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NO. 1 2009 . SAFETY & SUPPORT AT SEA

ESVAGT training with helicopterPilots and rescue

personnel are

training in moving

patients from a

vessel’s deck to a

helicopter.

ESVAGT is taking part

in this exercise and is

gaining valuable

experience.

It is preferable to leave a vessel on foot in the

same good order as you came on board.

But it is not all who are able to do so.

Some people being sick or being rescued

have to be taken off the vessel by helicopter.

Even though this operation is done around

the world every day it is a spectacular and risk

involved operation.

Helicopter crews train all the time and in

the Norwegian sector it is done on ESVAGT

vessels. Bond-helicopters hired by Statoil-

Hydro will in the future have ESVAGT as

training partner, says Tonny Jørgensen Master

of “Esvagt Cassiopeia”.

The helicopter crews wanted to train

hoisting operations and searched for a base

to use. As we also wanted to train our

helicopter evacuation procedures we are

both gaining experience, says Tonny

Jørgensen.

Others says no thank you The training exercise is carried out twice a

year in the autumn in the Norwegian sector,

both taking about 2.5 hours.

Tonny Jørgensen describe the situation as

a win-win for both parties.

We have several new crewmembers and they

have never seen helicopter operations before.

Helicopter evacuations are seldom carried

out – I have only participated once with a

cook suff ering from a bleeding stomach ulcer.

He was evacuated fast from the vessel

operating in the UK sector. You have to accept

the possibilities for training in conditions

were the weather is good and the rescue is a

simulation. There are a lot of things to take

care of during such an exercise. You have to

make 10 knots against the wind, correct

course, ensure lines, avoid static electric

conditions and a lot of other things,

says Tonny Jørgensen.

Exercise on DVD The whole exercise on the “Esvagt Cassiopeia”

was fi lmed on video. Others can in future

benefi t from this.

Facts

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We have for a long period found ourselves in

a strong market with profi table possibilities

and so have our suppliers. With the present

global fi nance crisis and falling oil prices we

have to be prepared for a weaker market and

so have our suppliers. It is important for us to

adjust our cost picture quickly to the new

reality making it possible for us to deliver

competitive quality products in the future.

We took delivery of two new buildings in

2008 both upgraded to FiFi 1 and DP1.

ESVAGT took over operation of another vessel

and bought and modifi ed a crew change

vessel. This resulted in 75 new jobs.

In 2009 we will take delivery of 4 new

buildings and as a consequence will have to

take on 90 new employees. This is a big

challenge which will aff ect all of us. New

crews have to be put together in new as well

as our present vessels. To ensure our quality

performance, it will be accessury to “pick”

among our existing close-knitted crews.

Other initiatives we have taken to bring new

employees up to our standard is implementa-

tion of safety coaches who among other tasks

will train new employees in their fi rst period

on board.

We are looking forward to a challenging

2009. ■

Ovin H. Carlsson

Safety in work and safe working environment

is a key issue to ESVAGT. Three ESVAGT

employees can confi rm that they understand

this message. They managed to get top marks

(12) at an examination in safety in work and

environment at Skagen Skipperskole.

Their project dealt with a fi shing vessel

where a risk evaluation had to be done and

for preparing a work place evaluation. They

also had to explain what tasks a port safety

committee had to deal with and how often

meetings had to be held.

Furthermore their project also included a

description of what to do when a person is

injured on board. For this they used a chain of

reasons for an accident.

Physical work environment was also

discussed among groups – various working

hours, high noise levels and diffi cult work

conditions due to vessels movement at sea.

Understanding of safety in work and

cooperation among crew members in ESVAGT

was clearly visible from the work the three

had done regardless of job function as they

came from diff erent jobs – cook and ship

assistant. ■

High marks to safety and safe work environment for employees in ESVAGT

From left Preben Andersen,

Per Petterson and Thomas Nielsen.

Newbuilding TBN 862 alias ”Esvagt Caroline”

was named in Esbjerg 19 June 2008.

The vessel was delivered as No. 6 of 10

from ASL Shipyard in Singapore.

Caroline Kirk acting as sponsor of the

“Esvagt Caroline” did the task to perfection.

Flower girl was Karoline Lok – both are seen

on the picture with Managing Director, Ovin

Carlsson, and the crew of the “Esvagt

Caroline”. ■

Naming ceremony ”Esvagt Caroline”

Editorial


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A safety concept

developed by the

Norwegians shall

ensure that ESVAGT

employees keep an

eye on own as well

as their colleagues’

safety.

Earlier this year a number of leading

employees from ESVAGT participated in a

course in better safety through collegial

thoughtfullness with Statoil-Hydro in Norway.

When returning to Adgangsvejen the

participants realized, that the course was

relevant for all other employees – and now all

in ESVAGT have adopted the course.

Statoil-Hydro has through analysis over a

year found out, that by using a personnel

barrier many of the accidents can be

prevented. By taking care of each other and

by caring for each others safety the result will

be a safer working place.

StatoilHydro has used the analyses to put

together a program, which shall give better

safety says Steff en Rudbæk Nielsen, HSEQ

Manager, in ESVAGT.

ESVAGT has made agreement with

Statoil-Hydro to arrange a course in Denmark,

and all ESVAGT employees has through three

courses been invited to Esbjerg High School,

where Statoil-Hydro did the presentation and

arranged drills and explained the success the

course had in Norway.

ESVAGT has modifi ed the course a little

making it suitable to ESVAGT, says Steff en

Rudbech Nielsen.

It was important to ESVAGT that it was

Statoil-Hydro who managed the course. We

have a signal to send to Statoil-Hydro who we

presently work for with eight vessels and also

to our employees that we prioritise this

matter high by having StatoilHydro to come

to us to run the course.

The programme has been implemented

and is a supplement to other activities

ESVAGT is having for improving safety. Part of

the programme is weekly reports where HSEQ

department will send examples of collegial

thoughtfulness or lack of same to the vessels.

It is all about showing when or not it

works. It can both be major as well as small

details. It is a matter of having it rooted in

ones mind. ■

Barriers to contribute to safe working environment

PEDRO in details “The colleague programme for better safety”

has been given the more idiomatic expression

“PEDRO” from the fi rst letters from the so

called barriers which shall prevent breach of

safety. PEDRO means Priorities, Comply with,

Dialog, Risk evaluation and thoughtfullness.

Steff en Rudbech is explaining the points:

Priorities:

Safety is always coming fi rst. It is not operation,

economy or time – it is safety fi rst. It is a commit-

ment.

Comply with: (Danish: Efterlevelse)

It is a matter of doing what we are saying we do,

and say what we are doing. We shall follow the rules

and quality systems we have. We shall follow the

work place evaluations and the ISM-system and be

acquainted with the rules before commencing a job.

As an example – bunkering takes place today – we

study the rules before commencing bunkering. We

have an obligation to follow the rules.

Dialog:

It is important to have an open dialog on all levels. A

cook shall be able to tell the captain that there is a

problem – and be heard. Commitment from the top

shall be signalled that this is the way we want to

operate and be prepared to give response to what is

happening.

Risk evaluation:

It is like a traffi c situation where we continuously

evaluate the risk. What happens now and what is

the person in the other car doing. We have a plan

how to do this – but things can change. The

continuous risk evaluation shall follow the situation.

Weather changes, it is getting dark and someone

has started to work close to – all factors that have to

be evaluated and plans changed according to risk

evaluation.

Thoughtfulness: (Danish: Omtanke)

Seamen do not normally take care of each other.

Nursing each other and mentioning when someone

looks miserable is not the way they behave. That is

not the jargon at sea, but this has to be changed. It is

OK to mention to a colleague that you feel unsure

and are worried about the way things are done –

and also speak up on behalf of others. It is important

that caring for each other is respected even if you

are a seaman.

Priorities

Comply with (Danish: Efterlevelse)

Dialog

Risk evaluation

Thoughtfulness

(Danish:Omtanke)

PEDRO - for better safety THOUGHTFULNESS

(Omtan

kefor hinan

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COMPLY

(Efte

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Develop a safety culture:

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New fast rescue boat to be a success

The new ESVAGT FRB 15C look like being just what is needed.

Experience from the first six months operation is good. It is like walking in untouched snow when

you have developed something yourself. It

looks like we have hit the bull’s eye.

The words about the new fast rescue boat

ESVAGT FRB 15C are said by Ole Ditlev Nielsen,

COO.

The boat has been in service since early last

spring and the experience is very good.

The boat is like it should be and operates as

we wanted it to. We are constantly improving it

to benefi t the coming boats, but it looks like we

have succeeded from the start, says Ole Ditlev

Nielsen.

FRB 15C is the fourth generation of fast

rescue boats. Since 1992 ESVAGT has developed

its own boats and it is all the gained experience

we use in upgrading the 15C.

ESVAGT has chosen to develop their own

boats based on the philosophy that our

experience gained through years gives us the

possibility to ensure the most optimal boats. It is

a very resource demanding task to develop our

own boats, but we have specifi c requirements

and therefore chose to develop boats ourselves.

We now have a boat that fulfi ls the specifi c work

requirements we have for carrying out

operation in the North Sea, says Ole Ditlev

Nielsen.

As said above the fi rst boat has been

delivered and the next are on their way. The fi rst

series of boats will number 10 and in the future

all ESVAGT standby vessels will have two

boats each. ■

FRB 15C has all equipment doubled up: The newly developed FRB 15C is in fact several

boats in one. Each boat has all equipment

doubled up such as motor, electric systems,

tanks and tubes – this to ensure that service

can be provided even if one component fails.

Furthermore the boats are equipped with the

best chairs and the best electronic equipment

– as an example plotter, electronic sea charts

and AIS which is an automatic identifi cation

system. It means that the mother vessel and

the FRB always are able to fi nd each other

even without using radar and that a helicopter

can identify the FRB.

The boats are produced in Denmark by

diff erent subcontractors.

Facts:

Drill with Maersk OilESVAGT participated in the yearly oil spill

contingency drill early in September.

The drill has several purposes - to strengt-

hen the cooperation between supplier and

Maersk Oil - to train and maintain the various

competences in carrying out tasks which are

done seldom, and to prove to Maersk Oil that

we as suppliers can provide was has been

offered.

All three elements went on very well, says

John Mejer, Operation Manger in ESVAGT.

It is part of the contract, that we once a year

shall prove, that we can provide what we

have been engaged to. Due to unfavourable

weather conditions, some of the exercises

could not be carried out, but the exercises we

could do were performed to satisfaction he

said.

It is of course very satisfying to prove to the

customer that we can do the job and also for

our employees who carried out the drill. It

keeps us updated and sharp, says John Mejer. ■


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Ultra detailed model ships presented

ESVAGT sponsored

this summer’s large

model ship fair for

offshore- and ship

models

When ESVAGT is ordering a new building

from a shipyard in Singapore or Spain, it can

take a year before the ship is delivered.

Builders of models, who copy and make

the ships in mini format, can easily spend

between three and fi ve years to produce the

same ship. When completed the ships are

true copies and scaled down in size, but

certainly not in details. If there are 12 bolts

on the real ships, the model certainly also

have 12 bolts, even if they have to be only a

few millimetres.

ESVAGT and Maersk Supply were the

main sponsors for the model ship fair which

the International OSV Society carried

through in the port of Esbjerg a week end

last summer. OSV society are not dealing

with all types of ships – it is off shore ships

that counts, which was the reason for

ESVAGT to contribute, says Lars Christian

Zøhner-Andersen.

The fair had model builders from all over the

world and it was a fi ne opportunity for

ESVAGT to make ourselves known. At the

same time it was a good opportunity for

ESVAGT personnel to show family members

the mini-versions of the ships, they worked

on. Among the many models were also

ESVAGT ships, and as it is not so easy to have

wife and children on board in the North Sea

it was here possible to show family members

the ships and talk about the work on board

– and many did that, says Lars Christian

Zøhner-Andersen.

The fair had about 3000 visitors. ■

”Esvagt Beta” shows the flag in Stavanger ESVAGT had a good opportunity for exposure to our customer by bringing “Esvagt Beta” alongside a Stavanger pier which can be compared with Copenhagen’s Nyhavn.

ESVAGT took another course in presenting

ourselves better than before when participa-

ting in ONS 2008 in Stavanger.

ONS, which means Offshore Northern

Seas, is a yearly fair which alternate between

Stavanger and Aberdeen. It is one of the most

important fairs to maintain relationship with

customers and make new contacts within the

offshore industry. ESVAGT used to participate

with one stand, but this time we did it a little

different. We wanted to demonstrate our

large engagement on the Norwegian market

in a different way. We sailed “Esvagt Beta” to

Stavanger to have the possibility to demon-

strate, what we can do, says Ole Ditlev

Nielsen, COO in ESVAGT. On board the vessel

on the trip to Norway were customers and

board members invited and “Esvagt Beta”

went alongside Strandkaien in Stavanger.

Strandkaien in Stavanger can be compa-

red with Nyhavn in Copenhagen. We had

many visitors and a good response to the

seminar we invited to. We had an opportunity

to present our new fast rescue boat ESVAGT

FRB15C. The crew made a valuable contributi-

on during the visit which showed us, that we

are beginning to be well known in Norway.

The Norwegian market is important to us –

we actually have 13 contracts in Norway

which we have to compare with our engage-

ment with 10 vessels in Denmark. It was really

good, that we showed our flag in Norway,

says Ole Ditlev Nielsen. ■

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Ovin H. Carlsson

Managing Director

Nick Vejlgaard Ørskov

HR Manager

Steffen Rudbech Nielsen

HSEQ Manager

Jesper Nielsen

HSEQ Assistant Manager

Peter Lykke-Kjeldsen

Chief Financial Officer

Claus Carlsen

Financial Controller

Tatiana T. Madsen

Accountant Assistant

Hanne Moberg

Accountant Assistant

Randi Winther Jensen

Finance Trainee

Anette Sørensen

Secretary

Aase Jessen

Receptionist

Lars Hedager

Receptionist

Olavur Olsen

IT Manager

Ole Ditlev Nielsen

Chief Operations Officer

John P. Mejer

Operations Manager

Hans Elker Hansen

Marine Superintendent

Viggo Hvidberg

Project Manager - Operation

Jens Bargisen

Payroll Manager

Employees


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Ib Hansen

General Manager - Chartering

Carsten Nordahl Pagh

Chartering/Operations Assistant Manager

Hans Richard Pedersen

Fleet Personnel Manager

Kenneth Holst

Fleet Personnel Officer

Helle Vind Sørensen


Christina Hald-Andersen


Kristian Ole Jakobsen

Chief Technical Officer

Dan Normann Christensen

Project Manager - Technical

Jes-Peter Bill

Senior Superintendent Engineer

Bjørn Viig

Fleet Group ManagerTechnical

Kim Roesdahl Petersen

Fleet Manager – Technical

Henrik Backs

Supply Chain Manager

Jette Steenholdt

Purchaser

Michael Rønn

Purchaser

Bjarne Mikkelsen

Service & Logistic Manager

Jørgen Harbo

Logistics

Pauli Magnussen

Logistics

Leif Nielsen

Repair/maintenance

Harry B. Larsen

Repair/maintenance

Lars Olav Hansen

Repair/maintenance

Lars Peter Mortensen

New Building Manager – Technical,Singapore

Paul Martin Taylor

General Manager,Aberdeen

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ESVAGT employees’ health conditions give figures and data for research Research worker, Lulu Hjarnø, is working on a comprehensive

survey on the health and well-being of the ESVAGT employees.

The research will end up with a script on health at sea. From now on and during the next year about

260 ESVAGT employees will be asked to look

at themselves in the mirror and ask:

“How are you actually getting on?”

It is the 260 employees who during the

last year have participated in the first syste-

matic survey of health and well-being among

ESVAGT employees ever carried out. A survey,

where the first part has been completed, will

now continue with part two.

The aim is to put the question to the

same people with one year interval to see if

there has been any progress in each indivi-

dual’s health and well-being, says Lulu Hjarnø,

who is research worker with Center for

Maritime health and safety on University of

Southern Denmark.

The last results have barely been gathe-

red and therefore it is to early to give

comments to the health conditions on

ESVAGT employees at the moment. There are,

however, some tendencies:

In our trade there is a majority of smokers.

Smoke stop courses have been in great

demand. These courses, which can be offered

to people ashore, are very difficult to function

at sea. Seamen have different watch periods

and working in groups is not possible. Smoke

stop help therefore has to be for the individu-

al following a model offered by Danish Mariti-

me Health Service, says Lulu Hjarnø.

Survey ready in 2010 We can see that many are aware of their own

life style - also those living an unhealthy life.

They know that their life style does not make

it easier to walk the stairs every day, but

motivation to follow another life style can be

diffi cult to mobilize, says Lulu Hjarnø.

If the time schedule is followed, a script

on how to ensure god health at sea can be

ready by spring 2010.

It is a long time after the first studies were

commenced in 2007, but it is difficult to carry

out the survey faster, when the “material” for

the survey is at sea half the time, says Lulu

Hjarnø.

Furthermore it is clear that it is far from

easy to transfer health and well-being impro-

vement initiative from shore to sea.

A lot of obstacles are evident. As an

example the supplies are not always the best,

which makes it difficult to eat healthy, and

the long periods at sea is a challenge to the

products staying in fresh condition.

A problem about the well-being can be

the list of things that has to be done when

coming home. Some employees have menti-

oned that e-mail service on ships is not

always an advantage – now the wife can

forward a list to the husband while he is at

sea and it creates stress, says Lulu Hjarnø.

She is, however, giving a little hope: It is

problems that can be tackled, I believe. We try

to find out what is wrong and how to make

changes. We hope to be ready with a

“handbook” giving guidance on how to

ensure positive well-being and everyday

good health among our employees, says

Lulu Hjarnø. ■

Your health profile Each employee taking part in the survey will

receive an individual health profi le. It includes

a physiological examination – measuring

cholesterol, blood sugar, fi tness condition, fat

percentage and a motivating interview. The

health profi le will be the base for a personal

action programme.

The survey can be a PhD-project The survey to map the health and well-being

condition among ESVAGT employees carried

out by Lulu Hjarnø can be transformed into a

PhD-project. Lulu Hjarnø has applied to

University of Southern Denmark to approve

the project.

A PhD is in short a special supported and

scientifi cally prepared survey which will be

characterized as science. To complete a PhD

takes three years.

Facts:


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“Healthy food” courses a success Cooks and ship assistants in ESVAGT having

responsibility for preparing food have shown

great interest in the “healthy food” courses.

The courses shall ensure healthy, nourishing

and well-prepared food on board vessels.

The courses have been prepared for

cooks, but are now also being tailored for

ship assistants. The cooks are those who shall

bring forward the good news. They are

responsible for 100% of food supplied to the

seafarers on board and are therefore able to

make a positive difference, says Lulu Hjarnø.

The cooks often have a dilemma. Some of

the crewmembers want to eat the traditional

way while others want to eat more vegetab-

les and healthy food. The trick is to teach the

cooks that it is easy to serve healthy hambur-

gers with sauce and potatoes. All of it needs

not to be salad and shellfish, says Lulu Hjarnø. ■

Safety coach brings along the culture Three so called safety coaches shall help optimizing the safety on board the ves-sels and teach people to do things accor-ding to the ESVAGT rules.

The expansion ESVAGT has had over the last

few years has given us many new employees.

The number of new colleagues has been

so high, that it has been a challenge to give

the new people the necessary training in the

ESVAGT requirements. The 3 new safety

coaches are going to change that.

The new colleagues have been well aware

of their job description but the whole range

of procedures and work methods have not

been learned in depth, says safety coach,

Henrik Madsen.

Ashore the HSEQ department are making

sure the rules and regulations are followed.

We will have to join the vessels and ensure

that the same is taken place on board.

Great experience ESVAGT has had the safety coach function in

several years. The upgraded eff ort which

Henning Mærsk Jensen, Jens Aage Fjordside

and Henrik Madsen are to deliver will

strengthen the attention towards the safety

aspects necessary to follow when having a

job in ESVAGT.

We shall show how the culture is in

ESVAGT. We have in average nearly ten years

experience in ESVAGT and know the

Company and the standards. The many new

employees have other standards and met-

hods and it is not always possible for the “old”

people to spend time to show the new

people our way of doing things. The admini-

strative tasks on board have increased consi-

derably which gives less time for other jobs.

That is where we will step in and relieve

others in the training process, says Henrik

Madsen.

Follow the procedure The three safety coaches also have experience

from doing internal operation and safety audits

on board. A special area will be to focus on

following the procedures which we by

experience have seen as a result in the safest

working processes.

We have a lot of procedures describing how

we do it in ESVAGT - for example when you work

in a mast, working outboard or have to enter an

enclosed space. We have to follow procedures

to have less accident. With so many new people

there is a risk that some of our procedures are

not followed, says Henrik Madsen, who also

mentions training with FRB as an area to look at.

The safety coaches shall educate and work

with the crews – and ensure that the good

methods will be known.

When people on board one vessel have

found the right way to solve a problem the

knowledge has to be spread. We shall take part

in collecting the good solutions and have them

distributed to other vessels, Henrik Madsen

says.■

Kim Cleverly makes healthy

food on board the crew change

vessel ”Esvagt Beta”

10

A policeman is always a policeman – also

without a uniform – and musicians can fi nd a

tune while they are shopping in a supermar-

ket.

People in some professions keep their

engagement even after the time has shown

the end of a working day. Apparently it is so

with ESVAGT employees.

ESVAGT exist by providing safety and

rescue – and many ESVAGT employees deli-

ver this assistance 24 hours a day. Below are

three examples from last summer.

John V. Sørensen, able seaman in ESVAGT

spent a day in Nymindegab Camping with his

girl friend and son to use the swimming pool.

The only other persons at the pool were a

father with three kids, and the oldest, a six

year old boy, was alone in the children pool

caring a lifebelt.

Without anyone noticing it, the six year

old had removed the life belt and was on his

way to join the father at the deep end of the

pool. John noticed that the father brought a

lifeless person up from the water and brought

him to the pool side. Both John and his girl

friend reacted immediately and that it was

noticed, that the father was shocked and

without any effect and without knowing

what to do began pressing the boys stomach

John took over and immediately realized that

the boy was unconscious. His skin and lips

were blue, but after mouth to mouth activity

and heart massage the boy throw up water

and vomited. Shortly after he gained

consciousness

In the meantime John’s girl friend called

an ambulance through the emergency

telephone number and within half an hour

the boy was attended and brought to the

hospital.

John later told that he was informed

about the boy’s condition. He had not suffe-

red lack of oxygen and no broken ribs due to

the heath massage. The boy, whose name is

Lasse, was treated for pneumonia and is

recovering.

Rescued from the harbour Another example of resolute activity from an

ESVAGT employee took place on the Faroe

Islands, where navigating offi cer, Joannis J.

Hansen, from “Esvagt Don” is living.

ESVAGT employees save lifeIn ESVAGT it is our ambition to be a trust-

worthy supplier of safety. This ambition can

also be a benefit to others than ESVAGT

customers. A six year old boy, a seventeen

year old teenager and a 49 year old man

was rescued by ESVAGT employees.

In august a 17 year old boy drove his car

into the harbour at Sørvag.

Joannis and a friend observed the inci-

dent and got hold of a boat which they used

to pick up the boy. When they got him on

board, there was no breathing and a very

week pulse. After being in the cold water for

15 to 20 minutes, the boy’s body temperature

had fallen to about 29 deg. C.

Joannis gave mouth to mouth treatment

and heart massage and soon the boy began

to breathe by himself.

Rescue activity between Fanø and Esbjerg In august another ESVAGT employee was

involved in saving human life.

A 49 year old mentally handicapped man

searched for by the police was found in good

condition at the ferry terminal in Nordby

Fanø.

The local policeman followed the man on

board the ferry going to Esbjerg. Apparently

he did not want to stay on the ferry and he

succeeded to free himself from the policeman

and jumped over board. The police man also

jumped over board to rescue the man.

On the VHF channel 12 the STMS instruc-

tor, John Lykke Eriksen heard that the “Esvagt

Beta” asked Esbjerg Harbour if it was an exer-

cise – when it was realized that this was not

an exercise, John together with a mechanic

from Kent Noer got in their boat and hurried

towards Fanø.

When they came into the channel on the

Fanø side they could see two persons in the

water not far from the ferry “Sønderho”. We

quickly went to the two persons, but the sick

person was not willing to be brought up on

the boat. We had to calm him down before

we could bring him out of the water, John

says.

John Lykke Eriksen brought the sick man

to Esbjerg, where he was taken over by the

police and an ambulance.

The Fanø policeman was going back to

Fanø on the ferry “Sønderho”.

ESVAGT is proud In ESVAGT we are very pleased with and

proud of having personnel that show courage

and judgement and act promptly to help

others.

It is very positive to realize, that the first

aid our personnel has learned and conti-

nuously keep up to date is used when nee-

ded. And as the 3 cases all with a positive out-

come show, we have reason to be very happy

and satisfied, HSEQ Manager, Steffen

Rudbech Nielsen says. ■


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Helicopter simulator makes STMS busy Since the summer holiday season it has been possible to have a professional swim in Svømmestadion Danmark where STMS has carried through courses with a HUET-simulator. A lot of people have been through the course.

Investment in the HUET has given STMS an

increased course activity.

The HUET, which is used for a compulsory

training before a trip in a helicopter to

platforms in the North Sea, has been installed

in the swimming pool in Svømmestadion

Danmark. STMS has almost been present in

the swimming pool since the HUET was instal-

led, says Eigil Jensen, Managing Director and

Course Manager in STMS.

It has given us a lot of work and we have

Including the HUET STMS has actually 34 diff e-

rent courses to off er. Every year we are

teaching about 2000 course participants.

STMS primarily has the off shore industry as

customers. We are also having courses for

rescue institutions and the shipping industry.

Facts about STMS

STMS expands – with a bus It means millions when ESVAGT expands its

fl eet – but the ESVAGT subsidiary company

STMS has gone for a cheaper model. They

have bought a bus.

We have bought a bus to meet customer

demand for a total service packet with us.

Customers are not only looking for courses

but also transport, overnight stay and

something to do after course hours. Custo-

mers want complete solutions, says Eigil

Jensen.

A course participant from Norway or from

Philippines, who is attending the courses

from 0800 until 1600 hours and afterwards

only have a hotel room in a foreign city,

needs to be offered a little extra. Often we

have courses where people from different

locations in the same company are together

and they want to have social activities, which

will make the course a good experience, says

Eigil Jensen. ■

almost had complete teams since our start

with the HUET in July. We have had 170 per-

sons through already says Eigil Jensen.

STMS carry through HUET courses every

Friday and due to the added activity we have

employed additionally two instructors.

We invested in the HUET to avoid falling

behind our competitors in offering courses. It

has shown to be a good initiative which has

resulted in new customers and increased acti-

vity. It means that we can employ additionally

two persons and are now going from being

nine to eleven colleagues, Eigil Jensen says.

The increased activity in ESVAGT has

added the STMS activity, but ESVAGT course

requirements are only 20 percent of the STMS

activity. We have a lot of other course partici-

pants than from ESVAGT.

Especially the wind mill industry is active

with us and we feel that Horns Rev 2 gives us

increased activity, says Eigil Jensen. ■

Captain seminars to ensure qualityESVAGT has had a new round of seminars for

Captains. The purpose is to ensure that the

quality in our work is kept to the standard we

want - and also to share our experience, says

Ole Ditlev Nielsen.

On the seminars we collect all the Captains’

comments and gained experiences which

through outcome of workshops shall ensure

the quality in work on board our vessels. It

helps us to ensure we have the right focus

partly on what we are good at and also what

we can do better. It also helps us to confi rm

the Captains’ role as the person who assist us

to priority the education and training, says

Ole Ditlev Nielsen. ■


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Seamen visited fair ESVAGT had invited seamen as well as people from the administration to the large maritime fair, SMM, in Hamburg.

The fair is the largest of its kind in the world.

The fair has a lot of very interesting products

presented. We had invited seagoing person-

nel on a two day visit to the fair because we

wanted to have many eyes on things. It is

important to bring along participants who

work with our equipment in practice to

evaluate new products, says John Mejer

Operation Manager in ESVAGT.

ESVAGT was visiting the fair with ten

employees and we saw a lot of interesting

and new developed products.

It is an enormous exhibition. Motors are

being presented on several floors in the halls.

Everything you can imagine is presented

among which are a lot of things which you do

not know what to do with. Much of it is

something which you shake your head at, but

which others can use – an example is a robot

which can wash and paint cargo spaces. On

our vessel we do not have cargo spaces big

enough to hold the robot which is produced

to other scale vessels than ours. The fair also

had something which could be nice for us to

have – en example is a bridge lay out in

mahogany which we, however, do not expect

to see on ESVAGT vessels. Of course there are

something for us and that is why we are

visiting the fair. We want to have a look at our

AMOS programmes and davits, says John

Mejer. ■

New employeesDan Normann Christensen, has been

employed by ESVAGT from August 2008 as

Project Manager – Technical.

Dan has previously been with Maersk Oil

and earlier with Maersk Ship Design. Dan has

an education as a Naval Architect.

Dan has experience from engagement in

Danish industry in management, construc-

tion, development and consultative activity.

Has specific interest in ship design, pro-

ject- and creative management and has taken

part in vessel projects such as container ves-

sels, cruise ships, naval vessels, reefer vessels,

fishing vessels and ferries.

Dan lives in Kolding with Anette. He has

two sons 19 and 23 years old.

Leisure time activities: sailing, skiing and

table tennis.

Hanne Moberg, model 1961 has been

employed in ESVAGT since October and work

in the Finance Department as Clerk.

Hanne is from Odense but moved to

Esbjerg in 1988. The last 6 years Hanne has

been working with book keeping at SYD

ENERGI A/S.

Hanne lives in Esbjerg together with Per.

Leisure time is among other things spend on

skiing in Austria and canoe trips on Gudenå-

en. She is also educated as a TKZ zone

therapist. When time allows she also play golf.

Hans Elker Hansen completed his education

as navigating offi cer in 1988 with Sjomans-

skulanum (Navigation school) in Torshavn.

From 1988 until 1989 he was trainee in

Sjovinnubankin in Torshavn. He worked in the

bank until 1991 after which he was employed

by AP Møller as navigating offi cer until 1997.

Hanne was employed by Maersk Ship Design

A/S and worked as superintendent on new

buildings until being employed by ESVAGT in

2008.

Hans Elker Hansen is married to Anna Maria

and has a 21 year old son. Hans lives in

Munkebo and leisure time is spend as

chairman for the local football club and

making small web sites.

Jesper Nielsen, 39 years old has been

working at ESVAGT since May 2008.

Jesper has a commercial education and has

for 10 years been working as a salesman for

Viking Life-Saving Equipment. The last 5 years

Jesper has worked as safety and work

environmental advisor for Danish fi shermen.

Jesper lives in Oksbøl, married with Kir-

sten and has a son and a daughter. Leisure

time is spend with angling, canoeing, cooking

and books – and obviously family and friends.

Kim Roesdahl Petersen is 45 years old and

employed by ESVAGT 1 November 2008. Kim

is educated as an engineer. Since 1983 until

now he has worked for DFDS – a number of

years at sea as Engineer/Chief Eengineer

followed by a couple of years as Operation

Superintendent on the DFDS main offi ce in

Copenhagen.

Kim lives with Helle, who is a trained kit-

chen manager and work in a local centre for

elderly. They have a 15 year old daughter,

Malene, who presently attendis 9th class at

Højer Design School. They live in Åstrup, a

small community 4 kilometres from

Haderslev.

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