News August 2008.indd - Blue Water Shipping

2Galaxy III in Esbjerg for RefurbishmentOur agency, project, terminal andstevedore staff had a very busysummer month ahead of them when”Galaxy III”, the biggest jack-updrilling rig ever calling at Esbjerg,arrived at Sønderhavn (the SouthPort) in early July.A giant coordination job lay aheadof us together with Semco Maritime,who was entrusted with therenovation and upgrading of the26,500 ton rig, which normallyoperates in the British sector of theNorth Sea. ”Galaxy III” is ownedby the world’s biggest rig operator,Transocean.When the refurbishment of ”GalaxyIII” is completed, it will beable to accommodate 120 offshoreworkers. Semco Maritime is incharge of the actual contractor constructionproject while Blue Wateris responsible for the service partcovering all services from transportationof the new accommodationmodule, from Semco’s yardat Fiskerihavnen to Sønderhavn,to 24-hour gangway security andcrew change assistance etc.Flare Boom shipped to HollandIn April, Blue Water in Esbjergloaded a large flare boom on boardthe m/v ”Wilson Tees” for onwardsshipment to Holland. (Flare boomsare mounted on offshore installationsin order to burn any flammablegasses that may build up aroundthe rig). The 122 tonne heavy flareboom measured 65 x 8 x 7.5 metresand was constructed by DanskSvejse Teknik (Danish WeldingTechnique).Transporting the flare boom fromthe factory to Esbjerg Port was a logisticchallenge and the largest everroad transport in Esbjerg. In orderto move the large cargo onto thequayside, a hole had to be made inthe fence behind Blue Water’s officebuilding. The subsequent loadingwent as planned and the flareboom was successfully shipped toHolland.Tug boats pulling ”Galaxy III” into the Port of Esbjerg.Loading of the large flare boom on board the m/s ”Wilson Tees”.Stevedoring Services forDONG in the Port of EsbjergSemco’s team - left to right: H.P. Jørgensen, Simon Wall, Morten Kjeldmannand Neil Robertson.Guided tour of the ”Galaxy III” - left to right: Kurt Skov, Morten Kjeldmann,Dave Newrick/Transocean, Aberdeen, H.P. Jørgensen and AndersObel/Chairman of the Semco Board.In connection with the Danish Oil& Gas Consortium, DONG Energy’s,invitation to submit tendersfor their stevedoring services inthe Port of Esbjerg, our Stevedoreand Terminal Manager, Per Jensen,proudly announces that BlueWater has won the contract.Blue Water has since 1.7 taken careof handling and stevedoring ofDONG’s supply vessel ”NorthernWave” and the ”Esvagt Gamma”,discharging and loading drill pipesand other drilling equipment fromthe DONG E&P Offshore Base inconnection with DONG’s drillingoperation in the North Sea. Thesupply vessels call at Esbjerg severaltimes a week, and handlingnormally takes place upon arrival- all the 24 hours including weekends.Per Jensen participates in therotation togehter with the 7 otherBlue Water stevedore foremenwho are excited about this new interestingproject.A co-operation between DONGE&P Offshore Base and Blue Wateralready exist; a modern pipeyard (10,000 sqmrts.), establishedby Blue Water, for storage ofDONG’s drill pipes to the NorthSea.Blue Water’s Galaxy team - left to right: Mads-Peter Holk Poulsen, FrankØ. Mouridsen, Peter Knoblauch, Søren Messmann, Kim Beier and NielsLøjborg.From the opening ceremony of Esbjerg Tubular Services’ new facilitieson 16.5. A proud Günther Harms (to the left) and his crew are ready towelcome their many guests.

35 Years in Central JutlandBlue Water Herning will be celebratingits 5th anniversary on 1.9.At the opening, the number of staffwas 3 with Mogens Møller at thehelm.The office was originally a service/bookingoffice, offering thelocal customers in region Herninga regular contact person no matterwhether it concerned road, sea, airor courier.Blue Water’s strategy about beingclose to the customers has also inthis connection born fruit, as thenumber of staff from the modeststart until now has increased to 12.Today the office is divided into 2activities, one of which is generalforwarding - by road, sea, air andcourier - through the various trafficoffices in the Blue Water organisation.In 2004, Blue Water Herning wasfurthermore nominated traffic officefor the Baltic States, Ukraineand Russia. Today a staff of 5 arehandling more than 50 trailers toand from these areas on a weeklybasis.Mogens Møller and his diligent colleagueshave within few years managedto establish contact with manycustomers and make a name for BlueWater in Central Jutland. As previouslymentioned, it is important forus to be close to the customers, tounderstand the customers’ individualneeds and find the ideal solutions.We do not focus on systems - we focuson our customers.Blue Water PadborgOn 25.2., Blue Water Padborgmoved from their old office - ”theHut” - to new, splendid and brightfacilities. The staff had really lookedforward to this day, and it wasindeed worth waiting for. Everybodyis happy and proud of thenew office, which has given theirworkday a boost.Blue Water FinlandBlue Water has taken overGran Spedisjon AS, OsloGran Spedisjon is a minor nicheforwarder with 30 years of experiencein transport, freight forwarding,domestic distribution and logistics.We have known the Granfamily - Liv-Mette and Knut-ErikGran - for several years and knowthat they run a reputable business.After our takeover of UnifeederNorway’s forwarding activitiesearlier this year, we needed to haveour own establishment in Oslo, andas the Gran family was consideringthe future and a possible ge-nerational change, a merger wasthe ideal solution for all parties andbecame reality on 1.7.Liv-Mette and Knut-Erik will carryon their work in Blue Water ShippingAS, Oslo - Knut-Erik as dayto-daymanager and Liv-Mette willbe responsible for financial matters- together with the 4 other formeremployees of Gran Spedisjon.Due to summer holidays we arenot able to bring pictures/details ofeach individual employee, but willreturn in the December issue.At the signing of the contract -left to right: (standing) Liv-MetteGran, Allan Junge/Blue WaterEsbjerg, Poul Aarre/Blue WaterAarhus, (seated) Knut-ErikGran, Espen Gran and CarstenEskildsen/Blue Water Esbjerg.Since 2 6., Blue Water is representedwith its own office in Helsinki,Finland. With the employment ofthe two experienced forwarders,Tarja Saari and Ilse Carita Tolmala,we guarantee our customersa quality service on the traffic to/from Finland now and in future. Weknow each other’s strong points aswe have been working closely togethersince 2001.In Denmark, Blue Water Aarhus isresponsible for the traffic to/fromFinland, and during recent years,the activities in Finland have developedconsiderably, explains PoulAarre/Blue Water Aarhus. Controllingthe activities in both countrieswith our own hands, we expect anBlue Water takes over the Sea and AirfreightActivities of Otto Hansen & Co A/S, VejleBlue Water has taken over the seaand air activities of Otto Hansen &Co, Vejle, Denmark as from 2.6.The acquisition happens as OttoHansen has decided to focus solelyon road transport.This new initiative suits our wishto expand our overseas activities.During recent years, we have seena reasonable, organic growth inthis area. The acquisition of existingactivities is, however, alwaysan interesting and somewhat fasterprocess.We have known and co-operatedwith Otto Hansen for many years.even better and extended service.With the opening of the new officein Helsinki, Blue Water is nowrepresented in all Nordic countries- Norway, Finland, Iceland, theFaroes and Greenland - an importantmilestone is reached in ourstrategy plan.BLUE WATER SHIPPING OYNuolitie 901740 Vantaa (Helsinki)Finlandtel. +358 20 7551823fax. +358 20 7551849e-mail: bwshel@bws.dkIn our experience, it is a seriouscompany, giving quality and servicepride of place. This is verysimilar to the way we work, and weare confident that we can carry onthe activities to the satisfaction ofboth customers and staff.We have decided to divide the seaand air activities. In future, the airfreightstaff will be based at BlueWater Billund, and the sea freightstaff have moved in with BlueWater Aarhus and are already integratedin the existing departmentsthere.

4Reception at TorshavnA reception was held by SmyrilBlue Water on 24.6 in connectionwith the appointment of our newGeneral Manager in Torshavn andthe inauguration of the new officeextension.Our new General Manager, JohnFrandsen, is, however, not new atall. He is 56 years old and formerlyemployed with Smyril Line andSmyril Blue Water since 1999.Many clients, colleagues, familyand friends of the ”family” seizedthe opportunity to call in and seeour new fine facilities. The extensionwas badly needed and has givenus twice as much space as wellas a large canteen and changingand shower facilities, explainsBent Rasmussen.Reception in IlulissatSPE/ESE - Fisheries Exhibition in BrusselsIn keeping with tradition, BlueWater was strongly represented atthis year’s fisheries exhibition inBrussels - by people from our officesinvolved in transport for thefishing industry; Padborg, Esbjerg,Hirtshals, Torshavn, Seydisfjordurand Brest.Customers were looked after andcontacts maintained, and it was apleasure to show the Blue Waterflag during the successful exhibition.For our exhibition departmentit was also a great success, as theyarranged transport of 26 loads toand from the exhibition. All customerswere happy with the cooperationand we are already lookingforward to next year’s exhibition.Renewal of Smyril Blue Water’sReefer Trailers on the North AtlanticOn 22.5. a reception party was heldat Blue Water Ilulissat to mark theopening of this new office. We areaware that it was about a year afterthe actual opening, but the opportunityoccurred as Ole Ulriksenand René Jørgensen/Blue WaterAalborg and Nana Olsen/Blue WaterNuuk had planned a visit to Ilulissat.According to Ole Ulriksen,the first birthday is a historicallyimportant birthday in Greenlandas there, at the age of one year, isa strong probablility that the childwill survive.Clients, workmen and friends ofthe family called in to congratulateand enjoy the delicious food, andit was a pleasure having the opportunityto talk a little business withold and potential clients.Smyril Blue Water operates a fleetof 150 trailers on the service betweenthe Faroes/Iceland and theContinent. To meet the ever increasingdemands for trailer designand standards, Smyril Blue Waterhas entered into an agreement forthe renewal of all reefer trailers inthe existing fleet. The trailers arebeing manufactured to withstandthe rough conditions on the NorthAtlantic. In order to meet all veterinarystandards on the Faroes,an internal groove and reservoirfor the collection of ”fish” waterare fitted. Further to this, all trailerswill be equipped with a first-graderefrigerator, ensuring superior qualityand conditions for all fresh andfrozen cargo. Delivery of the newtrailers will take place this autumn.In the middle of May, 13 new curtainsiders were delivered to SmyrilBlue Water. Together with the 30trailers that were delivered in 2007,these trailers make up our dry cargofleet.”Quality transport is an extremelyimportant factor to our clients, andwith this new investment we arepleased to be able to fulfil theirexpectations and demands”, saysBent Rasmussen, Managing Directorof Smyril Blue Water.Blue Water Ilulissat has in co-operation with Royal Greenland arrangedthat the old local Aasiaat bus will end its days in Denmark After manyyears of faithful service in Aasiaat, the bus was transferred to Ilulissat topick up workers for Royal Greenland. In future, it will be used in a goodcause in a Danish after-school care.In order to give our customers an even better service, Smyril Blue Waterhas in co-operation with Smyril Line chartered the RO/RO vessel ”Hansaland”from May to September. The vessel can carry 90 units, and we offer2 weekly freight departures between the Faroes and Denmark v.v.

5Shipbrokers’ Cocktail Party in ParisCompany Excursion in FranceOn 19.6., Blue Water Brest attendedthe French Shipbrokers’ Cocktail,which takes place in Paris everysecond year. It was held in the beautifulsurroundings of ”Maison del’Amerique Latine” where shipow-ners and brokers mingled together. Wealso took the occasion to invite someshipowners and clients to dinner andFrench cabaret after the cocktail. Everyonehad a lot of fun which finishedin the early hours of the morning.After several successive companyskiing excursions to the FrenchPyrenees, this year’s result of thedemocratic vote of the employeesshowed a tiny and surprising majorityfor Eurodisney in Paris. Inthe weekend of 17-18 May, ourFrench colleagues checked into theold Hollywood Tower Hotel - andthey had a great weekend with lotsof fun, good food and sensations.Whether the choice of destination will fall on Eurodisney again, time will tell.As you can see from the picture, our colleagues had ”a small accident” whentaking the lift at the hotel - it fell down 12 floors.Left to right: Robyn Briand/Blue Water Brest, Marius Dulke/LimarkoShipping, Elena Gadzhieva, Mogens Nielsen and Michelle Minto-LeDreff/Blue Water Brest and Vytautas Lygnugaris/Mimarko Shipping.Blue Water France visiting MoroccoEvery year, the town of Brest andthe local Chamber of Commerceseize the opportunity to pay an officialcall to a chosen port abroad- to build contacts in the countryconcerned - on board the famousFrench navy school ship ”JeanneD’Arc”. After Algiers 2 years agoand Ho Chi Minh last year, Casablancain Morocco was the chosendestination this year.Fabrice Rolland/Blue Water Brestwas pleased to join the delegationand learn more about the area andvisit local contacts and the ports ofCasablanca, Mohamedia and Agadir.As usual the mission finished witha reception for 1000 invited guestson board the big navy school ship.Visiting the long-time relation ofBlue Water France, Majid Bennis,Managing Director of SeatrustGroup. Right to left: Fabrice Rolland,Majid Bennis and part of hisstaff working for Morocco ShippingServices.Brest 08On July 11-17, Blue Water Brestwas the ”centre” of the big sailingships’ race ”Brest 08” - an eventwhich attracts between 30-50,000visitors a day.Our French colleagues seized theopportunity to invite clients fora sail on board the sailing ship”Etaile Polaire” on 11.7. Every-”Cisne Branco”body enjoyed the breezy cruise onthe bay of Brest in the daytime andthe party on board, alongside thequay, in the evening.Our client, potato exporter Gopex,also took the opportunity to invitetheir business relations from theMiddle East, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria,Spain, Italy and naturallyFrance on a sail, reports MogensNielsen/Blue Water Brest, whohad the pleasure of being invitedon the cruise on board the Dutchsailing ship ”Wytske Eelkje”.Blue Water Brest acted as agentfor the Brazilian Navy’s sailingship ”Cisne Branco” during Brest08.Meeting with Ticozar, Casablanca- Right to left: Managing DirectorHajaj Zarhane, the OperationsManager of Ticozar and FabriceRolland.On 20.6., Francexport gave a verynice party on the occasion of their20th jubilee. Francexport is a goodold customer of Blue Water Brest,and it was with great pleasure thatFabrice Rolland went to Lyon toparticipate in the event and meetthe whole Francexport family.Left to right: PiotrSzymanski, ManagingDirector Christophe Zeddeand Nathalie Bon of Francexport andFabrice Rolland/Blue Water Brest.Pierre Cadiou with some of hisclientsIsabelle and Pierre Cadiou.

6Naming Ceremony of HollandAmerica Line’s m/s ”Eurodam”All stops were pulled out and everythingwent according to plan atthe grand celebration of HollandAmerica Line’s 135th jubilee andnaming ceremony of their newcruise ship m/s ”Eurodam” (capacity:2104 passengers and 929 crewmembers) in Rotterdam on 1.7.The event was of great importanceto the whole city, which showed itselfin the most favourable way inbright sunshine, when Queen Beatrixnamed the ship at a ceremonyfollowing a spectacular entertainmentprogramme for invited guests.After the naming ceremony, theguests were welcome to take a closerlook at the ship before the galadinner, more entertainment and agiant firework display took place inthe evening. The lucky guests wereinvited to stay the night on board.Next day the ship departed for Copenhagenon her first voyage forpaying guests/passengers.Bill Sharp/Holland America Line,Seattle and Kurt Skov took theopportunity to have an informalmeeting on board.Blue Water Amsterdam visits DubaiSince 1997, Airchem Consumables- supplier of aircraft paints,varnishes etc. to many Middle Eastand Central Asia-based airlines -has been using the services of BlueWater Amsterdam.Blue Water Amsterdam has becomea hub for Airchem Consumablesand consequently we receive largeamounts of dangerous goods, whichneed to be stored, repacked and thendelivered to the airlines or reforwardedby road or sea. In order tocope with this flow, our warehouseis of course prepared and approvedfor acceptance of dangerous goods.In April, Bob Tisserand/Blue WaterAmsterdam paid a visit to AirchemConsumables in Dubai and metwith Monney Javadi to discuss theco-operation and future plans. Itwas a very pleasant meeting whichresulted in a closer co-operation betweenAirchem Consumables andBlue Water, as Blue Water Dubai infuture will assist Airchem Consumableswith their local distribution.Antoher successful visit was paidat Ras Al Mamzar Ltd., one ofthe consignees of NRS Trading,for whom Blue Water Amsterdamsends perfumes, classified as dangerousgoods, into Dubai everyweek. In future they will use BlueWater Dubai for their air export outof Dubai.Richard Koenen/Holland AmericaLine, Rotterdam with his wife atthe gala dinner.Hans Poiesz/Blue Water Rotterdam,his wife Denise and Gyritheand Kurt Skov/Blue Water Esbjergat the naming ceremony in Rotterdam.Visiting Airchem Consumables - left to right: Monney Javadi, Kevin Monteath/BlueWater Dubai and Bob Tisserand/Blue Water Amsterdam.Change of AddressBlue Water Dublin has moved tonew facilities:Queen Beatrix is naming the beautiful ship m/s ”Eurodam”.Transport of Second-hand Beer Bottling LineOn 3.6., our new Belgium partner,Groep H. Essers (mentioned inthe April issue) was in Esbjerg tosign the Co-operation Agreement.Left to right: (seated) Mr. Essers/Groep H. Essers and Kurt Skov,(standing) Carsten Eskildsen,Guido van Dessel and Peter Ankersborg/Blue Water Kolding.Blue Water International A/SGrattan Business ParkUnit 14 CClonshaughDublin 17IrelandTel.: +353 (0)1 894 1270Fax: +353 (0)1 894 1272Blue Water Rotterdam may callthemselves experts in transportof second-hand machinery for thebrewery industry. As a result of thesuccessful transport to Vietnam lastautumn, our colleagues were onceagain entrusted with the shipmentof a second-hand beer bottling line.This time a machine from BavariaBeer - 1222 cbm consisting of 25pieces weighing 401 tons. Theheaviest part, weighing 106 tons,was packed and loaded by Wagenborgat the Bavaria premises andshipped on a barge to Antwerp foronward shipment on board m/s”Richmers New Orleans” to LaemChabang, Thailand. Time of arrivalin Thailand was extremelyimportant as Wagenborg would attendthe discharging. Luckily everythingwent smoothly.

7Large Service Contract awarded to Blue Water SingaporeLast summer, Blue Water Singaporeand 13 other international freightforwarders received an invitationby Keppel FELS Ltd. to bid for aninternational Freight ForwardingContract on Keppel FELS’ drillingpackage equipment.Over the last 10 years, Keppel FELShas awarded approx. 30 projects toBlue Water Singapore, includingthe shipping of all drilling packageequipment and consumable equip-ment from around the world to Singaporeand also including shippingfrom Singapore to all 20 Keppel O& M yards worldwide.After 11 months and many meetingsand negotiations, KeppelFELS decided to award the twoyearcontract, covering continentssuch as Europe, Middle East &Greater China, to Blue Water Singapore.Contract signing took placeon 2.6.2008.Meeting with the logistics department - left to right: You Rui and HockTiong of Blue Water Singapore, Senior Logistics Officer of Kepper FELSDilys Tan and Serene Goh of Blue Water Singapore.Follow-up on Transport of FSOfrom Singapore to BakuFrom the contract signing - left to right: (in front) Senior Purchasing OfficerCecilia Kiong, Purchasing Manager Ng Hoong Fei and General Managerof Blue Water Singapore Jason Goh, (back row) Hock Tiong, Serene Gohand You Rui of Blue Water Singapore and Purchasing Officer CasandraSanthi/Keppel Fels.Weber-Stephen Nordicentering the Middle EastWe are proud that Weber-StephenNordic have chosen Blue Wateras their new partner in Dubai, saysJesper Kassow/Blue Water Aalborg,who has arranged transportsfor Weber-Stephen Nordic for severalyears.The first year, 550 pallets will bestored in our bonded warehouse inJebel Ali, from which all logisticswill be controlled. FurthermoreBlue Water will be responsible fortransport to the 7 emirates and theother Middle East countries thatWeber decides to focus on.To build the stock in Jebel Ali,containers will be sent from bothChicago and Nørresundby. Thisactivity will also be controlled byBlue Water.Line Jørgensen (Logistics Assistant),Kenneth Bindslev (LogisticsDirector), Paw Sørensen (WarehouseManager) and KarstenNielsen (Sales Manager) paid afour-day visit to Dubai to investigatethe various logistic possibilities.The Weber team visited anumber of different transport com-panies to inspect warehouse conditionsand logistic solutions.Fortunately Weber’s choice fell onBlue Water, whom they alreadyknew for their Scandinavian service.Blue Water Dubai’s competentstaff was just another obviousadvantage.Weber-Stephen Nordic made theirentry into the Danish market in2000 and covers the Scandinavianmarkets from here as well. Knowingtheir onward march, our Dubaiteam will no doubt have their handsfull.From the visit in Dubai - left to right:Kenneth Bindslev, Jesper Kassow,Paw Sørensen, Line Jørgensen andClaus Laursen/Blue Water Dubai.Last year, Blue Water secured acontract for transport of a specialtanker (FSO - Floating, Storage,Offloading) in sections from Singaporethrough the Russian riversystem to Baku in Azerbaijan.In late August, first shipment-13,000 cbm consisting of accommodationblocks, heli deck andother parts - will be ready for departure.Two weeks later, next shipmentwill be ready. This time a semisubmersiblevessel will transportthe two hull strips - each measuring132.8 m x 16 m x 17 m and weighing4000 mt - from Singapore toKerch at the Black Sea, where Russiantug boats will take over andtow the strips through the Russianriver system to the Caspian Sea.The production of the modules andpreparation of the transports proceedaccording to plan.

8Distribution of ”Yachtsmen’sMarina Guide 2008”Blue Water has again taken careof distribution of the Yachtsmen’sMarina Guide. It is the silver jubileeyear of the Guide and this wascelebrated with an open house receptionin the Port of Nyborg on1.7. Printer Bent-Erik Johansenhas, since the takeover of printinghouse C. Schønnermanns Eftf.in 1996, been responsible for theGuide. Launy Søgaard Kristensenand his colleagues at Blue WaterOdense have in coordinationwith Bent-Erik Johansen arrangedtransport of the Yachtsmen’s MarinaGuide - primarily to; the Danishports, one collective deliveryto Poland and delivery to the annualexhibition in Hamburg.As the entire delivery process ofthe approx. 135,000 books mustbe completed within 10 workingdays, coordination is very important,explains Launy Søgaard Kristensenafter the task was accomplishedin the middle of May.PolandThere is still hectic activity atour office in Pruszhow (close toWarsaw), reports Henrik MichePedersen after a visit to the officetogether with Carsten Eskildsen.50 tilt trailers are operating on thetraffic between Poland and Denmarkas well as a large number ofreefer trailers, however, controlledby Blue Water Transport, Esbjerg.Several weekly departures - inboth directions Poland/Denmarkare offered - both groupage, partloads and full loads.We will now focus on developingnew traffics from Poland toour other locations in Europe andoverseas - by road, sea and air.Distribution of ”Yachtsmen’s MarinaGuide”.BalticDuring their trip to the Baltic Statesin April, Carsten Eskildsen/Blue Water Esbjerg and CarstenOlsen/Blue Water Herning visitedfactories in Zalnieku Pagasts in theJelgava Region in Latvia.The team behind ”Yachtsmen’sMarina Guide 2008”. It is Bent-Erik Johansen to the far right.Visiting Lykkegaard Latvia - leftto right: the owner of LykkegaardLatvia Martin Lykkegaard, CarstenEskildsen, Raimonds Savickisand Egidijus Petrenas.Left to right: Kenneth Lykke Lauridsen, Piotr Piwowar, Pawel Arciszewski,Monika Klonowska, Aleksandra Bogucka, Jacek Magdziarek, MaciejWojciechowski and Henrik Miche Pedersen.Left to right: Raimonds Savickis/Blue Water Vilnius, who is salesexecutive in Latvia, CarstenEskildsen, the owner of FactaBuilding Torben Jensen and EgigijusPetrenas/Blue Water Vilnius.Our Baltic colleagues had chosenthe weekend of June 7-8 for theircompany excursion. The weekend’sprogramme included divingfrom a ship on the Gauja and visitto the Sugulda Castle.SAPA Profiliai, Kaunas - left toright: Raimonda Valatkeviciene,Carsten Eskildsen, Asta Jukeniene/SAPAProfiliai and CarstenOlsen.Visiting company Carlo Gavazzi inKaunas, Lithuania - left to right:Egidijus Petrenas, Purchasing ManagerJurate Ceikute/Carlo Gavazzi,Carsten Olsen, Raimonda Valatkeviciene/BlueWater Vilnius.Bowling tournament: Left to right:Raimonda Valatkeviciene, CarstenOlsen, Laura Cibulskaite, SauliusLagunas, Jovita Daniene, SauliusMaujaskas, Egidijus Petrenas andEvaldas Mankelevicius.

9Cup Final - EFB / Brøndby,CopenhagenThere were plenty of supportersthat is for sure.......From Blue Water Esbjerg alone, 5busses (3 with clients and 2 withstaff) came to cheer on their localheroes, EFB (Esbjerg FootballClub) in their second attempt,within recent years, to win the cupat Parken (Copenhagen Stadium).Unfortunately they did not suc-Friendly against Kvik A/SOn 31.3., another crowd-puller,was arranged at Kvik Hockey Arenain Herning, as Blue Water Herninghad accepted the challenge ofa friendly against Kvik A/S, majorclient and kitchen manufacturer, attheir request.Kvik’s team consisted of playersfrom their logistics department,including warehouse and officestaff. Blue Water Herning had toceed this time either. Unlike lasttime against Randers 2 years ago,this match was, however, a fantasticallyexciting match which ended3-2 to Brøndby.Moreover, we were extremely satisfiedwith the goal scorer of bothEFB goals, Søren Rieks, whose fatheris a forwarder in our domesticdepartment in Esbjerg.get reinforcement from Blue WaterAarhus and Esbjerg and a coupleof regular Kvik drivers. After anhour’s ”social play” on the ice, theevening finished with sandwichesand a couple of beers.”By the way, Blue Water won thematch 6-5, and I am sure, Kvikwill soon want a return match”,predicts Mogens Møller.Competent Forwarderswith CertificatesOur professional body, Danske Speditører(Danish Forwarders’ Association)has for many years offered aneducation based on modules. Aftercompletion of four modules, the studentis entitled to call him/herself Bachelorof Forwarding. Many of ourforwarders have studied individualmodules, and we are proud of beingthe Danish forwarding company withthe highest number of Bachelors.The education comprises subjectssuch as forwarding economics,forwarding law, sales & serviceand a road transport, sea freightor air freight module. The lastmentionedmodules are fully up tothe standard of the internationallyAnne E. Jensen (MEP) paid a visitto our headquarters on 29.4. She iselected by Venstre (the Liberals)and is a permanent member of theCommittee on Budgets as well asthe Transport Committee in Brussels.It also turned out that Anne E.Jensen is familiar with transportrelatedproblems. We were in particularpleased to learn that she ap-recongized IATA/FIATA IntroductoryCourse.Our latest 2007/08 graduates areAnne Skov/Esbjerg (sea), MetteLindhardt Sørensen/Aalborg (air)and Lasse Nørgaard Wolff/Esbjerg(sea).When we start our own academythis autumn, we will still considersome subjects of the ForwardingSchool as fundamental basic expertknowledge.As previously mentioned, BlueWater Academy is a wider Bachelorof Commerce degree, qualifyingthe holder for project graduatestudies and for earning so-calledECTS points.Euro-parliamentarian paid a Visit to Blue Water’s Headquarterspreciates the forwarders’ importantpresent and future logistic role. Sheis well aware that we, being the forwarders,control the transports fromdoor to door and that we decide thetransport routes.We have noted her mail address, incase we should need a ”friend” insidethe gigantic EU.Saturday 17.5., 60 sea and airfreight colleagues from our Danish officesmet for a workshop in Esbjerg. The purpose of the meeting was to havea broad presentation of all our products and services - and naturally awelcome opporutnity of social gathering.At the meeting in Esbjerg - left to right: Anne E. Jensen, Kurt Skov, AllanJunge and Jørn Bøllund.Blue Water Esbjerg recently receiveda visit from a young, Germantravelling journeyman,dressed in the old traditional cos-tume, a ”kluft”. It is an old traditiondating back to the Middle Ages- young craftsmen travel the worldto perfect their skills and supportthemselves by working. Accordingto the rules, they cannot go homefor at least 3 years, and one day’swalk as a minimum should end thetour. Ulrich Schäfer is a skilledbricklayer who has been on theroads for almost 4 years and visitedas far-away places as SouthAfrica and Namibia. He is nowstaying in Ribe for a short period,and being interested in terrazzo,he had heard about our impressivefloor. The 2004 floor awardhas indeed not passed unnoticedin certain circles!Paul Farelly and his new Scania500 contribute to a high deliveryservice on the Irish market, reportsAlex N. Olesen of the Irelanddepartment in Esbjerg.As for Blue Water, the number of participantsin Vestkystløbet 2008 (WestCoast Race) set a record with 126runners. On 8.6., the temperature inDenmark was high and so was thenumber of spectators. Lots of peoplehad a great time with their colleaguesand friends, eating grilledsausages etc. This annual event hasalmost become a traditional festivalfor many Esbjerg companies.

10Jubilees10 YearsOn 7.9.1998, Steve Earp joinedBlue Water Manchester as a trainee,straight from school. Ten yearshave gone by and Steve is still withus, no longer a trainee but the kingpinof our Swedish export serviceamongst various other duties. Itfeels like only ten minutes since hejoined us a a shy young man.Steve is now an old married manand appears to spend much of hisspare time rebuilding his housewith the help/advice of his wife,Claire. We hereby congratulateSteve on his 10th jubilee.”Always in the mood for a party”must definitely be Heidi’s philosophy.Heidi is and has always beenone of the driving forces behindparties and social events at ourKolding office. She is always readyto lend a hand and get the party going.Heidi does, however, possessthe ability to distinguish betweenwork and pleasure and is alwaysconcentrating 100% on performingthe imposed duties in accordancewith the existing strategy and moraleof the company. She originallystarted doing invoicing in our Beneluxdepartment and successivelymoved to the reception and becameresponsible for the administrativematters of the office. Today Heidi ishead of the administration departmentat our Kolding office - includingreception, sales secretariat andaccounts.53-year-old Michael ”ForeverYoung” Marker of the EsbjergTerminal will be celebrating his10th jubilee on 1.10. Over theyears, Michael has primarily beeninvolved in the MI Denmark activities,for which Blue Water isresponsible for the physical handlingin connection with the mixingand pumping of chemicals anddrilling fluid to offshore clients.Michael was already familiar withthese kinds of activities from his 20years’ employment with Halliburton.According to his colleagues,Michael’s negative point is his abilityto win the go-cart race everytime the boys go out - but otherwisehe is popular and easy to get onwith. In private life, Michael has nodoubt met his sole mate, Annette,who shares his interests for motorbikes and fashion wear.Sanne Andersen will be celebratingher 10th anniversary with Blue Wa-ter Kolding on 1.10. At the turn ofthe millennium, Sanne was, as forwarderin the Benelux import department,from the start influentialwith her straightforward manner.When a decision was made, it wasput into practice immediately andon we went to the next job. Aftertwo child births, Sanne has founda new position for herself at the officeas central figure in all efficiencypromoting and implementationprocesses. As head of the strategygroup in Kolding, member of thenationwide staff network, memberof the trainee mentor group andlast but not least the newly implementedsuperuser education, Sannekeeps her finger on the pulse in thewidespread Blue Water network.Kirsten Skjødt started with BlueWater Aarhus on 1.10.1998. Kirstenhas been part of the teamalmost from the very start at Viengevejin Risskov (a suburb ofAarhus), where she was responsiblefor all accounting. Before shejoined Blue Water, Kirsten workedas an accountant at company AlbertNielsen. She is very popularwith her colleagues and is characterizedas a quiet and steady personand always very helpful. Kirstenwas a single mother for her twochildren, Louise and Nicolai, untilshe met Kent and suddenly had afamily consisting of 8 members. Inher spare time, Kirsten takes lessonsin flower arranging, and everysummer the family goes to Turkeyfor their holiday.3 girls from our accounts departmentin Esbjerg will be celebratingtheir 10th jubilees this autumn:Birgitte Grønning Laursen and SusanneK. Hansen on 1.9. and PernilleVistisen Skærlund on 19.10.They all applied for the same job -and they all ended up getting a job,and moreover they were all bornthe same year and knew each other- a strange coincidence.Birgitte started with the gigantic jobof entering all BWS DK supplierinvoices, a job which is now doneby the individual offices. TodayBirgitte is also taking care of partof the Esbjerg accounting functionsand sees to it that the ”boys” of ouragency department is up to datewith the accounting part in relationto the transport.Birgitte is married to Jørgen andhas two teenage children, Louiseand Jesper. She is the captain of thefamily and has always many ironsin the fire.Susanne’s field of activities hasalways included overheads and responsibilityfor the administrativepart of the telephony, fixed-linenetwork, mobile and staff broadbandnetwork as well as tax. In2006 she was appointed managerof the accounts payable departmentwith a staff of 7.Susanne lives together with Jan andhas a son named Thomas. She isalways cheerful, but also very honourable- the rules must beobeyed.Pernille is accurate with everything- including her job and her frontgarden, which is cultivated even inthe winter. Pernille is on maternityleave until January with her secondchild Frederik. The family also consistsof big sister, Julie, and daddyJan. Today Pernille’s responsibilitiesinclude all Danish BWS suppliers,statements of account, VAT andrepayment of VAT from abroad.On 1.10, two members of our warehouseteam in Baku will be celebratingtheir 10th jubilees - SakhibIsayev and Nasim Gasanov.Sakhib is a fork-lift driver and avery faithful and disciplined teamworker. He loves football and hisfamily - wife and a son, 20 yearsold, who has successfully returnedfrom the Ranks of the AzerbaijanArmy, and a daughter, a 13-yearoldschoolgirl.Nazim is a packer and the proactiveleader of the packers’ team. He istechnically well-educated, accurateand disciplined and takes great interestin computers and technicalnovelties. Nazim has a wife andtwo children - a son and a daughterwho both go to schoolSvetlana Nikolayeva joined ourBaku team as secretary and receptioniston 5.10.1998. In 2000, shewas promoted to coordinator of theairfreight department, playing animportant part in connection withboth import and export. Svetlanais in particular good at relocatingpersonal effects and highly recommendedby expats and other clients.Svetlana is a very open and cheerfulgirl who lives with her mother,her son, Erin, and her beloved dog,Lucia. She loves animals, readingbooks and hiking.Arnbjørn Madsen will be celebratinghis 10th anniversary withSmyril Blue Water in Tórshavn on1.10. Arnbjørn originally served hisapprenticeship in a bank, but is todayattending to our import clients.He is married to Maiken, withwhom he has 2 sons and a daughter.We know that Arnbjørn has at least2 other passions, which nobody inthe whole world can change. Thefirst one is the Liberal Party on theFaroe Islands and Faroese self-rule- and he is always ready for a littlequick discussion regarding thisissue. The other one is ManchesterUnited - and every time they win,everybody at the office will knowfor sure - so Arnbjørn has been verysatisfied for the last year or so.Back in October 1998 (13.10),Shahin Ismaylov became part ofour Baku team as supervisor of theroad transport department. Shahinis dealing with customs clearanceof shipments arriving by trailerto Baku Customs Post. Startingas trainee, he has acquired a wideknowledge of import and exportprocedures and loading/unloadingof project cargoes as well, not leastdue to his participation in projectjobs, such as BP, Saipem, SedcoForex etc.Shahin is very competent, knows alot about customs rules, and is alwaysready to share his knowledgewith new employees.At the home front, he is a devotedfather of two little girls and lovescars, angling and dancing.Inam Abluch started with BlueWaterBaku on 28.10.1998 as freightforwarder in the road freight department.Through his former job,involved in container traffic, hehad been in close contact with BlueWater Dubai, and from 2001 untilthe end of 2004 he accepted thechallenge of working for our officein Dubai, arranging transportsto Baku. Back in Baku again, Inamis busily involved in projects forCSC, Bos Shelf and Saipem. Inamis characterized as diligent and accurateand he is very popular andrespected among his colleagues.His interests include tennis, chessand his young wife, Ramida, andtwo charming daughters.Kenneth L. Kristensen will be celebratinghis 10th anniversary withBlue Water Esbjerg on 1.11. Kennethis an all-round forwarder whohas taken an active share in developingthe road traffic to/from Portugal,Spain and Poland. Today heis looking after the daily traffic in

11Jubileesco-operation with his colleagues atour Warsaw, Esbjerg and Copenhagenoffices. At work, Kenneth is alwayscalm and has the administrativematters under control. When itcomes to team handball, his tempermight, however, rise a bit. This isstill one of his main hobbies besideshis two children, Malte and Oliverand his wife, Rikke.10 years ago (4.11.1198), LarisaCherkasova started as assistant inthe road freight department of BlueWater Baku, involved in a projectfor Schlumberger, where she wasresponsible for invoicing and filing.Larisa is still an essential part of theproject team, working closely togetherwith Inam. Larisa is marriedto Nikolay and has two grown-upchildren.Nana Olsen Heilmann will be celebratingher 10 anniversary withBlue Water Nuuk on 1.12. Nanajoined our airfreight departmentafter many years with Grønlandsfly(the present Air Greenland) and hastherefore obtained a large knowledgeof the Greenland freight systems.She is today the airfreightdepartment’s ”first lady” and abreath of fresh air to the office withher smile and laughter. Furthermoreshe contributes greatly to the socialteamwork. Nana is married to Ujarak,by whom she has two grownupsons. The whole family enjoyssailing into the Bay of Nuuk to theircottage to catch trout, which theysmoke, and shoot reindeer. Nana isan expert in Greenland cuisine, andchoir singing and Dolly Parton alsotake up a great deal of her sparetime.20 YearsBack in December 1988 (1.12.88),at the opening of the Odense office,Jørgen B. Larsen was employed asterminal manager and will thereforesoon be celebrating his 20 anniversary.After 10 years in Odense, Jørgenand his wife, Kate, decided to moveto the capital of Jutland, Aarhus,and he got a job at our Aarhus terminal.Jørgen is well-known amonghis colleagues for his great helpfulnessand Funen temperament, andthe terminal would not be the samewithout him. Jørgen and Kate recentlybought a flat under brighterskies in Turkey which they visit asoften as possible.The following 5 persons were allpart of the original team whichmade up the Odense branch officeas of 1.12.1988:Ronald Hansen completed his apprenticeshipin 1978 and has duringhis entire career only workedfor two employers, however, alwaysas part of the same team. Atthe age of 53, Ronald is no doubtthe most well-known transportsalesman in Funen, and through hislarge network and cheerfulness, hecontinuously creates new contactsand good client relations. Ronaldis married to Dorthe and has fourchildren, Christian, Trine, Andreasand Sarah. Ronald devotes his freetime to his family, house and gardenand playing golf.Lea Madsen’s transport careerstarted in 1973 when she was employedas assistant in Inter-Service’sseed department. This specialniche remained Lea’s speciality formany years, until she in 2007 wastransferred to an administrativerole in the continental departmentin Odense.Lea is married to Bent and themother of two children. Tommyand Joan. When she is not at work,Lea is taking care of her family,house and garden and not least hergrandchildren.Per Offersen received his trainingat a timber merchant, but decided tochange line and became an apprenticeforwarder in 1981. Per has justturned 50, and has in his forwardingcareer always been involvedin sea freight and achieved greatexpertise in this field. Since 1988,Per has performed the function ofmanager of the sea freight departmentin Odense, but has just beentransferred to key account for specialcross trade and project clients.Per has a wife, Vibeke, and twochildren, Emil and Simone, towhom he devotes a large part ofhis free time. His other interestsinclude golf, cycling, and handball.From the start, Claus Bo Larsenmade customs clearance his specialfield, which it still is. A long customscareer has resulted in a jobas Blue Water’s overall customsmanager. A job, he performs withgreat enthusiasm and specialistpride. Furthermore Claus Bo hasa keen sense of humour, for whichhe is notorious and loved, not onlyinside Blue Water but wherever hegoes. He is also a very active referee,the top referee in Denmarkand also in the top of FIFA’s andUEFA’s international ranking list.This very interesting part-time jobtakes him to fashionable footballarenas around the world. Claus Bois married to Vibeke and the fatherof 3 children, Nicolai, Nicoline andJonathan.At the start of Blue Water Odensein 1988, Søren Nielsen was departmentmanager, but has in more recentyears performed the functionof general manager of the officewhich today has a total staff of 70.Søren started his career in 1978 asa trainee with shipbrokers Svaneand Gjørding, Kolding, wherechartering, stevedoring and ship’sclearance were the main activities.Then followed 2 years in the transportdepartment of Lemvigh Müller& Munch, Copenhagen, before hejoined Inter-Service, Odense. Formany years, Søren performed thefunction of forwarder in the Italiandepartment of Blue Water Odensein addition to being overall responsiblefor the company’s Italian activitiesand parallel with his managerialposition. Today Søren is stilloverall responsible for these activitiesin addition to the company’scustoms activities.Søren is married to Kirsten, whoshares his interest for golf. Havingplayed football for many years, hehas now finally put his boots on theshelf.Silver JubileeOn 1.9., Brigitte Jegou (also calledBibi) will celebrate her silver jubileein Lorient, where the accountsdepartment for our French officesis located. This was Blue Water’sfirst location in France and Bibihas been based here through all theyears. She is responsible for all accountingwhich she controls with avery firm hand - almost as if it washer own money.Bibi’s liveliness and good mood aremuch appreciated by her colleaguesjust like her contribution to the successof various staff events.On the home front, she is the proudmother of two daughters, Maximeand Charlotte. Despite her scantysize, Bibi coaches her daughterCharlotte’s basketball team, andthis year the rumours have it thatthey finished on the second place.Well done Bibi!Another ”Outstanding” Transport for Dolly PartonLast year, Blue Water Aalborg andNNR Global Logistics arrangedthe transport in connection withDolly Parton’s Europe tour. It musthave been a success as Dolly PartonTours chose the same partnersfor their 2008 Europe Tour.First concert was in Stockholm,where Kenneth Skovbjerg Pedersenof Blue Water Aalborg wasassisted by our partner, Sky Transport,on both sea and airfreight.The Dolly Parton Tour team attachesgreat importance to personalcontact and service. Therefore wehope, with this year’s successfultransport for Dolly Parton Tours,that it will result in other inquiriesfrom the show business. We knowfor sure that Dolly Parton will recommendus to others.Blue Water has a fine concept andnetwork ready in case other possibilitieswithin this transport nicheshould appear on the scene.In return for a well-performed jobwe were given a number of freetickets to the concerts in Stockholmand Viborg. Kenneth SkovbjergPedersen and Maria Heick/Blue Water Billund were bothinvited backstage. ”What a greatexperience to meet the grand littlelady”, says the proud Dolly fan,Kenneth.

13New employees19-year-oldThomas StigFrederiksenstarted as forwardingtraineein the Beleluxdepartment on 1.7.On 15.8., 20-yearoldNicole KjærNisgaard startedas forwardingtrainee in the Germanydepartment.CopenhagenConnie Lange -43 years old - joinedour logisticsdepartment on15.5. Connie hasbeen in the transportbusiness since 1984, involved incontainer shipments, export, haulageand logistics among other things.22-year-oldNatacha KochPedersen isemployedas forwarderas from 1.6.- involved in airfreight Greenland.Natacha has just recentlycompleted her apprenticeship atLeman.23-year-oldJim HøjbjergChristensenstarted aswarehousemanon 1.6. Jim usedto be a truck driver working forDanske Fragtmænd and haulierPeter Obel, Kalundborg.Rikke Hass Rasmussen- 32 yearsold - joined ourcourier departmentas assistanton 1.7. Rikke hasa clerical background, been workingin the insurance business for 7 yearsand been self-employed as well.On 1.7., wewelcomed MikaelSkinnerup- 28 years old- back in BlueWater. Mikaelhas been on a tour around theworld, but has now taken up thechallenge as team manager of ourEast European department.We have taken on 4 new forwardingtrainees as from 1.9.:20-year-oldTanja Sindahl inthe Norwegiandepartment.21-year-oldMichael DennisPetersen in theSwedish department.19-year-oldJeppe UlrikJepsen in theEast EuropeanDepartment.19-year-oldMarc Lam inthe Courierdepartment.OdenseAs from 15.4.,we have takenon 41-year-oldTom Kristiansenas warehouseassistant. Tomhas a comprehensive warehousingexperience and has moreover workedas a bus driver for Arriva.As from 16.6.,we have engaged63-year-oldKarin Taübl asreceptionist.Karin has 23years of experience from similarjobs in the flower business.30-year-oldRikke Hansenjoined our overseasdepartmentas a forwarderon 1.5. Rikkeserved her apprenticeship withDSV, Odense and has 7 years ofsea and airfreight experience.As from 1.8. three new traineeshave joined our team:21-year-oldLene HustedAndersen inthe continentaldepartment.PadborgAarhus19-year-oldJacob BirkJensen in theScandinaviandepartment.20-year-oldRené KroneJunager in theItalian/domesticdepartment.Nicolai Wiedemann- 20 yearsold - startedas forwardingtrainee on 1.8.On 1.8.2007,Diana VanggaardKaag- 20 years old- started herapprenticeshipwith Otto Hansen, Vejle involvedin airfreight and courier. In hersecond year of apprenticeship,Diana will be dealing with overseasimport of general cargo atBlue Water.56-year-old BentRefsgaard hasbeen with OttoHansen, Vejlesince 1.7.1970.Over the years,Bent has been involved in linerservice, deep sea shipping and airfreight.Bent’s future responsibilitywill be overseas export.As from 1.8.,Rikke SkovbjergPedersen- 29 years old- forms part ofour overseasdepartment, involved in generalcargo import. Rikke used to workfor Modul Transport, Vejle.Anne-MetteVendelbo - 37years old - isanother newface in the overseasdepartmentas from 1.8. Anne-Mette comesfrom DSV, Aarhus and will in futureconcentrate on developmentof general cargo import.We have takenon 26-yearoldAllan BollSørensen aswarehousemanas from 1.7.Allan has worked as a substitutefor a number of years and has alsobeen employed with Danfoss.We have employed39-year-oldInna Jensen asassistant in theSwedish departmentas from7.7. Inna was born in Russia, hasan MA in English and businesseconomics, and will among otherthings assist with the communicationwith Russian and EastEuropean hauliers and drivers.On 1.8., 21-year-old NannaAmby and19-year-old JesperKyhn startedas forwardingtrainees in theSwedish importdepartment andthe overseasdepartment respectively.AberdeenSimon Tough- 31 years old- joined ouroperations departmenton 7.4.Simon, who has12 years of freight experience,has spent the last couple of yearsworking as a logistics specialistfor Halliburton Baroid in Aberdeendealing with shipping ofchemicals. Simon has previouslyworked for OBC, Grampian &Pentagon in Aberdeen also.37-year-oldSonya Byfieldhas taken up therole of businessdevelopmentmanager inAberdeen as from 8.7. She joinsus from Expeditors International,Aberdeen, where she has beena sales executive for the past 3years. Prior to this, Sonya workedat TNT, Aberdeen as sales officesupervisor.

14New employeesAktauMargaret(Margarita)Kremenchuk- 38 years old- is employedas accountingassistant as from 9.6. Margaritajoins us from DGT Logistics,but has proviously worked for IPBazarbai Company for 14 years.Gikalov KonstantinIvanovich- 28 yearsold - started asforwarder on1.7. Gikalovhas 4 years of business experienceand comes from a job with Transportand Services LLP.BakuBrestLalita Daudova- 23 yearsold - started ascustoms brokeron 16.7.Mehri Huseynova- 25 yearsold - is back inthe accountsdepartment asfrom 22.4.Stephanie LeLesle - 26 yearsold - is employedas assistantin the overseasdepartment asfrom 2.5. Stephanie originallyworked in the tourist trade beforeshe changed career and becamean export assistant.Jebel AliAs from 20.7.,we have takenon 27-year-oldNasiruddin Nasiras warehouseassistant. Nasirhas previously worked for SascoShipping, ECL and EXIT 40.DubaiMilanWe have takenon a new driver,41-year-oldAli AhamadSheikh, as from23.6.Mario Ponzo- 46 years oldwith 11 yearsof experiencefrom Schöni,Switzerland - isemployed as salesman and will alsolend a hand in the operations department.Mario comes from a job withRinascente Logistic.New YorkAs from 2.7.,31-year-old BernardMulvaney(called Bernie)is employed inour operationsdepartment as coordinator on LCLexport for all our US offices andfor general cargo export/import.Bernie used to work with importfor All-Ways for 4 years and 2years with export customs serviceat Hapag LLoyd, New York.NuukAs from 1.5.,Dorthe Boassen- 41 yearsold - is engagedas accountant.Dorthe waspreviously employed with BoligselskabetINI.Frida Wahlgren- 34 years old - isemployed asairfreight assistantas from 4.8.Frida is Swedishand has moved to Greenland withher Danish fiancé. For the last 3years, Frida has worked for ComfortAudio, Halmstad as sales responsiblefor several European countries.Oslo27-year-oldSajid RaufMalik joinedour customsdepartment on1.7. For the lastcouple of years, Sajid has beenemployed in a similar job withColorline.As from 1.7., Morten GramKarmsteen - 26 years old - isemployed in our forwardingdepartment, dealing with individualtransport solutions. Mortenis Danish, trained at Schenker,Copenhagen and has furthermoreworked as forwarder (import/export Germany) for Schenker inOslo.Sao Paolo22-year-old TiagoH.V. Bituiis employedas commercialassistant since22.4. Tiago has3 years of shipping experiencefrom Zim Shipping Line.SingaporeVictor Pay - 41years old - isappointed operationsmanageras from 2.6.Victor has 11years of business experience fromhis previous job with Yang KeeLogisitcs.Jasline Cai XiuQing - 22 yearsold - started asaccounting assistanton 14.7.Jasline hasexperience from similar jobs.28-year-old DoreenAng LayYing forms partof the operationsdepartmentsince 14.7. Forthe last 3 years, she has workedfor Yang Kee Logistics.Sharon Tan SiewLeng - 34 yearsold - joined ourproject, oil &energy departmenton 1.8. Sharon hasworked for SDV Logistics since 2005.Torshavn21-year-oldLeona L. Johannesenstarted astrainee on 1.7.Guri Tórdóttir -36 years old - joinedour customsdepartment on1.7. Guri has forthe last 4 1/2years been working for Postvæsnet ogTAKS (Customs and Tax Authorities).Another newcomer- 49-yearoldHelena Bærentsen- startedin our customsdepartment on14.7. Helena served her apprenticeshipwith TAKS and has since1984 formed part of the Mail Sectionlooking after customs mattersVilniusAs from 25.6.,Marija Cickina- 22 years old -is employed tolook after accountingmatters.Marija was formerly employedwith WAB Elmoris.WarsawMichal Wypych- 30 years old - isemployed asforwarder in theexport Denmarkdepartment (Funenand Jutland) since 1.6.. Michaelhas previously worked for Sedim,involved in reefer transport to GreatBritain, and a short period for RBTransport dealing with project transportby mega-trailers and road trains.As from 1.7.,the 27-year-oldforwarder, MarcinPrzybysz,is employed tolook after thetraffic to Denmark - Sealand in particular.Marcin’s previous employmentsinclude Fair Cargo, GefcoPolska and most recently a 2-yearemployment with Tedex Spedition.

15New Agent in ItalyStaff RedeploymentOne of Italy’s oldest transportcompanies, Gruber Logistics withheadquarters in Ora (BZ) in thenorth-eastern part of Italy, has decidedto enter into a partnershipwith Blue Water for all overlandtransport of industrial cargo.Gruber Logistics was establishedin 1936 and has today 14 officesVisiting Gruber Logistics, Verona- left to right: Thomas Johansen,Thomas Møller, Claus Andersen,Henrik Nielsen, Steffan Ploog andMatteo Ravazzin/Gruber Logistics.Visiting Agents in ItalyOur Italian experts at Blue WaterOdense and Copenhagen - ClausAndersen and Steffan Ploog(Odense) and Thomas Johansenand Thomas Møller (Copenhagen)packed their suitcases in week26 and went to Italy to visit ouragents there together with HenrikNielsen/Blue Water Milan.First destination was companyOdino Valperga in Ancona, ouragent since 2008, a very new andexcellent co-operation. Blue Waterand Odino Valperga offer groupagedeparture from Ancona everyTuesday and Friday and full loadsevery day.worldwide, 400 employees, around570 transport units and a turnoverof EUR 151 million in 2007.Flexibility at the terminals, wideknowledge of the Scandinavianmarket and the locations arejust a few of Gruber’s importantstrengths. In addition, a large numberof trucks on the roads everyday makes Gruber’s nationwidenetwork unique in the northeasternpart of italy.Blue Water is already loadingmany trucks from North-East Italyand expects, with this new partnership,to be able to increase andimprove the service.Blue Water offers groupage departurefrom Verona Tuesday andFriday and full loads every day.For further information please callyour regular Blue Water contact orHenrik Nielsen on phone: +39 3346830169.Next stop was our ”old” agents,Inter Co, Reggio Emilia and MarviSped, Arzignano (VI), togetherwith whom we offer the same;groupage Tuesday and Friday andfull loads every day.Last stop before we arrived atBlue Water Milan was our newagent, Gruber Logisitcs, Verona.Blue Water Milan was establishedin September 2006 and has since1.9.2007 been in charge of groupageoperation in the north-westernpart of Italy. In addition to its closeco-operation with Blue Water inDenmark, this office offers regulardepartures to the rest of Europe.Monika Klonowska/Blue WaterPoland has formed part of our Copenhagenteam since the turn of theyear.On 16.5., Lone Dupont from BlueWater Kolding moved on to newchallenges at Blue Water Nuuk,where she is filling in during a colleague’smaternity leave.Two of our Esbjerg trainees - KarinaB. Pedersen and Lasse Gram -will in their second year of apprenticeshipmove not only to a newdepartment, but to a new town. Karinawill move to Billund to learnairfreight and Lasse will join ourÅrhus team.At the same time, Teddi Holm fromBillund will be transferred to thedeep sea department in Esbjerg.Thomas Jeppesen will be transferredfrom Aarhus to the sea freightdepartment in Copenhagen.On 7.7., Kimie Boysen movedfrom Billund to the North Atlanticairfrieght department in Copenhagen.Having completed her apprenticeshipin Aarhus, Lisbeth Thomsenwill be moving on to new challengesin our airfreight department inCopenhagen.Sille Schmidt from Blue WaterPadborg will continue her apprenticeshipin the distribution departmentof Blue Water Copenhagen.Mikael Junge - who since 7.1. hasperformed the function of crosslogistics and terminal managerwith base in both Copenhagen andKolding - is in addition appointedgeneral manager of our Kolding officewith effect as from 15.8.Peter Ankersborg - the general managerof our Kolding office up tonow - continues as cross developmentmanager for Germany, Benelux,Switzerland, Austria, EasternEurope, domestic traffic and generaltransport. These activities didalready belong under Peter, but hewill now have more time to concentrateon them. Peter’s base willstill be in Kolding.During the summer, Kenneth LykkeLauridsen, who originally comesfrom Esbjerg, will move from Warsawto Copenhagen.As from 1.9., Anders MørkebjergKnudsen from Odense will betransferred to our Milan office.As from 1.9., Kenneth SkovbjergPetersen/Blue Water Aalborg willbe transferred to Sisimiut for a2-year period. Kenneth will takeover as manager of the office afterKenneth Ruby Sørensen, who willreturn to Denmark this autumn toa job in our project department inEsbjerg.John Frandsen has taken over themanagerial responsibility for theSmyril Blue Water office in Torshavnas from 1.6. John has performedthe function of salesman forSmyril Line/Smyril Blue Watersince 1999, and knows everythingabout the clients, procedures andsystems.As from 1.7., Frank Madsen istransferred from manager of thedeep sea department in Esbjerg to ajob a coordinator for our worldwidefood activities.On 1.10., Morten P. Sørensen willbe leaving our airfreight departmentin Aarhus to go to Paris towork in-house at our agent OceanFreight.A fantastic lunch with Odino at restaurantArnia del Cuciniere. Leftto right: Thomas Johansen, SimoneSantarelli, Carlo Casoli, MarcoRuzziconi, Henrik Nielsen, ClausAndersen, Steffan Ploog and ThomasMøller.Visiting Marvi - left to right: ThomasJohansen, Thomas Møller, ClausAndersen, Milena Fontana, SteffanPloog, Vittorino Tranquillo, MarianoCentomo and Henrik Nielsen.Lunch at Blue Water Milan - leftto right: Claus Andersen, LauraFranchi, Amelio Dettoni, MarioPonzo, Gianni Crippa, ThomasJohansen, Thomas Møller, MariluzSantos and Steffan Ploog.

16Birthday ListSeptemberHeidi Frost Rasmussen, Esbjerg - 30 years old 1.9Mavis Pinto, Dubai - 40 years old 7.9OctoberBent Kruse, Aarhus - 60 years old 2.10Stewart Greig, Aberdeen - 40 years old 6.10Dick Heijmen, Rotterdam - 60 years old 12.10Hannis Mortensen, Torshavn - 40 years old 27.10Rafik Sulaymanov, Baku - 40 years old 31.10NovemberCarsten Eskildsen, Esbjerg - 50 years old 3.11Bent Bruun Jensen, Esbjerg - 40 years old 7.11Nils Lønne, Esbjerg - 50 years old 12.11BirthsKurt Johansen, Kolding - 60 years old 13.11Aurore Dupont, Vatry - 30 years old 15.11Sonny Jensen, Manchester - 30 years old 26.11Elmar Huseynov, Baku - 40 years old 27.11Angela Kimbrough,Los Angeles - 30 years old 28.11Ruslan Mardanov, Baku - 30 years old 28.11DecemberEliane Plouzané-Hénault,Brest - 40 years old 6.12Mio (Joana) Makero,Sao Paulo - 70 years old 8.12Jogvan Clemmensen,Hanstholm - 40 years old 13.12WeddingsInna Jensen, Aarhus - 40 years old 15.12Ane Tene Thomsen, Aarhus - 40 years old 15.12Morten Olsen, Odense - 40 years old 17.12Torbjørn C. Pedersen,Copenhagen - 30 years old 19.12Lone Willumsen, Esbjerg - 40 years old 20.12Tommy Møller Andersen,Esbjerg, - 50 years old, 24.12Solklar Haraldsson,Copenhagen - 60 years old 27.12Kristian Kragh, Odense - 30 years old 31.12Parfinder Singh,Dubai - 30 years old 31.12Christina Husted Christensen/deepsea department, Esbjerg gave birthto her second daughter, Sofie (3.9kgs/52 cm) on 11.2.Carsten Olsen’s/Blue Water Herninglittle daughter, Palina (4.1kgs/54 cm), was born on 10.4.Rafik Suleymanov/Blue WaterBaku became a father for the secondtime on 23.4., of a little girl(2.4 kgs/48 cm) named Amina.Micke Lyngholm-Pedersen / BlueWater Kolding and his wife, Hanne,increased their family by a littlegirl, Emilie (3.7 kgs/54 cm), on16.4.Sofie had a baby brother, William(3.5 kgs/50 cm), on 17.4. JeanetteKjeldgaard/Blue Water Nuuk is theproud mother.Linda Skøth Larsen/Esbjerg accountdepartment, Esbjerg gavebirth to a little girl (3.6 kgs/54 cm)on 22.4.Per Nørgaard/IT department becamea father for the fourth timewhen his wife, Charlotte, gavebirth to their little son William (4.2kgs/54 cm) on 30.4. It was a veryfast and easy delivery, which Charlotteand Per managed on their ownbefore the midwife arrived. Butthen, they have of course tried it acouple of times before.Erik Lorensen/Padborg terminalwelcomed his third daughter (3.8kgs/51 cm) into this world on 4.6.Søren Andersen’s/Blue WaterAarhus wife, Maj, was delivered ofa little boy (4 kgs/53 cm) on 29.6.Brian Jeppesen’s/Esbjerg terminallittle son (3.9 kgs/55 cm) saw thelight of day on 5.7.On 3.8., Magdalena Polka/BlueWater Warsaw gave birth to a littleboy (3.1 kgs/52 cm), who will benamed Stanislaw.John George/Blue Water Dubaiwas married to Sini Philip in St.George MT Church in Kerala, Indiaon 31.5.Mehri Huseynova/accounts department,Baku married her fiancé,Alim Qusanov, on 27.6.Rovshan Mammadov/Blue WaterDubai and his fiancée, Arifa Alekberova,got married on 31.6.Dennis Madsen/UK department,Esbjerg married his girlfriend,Lisa, on 26.6 in Thailand.Nino Tsagareli/Blue Water Tbilisimarried her fiancé, Otar Paqsashvili,on 7.6.Puvlished by:Blue WaterTrafikhavnskaj 11DK-6701 EsbjergTel.: +45 79 13 41 44Fax +45 79 13 46 77Editors:Gyrithe Skov: gskov@bws.dkJørn Bøllund, Kurt SkovPublished in: 8.000 copiesE-mail: bwsebj@bws.dkwww.bws.dkLay-out:Claus SimonyPrint:Jørn Thomsen A/S