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No. 89 House Magazine – also distributed to customers and business relations December 2008
from all of us to all of you
Glædelig jul og et godt nytår
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Yeni Íliniz Mübar k
Feliz Natal e Feliz Ano Novo
Gleðilig Jól og eydnuríkt nýggjár
Hyvää joulua ja onnellista uutta vuotta
Joyeux Noël et bonne année
Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr
Juullimi ukiortaasamilu pilluaritsi
Prettige Kerstdagen en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Gleðileg jól og farsælt komandi ár
Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo
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Жаңа жыл құтты болсын!
Linksmu Kaledu Ir laimingu Naujuju Metu
Gledelig Jul og Godt Nytt År
Wesolych Šwiat I Szczešliwego Nowego Roku!
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С Рождеством Христовым
и С наступающим Новым Годомz
¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo!
God jul och gott nytt år
Happy Holiday
gilocavT Soba – axal wels
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Blue Water expands in the Middle East
As from 1.11., Blue Water is represented
with its own office in
Doha, Qatar
Blue Water Shipping Qatar LLC is
located in the Al Asmakh Business
Center, just next to Doha Harbour
and the Customs Clearance House.
The office has a staff of 4, including
the old hand, Arne Iversen, at
the helm. In addition to the city
office, we also have facilities in
the main industrial area of Doha,
offering warehousing and outside
storage options
The establishment of the office is
a natural consequence of our involvement
in the servicing of the
oil and energy sector, where Qatar
is playing an increasing role in the
oil industry.
In addition to this service, Blue
Water Qatar offers all kinds of
sea, air and land transport including
project forwarding. Further to
this, our extensive network of of-
The ultramodern passenger and
freight ferry "Norröna", built in
2003 with a capacity of 1500 passengers
and 130 trailers, was a
large investment of approx. DKK
700 million. Such a large investment
makes it difficult to create
profitability in the North Atlantic
ser-vice, especially with a tourist
season of only 4 months. The shipping
line has also encountered serious
engine breakdowns followed
by periods of repair docking, and
has lost money over the last couple
of years.
As a consequence, new capital of
fices in all important oil centres in
the Middle East, CIS, Singapore,
Europe and USA enables us to offer
client specific door/door solutions.
BLUE WATER SHIPPING QA-
TAR LLC
102, Al Asmakh Business Center
P.O. Box 32352
Doha, Qatar
Tel: +974 441 1153
Fax: +974 441 1164
E-mail: bwsdoh@bws.dk
Our good client, CCIC in Dubai,
has been awarded the contract for
a major project - construction of
450 km pipeline in Madagascar.
The pipeline is to carry nickel and
cobalt from an inland mine to the
seaport of Toamasina, where it will
be treated before being shipped to
the world markets. The expected
annual production is 60,000 tons
of nickel and 6000 tons of cobalt.
The pipeline will be established
through very hostile areas including
mountains and jungle, and
Smyril Line and Smyril Blue Water in the North Atlantic
DKK 66 million has been injected
into Smyril Line - mainly from the
Faroese Home Rule and the public
development fund Framtak. Smyril
Line is an essential factor in the
Faroese infrastructure and constitutes
a necessary lifeline to the outside
world. For the Faroe Islands, it
is a task of national importance and
therefore only natural that public
funds are injected into the shipping
line.
The Faroe Islands have always been
a core activity for Blue Water, who
has invested DKK 20 million in the
freight company Smyril Blue Wa-
Large Project for CCIC in Madagascar
ter and DKK 20 million in Smyril
Line. Kurt Skov is also a board
member in the shipping line.
On 1.4.2005, Blue Water and
Smyril Line established the freight
company, Smyril Blue Water, with
offices in Denmark, the Faroe Islands
and Iceland, and today the
company operates 150 trailers on
the service between Denmark, the
Faroes and Iceland.
As part of the restructuring process,
vital changes have been made
to the sailing schedule. Calls at
Norway and Scotland have been
cancelled entirely, so that Smyril
will have to bypass around 500
rivers before it reaches its destination,
the seaport of Taomasina.
Blue Water Dubai was deeply involved
in the transportation of the
heavy equipment to the island as
we had chartered 4 vessels as well
as a number of containers, explains
Claus Laursen/Blue Water
Dubai, who joined CCIC's team in
Madagascar to supervise the discharge
in Toamasina, which went
according to plan.
Line can concentrate exclusively
on its core areas - the Faroe Islands,
Iceland and Denmark.
For many years, the port of call in
Denmark was Hanstholm. In future,
"Norröna" will call at Hanstholm
du-ring the three summer months
- and for the remaining 9 months,
she will call at Esbjerg. This change
is due to the difficult conditions in
the port of Hanstholm during bad
weather, especially arising outside
the summer season. The first call
at Esbjerg will be on Saturday 31
January 2009.

FSO Project
In connection with our FSO
project (Floating, Storage, Offloading)
- transport of a special
tanker from Singapore to Baku,
Azerbaijan - Kim Beier of Blue
Water Esbjerg has, as part of our
project management, followed the
transport of one of the modules
from Rostov on Don through the
Russian river system to Astrakhan.
Bjarke Nielsen of Blue Water Singapore
followed another module.
This part of the transport, involving
2 tug boats - one is pulling
and one is pushing the module
- requires great experience and
expertise of the tug boat crew, as
they have to pass through 18 locks
on the 1050 kilometre distance.
When navigating "half a tanker",
with the dimensions of 134 x 16
x 17 metres, there are many considerations
to be taken into account
on conditions and risks, such as
collision, grounding, hanging cables,
bridges and not least weather
conditions.
Kim Beier, HSE responsible for
the Blue Water Group, reports:
"It was indeed a big challenge and
very interesting to participate in
the project, for which my primary
responsibility was to make sure
that the transportation was per-
formed in accordance with Blue
Water's safety and quality requirements.
It was also very exciting to work
together with the tug boat crew
and experience the social life on
board. The crew's English qualifications
were limited to the word
YES, so the little Russian phrase
book was really of great help. My
duties were mainly concentrated
on the process of passing through
the locks, which might happen
anytime of day, dependent on the
other river traffic. Several nights,
we stood in the biting cold for
hours, waiting for the water level
to lower and rise inside the locks.
I was, however, very impressed
with the seamanship of the crew.
Many of the locks left only a few
inches of space between the walls
and the sides of the module.
Despite the fact that we had gone
over the project several months
ahead of the actual start of the
process, unexpected incidents
will always occur. It is therefore
extremely important to be on site
to solve the problems that might
arise and to gain new experience
and become more qualified".
This phase of the transport was
performed within 15 days, including
waiting time, and without
any injuries/damages to the crew
or cargo.
Prosafe Shipment to Congo
In August 2008, Blue Water Singapore
was entrusted with another big
project transport for our Singapore
based client, Prosafe Production
Services.
Prosafe is a major player in the
fields of *FPSO & **FDPSO conversions,
installation and management
as well as accommodation rig
management.
The shipment consisted of 12,000
cbm of mooring equipment, including
specially designed suction
piles, weighing up to 120 tons
each.
From the manufacturer's private
wharf at Franklin Offshore in Singapore,
the cargo was first loaded on to
barges by means of floating cranes,
before it was transshipped to the
heavy-lift vessel "CEC Century" in
the commercial port of Singapore.
The shipment was successfully delivered
at Pointe Noire in Congo,
just in time for the big installation
vessel, which was ready to carry
out the installation off the coast of
West Africa.
Information for laymen:
*FPSO - Floating, Production,
Storage and Offloading Unit
**FDPSO - Floating, Drilling, Production,
Storage and Offloading
Unit
The "CEC Century" with full
cargo on deck bound for Congo
Project Transport for Transocean Sedco Forex
Transocean in Singapore has entrusted
Blue Water with the transport
of a Subsea Winch Platform
Structure from Zhangzhou, China
to Singapore for their Development
Driller III Rig, which is being
built at Keppel Fels Ltd.
The platform - with the dimen-
In connection with removal of
steel material from one location
in Singapore to another, National
Oilwell Varco had asked Blue Water
Marine & Energy if it would be
possible to involve our Singapore
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Safe arrival at Baku. To the right, one half of the hull strip (port side)
followed by the accommodation modules and helideck. Next day, the
starboard side of the hull strip arrived and completed the project transport.
Assembly of the modules will be performed by Keppel/Singmarine
before delivery to LukOil in 2009.
sions/weight of 12.5 x 13.5 x 7.8
/ 50 tons - was built in Zhangzhou
in the Fujian province by Huisman
Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
In Singapore, the platform was
loaded on to a material barge and
towed to the Keppel Fels wharf.
The entire operation went according
to plan.
Removal for National Oilwell Varco
office. The job, which was very
challenging due to the complicated
access between the two storage
locations and the large dimension
of the material, was performed to
the client's complete satisfaction.

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Co-operation with Færch Plast /
New Groupage Terminal in Esbjerg
Blue Water has for a number of
years been servicing Færch Plast
A/S, Holstebro as large-scale supplier
of transport to the British and
Irish markets.
Over the years, the co-operation has
developed into more than just transport
from A to B, along with the clients'
increasing demands to "just in
time" deliveries and correct notification
with their own order details.
We therefore no longer consider
ourselves just a standard supplier to
Færch Plast A/S, but rather a partner
and the last link in the chain to
the final consignee, who nowadays
expects to get a consistent quality
from placement of the order to final
receipt and who does not separate
the transport as such, but expects to
get a Færch Plast product through
and through.
For this kind of co-operation, it is
a must that we as carrier have customised
our standard services to
the increasing demands of Færch
Plast, through IT development and
establishment of a buffer store at
Blue Water Manchester in England.
From this store, we undertake to
deliver urgent orders, within 2 to 8
hours from order receipt, throughout
the UK. This is just one of many
services, contributing to making
Færch's clients feel confident when
choosing their supplier.
Last year, our partnership with
Færch expanded further, as their
entire stock of finished products,
for the British and Irish markets,
was transferred to our terminal in
Esbjerg. A couple of months later,
we became further integrated in respect
of IT, as Færch Plast changed
systems and chose Movex for their
inventory control. The system has
now been integrated at Blue Water's
terminals, which store and handle
finished products to the British and
Irish customers.
This has made heavy demands on
our software and not least hardware
in the form of wireless network at
our warehouses and installation
of scanners and terminals on our
trucks. All these initiatives have
made it possible for Færch Plast
A/S to check their inventory of
products, at the different terminals,
and they have also secured standard
working procedures. Blue Water's
terminals serve as Færch Plast locations,
with Blue Water's terminal
staff working online with the client's
IT system.
Our partnership with Færch Plast
is focused on environmentally correct
transport and storage. We have
therefore changed our present UK/
Ireland terminal at Esbjerg Harbour
for a new and modern terminal. This
terminal, with a capacity of 4000
sqmtrs., is situated on the northern
outskirts of Esbjerg, offering more
ideal approaches close to the motorway,
resulting in less heavy traffic
through midtown. In September,
we took over the new terminal,
renovated it and added a 100-metre
loading platform with parking
capacity for almost 40 trailers. The
terminal is equipped with the latest
technology, and all ingoing and
outgoing goods are controlled via
bar coding, terminals in the trucks
and scanners with a capacity of up
to 32 clients. In this way, it is possible
for the individual storage client
to control his stock via his own sy-
stem, even though the goods may
be stored several thousand kilometres
from the production site.
New terminal address for groupage UK/IE: Lillebæltsvej 39, 6715 Esbjerg N.
Logistics Partner for Micro Matic A/S
The world's largest manufacturer
of draught beer systems, Micro
Matic A/S, have chosen Blue Water
as their new logistics partner.
Micro Matic export their products
to more than 120 countries and
they have production facilities in
Beijing/China, Kaunas/Lithuania
and Odense/Denmark.
Blue Water Lithuania is charged
with the task of distributing all fi-
Heavy Increase in Road Tax
(MAUT) in Germany
In recent years, the different governments
have increased their
focus on user charge (road tax) on
the European road network. Many
European countries have introduced
different road tax systems,
but the introduction of the German
road tax, the so-called MAUT, has
in particular resulted in heavy increase
of the cost estimate. This
autumn, the German government
has made serious efforts to introduce
a heavy MAUT increase. On
1.11.2008, they accepted a pro-
Louis Poulsen Lighting A/S has
entrusted Blue Water Copenhagen
with the transport of 3800
park/street lamps from Denmark
to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
The project includes transport
of 22 x 40' containers, to be
shipped from week 38 to week
49 - 2 containers per week - to
King Abdullah University of
nished products from Micro Matic
in Kaunas to Micro Matic's worldwide
dealer network.
Blue Water Odense is responsible
for the co-ordination of sea
and airfreight from Micro Matic
in China to Denmark and Lithuania
as well as delivery of semi-
products from Micro Matic Odense
to Micro Matic in Kaunas.
Visiting Micro Matic in Kaunas - left to right: Jacob Hornegaard and Jonas
Ahmed/Blue Water Odense, Jørn Jensen/Micro Matic Odense, Egidijus Petrenas/Blue
Water Vilnius, Edita Ambraskiene/Micro Matic Kaunas, Carsten
Olsen/Blue Water Herning, Rima Alkovikaite and Arturas Pankevicius/Micro
Matic Kaunas and Ronald Hansen and Søren Nielsen/Blue Water Odense.
posed compromise, which, however,
still involves a heavy increase
in our production costs. Based on
official German statistics, showing
the distribution of trucks with
different EU standard engines, we
have calculated the effective increase
to be no less than 55.4 %.
We are therefore reluctantly compelled
to charge our customers for
this heavy tax increase. Our new
MAUT map is available on: www.
bws.dk.
Middle East Project for Louis
Poulsen Lighting A/S
Science and Technology, where
the lamps will be used in a
large-scale project 80 kilometres
north of Jeddah.
The order is the biggest ever
received by Louis Poulsen (the
value is DKK 26.7 million) and
an urgent assignment as well, so
the company is very busy these
days.

Soil Analysis of Wind Farm
"Sandbank 24"
In early 2008, Sandbank Power
GmbH & Co. KG requested
Hochtief Construction AG over the
summer to perform soil analysis of
the subsoil, where construction of
the wind farm, Sandbank 24, will
take place in the North Sea, 60
nautical miles from Esbjerg, west
of the island of Sylt in the German
sector. The first phase of the
project included 55 conical drillings
and 10 test drillings 50 metres
below the sea floor. The drillings
were performed by Hochtief
with the jack-up rig "Odin", named
after a Norse god, famous for his
enormous strengths. "Odin" is
built with legs of 60 metres, which
makes it possible to operate in up
to 45 metres depth of water, and
with capacity to accommodate 30
people.
We have for many years enjoyed an excellent co-operation with Actona Company
A/S in Holstebro in connection with their import of furniture from Asia among
other things. In September, Sophie Kraemmer, Sascha and Jennie Xu - all from
Actona Company - went to the Far East, and it was therefore only natural to pay
a visit to Blue Water's partner, Cargo Services (China) Ltd. in Shenzhen. Operations
Manager Steven Poon of Cargo Services had among other things arranged
a small sight seeing tour of the impressive container terminal, YICT in Yantian.
Left to right: Sophie Kraemmer, Sascha Xu, Jennie Xu and, at the back, Steven
Poon of Cargo Services.
Agent in Cyprus
In early September, Blue Water
was contacted by SAMSON LOGI-
STICS, Cyprus, who was looking
for an agent in Denmark. Due to reorganisation
of the freight market,
Samson Logistics was suddenly
without a Danish partner, and since
Blue Water has never had an official
partner in Cyprus, the inquiry
met a positive response.
Kenneth Sindahl from our deep sea
department in Esbjerg paid a visit
to Samson Logistics, Nicosia in
In connection with the test drillings,
Blue Water was entrusted
with the service job for the jackup
rig during the operation. The
job included among other things
chartering of vessels to supply
fresh water, food and spare parts
offshore to secure a continuous
workflow. Furthermore Blue Water
acted as agent for both "Odin"
and the escorting vessel "Argus"
in connection with their calls at the
port of Esbjerg.
week 40 to discuss a possible cooperation.
Both parties have now signed the
contract covering not only a co-
operation with Blue Water Denmark,
but also with Blue Water's offices
in the USA, Holland, France,
UK, Spain, Dubai, Doha, Singapore
and Brazil.
Samson Logistics is a professional
and proactive company with 30 employees
and we have great expectations
for the future partnership.
Import of American Cars
Many boys, young and old, have
always dreamed of driving across
the USA in a big, old American
car. Many have already lived out
that dream and want to take a bite
of the dream back home. This
has resulted in a lot of inquiries
for assistance with transport and
customs formalities in connection
with the import to Denmark,
which have involved our deep sea
import department and customs
experts.
Our Copenhagen office has now
made a brochure addressing customers
interested in old American
cars.
Visit from Far East Cargo Line
In October, Nick Toye and Keith
Traylor of Far East Cargo Line
(FECL) called on Blue Water Esbjerg.
Keith Traylor has just recently
taken over the daily responsibility of
Far East Cargo Line's administration
in England after Nick Toye, who
continues as Chairman of the Committee.
The purpose of the visit was
among other things to give Keith
Traylor a profound insight into our
many activities.
FECL (www.fecl.com) is an alliance,
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Claus Olesen from Kalundborg
belongs to another group of customers.
On 23.10., he received his
new - or rather old - Ford T 1924
model imported from New York.
Claus Olsen is a collector of old
Ford T models and has already 5
other 1924 models - both open,
closed and pickups. His latest purchase
should be a rarity as it is,
as far as is known, the only fourdoor
model in Denmark. The car
was bought via Ebay and transport
to Denmark was arranged in co-
operation between Blue Water's
offices in New York and Copenhagen.
A proud Claus Olesen receiving his "new" Ford T model.
mainly consisting of private and major
freight forwarding companies in
the Far East and Europe. The main
purpose of the alliance is to secure
competitive freight purchasing from
shipping lines with services to the
Far East and to guarantee and maintain
a high and uniform service level
among its members.
Blue Water became a member of the
Far East Cargo Line Alliance in 2001
and joined the committee in 2003.
Left to right: Nick Toye and Keith Traylor of FECL together with Dan
Nissen/BlueWater Esbjerg and Stig Egelund/Blue Water Copenhagen.

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Exhibitions
August and September were two hectic
months for our exhibition department,
starting with transport to ONS - Offshore
Northern Seas - in Stavanger,
Norway for the majority of the Danish
exhibitors.
Blue Water was again represented with
their own stand at ONS in Stavanger.
The exhibition is always a fine opportunity
to meet existing as well as
potential clients, explains Anne Skov
from the O&E department in Esbjerg.
Blue Water's exhibition department
was extremely busy both before and
after the exhibition, arranging transport
of approx 20 truck loads to and from
ONS. Morten Eskildsen, Lars Jederman
Jørgensen, Frank Mouridsen and
Anne Skov represented Blue Water at
the exhibition.
One exhibition followed after another.
Next was Husum Wind in Husum,
where the Danish Exporters' Association
had a collective stand (approx 500
sqmtrs.), where all major windmill
manufacturers from Denmark and
abroad were represented. Husum Wind
is considered the leading exhibition for
the wind industry. The Danish Exporters'
Association has already booked
space - well over 700 sqmtrs. - on the
next Husum Wind exhibition, which
will take place in 2010. Blue Water will
also participate with its own stand.
In October, the leading train exhibition
- Innotrans - took place in Berlin,
and Denmark was represented with a
collective stand of approx 200 sqmtrs.
At the same time, the world's biggest
marine exhibition - SMM - was held
in Hamburg, in connection with which
the Danish Exporters' Association had
rented the entire Hall B1 (approx 2000
sqmtrs), and more than 80 Danish exhibitors
were represented including
Blue Water. We were also responsible
for all logistics in connection with stand
material, delivery at the exhibition,
storage of empties and packing as well
as unpacking of goods for the Danish
exhibitors. As usual, we had seconded
our competent canteen personnel to
make around 8000 open sandwiches
during the 4-day exhibition.
Everything went smoothly to everybody's
complete satisfaction.
SMM
From ONS - the reception of the
Norwegian crown prince, Haakon.
Allan Findalen/HH Consult and
Anne Skov/Blue Water Esbjerg.
The mayor of Stavanger and
Mogens Tofte Kock/Tofco.
Husum Wind
Husum Wind
The busy sandwich team - SMM
World Food Show, Moscow
Elena Gadzhieva and Michelle
Minto-Le Dreff of Blue Water
Brest attended "World Food
Show" in Moscow from 23-26
September. It was a good occasion
to meet our old clients and to find
new ones. Many different kinds of
foodstuffs were presented, but as
we specialise in chilled and frozen
foodstuffs, it was only natural
that we concentrated on meat, fish,
fruit and vegetables - importers/
exporters - explain the two girls.
The food show expands every year
and has now reached the number
of 1328 exhibitors, which makes it
SIAL, Paris
This year, the SIAL food fair attracted
almost 150,000 visitors
from all over the world. As usual,
we met a lot of our customers and
made new interesting contacts as
well. We also took the time to make
some social arrangements. Our clients
for instance got the chance to
experience what it is like to be inside
a reefer container, when visiting
the ICE BAR, where everything
is made of ice and the temperature
Reefer Meeting
The day before SIAL started (mid-
October), several key figures from
Blue Water's offices around the
world, involved in food transport,
gathered. Our offices in France,
Spain, Holland, Ireland, Brazil,
Georgia and Denmark were represented
at the meeting.
Presentation of Honorary Diploma
Hermann Vogt of ITEC in Beckum,
Germany was presented with His
Royal Highness, Prince Henrik's
Honorary Diploma at the Danish
Embassy in Berlin on 5.9. The diploma
was presented for Herman Vogt's
long commitment in selling Danish
slaughterhouse machinery for various
Danish manufacturers, primarily
to Germany and Benelux.
Herman Vogt, who established his
own agency in 1969, has over the
years sold Danish slaughterhouse
equipment for approx DKK 2 billion
and has been working together with
Attec in Tandslet, Sydals for many
years.
Blue Water has numerous times arranged
road freight from Denmark
to Germany for Vogt and transported
difficult to visit each stand.
Left to right: Michelle Minto-Le
Dreff/Blue Water Brest, Koenraad
van den Abbeele/AgroFood and
Elena Gadzhieva/Blue Water Brest.
is 15 degrees celsius below zero -
very appropriate for an exhibition
intended for the "reefer people".
The purpose of the meeting was to
discuss new initiatives in respect
of IT, marketing and development
in general as well as to prepare
ourselves for the SIAL exhibition,
explains the co-ordinator of food
transport in our organisation, Frank
Madsen/Blue Water Esbjerg,
bicycles from Beckum to his holiday
destination, Fanø in Denmark. We
have always appreciated our good
and solid partnership, and we hereby
wish to congratulate Hermann Vogt
on his well-deserved recognition.
Left to right: the Danish Ambassador,
Carsten Søndergaard, Herman Vogt
and Ulrich Ritsing, President of the
Danish Forwarders' Association.

Visiting Simplot
Simplot Europe has been a good
customer of Blue Water Amsterdam
ever since Simplot's headquarters
in Boise, Idaho, USA decided
to open an office in Europe.
Simplot's product range includes
various potato products, tropical
fruits, guacamole and ready-made
appetizers. The company owns
huge agricultural farms, growing
avocados, potatoes, corn, fruits
etc. - all for the retail market.
Blue Water arranges transport - by
sea and air - of mainly frozen food
products from Simplot's plants in
Mexico and the USA to the clients
in Europe.
A few months ago, Blue Water
Amsterdam received a visit from
their agent, Secure Freight, Mexico.
The purpose of the visit was
to discuss our present and future
co-operation. Secure Freight has,
under the supervision of Blue Water
Rotterdam, handled a number
Fisheries Exhibition in Iceland
In early October, a fisheries exhibition,
which attracted both new and
familiar faces, was held in Reykjavik.
Several visitors came from as far
away as Canada, UK and Norway,
and despite the present situation in
Iceland, the atmosphere was good.
The fishing industry may be one of
the industries, which is less affected
by the financial crisis in Iceland as
well as in other parts of the world.
The visitors showed an immense
interest in Smyril Blue Water's ferry
service calling at Seydisfjordur. This
unique product has indeed opened
of shipments (18 tons frozen foodstuffs
in total) flown into Amsterdam
by KLM.
In this connection, Blue Water and
Secure Freight seized the opportunity
to pay a visit to Simplot Europe
in Oss, Holland, where they
had a good meeting with Loaf Jorritsma,
reports Bob Tisserand of
Blue Water Amsterdam.
Bob Tisserand took this photograph
at Simplot. Left to right: Olaf Jorritsma/Simplot
Europe, Bonnie Chu
and Isabella Padilla/Secure Freight.
new prospects for the manufacturers
in the Eastern part of Iceland. Unfortunately,
the ferry service with M/F
"Norrøna" has been suspended for
the rest of the year, but is expected to
be resumed early next year.
Smyril Blue Water was represented at
the exhibition by Sigfinnur Mikaelsson
from Seydisfjordur and Bent
Rasmussen from Hirtshals and Blue
Water was represented by Ole Ulriksen
and Søren Svennum from Blue
Water Aalborg. Blue Water's agent
in Reykjavik, Icetransport, was also
present at the exhibition stand.
Visiting Clients in London
In September, Eliane Plouzané-
Hénault and Fabrice Rolland of Blue
Water Brest went to London, where
many of the food clients of our French
office are based. It was a great pleasure
for Eliane to meet, among others,
two of her most regular clients; longterm
client for more than 20 years,
Vestey UK (the former Global Group
Ltd.) represented by Charles Scanlan
and Steve French, and Interfoods Ltd.,
dealing with Dairy products, represented
by Steven Moussavi.
We look forward to continuing and
expanding our good co-operation with
all the companies met during our stay.
Left to right: Eliane Plouzané-
Hénault/Blue Water Brest, Charles
Scanlan/Vestey UK, Fabrice Rolland/Blue
Water Brest and Steve
French/Vestey UK.
Blue Water Marine & Energy
has for the past 8 months been
involved in a project in Mozambique,
covering customs clearance
and local delivery to the destination
in Mozambique. It is Semco
Maritime who, in connection with
their renovation of three airports,
have entrusted Blue Water with
the logistic part.
Blue Water has for these projects
entered into co-operation with the
Danish-owned company, MozStar,
in Maputo.
Mozambique is undergoing considerable
developments and a
number of large projects will soon
be launched - including oil drilling
off the coast in the Mozambique
Channel. Several large oil companies
are already in the planning
phase.
In October, Frank Mouridsen and
Thomas Bek of Blue Water Esbjerg
paid a visit to MozStar to
discuss the ongoing project as well
as future possibilities of co-operation.
It was a very interesting visit,
and we look forward to working
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Left to right: Eliane Plouzané-
Hénault/Blue Water Brest and
Janet and Steven Moussavi/Interfoods.
Left to right: Eliane Plouzané-
Hénault/Blue Water Brest, Diane
Thietz and Barry Gee/Lamex
Foods UK, Fabrice Rolland/Blue
Water Brest and Eric Oreffice/
Lamex Foods UK.
Visiting Mozambique
even closer together with MozStar
in future.
Frank Mouridsen and Thomas Bek
of Blue Water Esbjerg together
with the MozStar staff in Maputo.
Left to right: Frank Mouridsen and
Thomas Bek of Blue Water Esbjerg
together with Kjeld Moesgaard
and Loide Gouveia of MozStar.

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Almost 10,000 visitors at
Grønlandshavnen
Between 8-10,000 visitors dropped
in at Grønlandshavnen in Aalborg
East in connection with an openhouse
arrangement on 11-12 October.
Many companies in this large
industrial estate participated in the
event, where children and adults
seized the opportunity to visit
Østhavnen (the East Port), which
is one of Aalborg's biggest workplaces.
Many of the weekend's visitors enjoyed
the magnificent view over the
port area from a big Gantry crane,
55 metres above the earth. Royal
Greenland served free samples of
prawns, salmon and halibut, and
musk burgers were offered for sale.
Siemens Windpower displayed
one of their large arms, the size of
which really impressed most people.
Naturally, Blue Water was also re-
presented - and our blue sweets were
very popular.
The Naval Home Guard offered
guided tours on board the "MHV
907 Hvidsten" while Aalborg Kayak
Club demonstrated the Greenland
style of rolling kayaks in the basin.
The entire open-house event was
spiced with musical entertainment
by pianist, Walter Scivoli, from
Ilulissat and the Greenland Ikinngutigit
Choir.
A lot of visitors participated in the
treasure hunt. First prize was flight
tickets to Greenland for two persons
(worth DKK 10,000.-). The
companies represented at the openhouse
had been requested to ask
two questions each regarding their
own company. Blue Water's questions
were: Which year was Blue
Water established in Esbjerg ? How
many offices does Blue Water have
in Denmark ?
Answer:
Germicopa - ”The World Potato Fiesta”
On 9.9., Mogens Nielsen of Blue
Water Brest was invited by Germicopa
to their big party "The
World Potato Fiesta" in the beautiful
surroundings of "Théâtre
du Merveilleux" in Bercy, Paris.
More than 400 clients, producers
and suppliers of Germicopa from
all over the world, were gathered
for a nice gala dinner and spectacle
- a funny game, where the
guests should guess the different
potato varieties by looking at the
10 "Miss Potato Girls".
The evening was very well-organised
by toastmaster Eric Bargy,
the President of Germicopa, who
was accompanied by the former
Miss Europe, the beautiful Elodie
Gossuin.
Blue Water's co-operation with
Germicopa, the leading potato
company in France, goes back to
1992, when our stevedore company,
ADS, was established. Blue
Water has since been responsible
for the chartering and loading of
their conventional reefer vessels
in the port of Brest.
The dinner programme finished
with traditional Breton music
and dance, and we noticed that
our good friends of long standing,
Joseph Lallouet and Alex
Plougoulm of Germicopa, both
mastered this discipline too.
Blue Water places Great Importance
on Social Responsibility
It is often discussed whether companies
should give Christmas
presents to their customers and
staff or should they rather donate
money to charity and humanitarian
organisations - to be at peace
with their conscience and to send
politically correct signals (and
maybe score cheap PR points).
Blue Water has kept a low profile
regarding its contributions - with
the exception of the company's and
the staff's donation to the victims
of the tsunami in 2005. The entire
staff of all Blue Water offices in
Denmark and abroad supported
the fund-raising with a six-figure
DKK amount.
Through the years, we have also
donated money to various organisations,
including the Danish Cancer
Society, the Danish Red Cross,
Blue Water Singapore was for the
second time invited to take part in
the "APC Beach Volleyball Cup"
arranged by Asia Project Chartering,
which is a partnership between
BBC Chartering, Leer and
Clipper Elite Chartering, Copenhagen.
The event took place at the
KM8 Beach Bar on the Sentosa
island off Singapore, and more
than 100 participants had a good
time on the beach. The afternoon's
programme also included activities
for the children and a barbecue.
Blue Water's team ended on a
fine third place together with the
two top athletes from APC, Mikael
Hansen and Rasmus Elgaard.
the Danish Heart Association, the
Children's Cancer Foundation, the
Muscular Atrophy Foundation and
Danish Handicap Sports.
Further to this, we have contributed
help through transport of
humanitarian aid packages in containers
and trucks to the world's
hot spots.
As a company, we take on social
responsibility for our staff as well
as for the surrounding society -
and we will continue to do so!
It is, however, a big misunderstanding
that the establishment
of the Blue Water Foundation in
2007 was a signal to send in applications
for travelling scholarships,
hospital treatment, charity etc. The
Blue Water Foundation is purely
intended for business purposes.
"APC 2008 Beach Volleyball Cup"
The bronze team, left to right:
Mikael Hansen/APC, Bjarke R.
Nielsen/Blue Water Singapore,
Rasmus Elgaard/APC and Jason
Goh/Blue Water Singapore.
The annual golf day of Blue Water Aberdeen was held at Newmachar
Hawkshill Course on 18.9. The lucky winner of the day was Noel Kelly
of Champion Technologies, who had a great round. In the picture, Noel
is standing at the far right together with (left to right): Stewart Greig/
Blue Water Aberdeen, Mike Leaper/DOF Subsea and Chris Reid/LFF -
London Fittings & Flaggs.
1972 and 11 offices

Award of Environment
Diploma for the Second Time
At the diploma presentation of
Miljønetværk Syd (Environment
Network South) at restaurant "Den
Røde Okse" on 3.11, Blue Water
was, for the second time, awarded an
environment diploma as recognition
and visible proof of the magnificent
environmental work the company
has performed.
Miljønetværk Syd is a voluntary
environment and sustainability cooperation
between companies and
institutions in Billund, Esbjerg, Fanø,
Varde and Vejen, with the following
objectives:
•
•
•
to link together environment and
trade promotion for the benefit of
the environment and the competitiveness
of the trade and industry.
to create a forum for exchange of
ideas and experience and for the
introduction of new initiatives and
solutions.
to distribute knowledge of the en-
vironment and work for a sustainable
development of the environment
for the benefit of the citizens
and companies of the region.
The further education of Blue Water's
Manager Group started last
spring. The management education
consists of modules of basic
leadership, and each module is
conducted on 2-day residential
courses at Esbjerg College or
the Conference Centre of Dansk
Folkeferie in Middelfart.
The modules include:
• The Manager and the Manager's
Role
• Management of Individuals
• Management of a Team
• Management and Communication,
Motivation
• Management and Changes
Instructor of the modules is Lis
In Poland, a Blue Water team participated
in the annual "Sports
Picnic" arranged by the Scandianvian/Polish
Chamber of Commerce.
Our team won one volleyball
match and lost three. We
believe in the principle that participating
is most important!
There is an increased focus on the
concentration of greenhouse gases in
the atmosphere, the global warming
and climatic changes. We feel that,
through the environment network
and the work in connection with
our ISO 14001:2004 environmental
certification, we are well prepared
to meet the future challenges of the
transport business.
Henning Ravn of the Plan and Environment
Committee of Esbjerg
council is presenting the diploma
to Blue Water Shipping A/S for the
second time.
Blue Water focuses on
Competent Management
Rosenkilde/the Finance Sector's
Education Centre.
27 managers have finished the
modules this year, and 18 will follow
in February 2009.
The finished modules have been
successful, and we have high
hopes of the effect of the education.
A good manager's training
and education never ends - it is
an ongoing process, meeting new
challenges each day. Therefore we
measure on employee satisfaction
GPTW (Great Place to Work) in
Blue Water, so that we are constantly
moving in order to make a
good place of work even better.
What could be more natural than
to gather 36 Blue Water trainees
close to the fields of Blue Water
Arena. The game had started for
our new trainee team. The week's
programme was set to give all
trainees a comprehensive knowledge
of our company culture,
targets, activities, expectations
and team spirit. IBC Kolding
participated with an external presentation
of the theoretical part of
the education and input regarding
customer service. A lecture on the
handling of hazardous goods was a
new item of the programme.
Tuesday evening, Blue Water
Arena had donated tickets, to all
trainees, to the ice hockey match
between Esbjerg and Sønderjyske.
Thursday evening was, as usual, a
This autumn, an introduction se-
minar was held, for 24 new employees,
at Blue Water's headquarters
in Esbjerg on 24-25 September.
One of the participants, Rikke H.
Rasmussen from our Copenhagen
office has made the following
comments:
"A very positive seminar with
all-round information about Blue
Water's history and activities. The
harbour tour was very interesting,
giving everyone an insight into the
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Blue Water Arena, the Perfect Setting
for the Trainee Week in Esbjerg
real get-together evening, dedicated
to bowling and pub crawling.
Friday was the yellow card day
like in any other match - and time
to say thank you for the match!
Here are some of the comments
from our team: "I really liked the
input, where we should work in
groups. It not only gave us a short
break from all the listening, but
also a chance to get to know each
other and learn what the others are
doing in their trainee job". Camilla
Søgaard, Accounts Trainee.
Comments of René Krone Jun-
ager: "The trainee week was indeed
a positive experience for me.
It was a week, where one could
create one's own network and get
to know a lot of new colleagues".
Introduction Seminar for New Employees
company's activities. It was also
nice to meet colleagues from the
other Blue Water offices, and the
dinner arrangement at Restaurant
Parken was a fine opportunity to
talk to everyone".
Having made many new contacts
and with a lot of useful information,
our team of new employees
was, after 2 days, ready to return
to their own office and function
- and with no doubt one or two
good Blue Water stories in their
luggage.

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The Project Department in Barcelona
has moved Office
Based on transport of windmills,
we established a project department
- Blue Water Projects - in
Barcelona a couple of years ago -
at the same address as Blue Water
Espanã, which is mainly involved
in general transport by sea and air.
Blue Water Projects has developed
in a positive way and has moved
address to the harbour district in
Barcelona as from 1.9.
Blue Water Projects S.L.
Calle Y, Tramo II
Edificio Crupo Perez y Cia
ES-08040 Barcelona
Spain
Tel.: +34 932 234 752
Fax: +34 932 234 735
e-mail: bwsbcn@bws.dk
Here our project team - Jørn
Scharck, Søren Gammelgaard and
Aleksandra Kurek - have their
base, when they are not out supervising
the handling and execution
of windmill transports in Spain or
elsewhere in Southern Europe.
Our project team in Barcelona in
front of the building housing our
new office facilities.
Blue Water's Sporting Event
According to tradition, Blue Water's
annual sporting event took
place in September. Our Billund
office was this year's organiser,
with a little help from a number of
local associations. In the morning
of 13.9., 200 expectant colleagues
met in the Hodde-Tistrup Sports
Centre, and when we at long last
had control of our Copenhagen
colleagues, the warm-up session
started, followed by the day's
sporting activities.
As usual, the programme included
football, petanque, beach volleyball,
badminton, dart and shooting
- and in all disciplines, we
saw plenty of fierce fighting. As
something new, the committee had
arranged spinning and aerobics for
those who were interested.
The evening's party was held in
the genuine Blue Water spirit - lots
of good food, music and fun. Well
past midnight, the buses headed
back to the 11 different destinations,
with all the participants,
including our very tired Billund
colleagues.
The event was a great success,
not least due to the sporting centre
and the local associations, who
had worked hard to get everything
organised, and we hereby wish to
send them all our sincere thanks.
Naturally, the many guests in festive
mood was the main reason for
the successful day, and we already
look forward to next year's sporting
day.
Blue Water Aarhus, who is responsible for our traffic to/from Finland, has
paid a visit to our colleagues in Helsinki. Left to right: Ilse Tolmala and
Hans Sjöberg / Blue Water Helsinki, Poul Aarre / Blue Water Aarhus, Tarja
Saari / Blue Water Helsinki and Henrik Madsen / Blue Water Aarhus.
Unfortunately, Blue Water Holland had chosen Sunday 7 September for
their company excursion. The programme of the day included sailing,
horse riding, visit to a museum etc., and despite the fact that the sail was
cancelled due to bad weather - rainy and windy - it did not spoil the good
atmosphere.
According to tradition, the annual fishing expedition, arranged by Blue
Water Esbjerg's staff club, took place on 28.9. This year's destination was
Nebel Sø (Lake). Here the catch of the day is studied carefully.

These shin guards belong to the EFB Ice Hockey goalkeeper, Fabrice
L'Henry, who is also goalkeeper on the French national team.
For further information please contact:
Blue Water Shipping A/S, US Car Team
Ventrupparken 8B, DK-2670 Greve
Tel: 4366 2566 - Fax: 4366 2562
E-mail: uscarteam_cph@bws.dk
Contact: Laila S. Teilhof / Jesper Lisby
Blue Water Brazil
5 years have gone by since the
opening of Blue Water's branch in
Brazil, and it is pure coincidence
that we on the very day of its 5th
anniversary moved into new splendid
facilities (200 sqmtrs.) in the
city of Sao Paulo. Here we have
a staff of 10 young highly motivated
people, and the core acti-
vity is still food transport (chilled/
frozen) from South America to the
rest of the world - but we do also
deal with other activities, such as
dry cargo.
The anniversary was celebrated
with an excursion to an ecological
park - Parque dos Sonhos - 150
kilometres from Sao Paulo. The
programme of the day included
different activities and challenges
- such as tree walking, rappelling,
trekking and aqua riding. The
dress code for the evening's party
was "ridiculous", which really
made the festive spirit rise.
In January, Blue Water Rotterdam will move to new facilities:
BLUE WATER INTERNATIONAL A/S
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 185
2990 AD Barendrecht
Holland
Tel. +31 (0) 180 611666
Fax +31 (0) 180 619862
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From the excursion - left to right:
Bruno Cesar Barbi, Fabiana Martins,
Mogens Nielsen, Vanessa
Batista da Silva, Priscilla Souza
and Tiago Henrique Vaini Bitiu.
Blue Water Shipping do Brasil Ltda.
Rua Cincinato Braga, 340 - 15th
Floor, Suite 151
01330-010 Sâo Paulo - SP
Brazil
Tel.: +55 11 2628 5494
Fax: +55 11 2628 3799
E-mail: bwssao@bws.dk
The new office - left to right: Adriano Venetucci Gouveia, Tiago Henrique
Vaini Bitiu, Fabiana Martins, Priscilla Souza, Mio Mekaro, Rachel Alves,
Jaliana Dantas Falcin, Vanessa Batista da Silva, Bruno Cesar Barbi and
Mogens Nielsen.
New address in Rotterdam, Holland
Visiting Address:
Fennaweg 24
2991 ZA Barendrecht
Holland

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Jubilees
30 Years
With a village schooling in the South
of Jutland as a backdrop, jobs in Den
Gamle By (museum in Aarhus),
Samson Transport and Con-Way,
Svend Erik Ladegaard started his
career with UniShip (United Shipping
Agencies) on 1.2.1979. Svend
Erik started in the freight forwarding
department, which at that time was
the main activity. The combined
feeder and freight forwarding office
in Oslo came into existence in 1986
and the real progress of the Norwegian
traffic started. Specialised in
Norwegian traffic, Svend Erik has
always focused on development,
black figures on the bottom line and
maintaining loyal employees. His
qualities of leadership are characterised
by great human understanding
and he will do everything to support
his colleagues. When Unifeeder decided
to sell its forwarding activities
to Blue Water, Svend Erik led the
process. He thrives on challenges
and uphill jobs and has a reputation
of being a visionary workaholic
who loves working at odd hours. In
private life, he is an energetic runner,
connoisseur of wine and has,
according to himself, a comprehensive
knowledge and collection of
rock music of the sixties.
Silver Jubilee
On 1.3., Søren Stougaard will be
celebrating his silver jubilee with
Blue Water Esbjerg. Søren is an
out-and-out "harbour man" - and the
port of Esbjerg is in particular dear
to his heart - and every inch a Blue
Water man as well. Søren did actually
serve his apprenticeship with
another company in the port of Esbjerg
before he joined BlueWater on
1.3.1984. In those days, the port of
Esbjerg was associated with the red
reefer vessels of Lauritzen Reefers,
whereas today windmill shipments
have taken over and take up a great
deal of the port's and Blue Water's
time, with Søren and his competent
teams of the agency and project departments
at the helm - a very busy
job which includes many different
activities. On the home front, Søren
shares his time with his wife, Gitte,
especially after she has started playing
golf. Gitte and Søren will soon
start a new life together, as they have
sold their old house and will move
into town.
20 Years
Anette Rosenbæk Larsen will be
celebrating her 20th anniversary
on 28.2. It has been a long journey
from Esbjerg, via Odense, to Sealand
- first Skovlunde, then Vallensbæk
and finally Greve (in Jutland,
all 3 Sealand locations are known
as Blue Water Copenhagen). After
a period of practical training followed
by a maternity cover, Anette
started her actual apprenticeship in
the accounts department in Esbjerg
on 1.9.1989. Halfway through her
apprenticeship, she was transferred
to Funen, due to a demand for accounting
assistance at our Odense
office. In the meantime, Anette
had met her boy friend, who lived
in Sealand, and now the train ride
became shorter and DSB (Danish
Railways) poorer. Later on, things
worked out so that Annette got a job
with Blue Water Copenhagen - in
the beginning, a combined freight
forwarding/accounting job. However,
during the last 10 years, Anette
has been full-time employed in the
accounts department, and she is now
married to her boyfriend, Søren, and
has two lovely children, Amalie and
Sebastian.
Hanne Bärthel of Blue Water Management,
Esbjerg will be celebrating
her 20th anniversary with the
Blue Water Group on 1.2.09. Hanne
forms part of our accounts team in
Esbjerg as one half of the day-today
management of the department.
Hanne's primary function, however,
is her job as Accounts Manager of
Blue Water International, where the
experience from her periods abroad
- in Aberdeen, Dublin and Baku -
has given her a thorough knowledge
of the many different duties of such
a job. In addition to the accounting
side, Hanne is an important lifeline
to our offices abroad, as they can
always ask her for guidance and direction.
Along with being responsible
for the economy in Blue Water
International, the economy of Blue
Water Marine & Energy is also Hanne's
domain.
On 1.2.1989, Anne Marie (Rie)
Torsland/Blue Water Esbjerg was
"headhunted" from The Borden Co.
to keep track of document procedures
in connection with letters of
credit, invoicing and closing of files
in our deep sea department. A task
she mastered very fast.
Over the years, Rie has been involved
in various activities - as IT
superuser on DSI and IRMA, freight
purchaser, forwarder, sales representative
etc.
Rie is married to Anders, who forms
part of Blue Water Marine & Energy's
terminal team. They have two wonderful,
challenging teenage child-
ren, Max aged 17 and Nina aged 14.
Another beloved family member,
Tøffe, is a big crossbred Labrador
(named after a bald-headed football
player from Aarhus), who joins Rie
on her morning walks.
Back in 1989 (1.3), Jutta Damgaard
Sørensen joined Blue Water Transport,
Esbjerg, which at that time was
our own haulage business, operating
55 tractor units when the company
was at its peak. Today we no longer
have our own trucks, but Jutta has
become part of the company that
controls the Blue Water Group's 800
logo trailers. Until a couple of years
ago, she was in fact able to remember
all registration numbers of the entire
fleet of trailers. Jutta is known for
her great helpfulness, cheerfulness
and not least her energetic efforts to
meet the agreed deadlines. In private
life, Jutta is married to Peter and has
two grown-up children, Marianne
and Michael. Jutta's leisure pursuits
include flower arranging, her house,
garden and summer house in Blaavand
- and we are sure that her new
title as grandma will take up a great
deal of her time in the future.
10 Years
Fina Garber of Blue Water Baku recalls
10 years back a very shy young
man, Rovshan Mamedov, coming
into her office to apply for a job. Getting
the job (as from 28.10.1998) he
has since surpassed all her expectations.
First as part of our airfreight
team in the airport, then at our office
in the city of Baku, where he alongside
his job managed to improve his
English knowledge by private study
and develop his IT talents.
In 2004, Rovshan seized the opportunity
to improve his skills even
further when a vacancy appeared
in Dubai. Here Rovshan has built
up our traffic to the CIS and is very
popular among our Russian speaking
clients as well as among his colleagues,
who are impressed by his
ability to learn Hindi. This makes it
possible for him to catch all important
information at the office as well
as the gossip.
Gerben C. van Giesen will be celebrating
his 10th jubilee with Blue
Water Rotterdam on 1.1. Before
Gerben started his apprenticeship
with Blue Water, he was already
familiar with the atmosphere of our
reefer department from his 6 weeks'
work experience there in connection
with his studies at the Transport College.
Fresh from college, we offered him
a job and he has formed part of our
Rotterdam team ever since. In the
meantime, he has also got a family
- a wife and a son.
Gerben is an asset to the company,
acting as an octopus and always
ready to lend a hand. In addition, he
has never had a sick day - apart from
once, when a swan tried to kiss him
as he was riding his bicycle to work
one morning. The little incident resulted
in a concussion.
Back in 1999 (1.2.), John Frandsen
started as sales representative
with Smyril Line Cargo, Torshavn.
The company was transformed into
Smyril Blue Water on 1.4.2005, and
John is now General Manager of the
office in Torshavn.
John originally comes from Brøndby,
but did his military service on
the Faroe Islands in 1973. There he
met his wife, Laila, and the family
has since increased to include 4 well
and strong sons. John received his
commercial training at Solar, but is
an all-rounder, as he has done many
different jobs. John has always been
very interested in sport - first as an
active sportsman and then through
his sons. He has for instance been
chairman of the Faroese swimming
league and committee member in
HB - the biggest Faroese football
club.
On 1.2.1999, Ole Hermansen of
Blue Water Aarhus was employed
as Key Account Manager in Unifeeder's
freight forwarding department
in Aarhus, responsible for sales

Jubilees
and customer service in Jutland/
Funen. When Blue Water took over
the activity from Unifeeder in 2008
(1.4.), Ole changed field to Norway
and "Individual Solutions". With his
harmonious character, easy manners
and natural approach and interest in
IT technology and telecommunication,
Ole is a highly appreciated
member of the team. Whenever his
colleagues need advice and guidance,
Ole is always able to find a
solution, often accompanied by one
of his special cheerful remarks.
Henrik Sidding Nielsen of Blue
Water Milan will be celebrating his
10th jubilee on 1.3.2009. Henrik
served his apprenticeship with Blue
Water Odense, in the Germany/
Benelux department and has, both
during his apprenticeship and later,
contributed to the development of
this strong and efficient department.
Henrik was later transferred to our
partner in Milan, Italy - Armando
Vidale - for a 2-year period, where
he learned to speak a high standard
of Italian and acquired a comprehensive
knowledge of Italian culture.
Henrik's experience from his stay
in Milan made it possible for Blue
Water to establish its own office in
Busto Arsizio, near Milan, in the
autumn of 2006. Since the opening,
Henrik has performed the function
of General Manager and has also
for several years been responsible
for the development of Blue Water's
Italian activities.
Henrik is a typical sports freak, jogging
up and down the hills close to
his home in Como, and is not the
man to refuse a marathon or a 1/2
iron man.
10 years ago, we welcomed Lisa
Domino Høj to our reception at Blue
New Address in Norway
Postal Address:
Blue Water Shipping AS
PB 65 Alnabru
0614 Oslo
Norge
Visiting Address:
Verkseier Furulundsvei 5
0668 Oslo
Norge
The terminal address remains
unchanged until further notice.
Water Aarhus. Lisa was, however,
for a short period lent to our Swedish
department in Aarhus, when
they needed help with booking and
invoicing, but is now back in the
reception again. Lisa is mainly responsible
for the daily booking of
suppliers' invoices, but is also attending
to the switchboard and is as
such filling an octopus function.
Seven years ago, Lisa Domino met
Henrik Høj, who was a truck driver,
and a year later they were married.
Lisa added the name Høj to her
name, which fitted like a glove (Høj
means tall and Lisa is a very tall
girl). Henrik had 3 daughters, and
about 2 years ago, Lisa and Henrik
became parent of twins, Oscar and
Sofie, so their home in Galten is always
a jolly place.
Jason Goh will be celebrating his
10th anniversary with Blue Water
Singapore on 1.4.09. Shortly after
he joined Blue Water, Jason was
appointed General Manager of the
Singapore office, and due to his
great commitment and efforts, he
is today in charge of a staff of 18 at
the office and warehouse. Jason is a
well-known figure with our many
O&E clients in Asia and is working
energetically to our motto "Best in
Town". In addition to the close local
contact, Jason is also an important
part in the development of a co-
operation across the organisation,
and keeps close contact with our offices
in Esbjerg, Houston, Aberdeen,
Aktau and Baku among others. In
future, Jason will spend more time
developing the activities in Asia in
general, as this is also part of his job
description.
New Address in China
Blue Water Shipping China A/S
Qingdao Office
Room. 27B, Hua Pu Building
No. 68, Hong Kong Mid –Road
Qingdao 266071
People’s Republic of China
Tel: +86 532 85970531
Fax: + 86 532 85970532
E-mail: bwsqdao@bws.dk
Staff Redeployment
As from 1.9., Kanan Zeynally of
Blue Water Aberdeen is appointed
Business Development Manager
responsible for the oil activities
in the Caspian region.
Due to hectic activity, Jesper
Øraker of Blue Water Copenhagen
is for the time being stationed
in Billund.
Arne Iversen of Blue Water
Qingdao has divided his efforts
between China and Qatar over the
summer, in order to get our office
in Doha started. In future, Arne
will have his permanent base in
Esbjerg, Denmark, but will be
paying regular visits to both offices.
On 13.10., Jesper Heinze moved
from Blue Water Copenhagen to
our agent, Bohemia Cargo, in the
Czech Republic, where he will
be responsible for the transport
from Færch Plast's new factory to
European destinations. The longterm
plan is to transfer Jesper to
Blue Water Manchester.
Lasse Petersen from Blue Water
New York has moved south to
Fort Lauderdale as from 20.10.
New Employees
Aalborg
Michal Czarnecki
- 22 years
- is employed as
administrative
assistant at our
terminal as from
6.10. Michal served his apprenticeship
as a forwarder in his home
country, Poland, and has worked as
such until he moved to Denmark.
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After New Year, Michelle Afonso
will move from New York to Blue
Water's office in Los Angeles.
As from November, Lars Jedermann
Jørgensen of the O&E
department in Esbjerg was transferred
to Blue Water Houston.
Haulier Aksel Johansen had decided
to end his long working career
on 1.11.2008. He will now
enjoy his future life, as an early
pensioner, together with his family
in their country house close
to Glamsbjerg. Since the early
nineties, Aksel has been permanently
involved with Blue Water,
Odense as local distribution haulier
and has been a fantastic "ambassador"
for our company in the
daily contact with our customers.
Blue Water has taken over Aksel's
van, which in future will be
manned by our own local driver
Carsten Lunau Hansen. At the
same time, Brian Illum Hansen
exchanges his warehouse job with
a job as driver of Blue Water's
courier van.
We hereby wish Aksel all the best
for the future and thank him for
an excellent long-term partnership.
Left to right: Carsten Lunau Hansen and Aksel Johansen.
25-year-old
Jesper Mikkelsen
joined our
terminal team
on 3.11. In his
previous career,
Jesper has worked for Color Print
and as a self-employed haulier in
Kurérgruppen Nordjylland.

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New Employees
Billund
As from 1.11.,
we have taken
on 29-yearold
freight
forwarder, Lars
Jacobsen, to
take over the responsibility for
the daily operation of the export
department. Lars comes from a
position of logistics manager of
Epoka, Pandrup. Lars received his
training at TNT Express in Kolding
and has also been employed
with Bendix Shipping, Taulov.
Esbjerg
On 1.9. a new
stevedore foreman
- 28-yearold
Christian
Ørskov - joined
our team. Christian
has for the past 6 years been
involved in workshop and sales
for Peter Harbo A/S. Christian
was originally trained as a plumber,
but is also a qualified sales
and marketing consultant.
After a short
detour to
Arovit, we are
pleased to welcome
Martin
Hebsgaard back
with Blue Water Transport as
from 1.10. Martin will be involved
in reefer transport to Southern
Europe.
As from 20.11, 3 new colleagues
have joined our UK/Ireland groupage
terminal:
45-year-old
Finn Callesen
is employed as
foreman. He
was previously
employed with
Leman for 10 years - the last year
as deputy foreman.
47-year-old
Torben Jensen
is employed
as terminal
assistant. For
the last 3 1/2
years, Torben has been working
as a truck driver and before that
he was employed with IAT and
Birkebæk Møbler, Bramming.
42-year-old Brian
Grandt has joined
our team as
terminal assistant.
Brian has previously
worked
for JB Spær and Esbjerg Træindustri.
Lars Søvsø
Jensen - 42 years
old - started as
freight forwarder
in our airfreight
department on
1.11. Lars served his apprenticeship
with Dan Transport in Tirstrup
Airport and has also been employed
with DanTransport and DFDS
Transport in Billund. Lars' most recent
job was as Airfreight Manager
of PR Shipping, Esbjerg.
On 4.11., Marc
Nielsen - 22
years old -
joined our
groupage
terminal team
on Lillebæltsvej. Marc comes
from a similar job with Holger
Christiansen A/S and is originally
a qualified building technician.
As from 17.11.,
59-year-old
Jacob Nielsen
forms part of
our warehouse
team. Jacob is
in fact an old acquaintance of Blue
Water as he, years back, was our
very first warehouseman. Jacob has
been a self-employed haulier for
many years and was most recently
employed at Seelen's warehouse -
but now the circle is closed.
28-year-old
Helle Mejrup joined
our finance
department on
1.12. Helle's
previous jobs
include Revision 88 and Betonelement
A/S, and she has an all-round
accounting background and experience
in debtor administration and accounting
for two minor companies.
23-year-old Johannes Josefsen -
who just recently
graduated
in computer
science - started
as assistant in
our IT department
on 1.12.
Camilla Lundgaard
Hansen
- 24 years old
- is employed
as accounts assistant
as from
1.12. Camilla - who has been
working as a temp in the accounts
department since last summer
- comes from a similar job at an
estate agent's office in Aarhus.
We were pleased
to welcome
32-year-old
Michael Rud
back in our project
department
on 18.11, which will no doubt
benefit by his experience. Michael
was previously part of the project
team for a short period before he
decided to seek new challenges at
Vestas Offshore, Esbjerg.
21-year-old Joakim
Jensen is
employed in our
project department
as from
1.1.09. Joakim
comes from Nakskov, where he
just recently completed his apprenticeship,
involved in ship's
agency and stevedoring. Joakim
is therefore familiar with shipping
and handling of windmills which
will be part of his daily duties at
Blue Water.
Copenhagen
21-year-old
June Andreassen
forms part of
our warehouse
team since 1.7.
June comes
from a similar job with DHL.
Aarhus
Elo Eriksen -
31 years old
- started at our
warehouse on
1.8. Elo's previousemployments
include Hørkram and a
temporary job with Proffice.
The 33-year-old
freight forwarder,
Chris Bundesen,
joined
our airfreight
department on
1.9. Chris used to work in the sea
and airfreight department of STS.
36-year-old
Lotte Malberg
is employed
as sales and
HR secretary.
Lotte's previous
fields of activity include internal
and external sales - the last 5
years with Tropica.
After a period
of temporary
employment,
31-year-old
Mark Krabbenhøft
became
permanently employed at our
warehouse on 1.11.
Bremen
The 36-yearold
freight
forwarder,
Sandra Tietgen,
is employed
to deal with
sea freight import as from 1.10.
Sandra has 20 years of forwarding
experience from her previous jobs
with Emil Ipsen GmbH and Stute
Verkehrs GmbH.
Doha
John Daniel -
41 years old - is
appointed assistant
general
manager of our
newly established
office as from 1.10. John
comes from India, but has for
the past 10 years been working
in the Middle East - for Maersk
Logistics in Dubai and the last 5
years for Damco in Doha.
Shareef Khaja
- 33 years old -
joined our new
office as operations
supervisor
as from 8.10.
Shareef, who is also from India, has
6 years of forwarding experience
from Doha and his strong point is
that he speaks and reads Arabic.

New Employees
Another Indian,
33-year-old
Gilna Viju,
is appointed
customs service
manager as
from 12.10. Gilja was previously
employed with National Shipping,
Doha for 6 years.
Dubai
37-year-old
Reuben Alexander
joined our
airfreight department
as airfreight
manager on 5.10.
Reuben used to work for Paxton, E-
Freight and Dubai Cargo Village.
As from 19.10.,
we have taken
on 48-year-old
John Millward
as business
development
manager. John is from England,
but has worked in the Middle East
for many years - first in Saudi
Arabia and in recent years in
Dubai for Oman Transport, ADSO
and Logistics Solutions.
Helsinki
Tarja Saari -
43 years old
- joined our
team on 2.6.
Tarja has been
in the freight
forwarding business since 1989,
employed with Huolintakeskus,
BDN Cargo Transport, DFDS and
since 2000 with Kauko Group. In
all these jobs, she has been involved
in road transport - both export
and import to/from Finland.
Today, Tarja's main responsibility
is import from Denmark.
56-year-old Ilse
Carita Tolmala
is employed
as from 2.6.
to assist with
dispatch of
trailers to Denmark and export/
import to/from Norway and
Sweden. Ilse is an old hand, as
she has been in the business since
1983 - with Huolintakeskus,
NTS and since 2002 with Kaugo
Group, where she was primarily
involved in export and import to/
from Sweden and Norway.
53-year-old
Hans Rafael
Sjøberg forms
part of the team
since 18.8., involved
in trailer
traffic to/from Denmark and the
rest of Scandinavia. Hasse was a
truck driver for 30 years before he
got a job "behind the desk" with
Niin Express in Turku, where he
for 5 years was dealing with silo
transport to Scandinavia and the
rest of Europe.
Ipswich
Michael Bond
- 32 years old -
started as truck
driver on 28.7.
Michael used to
work for H.C.
Wilson and Felxstowe Port
Moscow
42-year-old Sergey
Abramow
is engaged as
truck driver
since 14.7.
Sergey used
to work for Mosavtolegtrans and
Danish company Olsen.
Nuuk
Jacob Poulsen
- 46 years old
- is employed
as terminal
assistant/driver
since 22.7.
Jacob's previous employments
include 11 years with a firm of
furniture removers in Nuuk.
Oslo
At the takeover of Gran Spedisjon
on 1.7., the following staff were
transferred to Blue Water Oslo:
Knut-Erik
Gran - 62 years
old - established
Gran Spedisjon
in 1978 (1.3.)
and has been in
charge of the daily operation ever
since - which is more than 30 years
- and will remain in charge in the
new constellation. Knut-Erik started
in the freight forwarding business
in 1965 and was employed with
Fred Olsen Spedisjon for 13 years
before he became self-employed.
Liv-Mette Gran
- 59 years old
- was a skilled
social educator
before she, in
1967, became
involved in accounting and office
work in general. Since 1998, she
has been a permanent part of Gran
Spedisjon - the recent 10 years,
responsible for economy, accounting,
staff and administration.
37-year-old Else
Hemmer Magnussen
joined the
team 6 years ago
and has gathered
all-round experience
in customs clearance, freight
forwarding, sea and airfreight and
domestic and international distribution.
Else has previously worked at
the Tollpost AS terminal for one year
and 3 years as logistics assistant with
Systemair AS.
Anne Watne - 46
years old - became
permanently
employed in
2007 after a period
of temporary
employment. Anne's field of activity
includes freight forwarding, traffic,
customs clearance, invoice control
etc. She was previously employed
with DHL Danzas Air & Ocean for
5 years, taking care of administration
and accounting.
On 1.5., Henrik
Munthe-Dahl
- 45 years old
- became permanently
employed
as freight forwarder
and customs expert after a period
of temporary employment. Henrik
has been working as a customs broker
since 1988 - with Ecotrans AS,
ASG AS, Tollpost Globe AS and the
recent 6 years with DHL AS.
Patrick Saut - 35
years old - joined
the team on
17.6. Patrick
has specialised
in economy and
IT, but has for the past 3 years been
responsible for distribution at FRS
Norway AS. In addition, he has
gathered experience from his 3-year
period as branch manager with the
same company. Today, Patrick's
main responsibility is IT, but he is
also involved in freight forwarding.
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As from 1.9.,
39-year-old Jan
Olav Edvardsen
is employed as
freight forwarder
in the Denmark
import department. Jan Olav
has since 1998 been involved in
similar activities - the recent 4
years with Cargo Partner.
Tove Ragnhild
Saua - 56 years
old - joined
the customs
department on
1.9. Tove has
20 years of customs experience
from her previous jobs with Arne
Thorsen Transport, Skien and Primaflor
A/S, Oslo among others.
Sao Paulo
18-year-old
Bruno Cesar
Barbi started as
trainee on 3.7.
Singapore
Emma Siew Li
Wai - 27 years
old - is employed
as accounts and
administration
assistant as from
20.10. Emma's recent employment
involved similar duties.
27-year-old
Fajar Bin Razali
joined our logistics
department
as logistics assistant
on 20.10.
Fajar has previously worked as a
stacker and lifting supervisor.
Torshavn
Hallur Danielsen
- 35 years
old - started as
salesman in the
import department
on 18.8.
Hallur has previously worked as
logistics co-ordinator for the fish
exporter, Farex.
Vilnius
On 25.8.,
22-year-old
Egidijus Balzaris
started as
trainee.

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Birthday List
January
Zahir Rzayev, Baku - 50 years old 1.1.
Finn B. Jensen, Padborg - 60 years old 10.1.
Thomas Vestergaard,
Aalborg - 30 years old 14.1.
Lars Kristiansen, Esbjerg - 30 years old 17.1.
Simon Le Beniory, Aarhus - 40 years old 31.1.
February
Alex Nordtorp Olesen,
Esbjerg - 40 years old 1.2.
Michelle Minto-Le Dreff,
Brest - 40 years old 5.2.
Peter G. Larsen,
Weddings
Mary Ann Anical of Blue Water
Dubai was married to her fiancé,
Gerry B. Afable, in Manilla, the
Philippines on 8.4.
Puvlished by:
Blue Water
Trafikhavnskaj 11
DK-6701 Esbjerg
Tel.: +45 79 13 41 44
Fax +45 79 13 46 77
Hanstholm - 40 years old 10.2.
Sam Jai Moses, Dubai - 40 years old 13.2.
Tina Imer Jensen, Aalborg - 30 years old 16.2.
Lasse Nørgaard Wolff,
Esbjerg - 30 years old 20.2.
Martin Terndrup Nielsen,
Odense - 30 years old 27.2.
March
Klaus Bindesbøll Petersen,
Esbjerg - 30 years old 4.3.
Nicki Frandsen,
Copenhagen - 30 years old 9.3.
Sonya Byfield, Aberdeen - 40 years old 14.3.
Malene Ehmsen from our airfreight
department in Esbjerg married
Jesper in the Church of Ho
on 6.9. Their two children, Ditte
and Victor, were bridesmaid and
bridesman.
Sebastian von der Wehl from our
Norwegian department in Aarhus
married Maria Saabye in Skødstrup
Church on 28.6. The wedding
festivities were held at an restaurant
in Ugelbølle with a view
over Kalø Bay. Next morning, the
happy couple left for their honeymoon
in Alaska and Hawaii.
Editors:
Gyrithe Skov: gskov@bws.dk
Jørn Bøllund, Kurt Skov
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www.bws.dk
Dorte Fogtman from the accounts
department in Esbjerg got married
in Brede Church in Bredebro on
6.9. The name of the lucky groom
is Thomas Jordt, and they have now
both taken the family name Fogtman
Jordt
Saturday 30.9, Simon Appel from
our Swedish department in Aarhus
entered into matrimony with his
girlfriend, Marianne, at the town
hall in Silkeborg. Naturally, their
little son, Mads, took part in the
big event.
Lay-out:
Claus Simony
Kirsten Davidsen, Esbjerg - 50 years old 17.3.
Björn E. Jensen,
Gothenburg 40 years old 23.3.
April
Martin Hebsgaard, Esbjerg - 30 years old 1.4.
John Lauridsen, Esbjerg - 50 years old 2.4.
Robert Farrar, Manchester - 60 years old 10.4.
Suresh Kumar, Dubai - 50 years old 17.4.
Rene Bonde Jensen,
Copenhagen - 40 years old 20.4.
Florens Van Tiggelen,
Rotterdam 30 years old 22.4.
Births
On 0.8., Kevin Robb, Operations
Manager in Aberdeen, and his wife
increased their family with a baby
girl, Erin, weighing 3 kgs..
On 25.8., it was the Logistics
Co-ordinator in Aberdeen, Scott
Brand's turn to become a father as
his wife gave birth to a little girl,
Hayden Marissa weighing 3.7
kgs.
On 4.9., Steffan Ploog of Blue
Water Odense became a father of
a fine healthy boy (2.950 kgs/52
cm).
On 30.9., Jan Ekholm of Blue Water
Gothenburg and his wife, Sara,
became parents of a little girl, Cornelia
(3.190 kgs/51 cm).
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