Company Magazine for the Odfjell Group - March 2005
Company Magazine for the Odfjell Group - March 2005 Company Magazine for the Odfjell Group - March 2005
from around the world Greetings Odfjell Asia with successful marketing meeting By Atle Knutsen and Gregg Plunkett Odfjell Asia held its annual market seminar February 24-26th, gathering members from our offices in the region. The objectives of these meetings are to review market developments, discuss renewal of upcoming contracts and analyze our competitors’ positions and moves. Of course, another important element is the opportunity for intra-company networking. At this year's meeting we dwelled quite a lot around the positive market trends, and discussed how Odfjell Asia can benefit from these when initiating new activities. We also focused on the composition of our contract portfolio, to enhance operational flexibility benefiting the bottom line. Further the group spent substantial time discussing how to achieve improved results through better asset utilization and operational efficiency. The market will continue to improve in the region, and we can still make improvements to our own operation. From the sessions. From left: Gregg Plunket, Thomas Haaland, Sudesh Kamath, Alireza Kaveh, Zhu Guohe, Priscilla Chew and Adam Kuner. Thomas Haaland headed the successful market session. Presentations from the various members were interesting and educational, and an active participation in the exchange of ideas was noteworthy and refreshing. During the time together the group also socialized, and on Saturday we toured the Singapore harbour with the added benefit of seeing some of the various terminals in the port, including our own Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore. The tsunami that so severely struck countries around the Indian Ocean at the end of 2004 aroused a tremendous disaster relief effort throughout the world. Odfjell Headoffice quickly reacted to the seriousness of the catastrophe through financial support to the International Red Cross. Later on some of our subsidiaries made local initiatives to support the victims of the tsunami. This is the story from our Houston office. We thank everybody for their contribution to this market meeting and appreciate all the good work of the offices in the region. Tsunami Relief Drive at Odfjell Houston drive ended we were able to present the International Red Cross with a During the boat trip. From left: Helge Olsen, Inga Berit Rongevær, Gregg Plunkett. check for $7,370. A big thank you goes out to all for participating! After the tsunami catastrophe in Asia on Boxing Day, Odfjell’s people in Houston felt the need to come together and help. A relief drive was started among the employees on January 5th, and our local Wellness Committee, with a lot of help from other volunteers, enthusiastically took up the challenge to promote the drive internallys. We had a very positive response to the fund drive, and when the two-week Denise Platt from the Red Cross received the Tsunami Relief check on January 26th, 2005. Left to right: Bernt Netland, Denise Platt, Craig Thomas, Janet Mayer, Dodie Gober, Sherri Beck, Stacie Allen, Bert Noggle, Blanche Tarwater, Mernie Beiter, Drew Wharton and Cecilia Ramirez. 24 ODFJELL Quarterly March 2005
Postcards from Chile Odfjell Quarterly has received a number of very nice photographs from our colleague Andres Contador at Terquim SA in Chile, showing some of the Odfjell-related activities taking place on the west coast of South America. As we fully agree that a good picture says more than a thousand words, we leave the photos to tell their story. M/T Bow Andes (ex Bow Sun) loading sulphuric acid at Odfjell Terminals Terquim, San Antonio. Our Chairman and our local agents visiting M/T Bow Santos on her first voyage from Houston to Chile, discharging various products at Odfjell Terminals Terquim, San Antonio. From left: Ansgar Muschen (B&M), Dan Odfjell and Hans Bugge (B&M). Odfjell visiting Chuquicamata copper mine, biggest open pit copper mine in the world. From left: Morten Nystad, Jakob Sørhus and Andres Contador. M/T Bow Pacifico (ex Bow Saphir) on dry-dock in Valparaiso. Visiting Bow Pacifico on dry-dock in Valparaiso. From left Ajoy Choudhury (Southern Shipmanagement), Kaare Endressen (Flumar) and Oscar Galvez (Odfjell y Vapores). 26 knots for vessel and crew Despite the busy life as a seaman on board a chemical tanker, there is still time for recreational activities. The picture here shows Bosun Joeffrey D. Barrientos on M/T Bow Star, with his "goodbye gift" to the vessel and its crew before signing off: a knotboard with 26 knots, one for each crewmember. Indeed a nice and sailor-like piece of handicraft. ODFJELL Quarterly March 2005 25
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Postcards from Chile<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Quarterly has received a number<br />
of very nice photographs from our<br />
colleague Andres Contador at Terquim<br />
SA in Chile, showing some of <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong>-related activities taking place<br />
on <strong>the</strong> west coast of South America. As<br />
we fully agree that a good picture says<br />
more than a thousand words, we leave<br />
<strong>the</strong> photos to tell <strong>the</strong>ir story.<br />
M/T Bow Andes (ex Bow Sun) loading sulphuric acid at<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals Terquim, San Antonio.<br />
Our Chairman and our local agents visiting M/T Bow Santos on her<br />
first voyage from Houston to Chile, discharging various products at<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> Terminals Terquim, San Antonio. From left: Ansgar Muschen<br />
(B&M), Dan <strong>Odfjell</strong> and Hans Bugge (B&M).<br />
<strong>Odfjell</strong> visiting Chuquicamata copper mine, biggest<br />
open pit copper mine in <strong>the</strong> world. From left: Morten<br />
Nystad, Jakob Sørhus and Andres Contador.<br />
M/T Bow Pacifico (ex Bow Saphir) on dry-dock in Valparaiso.<br />
Visiting Bow Pacifico on dry-dock in Valparaiso. From<br />
left Ajoy Choudhury (Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Shipmanagement),<br />
Kaare Endressen (Flumar) and Oscar Galvez (<strong>Odfjell</strong> y<br />
Vapores).<br />
26 knots <strong>for</strong><br />
vessel and crew<br />
Despite <strong>the</strong> busy life as a seaman on board a chemical<br />
tanker, <strong>the</strong>re is still time <strong>for</strong> recreational activities. The<br />
picture here shows Bosun Joeffrey D. Barrientos on<br />
M/T Bow Star, with his "goodbye gift" to <strong>the</strong> vessel and<br />
its crew be<strong>for</strong>e signing off: a knotboard with 26 knots,<br />
one <strong>for</strong> each crewmember. Indeed a nice and sailor-like<br />
piece of handicraft.<br />
ODFJELL Quarterly <strong>March</strong> <strong>2005</strong> 25
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