Company Magazine for the Odfjell Group December 2006
In this issue:
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Editor:
Klaus Walderhaug
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE:
Brit A. Bennett
Kjell Johansen
Tor Jürgensen
Siri-Anne Mjåtvedt
Morten Nystad
Ellen Skagen
Anne-Kristine Øen
CORRESPONDENTS:
Rotterdam:
Theo Kruithof
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6
12
16
Grand opening for Odfjell
Dongzhan
The Board at Jiangyin
Fit for fight!
A Polish Requiem
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9
Mariners´ gathering in the Philippines ......................................................................... 10
Adding capacity at OTR ................................................................................................. 14
Safety Bulletin ................................................................................................................ 15
Celebrating Safety Success . ........................................................................................... 20
Odfjell receives Rhodia Brasil award . ........................................................................... 21
TMS implementation in progress .................................................................................. 21
The book is here - the Odfjell story being published .................................................. 22
Dalian discussions ........................................................................................................... 24
Goal planning at Odfjell Houston . ............................................................................... 24
Odfjell Asia with another 10 years of AIS status . ......................................................... 25
Preparing for the big one - experience transfer in Singapore...................................... 25
Greetings from around the world ................................................................................. 26
Christmas abroad............................................................................................................. 32
QM Corner ....................................................................................................................... 34
Odfjell Service Awards .................................................................................................... 35
The Personnel Corner ..................................................................................................... 36
Fleet and terminals ......................................................................................................... 38
Growth for future demand at Odfjell Terminals (Korea) ............................................... Singapore:
Atle Knutsen
Deadline next issue:
March 5th, 2007
Design: MacBox AS
Cover:
Scaffolding at Odfjell Terminals
(Rotterdam).
Photo: Klaus Walderhaug
Odfjell Quarterly December 2006
OTK doubling the drumming capacity ............................................................................
Dear Colleagues...
Early November I went to the Far East,
to visit our offices and terminals there,
to meet with people and to witness
the rapid development that takes
place in this region. It is always very
useful to get out of the office to get
a first hand impression of the world in
which we operate. They say that “seeing is believing”, and such opportunities to get a better understanding of
what’s going on are certainly of great
value.
It is also a particular pleasure to meet
with our skilled and enthusiastic colleagues at the marketing offices and
terminals, and to learn more about
their particular situation and challenges. This is of course also the case
with our mariners. Together with the
Chairman I participated in the most
recent crew conference in Manila, and
was happy to present service awards
to several of the Filipino sailors for
long and faithful service to Odfjell. It
makes me proud to see the dedication
to and confidence in the company,
and I am determined to show that we
are worthy of this trust.
One of the things that strike me when
I am out “in the field”, is the strong
brand name that Odfjell represents.
Branding is important in any marketing, and it is apparent that Odfjell
stands for something particular, for
quality and reliability. This is a very
valuable and enviable concept, and it
is essential that we do our utmost to
maintain this image. However, a quality and safety image that meticulously
has been established through years
of hard work may be ruined in just
seconds of carelessness. In addition
to our particular concern for life and
property, this is an important reason
why we are so extremely determined
to try to avoid mishaps, detentions
and accidents. We operate a fleet of
many ships, and it is essential that we
strictly follow the procedures for any
risky operations, procedures that are
based on many years of experience.
We should always keep in mind that
accidents very rarely occur when all
the procedures have been complied
with.
Let me also take this opportunity to
underline the importance of internal
communication. This concerns not
only ship to shore and vice versa, but
also across shorebased activities and
departments. Being an integrated
company, with in-house chartering,
commercial operation, ship management and ownership of ships and
terminals, offers many advantages.
Cooperation and sharing of information enable us to make the decisions
that we feel are the best for the common bottom line, not particularly for
one specific business unit or department. Knowing also that we have
owners that are thinking long-term,
our decisions should hopefully be sensible in the long run.
2006 is our 90th year of operation. I am sure that if the founders,
the brothers Abraham and Fredrik
Odfjell, had the opportunity to see
what the company has become, they
would have been mighty proud; fleet
operated exceeding 90 ships, six tank
terminals with more than 2 mill. cbm.
capacity, annual transportation of 20
mill. mts cargo, more than 3,300 employees in 18 countries in all corners
of the world. The book about the
Odfjell history is now ready, narrating the development of the company
throughout most of the last century.
This makes fascinating reading, and I
am sure that many will enjoy learning
about how the company turned out
the way it has.
Finally, I thank all of you for your efforts
and contribution in 2006 and I also
extend my wishes for a happy holiday
season.
Season’s Greetings!
Regards,
Terje Storeng
President/CEO
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Flash News
Odfjell takes part in new
terminal project on
Hainan Island
At the Hainan Island, South China a deal
has just been struck for the building of
a new world-class tank terminal. Odfjell
will be the managing partner, in joint
ownership with the Garson Group, our
partners in Jiangyin, and with the State
Yangpu Industrial Development Agency.
The terminal will be located to the deepwater port of Yangpu -- within its free
trade zone area. The free trade zone
facilitates future tank terminalling hub
activities, in conjunction with our other
Chinese tank terminals. More details
will follow in the next Quarterly.
The refinery terminal
Visiting the Sinopec Hainan Petrochemical refinery. From left: Chang Li (Odfjell), Sun Biao (Garson), Dan Odfjell, Li
Guolian (President, Sinopec Hainan Petrochemical) and Han Jianming (Vice President, Sinopec Hainan Petrochemical)
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Grand opening for Odfjell
Dongzhan
Inauguration Ceremony in Shanghai
By Zhu Guohe, General Manager, Odfjell Shanghai
On November 3rd
2006, Odfjell Dongzhan
Shipping
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd
(ODZ), a joint venture
between Odfjell and
Shanghai Dongzhan
Oil Transportation Co.
Ltd., could celebrate
its official inauguration through a
grand opening ceremony at the Radisson Hotel in Shanghai. More than 120
distinguished guests and customers
from all relevant parties attended the
event. Among the ones present were
prominent representatives from Port
of Shanghai, Shanghai Maritime Safety
Administration of PRC, Shanghai Lu
Wan District Government, and also Ms.
Kari Bjørnaas and Mr. Fred H. Nomme
from Consulate General of Norway in
Shanghai
The opening ceremony was presided by
Zhou Libo, also known under his stage
name “Bi Bi”, one of the most famous
talk-show actors in Shanghai as well as
around China. The ceremony commenced
with a welcome speech by Odfjell President/CEO Terje Storeng, followed by
thanks-giving speech by the Chairman of
ODZ, Mr. Chen Guanqiang. Both speakers expressed their confidence in the establishment of the joint venture being
an important contribution to the domestic shipping industry for petrochemicals
in China. After more than a year of hard
work, the company had its first Chineseflagged coastal chemical tanker, M/T Bao
Hai Tun, delivered in September this year.
Considering the huge domestic demand
in China, the intention is to have more
vessels joining the ODZ’s fleet in the future, to meet customers’ needs and to
better serve the Chinese market.
The ceremony culminated with Mr. Terje
Storeng and Mr. Chen Guanqiang unveiling a plaque to mark ODZ’s opening.
After the ceremony, all the guests took
part in a welcoming banquet. During
the banquet the guests were of course
served Odfjell wine, organised by Laurence Odfjell, member of the Odfjell
Board and the architect of the Chilean
winery. Mr. Odfjell was invited to give
a speech, and, as he has visited China
several times, he also included som phrases in Mandarin, to the guests delight.
Chen Guanqiang and Terje Storeng unveiling the Odfjell Dongzhan plaque
Everybody joined in to bring a toast with
Odfjell wine for the prosperity and fu-
ture development of Odfjell Dongzhan
and Odfjell in China.
The Master of Ceremonies together
with one of China’s finest opera singers
Laurence Odfjell during his impromptu
speech
Sandra Cao and Emma Sun of Odfjell
Shanghai
Odfjell representatives Y. K. Ha (Odfjell
Korea), Ken Kurihara (Odfjell Japan)
and Li Xiaoguiang (Odfjell Terminals
(Dalian))
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The Board at Jiangyin
Odfjell Board of Directors visits terminal construction site
By Chang Li, General Manager Odfjell Terminals (Jiangyin)
In connection with
the Odfjell Board
meeting in Shanghai
early November, the
directors also took
the opportunity to
visit our new terminal project in Jiangyin.
On Sunday November
5th the delegation went from Shanghai
on the new highway along the Yangtze
River, a bus-trip of about two and a
half hours. Only two years ago, when
we started this terminal project, the
ordinary travelling time was four - five
hours due to frequent traffic jams on
the highway. However, since then a
new highway has been built and the
capacity of the old one has been doubled.
From the reception at the Jiangyin municipal administration building
Upon arrival, the party secretary of Jiangyin Mr. Zhu Mingyan, welcomed the
delegation through an official reception in the administration building of
Jiangyin Municipal Government. Chairman of the Board Dan Odfjell thanked
Mr. Zhu for receiving the delegation on
a Sunday, and expressed our confidence
in the future development of petrochemical industry in China, in particular the future of our terminal project
in Jiangyin. Odfjell Terminals (Jiangyin)
will build seven berths up to 50,000
dwt and 100,000 cbm tank farm. The
schedule is to complete all construction
by the end of March 2007. This terminal will become the first international
public chemical terminal with the largest berth capacity in the Yangtze River.
Mr. Zhu assured us that his government
will provide full support to our project,
and stated his hope that the opening of
the new Odfjell terminal will contribute
to attracting more international companies and investors to Jiangyin. The
official reception was concluded with
a wonderful lunch, with all participants
enjoying the Chinese Maotai and Great
Wall wine.
Dan Odfjell addresses Party Secretary
Zhu Mingyan during lunch
Walking along the new main jetty. From left: Marianna Moschou, Tore Jakobsen,
Laurence Odfjell, Terje Storeng, Stein Pettersen and Atle Knutsen
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After lunch we went on, out to the terminal construction site on the Yangtze
River bank. The jetty is already about
80% completed, and it is possible to
drive all the way about 1.8 km down to
the end of the bridge. It is a spectacular
view to see the Yangtze River and the
dock under construction, and the Board
delegation was very impressed. General
ference room, Mr. Chang Li presented
the terminal activities in Dalian and
Jiangyin, and gave an introduction to
our newly signed project on Hainan
Island. Mr. Atle Knutsen (President
Odfjell Asia) presented the status of our
minority share terminal in Ningbo. With
10% annual GDP growth and an expected widening gap between the ethylene demand and supply in China the
next ten years, professional terminal
services will be in great demand.
In the evening, well back in Shanghai,
the Board delegation was invited to a
dinner reception on board a river yacht,
organized by Garson chairman, Mr. Sun
Biao. In addition to the excellent food
and pleasant company, the guests could
also take in the fascinating view of
the Huangpu River side by night, with
the Bund and the “old” Shanghai on
one side, and Pudong with its impressive modern architecture on the other.
A sight that really symbolises China’s
rapid development and modernisation!
The new T-jetty is under construction
Manager Chang Li informed about the
project, and he put a particular emphasis
on safety that always has top priority
during construction. Safety regulations
and instructions prepared by the owner
apply to all contractors, and we have a
dedicated safety inspector on the site to
ensure safety both to people and to the
constructions. In the past 12 months we
have had no major safety incidents.
The Odfjell delegation also visited the
neighbouring Garson EPS plant, guided
by Chairman of Garson Group Mr. Sun
Biao. Garson is our partner in Jiangyin,
with 45% ownership of the terminal. The EPS plant now has an annual
capacity of 150,000 mts, which will be
expanded to 300,000 mts next year.
During a brief session in Garson’s con-
The new terminal administration
building is near completion
Night view of the Pudong side
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Growth for future demand
Capacity expansion at Odfjell Terminals (Korea)
By Irgen Iversen, Vice President/CMO, OTK
Since the opening of Odfjell Terminals
(Korea) (OTK) at the end of 2002, we have
refurbished and modified the terminal
several times in order to serve our clients’
needs, often by special design. From the
end of 2004, we have enjoyed high activity in the market with client inquiries
for more storage than we have capacity
to provide. The fact that OTK is recognized as a quality service provider by
the domestic and international market
players is also adding to the demand
pressure.
In addition to the current high demand,
the expansion programme is also undertaken to cater for the increase in downstream products that are expected to
come out of the Middle East in the next
few years, thus positioning ourselves for
the future.
At the end of September, the OTK board
approved an extension plan to build
three new tank pits with a total of 25
tanks that will add 61,470 m³ to our
capacity. This corresponds to 56% of our
existing capacity, and in the light of this
the expansion is a substantial undertaking for OTK. When completed, the
terminal will have 64 tanks totalling
170,970 m3.
Two years ago a Task Force Team, consisting of personnel from Maintenance/
Engineering, Operations, Purchasing and
Marketing & Sales, was established to
determine tank sizes and other configu-
Odfjell Terminals (Korea)
rations. The team has concentrated on
finding the optimal compromise between
predicted market demand, operational
functionality, cost, and land utilization.
All new tanks are of the so-called K-1
class, providing great flexibility in product
range. The configurations and tank
materials will be a mix between carbon
steel and stainless steel. Tanks smaller
than 3,300 m³ will be built with dome
roofs, those larger with cone roofs. 15
tanks will be insulated and heated, while
the rest of the tanks will be technically
prepared for similar outfitting at a later
The Task Force team during one of its meetings
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stage. Eight of the nine stainless tanks
are connected to a vapour combustion
unit, and all other tanks will be prepared
for future vapour treatment. Ten ship
loading pumps of 300 m³/hr each and
eleven truck loading pumps of 65 m³/hr
each will be installed around the central
carrousel manifold, with hook-up possibilities to ten new piggable jetty lines.
Through this process we trust we will
end up with a sound, versatile and of
course profitable solution and service for
the future.
Plot-plan of the terminal with the expansion
OTK doubling the drumming
capacity
By Lee Sang-Ki, Maintenance Manager, OTK
Since 2003, Odfjell Terminals (Korea)
has carried out drumming of products
on a daily basis. From a modest start
with one product, step by step it has
developed into a multi-product drumming system. Currently we serve several clients with six different products.
Early August we received a request
from one of our main customers to deliver 16/20,000 drums per month as from
October, which was far above our capacity of maximum 10,000 units per month
through our single-lane filling facility.
However, we saw this as a valuable opportunity to increase our drumming
output and to enhance our flexibility,
and we quickly decided to install a second semi-automatic drumming machine
including an extra transport lane. This
upgrade was relatively easy to achieve
because our existing facilities had room
and was equipped with foundation for a
second and even a third machine.
The second drumming machine was
installed on September 28th, commissioned the following day and immediately taken in full operation. Thus we
managed to meet our client’s requirements, and during the month of October
we processed as many as 16,309 drums,
equalling 204 20-ft containers.
The drumming facilities
Loading the drums in containers
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Mariners’ gathering in the
Philippines
The sixth Odfjell crew conference
By Capt. Kjell A. Johansen and Ms. Candice Calais-Miraso
The sixth Odfjell Crew Conference was
held on the 9th and 10th of November
2006, at Traders Hotel Manila. The conference addressed the importance of maintaining a safety culture to meet Odfjell’s
increasing demands and future challenges. The conference also aimed to
acknowledge the significant contributions of our Filipino seafarers to Odfjell’s
worldwide success.
This conference stands out from past
occasions for three reasons: firstly, it
was well attended by the Odfjell’s top
management through Chairman of the
Board Dan Odfjell, President/CEO Terje
Storeng, and the Senior Vice President
Ship Management Helge Olsen. Secondly,
it was the first conference focusing only
on Odfjell crew, whereas previous conferences have been conducted as shared
events with Ceres. And finally, resource
personnel from various local and international organizations involved in maritime affairs actively took part in the conference.
The more than 270 vacationing Filipino
officers and ratings who participated
represent approximately 16% of the
total crew pool. The conference was officially opened with a message delivered
by Mr. Dan Odfjell, followed by Ms. Doris
Magsaysay Ho, President & CEO, Magsaysay Maritime Corporation. Terje Storeng
presented the company’s policy related
to HSSE, while Helge Olsen focused on
future strategies and goals for the Ship
Management Department.
We appreciate the active participation of our officers and ratings in the
open forum where their concerns were
emphasized and immediate answers
were provided based on the topic
discussed. Another highlight of the event
was the awarding of recognition plaques
to all attending crew who have reached
their 20th, 15th and 10th years of loyal
and dedicated service with Odfjell. Dan
Odfjell, Doris Ho and Terje Storeng presented the 20 and 15 year awards before
lunch on the first day of the conference,
while awards for 10 years of service were
handed out by Terje Storeng, Helge
Olsen and Mr. Fernando Lopez (Senior Vice President & Chief Finance
Officer, Magsaysay) during the dinner
programme the same evening.
During dinner, Ms. Lulu Halog, Capt.
Kjell A. Johansen and Terje Storeng each
gave encouraging messages to the crewmembers, succeeded by an audio-visual
Some of the participants during proceedings
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The Chairman addressing the
conference delegates
presentation of highlights from previous conferences. Later on, the son and
daughter of Capt. Bobby Imperial and
Terje Storeng presenting service awards
members of the Odfjell Manila staff gave
several dance performances.
Indeed, this was another successful conference and dinner programme, where
everybody enjoyed the discussions,
food, ambience and good company. We
will certainly continue to improve and
involve our seafarers and other stakeholders in our various training programmes. Through our conferences
we contribute to increasing the crew’s
knowledge and give them assistance and
guidance as they strive to achieve the
peak of their chosen profession.
Speakers at the conference:
Capt. Gregorio Oca (AMOSUP), Ms. Olga Bashbush (US Embassy),
Ms. Trine Hagen (Norwegian Maritime Directorate),
Ms. Ma. Cristina Cortez (Magsaysay),
Mr. Stig Tenold, Ms. Majo Alonsagay (Magsaysay),
Capt. Ferdinand Romero, Mr. Rosendo Franco (Magsaysay),
Capt. Kjell A. Johansen,
Capt. Luis Evidente (John B Lacson),
Mr. Larry Chan (Singapore Marine Officers’ Union),
Capt. Mika Appel
(Wartsila Land & Sea Academy),
Dr. Natalio Alegre III (St. Luke’s Hospital),
Atty. Herbert Tria (P&I),
Atty. Viveca Catalig (Philippine Overseas Employment
Association)
Ms. Vivian Tornea
(Overseas Workers Welfare Association)
Expanding the Academy
Groundbreaking of the new Odfjell Academy building
By Capt. Kjell Johansen and Ms. Candice Calais-Mirasol
In 2005, we featured Odfjell Academy
in three issues of our quarterly magazine. These articles focused on the vision, mission, objectives, strategies and
goals of the Academy in relation to our
Competence and Career Management
Programme. Since then we have steadily increased our activities at the Academy, and this year we have performed
approximately 9,000 course man-days.
On average we run four courses every
week for deck, engine and galley personnel. In addition, we are running a
four-week Cadetship Programme as the
final approval stage for those applying
for Cadet/Boy positions.
sonnel headed by Mr. Jari Ullakonoja
and Capt. Helge Oliversen.
This event is another milestone in
Odfjell’s continual efforts to ensure
that training programmes for our crewmembers are targeted, tailor-made and
in all respects focused on Odfjell shipboard procedures and related to chemical tanker operations.
As we move forward, the Odfjell Academy will continue to expand with the
construction of a new building. This will
house administrative offices as well as
classrooms for all our in-house training
activities, not only for Filipino seafarers
but also gradually for West Europeans.
On November 11th this year we arranged a short groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site in Subic
Bay. The ceremony was attended by
Odfjell’s chairman of the Board, Dan
Odfjell and Odfjell ASA President/
CEO Terje Storeng, together with Vice
President/Head of Maritime Personnel
Section Kjell Johansen, Odfjell Academy
personnel headed by Capt. Fidel Perez,
and Wartsila Land & Sea Academy per-
An artist impression of the new Academy building
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Fit for fight!
Odfjell initiates on board fitness and nutrition programme
By Tonje Jossie Johansen
During the past 20 years our society has
dramatically changed, with technological developments greatly reducing the
need for daily physical activity. Simultaneously, a higher incidence of lifestyle
diseases, such as coronary heart problems and overweight, results in more
sick leaves.
• Encourage physical training pro gramme for shipboard personnel, to
improve general health standard.
Several factors expose our seafarers to
lifestyle diseases that may both reduce
their quality of life as well as deplete
their medical certificates. Odfjell experiences an increasing number of European
officers who face problems renewing their certificates due to obesity. In
addition an increasing number of Filipino seafarers are suffering from hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and
diabetes type II - all associated with
lifestyle diseases. In addition to these
individual aspects, decreasing health
among our shipboard personnel affects
Odfjell negatively in terms of extra costs
and shortage of key personnel.
Based on these goals, Odfjell decided
mid 2005 to initiate a pilot project to
improve terms and conditions for physical activity on board. This was also supported by several requests from sailing
personnel. Through this project the sailing personnel shall be encouraged to
voluntarily increase their level of physical activity, which will improve health
and well-being among the seafarers.
The company acknowledges this problem, and accordingly the Odfjell HSE
programme 2006-2007 includes the
following objectives:
• Initiate a campaign for personal training and exercise, including infor-
mation about health hazards related to “bad” nutrition.
All vessels will receive information
material; the exercise manual “Physical activity on board - encouraging a
healthy lifestyle”, including a folder
with a more detailed description of the
project. Currently we are working on a
customized 30 minutes seafarers’ workout. Selected vessels will receive personal guidance tailored according to the
interest and feedback from the crew.
We also intend to organise motivation
campaigns and sports competitions, to
appeal to the competitiveness amongst
the sailors.
As a part of this project, and targeting
the galley personnel, we will develop
and introduce training material about
healthy nutrition and proper preparation of food. This will be effected both
through on board and shore-based training. Our aim is to improve the quality of
the food served on our ships through
enhancing the knowledge of nutrition
amongst the galley personnel.
During the project’s initial phase I got
the opportunity to visit and travel
with Bow Firda and Bow Viking on sea
voyages. I gave the crew personal training guidance and information about
physical activity and health. The seafarers were positive to such a project
and showed great enthusiasm. On
Bow Viking they did not initially have
a functioning gymnasium on board, but
Captain Terje Monstad provided equipment in Rotterdam. The gym was fully
booked every evening after leaving this
port. The crew also arranged a basketball tournament.
On board Bow Firda, Chief Steward
Jessie Sumaoy and I baked dark bread
from a Norwegian recipe. Preparing
food that is “Good for the body” was a
number one priority for the Chief Steward, and he was happy to get some new
ideas.
Tonje (no. 4 from left) in the fully booked gym on Bow Viking
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On a short visit on Bow Clipper in
Antwerp, the crew proudly showed us
their well equipped gymnasium. There
was no time for any guidance on this
visit, but apparently the ship’s crew
was spending time in their gymnasium
whenever they had the opportunity. On
Bow Flower the crew was even more
busy, but made time to show me the
gymnasium and have a quick talk about
exercise and nutrition on board. In
order to be able to give proper guidance to our seafarers, it is of outmost
importance that I get input from the
vessels. In fact this is crucial for the success of the project!
World Health Organisation recommends minimum 30 minutes of moderate/intensive activity every day to
avoid health hazards. To improve physical fitness one needs to be even more
active. Physical activity is important for
maintaining your health, but it should
also be fun and social. By initiating this
project Odfjell Ship Management wants
the seafarers to have the possibility to
stay active and healthy. This includes
motivating and encouraging everybody
to participate in physical activities, both
on board and at home.
Tonje Jossie Johansen is educated at the Norwegian School
of Sport Sciences and is currently
finalizing her Masters degree in
physical activity and health. She
is engaged by Odfjell to develop
and implement a programme for
improving nutrition and increasing
physical activity for our mariners.
Basketball tournament on Bow Viking
Jessie Sumaoy preparing dinner on board Bow Firda
Well equipped gym on Bow Clipper
End of the day workout on Bow Firda
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Adding capacity at OTR
Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) is expanding further
By Theo Kruithof, OTR
Due to the ongoing strong demand for
bulk liquids storage in the Rotterdam
area, Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) has
decided to further increase its storage
capacity from the current 1.53 million
cbm. In the newly prepared tank pits 32
and 33, mounts for three new tanks are
already completed and all steel for the
tanks and lines has been ordered. The
on-site construction of the tanks, built
layer on layer, will start as soon as possible, of course weather permitting.
With inner float roofs for environmental purposes these tanks will have a
gross capacity of some 27,500 cbm each.
A multi-purpose design ensures suitability for a wide range of products:
methanol, mtbe, ethanol, etbe, gasoil,
gasoline and other bulk-volume products. Of course when you’re talking
about tanks this large, it is evident that
OTR’s customers will use these tanks
as part of their marine distribution. In
order to speed up the loading of ships,
we will install 2,000 cbm/hour pumps.
The new tanks are expected to be operational in the third quarter of 2007.
In parallel with this project, OTR is also
very busy upgrading two of the oldest
tank pits at the terminal. This project
involves the construction of in total 21
new, smaller tanks in tank pit 11A and
11B to replace the old ones. All old tanks
are taken out of service and demolition
will start shortly.
After demolishing the old tanks, new
tank mounts will be constructed on
which pre-fabricated tanks will be
placed. Unlike the tanks in pit 32 and 33,
the smaller tanks will be constructed in
the contractor’s workshop and shipped
to OTR on a large pontoon. Huge cranes
will then maneuver the tanks from the
pontoons to the tank mounts - a very
spectacular job requiring high precision.
The first 11 tanks of tank pit 11A should
be back in service July 2007. In October
2007, the tanks in pit 11B are expected
to be operational too.
On November 29, 2006 the first steel bottom plate was laid for the construction of three new tanks at OTR. The tanks will
have a capacity of 27,500 cbm with a diameter of 42 meters. All three tanks will be equipped with innerfloat roofs and
domes. OTR expects the tanks to be ready by mid-2007.
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Tank entry and the use of nitrogen
This is the last safety bulletin I am writing in Odfjell Quarterly this year, and
I will start with a few words on status
and some general comments. These
safety bulletins deal with problems or
difficult challenges of some sort, and
are repetitive in nature because most
incidents or safety issues involve common factors. In addition the human element in incidents is very central. Therefore the bulletins
are often ”finger
pointing”, thus it
may be difficult
to be innovative
and
motivating.
Safety is, however,
a road rather than
a target, and repetitions, although
these may be perceived as tedious,
are the main road
to
improvement.
The progress towards our goals
may also be slow
and sometimes difficult to see. It is
important not to
get off track and
forget the long
term
underlying
issues, when major incidents or accidents strike and the initial heat of matter is putting a negative colour to what
we do. Unfortunately, also in 2006 we
have recorded several incidents involving personnel, regulations, cargoes and
ships. We have been involved in two collisions, incidents that always have a high
risk potential. Key words are situational
awareness, training, compliance, communications and safety margins. In 2006
we introduced key performance indicators and we are confident that these will
improve safety as they get embedded
in our culture, and daily routines, and
once the underlying systems supporting
them are fine-tuned. Fire and explosion
risks and port state detentions are other
areas we have focused on this year. We
will use this bulletin to address another
high-risk area, and that is tank entry
and the use of nitrogen (N2) and inert
gas. Just recently a fatal accident happened on board a chemical tanker during tank entry after having discharged
a product that requires N2 atmosphere.
Luckily it was not one of our ships, but
it gave us a strong reminder of the dangers of such operations.
As we have highlighted before, and as
all our crews should be aware of, N2 is a
very dangerous gas because of its oxygen depleting properties and slightly
anaesthetic effect. To cut it short, if you
are exposed to N2 you will normally not
know what hits you until it is too late.
Even standing next to an open hatch of
a tank that is being inerted is dangerous. It is a very frequent and yet a very
critical operation in so far as it involves
persons rather than equipment and
you will not get a
second chance if
you or those doing
the tank checks
make a mistake. If
a mistake is made,
the risk for a fatal
outcome is substantial. We made
a risk assessment
of this operation
a year ago and
concluded
that
the procedures for
verification
and
tagging were insufficient and we subsequently
implemented a second
safety barrier. Every
person working on
deck and involved
in tank entries shall
wear a personal multiwarn/oxymeter
that will trigger an alarm if he by mistake is entering a tank with a dangerous
atmosphere. It is critical to follow the
procedures both as regard the verification of safe for entry and the use of personal multiwarns. They are very important PPE and shall not be left in docking
stations while a person takes a “short
trip on deck” to check something.
Meeting with customers
After the summer vacation I have met
several major customers together with
representatives from Odfjell Seachem.
These meetings have been kept in an
open atmosphere and have been a
combination of presenting what we
are doing in Odfjell to improve our per-
formance within HSE and a summary
of specific incidents we have had and
the corrective actions we have taken to
avoid reoccurrence. Sharing of experience and best practices has been another important element. It has been positive to note that on the main elements
within HSE we are thinking along the
same lines as our customers. The meetings have been very positive and constructive, and we aim to continue with
such meetings also in the future.
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Safety Bulletin
By Toralf Sørenes
A Polish Requiem
The history of the B76 ships
By Baard Nielsen
In a strict business
sense, ships are no
more than tools of the
trade to a shipping
company. But shipping
is more than merely a
business; few other
industries have such a
strong cultural element
attached to it. And there is no denying
that some ships make a bigger impression than others, on all who come to
deal with them, on board and ashore.
The year 2007 will mark an important
milestone for Odfjell, in the form of the
final phasing out of the old B76 Polish
ships from Odfjell Seachem’s mainstream
commercial operations. From then on,
only the Bow Condor (ex Bow Sea) in
Chile will remain, with a 50% Odfjell
stake through Odfjell y Vapores. As for
Odfjell Ship Management, the final phasing out took place in May 2006, when
the NCC Yamamah (ex Spinnanger) was
sold by NCC.
So why do we find these ships worthy of
a requiem in the Quarterly? Other ships
have come and left without qualifying
for such honours. There are several reasons, each of them equally important
in its own right. Firstly, their historical
importance to the chemicals trade in
general. These ships defined what we
think of as a stainless chemical parcel
tanker today. Secondly, their importance
to Odfjell: the B76 ships formed the commercial backbone of our business for 20
years, until the new Kvaerner ships had
arrived in sufficient numbers in the late
1990s. Odfjell could perhaps have been
without other ships, but not without
these. Thirdly, the B76 ships were so
demanding in their technical operation
and maintenance that they left their imprint on the minds of all who became involved with them. Some ships command
the respect of their keepers, and these
did - like no others. And finally, these
ships turned out to be so flexible in their
cargo tank layout that they remain models for ease of stowage to this very day.
Bernt Daniel Odfjell Sr.
Dan Odfjell in the early 1970s
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Johan Oddvar Odfjell Sr.
We will look more closely into each of
these factors as we proceed, but let us
now consider how the B76 class came into
being in the first place. In order to trace
the genealogy we have interviewed our
chairman Dan Odfjell, who was the key
man behind the development of these
ships.
When Dan Odfjell returned from New
York in 1963, one of his first initiatives
was to establish an in-house chartering
department, Minde Chartering – forerunner of today’s Odfjell Seachem. But
Dan reminds us that that the embryo of
today’s stainless chemical tankers was
already in existence at that time: the
world’s very first built-from-scratch stainless tanker was the 2,445 tdw M/T Lind,
built for Odfjell by Stord Verft in 1960.
She was tailor-made for the acid trades
with sufficient stainless volume for a full
such cargo. But apart from that special
feature she was an ordinary small tanker
of her time, with a conventional cargo
pumproom.
Other stainless ships followed, like the
4,000 tonners Ek and Oak and the 8,000
tonner Selje in 1964, and in 1966/67 the
14,000 tonners Birk and Lønn, all built by
Aker. All these ships retained the conventional cargo pumproom, whilst the stainless ships kept growing bigger over time.
Dan Odfjell’s first “own” project was
three 10,000 tonners built at Moss Verft
1969 onwards: Bow Lind, Bow Gran and
Bow Rogn. These retained the pumprooms, but introduced the double hull
sides, in this case along the entire stainless cargo section. However, that same
year saw something new: the 22,000 tdw
Bow Cedar (and sistership Orkanger the
following year). These were the largest
M/T Bow Cedar
M/T Lønn
stainless ships yet, and they had a novel
feature in the form of deepwell pumps
in some tanks, in addition to the conventional pumprooms. As Dan Odfjell
puts it: “it was the hydraulically driven
deepwell pump that made the modern
chemical parcel tanker possible”. The
double sides were there, and in addition there was a continuous longitudinal
centre cofferdam running the entire
length of the cargo section, to provide
segregation of cargoes and enhanced
stowage flexibility.
At this point, let us pause for a moment
to consider Odfjell and its environment
around 1971. The two cousins in charge
of the company were Johan Oddvar
Odfjell, who was engaged in the tanker
business, while Dan’s father B. D. Odfjell
took more interest in other shipping
activities. Another of the company’s key
figures, Bernhard Larsen, was heavily
involved with the Aker Group in developing a new generation of semisubmersible drilling rigs, what became
the Aker H3, for the rapidly emerging
Norwegian offshore oil exploration. The
cooperation with Westfal-Larsen in the
tanker business was already well established, and Dan had struck a very good
working relationship with their chairman at the time, the naval architect
Georg von Erpecom. With the backing of
J. O. Odfjell and the support of Mr. von
Erpecom, Dan had the space he needed
to pursue and promote his further ideas
for the chemical tanker industry.
Meanwhile, following on several large
crude tanker oil spills in the late 1960s, a
new issue was brewing politically: marine
environmental protection. This matter
matured into the very first international
regulations for ships to combat pollution of the high seas, MARPOL 73, which
introduced a number of restrictive measures to protect the environment in case
of collision or stranding, among them a
formal requirement for double bottom
and double sides for certain cargoes.
Thus the scene was set for a new generation of stainless chemical parcel tankers,
larger than ever before, combining the
many special features tried out on the
ships of the 1960s, and meeting the new
MARPOL requirements. The first internal
discussions about these new ships took
place in 1972. The Bow Cedar and the
Orkanger were doing well, but competi-
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the job, and was keen indeed to build
for a Western owner.
At this time the Soviet Union ruled the
Eastern Block, and had until then been
the yard’s premier customer. But Soviet
trade terms within the Block were odd,
to say the least: payment was in kind,
not in cash. Suppliers in the East European satellite states had to accept as
settlement whatever goods the Soviets
chose to offer at any time. One ship had
even been paid with ashtrays, or so the
story goes. The Soviets had a big ashtray
surplus at the time, in accordance with
the production quotas laid down in their
current five-year development plan! No
wonder the Szczecin yard was keen for a
contract that would give it cash in hand!
For the Poles there was also a political issue involved: they dearly wanted to establish trading contacts with the West,
and thus become more independent
from the Soviets.
Westfal-Larsen Chairman of the Board,
Georg von Erpecom
tion was growing more fierce and Odfjell
needed to develop further to maintain
its position in the forefront. It was time
to move ahead.
While von Erpecom and Dan Odfjell got
busy drawing up the design parameters,
Mr. Halvdan Olsvik with Oslo brokers
Fearnley & Eger was tasked with finding yards capable and willing to build
the new ships. At this time Poland was
part of what used to be called the Eastern Block, and all export and import
activities was channelled through a state
organization named Centromor. This
company had a representative in
Norway, Mr. Einar Moen. Through him
contacts were established with Centromor in Poland, leading to their Mr. Leon
Korgul and a young naval architect,
Mr. Jerzy Piskorz-Nałecki, travelling to
Bergen to discuss the project. Eventually, the Odfjell - Westfal-Larsen partnership was put in touch with the yard in
Szczecin, near the Polish border to (East)
Germany. This yard was capable of doing
Mr Korgul was assigned to the yard by
Centromor, and a cordial relationship
between the Bergen partnership and the
yard was established very early on. By the
turn of the year 1973/74 the contract was
ready to be signed by the parties. But for
how many ships?
Initially, Dan Odfjell wanted to place an
order for six ships plus options (three
for each partner). But there was some
in-house scepticism with both partners.
Westfal-Larsen was only prepared to
take two units, and Dan’s father wasn’t
as convinced as his son that the company’s future lay in this direction. In the
end, and as an ingenious compromise,
Dan negotiated an order on behalf of
the partnership for five +/- one ships. As
we now all know the end result became
12 ships, six for each owner.
The scepticism soon appeared well
founded. Freight rates had been very
satisfactory for several years, and 1974
looked like becoming a bonanza. But
no sooner had the contract been signed,
then the bottom fell out of the market in
the summer of 1974, and the following
Bow Future, the “working title” for the B76 series
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The young Polish naval engineer, Jerzy
Piskorz-Nałecki
three years turned out very poor indeed.
It speaks volumes for Dan’s determination that he managed to persuade the
two collaborating companies to increase
the number of ships from two each to six
each under such market conditions.
Meanwhile, the design was maturing,
in close cooperation with Mr. Jerzy
Piskorz-Nałecki, the yard’s naval architect. It would now comprise 38 hull
cargo tanks, of different volumes, and
four cylindrical deck tanks. The centre tanks and the deck tanks would be
in stainless steel, the remainder tanks
zinc silicate coated. This would allow a
full deadweight acid cargo in the hull
centre tanks, and the high number of
tanks of different volumes would cater
for the Union Carbide drugstore trade
from the US Gulf to the Far East. Union
Carbide was Odfjell’s largest customer at
the time. Design cargo maximum specific
gravity would be up to 1.85, and three
small tanks would cater for an increased
vapour pressure of 0.6 bar. There would
The launching of M/T Bow Fortune
be double skin over part of the cargo
section, and two dry transverse cofferdams were introduced to provide cargo
segregation.
But most important of all, the cargo
pumproom concept was completely abandoned. Instead, there was a
hydraulically driven deepwell pump in
each tank, with its own dedicated pipework on deck. This was Framo’s famous
SVS pumps, a breakthrough also for that
company. “One tank, one line”!
The ballast and void spaces would be
fully protected with an epoxy coating.
This will seem natural to us today, but
three decades ago it was nothing obvious. One simply didn’t foresee such long
service life from ships like we do today.
We now know that the decision to do so
laid the foundation for a service life of
30 years plus, something that hardly anyone envisaged from the start.
able trim, and with a newly painted hull.
But as we shall see, there was a downside to choosing this powerful and heavy
main engine. Quoting Dan Odfjell again:
“With hindsight it was probably not such
a wise decision”.
The biggest technical challenge during
the construction phase turned out to be
the welding of the stainless steel. This
material was expensive then as now, and
while the corrugated bulkheads would
be built from solid stainless, the flat ones
would be made from clad steel: a thin
stainless plate rolled onto a backing of
thick mild steel. This was a new product
at the time, and was selected simply as
an economy measure. But welding of this
clad stainless steel turned out so difficult
that the whole project nearly toppled,
and no one would accept responsibility
for the problems.
It came to a climax at a meeting in
Krefeld with the German clad steel supplier, Deutsche Edelstahl. Their General
Director, Herr Hochstaedter, listened to
each of the parties in turn, the Germans,
the Poles, and the Norwegians, and then
ruled like a judge in any court of law:
“The Norwegians are right!” The result
was new welding procedures with new
electrodes, and the project was saved.
In November 1975 the lead ship of the
series, the aptly named Bow Fortune,
was ready to set off on her maiden voyage.
To be continued in the next issue of
Odfjell Quarterly.
But what size would the new ships be?
Dan Odfjell originally wanted them to
be 30,000 tdw, but now the yard restrictions intervened. For this reason they
became slightly smaller at 28,000 tdw,
as well as narrower and deeper than
originally planned. The result was a hull
of proportions akin to a classical passenger liner. To do great speed for whatever
propulsion power was installed. 14,000
hp was thought suitable, in the form of
the Sulzer 6RND76 engine, to be built by
H. Ciegielski in Poznan.
However, two months after signing the
original contract the yard advised that
Ciegielski had stopped building the
14,000 hp RND76 engine, and would
the partners like 17,400 hp instead,
in the form of the RND90? “Yes, if the
price is the same” was Dan Odfjell’s brief
reply. In this way the B76 ships became
the fastest chemical parcel tankers
before or since, approaching 18 knots on
a good day, engine in perfect tune, suit-
M/T Lind
Footnote:
The stainless M/T Lind of 1960 was Odfjell’s fourth ship of that name. The first Lind became famous
during WW2, when she escaped internment in Sweden in April 1942 and reached Scotland safely, as
the one of only two ships to do so during that particular breakout. She made such poor speed across
the North Sea that both the British and the Germans were searching for her too far ahead – the former
to protect her, and the latter to sink her. This is indeed the antithesis to the great speed of the B76
series!
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Celebrating Safety Success
Bow Pilot celebrating 500 days without Lost Time Injury
By Capt. Rolando B. Ocat
On the 18th of November 2006, M/T
Bow Pilot could register 500 consecutive days without Lost Time Injuries,
and the vessel’s ship management team
expressed its gratitude to the officers
and crew who have served on board
during the span of this achievement.
We have managed to reach this milestone by looking after each other, having an open communication, providing
immediate and constructive feedback
and through reporting any unsafe conditions. It is really a matter of identifying and removing barriers to working
safely.
Motivating the safety awareness of officers and crew is essential, and the most
important factor is perhaps every sailor’s
concern for their families ashore. Completing a contract period without any
injuries means happiness to our loved
ones, and we may then look forward to
a new contract after a well-deserved vacation. So to all our shipmates; keep an
open mind and ensure that every day is
a safe working day.
Despite of the hectic trade and short
port calls, we managed to find a day
close to the 500th day for an appropriate celebration, November 17th just
after leaving the port of Yuso. We conducted our regular monthly Safety Day
by carrying out mandatory safety drills,
but we also arranged safety-related
competitions to mark our Lost Time
Injury record.
During the competition
a mobile phone-call with the message
that a terrorist group claims to have
planted a bomb on the ship. The Captain
subsequently called the crew to conduct
a bomb search.
After some exhaustive 30 minutes of
searching without result, we simulated
calling the local police who would come
to our assistance in 10 minutes. The Captain then gathered the search squads
to give further instructions. When all
squads had convened, the agent pulled
out a gun and opened his jacket, showing he was strapped with a bomb. It was
an interesting and quite realistic exercise.
Then finally came November 18th, our
milestone. The weather was not coop-
erative with gale force winds and heavy
swells on our arrival at CJK anchorage,
which made taking a picture outdoors
impossible. As the weather improved,
we started to transit the mighty Yangtze
River towards Nantong, our discharge
port, and everybody was occupied.
Finally, taking the opportunity of a gasfree ship, we managed to get a group
picture while wearing our appreciated
presents for the occasion; shirts with the
Bow Pilot logo.
We convey our special thanks to Odfjell
Korea’s Port Captain Trond Garshol
for donating the banner at such short
notice.
Smooth seas and continued safe sailing
to all our colleagues at sea!
The first competition was about walking the longest distance wearing a self
contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).
The route went along the entire ship’s
length, up to the bridge and back again.
Five checkpoints manned by officers
and the Buson escorting the contestants
prevented any cheating or outsmarting
of the other contestants. The winner,
logging 1,900 metres in 55 minutes, was
AB Crispin Traballo.
The second competition was part of our
ISPS drill: a bomb search, involving all
our search squads as per our ISPS plan.
The scenario: the vessel in port when a
person manages to come on board posing as an agent. During a casual talk
with the Captain, the “agent” receives
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The Bow Pilot officers and crew celebrating the 500 consecutive days without
Lost Time Injury
Odfjell receives Rhodia Brasil award
By Ronaldo Gimenes, Odfjell Brasil
We are proud to announce that Rhodia
Brasil has, for the second time, awarded
Odfjell Seachem with the International
Logistics Service Supplier Award. This
award is part of Rhodia’s Key Suppliers
Evaluation Policy, which aims to develop
long-term relationship, privileging partners that are contributing to add value
to Rhodia’s supply chain. The evaluation
is based on five criteria:
- Safety, Environment, Social and
Ethical Responsibilities;
- Quality;
- Strategy, Specification and Sourcing;
- Value Added and Innovation;
- Technology and Resources.
We thank Rhodia Brasil for the initiative of their Evaluation Policy and this
award, and we will do our utmost to
further improve our services.
From left, Marcos A. De Marchi, President Rhodia Poliamidas Latin America, Augusto César Cordebel, Supply Chain Manager
Rhodia Poliamidas Latin America, Alessandro Pereira de Souza, Commercial Manager Odfjell Brasil and Ronaldo Gimenes, Commercial Supervisor Odfjell Brasil
TMS implementation in progress
By Tor Jürgensen
In previous issues of the Quarterly we
have presented our new Terminal Management System (TMS) project, to develop a common administrative ICT system
for all Odfjell managed tank terminals.
We have chosen mySAP ERP 2005 as
technology platform for this system. In
the period from January to June this
year SAP SI (Germany) assisted in the
“Blueprint” project, to develop the construction specifications. The purpose of
this was to determine exactly how the
SAP software shall be set up in order to
fulfill the TMS requirements, and the
outcome was construction specifications and a time and cost model for the
implementation. Several key personnel,
Business Process Owners (BPOs), at the
terminals participated in order to make
sure the SAP consultants understood
our business and the requirements for
the new system. The BPOs did a great
job, and their effort was vital for the
successful outcome.
After the “Blue Print” project, we were
free to choose any vendor for the system
implementation. However, our good experience with SAP SI made it natural for
us to start discussions with them, and
after weeks of intense negotiations we
managed to reach an agreement. On
October 12th we signed the contract for
the implementation work.
The TMS implementation is already running. The first phase covers sales (contract management and order intake),
planning, scheduling and order execution, stock administration, and finally
invoicing. The second phase involves
customer web portal, interfaces with
tank gauging systems and weighbridges,
interface with AGRESSO accounting
system, and customs administration.
Training material, training plans, user
documentation and plans for migration
from old systems to the new system will
be developed in parallel.
The implementation involves many
people both from Odfjell and from SAP,
and success depends on efficient work
coordination. The plan is to go live at
the first terminal during spring/summer
2008. Indeed the participants have an interesting and challenging time ahead.
From the contract signing: From left: Andreas Schmidt (SAP), Stephan Klein (SAP), Tor
Jurgensen (Odfjell), Tom Hagesæther (Umoe Consultants), Jan A. Hammer (Odfjell)
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The book is here
The Odfjell story being published
By Klaus Walderhaug
In 1916 the brothers Fredrik and Abraham Odfjell established AS Rederiet
Odfjell, the origins to what we know
today as Odfjell. Now, 90 years later, it
is time to publish the book about the
enterprise; “Odfjell – the history of a
shipping company”, written by Atle
Thowsen and Stig Tenold. The more than
500 page volume gives a thorough presentation of the Odfjell development,
through two world wars, depressions
and periods of booms and rapid growth.
It is the story of the Odfjell family and
the build-up of the company, but it also
recapitulates the 20th century progress
of international shipping in general and
the chemical tanker business in particular.
Fredrik Odfjell
From its incorporation in 1915, the
Odfjell group was predominantly a family concern. In this respect, the fact that
the Odfjell family owned the majority of
the shares in the rederi and the shipholding companies is not the crucial element.
More important is the fact that the management of the Odfjell group remained
within the family, first through Fredrik
and Abraham Odfjell and then through
their respective sons, Bernt Daniel and
Johan Odvar (J.O.) Odfjell. The legacies
of these generations are still evident in
today’s Odfjell group.
Odfjell Quarterly has taken the opportunity to meet with one of the authors, Stig
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Tenold, to learn more about
the making of the book.
“Atle Thowsen started the
work on the Odfjell history
already in the mid 1990s”,
explains Mr. Tenold, “and
by 1999 the work had
reached the period of
the early 1960s”. The observant Odfjell Quarterly reader will perhaps
remember several articles on the company
history in the magazine right before the
turn of the Millennium. However, the
progress of work
was
decreasing,
due to the lack of
available records
and
historical
sources. In 2001
Atle
Thowsen
contacted
Stig
Tenold after the latter had
completed his doctorate, asking him to
participate in the project. “It was a very
interesting proposal”, says Stig Tenold,
“not least because not much work has
been done on recent Norwegian maritime history”. Atle Thowsen was responsible for the period until 1950, while Stig
Tenold took care of the years since 1960.
The history of the 1950s was a joint effort. Their original plan was to complete
the work rather quickly, ending the story
around 1998. However, unforeseen circumstances, not least within Odfjell, delayed the completion by several years.
The authors also decided to extend the
narrative to year 2000 and the Odfjell
Seachem merger.
One of the keys to the Norwegian success was the focus on the fast-growing
market for tanker transport. Odfjell initially had the opportunity to compete in
this market with the SS Vaarli, which had
been converted from a dry cargo vessel
to a tanker in 1920. However, this first
tanker investment was never followed
by new outlays of resources, and the
Vaarli remained Odfjell’s only tanker until it was scrapped in 1935.
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The sources
The authors had access to some archives,
but these were not particularly well structured. The lack of archives was most predominant for the period up to the 1970s,
In the late 1970s, the assets - amassed
over a period of more than 60 years were divided between the two branches
of the family. Yet, the end result may
have been mutually beneficial. The two
Odfjells continued in the same direction
and have become proficient competitors
in the same market.
You end your story at the turn of the
Millennium. Where do you think the
company will be in 50 years’ time?
“The core activities will probably still
be the same”, answers Mr. Tenold, “although the extent and scope of auxiliary activities, e.g. terminals, may have
changed. But although more activities
may have been moved out, Stig Tenold
concludes: “the roots are so strong, the
head will stay in Bergen”.
not least because a large part of the old
archives were somehow lost during the
relocation from the old headquarters to
the new premises at Conrad Mohrs veg.
The business archive at Minde, although
quite disorganised, has been a valuable
source to Mr. Tenold in his research of the
last decades. “As it was a family-owned
company, even the Board meeting protocols were not all that detailed”, he remembers. The facts were registered, e.g.
a decision to purchase a vessel, but not
the motives behind in more detail than
‘it seems like a good business opportunity’. Naturally this improved greatly when
the company went public in 1986.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the Odfjell
group implemented a crucial strategic
shift. Like many Norwegian shipowners,
they discarded their general cargo tonnage, which was increasingly difficult to
operate profitably given the high Norwegian manning costs. However, rather
than following the trend to invest in
dry bulk carriers and mammoth tankers,
Odfjell channelled their resources into
the specialised parcel tanker market.
Norwegian shipping companies went
out of business”. It is also remarkable
what a successful Norwegian shipping
company can do. The strategic move to
chemical tankers in the 1960s was a bold
one, and Mr. Tenold is also impressed
by the way the company has handled
the transition from a family shipowning
company to an international and publicly listed enterprise. The company managed to supplement the shipping activities, mainly through the tank terminals,
and pool partnerships with other owners
enabled expansion without jeopardising
the solidity. Stig Tenold has also noticed
Odfjell’s strong identity. “I saw this when
I attended a mariners conference in
Manila. There were Filipino sailors that
had been with the company since Odfjell
started employing mariners from the
Philippines”.
Perhaps the most fascinating topic, but
also the one that was most difficult
to write about, was the family split in
the 1970s. “It is interesting to see how
the company was able to function also
through such a difficult period”.
The authors:
Atle Thowsen,
director,
Bergen
Maritime
Museum
Stig Tenold,
associate
professor,
Norwegian
School of
Economics
and Business
Administration
Note: The paragraphs in italics are excerpts from the
book´s epilogue
The written sources were supplemented
with interviews and discussions with
some of the key persons still alive. However, Stig Tenold assures that statements
and assertions that came up during
these talks were only used to the extent
they were substantiated by other sources. In this context Mr. Tenold praises the
hands-off character of the commission.
“Dan Odfjell never tried to influence the
final outcome of our efforts”, he says.
What have been your most interesting
findings?
“That the company still exists is in itself
a major achievement”, says Stig Tenold,
“as during the shipping crisis of the
1970s and 80s some two thirds of the
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Dalian Discussions
Odfjell at Chinese chemical tanker crew conference
By Dag Eidsvåg, Odfjell Singapore
It was with great expectations that Port
Captain Trond Garshol and Dag Eidvåg
on behalf of Odfjell accepted the invitation to join Goldwin Shipping, Fleet
Management and Cosco Dalian Manning
Cooperation for their annual Chemical Tankers Crew Conference in Dalian,
China on September 19-20. Odfjell has
several ships on long-term time-charter
with owners Goldwin Shipping.
tion of our time-charter ships. Our activities are challenging and complex, so it is
also important to overcome barriers of
language and sometimes even culture
to ensure that operational excellence is
obtained with ‘Safety First’ always prevailing.
We appreciate the importance of events as
this and look forward to next year’s conference.
At the seminar the owners, the management company, the manning company
and Odfjell gave presentations for the
Chinese officers on a variety of subjects
with the main focus on procedures and
safety. From Odfjell’s side we focused on
our goals and targets, cost of non-conformance and operational excellence. We
also performed a workshop on tank cleaning scenarios.
One of the principal purposes of Odfjell’s
participation in this seminar is to improve
the understanding and communication
through face-to-face discussions between
the various players involved in the opera-
The conference delegates. Mr. Garshol and Mr. Eidsvåg in first row third and fourth
from left.
Goal planning at Odfjell Houston
By Gaylene Webb, Odfjell Houston
On November 7th and 8th, our local
management team assembled for a twoday goal-planning event for 2007. Our
interim president, Mr. Sam Dufilho, facilitated the meeting. Several managers
shared data from their respective areas,
including safety and incident information, financial performance, commercial
and shipping updates, utilization of onsite
warehouse inventory and employee retention statistics. A guest safety speaker
shared with us his insights on risk reduction. At the end of the event, we proposed
27 new action items to help us achieve
even higher, safer levels of performance at
Odfjell in Houston.
Jerry Shreter and George Pontikos
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Drew Wharton, Erik Andreassen and
Don Gore
Odfjell Asia with another 10
years of AIS status
By Sylvia Low, Odfjell Singapore
The Singapore Ministry of Transport
has extended the Approved International Shipping (AIS) enterprise status
of Odfjell Asia Pte Ltd for another 10
years. This scheme exempts all qualifying freight income from Singapore income tax. Odfjell Asia was first granted
the AIS status in 1997, and Odfjell Asia II
received the same status in year 2000.
The award ceremony was hosted by the
Maritime Port Authority of Singapore
(MPA) at the Shangri-La Hotel on September 26th 2006. The function gathered many prominent persons from the
maritime community, both local and
overseas. Odfjell was represented by
Mr. Haakon Ringdal, Mr. Atle Knutsen
and Ms. Sylvia Low.
Through strong partnership with both
local and overseas maritime communities, Singapore has gained international
recognition as a premier international
maritime centre. Today, the Singapore
Registry of Ships is ranked the fourth
largest registry in the world and the
largest in Asia, with a fleet of more
than 3,200 vessels, totalling more than
34 million gross tonnes. Odfjell certainly benefits from a strong support from
MPA in our development in Singapore.
Mr. Atle Knutsen represents Odfjell Asia
Pte Ltd to receive the AIS award from
Minister for Transport, Mr. Raymon Lim
Preparing for a big one
Experience transfer seminar in Singapore
By Tai-Lay Lim, Odfjell Singapore
Mid October Odfjell in Singapore
organized an introductory seminar in
preparation for the delivery of M/T Bow
Fuji - one of our largest time-chartered
vessels in the Asia Fleet (19,800 dwt).
The ship is expected to be out of the
yard primo December, and the seminar
sessions were really about exchange of
experience.
External delegates in the four-day meeting were representatives from Yuyo
Steamship (the Owners), V. Ships Asia
(the Managers) as well as the joining
Master and Chief Officer. This is the first
time our office arranges such an event,
and Odfjell staff presented their views
on various subjects such as project management, chartering, operations,
ship management, port agency as well
as cargo handling. In return, our guests
also gave us extensive and valuable
input.
Most importantly, we believe we successfully conveyed to the participants our view that the relationship
between Odfjell and the Owners of the
time-chartered vessels are not merely a
contractual arrangement, but very much
a partnership. Such joint ventures shall
provide efficient, safe, environmentfriendly and high quality operation of
all Odfjell vessels to attain our customers’ satisfaction as well as continued
support.
The participants’ feedback on the seminar was very positive, and our partners
expressed that this was the first time
they had attended such a comprehensive and beneficial Owners/Charterers
event. There was also a general consensus that through face-to-face conversation and discussion, all of us got to know
each other better, which in turn will
contribute to a more cordial relationship as well as smoother operations.
Seminar participants at Odfjell’s Singapore office
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Faith and safety drills
Images from a Saturday at sea
By officers and crew on M/T Bow Faith
When ships are at sea, the Saturdays are usually active and
eventful days as we conduct safety drills and safety training. Occasionally we also have the opportunity to arrange
a barbecue party afterwards. Recently we enjoyed a perfect
day for all these events. With calm weather, a gas-free ship
and four days to the nearest port, we arranged a fire drill,
a lifeboat drill, safety training and finally a grand barbecue
party. We took some pictures that we want to share with the
readers of Odfjell Quarterly
Pumpman Nordeide rushing to the
scene after fire alarm has been initiated
Lifeboat mustering
Smoke divers moving into the fire
scene
Technical squad closing down
ventilation
Demonstration of the portable foam
applicator
Testing of portable foam applicator
Bosun Cortiguerra clearing up after fire
drill
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OS Castillo clearing up after use of the
foam applicator
Houston Health Initiatives
By Gaylene Webb, Odfjell Houston
On October 6, 2006, Odfjell Houston
hosted our second Health Fair for employees and their families. More than
70 employees received flu shots and 15
employees donated blood. We also had
more than 20 vendors to provide health
awareness information of various kinds,
e.g. an optometrist, chiropractor, nutritionist, fitness provider, etc. A local supplier catered for a healthy lunch for the
employees. An evaluation of the event
indicated that the employees really
appreciated the arrangement.
make it to El Paso already during the
fourth of the eight-week competition.
However, as an eight-week commitment,
each participant will keep on logging the
miles until December 8th. All employees
received a pedometer, and the best part of
the initiative is that we became aware of
how many steps/miles we walked and will
work towards increasing those numbers.
Jeff Ridlehoover measures hand strength
At our Health Fair, the Wellness Committee sponsored a new initiative called Walk
Across Texas. This is a virtual trip from Orange to El Paso, a distance of 875 miles. Altogether 88 employees signed up for the
walk, in 11 teams of eight persons each.
This meant that each team-member should
walk approximately 100 miles each over a
period of eight weeks. The winning team
wins a gift certificate for new sneakers.
The competition was on! It was expected
that field employees would log more miles
than office employees – however, it was
neck and neck. Three teams managed to
Vitamin Shop information
Euro-Ports-Cup Hamburg 2006
Football Championship for
European Ports
By Peter Schelderup, Odfjell Seachem Bergen
Each year since 1984 a football tournament
is arranged for the various ports in Europe,
with teams consisting of people working
within the shipping community pertaining
to the ports. Port of Bergen joined in 1986,
The Port of Bergen team
and has participated every year since. The
location for the event differs, as the various ports take turn in arranging the competition.
The host for this year’s event was
Hamburg, gathering twelve teams from
all over Europe to an oval weekend of
football in the second half of May. The
Port of Bergen team counted 32 members,
including players, management and sponsors. Four of the players were representing
Odfjell.
The initial target for Team Bergen this
year was to repeat last year’s success to
reach the final, but unfortunately we lost
the semi-final 1-0 against Port of Bremen.
The champions, for the second consecutive year, were Port of Antwerp, so they
are certainly the team to beat in the 2007
tournament in Bremen.
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Cecil at Campana
Reception on board M/T Bow Cecil at
Odfjell Terminals Tagsa in Campana
By Daniela Staricco, Odfjell Terminals Tagsa, Argentina
In September, on a shining beautiful day
at the entrance of spring on the Southern Hemisphere, we hosted a reception
for friends and customers on the M/T
Bow Cecil. Since she was moored at our
terminal in Campana, some 70 km. upriver from the city of Buenos Aires, it
was a great opportunity for us also to
show everybody the progress of our second terminal expansion, involving 8,250
m3 in nine tanks. In small groups, we
offered a guided tour of the premises
before going aboard the ship.
Captain Knut Bakkebø and
his crew presented the vessel
and eagerly gave us a thorough introduction guiding
us all the way from the engine room to the bridge. The
captain informed us about
all the functions on the ship
and proudly stressed that
M/T Bow Cecil had the
world´s first “intelligent engine”.
Everybody were very interested and enthusiastic about
the tour and about getting
On the bridge of Bow Cecil. From left: Captain Knut an impre sion of life on
Bakkebø, Daniela Staricco and Belén Nuñez (both board such a sophisticated
Odfjell Argentina), Chief Officer Roald Johan Olsen vessel. Crowned with a very
nice meal of seafood, the
and Chief Engineer Per Arild Bjørgen
Touring the Campana terminal
event was a great success and had an
amazing repercussion among our customers.
We would like to thank Captain Bakkebø for his clear and elaborate explanations and his crew for their warm welcome aboard.
Africa Gathering
Middle East Summit 2006, Phalaborwa, October 22-25
By Gareth Williams, Odfjell Singapore
The marketing of Odfjell Seachem’s services world-wide is a joint effort by the
chartering department in Bergen and
a number of overseas marketing offices at key locations around the globe.
To enhance the teamwork spirit and
to compare notes on essential current
and future market issues, we regularly
arrange “market summit meetings” attended by senior marketing managers
from Headquarters and representatives
from our marketing offices. The venue
for this year’s Middle East Summit was
the Hans Merensky Golf and Country
Club in Phalaborwa, South Africa. This
is situated on the fringe of the Kruger
National Park, about an hour’s flight
from Johannesburg. The delegates to
the summit were drawn from Odfjell
Bergen, Durban, Houston, Dubai and
Singapore. Information packs were distributed prior to the summit so that we
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could all prepare ourselves for the fairly
extensive agenda. In addition, we were
all asked to bring our “crystal ball” to
try to predict future market trends.
operational and commercial topics, and
we spent considerable time looking
ahead, focusing on how to be prepared
for future challenges.
The setting this year was particularly
stunning as the country club selected to
play host to Odfjell is also home for a
number of indigenous animals, including zebra, giraffe, hippo, waterbuck,
impala, wart hogs, baboon and monkey,
roaming freely between the golf course
and a private game reserve that is part
of the country club.
Thanks to Mel, Odfjell Durban and the
Middle East Department for highly
productive and enjoyable days at
Phalaborwa.
The summit programme featured a balanced set of timetabled discussions that
focused on an abbreviated “State of the
Nation” address from Bergen, followed
by a broad update from each of the
overseas marketing offices. There were
also discussions on a number of specific
The summit venue
Basketball Revenge
Odfjell’s Cat-class team triumphs against COSCO Nantong
By P. R. D. Filio, Chief Officer Bow Cheetah
At the end of October, three of our
KSEC-class vessels, Bow Cheetah, Bow
Leopard and Bow Panther, were undergoing docking and double hull conversion works at the Chinese COSCO
Nantong yard. The crews had been looking forward to this period that, despite
heavy work load, would allow some
socializing and reunion of friends.
We arrived at the yard just the day
before a big party planned and organized by the masters of our sisterships,
Capt. Cantona of Bow Leopard and
Capt. Liporada of Bow Panther. Three
of the “Big Cats” gathered is quite an
event, and our Capt. Abunyawan asked
us to gear up the Bow Cheetah Band.
However, with our key player absent, we
had to rely on the astounding performance of Bow Leopard’s “Scrap Band”.
The evening turned out great, with the
Odfjell employees really displaying a lot
of talent. The dance floor was crowded, and the superintendants M. Bole,
Dastidar and Ashok also contributed to
the diversity in dancing styles.
During the night I learned that in a recent basketball match, a COSCO team
had defeated an Odfjell team consisting
of Bow Leopard and Bow Puma players. Immediately I thought of arranging
a replay, especially as the current Bow
Cheetah crew is excellent in basketball.
We even have had to change the basket
goal on board twice due to the frequent
powerful dunk of our players.
Our request was granted by the yard,
and the game scheduled for November
2nd at the Nantong Mini-Colloseum.
Officers and crew of Bow Panther and
All players and supporters gathered
Supporters and substitutes during the game
Bow Cheetah, superintendents, surveyors and even some wives of the crew
showed up to support the Odfjell team.
Our players were in tip top shape and
very confident when they warmed up
prior to the game. At first it was a very
good and clean match, with Odfjell gaining a ten point lead in the first quarter.
As the game progressed, however, pressure turned even more intense as our
opponents increased their efforts, not
always entirely according to the rules.
The local crowd chanted and cheered
the COSCO players on, and at one stage
even the COSCO coach started playing
to help his team out of trouble! Still,
our performance was consistent till the
last minute. Both teams displayed ambitions as if in the Olympics, but luckily
our team succeeded in coming out as
champions. And it was a glorious triumph; 55-35!
We thank our friends at Cosco Nantong
for an exciting and tough game.
The “official” match banners
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Singapore Family Day
By Wei Fong Kam, Odfjell Singapore
The traditional annual Singapore Family
Day cum BBQ was held at Aranda Country
Club on September 23rd. The afternoon
started off with a light drizzle to cool off
the afternoon heat, and the skies cleared
up just in time as if in anticipation of the
evening party. By 5 pm, the chalet started
to liven up as staff arrived with partners
and for some, children in tow.
As we have many loyal and dedicated staff
in Odfjell, the family members of most
colleagues are already familiar faces and
needed no introduction, and very soon
chatter and laughter filled the room. The
Singapore office has grown over the past
years, so this was also a really nice opportunity to get to know the families of the
newer staff.
The children bonded instantly as if longlost playmates over potato chips, satay,
soap bubbles and the united attack of
their common enemy – “The Mattress”.
Parents were pleasantly surprised with
nanny services provided by the older kids
as they took on the care of the younger
children, keeping them entertained and
amused with various antics.
Special thanks to our pretty organizers,
Jamie, Rachel, Adeline, Shaylyn and Jocev,
who were really working hard with coordinating the event and catering for the
sufficient supply of food and drinks. Some
of them stayed overnight at the chalet to
ensure that everything ran smoothly. They
even cooked for the hungry crowd, transforming into self-taught expert chefs on
BBQ chicken wings, sausages, prawns, otar,
stingray, squid just to name a few of the
dishes. Judging from the speed by which
the food was disappearing from the serving trays, their efforts were well and truly
appreciated.
The BBQ experts, from left Adeline,
Steven, Rachel, Shaylyn
Many already svelte ladies were lamenting
whilst enjoying the sumptuous spread of
sinful curry chicken, barbequed assortment
of meat and seafood that they needed to
go on a strict diet to “rectify the damage”.
Yet, no one really stopped munching even
at 10 pm in the evening… At the end of
the day, the children had enjoyed themselves so much that heart-wrenching wails
from the younger kids echoed the premises when it was time to go home. But of
course, we promised to bring them back
next year.
Jocev and Adeline, serving delicious
food
Odfjell winetasting in Korea
By Y.K. Ha, Odfjell Korea
Odfjell
Vineyards is
now selling
all over the
world, and
Asia is becoming an important
market
for the Chilean
produce.
To
extend the customer base and
to enhance the
link to Odfjell’s
other activities,
on November
24th Odfjell Korea arranged a wine-tasting
seminar for local shipping and terminal customers. Laurence Odfjell and Odfjell Vineyards representative Dean Hrabar narrated
the story behind the vineyards to the close to
40 guests, and presented six of their excellent
wines served with delicious food.
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Odfjell sponsors Nansen
Human Foundation
By Anne-Kristine Øen
The Nansen Human Foundation is an
independent humanitarian foundation
that is supported by Norwegian, Russian
and Armenian businesses. The objective
of the foundation is to strengthen cooperation and understanding between
the three countries within cultural- and
humanitarian relations, and thus pursue the ideals of Fridtjof Nansen. Dan
Odfjell is one of the initiators of the
foundation.
The main part of the return on the
fund, 75 percent, will be distributed to
children in need. The remaining 25 percent is dedicated to supporting young
talents in getting appropriate education within music, ballet and theatre.
The first big event of the Nansen Human Foundation will be held in Bergen
April 19-21 2007, where dancers from
the world famous Bolshoi ballet in Moscow and Kirov ballet in St. Petersburg
will perform the equally famous “Swan
Lake”.
Two of the main
sponsors, Dan
Odfjell and Trond
Mohn (Frank
Mohn AS)
Christmas Functions in South Africa
By Mel Pinks, Odfjell Seachem South Africa
On November 16th, Odfjell Seachem
hosted our annual Johannesburg function at Restaurant Lehogtla in Nelson
Mandela Square. During the evening
we were happy to enjoy the company
of many of our valued local clients and
friends, amongst them Foskor, Equatorial, F.R.Waring, Sasol, CH Petrochemicals, Felda Bridge, Southern Chartering,
Sturrock Shipping and the members
of our Empowerment Partners Odfjell
Makana SA. A special thanks to our
friends at PetroSA, who made the trip
from Cape Town to be with us on the
evening.
of the Industry. We were treated to an
evening of music from the 60s and 70s,
where the theme was the Beach Boys’
Surfing Safari. We sincerely thank each
and everyone that attended our South
Africa functions and look forward to
see you all next year.
At the Jo’burg
function. From
left: Arthur Martin
(PetroSA),
Ilse Marie-Smit
(PetroSA),
Mel Pinks, Doctor
Siswana (PetroSA),
Sayed Akimu Phiri
(Odfjell Makana SA)
The following night we held our Durban
bash at the Barnyard Theatre, where we
had the pleasure of welcoming some
200 guests from all sides and angles
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Christmas abroad
Odfjell’s worldwide activities also involves many of our colleagues having to celebrate
festive days away from home and their loved ones, be it mariners at sea or staff at an
overseas location. In this issue of the Quarterly we learn how it is to celebrate Christmas in a foreign country; Angela, originally from Singapore, in Norway and Kjersti, a
Norwegian, in Singapore.
Singaporean view of the
Norwegian Christmas
By Angela Tan-Aksnes
“What? You soaked your codfish in
caustic soda and it is still edible?” That
was my reaction when I first heard Per,
my husband, explaining to me how
‘lutefisk’ was prepared. We had just
moved to Norway, and spent our first
white Christmas there. He assured me
that the fish was safe for consumption
and also promised me that he would be
doing all the cooking during Christmas.
That was for me the best Christmas present since I could just sit back, relax, and
wait for dinner to be served.
We spent that Christmas at our cabin
in Norheimsund. From our cabin, there
is a great view of the Hardanger fjord.
There I was, lounging on my favourite
chair, looking out of the window and
enjoying the scenic view of snowedcovered mountains and treetops. It
was beautiful and so different from the
equatorial climate of Singapore - warm
and humid all year round, with an average temperature of 30ºC.
Christmas in Norway is the time when
families get together and Christmas
gifts are exchanged. The children especially look forward to this, and if they
are lucky, there will be a ‘local’ Santa
Claus to hand out the gifts piling under
the Christmas tree. Back in Singapore,
Christmas is ‘hot’ and most people spend
their Christmas outdoors. The most visible proof of Christmas in Singapore is
the beautiful decorations of the famous
shopping street in Orchard Road. This
display starts as early as October. Shops
and restaurants are open late into the
nights during this festive season. Per
and I usually had our Christmas meal in
a crowded restaurant.
While I was enjoying the scenery, Per
was busy preparing one of the tradi-
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tional local Christmas dinner ‘pinnekjøtt’. The ‘pinnekjøtt’ dish is salted and
dried mutton ribs. First,
the ribs need to be soaked
in water overnight to remove the excess salt. They
were then placed on top of
some birch twigs in a pot,
and steamed over the fire
for a few hours. Potatoes
and mashed turnip are
also served in this meal.
That was a delicious dinner
and my only complaint was
the ribs still have too much
salt. I’m not used to consuming too much salt, as in
Singapore the government
is encouraging people to
have a healthy diet with
‘less salt and fat’.
On Christmas day, Per pre- Angie by the fireplace in Hardanger
pared ‘lutefisk’ for our
dinner. He had re-assured me that the I had enjoyed my first white Christmas
codfish are still safe for consumption in Norway, and now I’m looking fordespite being soaked in caustic soda. It ward to eating the delicious Christmas
was his first attempt. The codfish looked meals again. Per has promised to soak
rubbery and had a strong chemical smell the lamb ribs longer. As for me, since I
before being cooked. They were baked have not yet mastered the art of cookin the oven for a few minutes. Fried ing these traditional meals, I will just
bacons bits soaking in fats were poured lounge in my favourite chair, enjoy
over the fish when eaten. I had a prob- the beautiful sceneries, and wait to be
lem scooping up the fish with my fork as served. However, I have this feeling
they keep slipping through. It seemed that some years down the road Per will
that the fish had been over-cooked and be the one sitting in his favourite chair
we had to use a spoon to eat them. This while I will be slogging over the stove
is definitely a ‘rich’ meal with all the for our Christmas meals…
fats. When the holidays are over, it’s
time to think of how to get rid of the Merry Christmas, everyone!
rich meals such as roast pork, lutefisk
and pinnekjøtt that ended up around
the waist. [After a few more attempts,
Per has now mastered the dish and
cooks a delicious meal of ‘lutefisk’.]
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Ex-pat Christmas in
Tropical Singapore
By Kjersti Langdal Eidsvåg
Christmas starts early in Singapore!
Christmas lights, Christmas trees and
angels in all sorts of variations start
to appear already in mid-October. Not
only is that early for the
season, but to Scandinavians it also seems a bit
strange. Why is that?
Well, Singapore is hot
and green throughout
the year, so we do not
get nature’s reminders
in the same way as we
do in Norway.
Then there is the food; the traditional
Christmas dishes and cakes. How do we
even get the smoked ribs of mutton (the
traditional Christmas food for people
Christmas in Singapore
is, as in other big cities,
heavily commercialised.
Orchard Road, the main
shopping street, dazzles
with festive performances. The entire stretch
of the shopping belt is
lit up with decorative
lights from mid-October
to early January. The
road is transformed into
a tropical paradise in a
riot of colours and music greeting shoppers at
every turn. Walk along
and be captivated by
the thousands of surrounding fairy lights.
The Eidsvåg family during Singapore Christmas
Beautiful arches stand
nobly on both sides of
the road, decked with colourful stream- from the western part of Norway) in a
ers, hollies and bells. The shopping malls country where most people eat fried
decorate their facades to compete for rice and noodles? The answer is the
the “Best Decorated Building” title. In- Norwegian Seamen’s Church. They buy
side the malls, the angelic voices of car- the meat from New Zealand the qualollers and special Christmas events bring ity and the taste is just as good as the
Norwegian, if not better. The pastry for
the festive mood to an all-time high.
the gingerbread cakes is sold at IKEA. In
an air-conditioned room with Christmas
carols from the stereo, the kids and the
mums make the cakes, just like at home.
The Christmas spirit is
coming...
I have mentioned the
Norwegian
Seamen’s
Church in Singapore,
which offers all Norwegians and Swedish
expat families a big
Christmas celebration on
Christmas Eve. They serve
traditional Norwegian
and Swedish Christmas
food, and Santa Claus
comes to give presents
to the children before
he is thrown into the
pool. There is entertainment for the children,
and Christmas carols are
sung. It is a nice evening
where ex-pats celebrate
this festive season with
people in the same situation, far away from family and traditions.
On Christmas Eve, the
IKEA tree is decorated,
the aircon is on high, the
candles are lit and the
table is set. The Christmas dinner tastes surprisingly delicious,
despite the fact that the temperature
outside is 34 degrees Celsius! And then
there are all the presents from our loved
ones in Norway. It is not bad at all!
Being an ex-pat wife, I am the one who
is in charge of all the Christmas preparations. Ex-pat husbands are more lucky,
as they have to go to the office every
day. The wives have to take care of the
rest, because we have the time! And we
have to start early! All the presents, not
too heavy or too big, have to be sent in
the beginning of December at the latest, otherwise all your loved ones back
home will be disappointed on Christmas
Eve. Christmas cards have to be written
to family and friends, preferably with a
nice picture of the young ones. People
back home expect that, since it has been
so long since they saw them.
Orchard Road Christmas decorations
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You and I and everyone
QM Corner
✔ We are all responsible for quality
By Jan Didrik Lorentz
Quality and HSE performance are line
responsibilities. But what does that
mean?
CORPORATE QUALITY MANAGEMENT MANUAL
Top management must guide the organization on how we shall achieve our
objectives and monitor that the business is run in line with these principles.
Management shall plan the work and
ensure that adequate resources are allocated. Managers shall also measure
results and perform regular reviews to
ensure that the Quality Management
System is relevant, well implemented
and continually developed.
Table of Contents
Some of this verification is performed
by the Quality Management department, which may also facilitate management reviews. But, the main thing is
our own joint responsibility: you and I
are responsible for safety and the quality of our own work.
Processes and elements of Quality Management
This means that in all jobs we shall:
• Consider the “continuous improve-
ment cycle” (plan, do, measure and act). Are all activities well planned, procedures clear and experiences
taken into consideration?
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Definitions
Introduction
(Quarterly June 06)
Mission and policies
Organisational structures
Responsibilities
(Quarterly Dec 06)
Human resources management
Common directives
Quality Management system
Quality Assurance and improvement
Event analysis
HSE Management
Risk Management
• Confirm that the task is well understood. Always consult with your manager if you do not fully under-
stand the job/or you
believe that you lack the qualification or authoriza-
tion
• Ensure that ample resour-
ces are available. If resour ces, including time, are
insufficient, there is a good
chance that the job cannot
be done as planned. Clarify and consider alternatives!
• Make sure that the job is
safe! Think about risks in-
volved and never proceed with a task you consider to be unsafe. It is OK to take a “timeout” in advance to
evaluate safety and con sult with other people
involved. Afterwards it may
be too late!
(Quarterly Sep 06)
Odfjell Service Awards
A number of colleagues, both shipboard and shore-based
personnel, have received service awards for long and faithful
service to Odfjell. The gold medal is awarded by the Norwegian Shipowners’ Association to seafaring employees having
From left: Terje Storeng, Chief Engineer Harald
Aarbakke (medal), Dan Odfjell, Harald Næss
(medal) and Helge Olsen
completed 30 years of service of which 20 years at sea and at
least half the time with the same company. The gold watch is
for 25 years of service with Odfjell.
Back from left: Morten Nystad, Frode Stornes, Wenche Hjelmeland,
Terje Storeng, Knut Mevatne. Front from left: Else Marie Delpech,
Karin Blom, Dan Odfjell, Liv Birkeland
Back from left: Helge Olsen, Laurence
Odfjell, Chief Engineer Magne Høivik
(medal), Chief Engineer Arnljot
Handeland (medal), Captain Inge J.
Larsen (medal), Captain Kjell Olav
Berge (medal) and Terje Storeng.
Back from left: Chief Steward
Eivind Pettersen (medal), Captain Leif
Nedregotten (medal), Captain Per
Bakke (40 years, gold watch), Chief
Officer Waldemar Lilleng (medal) and
Captain Anders Økland (medal)
Back from left: Chief Engineer Rolf Lund (medal), Captain
Ove Uglehus (medal), Pump Man F. Rey Vidal (gold watch),
Chief Engineer Ingmar Seth (medal), Helge Olsen
Front from left: Pump Man Øystein Tyssebotn (Medal and
gold watch), Captain Thor Thorsen (medal and gold watch),
Chief Engineer Kjell Hans Steen (medal and gold watch)
Odfjell Quarterly December 2006
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The Personnel Corner
NEW HIRES
Headquarters Bergen
Moberg, Atle
Fleet Electrical Engineer
01.10.2006
Grønseth, Ragnar
Cargo Handling
Advisor/Supercargo
02.10.2006
Helgensen, Arne
Sletten
System Consultant
02.10.2006
Fanebust, Jostein
Operator
09.10.2006
Steinsland, Ole Ivar
Operator Assistant
09.10.2006
Mortensen, Rune
Operator
01.11.2006
Sørheim, Gunvor S.
Learning Management
Administrator
01.11.2006
Vik, Odd Magne
Cargo Handling
Advisor/Supercargo
01.11.2006
Østbye, Eli-Kristin M
Claims Handler
01.11.2006
Solås, Lars Martinius
Operator Assistant
20.11.2006
Odfjell Asia II
Odfjell Terminals (Houston)
Eriksen, Thommas
ICT/Support Consultant
21.11.2006
Chua, Cindy
Operator
01.10.2006
Peh, Hui Min, Allyson
Assistant Chartering
Manager
01.10.2006
Ayala, George
Operator
02.10.2006
Bright, Sacumba
Operator
02.10.2006
Conner, Joseph
Operator
02.10.2006
Cox, Chad
Operator
02.10.2006
Jones, Robert
Operator
02.10.2006
Forsmo, Lisa
Sr. Operator Assistant
23.10.2006
Trevino, Carlos
Transportation
Coordinator
01.11.2006
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Odfjell Quarterly December 2006
IN SERVICE FOR ODFJELL
40
30
25
YEARS
Leeuw, Karel de
Customs Officer
Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam)
01.11.66
YEARS
Schalker, Hendrikus J.G.
Manager
Odfjell Netherlands
01.10.1976
YEARS
Hobbel, Johannis Adrianus
Operator
Odfjell Netherlands
01.10.1981
Voorhagen, Rob
Internal Controller
Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam)
01.11.1981
Øystein Tyssebotn
Pumpman
M/T Bow Flora
01.12.1981
Rosenberry, Tina
Office Administrator
06.11.2006
Solution to Brainteaser 2006Q3
Picking the red one
In the previous issue of Odfjell Quarterly we asked how Albie
should distribute 100 blue and 100 red otherwise identical
cubes into two bags, to maximise the chances of his buddie
Bertie picking up a red cube. The solution is quite simple.
He puts one red cube into one of the bags, the remaining
199 cubes into the other bag. It’s a 50/50 chance that Bertie
chooses the one with the single red cube. Alternatively, if he
picks the one with the 199 cubes, it is almost a 50/50 chance
that he will end up with a red cube. More formally we may
state this as:
Probability of picking a red = 0.5 * 1 + 0.5 * 99/199 ≈ 0.75.
No other distribution of cubes will give an equally high chance
of winning the bet.
Unfortunately we haven’t received one single correct solution
this time. Due to the lack of response from our readers we
will discontinue the Brainteaser column, after 15 consecutive
puzzles.
Amador, Elias
Operator
13.11.2006
Odfjell Argentina
Medley, Rick
Operator
13.11.2006
Saavedra, Alfredo
Operator
13.11.2006
Trevino, Victor
Operator
13.11.2006
Fernandez Biscay, Cesar
Operation Manager
20.11.2006
Odfjell Quarterly December 2006
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Fleet and terminals
SHIPS
BUILTDWT
CBM
Owned:
Time-Chartered:
38
Bow Sea
Bow Summer
Bow Sky
Bow Spring ¹
Bow Star ¹
Bow Sun
Bow Firda ¹
Bow Chain ¹
Bow Favour
Bow Century
Bow Fortune
Bow Master
Bow Mate
Bow Pilot
Bow Sailor
Bow Cecil ¹
Bow Flora
Bow Balearia
Bow Bracaria
Bow Brasilia
Bow Cardinal
Bow Faith
Bow Bahia
Bow Querida
Bow Cedar
Bow Fagus
Bow Clipper
Bow Flower
Bow Eagle
Bow Cheetah
Bow Leopard
Bow Lion
Bow Peace
Bow Power
Bow Pride
Bow Prima
Bow Prosper
Bow Fertility
Bow Fraternity
Bow Panther
Bow Puma
Bow Hunter
Bow Maasstad
Bow Maasstroom
Bow Maasslot
Bow Fighter
Owl Trader
Bow Pioneer
Bow Viking
Bow Lancer
Bow Lady
Bao Hai Tun (49%)
Angelim (50 %)
Araucaria (50 %)
Bow Pacifico (50%)
Jatai (50 %, LPG)
Bow Condor (50%)
1
2006
2005
2005
2004
2004
2003
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1998
1998
1998
1997
1997
1997
1997
1996
1996
1996
1995
1995
1994
1988
1988
1988
1988
1987
1987
1987
1987
1987
1987
1987
1986
1986
1983
1983
1983
1982
1982
1982
1982
1981
1980
1978
2006
1985
1984
1982
1979
1978
40 048
40 036
40 005
39 942
39 832
39 842
37 427
37 518
37 438
37 438
37 395
6 046
6 001
6 000
6 000
37 345
37 369
5 870
5 870
5 870
37 446
37 479
5 870
10 115
37 455
37 375
37 166
37 221
24 728
40 258
40 249
40 272
45 655
45 655
45 655
45 655
45 655
45 507
45 507
40 263
40 092
23 002
38 039
38 039
38 039
34 982
12 450
23 016
33 590
35 100
32 225
3 845
10 259
10 259
18 657
4 452
27 950
52 126
52 126
52 126
52 126
52 126
52 126
40 515
40 515
40 515
40 515
40 515
6 878
6 864
6 865
6 870
40 515
40 515
5 941
5 941
5 941
41 487
41 487
5 941
10 956
41 608
41 608
41 492
41 492
32 458
47 604
47 604
47 604
52 173
52 173
52 173
52 173
52 173
52 173
52 173
47 604
47 604
25 026
48 866
48 866
48 866
41 184
14 482
25 965
40 956
42 468
41 354
4 361
10 136
10 159
22 929
4 031
34 656
STAINLESS STEEL,CBM
52 126
52 126
52 126
52 126
52 126
52 126
40 515
40 515
40 515
40 515
40 515
6 878
6 864
6 865
6 870
33 236
33 236
5 941
5 941
5 941
34 208
34 208
5 941
10 956
34 329
34 329
34 213
34 213
19 662
-
-
-
2 167
2 167
2 167
2 167
2 167
2 167
2 167
-
-
21 031
-
-
-
6 299
8 070
20 969
21 745
6 252
3 077
-
6 500
6 500
10 849
-
21 035
NUMBER
OF TANKS
40
40
40
40
40
40
47
47
47
47
47
14
14
14
14
47
47
20
20
20
52
52
20
18
52
52
52
52
25
29
29
29
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
29
29
28
22
22
22
34
22
28
36
34
42
10
18
18
31
3
43
Vessel beneficially owned through financial lease.
Bow Fuji
Bow Ophelia³
Bow Plata
Bow Engineer
Bow Orania³
Bow Architect
Bow Rio
Bow Europe
Bow Santos
Bow Asia
Bow Singapore
Bow Americas
Bow de Rich
Bow Wallaby
Bow de Feng
Bow West
Bow de Silver
Bow Andino
Bow de Jin
Bow Wind
Odfjell Quarterly December 2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2002
2002
2000
2000
1999
1999
19 800
19 900
19 807
30 086
19 993
30 058
19 990
19 727
19 997
9 901
9 888
19 707
12 452
11 951
12 514
12 503
11 747
16 121
11 752
8 587
22 140
22 655
22 143
35 548
19 993
36 000
19 990
21 573
21 846
10 866
10 867
22 050
13 300
13 485
13 289
13 299
12 296
17 270
12 296
9 226
22 140
22 655
22 143
35 548
19 993
36 000
19 990
21 573
21 846
10 866
10 867
22 050
13 300
13 485
13 289
13 299
12 296
17 270
12 296
9 226
22
20
22
28
20
28
22
36
22
20
20
36
22
22
22
22
20
30
20
20
SHIPS
BUILTDWT
CBM
STAINLESS STEEL,CBM
NUMBER
OF TANKS
Multitank Batavia³
Multitank Badenia³
Brage Pacific
Multitank Bolognia³
Multitank Britannia³
NCC Jubail³
NCC Mekka³
NCC Riyad³
Bow Antisana ²
Bow Gorgonilla ²
NCC Baha³
NCC Asir³
NCC Arar³
Bow Orion
Jacaranda (50%)
5 941
5 941
18 620
5 941
5 941
41 488
41 588
41 492
9 899
9 899
32 458
24 965
24 965
34 656
9 924
5 941
5 941
18 620
5 941
5 941
34 209
34 257
34 213
5 777
5 777
19 662
20 969
20 969
21 035
5 877
20
20
24
20
20
52
52
52
22
22
25
28
28
43
17
Number of ships: 92
2 327 108
2 691 576
2
Vessels on bareboat charter 3 Vessel on variable timecharter
1 631 919
On order:
1998
1997
1997
1997
1996
1996
1995
1995
1989
1989
1988
1983
1982
1977
1978
5 870
5 870
17 460
5 870
5 870
37 499
37 272
37 274
8 192
8 192
24 728
23 001
23 002
28 083
9 970
YARDDELIVERYDWT
OWNER
NB Szczecin - B588/III/7
NB Szczecin - B588/III/8
NB Szczecin - B588/III/9
NB Szczecin - B588/III/10
NB Sevmash #1
NB Sevmash #2
NB Sevmash #3
NB Sevmash #4
NB Sevmash #5
NB Sevmash #6
NB Sevmash #7
NB Sevmash #8
NB Sevmash #9
NB Sevmash #10
NB Sevmash #11
NB Sevmash #12
NB Fukuoka
NB Fukuoka
NB Shin Kurishima
NB Kitanihon
NB Kitanihon
NB Kitanihon
NB Shin Kurishima
NB Kitanihon
NB Usuki
NB Usuki
NB Usuki
NB Usuki
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Odfjell
Time-charter
Time-charter
Time-charter
Time-charter
Time-charter
Time-charter
Time-charter
Time-charter
Variable timecharter
Variable timecharter
Variable timecharter
Variable timecharter
12/2006
04/2007
10/2009
04/2010
09/2007
06/2008
11/2008
06/2009
10/2009
06/2010
10/2010
06/2011
10/2011
06/2012
10/2012
06/2013
12/2007
06/2008
06/2008
08/2008
10/2008
12/2008
06/2009
09/2009
06/2007
08/2007
11/2007
01/2008
39 500
39 500
39 500
39 500
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
45 000
19 900
19 900
32 500
33 000
33 000
33 000
32 500
33 000
19 900
19 900
19 900
19 900
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Option
Number of newbuildings:28
1 014 400
TANK TERMINALS
STAINLESS
NUMBER
Owned terminals
LOCATION
SHARE
CBM
STEEL, CBM
OF TANKS
Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) BV
Odfjell Terminals (Houston) LP
Odfjell Terminals (Dalian) Ltd
Odfjell Terminals (Korea) Co Ltd
Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore Ltd
VOTTN Ltd (Ningbo)
Rotterdam, NL
Houston, USA
Dalian, China
Onsan, Korea
Singapore
Ningbo, China
100 %
100 %
50 %
50 %
50 %
12.5 %
1 540 000
270 563
59 700
109 500
213 000
63 500
31 000
81 902
5 750
2 850
5 700
7 900
300
92
35
39
51
36
Total2 256 263
135 102
553
Associated
terminals
Depositos Quimicos Mineros S.A.
Lima, Peru
23 680
3 200
29
Granel Quimica Ltda
Santos, Brazil
97 720
19 879
99
Granel Quimica Ltda
Rio Grande, Brazil
32 800
2 900
24
Granel Quimica Ltda
Sao Luis
25 600
0
18
Granel Quimica Ltda
Ladario
8 000
0
6
Odfjell Terminals Tagsa S.A.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
51 105
535
101
Odfjell Terminals Tagsa S.A.
Campana, Argentina
31 936
10 100
51
Terquim S.A.
San Antonio, Chile
32 840
0
25
Total303 68136 614353
Odfjell Quarterly December 2006
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Offices and addresses
MAIN OFFICE
Odfjell ASA - Odfjell Seachem AS
Conrad Mohrsv. 29, P.O. Box 6101 PT
5892 Bergen, NORWAY
Tel:
+47 5527 0000
Fax:
+47 5528 4741
Fax:
+47 5527 9070
(Chartering/Operations)
INTERNATIONAL OFFICES
Odfjell USA LP
12211 Port Road
Seabrook, TX 77586, USA
Tel:
+1 713 844 2200
Fax:
+1 713 844 2211
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 Terminals (Dalian) Ltd
No. 3 Binhai North Road
Zhongshan District
Dalian 116001, P.R. CHINA
Tel:
+86 411 8262 9701
Fax:
+86 411 8262 3707
Odfjell Manila
c/o Magsaysay Maritime Corp.
5th floor, 520 t.m. Kalaw Street
Ermita
Manila, PHILIPPINES
Tel:
+63 2 526 9773
Fax:
+63 2 525 7720
Odfjell Terminals (Jiangyin) Co, Ltd
Jiasheng South Road 1
Economic Development Zone (West)
Jiangyin 214446
Jiangsu Province
P.R. CHINA
Tel:
+86 510 8666 9111
Fax:
+86 510 8666 9110
Odfjell Singapore Pte Ltd
6 Shenton Way, # 27-08/09
DBS Tower 2
SINGAPORE 068809
Tel:
+65 6349 1300
Fax:
+65 6224 2285
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 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 (UK) Ltd
14 Headfort Place
London SW1X 7DH
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel:
+44 207 823 0605
Fax:
+44 207 823 0606
Odfjell Netherlands BV
Oude Maasweg 6, P.O. Box 5010
3197 XC Rotterdam-Botlek
The NETHERLANDS
Tel:
+31 102 953 666
Fax:
+31 102 953 668
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 Terminals (Korea) Co, Ltd
136, Cheongyong-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
SINGAPORE 628208
Tel:
+65 6473 1700
Tel:
+65 6479 4500
Vopak Terminal Ningbo Ltd.
No. 111 Zhaobaoshan Road
Zhenhai District
Ningbo, P.R. CHINA
Tel:
+86 574 2769 5638
Fax:
+86 574 8627 5931
Terquim SA
Blanco Encalada 840
Dept 702, San Antonio
CHILE
Tel:
+56 35 211 050
Fax:
+56 35 211 161
ASSOCIATED TANK TERMINALS
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
REGIONAL OFFICES
Odfjell Asia Pte Ltd
6 Shenton Way, # 27-08/09 DBS Tower 2
SINGAPORE 068809
Tel:
+65 6349 1300
Fax:
+65 6224 2285
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
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 Ahrenkiel Europe GmbH
Burchardstrasse 8, Postfach 100 220
20095 Hamburg
GERMANY
Tel:
+49 40 24838 307
Fax:
+49 40 24838 319
TERQUIM S.A
Blanco Encalada 840
Dept 702, San Antonio
CHILE
Tel:
+56 35 21 1050
Fax: +56 35 21 1161
Odfjell Australasia 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
Flumar Transportes de Quimicos e Gases Ltda
Av. Paulista 460 - 18 andar
CEP 01310-904 Sao Paulo SP, BRAZIL
Tel:
+55 11 3549 5800
Fax:
+55 11 3549 5807
DQM S.A
Jr. Huascar 251, Urbanizacion Chacaritas
Callao
PERU
Tel:
+511 429 4651
Fax: +511 429 0637
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, 13/F
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 India
A-26, Nandbhuvan Industrial Estate
Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East)
Mumbai 400093, INDIA
Tel:
+91 22 6695 4701
Fax:
+91 22 5695 4707
Odfjell Seachem South Africa Pty Ltd
The Sharaf House
2 Sinembe Crescent
La Lucia Ridge
Durban 4051, SOUTH AFRICA
Tel:
+27 31 583 4470
Fax:
+27 31 583 4488
TANK TERMINALS
Odfjell Terminals (Houston) LP
12211 Port Road
Seabrook, TX 77586, USA
Tel:
+1 713 844 2300
Fax:
+1 713 844 2355
Odfjell Terminals (Rotterdam) BV
Oude Maasweg 6, P.O. Box 5010
Harbour Number 4040
3197 KJ Rotterdam-Botlek
The NETHERLANDS
Tel:
+31 102 953 400
Fax:
+31 104 384 679
w w w. o d f j e l l . c o m
Odfjell Quarterly wishes
our readers a
joyful festive season
and all the best for 2007