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Swedish Shipping Gazette DSM19 Edition Swedish Shipping Swedish Shipping Gazette DSM19 Edition DSM19: Green tech Produced by in shipping Swedish Shipping Gazette DSM 19 Edition Our skillOur skill - your– your benefitbenefit Scanunit.se [email protected] +46 42 373350 Swedish Shipping Gazette Published by: Svensk Sjöfarts Tidnings Förlag AB, a subsidiary of the Swedish Shipowners’ Association (Föreningen Svensk Sjöfart). Editor in chief and publisher: Pär-Henrik Sjöström, +46-70-877 26 47 Welcome to Stockholm Repairyard Address: Västra Hamngatan 13, SE-411 17 Göteborg, Sweden Phone: +46-31-712 17 50 We carrycarry out out all all types types of shipof ship repair repair, and mainretrofit,- • •Dry Dry docks docks 180 180 m m xx 2525 mm andand 100 m x 16,5 m E-mail: [email protected] modificationtenance works. Withand ourmaintenance dry-docks andworks. the With • •Cranes Cranes range range fromfrom 12-12 - 3535 tons tons E-mail (staff): [email protected] Internet: www.sjofartstidningen.se ourstrategic dry-docks location and of thethe strategicyard we offer location excellent of the • •Berth Berth 75 75 m m with with aa depthdepth of 55 m yard we offer excellent availability and service • Berth 110 m with a depth of 7 m availability and service to our customers in the • Berth 110 m with a depth of 7 m ■ EDITORIAL STAFF to our customers in the region of Stockholm Pär-Henrik Sjöström, editor in chief +46-70-877 26 47 region of Stockholm and the Baltic Sea. Don’t hesitate to contact us, we are available and the Baltic Sea. Don’t hesitate to contact us, we are available Anna Lundberg, editor +46-73-642 38 11 2424 hourshours when when necessary. necessary. Welcome! Welcome! Marianne Ovesen, journalist +46-70–306 83 841 Daniel Cooper, freelance journalist ■ ADVERTISING Micke Färlin, +46-73-274 87 44 Stockholms Reparationsvarv AB Beckholmen ■ ADMINISTRATION Helle Fernsand, +46-76–669 61 09 SE- 115 21 Stockholm, Sweden Scanunit.se /[email protected] /+46 42 37 33 50 Phone: +46 (0)8 54 56 63 50 Printed by: Risbergs Information & Media, Uddevalla Email: [email protected] 2 Web: www.srvab.com Our skill – your benefit 3 halvisa stående 181130.indd 1 2019-01-03 11:13 SthlmRepairHel190806.inddStockholmsvarvet sistasidan.indd 1 1 2019-08-062012-11-21 07:2207:44 Scanunit.se [email protected] +46 42 373350 Swedish Shipping Gazette DSM 19 Edition Welcome to Donsö And welcome to Donsö Shipping Meet! en years ago we embarked upon visit Donsö for a unique opportunity to year we offer a seminar and a workshop the journey that has taken us to learn more about the shipping industry. related to HR & Crewing. Commercial T this place – and what a journey it Meet will also be held again this year with has been! Who would have thought that we do this because we have seen a the theme: Surrounding World Analysis DISCOVER when we arranged the first Meet back in decrease of applicants to the shipping – Business intelligence, Sustainability 2009 (then called Donsö Tanker Meet) related universities of Sweden and also and Future recruiting. New to this year is that the interest for this venue would have to Compulsory school with maritime Financing Meet which will be a comple- grown like this. These two amazing days connection, and we as an industry must ment to Commercial Meet. The focus will we welcome about 2000 delegates to dis- take action in order to ensure that we be financing sustainable shipping with its cuss shipping and shipping related topics. have as competent Swedish seafarers in related challenges and opportunities. STENA the future as we have today. Stena AB är en internationell koncern med as always our ambition this year is to The discussion of how we will reach the grand banquet dinner will be ca 15 500 anställda runtom i världen. make DSM as welcoming and genuine as this goal will follow as a theme during held in the harbour of Donsö. During Koncernen verkar inom verksamhetsområdena ever possible. We do this by utilizing the the rest of DSM as well, together with the the evening an exceptional three-course locally available people and resources other themes; business intelligence and dinner will be served and the best-selling färjetrafik, offshore, drilling, rederi, and building the venue in a way that we sustainability. authors and business coaches Christer fastigheter, finans och hope will lead to rich and inspiring meet- The opening seminar is held by our Olsson and Jonas Hammarberg will be nya investeringar ings and sharing of knowledge. All under Main sponsor Wärtsilä. We are grateful to speaking to us all about ”The power of our common denominator – shipping. We our sponsors and to our partner Stena, we humanity in the future world”. strive to stay true to our island origins – could not have done this without them. We are also pleased to welcome our origins with a long tradition of shipping. dear friend Tommy Körberg back to the We offer catering, transportation and just like before, we offer our exhib- DSM banquet again. 2017 he gave us an guides whom will all be there to make itors speed meetings – an opportunity to unforgettable musical experience – we you feel as welcome as ever possible. connect with the right people from the are sure that we will not be disappointed. The day before DSM the shipping shipping companies. As a complement to We hope that you all find these two companies of Donsö and the rest of Swe- the pre-booked meetings we hope that days inspiring and that you also take the den arrange a special event for future you all feel inspired to also connect with opportunity and visit the vessels in the recruiting in to the maritime industry. A each other more spontaneously – maybe harbour. day where we invite teenagers from the in our garden area or anywhere else you So to you all: Welcome and let’s meet! Gothenburg region out to Donsö for a day might bump in to each other. filled with education and activities relat- 2017 we debuted a focus on both HR Donsö Shipping Meet ed to shipping. 2 200 young people and & Crewing issues and Commercial topics Dick Höglund, Jonas Backman, their teachers, as well as counsellors, will with two separate seminar tracks. This Ann-Sofie Ankarcrona MAIN SPONSOR GOLD SPONSORS ö-borgen SILVER SPONSORS PARTNERS MEDIA & COOPERATION PARTNERS www.stena.com 4 5 Swedish Shipping Gazette DSM 19 Edition On Donsö, people have always energy efficiency and energy recovery. 1 made their living close to and They will run on LNG and/or LBG. Their from the sea. To cope with the challeng- CO2 emissions will be reduced by more es that follows from that, we have devel- than 50 per cent compared with the Q&A – Exploring oped the tradition to strive together. ships we operate now. We design the This has continued to the present day, new ships with input from some of our when we often discuss and share our crew members, who have contributed experiences about the different considerably with their practical experi- the Donsö spirit situations we face. Donsö really is a ence. We also invest in energy efficiency place where people are good at measures on our current vessels. The shipping community of Donsö is famous for its uniquely cooperating in many ways. Our five vessels are in the larger successful combination of competition and cooperation. We asked Our goal is to maintain a good 3 intermediate-sized tanker 2 the managers to describe the phenomenon in their own words. economic growth by solid segment of 20 000–25 000 dwt. They investments that reduce our negative operate mostly in north-western he development of the Donsö is indeed not a Donsö company), a tanker impact on the environment, and that Europe but the area also sometimes fleet has been amazing during the network offering safe and sustainable Questions goal ensures our ability to carry out extends to between the Arctic and the T last decades. Still in the 1990s, cargo transportation in characterized 1 What makes Donsö such a good Donsötank safe and sustainable transports. Mediterranean. They are chartered by most of the shipping companies operated by reliable and smooth service. The bulk environment for shipowners? The focus of the investment in two our subsidiary Navix Maritime Charter- second-hand tonnage and their fleets of the fleet consists of Swedish-owned ingvar lorensson, new vessels, to be delivered in 2021, is ing, where they are part of a group of 2 How do you promote a sustainable consisted of a handful of vessels. Today tankers, many of them from Donsö. development? managing director safety, a good working environment, ten vessels. several of the shipping companies have Other successful Donsö-related compa- 3 Could you give a short description of grown large, operating fleets mainly nies, providing commercial management the company’s business? consisting of newbuildings. for several tanker owners, are Navix and Most of the Donsö owners are Sirius Chartering. cent, SOx emissions by 97 per cent and operating exclusively in the product Ektank NOx emissions by about 50 per cent and chemical tanker segment. The but donsö is not only about tankers. A compared with a ten years older 10 000–20 000 dwt intermediate tankers rapidly expanding shipping group is the jörgen johnsson, corresponding vessel. are especially popular, but there is also Northern Offshore Group, offering a wide managing director We constantly work to reduce the a strong tradition of operating smaller range of special vessels such as crew environmental impact of the ships 5 000–10 000 dwt tankers.
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