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Blue Water Shipping—right in the
middle of the Danish Offshore Centre
By jb., Blue Water
Situated at the quayside in the port of Esbjerg you will find a brandnew,
two-storey office building. Locally it’s called the Black Diamond
matching the famous King’s Library in Copenhagen. This is the new
headquarters of Blue Water Shipping, a company with Danish roots
now extended to include the whole world.
Since the offshore industry came to Esbjerg—on the west coast of
Jutland, Denmark—in the early seventies, Blue Water has taken part
in the “North Sea Adventure”. The Blue Water freight forwarders and
shipping people soon adopted the challenge of serving the offshore
industry with international transport and logistic solutions.
The offshore department grew rapidly and as a consequence branch
offices were established in the oil and gas centres around the North
Sea and later on in the Middle East, Central Asia, U.S.A., Brazil and
East Asia.
As the Danish windmill industry developed and became leading
worldwide suppliers, Blue Water was an evident choice as a logistics
partner. The company has developed great skill and experience
in transport and handling of urgently required spare parts and large
constructions.
Actually Blue Water has become the leading expert in loading and
discharging heavy wind mill sections to and from Danish ports.
Among others Blue Water was an inevitable part in the erection of the
offshore wind mill park outside Esbjerg during the years 2000-2003.
The biggest in the world so far.
Every week you will find large wind mill parts on the quays of
Esbjerg—ready for shipment throughout the world. Even in the
discharging ports, Blue Water’s own stevedore managers are taking
over the responsibility. A special project and heavy lift department
co-ordinates all shipments and the stevedore part is in safe hands of
experienced marine navigators and engineers.
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Especially working for the oil and gas sector has contributed to the
internationalisation of the Blue Water Shipping Group. An example of
this is the landing of a major contract with Technip Coflexip covering
transportation of a gas production platform “TPG500”—consisting
of modules of up to 4,000 tons per section—from the Keppel Fels
shipyard in Singapore to the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.
A similar heavy lift job was successfully carried out in 2001-2002.
Securing such jobs is really making the boss—Kurt Skov—happy and
proud.
Blue Water Shipping is now present in 17 countries with 32 offices
and a total staff of 530 employees. In Denmark Blue Water is represented
in 10 main areas and abroad you will find Blue Water offices in
Greenland, England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Spain,
U.S.A., Brazil, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, United Arab
Emirates, Singapore and China. The intention is to be an all-round, independent
shipping- and freight forwarding company offering global
clients a service within airfreight, sea freight, road and rail haulage.
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