Quarterly December 2008 - Odfjell

Quarterly 

Company Magazine for the Odfjell Group - Desember 2008

Quarterly 

In this issue: 

Odfjell avoids Gulf of Aden ............................................................................ 4 

P.O. Box 6101 Postterminalen 

N-5892 Bergen 

Norway 

Tel: +47 55 27 00 00 

Fax: +47 55 28 47 41 

E-mail: quarterly@odfjell.com 

Internet: www.odfjell.com 

Bunkering facilities at OOTS ......................................................................... 6 

OTK is getting bigger...................................................................................... 7 

Hurricane Ike hitting the Gulf Coast Area ..................................................... 8 

Odfjell Terminals’ Sales & Marketing summit .............................................. 9 

New Intranet and Website for Odfjell ........................................................... 10 

Bow Bracaria – rebuilt for hydrogen peroxide shipments ............................ 12 

Dear 

colleagues, 

Editor: 

Ellen Skagen 

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE: 

Brit A. Bennett 

Margrethe Myrmehl Gudbrandsen 

Tor Jürgensen 

Siri-Anne Mjåtvedt 

Morten Nystad 

Helge Olsen 

Marit Beate Simonsen 

CORRESPONDENTS: 

Rotterdam: 

Theo Kruithof 

Singapore: 

Atle Knutsen 

Deadline next issue: 

March 6, 2009 

Design: MacBox AS 

Cover: 

Bow Sirius in Richards Bay 

October 1, 2008 

Source: Zululand Observor, 

Odfjell Maintenance Management Improvement Project ............................. 13 

Britannia P & I Club visits Bow Century and Odfjell Terminals .................... 14 

Giant load makes history ............................................................................... 15 

QM Corner ..................................................................................................... 16 

It’s all about the little things ......................................................................... 17 

London – Odfjell location ............................................................................... 18 

New and Improved Requirements and Guidelines Manual .......................... 20 

Greetings From Around the World ................................................................ 22 

Personnel Corner........................................................................................... 28 

Fleet and Terminals....................................................................................... 30 

The world financial crisis now has 

started to have a severe impact also on 

the real economy. Despite government 

interventions through huge national 

financial salvage packages, forecasts 

for worldwide economic growth are 

substantially downgraded. Most 

advanced economies are now in 

recession, and even rapidly expanding 

economies, such as China and India, see 

a considerable drop in their economic 

growth. Many businesses get into 

serious problems, and unemployment 

figures are again on the rise. This 

unfortunate development also affects 

the shipping industry. Since this 

summer the market for many segments 

has deteriorated drastically, and at least 

for dry bulk carriers and container ships 

it looks like somewhat of a collapse. So 

far the chemical tanker market has held 

up reasonably well, and at Odfjell we 

are benefiting from a healthy balance 

between regular contract business and 

spot cargoes. We also profit from the 

fact that the price of fuel for our ships is 

more than halved the last three months. 

Although Odfjell’s fourth quarter results 

are still in the making, all in all 2008 

looks like being a reasonably good year 

for the company. Earnings for our ships 

have been strong at least throughout 

November, and our terminals continue 

to be profitable. All indicators show, 

however, that 2009 will be a tough 

and a challenging year for Odfjell with 

weaker demand for our services. I 

nevertheless believe there is room for 

cautious optimism in the longer run; 

Added liquidity into the finance sector 

through the national salvage packages 

will relieve many of the current trade 

bottlenecks, e.g. related to obtaining 

letters of credit, which will improve 

conditions for more international trade 

and thus demand for shipping services. 

Financial restrictions combined with a 

rather bleak short-term market outlook 

are expected to increase the number of 

cancellations of orders for new ships 

and thus, eventually reduce the overall 

tonnage supply. However, a positive 

development for Odfjell is critically 

dependent upon the professionalism 

and drive of all our employees, at sea 

and ashore, to make optimal use of all 

our hardware and systems, and to go 

the extra mile to reach our targets. 

Another serious problem that arose 

this autumn is the threat of our ships 

being hijacked by Somali pirates in the 

Gulf of Aden. Over the last five months 

more than forty merchant ships have 

fallen prey to these pirates, and several 

of our competitors’ tankers have been 

taken and held for ransom. Also one 

of our ships was attacked, but through 

a valiant and resolute action by the 

captain and his crew the pirates had to 

abort their attempt. For obvious reasons 

this is a major concern, particularly 

for our colleagues on board ships that 

sail through these waters but also for 

Odfjell as a whole. To avoid our ships 

being hijacked, and hence to save our 

seafarers the hardship of becoming 

the pirates’ hostages, in November we 

decided to route voyages that previously 

went through Suez instead going the 

long way around Africa. This is a costly 

measure, entailing both extra sailing 

days and more bunkers used, costs 

that we cannot fully charge to our 

customers. Therefore, when sufficient 

protection through a regular escort 

service is in place, expected to become 

effective this December, we will resume 

sailing through Suez and the Gulf of 

Aden as long as this is deemed safe. 

Our prime concern will always be the 

safety of ship and crew. 

There is nothing dramatic behind my 

decision to resign as President/CEO 

as from the Annual General Meeting in 

May next year. I took this challenging 

position more than five years ago for 

an interim period of six to nine months. 

Now, more than sixty months later, it is 

time for change. I wish my successor, 

our present Chief Financial Officer, 

Haakon Ringdal, the best of luck in his 

new position. 

December is usually a very busy month, 

and this year is certainly no exception. 

There are all the end-of-the-year tasks 

at work that need completion, seasonal 

social arrangements and of course 

all the preparations for the Christmas 

festivities. Although I truly appreciate you 

efforts and hard work for the company, 

I also encourage you to take time to 

enjoy this time with family and friends. 

For us here up north hopefully we will 

have snow for Christmas, and for our 

colleagues down south at least some 

decent barbeque weather. 

I wish all of you and your families a very 

merry Christmas and all the best for 2009. 

Regards, 

Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam), August 2007 

Terje Storeng 

President/CEO 

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Odfjell avoids Gulf of Aden 

Relieved crew 

Following the 17 November decision, 

many of our seafarers have expressed 

great relief. 

By: Margrethe Gudbrandsen 

Odfjell decided 

in mid November 

that all it’s owned, 

managed and 

time-chartered 

ships that 

normally would 

sail through the 

Gulf of Aden 

should be routed via the Cape of Good 

Hope. - We will no longer expose our 

crew to the risk of being hijacked and 

held for ransom by pirates in the Gulf 

of Aden, says Terje Storeng. 

- Unless we are explicitly committed 

by existing contracts to sail through 

this area, we will re-route our ships 

around Cape of Good Hope. We trust our 

customers will appreciate this decision 

which we have taken to safeguard not 

only our crews and ships, but also the 

ships’ cargo. The re-routing will entail 

extra sailing days and later cargo 

deliveries. This will incur significant 

extra cost, but we expect our customers’ 

support and contribution, says Storeng. 

Piracy is escalating 

By today, more than 90 ships have been 

attacked, against total of 23 last year. Of 

these, 36 ships were hijacked outside 

the coast of Somalia, and in particular 

the Gulf of Aden. Approximately half of 

the hijacked ships are chemical tankers. 

- Several chemical tankers have been 

hijacked at gunpoint, and although 

reportedly hostages until now have been 

released apparently unharmed, we do 

not know if this will be so in the future, 

says Storeng. 

The very same day that Odfjell 

announced the re-routing, the VLCC MV 

Sirius Star was hijacked 450 nautical 

miles southeast of Mombasa in Kenya, 

according to the US Fifth Fleet. This 

is far beyond 2-250 nm off the coast 

previously assumed to be safe passage. 

The Sirius Star is three times the size of 

an aircraft carrier and is carrying its full 

complement of two million barrels of 

crude oil, worth at least USD100 million. 

By this capture, the pirates showed the 

world what they were capable of. 

- Our experience is that the pirates are 

well organized and well equipped, says 

Toralf Sørenes, VP Risk Management 

and Company Security Officer in Odfjell. 

And he continues: society has the 

impression that the pirates come in 

small dinghies and seem harmless. 

These pirates operate in small and 

very fast boats coming from motherships 

with modern navigation and 

communication systems which make it 

possible to coordinate the attacks and 

to operate effectively far from shore. 

In addition, the pirates look like the 

numerous fishing ships operating in the 

area and this further complicates the 

picture. 

Wants naval escorted convoy 

Today several different naval forces 

patrol this area. The air and navy units 

in the area are under the command 

of several entities including NATO, 

EU, Coalition Forces participating in 

Enduring Freedom and nations like 

India, Russia and others. A strong, 

clear and common mandate plus better 

co-ordination and a more effective use 

of these units remain apparently still a 

challenge. - We are frustrated by the 

fact that governments and authorities 

in general seem to take a limited 

interest in this very serious problem. 

The efforts that are being made do not 

seem to put an effective end to what 

can best be described as ruthless, high 

level organised crime, says Storeng. He 

believes that action should be taken by 

United Nations, as this area represents 

international waters. – Several security 

companies have offered their services, 

but we oppose to have weapons 

onboard, says Storeng. 

Odfjell will when sufficient action is 

taken to prevent attacks resume sailing 

through the Gulf of Aden and the Suez 

Canal. 

Freight cost and insurance cost 

increases 

Shipping analysts say the freight 

cost will rise following the attacks as 

charter rates and insurance premiums 

increase. Lloyds has already announced 

that they will increase the insurance 

premium on ships operating in this 

area, Tor A. Svelland said in an interview 

with Dagens Næringsliv. The area is 

also now defined as a war zone, which 

also means that shipping companies 

passing through this area will have 

to pay an extra war risk insurance. 

Extra insurance on the cargo comes in 

addition. 

More will follow 

Odfjell, by taken this action of 

re-routing, has taken the lead and 

hopes other shipping companies will 

follow and put pressure on national, 

international and governments. For 

the time being the shipping companies 

Dorval, BW Gas, Maersk and Swift have 

decided to follow Odfjell’s decision of 

re-routing around Cape of Good Hope. 

Frontline is considering it – But we hope 

and expect others to follow. We have 

a joint responsibility and interest of 

putting an end to this, says Storeng. 

- It was with great relief and respect 

we got the message last Monday that 

Odfjell, as owner, would stop passages 

through Gulf of Aden until the situation 

regarding piracy there is settled. Like 

announced earlier I, my officers and 

crew have been very concerned about 

the situation in Gulf of Aden, there 

have been many questions raised and 

honestly many of them have been hard 

for me as Master to answer for. 

I have been very concerned for the 

safety of my crew, vessel, cargo, 

environment, etc. The decision Odfjell 

took pays a lot of respect, that of our 

owner takes the safety and security of 

their crews, etc. so important makes 

us all proud to be working for such a 

good and serious employer. Once again 

thanks a lot from my officers, crew and 

myself for this decision, says Dag Inge 

Bogdanoff, Captain on Bow Sky. 

Pirate attack on 

M/T Bow Cedar 

M/T Bow Cedar was attacked by 

pirates in Gulf of Aden early morning 

29 September. The Master on Bow 

Cedar, Bjarne Kalland reports how they 

experienced the attack. - A speedboat 

with 5 persons onboard started to 

trail the ship. After some time, an 

eastbound naval ship with helicopter 

on the poop deck passed on the port 

side. When this naval ship had passed, 

the speedboat slowly started to close in 

on the starboard side, until it suddenly 

charged directly towards the ship at 

high speed. 

At this time Bow Cedar clearly 

demonstrated awareness using 

its water canons. In addition other 

appliances were used to deter the 

hijack attempt. No arms were fired, 

and the boat stopped. After lying 

dead in the water for some time it 

headed against a ship coming behind 

Bow Cedar. - No alarms were heard 

so obviously the other ship was also 

prepared and the attack abandoned. 

The warship with helicopter passed an 

hour earlier, so apparently the pirate 

boat waited until this was clear. No 

arms were fired and no crew injured 

during the attack. 

This article is written the 21 November. 

As there is a lot happening on this issue, 

the article might not be updated when 

Quarterly is published. 


Bunkering facilities at OOTS 

OTK is getting bigger 

By: Atle Knutsen 

By Mr. Sang-Ki Lee 

Time is one of Odfjell’s highest cost 

elements. Loss of time is also carrying 

many and various cost elements that 

are creating a compounded effect. 

Singapore, as many other ports around 

the world, has its challenges when 

it comes to efficient port operations. 

During 2008 an estimated 66 (deep sea 

vessels only) port calls in Singapore is 

causing Odfjell ships to spend a total of 

213 days in port. Worse; more than half 

of this time, 53% to be exact, is caused 

by delays beyond owner’s control. 

35% is spent waiting for available berths 

whilst we are using 6 % of the total 

port time; or 190 hours for bunkering 

operations. Something needed to be 

done about this. 

At Odfjell’s joint venture terminal in 

Singapore; Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal 

Singapore (OOTS), Matrix Marine Fuels 

has now established bunkering facilities 

at OOTS that supplies ships with good 

quality bunkers ex pipe concurrently 

with the vessels loading, discharging 

and/or transhipping cargoes board-toboard. 

This makes OOTS the only one-stop 

terminal in Singapore in this respect 

and effectively cutting down time in 

port in proportion with the frequency 

of calls to the terminal. It will make a 

big bite into the time spent in port for 

bunkering and it also ensures better 

and predictable bunker quality to the 

shipping industry. It’s a safer operation 

than transferring bunker alongside at 

an anchorage as well as testing and 

quality assurance of the bunker are well 

taken care of. 

Presently there is 6,000 cbm capacity for 

HFO 380 fuel and 1,000 cbm for gas oil 

which has the capacity to supply about 

150,000 tons of fuel and 15,000 tons 

of gas oil per annum. This bunkering 

facility does not only serve the Odfjell 

ships, but is at the willing service for all 

ships calling the terminal thus offering 

overall port time savings. Terminal 

customers are also welcoming these 

arrangements, as it means that owners 

over time may favour facilities with the 

most optimal operations. The bunkering 

facilities opened for operations during 

August this year. 

The proactive initiative of Odfjell, Matrix 

Marine Fuels and OOTS have made 

this bunker operations available for all 

ships calling the OOTS terminal and 

helps making Singapore become a more 

efficient port overall. 

Following the completion of expansion 

2 (E-2) this spring, Odfjell Terminals 

(Korea) has now started its 3rd 

expansion, E-3. 8 carbon steel tanks of 

9,990kl will be built with a total capacity 

of 79,920kl. These tanks have already 

been pinpointed for customers on longterm 

contracts. 

Byucksan Engineering was elected as 

contractor and the contract signing was 

held in July at Byucksan Engineering’s 

office in Seoul. 

This project, similar to E-2, is contracted 

on a turn-key base, which means all 

the construction work, test runs and 

acquiring permits will be carried out by 

Byucksan Engineering. 

The piling construction is ahead of 

estimated schedule and full piling 

completion of total 1448 piles will be end 

of November. Two of the tank foundations 

are completed and the tank bottom plate 

constructions are now in process. 

Total mechanical completion is 

estimated mid August next year. 

When completed, the terminal’s total 

capacity will be 250,890m³ on 72 tanks 

including the 2 slop tanks. 


Hurricane Ike hitting the Gulf 

Coast Area 

Odfjell Terminals’ 

Sales & Marketing summit 

By Mernie Beiter / Dave Ellis 

By: Mike Beviss 

Hurricane Ike started as a tropical 

disturbance off the coast of Africa 

near the end of August. By September 

5th it was a Category 4 hurricane 

with maximum sustained winds of 

145 mph. By the time that it reached 

landfall on September 12th it was 

a Category 2 hurricane. If it had 

been Category 3 or 4 instead of a 

Category 2 by the time it hit the Gulf 

Coast Area, the destruction from the 

storm surge would likely have been 

record breaking, with the potential for 

damage worse than what was seen 

with Hurricane Katrina. It was one of 

the most destructive hurricanes to hit 

the coast of the United States. 

Odfjell Terminals (Houston) suffered 

a near miss as the tidal surge at our 

facility reached 16 feet (almost 5 m). 

The water came up to the wharf road, 

and if the surge were two feet higher, 

the water damage could have been 

much more severe. 

Otherwise, actual damage to the 

facility was modest. The wind damaged 

insulation on two tanks, and some 

pumps in lift pits were submerged. 

Due to the extraordinary efforts of all 

staff (terminal and shipping,) OTH was 

moving product four days after the 

storm on Wednesday evening, working 

truck and railcars on Thursday, and 

fully open on Friday morning. 

Impact on staff and families was by 

far much more severe. Electricity 

was down for weeks for a significant 

portion of staff. Fuel availability was a 

challenge for about a week to 10 days, 

and food was limited canned products 

within the affected area. As part of 

our facility recovery, the company 

assembled a team to assist employees 

in getting their families situated. These 

efforts ranged from finding hotel rooms 

to providing fuel and generators. The 

company also made funds available for 

employees to draw upon if needed. 

Local impact is likely to be felt for 

months if not longer. 

The first Sales & Marketing summit 

for Odfjell Terminals took place at our 

Rotterdam terminal on September 

25/26th. These dates were deliberately 

timed for our overseas visitors to 

combine this event with the EPCAconference 

in Monaco. 

With the early birds already arriving 

on the 24th of September, some of 

the participants received a tour of our 

Rotterdam terminal. Some to see the 

terminal for the first time and others 

just to see the many changes, upgrades 

and expansion programs that have 

taken place in the last few years. During 

that evening an international party of 

eight went to see a soccer game in the 

Feyenoord-stadium. The local team 

Feyenoord won in the end, after extra 

time. 

At the summit we were a forum of 

total 25 counting colleagues from 

our world wide Sales and Marketing 

network, including Odfjell Tankers 

and the associated terminals in South 

America. The agenda for the summit 

was ambitious, with the two days filled 

with presentations based mostly on 

topics prepared in advance by task force 

groups. 

After discussions from the many angles 

present, we made recommendations 

on where we identified needed 

improvement. We highlighted six main 

areas, ranging from “Terminal Sales 

& Marketing Strategy” to “Operational 

Efficiency” as improvement areas. 

On the evening of the 25th we all 

attended Hosman Vins in Schiedam, 

Odfjell’s wine distributor for the 

Netherlands, for a fun wine and dine 

event, featuring our Odfjell wines. 

During the dinner, Laurence Odfjell 

shared stories about the winemaking 

and the individual wines. 

The feedback from the event was very 

positive, with the general feeling that 

the summit had been informative and 

enlightening. We at Rotterdam certainly 

enjoyed hosting this Odfjell Terminals 

Sales & Marketing summit. 

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Odfjell Quarterly December 2008 9

New Intranet and Website 

for Odfjell 

By: Margrethe Gudrandsen 

Our current Intranet and Website 

solution is outdated and the 

software will no longer be updated 

by the supplier. – Two projects have 

therefore been started and the focus 

is to introduce a new Intranet Portal 

and new Website in 2009, says Arne 

Sletten Helgesen, project manager for 

the projects. 

The existing solution was installed 

in 2001 and updated in 2004. Lots 

have changed since 2004 and 

this is also certainly the case for 

Intranet and Web Technology. – We 

experience challenges on several 

fronts regarding the existing 

solution. First and foremost it is 

troublesome to maintain and update. 

For instance it is not possible to 

add pictures. Another important 

challenge is that we experience a 

lack of ownership resulting in lack 

of relevant and updated information. 

It is therefore crucial to not just 

introduce new systems, but at the 

same time encourage a stronger and 

broaderownership, Helgesen continues. 

Intranet: Information, toolbox and 

culture-builder 

Intranet is an efficient communication 

channel and a work-tool for 

businesses. – But a well functional 

intranet is also a culture-builder. 

Odfjell is a global company and it 

is therefore important that all have 

the same source of information. 

This unifies colleagues all over the 

world, says Margrethe Gudbrandsen, 

Communication Manager in Odfjell. 

More than 1000 employees can access 

the intranet today. – We want the future 

intranet to be used more efficiently and 

to be the most important overall worktool 

for the employees. Not just a tool 

for sharing information, but also a tool 

for cooperation, says Gudbrandsen. 

The project is now in the first phase 

and the focus is on the future content 

and structure of the new Intranet 

Portal. - In this phase we need input 

from all parts of Odfjell. This is why we 

have initiated a survey that we want all 

parts of Odfjell to take part in. By doing 

this we ensure that we get a better 

basis for building a new Intranet Portal 

for everyone, says Helgesen. 

Corporate websites is important 

Corporate websites are becoming 

more and more important and today 

they may act as a window to the world. 

The website is an important source of 

information for important stakeholders 

like customers, potential employees, 

investors, media, students and the 

society at large. – To have a website 

that is informative, visually good 

and easy to navigate is crucial, says 

Gudbrandsen. 

Cross departmental involvement 

In order to get the best possible 

content and structure of both the 

website and the intranet, it is essential 

that the project have members from 

the different departments in the 

organization. To reassure that the 

project team is on the right track, it 

is also established a reference group 

consisting of 14 Odfjell employees. 

- We are very fortunate to have such a 

qualified project group with members 

from all parts of Odfjell. The same can 

be said about the reference group and 

steering committee. 

The time schedule is tight, so the 

Who takes the best photo? 

By: Margrethe Gudrandsen 

In a digital world it is easy to snap a 

photo. Odfjell employees are all over 

the globe and experience different 

exciting places, nature, people and last 

but not least Odfjell vessels and Odfjell 

terminals. 

choosen solution has to be flexible and 

implemented in several phases. The 

first phase, which ends with the new 

Web Page and Intranet Portal next 

year, is just the first in several phases. 

- The overall goal is that both systems 

should present up-to-date and relevant 

information that both Odfjell employees 

and our most important stakeholders 

could benefit from, says Helgesen. 

QUARTERLY always need good photos 

to use in the magazine. In addition 

we also need good Odfjell photos to 

use in other settings as well, like 

presentations, brochures, reports etc. 

So hereby we invite you all to join the 

competition for the best Odfjell photo. 

Any photo can be sent us, but photos in 

high–resolved solution are preferred. 

The photos must have relevance to 

Odfjell in one way or another. A small 

text should follow the photo. 

The best photo, evaluated and chosen 

by the editorial committee, will receive 

an Odfjell silver Cross pen. 

So pull out your camera and start 

“shooting”. 

The winner will be announced in next 

edition of Odfjell Quarterly. 

The Intranet project team: Theo Kruithof (OT Rotterdam), Frode Stornes, Odfjell Tankers/QM, Jan Peder Arnesen (Odfjell Tankers), 

Wenche Hjelmeland, Communications, Anne Kari Reksten Holme, HR, Arne Sletten Helgesen, ICT, Margrethe Gudbrandsen, Communications 

and Mat Duke, ICT 

Please send the photo to: 

quarterly@odfjell.com 

by 6 March 2009 by 6 March 2009 


Bow Bracaria – rebuilt for 

hydrogen peroxide shipments 

Odfjell Maintenance Management 

Improvement Project 

By Vebjørn Lid 

By Knut Erik Fredriksen 

Odfjell Ahrenkiel 

Europe GmbH has 

entered into a CoA 

with Evonik Degussa 

for shipments of 

hydrogen peroxide 

max 70% solution 

from Antwerp to 

Finland. 

Hydrogen peroxide is a highly reactive 

and strong oxidizing substance which 

calls for a set of special safety related 

shipping requirements. Up until now 

only two vessels have been classified 

for H2O2 shipments, which means 

Odfjell Ahrenkiel has entered a very 

specialized niche within the parcel 

tanker market. 

Bow Bracaria has just been redesigned 

for the carriage of H2O2. She left the 

yard in Viana do Castelo, Portugal 

November 14th, and with all technical 

approvals from the Class Society she is 

now fitted to carry hydrogen peroxide. 

Bow Bracaria called Antwerp Dec 8th 

2008 for first shipment under this CoA. 

Later a second ship is planned rebuilt 

for the same purpose. 

Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) 

Hydrogen peroxide is one of the most 

powerful oxidizers, and it is stronger 

than chlorine dioxide and propylene 

oxide. A common concentration for 

shipments is 70%. When 1 volume 

of hydrogen peroxide is decomposed; 

it produces 70 volumes of oxygen! 

Concentrated hydrogen peroxide is 

readily instable in contact with any 

incompatible substances like for 

instance fibres, certain metals, organic 

solvents etc. The decomposition is an 

exothermic reaction, the temperature 

increases and the decomposition yields 

off oxygen and water. 

Hydrogen peroxide is also one of the 

most versatile and environmentally 

sound chemicals available today. It is 

a simple chemical compound; water 

with an extra atom of oxygen attached, 

H2O2. 

The safety and efficiency of its 

properties have led to the development 

of many various applications, from 

rocket and torpedo fuel, to bleach of 

human hair and teeth whitening! 

About 50% of the world’s production 

of hydrogen peroxide is used for pulpand 

paper bleach. Other bleaching 

applications are becoming more 

important as hydrogen peroxide is seen 

as an environmentally alternative to 

chlorine-based bleaches. 

Hydrogen peroxide works also 

as a propellant in concentrations 

above 70%. It is used in numerous 

defence and aerospace research 

programs (NASA). One application 

is as propellant fuel for torpedoes in 

combination with alcohol. 

Possible leakage of concentrated 

hydrogen peroxide in one of the 

Russian submarine Kursk’s torpedoes 

is said to be the initial course of the 

tragic submarine accident in August 

12th 2000 

As mentioned, hydrogen peroxide 

has many various applications, and 

several safety measures must be taken 

into account to ensure the enormous 

potential of the cargo and its vapour. 

Safety is the absolute number one 

priority, and when following the safety 

instructions even an explosive cargo 

such as hydrogen peroxide is like 

transporting water. 

With Odfjell’s slogan “for anything 

liquid”, the carriage of hydrogen 

peroxide will be barrier-breaking. 

In 2006 and 2007 

Odfjell Ship 

Management 

carried out three 

projects related 

to maintenance 

management. The 

main objective 

of these projects 

has been to establish the foundation 

for revising and improving Odfjell’s 

maintenance processes. 

The three projects are: 

1. Criticality analysis 

2. Maintenance pre-structuring project 

3. Maintenance strategy 

In the autumn 2008 Odfjell decided to 

start the next project. The objective of 

this project is to establish maintenance 

processes enabling Odfjell to fulfil the 

goals in the maintenance strategy. The 

figure describes the different processes 

needed to achieve continuous 

maintenance improvement. 

The outcome of this project will be the 

foundations for the implementation 

project, which will be optimization of 

the maintenance plan onboard a pilot 

Fig. Maintenance improvement process circle 

vessel. Involvement from the Ship 

Management Team during the project 

will be vital to achieve a good result. 

After a trial period with necessary 

adjustments a final decision will be 

made for fleet wide implementation. 

To achieve the goals in the 

maintenance strategy a centralised 

administration of the maintenance 

system is required. Standardised job 

descriptions and reporting formats 

are necessary for cross fleet sharing 

of information and reports for 

benchmarking purposes. 

Standardisation of spare-parts will not 

be a part of this project. This will be 

subject for evaluation at a later stage 

and carried out as a separate project. 


Britannia P&I Club visits 

Bow Century and 

Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) 

Giant load makes history 

By: Elisabeth Alfheim 

On September 26th, Ms. Jeannie 

Schreiner and Mr. Clive Davies of 

Britannia P&I Club joined Ms. Elisabeth 

Alfheim of Odfjell’s Insurance & Legal 

Section for a visit to Bow Century while 

calling at Rotterdam. 

The three of us, joined by Port Captain 

Arne Ingebrigtsen, were welcomed 

onboard Bow Century by Capt. Arne 

Hansen and his crew. The purpose of 

our visit was to get a better view of the 

general operations of a chemical tanker. 

Once we had been fitted with hard hats, 

it was time for a closer “inspection” of 

the vessel. As our designated P&I team 

for Bow Century and the other Odfjell 

vessels entered with Britannia, this was 

an excellent opportunity for Jeannie 

and Clive to get a good look at the 

sophisticated systems and equipments 

found onboard our chemical tankers. 

Such familiarization and hands-on 

experience and insight in the operations 

of our vessels will certainly prove to be 

of assistance when dealing with various 

P&I related matters in the future. 

In addition to visiting the ship, we were 

also taken for a tour of the Odfjell 

Terminals in Rotterdam. In the world 

of marine insurance, information about 

the terminal side of cargo operations 

is not always easily available. Odfjell’s 

rather unique position as owners of both 

chemical tankers and tank terminals will 

therefore be a great source of information 

to our P&I Clubs. Many thanks to Mr. Hans 

Vermeulen for his excellent guiding and 

information about the Odfjell Terminals 

facilities in Rotterdam and the daily 

terminal operations there. 

Zululand Observer reported in October 

about the historic making for the local 

producer of phosphate and phosphoric 

acid, Foskor, when the company 

recorded its biggest ever tonnage 

loaded on a single vessel in three 

decades. Approximately 37 011 metric 

tonnes of phosphoric acid solution was 

loaded onboard the vessel Bow Sirius 

at the Port of Richards Bay. It took the 

2006-built Norwegian-flag chemical 

tanker three days to load the cargo at an 

average rate of 860 metric tonnes per 

hour. The huge acid consignment was 

after the loading bound for Coromandel 

Fertilizers Limited in India. 

The jubilant Foskor team of (back) Philip 

Marsh, Alfred Muvhango, Chris Masina, 

Prabhakar Tahkur, (middle) Karin Pearson, 

Reshma Naidoo, Maureen Genis, Musa Xulu, 

Mbongi Qwabe (Phosfert Marine), (front) 

Niall O’Connor (Phosfert Marine) and Derek 

Wood (P&I Surveyor) 

Upon arrival at Kakinada, the 1st 

dischargeport in India, a team from 

Coromandel/Foskor and Odfjell had the 

pleasure of welcoming the fully loaded 

vessel to the port. With a draft of 11,5m the 

vessel berthed October 15th in the afternoon 

with the biggest ever load of phosporic acid 

from South Africa. Excellent co-operation 

from the parties involved has made this 

achievement possible. 

Clive Davies, Jeannie Schreiner and Elisabeth Alfheim 

14 Odfjell Quarterly September 2008 Odfjell Quarterly September 2008 15

QM Corner 

If it is unsafe - don’t do it! 

Prevention is better than cure 

It’s all about the little things! 

By Leif Gunnar Alvær 

All business activities, not least in the 

chemical trade, involve an element 

of risk. Therefore proactive risk 

management is needed in all units. 

− Identification of hazards 

− Risk assessment 

− Risk prevention, and 

− Risk protection 

Risk management in everyday life 

When crossing the street we usually do a 

quick risk evaluation. 

Hazard: May get hit by a car. 

Assessment: Consequence may 

be serious. Without 

precautions the probability 

is high. 

Prevention: Run quickly. Look out. 

Move to a safer place. 

Wait for green light. 

Avoid crossing. 

Protection: Use helmet, boots and 

gloves. Have good medical 

care. Have insurance. 

As you see there are many possibilities. 

In most cases reducing the probability 

of an adverse occurrence is better than 

reducing its consequences. 

Perception of what is an acceptable risk 

level is individual, and it could be difficult 

to judge how safe is “safe enough”. 

It may be better to ask yourself: “Is it 

unsafe”? If the answer is: “Yes”, don’t 

do it! 

More formal everyday risk management 

activities are referred to as Safe Job 

Analysis (SJA) or Task Risk Assessment 

(TRA). 

Systematic risk management 

There are many threats to consider 

in our global business, and their 

consequences may be serious injury, 

fire, groundings, pollution, lost clients, 

fines or ruin. But, hazards need not 

be as dangerous if we apply active and 

systematic risk management to handle 

them. Good knowledge, best practices, 

experience feedback and proper working 

procedures reduce the probability of 

something going wrong. Personal 

protection, life saving equipment, 

contingency preparedness and insurance 

are factors that may reduce the possible 

consequences if something nevertheless 

should go wrong. 

To avoid accidents or even disasters 

we must make sure that what we have 

decided to do to manage the risk is 

implemented. Ensuring compliance with 

plans and procedures is another piece of 

the same story – quality management. 

CORPORATE QUALITY 

MANAGEMENT MANUAL 

Table of Contents 

Definitions 

Introduction 

2006 Q2 

Mission and Policies 

Organisational structures 

2008 Q1 

Responsibilities 

2006 Q4 

Human Resource Management 2007 Q2 

Common Directives 

2007 Q4 

Processes and elements of 

Quality Management 

2007 Q3 

Quality Management System 2007 Q3 

Quality Assurance and Improvement 2006 Q3 

Event Analysis 


HSE Management 

2007 Q1 

Risk Management 


In today’s tough market it’s an objective 

in itself to operate as effective as 

possible, something we all aim for on a 

daily basis. The brokers strive towards 

maximum tonnage utilisation, the 

operators for voyage and port turnaround 

optimisation. Our port captains 

further assist our agents with ensuring 

maximum efficiency in our port calls. 

The same applies for our vessels, 

where masters and chiefs all work to 

achieve the most efficient usage of their 

respective vessels. Small adjustments 

can mean huge savings. 

An example of the latter; one of our 

vessels had an ETA Port Said 06:00 am. 

To reach the convoy she was not required 

to arrive before 19:00 hrs, with that 

meant a waiting time at the anchorage 

for about 13hrs. However, the operator 

in agreement with the captain decided 

to reduce the speed, causing the vessel 

to arrive at 15:30 instead of 06:00. The 

vessel had a net saving of more than 45 

mt fuel which amounts to thousands of 

US dollars. All because the master and 

the operator were alert and focused. 

Energy saving is good for the 

environment and the economy 

Energy saving is obviously targeted 

throughout our organisation, and Odfjell 

Tankers recognises the need for a 

common strategy on how to utilise the 

energy. Odfjell Tankers has therefore 

proactively initiated a project called 

Energy Management Project (EMP). The 

purpose of this project is to work towards 

a common Energy Management Strategy. 

A great deal of the EMP will then be to 

identify best practices and distribute this 

knowledge to all vessels. Moreover, the 

better we become to utilize the energy, 

we are not only saving the environment, 

we are also saving costs. 

Members of the EMP: From left Leif Gunnar Alvær, Siri Anne Mjåtvedt, Tony Martin Fjellanger, 

Erik Hjortland. Sigmund Larsen, Geir Bjørndalen and Geir Almestad were not present when the 

photo was taken. 

A multi-disciplinary project 

The EMP is multi disciplinary with 

members from operations, chartering, 

ship management and technology. 

A significant key success factor of 

the project is of course an open and 

constructive communication with our 

seafarers. We therefore encourage 

everyone with questions, possible 

initiatives or just plain criticism, to 

contact us. We have already received 

good initiatives from some of our vessels 

and superintendents. As a wise man 

once said; “Don’t reinvent the wheel, just 

realign it.” 

Weather routing 

Currently we have started a few 

initiatives, and more are to follow. 

Firstly we are testing weather routing. 

Weather routing is based on the master 

informing a third party provider with 

voyage relevant data. This includes 

departure/arrival, trim etc. The master 

then receives a recommended route 

suggestion based on actual weather data 

and weather forecasts. This will ensure 

that the vessel can choose not only the 

safest route, but also the route with the 

shortest sailing time. Better information, 

shorter and safer voyages not only 

lightens the master’s burden onboard 

but also saves us energy. 

“Energy Management is all about the 

little things.” 

For feedback, questions or good 

suggestions, please use 

energy.management@odfjell.com 


London at Christmas 

By Peter Grimes, Odfjell (UK) Ltd. 

As one of the oldest cities in the world, 

London still remains one of the most 

visited, with a plethora of historic 

buildings and monuments, many 

museums and the world famous West 

End theatres all competing with the 

newer attractions such as the London 

Eye and the Tate Modern. However 

it is at Christmas time that London 

takes on a magical uniqueness that 

has to be seen and enjoyed to be fully 

appreciated. 

Norwegian Christmas tree 

Trafalgar Square, a place of significant 

historical value, has for many years 

been the site for a symbolic gift from 

the people of Norway to the people 

of London. Since 1947 a Christmas 

tree has been given as a gift by the 

Norwegian people as a token for 

their gratitude of the support Britain 

gave during World War II. For many 

Londoners the Christmas tree and 

carol singing in Trafalgar Square 

signal the start of the count down to 

Christmas. 

The tree, which originates from the 

Forests surrounding Oslo, is often up to 

20 metres high and can be 50-60 years 

old. Felled in November it is brought 

to the UK by sea with its final journey 

taking place by Road. This year’s 

ceremonial lighting will take place on 

December 4th. 

Ice Skating 

For a unique way to experience some 

of the capital’s major Landmarks, you 

can visit one of the many Ice Rinks 

that spring up around the city at this 

time of year. As dark descends on the 

capital, Ice Skating with a backdrop of 

the Natural History Museum, the Tower 

of London or Somerset House can be 

a truly amazing experience. On the 

outskirts of London you can go back 

in time and enjoy surroundings such 

as Hampton Court Palace where they 

try to encapsulate the decorations and 

ambience of how the festive season 

was celebrated all those years ago. 

Shopping 

Just as Trafalgar Square would not 

be the same at Christmas without the 

Norwegian Tree, the streets of the 

capital would not be the same without 

the stunning array of decorative lights 

that adorn all the major shopping 

areas. The most famous of these, the 

Oxford Street Lights were officially 

opened at the end of November with 

a ceremony that saw a crowd of 

thousands gathered to see the pop 

group, the Sugababes flicking the 

iconic switch. Whilst Oxford Street is 

still the main draw for shoppers, many 

of the other major shopping areas of 

London including Regent Street, Bond 

Street and Carnaby Street to name 

a few, all have had their separate 

ceremonies. 

Grotto. Not to be out done by the more 

main stream shopping areas of the 

West End, Harrods have added their 

own extra touch of magic and sparkle 

by basing their festive lights on the well 

loved fairytale of Cinderella. Harrods 

remains the ultimate in shopping 

experiences where you can literally buy 

anything you can imagine in opulent 

surroundings. 

The West End 

The West End of London has always 

been synonymous with the Theatre, in 

particular musicals. London’s theatres 

play host to shows all year round 

including the record breaking Les 

Miserables which is now the longest 

running musical of all time when this 

year it completed 9000 performances 

since its opening in October 1985. 

Besides the usual year round shows, 

Christmas sees a host of seasonable 

performances of that very British 

entertainment tradition, the Christmas 

Pantomime. You can make your choice 

from the usual favourites of Dick 

Whittington, Snow White and Cinderella 

where girls dress up as boys, the 

dame is played by a man in drag and 

audience participation is encouraged 

if not compulsory with cries of ‘he’s 

behind you’ and ‘Oh yes it is’. 

If you are visiting with children or in 

fact you just want to visit the wonder 

of the oldest toy store in the world, 

Hamleys really is the place to start. The 

shop first opened its doors in 1760 and 

known as Noah’s Ark, it crammed its 

shelves with anything from Rag dolls 

to Tin Soldiers. Even though the toys 

are slightly more sophisticated these 

days, it is a testament to the shops 250 

year old roots and its place in history 

that this London Landmark on Regent 

Street is still ‘the’ place to buy toys. 

Winter Wonderland 

Hyde Park is well known for being one 

of the largest parks in central London, 

but between the end of November 

and the beginning of January it 

becomes known as the official Winter 

Wonderland where the family are 

invited to join the many attractions. 

You may be forgiven in thinking that 

the London Eye had actually moved 

from the banks of the Thames to the 

banks of the Serpentine, but the Winter 

Wonderland experience plays host 

to its very own observation wheel, 

perhaps not on the scale of its larger 

sibling but one which nonetheless 

provides stunning views of London and 

beyond. Whilst providing yet another 

venue to don the ice skates, the family 

fun does not end there with a variety 

of attractions to keep both adults and 

children amused throughout the day 

and evening. 

If you are lucky enough to still be 

enjoying London over Christmas why 

not join the Serpentine Swimming 

Club in Hyde Park on Christmas Day. 

Since 1864, these swimming club 

members have swum their traditional 

100 yard annual Christmas Day swim. 

For anyone foolish enough to brave the 

icy Serpentine waters which can dip to 

below 4 degrees C, its recommended 

that several months of acclimatisation 

are undertaken as one New Year’s 

reveller found to his cost a few years 

ago. 

For those that have already seen 

London, you will know it is a great 

city for 12 months of the year, for the 

month of December it is something 

quite special. If your planning on 

visiting London over Christmas or 

indeed at anytime during 2009 please 

take some time to visit the Odfjell 

(UK) office which is situated only a few 

minutes from Hyde Park Corner in the 

West end of the City. 

The London shopping experience 

would not be complete without a visit 

to the world famous department store 

Harrods, which this year celebrates 

one hundred years of their Christmas 

Let me take this opportunity to wish 

you a very Merry Christmas and the 

very best to all Odfjell employees and 

their families for 2009. 



New and improved Requirements 

and Guidelines Manual 

By Frode Stornes 

The Requirements 

and Guidelines 

Manual (RGM) is 

Odfjell Tankers’ 

manual to ship 

managers and ships 

in which we describe 

“how to operate when 

in service for us”. 

The fleet consists of a mixture of 

owned and in-chartered ships as well 

as ships operated commercially on 

pool basis, and all the vessels are 

jointly providing services to our end 

customers. 

The manual may be put on the 

same footing as the managers’ 

shipboard management systems 

and manuals. 

Distribution 

The former RGM has been 

available for Odfjell managed 

ships and third party managers 

for years. As a central element 

in the revitalisation of the 

RGM this year we wanted 

to extend the distribution. 

We wanted to encompass 

the third party ships and 

communicate directly with 

all the masters as well. 

Masters should have first 

hand knowledge of our 

expectation with regard 

to safety, efficiency 

and our operational 

procedures. Trilateral 

communication – between the 

masters, ship managers and the ship 

operators – based on one common 

reference book, must be beneficial to 

all the parties involved. The new and 

improved RGM (July 2008) is therefore 

distributed to all time-charter owners, 

their managers as well as to the ships. 

Odfjell managed ships access it from their 

onboard systems and time-chartered 

ships have received it by a CD-room. 

Enhanced content 

The content is restructured and 

expanded by this revitalisation. The 

former RGM was largely concentrated 

on safety and equipment while 

the new RGM provides information 

and guidance about the organisation, 

operational requirements and systems 

as well as operational procedures. 

We transferred many of the instruction 

memos to the body text of the RGM. 

Unwritten best practices are pinned 

down, and QHSE is emphasised and 

pointed out in separate and prioritised 

chapters. Last but not least, it is 

structured in logical chapters: 

• Preface 

• Introduction 

• Quality 

• HSE 

• Cargo and Voyage 

• Vessel 

• Contingency 

• Ship Forms 

• Reference Documents 

One central document is Safety 

Elements/ Critical Operations in which 

we set forth detailed and functional 

requirements for the ship managers 

and ships to adhere to. In documents 

like Voyage Execution, Tank Cleaning 

Management and Bunkers Planning 

we set out requirements in addition to 

sharing best practices and describing 

systems and support function available 

for successful execution of the voyages. 

In the Bill of Lading document we give 

clear and comprehensive instructions 

to the masters how to do things right. 

Yet in other documents we describe 

various reporting routines. However 

cumbersome, that of documenting 

the voyages will never go out of style. 

Our requirements as to contingency, 

emergency preparedness as well 

as Reporting and Notification of 

Emergencies and Incidents are 

described in detail. The last main 

chapter is Ship Forms – the collection 

of document templates the ships shall 

use for reporting and documenting the 

voyages. 

Purpose 

The superior purpose of the manual is 

to ensure safe and efficient operations 

of all the ships operated by Odfjell 

Tankers. The RGM should be used as a 

reference book onboard, as a reference 

in the trilateral communication between 

the master, the ship manager and the 

ship operator, as well as a verification 

“To have an easy 

to understand, 

structured and well 

documented RGM 

for our own fleet and 

time chartered fleet 

will clearly enhance 

Odfjell Tankers 

safety, quality, uniformity and 

reliability as a professional service 

provider”, says Sigmund Larsen, 

Senior Vice President Ship Operation. 

tool during ship visits, inspections and 

audits. 

Together with our ship inspections, 

mainly targeting ships by third party 

managements and furthermore 

integrating the RGM, the RGM forms an 

important element in our operational 

management. 

“Everybody working for Odfjell, ashore and onboard, 

shall bear in mind that the consequences of substandard 

performance often go far beyond monetary 

damages. It may for instance affect the safety of 

colleagues and damage customer relations. We feel 

confident that your fulfilment of the standards set 

forth in this Requirements and Guidelines Manual 

will result in a strong and sufficient degree of safety, 

consistent excellent service to our customers and will contribute 

positively to Odfjell’s market position and image”, says Jan Hammer, 

President / Chief Operating Officer of Odfjell Tankers AS in the preface 

of the manual. 


Celebrating the “Master” of 

Odfjell Terminal (Jiangyin) 

Close Encounter 

By: Likang TAO 

For the first time, one of our own 

vessels berthed at Odfjell Terminals 

(Jiangyin). 

On October 9 Bow Master with 

assistance of two tug boats, 

successfully moored alongside berth 

No.1 for discharging 4794.717mt Nitric 

Acid. 

The discharging process went smoothly 

and safely according to prepared plan. 

The following day a delegation from 

Odfjell Shanghai and the terminal went 

on board Bow Master. Mr. Chang Li, 

General Manager of OTJ, presented 

a gift to Captain Lopez Christopher 

Sevilla, the gift being an Olympic 

souvenir, a model of the Bird Nest 

Stadium. Chief mate Gabriel Ronald 

Bataan accompanied the delegation 

to see the bridge, engine room, 

maintenance room etc. and after the 

tour the Captain invited the guests to 

lunch. We all had a wonderfully time. 

I was so lucky, says Francis Xavier L. 

Benitez, to be the watchman on Bow 

Fagus when we had a close encounter 

with whales at Richards Bay anchorage 

area in August. At first, when hearing this 

unusual sound at the starboard side of the 

ship we thought it was a small boat, but 

when the sound got closer we saw these 

creatures of the sea, being four whales, 

swimming around the ship. 

Bow Master all fast at OTJ 

TMS gives benefits 

Mr.Chang Li with Captain Mr. Lopez 

Christopher Sevill 

Visit to the Headquarter 

By Baard Nielsen 

By: Tina Rosenberry 

Terminal 

Management System 

(TMS) is now live in 

Houston since more 

than two months 

and one of the end 

user in Houston, 

Tina Rosenberry, 

Commercial 

Assistant Contract Administrator, is 

satisfied with the new system. 

- With the TMS, we are now able to 

create actual print outs for proposals, 

agreements, escalation letters and 

contract amendments in the system. 

TMS enables us to consolidate multiple 

customer numbers for the same 

customer and only use one. This was 

not possible in the old system. With 

TMS we can now create “so called” 

Umbrella Contracts covering contracts 

like Eastman.“Special Bills” in the old 

system are now automatically handled 

in the new system via the Billing Plan. 

Overall we realize that TMS requires 

less micromanagement freeing up 

more time to concentrate on strategic 

topics. 

As TMS is new we are still learning and 

will realize the full potential of TMS in 

the next weeks and months. Despite 

the obstacles we need to deal with we 

are confident that TMS will help us 

improve our business in the future, 

says Tina Rosenberry. 

For our 2008 Officers’ Conference we 

restructured the setup slightly, so that 

Filippino SMTs serving on ships in the 

two Bergen fleets attended the Bergen 

Conference. Time allowed for a tour of the 

Bergen Head Office. 

Left to right, in the office of Terje Storeng, 

Odfjell CEO: Ch. E. Elfredy Cabay, Flt. Mgr. 

Baard Nielsen, Capt. Pedro Liporada, 

Terje Storeng, Capt. Rogelio Posing, and 

Ch. E. Mario Gelle. Capt, Posing and Ch. E 

Cabay. serve on the Bow Hunter / Pioneer, 

and Capt. Liporade and Ch. E. Gelle on the 

Bow Sirius / Saga. 


Odfjell – Seniors visit 

Normandie 

In His Shoes - Wives Training at 

Odfjell Academy 

By: Olav Tangerås 

By Mrs. Baverlyn Padillo-Delgado and Mrs. Sherryl C. Rojo 

This year in June we arranged a tour 

to historical grounds in Normandie 

combined with a visit to Odfjell 

Terminal Rotterdam (OTR). We were 26 

persons that started the tour by plane 

from Bergen to Amsterdam where a 

waiting bus took us to the Carlton Oasis 

Hotel in Spijkenisse for dinner and 

overnight stay. 

The next morning we visisted OTR, 

first for verbal 

presentations 

of OTRs (50 

years) history, 

development 

and future 

plans, and also 

the maritime 

activity of 

Odfjell in 

Rotterdam. The 

guided tour of 

the terminal 

and quays 

reinforced the 

impression 

of a terminal 

“strong as 

ever” and an 

impressive 

vision with 

plans for 

the future. 

Our thanks 

to our hosts 

for friendly 

reception and a 

good lunch. 

Then we started our bus tour towards 

Normandie. In the town St. Lou, we 

checked in at a small but nice hotel, 

our “base-camp” for three days of 

excursions in “D-day land”. 

The following day we visited Caen 

Memorial which now includes Nobel’s 

Peace Museum. Here we could see 

authentic things, pictures, documents 

etc from the 2nd world war. But most 

interesting, a film showing (from both 

sides) the preparations for and the 

incredible execution of the allied forces’ 

plan to land its troops at five beaches 

of Normandie on June 6th 1944. This 

event, D-day, was later recognised 

as the most important operation as a 

start to free European countries and 

to end the 2nd world war (1940-1945). 

The subsequent walk on some of the 

heights over the five beaches (Sword, 

Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah) where the 

American, British and Canadian forces 

landed, showed some real “landmarks”, 

f.e. gun-bunkers/ positions, bombcrates, 

outlook-posts etc, still there 

more than 60 years later. 

The walk through the American 

churchyard near Omaha Beach with 

almost 10.000 soldiers buried, and later 

on a visit to the German churchyard 

at La Gambe with approx 21.500 

soldiers buried, made an immense 

impression on all of us. The beaches, 

the small towns in Normandie, 

museums, churchyards etc all give 

us an impressive, but still frightening, 

story of all the suffering and devastating 

damages of such a war. 

The Normandie area have more than 

war-memories to offer a tourist. The 

Odfjell seniors visited one of France’s 

most famous tourist attractions, the 

Mont St. Michel, an earlier Benedictine 

monastery and church from the middle 

age, also used as prison, built on an isle 

of cliffs on the beach. It now appears 

as a tourist attraction with mostly 

restaurants and shops. 

At the end of our stay we went to see 

the famous 

“Tapisserie 

de Bayeux”. 

This famous 

“carpet”, 70 

m long and 

0,50 m width, 

shows Wilhelm 

the Conqueror 

invasion of 

England and 

the battle of 

Hastings in 

year 1066. This 

embroidery is 

an impressive 

piece of art 

which makes a 

visit to Bayeux 

worthwhile. 

And finally - - 

and something 

we had all 

looked forward 

to - - a visit 

to a genuine 

old, family 

run Calvadosproducer. 

Really interesting and 

“tasty” - - and the writer will not tell 

who consumed the biggest number of 

“samples” that afternoon. 

After five busy and extraordinary 

interesting days, time had come for our 

bus-tour to Charles de Gaulle airport 

in Paris and our flight via Amsterdam 

to Bergen. As you can see from the 

picture, a happy group of Odfjell seniors 

who all wish for even more participants 

when we go for new ventures, hopefully 

in 2009. 

After the grand inauguration of the 

Odfjell Philippines at Atlantis Beacon 

Tower in September, a conference for 

management level officers was set a 

day after in Subic. A lot of wives came 

with their husbands for quality time. 

The Odfjell Academy prepared a 2-day 

training for us which made us feel 

overwhelming. Being with our husbands 

and staying in a hotel with a good 

accommodation was already a privilege 

for us and the said training was an 

added bonus! 

The group of 24 participants was divided 

in two. The first group had the basic 

first aid training and the second group 

had their firefighting and lecture on 

safety, then vice versa on the following 

day. 2/M Sedutan and Capt. Perez were 

our head instructors and they gave us 

very informative lectures mostly on 

safety which is applicable also in our 

household and everyday living. The first 

aid and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation 

(CPR) lectures were very useful, says 

Mrs. Padillo-Delgado and Mrs. Rojo 

adds “We were taught the correct 

procedure on how to do the CPR. We all 

had mouth-to-mouth with the dummy 

and doing the compressions. Knowledge 

is really important because if you know 

what to do in a given situation, it will 

really make a big difference because you 

can save lives. But always bear in mind 

not to add injury to the victim. If you are 

not sure of what to do, don’t pretend to 

know, just call for help. 

Next topic was firefighting. We had to 

enter an empty, dark cargo container 

by groups of three, every five minutes 

another group. – My fear of close 

spaces, says Mrs. Rojo, made my heart 

beating faster and I was breathing 

heavily, I felt dizzy like I was about 

to throw up. We were like in a maze. 

There were times I needed to climb a 

stair, and other times I needed to go 

down. If it were not for the voices of 

my companions, I might have backedout 

half way through or cried for help. 

So even though I was confused and I 

couldn’t figure out where I was going, I 

still continued and just used my sense 

of touch to find our way out. When we 

finally got out I was proud because I was 

able to conquer my fear and was able to 

lead a group. 

From wearing the firefighting suit, using 

the breathing apparatus, crawling on 

the smoke dive chamber, doing CPR on 

the dummy, using the fire extinguisher 

and wearing the chemical suit, we 

felt like we were in the shoes of our 

husbands for two days! 

We realized so many things from the 

training, how valuable our lives are, 

how safety measurements should and 

must be implemented onboard and on 

work area, and lastly, taking care of 

ourselves to prevent any damage that 

will change our lives. The training was 

a learning experience and from all of 

the wives - we thank Odfjell Academy 

for the preparation and hard work, from 

the instructors down to the cadets, and 

to Odfjell Philippines for being so kind 

hearted giving us this chance to be with 

our husbands and spend quality time 

together. 

24 Odfjell Quarterly December 2008 


Contribution to Charity 

- Singapore Nautical Run 

Odfjell Terminal (Korea) receives 

the Foreign Investment Award 

By: Wei Fong Kam 

By Jaen-Eun Lee 

The Singapore Nautical Run, organised 

by Port Authority of Singapore, held 

on 10 October 2008, drew more than 

1,300 participants from the Maritime 

Community and raised S$330,000 for 

the President’s Challenge and the 

Straits Times School Pocket Money 

Fund. 

Odfjell was invited to participate and 

with a donation of S$10,000; we could 

nominate a team of up to 6 runners in 

the competitive team race and have our 

logo displayed at the Start/Finish line. 

Mr. and Mrs. Gareth Williams, 

Mr. Ronald Olsen and Mr. Fun Poh 

Bow Peace - The Atlantic Shots 

By Wpr. M.S. Orti 

To support the company’s program 

on physical fitness, the Master of 

Bow Peace, Capt. Armando Antenor 

suggested to set up a basketball team 

to play for the so-called “Cross Atlantic 

League”. 

A basketball court was prepared at 

the bridge deck. Nets were raised and 

fastened to the rails to stop the ball 

from falling into the water. The floor 

area was made oil-free and water-free 

to avoid accidents. The bridge and the 

engine watch were on their respective 

place so as not to make violations on 

the STCW. 

The Cross-Atlantic League started while 

Bow Peace crossed the Atlantic Ocean. 

Four teams articipated: The Graco 

Electrostatics, The PV Breakers, The 

Piston Hotrods, and The Power Packs. 

What an entertainment to see the crew 

members showing their skills and style! 

It was like watching the game of players 

on the television screen and it took 

one Saturday and two Sundays of fatburning 

action before the league ended. 

Chong quickly volunteered to do their bit 

for charity and although they were not 

competitive runners and despite the hot, 

humid weather, they did a wonderful 

race, became 29 out of a total of 89 

teams. Cheers and well done. 

This is a wonderful chance to promote 

our company and to show our 

appreciation to MPA for their support to 

the maritime industry in Singapore. But 

best of all, we contributed to charity! 

Odfjell, being one of the key donors, was 

awarded a token of appreciation. On stage 

Gareth Williams receiving the token from 

Minister Raymond Lim. 

An awarding ceremony gave credit to all 

for being good sportsmen throughout 

the game and a certificate of recognition 

was given to each team. The successful 

event was concluded by a lively Saturday 

party making everyone satisfied and 

happy. 

During the 8th Foreign Company Day 

2008 on October 30, Mr. Han-Kyu Lee, 

President/CEO of Odfjell Terminal 

(Korea) received the 2nd Foreign 

Investment Award from the Prime 

Minister of Korea for his contribution of 

foreign investment inducement. 

It is rather hard to get nominated 

to receive such an award but this is 

actually the second time for OTK, as the 

previous President/CEO of OTK Mr. Rob 

Meijboom received a bronze medal in 

2003. 

The Foreign Company Day is organized 

by Korea Foreign Company Association, 

Seoul and is attended by investors, 

diplomatic representatives and around 

500 CEO’s of foreign investment 

companies. The contribution of foreign 

companies has an impact on foreign 

exchange reserve effect, production 

and employment effect, abroad 

balance effect, technology transfer 

effect (70% R&D investment by foreign 

companies), facilitating corporate and 

industry restructuring (global standard 

management) of the Korean economy. 

In Memory of Milko Tercic 

By Dan Odfjell 

Milko, our Chief Corporate Engineer for 

more than 30 years, passed away on 

July 14 at the age of 82. Milko, whose 

full name was Remigio Carlos Tercic, 

came onboard in Argentina in 1969 

when we were constructing Tagsa, our 

terminal in Buenos Aires. I hired him 

and liked him instantly, and learned 

to respect him more and more as the 

years passed by. Milko, the iron man, as 

I used to refer to him, moved with us to 

Brazil, for our Granel Quimica terminal 

project in Santos, and subsequently 

on to what became his permanent 

residence Houston, Texas. Here for just 

over 20 years he put all his talent to 

good use in our building Baytank, now 

We believe that the importance of 

foreign companies within the Korean 

economic structure will be increased. 

Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc. At the 

age of 70 the iron man even took on a 

2-year assignment in North China, a 

tough job of building our first Chinese 

terminal, the Dalian terminal. 

Milko was a demanding but kind person. 

He was methodical and took his job 

seriously. A bit stubborn, but I always 

knew I could trust him, both personally 

and professionally. I have worked with 

many good men. Milko was amongst 

the very best. I am very grateful to 

Milko, and I suffer with all his other 

friends and with his wife and his family 

at his loss. God bless Milko’s memory. 

We also expect that Odfjell will play a 

key role in Korean economy as a FDI 

company. 


NEW HIRES 

Bergen 

Buenos Aires 

Shanghai 

RELOCATIONS 

Gudbrandsen, Margrethe 

Myrmehl 

Communication Manager 

01.10.2008 

Lygre, Kristian Halseide 

Operation Assistant 


Eikestad, Siv Hanne 

Manager Salary and 

Benefits 


Eirik Solberg 

SAP System Administrator 


Lillejord, Andreas 

Ship Broker 


D’Andrea, Carla Paola G. 

Receptionist 


Li, Ping 

Accountant 


Salomon, Luis-Alberto 

Commercial Manager 


From Brasil to Chile 

Økland, Anders 

Captain 


From Bergen to Bow Cecil 

Houston 

Rotterdam 

IN SERVICE FOR ODFJELL 

40 

YEARS 

Helm, Cornelis Leonardus 

Maria van der 

1st Stock Administrator 

Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) BV 

25.11.1968 

35 

YEARS 

Hjorth, Torgeir 

Vice President South America 

21.11.1973 

Bokkem, Willem van Field 

Technician/Boiler-room 

Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) 

BV 

01.10.1973 

Tommy Berg 

Technical Superintendent 


Trond Løseth 

Ship Operator 


Baltazar, Lisa 

Customer Service 

Representative 


Niekerk, Jacobus 

Petrus Joannes van 

Head Production PID 


Groenendijk, Richard 

2nd Operator 


30 

YEARS 

Bruin, Emil 

C-Operator 


02.10.1978 

25 

YEARS 

Straight, Michael R 

LPG Operator 

Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc. 

26.12.1983 

Sharver, Clayton L 

Superintendent 


29.12.1983 

Singapore 

Service Awards to 

Odfjell Employees 

Driel, Johannes 

Herbert van 

C2-Operator 


Triest, Edwin Roland van 

Chief Forwarding 


Sao Paulo 

Hermans, Rudolf Johan 

Nicolaas 

Business Development 

Manager 


Oostende, Cornelis 

Johnny van 

Construction Manager 


Tan, Puay Yang, Brandon 

Accounts Executive 


During the Ship Officers Conference 

dinner in Bergen on September 25th, 

the Chairman of the Board Dan Odfjell 

and President/CEO Terje Storeng 

presented the gold medals and gold 

watches to long-serving shipboard 

employees of Odfjell. The gold medal is 

awarded by the Norwegian Shipowners’ 

Association to seafaring employees 

having completed 30 years of services, 

of which at least half of the time with 

the same company. The gold watch is 

for 25 years of service with Odfjell. 

Tao, Wei Qiang, Thomas 

Project Manager 


Scassa Neto, Joäo 

Augusto 

Commercial Supervisor 


Vassdal, Kjell 

Fleet Manager Flumar 


Marcia Pereira, Andrea 

Operation Assistant Flumar 


Valéria Tinoco, Gilson 

Technical Supervisor 

Flumar 


First row: Chief Engineer Karl Egil 

Jacobsen (gold medal), Captain Harald 

Frithjof Jenssen (gold watch), Captain 

John Eirik Steffensen (gold medal). 

2nd row: President/CEO Terje Storeng, 

Chief Engineer Torger Hammersmark 

(gold medal), Pumpman Isak-Petter 

Pedersen (god medal), chief Engineer 

Per Arild Bjørgen (gold medal). 



STAINLESS 

NUMBER 

SHIPS BUILT DWT CBM STEEL,CBM OF TANKS 

Owned: Bow Saga¹ 2007 40 085 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Sirius¹ 2006 40 048 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Sea 2006 40 048 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Summer 2005 40 036 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Santos 2004 19 997 21 846 21 846 22 

Bow Spring ¹ 2004 39 942 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Star 2004 39 832 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Sun 2003 39 842 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Firda 2003 37 427 40 515 40 515 47 

Bow Chain 2002 37 518 40 515 40 515 47 

Bow Favour 2001 37 438 40 515 40 515 47 

Bow Century 2000 37 438 40 515 40 515 47 

Bow Fortune 1999 37 395 40 515 40 515 47 

Bow Master 1999 6 046 6 878 6 878 14 

Bow Mate 1999 6 001 6 864 6 864 14 

Bow Pilot 1999 6 000 6 865 6 865 14 

Bow Sailor 1999 6 000 6 870 6 870 14 

Bow Cecil 1998 37 345 40 515 33 236 47 

Bow Flora 1998 37 369 40 515 33 236 47 

Bow Balearia 1998 5 870 5 941 5 941 20 

Bow Oceanic 1997 17 460 18 620 18 620 24 

Bow Bracaria 1997 5 870 5 941 5 941 20 

Bow Brasilia 1997 5 870 5 941 5 941 20 

Bow Cardinal 1997 37 446 41 487 34 208 52 

Bow Faith 1997 37 479 41 487 34 208 52 

Flumar Aratu 1997 13 834 15 831 15 831 29 

Bow Querida 1996 10 115 10 956 10 956 18 

Bow Cedar 1996 37 455 41 608 34 329 52 

Bow Atlantic 1995 17 460 18 620 18 620 24 

Bow Fagus 1995 37 375 41 608 34 329 52 

Bow Clipper 1995 37 166 41 492 34 213 52 

Bow Flower 1994 37 221 41 492 34 213 52 

Bow Eagle 1988 24 728 32 458 19 662 25 

Bow Cheetah 1988 40 258 47 604 - 29 

Bow Leopard 1988 40 249 47 604 - 29 

Bow Lion 1988 40 272 47 604 - 29 

Bow Peace 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23 

Bow Power 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23 

Bow Pride 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23 

Bow Prima 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23 

Bow Prosper 1987 45 655 52 173 2 167 23 

Bow Fertility 1987 45 507 52 173 2 167 23 

Bow Fraternity 1987 45 507 52 173 2 167 23 

Bow Panther 1986 40 263 47 604 - 29 

Bow Puma 1986 40 092 47 604 - 29 

Angelim 1985 10 259 10 136 6 500 18 

Araucaria 1984 10 259 10 159 6 500 18 

Bow Hunter 1983 23 002 25 026 21 031 28 

Bow Maasstroom 1983 38 039 48 866 - 22 

Bow Maasslot 1982 38 039 48 866 - 22 

Bow Fighter 1982 34 982 41 184 6 299 34 

Bow Pioneer 1982 23 016 25 965 20 969 28 

Bow Viking 1981 33 590 40 956 21 745 36 

Jatai 1979 4 452 4 031 - 3 

Bao Hai Tun (49%) 2006 3 845 4 361 - 10 

Bow Pacifico (50%) 1982 18 657 22 929 10 849 31 

1 

Vessel beneficially owned through financial lease. 

TTIME-CHARTERED: Bow Sagami 2008 33 641 37 238 37 238 16 

Bow Harmony 2008 33 619 34 698 34 698 16 

Bow Cape 2008 19 971 22 158 22 158 20 

Bow Kiso 2008 33 641 37 215 37 215 16 

Bow Heron 2008 33 707 37 365 37 365 16 

Bow Orelia³ 2008 19 900 22 202 22 202 20 

Bow Omaria³ 2007 19 900 22 202 22 202 20 

Bow Lima 2007 19 900 22 157 22 157 20 

Bow Olivia³ 2007 19 900 22 202 22 202 20 

Bow Octavia³ 2007 19 900 22 202 22 202 20 

Bow Fuji 2006 19 800 22 140 22 140 22 

Bow Ophelia³ 2006 19 900 22 655 22 655 20 

Bow Plata 2006 19 807 22 143 22 143 22 

Bow Engineer 2006 30 086 35 548 35 548 28 

Bow Orania³ 2006 19 993 22 050 22 050 20 

Bow Sky² 2005 40 005 52 126 52 126 40 

Bow Architect 2005 30 058 36 000 36 000 28 

Bow Rio 2005 19 990 21 408 21 408 22 

Bow Europe 2005 19 727 21 573 21 573 36 

Bow Asia² 2004 9 901 10 866 10 866 20 

Bow Singapore² 2004 9 888 10 867 10 867 20 

Bow Americas 2004 19 707 22 050 22 050 36 

Bow de Rich 2003 12 452 13 300 13 300 22 

Bow Wallaby 2003 11 951 13 485 13 485 22 

Bow de Feng 2002 12 514 13 289 13 289 22 

NUMBER 

SHIPS BUILT dWT CBM STEEL,CBM OF TANKS 

Bow West 2002 12 503 13 299 13 299 22 

Bow West 2002 12 503 13 299 13 299 22 

Bow Andino 2000 16 121 17 270 17 270 30 

Bow de Jin 1999 11 752 12 296 12 296 20 

Multitank Batavia³ 1998 5 870 5 941 5 941 20 

Multitank Badenia³ 1997 5 870 5 941 5 941 20 

Multitank Britannia³ 1996 5 870 5 941 5 941 20 

NCC Jubail³ 1996 37 499 41 488 34 209 52 

NCC Mekka³ 1995 37 272 41 588 34 257 52 

NCC Riyad³ 1995 37 274 41 492 34 213 52 

NCC Baha³ 1988 24 728 32 458 19 662 25 

NCC Asir³ 1983 23 001 24 965 20 969 28 

NCC Arar³ 1982 23 002 24 965 20 969 28 

Number of ships: 93 2 460 339 2 833 785 1 943 432 

2 

Vessel on bare-boat charter. 

3 

Vessel on variable timecharter. 

YArd dELIVERY DWT OWNER COMMENT 

On order: Zhoushan Penglai 02/2009 8 200 Odfjell Dong Zhan 49% owned 

NB Shin Kurushima 02/2009 32 500 Time-charter 

NB Kitanihon 09/2009 33 000 Time-charter 

Chuan Dong 2010 9 000 Odfjell 






Number of newbuildings: 9 127 700 

TANK TERMINALS 

STAINLESS NUMBER 

Owned terminals LOCATION SHARE CBM STEEL, CBM OF TANKS 

Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) BV Rotterdam, NL 100 % 1 625 000 33 000 281 

Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc Houston, USA 100 % 271 000 82 300 92 

Odfjell Terminals (Jiangyin) Co Ltd Jiangyin, China 55 % 99 800 30 000 2 

Odfjell Terminals (Dalian) Ltd Dalian, China 50 % 119 750 18 350 51 

Odfjell Terminals (Korea) Co Ltd Onsan, Korea 50 % 171 000 15 860 64 

Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore Ltd Singapore 50 % 213 000 5 700 51 

Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal & Co. L.L.C. (Oman) Sohar, Oman 29,75 % 842 500 39 

Vopak Terminal Ningbo Ltd (Ningbo) Ningbo, China 12.5 % 63 500 7 900 36 

3 405 550 193 110 636 

Associated terminals 

Depositos Quimicos Mineros S.A. Callao, Peru 46 680 3 200 37 

Granel Quimica Ltda Santos, Brazil 97 720 13 250 99 

Granel Quimica Ltda Rio Grande, Brazil 40 800 2 900 28 

Granel Quimica Ltda Sao Luis, Brazil 54 800 0 28 

Granel Quimica Ltda Ladario, Brazil 8 000 0 6 

Odfjell Terminals Tagsa S.A. Buenos Aires, Argentina 51 105 535 101 

Odfjell Terminals Tagsa S.A. Campana, Argentina 75 200 10 100 112 

Terquim S.A. San Antonio, Chile 32 840 0 25 

IMTT-Quebec Quebec, Canada 33% 202 979 5 496 46 

Total, including capacity under construction 610 124 35 481 482 

Grand Total 4 015 674 228 591 1 118 

Projects and expansions ONGOING NEW ESTIMATED 

TANK TERMINAL SHARE CBM EXPANSION TOTAL COMPLETION 

Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) BV 100 % 1 625 000 10 000 1 635 000 Q1 2009 

Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc 100 % 271 000 49 290 320 290 Q1 2009 

Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals & Co. L.L.C. (Oman) 29.75% 537 000 305 500 842 500 Q1 2009 

Exir Chemical Terminals PJCCO (Iran) 35% 22 000 22 000 Q1 2009 

Odfjell Terminals(Korea) Co. Ltd. 50% 171 000 79 920 250 920 Q3 2009 

Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore Ltd 50% 213 000 152 000 365 000 

Odfjell also has planned projects in Hainan and Caofeidan in China 

618 710 3 184 790 


MAIN OFFICE ODFJELL 

Odfjell SE - Odfjell Tankers AS 

Conrad Mohrsv. 29, 

P.O. Box 6101 Postterminalen 

5892 Bergen, NORWAY 

Tel: +47 5527 0000 

Fax: +47 5528 4741 

Fax: +47 5527 9070 (Chartering/Operations) 

MAIN OFFICE TERMINALS 

Odfjell Terminals BV 

Oude Maasweg 6, P.O. Box 5010 

Harbour Number 4040 

3197 KJ Rotterdam-Botlek 

The NETHERLANDS 

Tel: +31 102 954 700 

Fax: +31 102 954 719 

INTERNATIONAL OFFICES 

Odfjell USA (Houston) Inc. 

12211 Port Road 

Seabrook, TX 77586, USA 

Tel: +1 713 844 2200 

Fax: +1 713 844 2211 

Odfjell Singapore Pte Ltd 

6 Shenton Way, # 27-08/09 

DBS Tower 2 

SINGAPORE 068809 

Tel: +65 6349 1300 

Fax: +65 6224 2285 

Odfjell Japan Ltd 

Ogawa Bldg. 8F 

2-2 Uchikanda 1-Chome 

Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0047, JAPAN 

Tel: +81 3 3259 8555 

Fax: +81 3 3259 8558 

Odfjell Netherlands BV 


3197 XC Rotterdam-Botlek 


Tel: +31 102 953 666 

Fax: +31 102 953 668 

Odfjell Brasil Ltda 

Av. Paulista 460 - 18 andar 

CEP 01310-000 Sao Paulo SP, BRAZIL 

Tel: +55 11 3549 5800 

Fax: +55 11 3549 5808 

Odfjell Shanghai 

Suite B, 13F 

Huamin Empire Plaza 

728 Yan An West Road 

Changning District 

Shanghai 200050, P.R. CHINA 

Tel: +86 21 5239 9469 

Fax: +86 21 5239 9897 

Odfjell Dong Zhan Shipping (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd 

Suite C, 13F 

Huamin Empire Plaza 

728 Yan An West Road 

Changning District 

Shanghai 200050, P.R.CHINA 

Tel: +86 21 5239 5393 

Fax: +86 21 5239 9897 

Odfjell Argentina SA 

Alicia Moreau de Justo 1960 

Office no. 202 - Puerto Madero 

1107 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA 

Tel: +54 114 313 7837 

Fax: +54 114 313 4619 

Odfjell Australia Pty Limited 

Suite 4, Level 1 

443 Little Collins Street 

P.O.Box 1279 

Melbourne VIC 3001 AUSTRALIA 

Tel: +61 3 9642 2210 

Fax: +61 3 9642 2214 

Odfjell India 

A-26, Nandbhuvan Industrial Estate 

Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East) 

Mumbai 400093, INDIA 

Tel: +91 22 6695 4701 

Fax: +91 22 6695 4707 

Odfjell Durban (Pty) Ltd 

The Sharaf House 

2 Sinembe Crescent La Lucia Ridge 

Durban 4051, SOUTH AFRICA 

Tel.: +27 31 5834470 

Fax: +27 31 5834488 

Odfjell Korea Co Ltd 

13th fl. Dongbu-Dadong Bldg. 

#103, Da-Dong, Chung-Gu 

Seoul, KOREA 

Tel: +82 2 775 9760 

Fax: +82 2 775 9761 

Odfjell Korea Ltd. 

136, Cheoyong-Ri, 

Onsan-Eup, Ulju-Gun 

Ulsan, KOREA 

Tel: +82 52 227 5527 

Fax: +82 52 227 5567 

Odfjell Philippines Inc. 

4th Flr Atlantis Beacon Tower 

2315 Leon Guinto St. 

Malate, Manila 1004 

PHILIPPINES 

Tel: +6325280341 

Fax: +6325262256 

Odfjell Dubai 

c/o Sharaf Shipping Agency 

Sharaf Building, Al Mina Road 

P.O. Box 576, 

Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 

Tel: +971 4 351 9785 

Fax: +971 4 351 9756 

Odfjell (UK) Ltd 

14 Headfort Place 

London SW1X 7DH 

UNITED KINGDOM 

Tel: +44 207 823 0605 

Fax: +44 207 823 0606 

Odfjell Peru 

Av. Enrique Meiggs, 240 

Urb. Chacaritas, 

Callao, PERU 

Tel: +51 1 614 0800 

Fax: +51 1 614 0801 

National Chemical Carriers Ltd Co 

Room 301, 3rd Floor, Al-Akariyah Bldg No 1 

Sitteen Street, Malaz Area 

P.O. Box 8931 

Riyadh 11492, SAUDI ARABIA 

Tel: +966 1 477 3934 

Fax: +966 1 476 4328 

Odfjell Chile 

Puerta del Sol 55 

Las Condes, Santiago 

CHILE 

Tel: +56 2 3307221 

Fax: +56 2 3307948 

REGIONAL OFFICES 

Odfjell Asia Pte Ltd 

6 Shenton Way, # 27-08/09 DBS Tower 2 


Tel: +65 6349 1300 

Fax: +65 6224 2285 

Odfjell Ahrenkiel Europe GmbH 

An der Alster 45, Postfach 100 220, 

20099 Hamburg 

GERMANY 

Tel: +49 40 24838 307 

Fax: +49 40 24838 319 

Flumar Transportes de Quimicos e Gases Ltda 

Av. Paulista 460 - 18 andar 

CEP 01310-000 Sao Paulo SP, BRAZIL 

Tel: +55 11 3549 5800 

Fax: +55 11 3549 5807 

www.odfjell.com 

TERMINALS 




3197 KJ Rotterdam-Botlek 


Tel: +31 102 953 400 

Fax: +31 104 384 679 

Odfjell Terminals Maritiem BV 

Oude Maasweg 5 


3197 KJ Botlek-Rotterdam 

THE NETHERLANDS 

Tel: +31 10 2951 300 


12211 Port Road 

Seabrook, TX 77586, USA 

Tel: +1 713 844 2300 

Fax: +1 713 844 2355 

Odfjell Terminals (Dalian) Ltd 

New Port 

Economy & Technology 

Development Zone 116601, Dalian 

P.R. CHINA 

Tel: +86 411 8759 5500 

Fax: +86 411 8759 5549 

Odfjell Terminals (Jiangyin) Co., Ltd 

1314 West Binjiang Road 

Shizhuang 

New Harbour City, Jiangyin 

Jiangsu 214446 P.R. CHINA 

Tel: +86 510 8666 9111 

Fax: +86 510 8666 9110 

Odfjell Terminals (Korea) Co, Ltd 

136, Cheoyong-Ri 

Onsan-Eup, Ulju-Gun 

Ulsan, KOREA 

Tel: +82 522 311 600 

Fax: +82 522 376 636 

Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore Pte Ltd 

1 Seraya Avenue 


Tel: +65 6473 1700 

Fax: +65 6479 4500 

Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals & Co. Llc. 

P.O. Box 369 

PC., 322 Fajal Al Qubail 

Sohar, SULTANATE OF OMAN 

Tel: +968 2685 0412 

Fax: +968 2684 7738 

Vopak Terminal Ningbo Ltd. 

No. 111 Zhaobaoshan Road, 

Zhenhai District 

Ningbo, P.R. CHINA 

Tel: +86 574 2769 5638 

Fax: +86 574 8627 5931 

ASSOCIATED TERMINALS 

Granel Quimica Ltda 

Av. Paulista 460, 18° andar 

CEP 01310- 000 São Paulo, SP 

BRAZIL 

Tel: +55 11 3549 5800 

Fax: +55 11 3549 5832 

Tagsa S.A 

Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 1960, 

piso 4 Of. 402 

1107 Buenos Aires 

ARGENTINA 

Tel: +54 11 4001 9700 

Fax: +54 11 4001 9701 

Terquim S.A 

Blanco Encalada 840 

Dept 702, San Antonio, CHILE 

Tel: +56 35 21 1050 

Fax: +56 35 21 1161 

DQM S.A 

Av.Enrique Meiggs, 240 

Urb.Chacaritas, 

Callao, PERU 

Tel: +51 1 614 0800 

Fax: +51 1 614 0801

Quarterly December 2008 - Odfjell

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