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Company Magazine for the <strong>Odfjell</strong> Group - September 2006
In this issue:<br />
P.O. Box 6101 Postterminalen<br />
N-5892 Bergen<br />
Norway<br />
Tel: +47 55 27 00 00<br />
Fax: +47 55 28 47 41<br />
E-mail: quarterly@odfjell.com<br />
Internet: www.odfjell.com<br />
EDITOR:<br />
Klaus Walderhaug<br />
4<br />
8<br />
Going double<br />
Tanks up in China<br />
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE:<br />
Brit A. Bennett<br />
Kjell Johansen<br />
Tor Jürgensen<br />
Siri-Anne Mjåtvedt<br />
Morten Nystad<br />
Ellen Skagen<br />
Anne-Kristine Øen<br />
CORRESPONDENTS:<br />
Rotterdam:<br />
Theo Kruithof<br />
Singapore:<br />
Atle Knutsen<br />
Deadline next issue:<br />
November 12th, 2006<br />
Design: MacBox AS<br />
Cover:<br />
The first double-side block for<br />
Bow Lion being lifted into place<br />
at the Cosco Nantong shipyard.<br />
Photo: Jan Bjerkan, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Ship<br />
Management, Bergen<br />
10<br />
The Fuji hits the water<br />
11<br />
Bow Sky revisited<br />
«Be considerate and precise in you correspondence» ................................................... 9<br />
Plata sent to sea ........................................................................................................... 12<br />
Be safe – Be Prepared .................................................................................................. 14<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Makana ............................................................................................................. 16<br />
The Dolphin is trading ................................................................................................. 17<br />
The second from Severodvinsk .................................................................................... 18<br />
New ships - <strong>Odfjell</strong> expands its chemical tanker fleet ............................................... 19<br />
Focus on operations ..................................................................................................... 20<br />
eVA – a challenging ‘lady’ ........................................................................................... 21<br />
30:2 – the lifesaving rhythm ........................................................................................ 22<br />
Safety Bulletin .............................................................................................................. 23<br />
Bergen fire fighters ....................................................................................................... 24<br />
Rotterdam Fire Brigade Officers visiting Bow Sun ....................................................... 25<br />
QM Corner ..................................................................................................................... 26<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Quarterly Brainteaser ....................................................................................... 27<br />
Greetings from around the world ................................................................................ 28<br />
The Personnel Corner .................................................................................................... 32<br />
Fleet and terminals ....................................................................................................... 34<br />
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Dear Colleagues...<br />
The threat of global warming due to<br />
massive emissions of greenhouse gases,<br />
combined with the ever increasing<br />
prices on fossil fuels, have created a<br />
considerable demand for renewable<br />
and more environment-friendly energies<br />
such as biofuels. This opens for<br />
exciting prospects; for the energy supply,<br />
for the environment and not least<br />
for <strong>Odfjell</strong>. Biofuels, such as ethanol,<br />
vegetable oils and biodiesel are lines<br />
of cargo that may open up new markets<br />
for our ships and terminals. If we<br />
consider our own fuel situation the<br />
green energy forms may offer even<br />
more benefits to us. Heavy fuel oil,<br />
the dominant fuel in shipping, consists<br />
mainly of what is left after the<br />
lighter and more valuable parts of the<br />
crude oil have been distilled, popularly<br />
referred to as “the bottom of the<br />
barrel”. This made sense when the oil<br />
prices were low and the fuel costs an<br />
almost insignificant factor. With fuel<br />
prices at above US$ 300 per tonne,<br />
and with the restrictions of fuel sulphur<br />
emissions being implemented,<br />
it is quite another story. New technologies<br />
to gain improved fuel efficiency<br />
on board, combined with the<br />
introduction of biofuels also for vessel<br />
propulsion, will be an important<br />
contribution to the world’s shipping<br />
and transportation industry. We are<br />
indeed living in exciting times.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> has developed a strong market<br />
presence in China, and we have<br />
gained a good foothold in this vast<br />
market. Recently we took delivery<br />
of the first newbuilding from China,<br />
M/T Bao Hai Tun, which will trade in<br />
the Chinese domestic market. The<br />
first tanks have already been erected<br />
at <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s new tank terminal in<br />
Jiangyin, and the relocation of our<br />
terminal in Dalian is well under way.<br />
Our Chinese marketing office is well<br />
established in the most important<br />
business city, Shanghai. The Chinese<br />
economy is still showing a very strong<br />
growth, and there are no immediate<br />
signs of any drastic downturn. When<br />
it comes to trade and production the<br />
country is an important engine for<br />
world growth. It seems fairly evident<br />
that Chinese progress and economic<br />
importance will continue, and with<br />
this also the significance of Chinese<br />
culture and language. <strong>Odfjell</strong> benefits<br />
from employing a team of skilled and<br />
motivated Chinese nationals, who really<br />
contribute to our success there.<br />
And who knows, maybe some day one<br />
of my successors will write this column<br />
in Mandarin.<br />
We have been through a very active<br />
third quarter, which is not least reflected<br />
in the many launchings and<br />
naming ceremonies and development<br />
projects described in this issue of<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Quarterly. The newbuilding<br />
projects in Poland and Russia are<br />
progressing well, and the long-term<br />
time-charter vessels continue to be delivered<br />
from Japan at regular intervals.<br />
We have also further expanded our<br />
fleet with four second-hand chemical<br />
tankers, an investment of more<br />
than US$ 100 million. At our terminals<br />
there are many initiatives to further<br />
improve safety and efficiency, and we<br />
are also looking at opportunities for<br />
expansions, both at existing locations<br />
and at new places. On board our ships<br />
and ashore a lot of hard work has<br />
been put in on safety and operational<br />
excellence. All in all, I am confident<br />
that we are moving in the right direction.<br />
However, there’s no room to rest<br />
on our laurels. To prevail in the long<br />
run, every day we have to meet and<br />
exceed our customers’ expectations<br />
and to perform according to regulations<br />
and public requirements.<br />
The performance of our employees is<br />
the critical success factor for <strong>Odfjell</strong>,<br />
and to make sure we all pull in the<br />
same direction we have established a<br />
set of Key Performance Indicators to<br />
monitor the results of our work. By<br />
reaching the KPI targets, we will ensure<br />
healthy results for the company,<br />
allowing us to develop and further<br />
strengthen our position. But this will<br />
also benefit the employees directly,<br />
through the new incentive bonus<br />
scheme. Consequently, success for<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> will also gain all of us.<br />
Keep up the good work!<br />
Regards,<br />
Terje Storeng<br />
President/CEO<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 3
Going double<br />
Experiences from converting the first KSEC class<br />
vessels to double hulls<br />
In our March 2006 issue, we described the background for<br />
converting the KSEC class of vessels built in South Korea<br />
1986-1988, and presented the project proceedings up to<br />
awarding the contract. At the time of writing, one vessel is<br />
already successfully converted and two are in process. In this<br />
issue we are happy to let Captain Ruben Hilario of Bow Lion<br />
and Ashok Nair, Superintendent of Bow Leopard, share their<br />
experiences with the Quarterly readers.<br />
Bow Lion - the first one off<br />
By Captain Ruben Q. Hilario, Bow Lion<br />
Bow Lion was delivered from Korea<br />
early 1988, and after 18 years of continuous<br />
trading with chemicals and<br />
clean petroleum products all over the<br />
globe, she was still in very good shape.<br />
However, the single-side wing tanks<br />
were increasingly becoming a commercial<br />
and operational handicap. Prior to<br />
conversion, we had to operate with a<br />
double set of pollution certificates<br />
depending on whether we were a<br />
chemical or product tanker by definition.<br />
To bring the KSEC ships up to current<br />
regulatory and customer requirements,<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> decided to install double<br />
side sections. Today, Bow Lion is<br />
in compliance with the latest Marpol<br />
regimes. Further, the vessel had its bridge<br />
equipment upgraded, involving the<br />
Voyage Data Recorder, Electronic Charts<br />
Display and Information System, GPS,<br />
Echo sounder and Collision Radar.<br />
We left Nantong Shipyard after the<br />
works were completed at noon 8th<br />
July 2006. The following day we were<br />
hit by the typhoon “Ewiniar”. The<br />
vessel was in ballast condition, but still<br />
we observed that Bow Lion is more<br />
stable as a double hull ship. Of course we<br />
worried about the new blocks, we even<br />
joked about perhaps having to go back<br />
to the shipyard without the double skin.<br />
Luckily, everything was tested ok.<br />
The start was quite hectic, with loading<br />
in South Korea only a day’s sailing from<br />
the Cosco yard. However, we managed<br />
to handle the challenge of satisfactory<br />
tank cleaning, a considerable task due<br />
to the presence of sandblasting grits in<br />
the new wing tanks. We also completed<br />
the BP vetting and CDI inspections with<br />
positive results. On her second “maiden<br />
voyage”, Bow Lion loaded various<br />
grades of lubes and vegetable oils in<br />
South Korea and Malaysia. The vessel<br />
called Durban for her first double-hull<br />
discharge and loaded various grades of<br />
alcohol in Mossel Bay for destination<br />
Rotterdam and Hamburg.<br />
Part of the old single side has been cut out to give<br />
room for the first double-side block<br />
Conversion completed<br />
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Touching up the name sign<br />
Leaving the yard on her second “maiden voyage”<br />
Helge Olsen, Senior Vice President<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Ship Management, supervises<br />
the fitting of the first double-side<br />
block<br />
The Bow Lion crew<br />
At berth in Durban, her first discharge port as a double-hull ship<br />
Jan Bjerkan about to enter the ship<br />
for inspection<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 5
Bow Leopard -<br />
The superintendent’s view<br />
By Ashok Nair, Superintendent Bow Leopard<br />
Photos: Captain Luisito G. Cantona<br />
The first considerations<br />
on converting the KSEC<br />
ships to double-hull<br />
started within Fleet<br />
Asia team in Singapore<br />
already in June 2005.<br />
However, assistance<br />
was required by the<br />
Project/Newbuilding department in<br />
Bergen, and subsequently both the classification<br />
society, DnV, and the design<br />
department of Stocznia Szczecinska<br />
Nova yard in Poland got involved.<br />
When Cosco Shipyard in Nantong was<br />
awarded the task of undertaking the<br />
conversion works, the Superintendents<br />
in Fleet Asia added on specifications for<br />
general repair and maintenance.<br />
The initial yard estimate was that the<br />
entire stay at the yard for the conversion<br />
work would be about fifty days<br />
for each vessel. However, the rebuilding<br />
turned out to be more complicated,<br />
and we spent close to eighty days<br />
with the first vessel, which we realize is<br />
necessary. In September there will be<br />
three <strong>Odfjell</strong> vessels at the yard; Bow<br />
Puma, Bow Leopard and Bow Panther.<br />
All of us are looking forward to this<br />
moment.<br />
July and August were exceptionally<br />
hot in the Nantong area this year, with<br />
The old ship’s side being removed<br />
temperatures touching 36°C. Try to<br />
imagine what it was like inside the<br />
cargo tanks! The authorities prohibited<br />
work between 1100 and 1700 hrs, and<br />
obviously this slowed us down despite<br />
the fact that the yard increased the<br />
night shifts. Luckily, temperatures have<br />
since dropped, and schedules are back<br />
to normal.<br />
Such a long docking period is unusual<br />
and quite a challenge for the crew and<br />
the shore staff. The three Ds (difficult,<br />
dirty and dangerous) of shipyard work<br />
are obvious everyday. It is not possible<br />
to keep the decks and engine room<br />
clean due the large amount of steel<br />
work, coating/blasting and machinery<br />
work involved. There is also considerable<br />
steel work around the accommodation<br />
block, inside the accommodation,<br />
work on the air conditioning<br />
plant, sewage treatment plant and steel<br />
work in the fresh water tanks. Although<br />
we concentrate on keeping the accommodation<br />
space clean, the work has<br />
lead to lot of discomfort to the ship’s<br />
crew from time to time. To the credit of<br />
the ship staff and shipboard management<br />
team, all this has been borne with<br />
a smile.<br />
The double-side blocks ready for installation<br />
Besides the normal supervisory and<br />
coordinating role of a Superintendent,<br />
the challenge during such a long project<br />
is to motivate the crew and to<br />
sustain the focus on the yard to deliver<br />
in time and in quality. Maximizing the<br />
daily morning meetings with ship staff<br />
and yard key personnel is the key to the<br />
successful execution of this project. My<br />
6 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006
The first block being fitted<br />
Fitting the first block seen from deck<br />
All starboard blocks fitted<br />
Upgrading the anchor hawse pipe<br />
role during these daily meetings is to<br />
control the agenda and facilitate communications.<br />
I cope by totally switching<br />
off at the end of the day when I leave<br />
the ship. Unfortunately for the ship staff<br />
they are not able to do the same, as<br />
they cannot leave the ship for too long.<br />
To give the crew some relief, a sightseeing<br />
trip was organized by the Agent. We<br />
also arranged a basketball match with<br />
the combined Bow Puma/Bow Leopard<br />
teams playing against the shipyard.<br />
We would have won if we all had not<br />
been working so hard! The shipyard<br />
had a function recently and the Project<br />
Manager Mr. Zhou Cong Hui invited<br />
the crews to take part. Amazingly, a<br />
band was drafted from the two ships<br />
which performed two songs, very well<br />
received by the crowd. Perhaps all their<br />
practicing will not be wasted when Bow<br />
Panther arrives and a big party will<br />
(hopefully) be organized.<br />
The yard team is fairly young for this<br />
project – the key personnel are in their<br />
late twenties to early thirties. What they<br />
lack in experience they have made up by<br />
attitude. Having learnt from Bow Lion<br />
and Bow Puma, they are<br />
able to improve on the<br />
Bow Leopard. Taking all<br />
additional jobs, cancelled<br />
jobs and rejections in<br />
stride, it has made it so<br />
much easier and it has indeed<br />
been a pleasure to<br />
work with them.<br />
To show the appreciation<br />
of the crews’ efforts,<br />
Cosco Nantong has presented<br />
each ship a wooden<br />
sail ship, with the words<br />
“May you sail in fine winds<br />
and seas for a thousand<br />
years” imprinted in the<br />
sails. If not for a thousand<br />
years, we trust the KSEC<br />
ships have many years<br />
of continued safe and<br />
successful trading ahead<br />
of them.<br />
Steering gear room access and propeller dye check<br />
Cosco souvenir ship presented to Captain Cantona<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 7
Tanks up in China<br />
First tanks being built at <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Jiangyin)<br />
By Chang Li, General Manager <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Jiangyin)<br />
In our December 2005<br />
issue, we covered the<br />
ground breaking ceremony<br />
for our Jiangyin<br />
terminal. Since that,<br />
extensive civil engineering<br />
works have<br />
literally prepared the<br />
ground for the visible<br />
proof of our venture – the erecting of<br />
tanks.<br />
In this stage we are building 22 tanks of<br />
2,000 to 7,800 cbm size, and the types are<br />
different as the materials include carbon<br />
steel, cladded steel and stainless steel<br />
plates. After a long and careful process<br />
of bidding and negotiations, contracts<br />
for building the OTJ tanks were finally<br />
signed on June 15th, 2006. The Third<br />
Chemical Engineering Construction Co.<br />
of China, a highly experienced constructor,<br />
was chosen to handle Bay I which<br />
covers all the material types. Qidong<br />
Industrial Installation Co., Ltd. became<br />
the constructor for Bay II.<br />
Both constructors commenced the work<br />
right away, and by the end of August<br />
2006, Bay I had ten tank bottoms, ten<br />
roofs and two shells completed. The corresponding<br />
figures for Bay II were twelve<br />
Mounting the steel plates to one of the tanks<br />
tank bottoms, eight roofs and four shells.<br />
The tanks are examined with X-ray shots,<br />
to ensure the necessary quality.<br />
Entering the site this summer, we were<br />
amazed by the sight and dazed by the<br />
heat. More than 200 builders together<br />
with dozens of large machinery units<br />
such as electric welders, plasma cutters,<br />
forklifts and auto cranes are working<br />
simultaneously, but still in good order.<br />
OTJ team members have certainly been<br />
The contract site team and the OTJ site team<br />
Skilled welding is required<br />
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«Be considerate<br />
and precise in your<br />
correspondence»<br />
Circular to masters, dated 1952<br />
“Occasionally we receive excerpts from<br />
ship logs and letters that have not been<br />
written the way they should have been”.<br />
So begins Bernt Daniel <strong>Odfjell</strong> S<strong>nr</strong>., the<br />
father of our current chairman, a circular<br />
to the <strong>Odfjell</strong> masters. The topic of<br />
the circular was to request the captains<br />
to put a real effort into writing letters<br />
and reports. The shipowner continued:<br />
“In particular in matters concerning<br />
third party damages you can hardly be<br />
careful enough with what is being written.<br />
Consequently we ask our masters to<br />
be exceedingly considerate and precise<br />
in the correspondence in general. Correspondence<br />
has to be worked with. It<br />
is an appropriate rule to prepare drafts<br />
for letters, and if it is difficult and important<br />
letters that don’t need to be<br />
sent the same day, it is often advisable<br />
to leave the draft for a day or two to<br />
have time for closer considerations”.<br />
This circular was written on October 30th<br />
1952, almost 54 years ago, and issued to<br />
all <strong>Odfjell</strong> ships. We don’t know whether<br />
or not Mr. <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s admonitions had<br />
the desired effect on the masters’ writing<br />
skills. However, it shows that some<br />
topics remain valid, and it is certain that<br />
we can all learn from his advice: keep<br />
your language clear and precise!<br />
active too. On site safety and quality<br />
inspections, weekly meetings with the<br />
constructors and constant improvement<br />
of the plan and schedule are paramount.<br />
Despite the very high temperatures and<br />
unexpected storms this summer, Bay I<br />
construction is according to plan with<br />
finishing date the end of September.<br />
Bay II is slightly behind schedule but still<br />
catching up. The terminal area now looks<br />
completely different compared to only<br />
one and half month ago. We are looking<br />
forward to the completion of our tank<br />
construction in early October.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Jiangyin)<br />
• Joint venture with the Garson<br />
Group of Shanghai,China<br />
• Located in the Yangtze river<br />
150 km west of Shanghai<br />
• Initial capacity of 99,800 cbm<br />
from first quarter 2007<br />
• Handling of ships, barges and<br />
trucks<br />
• Additional land available for<br />
expansion<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 9
The Fuji hits the water<br />
Naming and launching of M/T Bow Fuji<br />
By Torgeir Hjorth<br />
Mid September our latest long-term<br />
time-charter fully stainless steel vessel,<br />
M/T Bow Fuji, was delivered from<br />
Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. After a<br />
period of miserable weather and lots of<br />
rain in Japan, September 15th appeared<br />
with clear sky and beautiful sunshine,<br />
making the naming and launching ceremony<br />
a fantastic event.<br />
Delegates and guests from the owners,<br />
Yuyo Steamship Co., Kitanihon Shipbuilding<br />
Co., bankers, investors and not<br />
least from <strong>Odfjell</strong>, witnessed the lady<br />
sponsor, Rannveig Præsttun Bjørvik, cut<br />
the ribbon with an axe. The champagne<br />
bottle smashed as expected at the bow,<br />
and the Bow Fuji started to slide backwards<br />
into the water. It is really impressive<br />
to see such a large vessel enter its<br />
right element.<br />
and Makoto Komatsu, also contributed<br />
to making our stay in Japan very memorable.<br />
Bow Fuji is expected to be delivered to<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> in November 2006.<br />
Principal dimensions<br />
of Bow Fuji:<br />
Hull number: 366<br />
Summer dead weight: 19,800 dwt<br />
Length overall: 141.00 mtrs<br />
Beam<br />
24.20 mtrs.<br />
Draft: 9.65 mtrs.<br />
Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. had arranged<br />
everything in a very controlled<br />
and organized manner, including a nice<br />
celebration party at Hachinoe Park Hotel<br />
in the evening. The <strong>Odfjell</strong> Tokyo<br />
team, Ken Kurihara, Yoshimi Mochizuki<br />
Kitanihon NB 366 ready for the naming and launching ceremony<br />
The guests of honour, Mr. Owners Masashi Yoshizawa, President/CEO Yuyo<br />
Steamship Co.,Ltd., his wife Mrs. Hiroko Yoshizawa, Torgeir Hjorth and Lady<br />
Sponsor Rannveig Præsttun Bjørvik<br />
Bow Fuji finally reaching her right<br />
element<br />
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Bow Sky revisited<br />
Lady sponsor gets on board at Singapore<br />
By Atle Knutsen<br />
M/T Bow Sky was named in April 2005<br />
at the Stocznia Szczecinska Nowa yard. Lady<br />
sponsor was Mdm. Teng, Soo Fen, wife of<br />
Radm. Tuck Yew Lui, former CEO of the Singapore<br />
Maritime and Port Authority (MPA).<br />
It was a great honour for <strong>Odfjell</strong> to have<br />
Mdm. Teng perform this important ceremony<br />
and to have senior members of the MPA attending the event.<br />
On May 17th, on the Norwegian Constitution Day, the Bow<br />
Sky was visiting Singapore for the third time on her trade<br />
around the globe. It was a good opportunity to invite<br />
Mdm. Teng on board to revisit the vessel and meet the officers<br />
and crew. The vessel’s loading and discharge program<br />
allowed for a smooth access at <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s joint venture terminal in<br />
Singapore, Oiltanking <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminal Singapore. Unfortunately,<br />
Mdm. Teng’s husband could not attend the visit, but<br />
we were pleased that Mdm. Teng had brought her two daughters,<br />
Elaine and Emily, to see the ship.<br />
In the engine control room, with Chief Engineer Vasseng<br />
Capt. Bakke, his officers and crew presented the vessel in A1<br />
condition, and hosted a very nice dinner in honour of the<br />
guests. The lady sponsor was very interested in the vessel’s<br />
trading since delivery and to get an impression of life on<br />
board such a sophisticated vessel. Through an extensive tour<br />
of the ship, all the way from the engine room to the bridge,<br />
Capt. Bakke informed about all the functions on the ship.<br />
In particular he stressed the importance of the crews’ close<br />
attention to safety.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> has adopted a policy of having all their owned vessels<br />
decorated by local schools from the area around the yard. The<br />
lady sponsor was impressed by all the beautiful pictures and<br />
other artefacts on board. While touring the superstructure, the<br />
guests were also shown the nice cabins of crew and officers as<br />
well as the gym facilities which contribute to make the Bow Sky<br />
such a pleasant ship to sail on. This is also reflected in the vessel<br />
crews’ positive “can-do” attitude.<br />
On deck with Laurence <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Captain Bakke, the Lady Sponsor Mdm. Teng and her two<br />
daughters Elaine and Emily<br />
The guests on the Bridge<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 11
Plata sent to sea<br />
Launching/naming ceremony of<br />
Bow Plata at Kitanihon, Japan<br />
By Gareth Williams<br />
Pictures: Vanessa J. H. Williams<br />
On July 13th 2006, <strong>Odfjell</strong> representatives<br />
were assembled in Japan to<br />
attend the launching and naming of the<br />
most recent addition of long-term timecharter<br />
ships from Japan. Mdm Mu<br />
Dao Zhen was the guest of honour as<br />
the lady sponsor for the vessel, accompanied<br />
of course by Mr. Zhu Guohe,<br />
her husband and General Manager of<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Shanghai. Ken Kurihara together<br />
with his wife Yoko represented <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Tokyo. From our Singapore office, Lim<br />
Tai Lai, one of our Senior Ship Operators<br />
attended on behalf of the regional<br />
fleet operations department together<br />
with Mr. Atle Knutsen and his wife<br />
Hanne. I was delighted to be included<br />
among the <strong>Odfjell</strong> delegates together<br />
with my wife Vanessa. This was a<br />
special trip for us in a number of<br />
ways, as we had never been to Japan<br />
before, nor had either of us attended<br />
an <strong>Odfjell</strong> launching ceremony and seen<br />
a ship actually glide down the slipway<br />
as part of the ceremony.<br />
The Lady Sponsor, Mdm Mu Dao<br />
Zhen, entering the yard<br />
The morning of the big day we all<br />
took Japan’s famous “Bullet Train” the<br />
approximately 600 km north from Tokyo<br />
up to Hachinohe, a three-hour journey<br />
that gave us the opportunity to be introduced<br />
to representatives from Keymax<br />
Maritime Ltd, the owners of the vessel.<br />
At our destination we were greeted by<br />
representatives from the Kitanihon shipyard,<br />
and ushered to a waiting coach<br />
that would take us to our hotel and then<br />
further on to the shipyard.<br />
What was immediately evident was the<br />
friendly atmosphere within our group.<br />
Conversation was flowing freely with<br />
good humour all around, and slowly<br />
names all began to fit in place. That all<br />
of us had labelled buttonhole rosettes<br />
helped to fill in the last gaps.<br />
Kitanihon shipyard is only a short journey<br />
from the hotel and on approaching<br />
it was immediately obvious, with NB SNO<br />
365 already adorned with flags, bunting<br />
and ribbons rising high above the fencing<br />
and buildings of the yard. The initial<br />
impression is of a relatively compact but<br />
highly efficient shipbuilding operation.<br />
We were later informed that in 2006<br />
Kitanihon will construct a total of six<br />
chemical tankers.<br />
After having entered the yard passing<br />
under a specially constructed archway to<br />
welcome <strong>Odfjell</strong> and Mdm Mu Dao Zhen,<br />
we all assembled for the commemorative<br />
group photograph. Prior to assembling<br />
on the platform at the bow of the<br />
ship, the lady sponsor was ushered to<br />
one side for a couple of practice swings<br />
with her ceremonial axe. Fingers all<br />
intact, nerves dispatched and the dummy<br />
run claimed a success, it was time for the<br />
real thing. With a warning bell to sound<br />
that the safety retaining pins on the<br />
slipway were removed, Mdm Mu Dao<br />
Zhen stepped up to the microphone and<br />
proclaimed “ I name you Bow Plata,” Zhu<br />
gave the blessing whereupon Mdm Mu<br />
cut the ribbon, and the ship was named<br />
with champagne as she glided down the<br />
slipway into the water.<br />
A ship’s launch is an occasion with a<br />
strong sense of ceremony and tradition,<br />
and a celebration of human achievement.<br />
Of course it is also a marking of<br />
long-term commitments and in this particular<br />
instance of reinforced relationships<br />
between Keymax Maritime Ltd and<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong>, a fact that Mr Saburo Iwai, Chief<br />
Operating Officer of Keymax Maritime<br />
Co Ltd also expressed in his dinner speech<br />
afterwards.<br />
Ken Kurihara officially concluded the<br />
formal reception with toasts all around.<br />
However, with new friendships forged<br />
and celebrations still in full swing,<br />
representatives from Keymax Maritime,<br />
Bow Plata fast facts:<br />
• 19,800 dwt<br />
• Double Hull<br />
• 22 stainless steel tanks, approx.<br />
22,000 cbm<br />
• Class: Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK)<br />
• Panama Flag<br />
• LoA 141 metres<br />
• Beam 24.20 metres<br />
• Summer draft 9.794 metres<br />
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Some of the prominent guests attending the ceremony, from left Mrs. Hanne<br />
Knutsen, Mr. Atle Knutsen (<strong>Odfjell</strong>), Mr. Saburo Iwai (COO Keymax Maritime<br />
Co Ltd), Lady Sponsor Mdm Mu Dao Zhen, Mr. Zhu Guohe (<strong>Odfjell</strong> Shanghai),<br />
Mr. Moto Nakabayashi (Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.), Mr. Tohru Higash<br />
(President of Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.)<br />
Kitanihon NB SNO 365 ready for<br />
naming and launching<br />
Safely afloat<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong>, Kitanihon, NKK, and ISC Corporation<br />
continued to a more intimate<br />
setting for light refreshments and some<br />
karaoke. There are some talented singers<br />
out there with daytime shipping jobs!<br />
The following day Keymax and Kitanihon<br />
arranged a sightseeing tour to let us<br />
experience some culture and local sights.<br />
We enjoyed a boat trip across Lake Towada,<br />
a volcanic lake 400 metres above<br />
sea level, followed by a stroll along one<br />
of the tributaries that flowed from the<br />
lake. After a traditional hot plate style<br />
lunch at the Oirase Tourism Centre, we<br />
enjoyed a musical recital before boarding<br />
our coach to head back to Hachinohe<br />
train station. I know I speak for all of us<br />
at <strong>Odfjell</strong> in expressing our gratitude to<br />
our hosts at Kitanihon and at Keymax for<br />
making this such an enjoyable trip.<br />
The yard workers look small<br />
compared to the large hull<br />
The Lady Sponsor and her husband<br />
Bow Plata finally reaching her right<br />
element<br />
The Lady Sponsor cutting the token<br />
ribbon<br />
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Be Safe - Be Prepared<br />
Safety Refresher Course at the <strong>Odfjell</strong> Academy<br />
By Mika Appel, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Academy/Wartsila Land & Sea Academy<br />
Safety is a state of being prepared,<br />
aware and forward thinking, to enable<br />
us to manage and reduce the risk of<br />
actions that may lead to negative incidents<br />
such as injuries or emergencies.<br />
To further enhance the safety mindset<br />
and focus on board <strong>Odfjell</strong> ships,<br />
the <strong>Odfjell</strong> Academy in collaboration<br />
with Wartsila Land & Sea Academy has<br />
developed a safety refresher course.<br />
Both <strong>Odfjell</strong> and Wartsila have a wealth<br />
of experience and knowledge in Safety<br />
Management and best working practices.<br />
The basis for developing the<br />
safety refresher course was a draft<br />
course outline, previously developed by<br />
Capt. Kjell Johansen (<strong>Odfjell</strong> Academy)<br />
and Jari Ullakonoja (Wartsila). However,<br />
it was quite a challenge to merge<br />
ideas from both parties and come up<br />
with a programme that will suit and<br />
meet the operations of <strong>Odfjell</strong>. Keeping<br />
this in mind, we teamed up with Capt.<br />
Fidel Perez, C/M Virgilio Angeles, C/E<br />
Leo Gegajo and Second Mate Aurelio<br />
Sedutan to develop the course scope<br />
through brainstorming sessions, with<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong>’s safety standards and procedures<br />
and STCW (Standards of Training,<br />
Certification & Watchkeeping) requirements<br />
in mind.<br />
The course focuses on developing strategies<br />
and coordinated action plans, and<br />
to achieve an attention during normal<br />
operations, which enable the crew to<br />
react in a correct manner if an emergency<br />
should occur. We have taken a<br />
practical approach, developing case<br />
studies that match various scenarios<br />
on board <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s vessels. The training<br />
is a four-day programme, in which<br />
participants from management, operation<br />
and support level attend at different<br />
periods.<br />
The first day of the course is for management<br />
level officers. The programme<br />
starts by letting the participants<br />
share their experiences from the daily<br />
activities and the regular safety and<br />
emergency training on board. We ask<br />
the participants to state the facts of<br />
relevant situations, how they manage,<br />
react and ensure control of various<br />
emergencies. The key to ensure control<br />
is to have presence of mind, will to<br />
survive and the proper safety skills to<br />
react correctly. We then challenge them<br />
to analyze the situation on what could<br />
be the possible incident cause and the<br />
lessons learned from their experience.<br />
During the first aid instructions<br />
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Fire fighting using fire extinguishers<br />
... and applying more heavy equipment<br />
The course participants are asked to<br />
develop an emergency plan based on<br />
how they would manage and assess<br />
the situation, and to ensure that their<br />
approach is in accordance with <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s<br />
safety and emergency procedures.<br />
The exercises are designed to develop<br />
the management level officers’ leadership<br />
skills and ability to do proper planning<br />
and execution of <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s safety<br />
and emergency procedures. These<br />
officers act as instructors for operational<br />
and support level participants for<br />
exercises in personal survival, first aid<br />
and fire-fighting techniques during the<br />
two final days of the programme.<br />
The operational level officers join in<br />
on the second day, and go through the<br />
same process of sharing best practices<br />
and adaptation to <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s safety and<br />
emergency procedures. Later the same<br />
day both management and operational<br />
level officers work together and develop<br />
a muster roll for the last two days’<br />
exercises. Operational level officers will<br />
be the squad leaders of different teams<br />
as per this participant list.<br />
The third day the support level participants<br />
arrive. The management and<br />
operational level officers guide their<br />
team members and instruct them on<br />
proper execution of exercises.<br />
The two last days two teams together<br />
prepare and conduct practical exercises.<br />
We put importance on the decision<br />
process, communication and coordination<br />
between the master, chief mate,<br />
chief engineer and/or second engineer<br />
and the squads during various emergency<br />
situations. After each exercise we<br />
have a de-briefing session, to discuss<br />
how the teams have performed and<br />
managed the situation.<br />
This cooperation between <strong>Odfjell</strong> and<br />
Wartsila is a real partnership, wherein<br />
both parties learn and share best practices<br />
to achieve its goal in upgrading the<br />
skills of its crew. That is to “Be Safe!”<br />
and “Be Prepared!” during our daily<br />
operations.<br />
During the life raft exercise<br />
Some of the course delegates during a classroom session<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 15
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Makana<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> enters into new South African partnership<br />
By Knut H. Holsen and Mel Pinks<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> has been a part of South<br />
African bulk liquids trade for a long time.<br />
Servicing the ports of Durban, Richards<br />
Bay, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and<br />
Mossel Bay, importing various chemicals<br />
and oils and exporting mainly phosphoric<br />
acid and Sasol products, we have<br />
witnessed the remarkable development<br />
of this nation.<br />
As part of our business development,<br />
and in line with the country’s political<br />
ambitions, <strong>Odfjell</strong> has entered into a<br />
partnership with Makana Investments.<br />
Makana is a company already established<br />
in the shipping industry through<br />
its clearing and forwarding functions<br />
and with an ambition to grow within<br />
the maritime industry as a whole.<br />
The partnership company, <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Makana SA, is majority owned by<br />
Makana Investments and is fully supportive<br />
of the development<br />
of the previously<br />
disadvantaged South<br />
African community<br />
within this specific<br />
sector. Further, the<br />
company will strive to<br />
achieve realisation of<br />
the goals set out within<br />
the South African Black<br />
Economic Empowerment<br />
(BEE) Maritime Charter.<br />
The venture will focus on activities<br />
and services related to<br />
chemical shipping, and pursue<br />
opportunities and synergies in<br />
the increasing South African trade.<br />
A contract with a major client in South<br />
Africa supports the development of<br />
our joint venture, where specific goals<br />
for increased local participation in this<br />
region may be addressed.<br />
Makana representatives visiting Bergen. From left: Jan Hammer, Terje Storeng, Sfiso Buthulezi (Makana), Mel Pinks,<br />
Peter-Paul Ngwenya (Makana), Morten Nystad and Knut Holsen<br />
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The Dolphin is trading<br />
Naming and delivery of Bao Hai Tun in China<br />
By Tore Jakobsen<br />
Our first Chinese<br />
coastal chemical tanker<br />
was delivered and<br />
named M/T Bao Hai<br />
Tun in a ceremony on<br />
September 13th at the<br />
Yangzhou Kejin Shipbuilding.<br />
Representatives<br />
from <strong>Odfjell</strong>,<br />
our joint venture partner Dong Zhan Oil<br />
Transportation Co. and the yard were<br />
gathered to celebrate the proof of our<br />
entry into the domestic market in China.<br />
The vessel will have Chinese flag, class<br />
and crew, and be managed and operated<br />
by <strong>Odfjell</strong> Dong Zhan Shipping (Shanghai)<br />
Co. Ltd (ODZ), for the purpose of<br />
participating in the Chinese cabotage<br />
trade. Bao Hai Tun is 3,860 dwt with ten<br />
segregations and MarineLine tank coating<br />
providing high cargo flexibility. The<br />
name means, with some flexible translation<br />
into Chinese, Bow Dolphin.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong>’s newbuilding team has been responsible<br />
for the supervision of the construction<br />
and delivery of the vessel in<br />
accordance with the building contract.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Asia, Singapore has assisted ODZ<br />
with ship management services, including<br />
manning and crew training before<br />
delivery.<br />
The Chinese production capacity for<br />
bulk chemicals is expected to double<br />
in the years to come, and a significant<br />
portion of this will require inland distribution.<br />
The expected increase in both<br />
Chinese exports and imports of relevant<br />
products will further boost the demand<br />
for coastal transportation. Accordingly,<br />
it is an interesting time to establish our<br />
presence in this market – especially as<br />
most of the current coastal fleet is old<br />
and lacks chemical capability.<br />
ODZ is one of the five joint ventures<br />
with international participation, based<br />
on license from the Chinese authorities.<br />
We have years of experience in<br />
the Chinese market, both through the<br />
regional shipping services offered out<br />
of Singapore but also through operating<br />
our sophisticated terminal in Dalian.<br />
Through ODZ our customers may enjoy<br />
a new service.<br />
The ship naming ceremony itself was a<br />
grand event with the flowers, confetti,<br />
dancing of the Dragon and of course the<br />
Lady Sponsor – Ms Zhao Wei – breaking<br />
the champagne bottle. She is the wife<br />
of the chairman of ODZ, Mr. Chen Guan<br />
Qiang.<br />
Among other prominent guests were<br />
Mr. Zhu Guohe, general manager of<br />
ODZ, Mr. Xie Chuan Yong, the general<br />
manager of Yangzhou Kejin Shipbuilding,<br />
Mr. Atle Knutsen of <strong>Odfjell</strong> Asia as<br />
well as Mr. Kjell Mikalsen and Mr. Bjarte<br />
Vågsholm from our newbuilding team.<br />
The ceremony, also attended by friends<br />
and family of our Chinese colleagues<br />
and partners, was followed by a dinner<br />
in Yangzhou. The celebrations in general<br />
were both friendly and lively, boding<br />
well for future cooperation.<br />
Bao Hai Tun seen from the deck<br />
The deck seen from the bridge<br />
Traditional dragon dance<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 17
The second from Severodvinsk<br />
Keel laying of the second newbuilding at Sevmash<br />
By Tore Jakobsen<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong>’s newbuilding project in Russia<br />
is progressing, and on June 30th it was<br />
time for the keel laying of the second in<br />
our series of eight to twelve ships from<br />
the Sevmash shipyard. The first keel laying<br />
took place mid December last year,<br />
when the Russian winter is at its darkest,<br />
and stood in steep contrast to the warm<br />
and beautiful weather we enjoyed this<br />
time in the middle of the summer. The<br />
Russian hospitality and friendliness,<br />
however, remained the same.<br />
The event attracted a considerable<br />
turnout from Russian media and local<br />
authorities. <strong>Odfjell</strong> was represented by<br />
a delegation led by Chairman of the<br />
Board, Mr. Dan <strong>Odfjell</strong>.<br />
The first ship from Sevmash is scheduled<br />
for delivery fourth quarter 2007.<br />
Many Sevmash employees and members<br />
of the media attended the ceremony<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Chairman Dan <strong>Odfjell</strong>, being interviewed by the media<br />
The keel section<br />
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New ships<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> expands its chemical tanker fleet<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> has recently acquired five chemical<br />
tankers at a total price of about<br />
US$ 130 million. Four of the tankers<br />
are second-hand ships with stainless<br />
steel cargo tanks, built between 1995<br />
and 1997. The fifth is a newbuilding<br />
delivered from China.<br />
M/T Giada D (10,115 dwt - year 1996) is<br />
built in Italy, and was delivered September<br />
12th from Italian owners. The vessel<br />
has been renamed Bow Querida.<br />
M/T Euro Azzurra (13,843 dwt - 1997) is<br />
also built in Italy, and will be delivered<br />
late 2006/early 2007 from English owners.<br />
This ship is acquired by a Norwegian<br />
50/50 joint venture company owned by<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> ASA and Kristian Gerhard Jebsens<br />
Skipsrederi AS.<br />
M/T Brage Atlantic (17,460 dwt - 1995)<br />
and M/T Brage Pacific (17,460 dwt -<br />
1997) are both built in Norway. The vessels<br />
are bought from Norwegian owners,<br />
and delivery will take place in first and<br />
second quarter 2007.<br />
On September 13th 2006 a joint venture<br />
company in China, owned 49 % by<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> ASA, took delivery of a newbuilding<br />
of 3,850 dwt, M/T Bao Hai Tun. This<br />
chemical tanker with MarineLine cargo<br />
tanks will operate in the Chinese domestic<br />
market.<br />
Further, <strong>Odfjell</strong> has sold M/T Bow Heron<br />
(35,289 dwt - built 1979) to Norwegian<br />
owners. She is built in Norway in 1979<br />
and has mainly coated cargo tanks. The<br />
ship will be delivered to the new owners<br />
in November 2006.<br />
M/T Giada D, renamed Bow Querida<br />
M/T Euro Azzurra<br />
M/T Brage Pacific<br />
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Focus on operations<br />
Port Captain and Operation Managers meeting 2006<br />
By Sigmund Larsen<br />
On June 27-28th,<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem arranged<br />
a Port Captain and<br />
Operation Managers<br />
meeting in Bergen.<br />
The conference was to<br />
serve several purposes:<br />
• To have an open discussion and<br />
exchange views on how we may<br />
enhance our performance in our<br />
increasing time-chartered fleet<br />
• Introduction and elaboration of the<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem Ship Inspection<br />
scheme<br />
• Introduction of operational<br />
procedures and processes<br />
• Discussions on operational excellence<br />
and port performance.<br />
Of course, such meetings are also important<br />
arenas for teambuilding and to<br />
establish closer relationships between<br />
the offices abroad and the headquarters<br />
at Minde.<br />
Day one started by drawing the big lines.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem President Jan Hammer<br />
presented visions, strategies and priorities,<br />
and he explained the rationale<br />
behind some recent changes at <strong>Odfjell</strong>.<br />
Vice President Torgeir Hjorth discussed<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem issues seen from a chartering<br />
point of view. Some of the topics<br />
he addressed were safety and quality,<br />
operational standards, market and customer<br />
status and not least the cost of<br />
non-compliance.<br />
The rest of the first day was spent on<br />
workshops, where the meeting delegates<br />
discussed the experiences with<br />
our T/C vessels. Some of the aspects that<br />
came up during the lively discussions<br />
were ship/shore communication and language<br />
issues, vetting requirements and<br />
handling, vessel equipment and maintenance,<br />
and crew qualifications and experience.<br />
A number of action points were<br />
suggested, some of which already have<br />
been implemented. Others items need<br />
more time and not least investments to<br />
rectify, but we aim at finding solutions<br />
through creativity and collaboration<br />
between <strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem, owners and<br />
managers.<br />
The theme of the meeting’s second day<br />
was operational excellence and proper<br />
procedures. The participants received<br />
Captain Arne Ingebrigtsen presents his port performance findings from<br />
Rotterdam<br />
Dan <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s operational digest describing<br />
the attitudes we want embedded<br />
in the Operations department, and<br />
the goals for the recent reorganisation<br />
of <strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem was presented<br />
and discussed. The new port captain in<br />
Rotterdam, Captain Arne Ingebrigtsen,<br />
presented his views on port performance<br />
and reporting, based on his findings from<br />
his stay with <strong>Odfjell</strong> Rotterdam. His presentation<br />
raised many thoughts on how<br />
we can improve port turnaround. Svend<br />
Foyn-Bruun presented the Operation<br />
Support Group, and their capabilities.<br />
The conference was concluded by Port<br />
Captains Mel Pinks (Durban), George<br />
Pontikos (Houston) and Willy Thorsen<br />
Some of the meeting delegates<br />
(Dubai), who presented their day-today<br />
tasks and challenges. The various<br />
ports have different problems and<br />
thus, generic solutions are not always<br />
appropriate. Some challenges need to be<br />
addressed and coordinated at a senior<br />
level, while others can simply be solved<br />
through better communication between<br />
the port captains and the Operations<br />
departments in Bergen or Singapore.<br />
Such meetings are important in our<br />
efforts to enhance our operational<br />
performance, and to further strengthen<br />
the team spirit. General consensus after<br />
the meeting was that it had been both<br />
fruitful and really enjoyable.<br />
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eVA – a challenging ‘lady’<br />
Electronic Voucher Approval implemented at <strong>Odfjell</strong> ASA<br />
By Svein Engum<br />
This autumn and winter,<br />
all departments at<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> HQ, and later<br />
on also many of the<br />
subsidiaries in our<br />
group, will be introduced<br />
to a nice<br />
‘lady’:eVA. To lower<br />
any expectations;<br />
eVA is an abbreviation for Electronic<br />
Voucher Approval. The implementation<br />
of this modern system will give easy<br />
access to all invoices and all other vouchers<br />
within the accounting system, at any<br />
time. One click, and an invoice with all<br />
details will be available on the screen.<br />
Introduction<br />
After several years of considerations and<br />
demand evaluations, <strong>Odfjell</strong> this spring<br />
started a project named eVA. Our main<br />
objective with this project is to have an<br />
electronic storage and management<br />
of all accounting transactions. This<br />
includes purchase invoices, other incoming<br />
invoices and general accounting<br />
transactions. However, we have left out<br />
transactions going through OTIS, <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Seachem’s operational system.<br />
The demands for efficient voucher<br />
management and the ability to report<br />
on a timely basis have grown and will<br />
continue to increase within the <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
group. This has necessitated the implementation<br />
of an IT system to support an<br />
efficient workflow and overview. Some<br />
potential key benefits of the eVA system<br />
are:<br />
Status<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
The Finance/Accounts department in Bergen will be among the eVA users<br />
• Faster, more accurate management of<br />
vouchers in <strong>Odfjell</strong> ASA<br />
• Simplified and improved overview of<br />
all invoices and other vouchers at any<br />
time<br />
• Freeing up of the resources currently<br />
applied on transaction management<br />
• More effective reporting<br />
• Streamlining of the processes, and<br />
elimination of non-value-added<br />
operations.<br />
Once the system is implemented,<br />
invoices will be authorised on the screen.<br />
Purchase invoices matching order confirmations<br />
will be directly updated to the<br />
accounting system. Other invoices must<br />
Status<br />
Plateau II<br />
Oct ‘06<br />
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<br />
Plateau III<br />
Jan ‘07<br />
Plateau IV<br />
Jun '07<br />
be electronically authorised. Storage of<br />
all invoices and vouchers will then be<br />
electronic and thus, no paper back-up<br />
is needed. And maybe best off all; the<br />
system is extremely simple and userfriendly.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> ASA has hired two external consultants<br />
from KPMG to do the implementation<br />
at Minde. The software and<br />
technical installation will be from<br />
Basware. During 3-4 weeks in September<br />
2006, an appointed pilot group will<br />
thoroughly test and evaluate the new<br />
system. We plan to deploy in November,<br />
and at the same time we will commence<br />
training for involved personnel.<br />
More info will come on the intranet.<br />
During the first phase we will concentrate<br />
on implementing eVA at the <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
headquarter at Minde. The next phase,<br />
probably starting early spring 2007, will<br />
involve Rotterdam, Houston, Manila and<br />
Singapore.<br />
Project leader for <strong>Odfjell</strong> is Frode<br />
Midtun of the Finance/Accounts department,<br />
and the steering committee consists<br />
of Kjell E. Revheim (Purchasing), Tor<br />
Jürgensen (ICT) and Svein Engum<br />
(Finance/Accounts).<br />
<br />
<br />
Plateau I<br />
Sep ‘06<br />
May’06<br />
The development of the eVA project<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 21
30:2 - the lifesaving rhythm<br />
By Klaus Walderhaug<br />
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the<br />
use of chest compressions and artificial<br />
inflation, is a vital element of general first<br />
aid and something that really could contribute<br />
to saving lives. Quick and resolute<br />
initiatives in case of heart or respiratory<br />
problems may be what prevent a fatal<br />
outcome.<br />
Stress and heavy work pressure in modern<br />
society are factors that contribute to<br />
trigger off cardiac problems. To be prepared<br />
for potential problems, at <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Minde we have arranged voluntary first<br />
aid courses for all employees, where<br />
cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an important<br />
part. We have also established a<br />
“heart starter” team, consisting of people<br />
who have been coursed and certified<br />
in the use of a semi-automatic external<br />
cardiac defibrillator (AED), popularly referred<br />
to as a “heart starter”. A cardiac<br />
defibrillator is a device that reads and<br />
analyses the heartbeat rhythm, and if<br />
necessary provides an electric shock pulse<br />
to correct a fibrillating heart, i.e. a heart<br />
beating in an uncontrolled manner. The<br />
certification makes the members of the<br />
defibrillator team capable of offering<br />
the necessary aid in case of a cardiac arrest<br />
or similar problems, not only at the<br />
headquarters at Minde but everywhere<br />
where a cardiac defibrillator is available,<br />
e.g. at airports and other public areas.<br />
Early September we arranged a certification<br />
course for seven new members of<br />
the AED team, bringing the total number<br />
at <strong>Odfjell</strong> Minde up to 14. The already<br />
certified team-members received an updating<br />
of their skills, not least introducing<br />
the revised procedures for cardiopulmonary<br />
resuscitation. The team gathers<br />
on a monthly basis, to train and to make<br />
sure we know how to behave if an emergency<br />
should occur. Know-how for life,<br />
but skills we hope we’ll never need.<br />
Øystein Vasset doing his 30<br />
compressions. One, two, three, four...<br />
Cardiopulmonary<br />
resuscitation<br />
The guidelines below are based on<br />
the new international consensus as<br />
coordinated by the International<br />
Liaison Committee on Resuscitation.<br />
For adults:<br />
• 30 chest compressions, with<br />
straight arms on the middle of the<br />
chest<br />
• Frequency approx. 80-90 per<br />
minute<br />
• Two inflations<br />
• Continue alternating 30 chest<br />
compressions and two inflations<br />
until medical personnel arrive.<br />
For children the ratio should be<br />
the same, but the chest pressure<br />
and the amount of air provided by<br />
each breath should be less, adapted<br />
to the size of the patient’s body.<br />
For newly born babies the ratio<br />
should be 3:1, and the pressure and<br />
amount of air should be minimal.<br />
Ann Kristin Møllerup and Torill Bergesen practising cardiopulmonary resuscitation<br />
and the use of semi-automatic cardiac defibrillator<br />
22 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006
By Toralf Sørenes<br />
HSE Issues and Transparency<br />
In this world of collaboration and transparency,<br />
our customers expect that we,<br />
as one of their strategic service providers,<br />
communicate not only commercial<br />
but also HSE issues of significance. With<br />
today’s control systems, almost every<br />
negative outcome of what we do will<br />
come to light sooner or later. It is therefore<br />
very important to be proactive and<br />
notify relevant stakeholders of any problems<br />
as early as possible. A brief note is<br />
better than nothing. Early reporting has<br />
two advantages. Advice and guidance<br />
can be obtained at an early time when<br />
it can still be useful. Further, it will<br />
reduce and could<br />
even take away the<br />
negative perception<br />
of us trying to hide<br />
things. Although<br />
potential sanctions<br />
could act as a hindrance<br />
for openness,<br />
it is important to recognize<br />
that if sanctions<br />
are relevant,<br />
they will normally<br />
come. Port state and<br />
similar databases are<br />
monitored continuously,<br />
and if we wait<br />
with notifications<br />
and reports until it<br />
has become known<br />
through other sources,<br />
sanctions will<br />
come and be stronger.<br />
With a large fleet of nearly 100 ships<br />
such as <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s, the probability of having<br />
an incident that reaches the media<br />
is higher than if you own and manage<br />
a small fleet. The Law of Large Numbers<br />
implies that the bigger you get,<br />
the more important it will be to work<br />
proactively and systematically with risk<br />
reduction and loss preventive measures.<br />
Let us for instance consider port state<br />
detention. This is a very serious matter<br />
that must be sorted out before the ship<br />
is given clearance to sail from a port.<br />
But this is not the end of it; underlying<br />
issues and customer concerns may take<br />
a long time of hard and dedicated work<br />
to sort out.<br />
One issue that has been in focus for<br />
some time is inerting of all flammable<br />
cargoes. With the Bow Mariner and NCC<br />
Mekka still clear in mind, <strong>Odfjell</strong> has<br />
been active in this work and has strongly<br />
supported a change towards more robust,<br />
comprehensive and clearer regulations<br />
in this important area. While we<br />
are waiting for these new regulations to<br />
come, we must maintain a strong focus<br />
on inerting. It is a very high risk area involving<br />
two main elements: the equipment<br />
itself and the proper use of it.<br />
1 - The system with its various equipment<br />
and controls must be well maintained<br />
and operable at all times.<br />
Personal Protective Equipment – USE IT!!<br />
2 - Those responsible must be fully familiar<br />
with the systems, equipment, its limitations,<br />
operation and the underlying<br />
requirements. Guidance and procedures<br />
must be clear and implementation done<br />
not only through written exchanges<br />
but also through training and on board<br />
attendance from the fleet units ashore.<br />
In addition to oily water systems and<br />
pollution, inerting has high focus within<br />
port state administrations in the trades<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> operates. In particular the US<br />
Coast Guard seems to have their focus<br />
on this. This is perhaps particularly relevant<br />
for our older<br />
ships. We may not<br />
be using these systems<br />
as frequently<br />
as product carriers<br />
do, and therefore<br />
testing and regular<br />
training is essential.<br />
It is also important<br />
to be well prepared<br />
for port state inspections,<br />
with the fleet<br />
units discussing all<br />
relevant issues in<br />
that respect. All our<br />
ships must report unsafe<br />
conditions and<br />
defective equipment,<br />
and appropriate risk<br />
assessments must be<br />
carried out on operations<br />
that deviate<br />
from normal routine.<br />
It is also essential that corrective and/or<br />
preventive actions that have been identified<br />
by the shipboard management<br />
teams during the risk assessment are<br />
timely and properly attended to, not<br />
only by themselves but also by the fleet<br />
units ashore.<br />
Safety Bulletin<br />
We always focus on the use of appropriate<br />
personal protective equipment<br />
(PPE), during internal audits and ship<br />
visits, and as part of reviewing near<br />
misses and high risk incidents. Regrettably<br />
we still come across events or situations<br />
where PPE should have been used<br />
but was not. We will again highlight the<br />
importance of strict adherence in this<br />
area whether it is working aloft, entry<br />
into enclosed spaces, cargo lines and<br />
systems on deck, etc. Both the general<br />
and individual PPE like non skid shoes,<br />
helmets and boiler suits, and more task<br />
specific PPE like harnesses and personal<br />
gas detectors are important. If we shall<br />
progress towards our zero accident<br />
goal, we must have high focus on critical<br />
success factors among which the use<br />
of PPE is essential. USE IT!!<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 23
Bergen fire fighters<br />
Fire fighter training at Odjell Minde<br />
By Bjørn Ydse, HSE/QA Manager<br />
As part of the safety focus in <strong>Odfjell</strong>, in<br />
late June the Quality Section arranged<br />
fire fighting training for the floor<br />
appointees at the Bergen office. The<br />
drill was managed by our supplier of<br />
fire fighting equipment and company<br />
training. About 20 employees took part<br />
in the exercise, which was divided into<br />
a theoretical introduction followed by<br />
practical sessions outdoors.<br />
The theoretical introduction focused on<br />
behaviour and on how to avoid possible<br />
fire situations, and dealt with a number<br />
of fire protection issues both at work<br />
and at home. The practical sessions<br />
involved three main topics:<br />
• flame killing with fire extinguishers<br />
(which is something everybody<br />
should try)<br />
• putting out bed fires<br />
• staying in a smoke-filled container, to<br />
experience first hand how the body<br />
reacts to a fire.<br />
If you should be involved in a fire situation,<br />
one of the main things to remember<br />
is to stay calm and think twice.<br />
A fire can often be quite easily killed<br />
with a towel or even a newspaper.<br />
The training was helpful to the floor<br />
appointees in how to act in case of a<br />
Gro Solberg-Hansen putting out a bed fire<br />
fire at <strong>Odfjell</strong> Minde, but this was also<br />
useful and an important experience<br />
should a fire occur elsewhere, not least<br />
at home.<br />
Grethe Rambech demonstrates her fire fighting skills with the extinguisher<br />
24 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006
Rotterdam Fire Brigade<br />
Officers visiting Bow Sun<br />
By Cor van der Veken, Safety Officer, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
On August 1st a group of officers from<br />
the Rotterdam Fire Brigade and Port<br />
Authority visited M/T Bow Sun in connection<br />
with the training programme<br />
“Fire Fighting on board ships”.<br />
The purpose of the visit was to let the<br />
fire officers get a clear picture of the<br />
fire fighting equipment on board vessels.<br />
There was also focus on communication:<br />
how can a fire brigade officer<br />
obtain proper information about the<br />
conditions on board? Only the right<br />
information allows him/her to take the<br />
right decisions for a safe employment of<br />
fire fighting personnel and at the same<br />
time effectively attacking the fire.<br />
Due to the good relationship between<br />
the Rotterdam Fire Brigade and <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Terminals (Rotterdam) (OTR), we were<br />
asked whether it was possible to visit<br />
one of our tankers. So we checked with<br />
Superintendent Ove Normann of <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Ship Management and were informed<br />
that the party was welcome on board<br />
either Bow Chain or Bow Sun. The only<br />
challenge was the planning of the visit<br />
vis-à-vis the ships’ rotations.<br />
We were lucky. The Bow Sun was<br />
moored in the 3rd Petroleum Harbour in<br />
Rotterdam awaiting cargo availability.<br />
Rune Mortensen, Chief Officer of the<br />
Bow Sun, was very hospitable, and told<br />
us all about where to find the necessary<br />
information on safety and fire fighting<br />
equipment, plans of the ship, stowage<br />
plans, product information and crewing<br />
lists. However, there is also certain information<br />
that is more difficult to obtain.<br />
He further pointed out some of the specific<br />
risks that fire fighters may face in<br />
case of a calamity, not least associated<br />
with the wide variety of products that<br />
can be on board. Product characteristics<br />
in connection with heating, cooling,<br />
pressurized transportation, coverage by<br />
an inert gas, reactivity with water and<br />
heat, polymerization, etc. are all factors<br />
that may affect the characteristics of<br />
a fire. Fortunately ships have a safetywallet<br />
where plans for the fire brigade<br />
are kept; this wallet should include<br />
Material Safety Data Sheets for all cargoes<br />
on board. The bottom line is that<br />
as a fire fighter you should never take<br />
things for granted. Every time the situation<br />
will be different.<br />
After this thorough introduction, we<br />
had a guided tour on the ship where<br />
the crew informed us about the fire<br />
fighting equipment, deck-tanks, rainwater-tanks<br />
and sample-storage. There<br />
was also time to discuss questions about<br />
emergency stops, fire fighting clothing,<br />
safety clothing etc. We were provided<br />
with all the answers, as well as the “international<br />
connection” for the fire brigade.<br />
Of course, much time was spent in the<br />
engine-room. In case of a fire, the heat<br />
will go upward – and the engine room<br />
consists of three levels! Chief Officer<br />
Mortensen pointed out the CO 2 flooding<br />
system, which will be switched on<br />
in case of an emergency. Thank goodness,<br />
because the party was already<br />
racking their brains how to execute a<br />
salvage operation in a burning engineroom<br />
and how to extinguish a fire in an<br />
engine-room in a safe way. How do you<br />
get there, and – more importantly – how<br />
do you get out when things escalate,<br />
the narrow corridors are full of smoke<br />
and the heat is literally on? After all, a<br />
ship is a labyrinth to us landlubbers.<br />
It was a very interesting and instructive<br />
visit. We would like to thank Captain<br />
Asle Kvalvåg and his crew for their hospitality<br />
and the possibility to visit the<br />
ship. In particular we convey our thanks<br />
to Chief Officer Rune Mortensen for<br />
the tour of vessel and for his clear and<br />
elaborate explanations.<br />
The Rotterdam Fire Brigade and Port Authority officers gathered with OTR safety staff on board M/T Bow Sun<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 25
QM Corner<br />
Elements of Quality Management<br />
By Jan Didrik Lorentz<br />
Quality Assurance and<br />
continuous improvements<br />
are essential<br />
elements of quality<br />
management. A good<br />
Quality Management<br />
System is based on the<br />
following dynamic elements:<br />
Audits – where system deficiencies are<br />
revealed through interviews and review<br />
of evidence.<br />
Experience feedback – where incidents<br />
and near misses are registered and analysed<br />
to determine causes and suggest<br />
corrective actions.<br />
Management reviews – where management<br />
teams regularly evaluate the relevance<br />
and compliance of systems and<br />
suggest improvements.<br />
Active use of the dynamic elements is a<br />
typical feature of a learning organization.<br />
In <strong>Odfjell</strong> we will use the Docmap<br />
observation module to share experience<br />
and systematically follow up on corrective<br />
actions.<br />
When an incident is recorded it will<br />
typically have the following phases:<br />
Information<br />
The observer will gather and register<br />
relevant information about the incident;<br />
such as what happened, when,<br />
where, etc.<br />
Consequence(s)<br />
Here the consequences; such as injury,<br />
damage, cost or claims will be registered.<br />
Cause(s)<br />
In this important phase the immediate<br />
but also root cause must be determined<br />
based on the evidence available.<br />
Corrective action(s)<br />
If we know why an incident took place, we<br />
can take preventive measures to reduce<br />
the possibility of reoccurrence, and/or<br />
protective measures that will reduce<br />
possible consequences.<br />
In corporate quality management the<br />
HSE/QA section is now strengthened<br />
with a qualified lead auditor, Roy Håre,<br />
and a person to assist with DocMap implementation<br />
and user support, Anne<br />
Berit Birkeland. Roy has long experience<br />
from the auditing of service and<br />
hardware suppliers, and Anne Berit has<br />
worked with case handling and quality<br />
assurance both in the private and public<br />
sector.<br />
CORPORATE QUALITY<br />
MANAGEMENT MANUAL<br />
Table of Contents<br />
Definitions<br />
Introduction<br />
Mission and policies<br />
Organisational structures<br />
Responsibilities<br />
Human resources management<br />
Common directives<br />
Processes and elements of Quality<br />
Management<br />
Quality Management system<br />
Quality Assurance and<br />
improvement<br />
Event analysis<br />
HSE Management<br />
Risk Management<br />
The HSE/QA section. From left: Anne Berit Birkeland, Bjørn Ydse and Roy Håre<br />
26 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006
Picking the red one<br />
Albie has 200 wooden cubes, half of<br />
them coloured red and the rest painted<br />
in blue. They are otherwise completely<br />
identical, both in shape, weight and surface.<br />
Now he is playing this little game<br />
with one of his crewmates Bertie: Albie<br />
distributes his cubes in two black bags.<br />
Bertie chooses one of the bags and<br />
picks, obviously without looking into<br />
the bags, one wooden cube. If the<br />
cube is blue, Albie pays for the first<br />
round of refreshments at their<br />
next shore leave. Alternatively,<br />
if the cube is red Bertie picks<br />
up the bill.<br />
How should Albie distribute the<br />
cubes to maximise his chances<br />
of winning the game?<br />
I await your suggested solutions by<br />
November 20th 2006 at the very latest.<br />
Good luck!<br />
Solution to Brainteaser 2006Q2<br />
Reaching the boat in Guzzler Bay<br />
In the previous issue the problem was to transport three sailors<br />
over a distance of 75 kilometres in just three hours, only<br />
with the aid of a motorcycle for max two persons with a top<br />
speed of 60 km per hour and by walking at 6 km per hour.<br />
A (Albie) and B (Bertie) start on the motorcycle whilst C (Charlie)<br />
starts walking. At a point z km from the port, B gets off<br />
and continues on foot. The total time spent when arriving at<br />
the boat is the sum of the time spent on the motorcycle and<br />
the time spent walking<br />
tB = (75 - z)/60 + z/6.<br />
As this is less than the total distance of 180 km the motorcycle<br />
is able to drive in 3 hours (3 hours * 60 km per hour), and we<br />
know that B will be able to reach the vessel in time, the three<br />
will reach the boat in time for the departure.<br />
We have only received a handful of solutions this time, but<br />
although the solution approach differs between the suggestions,<br />
at least all the submissions reach the correct answer.<br />
The winner this time is Hans Lund, the former head of the QA<br />
section who now enjoys his retirement in Bergen.<br />
Congratulations, Hans!<br />
This could be max 3 hours, giving that z must be not more<br />
than 11 1 / 3 km.<br />
When A and B reaches the point z km from port, C has been<br />
walking x km. As his speed is one tenth of the motorcycle’s,<br />
x = (75 - 11 1 / 3)/10 = 6 11 / 30 km.<br />
A drives back to pick up C and the two meet after he has been<br />
driving y km back:<br />
y = [75 - 11 1 / 3 - 6 11 / 30] · 10 / 11 = 52 1 / 11<br />
A and C turns around the bike again, and when reaching the<br />
boat the total distance for<br />
A is (75 - z) + 2 * y + z = 75 + 104 2 / 11 = 179 2 / 11<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 27
The making of …<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong>, the movie<br />
By Theo Kruithof<br />
German public TV-station ZDF has taken<br />
shots for their science program “Abenteur<br />
Wissen” (Science Adventures) both<br />
on board Bow Sky and at <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals<br />
(Rotterdam). “Abenteuer Wissen”<br />
gives behind-the-scene information on<br />
important industries, and attracts on<br />
average some 10 million viewers in Germany,<br />
Switzerland and Austria. The focus<br />
of the programme was Port of Rotterdam,<br />
with a particular emphasis on<br />
“making dangerous goods safe”.<br />
An Officer and a gentleman<br />
On Sunday July 2nd the film-crew was<br />
welcomed by Captain Per Bakke on<br />
board Bow Sky. The TV team interviewed<br />
Chief Officer Ian Hågensen about safety<br />
and procedures on board, and with his<br />
thorough know-how, enthusiasm, humour<br />
and acting talents he came across<br />
very natural and positive. Shots were<br />
taken both inside Mr. Hågensen’s office<br />
as well as outside on the bridge.<br />
Interviewing Chief Officer Ian Hågensen<br />
John van Angelen in front of the camera<br />
Hello Dolly<br />
In order to get overview shots without<br />
any vibration, the cameraman was<br />
driven around on a dolly by his assistant.<br />
On Monday and Tuesday at the<br />
terminal – with its bumpy brick-roads<br />
– the camera-team even constructed a<br />
portable rail track of some 20 metres to<br />
drive around with the dolly smoothly<br />
and shock-free. Quite impressive!<br />
Behind the scenes at OTR<br />
In addition to general shots of the<br />
terminal, the ZDF team focused on all<br />
kinds of safety aspects: OTR operators<br />
wearing protective clothing during<br />
connection of a barge, tank cleaning<br />
personnel wearing full protection suits<br />
with oxygen during tank cleaning, our<br />
safety supervisors measuring oxygen<br />
contents and explosion limits before<br />
entering an empty tank, and our hectic<br />
Central Control Room. The TV crew also<br />
made extensive interviews with one of<br />
our shift-leaders, Mr. John van Angelen,<br />
about safety on the terminal. The camera-team<br />
also made shots from inside an<br />
impressive 6,200 cbm tank where John<br />
acted as if he was doing an inspection<br />
- which is a common part of our safety<br />
procedures.<br />
Starring<br />
The camera-team was very impressed<br />
by <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s “hardware” and they really<br />
liked filming on board and at the terminal.<br />
They also expressed their appreciation<br />
for <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s hospitality. We<br />
would like to thank Captain Bakke and<br />
Chief Officer Hagensen for their great<br />
cooperation. Also many thanks to the<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals Rotterdam personnel,<br />
and John van Angelen in particular,<br />
for hosting and collaborating with the<br />
camera-team for two days. We would<br />
also like to thank our contractors that<br />
have participated in the program.<br />
The documentary was broadcast on<br />
August 30th, 2006.<br />
28 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006
<strong>Odfjell</strong>’s work exchange programme, to let some of our<br />
employees experience life and work at another <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
location, does not only involve swaps with headquarters in<br />
Bergen. This summer Makoto Komatsu of <strong>Odfjell</strong> Japan went<br />
to Singapore for three months.<br />
The Singapore Experience<br />
By Makoto Komatsu, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Japan<br />
After five years working as an in-house<br />
broker at <strong>Odfjell</strong> Japan, I was happy to<br />
be offered the opportunity to visit our<br />
office in Singapore and to learn more<br />
about the activities there. In Singapore,<br />
I was involved on the commercial side,<br />
fixing cargoes for our intra-Asian fleet.<br />
I started off on the Australian trade<br />
and the north-bound route, and later<br />
on worked on securing a south-bound<br />
trade from North-East Asia to the Straits.<br />
Occasionally the job can be stressful, and<br />
it is sometimes a bit of a challenge to<br />
balance the expectations of the people<br />
in the office and those of the clients that<br />
I deal with. A good foresight is important<br />
to make the proper decisions.<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Singapore, as an active player<br />
in our international organization, has<br />
truly been an eye-opener to me. The<br />
training programme has prodded me<br />
to reconsider my original job scope and<br />
has emphasised the primary focus of<br />
serving our customers through proper<br />
operation of our ships. I am very happy<br />
for the opportunity to work closely with<br />
Makoto Komatsu with members of the Singapore staff<br />
my amiable Singapore colleagues, and<br />
I really appreciate the extra mile they<br />
have gone to accompany me in and outside<br />
the office. Being away on a three<br />
months’ work attachment in a foreign<br />
country at first seemed quite daunting,<br />
but as my stay is drawing near its end<br />
I must say that everything has gone by<br />
so quickly that I really feel I need more<br />
time to gain even more knowledge.<br />
Bergen Treasure Hunt<br />
By Frode Bjørklund<br />
The annual Treasure Hunt was arranged<br />
the 9th of September in a slight drizzle.<br />
However, that did not put a damper on<br />
the teams’ enthusiasm. After a couple<br />
of pizza slizes, we hit the streets of<br />
Bergen to solve rebuses that was challenging<br />
enough to allow some time for<br />
socializing within the teams. A quiz and<br />
some pratical tasks helped distinguishing<br />
team results, and as always support<br />
from family and friends was valuable.<br />
Dinner and dancing this time was Tex-<br />
Mex and a DJ, and all teams were rewarded<br />
for their participation.<br />
The champions, from left Inger Karin H. Enæs, Gøran Johanson, Liv Birkeland and<br />
Frode Bjørklund<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 29
Bergen golf<br />
By Lars Garen<br />
This year’s <strong>Odfjell</strong> Open in golf took<br />
place at Meland Golf Club on September<br />
2nd. In spite of a lot of rain in the<br />
days before the event, we were blessed<br />
with a beautiful and sunny Saturday<br />
perfect for golfing. As usual we played<br />
Texas Scramble with two-player teams,<br />
and a total of 15 teams of which two<br />
were women sides competed on becoming<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> golf champions. It was<br />
a close race with good scores, and only<br />
a few strokes separated the top seven.<br />
A perfect golf day ended with dinner<br />
and price ceremony at the Meland Club<br />
House.<br />
RESULTS:<br />
First price women:<br />
Elisabeth Alfheim and<br />
Torill Høgheim<br />
First price men:<br />
Jan Hammer and Lars Garen<br />
Longest Drive:<br />
Dag Kristian Amland<br />
Closest to pin:<br />
Ove Normann (30 cm – almost hole<br />
in one)<br />
The prestigious Bergen Shipping Open<br />
2006 golf tournament took place at<br />
Fana Golf Club on August 11th. Bergen<br />
The Bergen Shipping Open 2006 champions: Laurence <strong>Odfjell</strong>, Lars Garen and Dan<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Jr.<br />
Shipowners’ Association and <strong>Odfjell</strong> ASA<br />
co-arranged this year’s event, attracting<br />
golfers from the Bergen shipping<br />
community to compete for glory and<br />
the tournament cup. <strong>Odfjell</strong> participated<br />
with two teams, who managed to<br />
conquer the two top positions. And perhaps<br />
the <strong>Odfjell</strong> 2nd team has earned<br />
the honour of being the 1st team next<br />
year?<br />
And now for some baseball...<br />
By Arlene Adams, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Houston)<br />
RESULTS:<br />
First Price – <strong>Odfjell</strong> Team 2<br />
(Laurence <strong>Odfjell</strong>, Dan <strong>Odfjell</strong> Jr.<br />
and Lars Garen)<br />
Second Price – <strong>Odfjell</strong> Team 1<br />
(Ronald Olsen and Ketil Nystad)<br />
Ronald Olsen won the price for<br />
longest drive.<br />
On September 11th, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals<br />
(Houston) hosted a customer appreciation<br />
baseball game in St. Louis, Missouri.<br />
Customers from ADM, ICL Performance<br />
(Rotem), Novus International, and Solutia<br />
Inc. had a fun-filled evening watching<br />
the St. Louis Cardinals fly to a 7-0<br />
win over the Houston Astros in their<br />
new stadium. The Cardinals had their<br />
best pitcher on the mound that evening,<br />
which made the event even more<br />
exciting. With the end of the baseball<br />
season fast approaching the fans attending<br />
enjoyed watching the home<br />
team stretch their lead in the National<br />
League Central to six games. The Astros<br />
are currently 4 1 / 2 games behind in the<br />
Wild Card race, which makes this sport<br />
even more thrilling as the season draws<br />
to a close.<br />
30 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006<br />
Larry Landuyt, Steve and<br />
Gloria Winder from Novus<br />
enjoying the pre-game<br />
batting practice<br />
Cathy Gidcumb (Solutia),<br />
Jeff Cole (Solutia) and<br />
Richard Loeschner<br />
(ICL Performance Rotem)<br />
watching the game
Indian visitors on board<br />
Bow Flower<br />
By Anup Chatterjee, <strong>Odfjell</strong> India<br />
On several occasions we have arranged<br />
highly appreciated visits on our vessels<br />
for key customers in Kandla and Bombay.<br />
Still, some of our regular customers<br />
have not had the chance and were very<br />
keen to board an <strong>Odfjell</strong> ship to see for<br />
themselves the operations on board.<br />
Due to the strict ISPS regulations, such<br />
initiatives require more work from our<br />
side, but recently such a trip was carried<br />
out after obtaining all the necessary<br />
permissions.<br />
Bow Flower berthed at NPPJ, Bombay<br />
on 29th July, and in spite of heavy<br />
rains, five members of the Schenectady<br />
Herdillia staff went on board in the<br />
early evening. Schenectady Herdillia is<br />
the largest receiver of Acetone in India,<br />
and on their visit our guests wanted to<br />
collect samples of one particular grade<br />
of acetone which they were importing<br />
for the first time.<br />
Capt. Odd Magne Vik welcomed all of<br />
us and, after completing all necessary<br />
arrival formalities, guided us through<br />
The guests from Schenectady Herdillia, together with Captain Odd Magne Vik, Chief<br />
Engineer John Arnfinn Svendsen and Anup Chatterjee of <strong>Odfjell</strong> India<br />
the vessel starting from the bridge.<br />
Especially the cargo control room gave<br />
the visitors a fair idea about the mechanisms<br />
of such a huge, modern and<br />
sophisticated chemical tanker. All were<br />
highly impressed with the systematic<br />
operations being carried out.<br />
After the tour of the ship the guests<br />
were served nice refreshments, and we<br />
all had many discsions that mainly focused<br />
on vessel operations, chemical<br />
industry and last but not least the<br />
cultures of India and Norway respectively.<br />
We finally disembarked taking<br />
back some good memories.<br />
Sincerely thanks to Captain Vik and his<br />
crew for first class hospitality!<br />
Malcolm Chetty joined <strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem South Africa on<br />
August 1st 2006, after three years of agency work where<br />
his main task was serving <strong>Odfjell</strong>’s various Durban callers.<br />
Shortly after his arrival, Bow Lion called Durban, and Captain<br />
Willy Thorsen came down from Dubai to assist and supervise<br />
the post-discharge tank cleaning operations en-route<br />
to Mossel Bay. Captain Willy suggested that Malcolm should<br />
join him on the short coastal passage<br />
With the Lion along Africa<br />
By Malcolm Jetty, <strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem South Africa<br />
Mid August, Bow Lion arrived in<br />
Durban to carry out discharge operations.<br />
Next call was Mossel Bay to load<br />
for Northwest Europe. On departure<br />
from Durban, Capt. Willy Thorsen and<br />
I joined the vessel for the voyage between<br />
the South African ports. I was to<br />
assist in tank-cleaning operations, to<br />
gain experience with the Mossel Bay<br />
buoy berthing, as well as to get familiar<br />
with cargo operations at this port with<br />
its specific arrangements.<br />
En route Mossel Bay I had the privilege<br />
of working directly with the very<br />
united and dedicated crew. I was<br />
assigned to daily duties like washing<br />
the deck, handiwork in the tanks<br />
and assisting the crew with the tankcleaning<br />
equipment. I was also given<br />
the opportunity to participate in doing<br />
wall-washes, which helped broaden<br />
my knowledge on testing for chlorides,<br />
hydrocarbons, and the Potassium<br />
Permanganate Time Test. The experience<br />
will allow me to assist vessels in<br />
similar situations in the future.<br />
When Bow Lion berthed in Mossel Bay<br />
all tanks passed the wall-wash test on<br />
arrival - a tribute to the hard and professional<br />
work done by the vessel crew<br />
after a difficult last cargo of edible oils<br />
and lubes carried in coated tanks.<br />
I would like to thank Capt. Ruben<br />
Hilario and the crew for the opportunity<br />
to sail with them and for showing<br />
me great hospitality while on board,<br />
and last but not least to Capt. Willy<br />
Thorsen for sharing his vast knowledge<br />
and expertise with me.<br />
Malcolm Jetty at work on board<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 31
The Personnel Corner<br />
NEW HIRES<br />
Headquarters Bergen<br />
Kristin Kruger<br />
Småbrekke<br />
Purchaser Assistant<br />
17.06.2006<br />
01.04.2006<br />
Roy Håre<br />
QA System Auditor<br />
19.06.2006<br />
Morten Sejrup<br />
Superintendent Trainee<br />
26.06.2006<br />
Arne Harkestad<br />
Vice president <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
Seachem Operations<br />
03.07.2006<br />
Kjell Mikalsen<br />
Project Manager Project/<br />
Newbuilding<br />
13.07.2006<br />
Anne Berit Birkeland<br />
QA System Coordinator<br />
01.08.2006<br />
Trond-Eirik Hasselø<br />
Operator Trainee<br />
01.08.2006<br />
Trond Ove Jacobsen<br />
Agresso System<br />
Administrator<br />
07.08.2006<br />
Ivan Milenkovic<br />
SAP System<br />
Administrator<br />
07.08.2006<br />
Robert Berger Nesvold<br />
Operator Trainee<br />
18.08.2006<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Singapore<br />
Geir Almestad<br />
Vice President Project/<br />
Newbuilding<br />
28.08.2006<br />
Siv Kathrin Toft Remøy<br />
Chartering Assistant<br />
01.09.2006<br />
Arnt Kåre Simonsen<br />
Meyer<br />
Surveyor Machinery<br />
04.09.2006<br />
Charles Tai Wee Chew<br />
Boarding Officer<br />
01.06.2006<br />
Jocev Yoke Lan Chong<br />
Purchaser<br />
05.06.2006<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Houston)<br />
Saifuddin Mahmud<br />
Marine Superintendent<br />
19.06.2006<br />
Manoj Kumar Bole<br />
Superitendent<br />
12.07.2006<br />
Stacy Chowns<br />
Maintenance Technician<br />
19.06.2006<br />
Lecia Newman<br />
Inventory Clerk<br />
31.07.2006<br />
Lisa Moore<br />
Ship Agent<br />
01.08.2006<br />
32 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006
IN SERVICE FOR ODFJELL<br />
40<br />
YEARS<br />
35<br />
YEARS<br />
30<br />
YEARS<br />
25<br />
YEARS<br />
Roy Johnsen<br />
Captain<br />
M/T Bow Sky<br />
01.07.1966<br />
Wim van der Stel<br />
Service Representative<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
01.06.1971<br />
Kjell Magne Christensen<br />
Chief Engineer<br />
M/T Bow Favour<br />
07.07.1976<br />
Karin Ryland Blom<br />
Coordinator Project/Newbuilding<br />
Headquarters Bergen<br />
01.09.1981<br />
Marinus A. Streefland<br />
B-Operator<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
25.06.1966<br />
Jacob C. Koote<br />
1st Operator<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
08.06.1971<br />
Willem van Vliet<br />
Planner<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
21.06.1976<br />
Cor de Bruin<br />
Mechanical Maintenance<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
01.09.1981<br />
Herman van Vliet<br />
CCR Operator<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
30.08.1971<br />
Knut Øvrebø<br />
Vice President<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Brasil Ltda<br />
17.08.1976<br />
Johan L. H. Geefshuysen<br />
1st Operator<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
01.08.1981<br />
Berend Martens<br />
C1-Operator<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
05.08.1981<br />
Jan B. Stender<br />
CCR Operator<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
01.09.1981<br />
Johannes A. P Vermeulen<br />
C-Operator<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
01.09.1981<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam)<br />
Arlene Adams<br />
Sales Representative<br />
21.08.2006<br />
RELOCATIONS<br />
Monte Meadors<br />
Electrical and<br />
Instrument Supervisor<br />
11.09.2006<br />
Victor H.T. van Well<br />
Project Manager<br />
01.08.2006<br />
Kjell Arne Johansen<br />
Vice President Maritime<br />
Personnel<br />
From Manila to Bergen<br />
01.08.2006<br />
Tor Kåre Johansen<br />
Vice President SM Fleet<br />
Asia., From Bergen to<br />
Singapore<br />
01.08.2006<br />
Helge Olsen<br />
Senior Vice President<br />
Ship Management<br />
From Singapore to<br />
Bergen<br />
01.08.2006<br />
Geir Bjørndalen<br />
Surveyor Machinery<br />
From Singapore to<br />
Bergen<br />
15.08.2006<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 33
Fleet and terminals<br />
STAINLESS<br />
NUMBER<br />
SHIPS BUILT DWT CBM STEEL,CBM OF TANKS<br />
Owned: Bao Hai Tun (49%) 2006 3 850 4 361 - 10<br />
Bow Sea 2006 40 048 52 126 52 126 40<br />
Bow Summer 2005 40 036 52 126 52 126 40<br />
Bow Sky 2005 40 005 52 126 52 126 40<br />
Bow Spring 1 2004 39 942 52 126 52 126 40<br />
Bow Star 1 2004 39 832 52 126 52 126 40<br />
Bow Sun 2003 39 842 52 126 52 126 40<br />
Bow Firda 1 2003 37 427 40 515 40 515 47<br />
Bow Chain 1 2002 37 518 40 515 40 515 47<br />
Bow Favour 2001 37 438 40 515 40 515 47<br />
Bow Century 2000 37 438 40 515 40 515 47<br />
Bow Fortune 1999 37 395 40 515 40 515 47<br />
Bow Master 1999 6 046 6 878 6 878 14<br />
Bow Mate 1999 6 001 6 864 6 864 14<br />
Bow Pilot 1999 6 000 6 865 6 865 14<br />
Bow Sailor 1999 6 000 6 870 6 870 14<br />
Bow Cecil 1 1998 37 345 40 515 33 236 47<br />
Bow Flora 1998 37 369 40 515 33 236 47<br />
Bow Balearia 1998 5 870 5 941 5 941 20<br />
Bow Bracaria 1997 5 870 5 941 5 941 20<br />
Bow Brasilia 1997 5 870 5 941 5 941 20<br />
Bow Cardinal 1997 37 446 41 487 34 208 52<br />
Bow Faith 1997 37 479 41 487 34 208 52<br />
Bow Bahia 1996 5 870 5 941 5 941 20<br />
Bow Querida 1996 10 115 10 956 10 956 18<br />
Bow Cedar 1996 37 455 41 608 34 329 52<br />
Bow Fagus 1995 37 375 41 608 34 329 52<br />
Bow Clipper 1995 37 166 41 492 34 213 52<br />
Bow Flower 1994 37 221 41 492 34 213 52<br />
Bow Eagle 1988 24 728 32 458 19 662 25<br />
Bow Cheetah 1988 40 258 47 604 - 29<br />
Bow Leopard 1988 40 249 47 604 - 29<br />
Bow Lion 1988 40 272 47 604 - 29<br />
Bow Peace 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23<br />
Bow Power 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23<br />
Bow Pride 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23<br />
Bow Prima 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23<br />
Bow Prosper 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23<br />
Bow Fertility 1987 45 507 52 173 2 167 23<br />
Bow Fraternity 1987 45 507 52 173 2 167 23<br />
Bow Panther 1986 40 263 47 604 - 29<br />
Bow Puma 1986 40 092 47 604 - 29<br />
Angelim (50 %) 1985 10 259 10 136 6 500 18<br />
Araucaria (50 %) 1984 10 259 10 159 6 500 18<br />
Bow Hunter 1983 23 002 25 026 21 031 28<br />
Bow Maasstad 1983 38 039 48 866 - 22<br />
Bow Maasstroom 1983 38 039 48 866 - 22<br />
Bow Maasslot 1982 38 039 48 866 - 22<br />
Bow Fighter 1982 34 982 41 184 6 299 34<br />
Bow Pacifico (50%) 1982 18 657 22 929 10 849 31<br />
Owl Trader 1982 12 450 14 482 8 070 22<br />
Bow Pioneer 1982 23 016 25 965 20 969 28<br />
Bow Viking 1981 33 590 40 956 21 745 36<br />
Bow Lancer 1980 35 100 42 468 6 252 34<br />
Bow Heron 1979 35 289 42 109 5 882 31<br />
Jatai (50 %, LPG) 1979 4 452 4 031 - 3<br />
Bow Lady 1978 32 225 41 354 3 077 42<br />
Bow Condor (50%) 1978 27 950 34 656 21 035 43<br />
1<br />
Vessel beneficially owned through financial lease.<br />
Time-Chartered: Bow Engineer 2006 30 086 35 548 35 548 28<br />
Bow Orania 3 2006 19 993 19 993 19 993 20<br />
Bow Architect 2005 30 058 36 000 36 000 28<br />
Bow Rio 2005 19 990 19 990 19 990 22<br />
Bow Europe 2005 19 727 21 573 21 573 36<br />
Bow Santos 2004 19 997 21 846 21 846 22<br />
Bow Asia 2004 9 901 10 866 10 866 20<br />
Bow Singapore 2004 9 888 10 867 10 867 20<br />
Bow Americas 2004 19 707 22 050 22 050 36<br />
Bow de Rich 2003 12 452 13 300 13 300 22<br />
Bow Wallaby 2003 11 951 13 485 13 485 22<br />
Bow de Feng 2002 12 514 13 289 13 289 22<br />
Bow West 2002 12 503 13 299 13 299 22<br />
Bow de Silver 2000 11 747 12 296 12 296 20<br />
Bow Andino 2000 16 121 17 270 17 270 30<br />
Bow de Jin 1999 11 752 12 296 12 296 20<br />
Bow Wave 1999 8 594 9 225 9 225 20<br />
Bow Wind 1999 8 587 9 226 9 226 20<br />
Multitank Batavia 3 1998 5 870 5 941 5 941 20<br />
34 ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006
STAINLESS<br />
NUMBER<br />
SHIPS BUILT DWT CBM STEEL,CBM OF TANKS<br />
Multitank Badenia 3 1997 5 870 5 941 5 941 2<br />
Brage Pacific 1997 17 460 18 620 18 620 24<br />
Multitank Bolognia 3 1997 5 870 5 941 5 941 20<br />
Multitank Britannia 3 1996 5 870 5 941 5 941 20<br />
NCC Jubail 3 1996 37 499 41 488 34 209 52<br />
NCC Mekka 3 1995 37 272 41 588 34 257 52<br />
NCC Riyad 3 1995 37 274 41 492 34 213 52<br />
Bow Antisana 2 1989 8 192 9 899 5 777 22<br />
Bow Gorgonilla 2 1989 8 192 9 899 5 777 22<br />
NCC Baha 3 1988 24 728 32 458 19 662 25<br />
NCC Asir 3 1983 23 001 24 965 20 969 28<br />
NCC Arar 3 1982 23 002 24 965 20 969 28<br />
Jacaranda (50%) 1978 9 970 9 924 5 877 17<br />
Bow Orion 1977 28 083 34 656 21 035 43<br />
Bow Saturn 1976 28 030 34 656 21 035 43<br />
Number of ships: 92 2 339 519 2 710 628 1 601 123<br />
2<br />
Vessels on bareboat charter<br />
3<br />
Vessel on variable timecharter<br />
YARD DELIVERY DWT OWNER<br />
On order: NB Szczecin - B588/III/7 10/2006 39 500 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Szczecin - B588/III/8 4/2007 39 500 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Szczecin - B588/III/9 10/2009 39 500 <strong>Odfjell</strong> Option<br />
NB Szczecin - B588/III/10 4/2010 39 500 <strong>Odfjell</strong> Option<br />
NB Sevmash #1 9/2007 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #2 6/2008 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #3 11/2008 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #4 6/2009 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #5 10/2009 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #6 6/2010 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #7 10/2010 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #8 6/2011 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong><br />
NB Sevmash #9 10/2011 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong> Option<br />
NB Sevmash #10 6/2012 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong> Option<br />
NB Sevmash #11 10/2012 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong> Option<br />
NB Sevmash #12 6/2013 45 000 <strong>Odfjell</strong> Option<br />
NB Kitanihon 9/2006 19 800 Time-charter<br />
NB Kitanihon 11/2006 19 800 Time-charter<br />
NB Fukuoka 12/2007 19 900 Time-charter<br />
NB Fukuoka 12/2008 19 900 Time-charter<br />
NB Shin Kurishima 6/2008 32 500 Time-charter<br />
NB Kitanihon 8/2008 33 000 Time-charter<br />
NB Kitanihon 10/2008 33 000 Time-charter<br />
NB Kitanihon 12/2008 33 000 Time-charter<br />
NB Kitanihon 9/2009 33 000 Time-charter<br />
NB Shin Kurishima 6/2009 32 500 Time-charter<br />
NB Usuki 10/2006 19 900 Variable timecharter<br />
NB Usuki 6/2007 19 900 Variable timecharter<br />
NB Usuki 8/2007 19 900 Variable timecharter<br />
NB Usuki 11/2007 19 900 Variable timecharter<br />
NB Usuki 1/2008 19 900 Variable timecharter<br />
Number of newbuildings: 31 1 073 900<br />
TANK TERMINALS<br />
STAINLESS NUMBER<br />
Owned terminals LOCATION SHARE CBM STEEL, CBM OF TANKS<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam) BV Rotterdam, NL 100 % 1 540 000 31 000 300<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Houston) LP Houston, USA 100 % 270 563 81 902 92<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Dalian) Ltd Dalian, China 50 % 59 700 5 750 35<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Korea) Co Ltd Onsan, Korea 50 % 109 500 2 850 39<br />
Oiltanking <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminal Singapore Ltd Singapore 50 % 213 000 5 700 51<br />
VOTTN Ltd (Ningbo) Ningbo, China 12.5 % 63 500 7 900 36<br />
Total 2 256 263 135 102 553<br />
Associated terminals<br />
Depositos Quimicos Mineros S.A. Lima, Peru 23 680 3 200 29<br />
Granel Quimica Ltda Santos, Brazil 97 720 19 879 99<br />
Granel Quimica Ltda Rio Grande, Brazil 32 800 2 900 24<br />
Granel Quimica Ltda Sao Luis 25 600 0 18<br />
Granel Quimica Ltda Ladario 8 000 0 6<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals Tagsa S.A. Buenos Aires, Argentina 51 105 535 101<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals Tagsa S.A. Singapore 31 936 10 100 51<br />
Terquim S.A. San Antonio, Chile 32 840 0 25<br />
Total 303 681 36 614 353<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly September 2006 35
Offices and addresses<br />
MAIN OFFICE<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> ASA - <strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem AS<br />
Co<strong>nr</strong>ad Mohrsv. 29, P.O. Box 6101 PT<br />
5892 Bergen, NORWAY<br />
Tel: +47 5527 0000<br />
Fax: +47 5528 4741<br />
Fax: +47 5527 9070<br />
(Chartering/Operations)<br />
INTERNATIONAL OFFICES<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> USA LP<br />
12211 Port Road<br />
Seabrook, TX 77586, USA<br />
Tel: +1 713 844 2200<br />
Fax: +1 713 844 2211<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Singapore Pte Ltd<br />
6 Shenton Way, # 27-08/09<br />
DBS Tower 2<br />
SINGAPORE 068809<br />
Tel: +65 6349 1300<br />
Fax: +65 6224 2285<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Japan Ltd<br />
Ogawa Bldg. 8F<br />
2-2 Uchikanda 1-Chome<br />
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047, JAPAN<br />
Tel: +81 3 3259 8555<br />
Fax: +81 3 3259 8558<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Netherlands BV<br />
Oude Maasweg 6, P.O. Box 5010<br />
3197 XC Rotterdam-Botlek<br />
The NETHERLANDS<br />
Tel: +31 102 953 666<br />
Fax: +31 102 953 668<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Brasil Ltda<br />
Av. Paulista 460 - 18 andar<br />
CEP 01310-000 Sao Paulo SP, BRAZIL<br />
Tel: +55 11 3549 5800<br />
Fax: +55 11 3549 5808<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Shanghai<br />
Suite B, 13/F<br />
Huamin Empire Plaza<br />
728 Yan An West Road<br />
Changning District<br />
Shanghai, 200050, P.R. CHINA<br />
Tel: +86 21 5239 9469<br />
Fax: +86 21 5239 9897<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Argentina SA<br />
Alicia Moreau de Justo 1960<br />
Office no. 202 - Puerto Madero<br />
1107 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA<br />
Tel: +54 114 313 7837<br />
Fax: +54 114 313 4619<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Australasia Pty Limited<br />
Suite 4, Level 1<br />
443 Little Collins Street<br />
P.O.Box 1279<br />
Melbourne VIC 3001, AUSTRALIA<br />
Tel: +61 3 9642 2210<br />
Fax: +61 3 9642 2214<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> India<br />
A-26, Nandbhuvan Industrial Estate<br />
Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East)<br />
Mumbai 400093, INDIA<br />
Tel: +91 22 6695 4701<br />
Fax: +91 22 5695 4707<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Seachem South Africa Pty Ltd<br />
The Sharaf House<br />
2 Sinembe Crescent<br />
La Lucia Ridge<br />
Durban 4051, SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Tel: +27 31 583 4470<br />
Fax: +27 31 583 4488<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Korea Co. Ltd.<br />
13th fl. Dongbu-Dadong Bldg.<br />
#103, Da-Dong, Chung-Gu<br />
Seoul, KOREA<br />
Tel: +82 2 775 9760<br />
Fax: +82 2 775 9761<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Manila<br />
c/o Magsaysay Maritime Corp.<br />
5th floor, 520 t.m. Kalaw Street<br />
Ermita<br />
Manila, PHILIPPINES<br />
Tel: +63 2 526 9773<br />
Fax: +63 2 525 7720<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Dubai<br />
c/o Sharaf Shipping Agency<br />
Sharaf Building, Al Mina Road<br />
P.O. Box 576<br />
Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES<br />
Tel: +971 4 351 9785<br />
Fax: +971 4 351 9756<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> (UK) Ltd<br />
14 Headfort Place<br />
London SW1X 7DH<br />
UNITED KINGDOM<br />
Tel: +44 207 823 0605<br />
Fax: +44 207 823 0606<br />
National Chemical Carriers Ltd Co<br />
Room 301, 3rd Floor, Al-Akariyah Bldg No 1<br />
Sitteen Street, Malaz Area<br />
P.O. Box 8931<br />
Riyadh 11492, SAUDI ARABIA<br />
Tel: +966 1 477 3934<br />
Fax: +966 1 476 4328<br />
Terquim SA<br />
Blanco Encalada 840<br />
Dept 702, San Antonio<br />
CHILE<br />
Tel: +56 35 211 050<br />
Fax: +56 35 211 161<br />
REGIONAL OFFICES<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Asia Pte Ltd<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Asia Pte Ltd<br />
6 Shenton Way, # 27-08/09 DBS Tower 2<br />
SINGAPORE 068809<br />
Tel: +65 6349 1300<br />
Fax: +65 6224 2285<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Ahrenkiel Europe GmbH<br />
Burchardstrasse 8, Postfach 100 220<br />
20095 Hamburg<br />
GERMANY<br />
Tel: +49 40 24838 307<br />
Fax: +49 40 24838 319<br />
Flumar Transportes de Quimicos e Gases Ltda<br />
Av. Paulista 460 - 18 andar<br />
CEP 01310-904 Sao Paulo SP, BRAZIL<br />
Tel: +55 11 3549 5800<br />
Fax: +55 11 3549 5807<br />
TANK TERMINALS<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Houston) LP<br />
12211 Port Road<br />
Seabrook, TX 77586, USA<br />
Tel: +1 713 844 2300<br />
Fax: +1 713 844 2355<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Rotterdam) BV<br />
Oude Maasweg 6, P.O. Box 5010<br />
Harbour Number 4040<br />
3197 KJ Rotterdam-Botlek<br />
The NETHERLANDS<br />
Tel: +31 102 953 400<br />
Fax: +31 104 384 679<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Dalian) Ltd<br />
No. 3 Binhai North Road<br />
Zhongshan District<br />
Dalian 116001, P.R. CHINA<br />
Tel: +86 411 8262 9701<br />
Fax: +86 411 8262 3707<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Jiangyin) Co, Ltd<br />
Jiasheng South Road 1<br />
Economic Development Zone (West)<br />
Jiangyin 214446<br />
Jiangsu Province<br />
P.R. CHINA<br />
Tel: +86 510 8666 9111<br />
Fax: +86 510 8666 9110<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals (Korea) Co, Ltd<br />
136, Cheongyong-Ri<br />
Onsan-Eup, Ulju-Gun<br />
Ulsan, KOREA<br />
Tel: +82 522 311 600<br />
Fax: +82 522 376 636<br />
Oiltanking <strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd<br />
1 Seraya Avenue<br />
SINGAPORE 628208<br />
Tel: +65 6473 1700<br />
Tel: +65 6479 4500<br />
Vopak Terminal Ningbo Ltd.<br />
No. 111 Zhaobaoshan Road<br />
Zhenhai District<br />
Ningbo, P.R. CHINA<br />
Tel: +86 574 2769 5638<br />
Fax: +86 574 8627 5931<br />
ASSOCIATED TANK TERMINALS<br />
TAGSA S.A<br />
Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 1960,<br />
piso 4 of.402<br />
1107 Buenos Aires<br />
ARGENTINA<br />
Tel: +54 11 4001 9700<br />
Fax: +54 11 4001 9701<br />
GRANEL QUIMICA Ltda<br />
Av. Paulista 460, 18 andar<br />
CEP 01310- 000 São Paulo, SP<br />
BRAZIL<br />
Tel: +55 11 3549 5800<br />
Fax: +55 11 3549 5832<br />
TERQUIM S.A<br />
Blanco Encalada 840<br />
Dept 702, San Antonio<br />
CHILE<br />
Tel: +56 35 21 1050<br />
Fax: +56 35 21 1161<br />
DQM S.A<br />
Jr. Huascar 251, Urbanizacion Chacaritas<br />
Callao<br />
PERU<br />
Tel: +511 429 4651<br />
Fax: +511 429 0637<br />
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