Quarterly September 2007 - Odfjell

Photographer visiting Bow Summerand Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam)By Anne-Kristine ØenThe German photographer ThomasKohnle recently visited the Bow Summerin Rotterdam to shoot photos for Odfjell’sannual report and general photoarchive. In addition to his art photographyMr. Kohnle has a long track recordof industrial photographing, and is welladept to the challenges of this kind ofwork.A lot of precautions must be taken tomake sure that all operations are safeand that he does not interfere toomuch with the work on board whiledocumenting it. The Bow Summer, withCaptain Pierre Nordquist and Chief OfficerAnders Penna, gave Thomas a warmwelcome and made sure that everythingwas accommodated to make his workefficient. At the tank terminal TheoKruithof was responsible for the securityand work conditions, and also hereeverything was very well organised.So a big thank you to all involved, andwe look forward to showing you thefruits of the work in future publications.Thomas Kohnle at work on boardBow SummerIronmanBy Tommy Horiuchi, IBC Corporation, TokyoISC Corporation acts as co-brokers forBow Fuji, as well as assisting with arrangementsfor Santoku Senpaku’sfleet, including Bow Santos and BowLima, as V. Ships’ representatives in Japan.Recently I participated in the 2007Aviva Ironman Triathlon in Singapore,for which Odfjell sponsored my triathlonsuit.I had allowed myself a total of six hoursto complete the race; 40 minutes for the2 km swim, three hours for the 90 kmbike ride and two hours for the 21 kmrun, plus a transition time allowance of20 minutes. For me, the swimming legturned out the most difficult stage, dueto very low visibility, big swell and strongcurrents. Usually, triathletes don’t usetheir legs very much while swimming,but because of the conditions I had tokick more than normal and suffered legcramps as a result. The bike leg is usuallymy weakest stage, but fortunately theSingapore course was very flat and fast.Most parts of the running course wereshaded by trees and luckily the weatherwas not hot sunshine on the race day.However, by the time I finished the bikeleg I was getting very hungry. I couldn’tfind any suitable nourishment at thefeeding station, and therefore I had toreduce my pace. Nevertheless, I managedto finish the race in 5 hours and 52minutes, i.e. ahead of my original raceplan.Thanks to Odfjell for sponsoring thesuit, and it was great honour for me torace wearing the Odfjell logo. In linewith Odfjell’s corporate mission, I triedto finish the race in the shortest timeand safely reaching the final destinationwhile being environmentally friendly(this means no peeing in the ocean orspitting on the road!). There were noinjuries (no drowning), no incidents (nocollisions), no damage (no punctures),and of course no pollution.The Ironman Tommy Horiuchi duringthe race38 Odfjell Quarterly September 2007