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Many thanks to GARD for taking their time
and for patiently answering all questions
that arose!
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Uni Flensburg @ SAL
SAL HQ, Hamburg/Germany
It was a sunny day outside with a first
glance of summer, but the students from
the University Of Applied Sciences Of
Flensburg were keen to get to know our
Director of Engineering, Karsten Behrens.
22 nautical students did their best to fill
up SAL’s largest conference room for a
two hours workshop in heavy lift practical
demonstrations. Mental input can’t work
without physical input, so we invited them
to a follow-up lunch in our canteen which
was highly appreciated.
Markus Wöster, qualified teacher
for special tasks, was happy about the
opportunity SAL provided to them.
“It is
of great importance for our students to
learn as much as possible from practi-
cal experience. We are very happy about
SAL’s invitation.”
SAL and Mr Wöster agreed on further
development of this workshop. So he will
revert with the following generation of
students next summer.
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INSIDE SAL
Continuous learning is key to excel-
lence. At SAL we make efforts to insure
learning amongst current and future
talents in heavy lift shipping.
Chartering Training
Hamburg/Germany
At SAL we support lifelong learning. That
is why we regularly invite our colleagues
– on board and ashore – to follow interest-
ing trainings and seminars. In April our
colleagues from the chartering, project
and contract departments attended a
two-day sales training in Hamburg – for
the benefit of our colleagues and of
course our customers!
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GARD Seminar
SAL HQ, Hamburg/Germany
On 31 May 2016 our insurer GARD held a
seminar at the premises of SAL Hamburg
in respect of the specific characteristics of
tricky offshore insurances and contracts.
Mr. Magne Nilssen (Chief Underwriting
Officer, Speciality) and Mr. Tore Furnes
(Vice President, Area Manager Under-
writing Offshore) shared their valuable
experiences in connection with offshore
contracts and what should be considered
from our side when dealing with these
special contracts. This seminar was a real
benefit for all who are involved in offshore
projects to familiarize themselves with this
topic from a legal insurance perspective.
EXCURSIONS
Visit of Damen Shipyard: developing
young talents
Gorinchem/The Netherlands
Thanks to the excellent long-term busi-
ness relationship between Damen and
SAL, we got the opportunity to visit the
Damen shipyard in Gorinchem, The Neth-
erlands. So in April a class of SAL trainees
visited the ARA range of ports as one of
the shipping hot spots worldwide.
Besides excursions to the ports of Rot-
terdam and Antwerp, the students called
on the Damen shipyard which is special-
ized in the construction of high-end, cus-
tomized vessels such as tugs, offshore
supply vessels or yachts – many of them
have already been transported by SAL’s
fleet. The visit provided a great deal of
interesting information behind the scenes
of an international shipyard group.
“It was
an enlightening experience”
, said Tom
Könemann, trainee at SAL.
“I really en-
joyed the presentation given by Rimmert
Berlijn, but especially the guided tour
through the production halls was a good
opportunity to observe all the processes
and to get an insight into all the theory
learnt at school.”
Many thanks again to Damen for offer-
ing the students this great experience!
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WORKSHOPS
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