Blue Denmark Maintains Economic Foothold
and production in Blue Denmark 2015" was published today, providing updated information on Denmark’s vibrant maritime industries. For the second time, the Economic Council of the Labour Movement has drawn up a report on employment and production in Blue Denmark for the Danish Maritime Authority. This year, the report is based on national accounts figures until 2011 and figures on production and value added until 2014, therefore offering a more updated picture than the one given in last year's report, which was based on 2009 figures. In 2009, the maritime industry accounted
Danish Pleasure Craft Safety Board Gets A New Head
From 1 February 2015 a new chairman will head the Danish Pleasure Craft Safety Board. The new incumbent is Jan Thorn, who is in his everyday work Director of the Danish Maritime Authority’s division “Aids to Navigation” that is striving to enhance safety at sea for both commercial shipping and pleasure cruising. Jan Thorn has his background in the now abolished Danish Maritime Safety Administration and the Danish Defence, and he is an active yachtsman who has his own sailing boat. He takes over the post from Francis Zachariae, who has been appointed Secretary General of
Denmark Nominates Nordseth for IMO Sec. Gen.'s Post
Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority a candidate for the post as IMO Secretary General Denmark nominates Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority Andreas Nordseth for the post as Secretary General of United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO). Today, Minister for Business and Growth Henrik Sass Larsen has announced that Denmark will nominate Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority Andreas Nordseth as a candidate for the post as Secretary General of the IMO. The post will become vacant on 1 January 2016 as
Focus On Present and Future Seafarers: The Effects of MLC
they come from and where they set sail. It is the seafarers on board the ships that ensure the shipping industry's dominance in World trade. Seafarers in focus That is why the United Federation of Danish Workers; CO-SEA; and the Danish Shipowners’ Association in collaboration with the Danish Maritime Authority will be focusing on working conditions in the global maritime industry at the conference “Conference on the Seafarer as part of Global Quality Shipping”. The conference is part of Danish Maritime Days and takes place on October 6. “Seafarers play a crucial role in the
Milestone for Enhanced Safety in Arctic Regions
new internationally binding regulations will also introduce a number of important measures to be taken when navigating icy waters, such as requirements for life-saving appliances and training of the crew. This is in line with the national regulations on cruise ships around Greenland that the Danish Maritime Authority is working on”, says Deputy Director-General of the Danish Maritime Authority Francis Zachariae. The IMO Maritime Safety Committee is expected to adopt the new regulations in the autumn of 2014. The environmental provisions in relation to navigation in polar areas will also be
Thome to Manage Its First DIS Vessel
HM The Queen of Denmark and HRH The Prince Consort to China. A naming ceremony at the Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering (SOE) shipyard in Qidong was attended by Anne H. Steffensen, Director General of the Danish Shipowners’ Association; Andreas Nordseth, Director General of the Danish Maritime Authority; and Carsten Mortensen, Chairman of the Danish Shipowners’ Association and CEO of Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN. Mrs Steffensen, who is Godmother of the vessel, said at the naming ceremony: “The name chosen for this vessel signals strength and firmness, and I am certain that
