SSG No 10 - Shipgaz

SHIPPING AND
SHIP MANAGEMENT Editor:
The blue Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Manning: Shortage must be solved by the business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Clipper Group diversifies the recruitment of seafarers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Look out for 2-navigator vessels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turning a new page in Finnish shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
DENMARK Looking towards a prosperous maritime future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
ESTONIA Estonian shipping suffocating in the embrace of politicians . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
FINLAND Small owners coming on strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
GERMANY Up-and-down German sector tackles personnel crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
LATVIA New Latvian ships come from Marshall Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
LITHUANIA Large companies carry Lithuanian flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
NORWAY Prevailing pragmatism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
POLAND Positive signs on the Polish shipping scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
SWEDEN Owners frustrated over tonnage tax delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Dag Bakka Jr
SCANDINAVIAN SHIPPING GAZETTE • MAY 21, 2007 23
BENT MIKKELSEN