enterprises in their aim to establish operations in 

America. With more than 15 years spent mainly 

in North America, I decided to become a U.S. 

citizen. 

All said and done, another consulting 

project brought me back to Hamburg in 1985 

with the business focus on corporate 

reorganization and turn-arounds in the field of 

logistics, from shipping to freight forwarding, 

trucking, warehousing and travel. 

A particularly rewarding assignment 

during this time was my association for a number 

of years with MEYER WERFT in Papenburg, a 

leading builder of cruise ships in Germany, 

during which time I served as President of Meyer 

Werft Philadelphia, Inc. 

As time went on and up to late 2005, I 

was also involved in investments of patent 

marketing and information technology. 

You can well imagine, that coming back 

in my present appointment to such a 

reputable and successful shipping company as 

Reederei "NORD" Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd., 

represents a real challenge and privilege for me. 

When Mrs. Oldendorff as Chairman of 

our Supervisory Board introduced me to the staff 

members in Limassol not too long ago - in the 

meantime I also had the pleasure of meeting 

some of our Masters in the fleet - I was 

impressed, above all by the professionality and 

loyalty expressed in a casual and friendly way. Let 

me say here, that this was a rare, positive and very 

encouraging experience indeed. 

I trust that this short summary is 

enough to know a little about your new 

Managing Director? 

I look forward to working with you all 

and hope that we can jointly push forward from 

what has been achieved so far. 

Sincerely, 

Dr. Michael Schwarz

Mr. Plamen Atanasov - Technical Superintendent 

Mr. Atanasov was born on 14th October 1971 in Burgas, 

Bulgaria. After high school he studied at the Navy Marine 

Academy of Varna, Bulgaria and he graduated in 1995 as a 

licensed 3rd Engineer. Mr. Atanasov worked at Navigation 

Maritime Bulgare Co. as a Pump man on Oil Product 

Tankers and later on for Zodiac Agencies Ltd. as an Engine 

Cadet and Third Engineer on Bulk Carriers. Then, 

Mr. Atanasov joined Franship Management and worked as a 

3rd and 2nd Engineer on Steam and Motor Tankers for a period of five years, having obtained his 

Second Engineer licence in 2000. In 2003, he joined Reederei “NORD” Klaus E. Oldendorff as a 

2nd Engineer on board the tanker NORDLIGHT. He obtained his Chief Engineer’s license in 2003 

and sailed as a Chief Engineer on board NORDSTRENGTH in September 2004. Mr. Atanasov has 

also completed a course in Flag State and Port State Control Inspections within the frame of the 

Twinning Project on the Maritime Safety Institution Building between the Netherlands and Bulgaria, 

based on all International Conventions such as SOLAS, MARPOL, LOAD LINE etc. Wanting to 

spend more time with his wife Sabine and his 6 year old son Gabriel, he decided to leave the sea and 

pursue a career ashore. Mr. Atanasov has been employed as a Technical Superintendent at 

Reederei “NORD” Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd., since July 2005. 

REEDEREI “NORD” KLAUS E. OLDENDORFF GmbH 

Mr. Thomas Nanns - Messenger 

Mr. Nanns was born in 1954 in Hamburg. After 

his apprenticeship as a carpenter he studied 

architecture and finished his studies as a civil 

engineer. He then didn't pursue his career but 

instead founded a taxi company, together with 

partners, which gave him a lot of time for 

extensive journeys in many parts of the world, 

including many nautical miles of blue water 

sailing on different yachts. Later on he worked 

not only as an architect but also in various 

other professions from interior design and 

photography to advertisement and graphic 

design. In the last years he pursued a career as a 

messenger/ dispatcher for a big travel agency. 

Mr. Nanns is married and has a son. 

NORD NEWS 

Reederei “NORD” 

Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd. 

Libra Tower, 23 Olympion Street 

P.O. Box 56345 

3306 Limassol - Cyprus 

Tel: +357 25 841400 

Fax: +357 25 345077 

Tlx: 5938 RNKEO CY 

E-mail: mail@rnkeo.com.cy 

Website: www.rnkeo.com 

NORD NEWS is the Company Magazine of 

Reederei “NORD” 

Klaus E. Oldendorff Ltd. 

While NORD NEWS is primarily directed at our 

seastaff, it is also sent to our close 

business associates.

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