Smyril Blue Water Boosts Capacity

FISherOTIES,her Seafoo GEOGRAPHYINDUSTD RINDUSTIES, SerryVIC ES SMYRIL BLUE WATER SMYRIL BLUE WATER BOOSTS CAPACITY PO Box 3296, FO-110 Tórshavn http://www.smyrilbluewater.com E-Mail: [email protected] Extending its Tórshavn offices and warehouse, Smyril Tel.: +298 309600 Blue Water eyes new opportunities ranging from the Fax: +298 309601 resurgence of fish farming, through growing demand for General Manager: Heðin Joensen reefer logistics, to Faroe offshore oil and gas exploration. Worldwide shipment, transport and logistics services — North Atlantic’s only N A BID TO BEEF up its transport- Faroese aquaculture industry to generate ro/ro service. Export; import; customs clearance; temperature controlled Ilogistics services and further grow its business growth.” logistics, groupage; full loads — 33 pallets; share of the Faroese market for seafood Meanwhile, at the turn of the year project goods; overseas. North Atlantic experts; airfreight; container transport. exports, Smyril Blue Water—a company 2006/2007, SBW Express—Smyril Blue Fast transit — ‘The Fastest North based on close cooperation between the Water’s airfreight and courier service di- Atlantic Freight Service’ shipowner Smyril Line and Danish ship- vision—hired new personnel to improve Offices: FaroeI slands, Denmark, Iceland ping company Blue Water—is moving its offerings. Privileged access: to extend its headquarters in Tórshavn. “Our Express division will now be Smyril Line: M/F Norröna — Looking to up its warehousing capac- able to work more as a separate unit with Capacity of 1,500 passengers, 130 trailers. ity and expand its offices at the central full access to our worldwide Blue Water Blue Water Shipping: harbor area in the Faroese capital, Smyril infrastructure,” Mr Joensen said. “Blue 500 trucks on European roads Blue Water purchased a neighboring Water has been an IATA agent since Global network — 44 offices in 22 countries warehouse building for the purpose, in a 1978 and we offer a very competitive ser- Lloyd’s Agent for the Faroe Islands deal with Strandfaraskip Landsins (SL), vice with regular consolidations world- the public transport operator. wide and a global agency network.” scope and frequency. “We’ve noted a re- “Our outlook is very positive,” said He added: “Also of interest is the markable increase in the route between Smyril Blue Water general manager fact that the William exploration well is Hanstholm and Bergen,” he said. “As to Heðin Joensen. “We have seen our set to be drilled during this year; we’ll the Norröna’s other routes, we’re likewise market share grow at a steady pace and hopefully succeed in conveying the mes- seeing a general upward trend. In short, Loading cargo on to the Norröna (above); reefer truck on European highway (below). this trend shows no sign of leveling off, sage that some of the offshore services it’s becoming clear to seafood exporters neither in the Faroes nor in the North we offer will be relevant in the context.” operate cargo shipped via the Norröna, in the North Atlantic area that we of- Atlantic taken as a whole. As to 2007, With oil and gas activity centers the superferry that links the Faroe Is- “For many seafood exporters in the and secure service in an unbroken chain. fer an unbeatable solution for transport we expect the current resurgence in the in Esbjerg and Aberdeen, Blue Water lands to Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Faroes and Iceland, for instance, this is The trailers we use are transported on throughout Europe.” owns and operates an extensive trans- Scotland. an unbeatable combination,” Mr Joensen wheels only; we use pallet wide trailers Again this year, Smyril Blue Wa- port-logistics network that comprises The company however works with a said. “Our customers enjoy a unique con- to secure stable conditions throughout ter is planning to charter a ro-ro ship to 44 offices in 22 countries—and a fleet vast number of operators across the globe, cept of rolling cargo linking Scandinavia, the process.” complement the Norröna’s sailings. “The of 500 trucks every day on the roads offering everything from dry cargo to Europe and the North Atlantic countries, The idea, according to Mr Joensen, summer period calls for extra capacity, and highways of Europe—plus agents reefer transport, from worldwide sea on wheels all the way, from the ship- is to avoid exposure of the cargo dur- not least because Norröna is often too worldwide. Among the company’s other freight including regular container ser- per through to the recipient. About 130 ing transport, whether caused by load- crowded with passengers during the specialties: food transport, fish transport vices to conventional cargo, stevedoring, trailers can be loaded with relative ease ing, unloading or anything else for that tourism season.” and related services; European road ser- and more. on board the Norröna, which translates matter, and to prevent unwanted and un- vices, airfreight, sea freight, and logistics Reefer cargo, one of Blue Water’s into quite a lot of cargo. With tempera- necessary delays, not to mention shifts in services. niche activities, has been much high- ture-controlled goods such as chilled or temperature. “This is really a top quality As to the North Atlantic, Smyril lighted in the North Atlantic. frozen seafood, using reefer trucks and service that rewards those keen on giv- Blue Water holds exclusive rights to Here, the Norröna’s roll-on/roll-off the Norröna is often the fastest and safest ing their customers the best in terms of (ro-ro) capacity is seen to combine per- way for the products to reach European product quality.” fectly with Blue Water’s fleet of reefer clients. This means we have a system According to Mr Joensen, North Smyril Blue Water general manager Heðin Joensen. trucks. that offers the great advantage of a quick Atlantic cargo activities are growing in 78 • AnnualBusinessReport 2007 AnnualBusinessReport 2007 • 79.

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