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                                                         PETER DÖHLE

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HEADQUARTER Greetings from Hamburg		   SPECIAL PD Seniority
SPECIAL Singapore					 AGENCIES Three favorite movies
HOMEPORT PD - HEADQUARTER Greetings from Hamburg SPECIAL Singapore SPECIAL PD Seniority AGENCIES Three favorite movies
HEADQUARTER | EDITORIAL                                                                                                                              EDITORIAL | HEADQUARTER

MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD                                                      MESSAGE FROM THE
IN HAMBURG                                                                  CREWING

Dear Colleagues on
                                                                            Dear Colleagues,
board and in the offices,
                                                                            dear Reader,
“the times they are a-changing” – Bob Dylan’s song was released
 in 1963 and is described as “the archetypal protest song”.                 “The Harvard Business Manager” published in its             So far so good, but looking at the value of claims
                                                                             November Edition 2012 the results of a study with the      paid by insurances in 2017 in shipping, it was not
 As I listen to it, it is a song about the inevatibility of change: it is    title “Recruiting in the year 2020” predicting future      less than 1.600.000.000$, whereof 75% were caused
 not (only) protesting about or against anything, rather saying,             recruitment and promotion strategies.                      by human error.
“it is time to wake up, the world has moved on and if you want
 to change something you have to move and take responsibility“.             Well, almost being there it is interesting to look back,    This means despite shaping the organization devel-
 Sometimes I am wondering where the old world went, missing                 verifying how accurate scientists have been with their      opment ashore, it is obvious to critically look onto in-
 old structures but on the other hand keen to learn about new               conclusions and assumptions.                                house claims statistics to identify risk factors leading
 frameworks, establishing new ideas and concepts – we need                                                                              to costly human failure while operating a ship.
 improvement for the development of our business as well as of              Here are a few. In the year 2020 the majority of activ-
 our personal lifes. Idleness means regress.                                ities and instruments for the purpose of hiring and         The journey of root cause analysis has brought the
                                                                            developing staff will be permanently checked, opti-         conclusion that a career path at sea based on assessing
This issue of PD Homeport is a real caleidoscope about changes              mized and measured against efforts, benefit and sus-        functional competencies only does not suffice anymore
and development: the establishment of new offices in Asia, but              tainability. In the year 2020 the staff development will    when taking the on-board environment nowadays
also gives a good perspective of the PD Seniority in our Ham-               be interlinked with both psychometric assessments           into account such as technological complexity, cross-­
burg office. I would be happy to receive more input from our                (diagnostics) and organizational development. In the        culture, time constraints, mental health, information
largest readership, you, our seafarers – so please contribute your          year 2020 the majority of global acting companies will      management or demands of third parties.
remarks and stories. I am sure you can tell a lot about changes             be hiring and developing staff in the different locations
on board of our vessels.                                                    based on the same set of instruments / tools and prin-      The way forward will be a revised competency model
                                                                            ciples. Unstructured interviews without guidelines but      reflecting not only nautical respectively technical
Last comment on change: Some of you may have taken notice that              driven by human instinct only will rarely be existing.      knowledge and skills but also comprehensive be-
we have sold internally in total twelve container vessels – only the                                                                    havioural competencies.
ownership was changed, all services remained in place to take               Have we, being a global organization, been progressing
advantage of better finance conditions under one entity of our              accordingly? Can we do better? I would give both            While first steps are done ashore, we are going now to
group – I am hesitant to count the hours all involved colleagues            a “Yes”.                                                    follow at sea through bundling the activities of both
in several departments have spent on this project which we called                                                                       developments in future under one roof in Hamburg.
Linda. So, changing and improving conditions is not for free.               One of the key elements which have been newly in-
                                                                            troduced in 2018 within our shore organization are          Enjoy the reading.
Wishing you all a safe journey, an interesting reading and may              so called psychometric assessments (diagnostics)
god bless you all.                                                          for both recruitment and promotion purposes as a                 Roy Machart
                                                                            means of counterbalancing human nature and bias
      Dr. Gaby Bornheim                                                     while searching for the right talents.

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HEADQUARTER | NEWS                                                                                                                                                                                                            NEWS | HEADQUARTER

PD                                                                                                                                       DUCKDALBEN –

NEWS
                                                                                                                                         SUPPORT WHEN IT IS NEEDED
                                                                                                                                                                                                      10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF DÖHLE SEAFRONT
                                                                                                                                         +++ Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG feels itself closely
                                                                                                                                         connected to the mission to seamen in Hamburg called         +++ We like to warmly congratulate our colleagues
+ + + Ticker + + + Ticker + + + Ticker + + + Ticker + + + Ticker + + +                                                                  “Duckdalben”. As it is such an important institution for
                                                                                                                                         many seamen calling Hamburg port, PD supports the
                                                                                                                                                                                                      of Döhle Seafront Crewing (Manila), Inc. for the 10th
                                                                                                                                                                                                      anniversary of the company! +++
                                                                                                                                         mission already over decades and it was no question to
                                                                                                                                         immediately start a donation campaign once we heard
                                                                                                                                         about an incident of vandalism. Burglars destroyed the
A KIND GREETING FROM CHILE                                                                                                               entrance door of the club, stole all money from the dona-
                                                                                                                                         tion box and drestroyed other rooms and facilities.
+++ All the best to my former colleagues from Peter
Döhle Schiffahrts-KG! After my great time with PD in                                                                                                                    Luckily, after quick re-
Hamburg I joined Andes Chartering Ltd. as a broker.                                                                                                                     furbishment the sea-
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                                                                                                                                                                        men could enjoy again
After a one year internship with PD, I will now have the                                                                                                                the facilities just as they
chance to utilize my knowledge I learned at PD in order                                                                                                                 did before. And this
to be a good broker in Chile and hopefully will perform                                                                                                                 promotes Duckdalben’s
some good fixtures, possibly even with PD.                                                                                                                              heartfelt wish to provide     Tore Hendriksen, Iris Baguilat, Rainer Starcke
                                                           CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT –                                                                                                                     (from left to right)
                                                                                                                                                                        the highest level of mind-
                                                           NEW BOARD MEMBER AT ERNST RUSS AG                                                        30 years
In any case, I found great colleagues and even greater                                                                                                                  fulness and kindness to
friends at PD and will never forget this wonderful time.                                                                                                                every visitor. +++
+++                                                        +++ Robert Gärtner (63), previously a member of the
                                                           Supervisory Board of Ernst Russ AG, moved to the
                                                           Executive Board of the company as per 1 March 2019.
                                                           Mr Gärtner has many years of successful management                                                      +++
                                                           experience with a focus on the financial sector.
                                                                                                                                        NEWS FROM HR
                                                           He is currently managing partner of a Hamburg-based                                                                                        PD S&P FURTHER EXPANDING
                                                           consulting firm. Prior to that, he led a medium-sized                        +++ We like to inform you about an organisational change
                                                           company from supplying the shipbuilding industry to                          we have recently made to intensify and improve the            +++ Our sale & purchase team is further growing and
                                                           becoming the leading provider of software and services                       communication and teamwork between human resources            diversifying. With our new colleague Glenn Sanmann a
                                                           in the maritime industry. +++                                                development on the marine side and the human re­sour­         competitive S&P broker joined our team. +++
                                                                                                                                        ces development for our
                                                                                                                                        shore side:

                                                                                                                                         Holger Egener, our Head
                                                                                                                                         of HR in Hamburg, is
                                                                                                                                         now responsible for both

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                                                                                                                                         teams. As you know,
                                                                                                                                         training and education
                                                                                                                                         is one of our main topics
                                                                                                                                        – and our efforts on these
                                                                                                                                         topics will increase. +++
Michael von Holt
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      + + + Ticker + + + Ticker + + + T
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INTERVIEW | MARC SERWATZKI                                                                                                                                                            MARC SERWATZKI | INTERVIEW

     FIVE QUESTIONS
     TO …                                                                                          What’s going on in the Döhle Group’s
                                                                                                   office in Singapore ?

                                                                                                   Well, Matthias Dassler started a PD Bulk desk in Shanghai
                                                                                                                                                                       What particularly attracts you about
                                                                                                                                                                       this task?

                                                                                                                                                                       For me it is a great challenge. I am looking forward to live in
                                                                                                   2 years before moving to Singapore together with Genshipping        a new culture at an innovative place.

     MARC                                                                                          Pacific Line. The start in Singapore was one man at one desk.
                                                                                                   The Döhle Bulk Singapore Ltd. (“DBS”) was established as an
                                                                                                   independent entity to enlarge the group’s dry bulk presence
                                                                                                   in the pacific area.

     SERWATZKI                                                                                     Hanseatic Unity Handysize Pool (“HUHP”), a joint venture
                                                                                                   between Peter Döhle and Reederei Nord, was formed in
                                                                                                                                                                        Isn’t the container market still very difficult
                                                                                                                                                                       – how do you keep having fun or passion?

                                                                                                   2018 and consequently opened an office in Singapore as well         Maybe it is the new normal. The times when all ships earned
                                                                                                   moving in to the DBS premises. In the meantime two more             ridiculous (from today’s transparent perspective) crazy mon-
                                                                                                   colleagues joined the team. Today, Döhle Group’s office in          ey is not to come back too soon. Exactly now is a good and
                                                                                                   Singapore compromises of Döhle Bulk Singapore Ltd., HUHP            interesting time to start in Singapore in the center of SE Asia
                                                                                                   Singapore, Emirates Shipping Line Agencies Pte Ltd and the          and easily accessible from other Far Eastern destinations.
                                                                                                   newest addition Blue Net Chartering (Asia) Ltd. Blue Net            Shipping is and will always be changing and everyday some-
                                                                                                   Chartering GmbH & Co. KG (“BNC”) was established at the             thing or someone new is around and hardly any day is like
                                                                                                   beginning of 2018 between Peter Döhle and Greek owner               the other. People (especially in the containermarket) need
                                                                                                   COSTAMARE S/A to exclusively market both companies’                 to move closer together to cater for the more challenging
                                                                                                   joint container tonnage. In the first month of existence BNC        market environment as the container shipping lines heavily
                                                                                                   was entrusted by a few smaller containership owners from            consolidated over the last 10 years – which is offering new
                                                                                                   Greece and Germany to also cater for their ships, before            alternatives and completely different business opportunities
                                                                                                   by the end of 2018 the ships from Norddeutsche Reederei             for the whole PD-Group.
                                                                                                   H.Schuldt were also given to BNC as commercial Managers
                                                                                                   and consequently the former team of H.Schuldt shipbrokers
                Marc Serwatzki is with Peter Döhle since 01.02.2010.                               joined the existing team in Hamburg and Singapore. Today
                                                                                                   BNC is the exclusive broker for approx. 280 vessels.
                After successfully passing his apprenticeship he started                                                                                               What are you going to miss most
                                                                                                                                                                       about Hamburg?
                working in the chartering department for the container
                                                                                                                                                                       I guess I will miss my family and friends and most probably
                vessels of the company which as from beginning of 2018                             Why is Blue Net choosing Singapore                                  sailing on the Baltic sea and of course 4 seasons.
                                                                                                   as new location?
                was merged to Blue Net Chartering GmbH & Co. KG.
                                                                                                   BNC chose to set up an office in the Far East in order to               CI-Team
                He has been working from the company’s headquarters                                strengthen presence in Far East and be even closer to clients
                                                                                                   out there to cater better and of course quicker for their needs.
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                at Elbchaussee in Hamburg and is going to move to                                  Singapore is “the” shipping hub in the Far East and probably
                Singapore as from this year.                                                       one of the most important ones worldwide providing the
                                                                                                   benefit of an existing group’s infrastructure. Therefore, it was
                                                                                                   the logical place to set up the office also having the advantages
                                                                                                   to be kind of close to the other Asian destinations.

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OUTPOST SINGAPORE | DÖHLE GROUP IN ASIA                                                              DÖHLE GROUP IN ASIA | OUTPOST SINGAPORE

                                          With the presence in Singapore one can overcome the time         During 2018 all Döhle Group companies and/or activities

     OUTPOST
                                          differences between Asia and Europe enabling Döhle Group         in Singapore moved under one roof in 3 Pickering Street,
                                          to enhance its reliability toward the clients.                   #02-17 Nankin Row, Singapore 048660.

                                          The company concentrates on finding employment for the           The domiciled companies are:
                                          fleet controlled by its head office Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG

     SINGAPORE
                                          Hamburg, affiliated companies and direct close clients. Such     •	
                                                                                                             BLUE NET CHARTERING ASIA PTE. LTD.
                                          employment could be voyage cargoes, time charter trips or        	The newly established Singapore office of BNC covers
                                          contract of affreightments with its close clients based in         chartering and operational tasks for container ships
                                          China, Australia or other countries in the region.                 managed by Blue Net – a joint venture company between
                                                                                                             Costamare and Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG.
                                          Due to its geographical location and relevance in interna-
                                          tional trade, Singapore was chosen as strategic addition to      •	
                                                                                                             DOEHLE BULK SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
                                          existing office capacities by worldwide operating ship owners    	Doehle Bulk is covering chartering and operational mat-
                                          and managers like Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG.                      ters for Supramax, Ultramax vessels in that region.

     DÖHLE GROUP FURTHER                  Besides the geographical location and the time difference        •	
                                                                                                             HANSEATIC UNITY HANDYSIZE POOL (HUHP)

     STRENGTHENS ITS ACTIVITIES IN        to Europe, it is also of benefit that a personal and regular
                                          dialogue with Asian charterers, agents and brokers can be
                                                                                                             MANAGEMENT PTE. LTD.
                                                                                                           	The company’s core business is the commercial manage-

     THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC MARKET         entertained on a daily basis face-to-face.                         ment of bulk carriers in the Indian Ocean and Pacific.
                                                                                                             While HUHP – a joint venture company between Reederei
                                                                                                             Nord and Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG – is dealing with
                                                                                                             the chartering of the handysize vessels.

                                                                                                           •	
                                                                                                             EMIRATES SHIPPING LINE AGENCIES PTE. LTD.
                                                                                                             EMIRATES performs agency services, liner bookings and
                                                                                                              husbandy services for Agency Services, Liner Bookings
                                                                                                              and husbandry services for Döhle Group’s own vessels
                                                                                                              as well as 3rd party ship owners.

                                                                                                           The office is currently running with 18 employees all together
                                                                                                           from 5 different nationalities.

                                                                                                           Colleagues from the Singapore office exchange with col-
                                                                                                           leagues from Hamburg to improve the dialogue and establish
                                                                                                           better cultural awareness between our colleagues working
                                                                                                           on both continents.

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DÖHLE GROUP | MENZELL DÖHLE                                                                                                                                                       MENZELL DÖHLE | DÖHLE GROUP

                                                  Over the past years Menzell Döhle has been         Looking a bit more into detail of our liner
                                                  developed into one of the leading shipping         and port agency we are currently representing
                                                  agencies in Europe. Around 300 staff working       more than 30 principals from all over the
                                                  in our offices in 14 European countries are
                                                  offering efficient and professional liner / port
                                                                                                     world. By the variety of lines we have ample
                                                                                                     experience in all requirements of handling                                ... sometimes it just
                                                  agency and forwarding services. In 2017 we
                                                  have been investing first time ever outside
                                                                                                     break bulk-, container-, project- and Ro-
                                                                                                     Ro-tonnage and -cargo. Hence there is no                                 requires the idea and
                                                  Europe and the well-reputed firm American
                                                  Shipping and Chartering (Houston / Mo-
                                                                                                     limitation for our liner agency staff – they
                                                                                                     book and handle 1x20’ dry cargo from Hamburg                               the “door opener”
                                                  bile) became member of our group. Men-
                                                  zell Döhle is able to serve all stakeholders
                                                                                                     to Shanghai as good as 32 Liebherr mobile
                                                                                                     cranes from Hamburg to middle east or 3,710                               to creating success.
                                                  (owners, charterers, forwarders, importers,        freight tons of brewery tanks from Antwerp
                                                  exporters, BCO’s) and provide all of them the      to Ogdensburg (US). Our port agency is able
                                                  required solution. This might be sea-, air- or     to handle all kinds of vessels in Germany and
                                                  land transportation, customs arrangements,         through our network we can provide our
                                                  warehousing, port agency for various kinds         services in many other ports all around the        group.” Said and done we started: As a kick-
                                                  of vessels as well as repairs, supplies or as-     globe. Our main target always is to serve the      off we invited various colleagues from PD
                                                  sistance during dry-dockings.                      vessel and crew in the best manner and to          (technical/purchasing, crewing, operations,
                                                                                                     ensure a cost effective operation. No matter       S&P and chartering departments), but also
                                                                                                     if it is a double banking of two bulk carriers     from other Döhle Group members like DAK,

MENZELL
                                                                                                     in Hamburg for transshipment of cargo, off-        Hanseatic Bunker, but various colleagues
                                                                                                     shore supply vessels in North Germany or a         from Menzell Döhle as well (chartering, liner
                                                                                                     dry-docking of a cruise liner. By our logistics    and port agency, forwarding divisions). We
                                                                                                     department at Menzell Döhle we are offering        met end of August the first time and each
                                                                                                     sea-, air- and land transportation for all kinds   participant was shortly presenting her/his
                                                                                                     of cargo. It is our flexibility, dedication and    job and department. The main objective was
                                                                                                     profound know-how which our customers              to figure out which business segments are

  DÖHLE
                                                                                                     value, irrespective whether it is a single box     close to each other and which are not. When
                                                                                                     of just 3 kg they ask us to ship from Hamburg      business models of different entities of the
                                                                                                     to Abu Dhabi or large ship spares which need       Döhle Group fit together obviously there is
                                                                                                     to be air-freighted to the other side of the       room for synergies and the only remaining
                                                                                                     world by complete charter.                         question is whether the in-house solution is
                                                                                                                                                        as good as a third party – in terms of service
                                                                                                     In an attempt to further develop our group         and money. During that evening many good
                                                                                                     we were asking ourselves whether Menzell           ideas were put on the table and in the follow-

S  ince 2000 Menzell Döhle is a member of the Döhle Group, but
   is looking back to a history in shipping starting long ago in 1891.
Today Menzell Döhle is basically operating in three business segments:
                                                                                                     Döhle could generate additional businesses
                                                                                                     within the PD group, or not. Speaking about
                                                                                                     this topic with colleagues from PD (crewing
                                                                                                     and technical departments) and Döhle As-
                                                                                                                                                        ing weeks a number of follow-up meetings
                                                                                                                                                        were established. Interestingly, it was not only
                                                                                                                                                        Menzell Döhle seeing potential to grow its
                                                                                                                                                        (internal PD-) business, but also other mem-
                                                                                                     sekuranzkontor (DAK) the idea came up to           bers of the Döhle Group see opportunities to
                                                                                                     organize an event where people from various        developing more business within the group.
                                                                                                     departments/firms of the PD group join to-         All relatively simple, with a bit of input and
                                                                                                     gether in a relaxed atmosphere to exchange         support from colleagues so much more can
                                                                                                     views and ideas with the aim to see whether        be done together – ultimately to all our ben-
                                                                                                     there is potential among the different entities    efit. As said, relatively simple – sometimes it
                      LINER AGENCY        PORT AGENCY                    LOGISTICS                   of the Döhle Group to doing business together.     just requires the idea and the “door opener”
                                                                                                     In other words, why to procure a service from a    to creating success.
                                                                                                     third party, if same service can be provided in-
                                                                                                     house in order to “keep the money within the            Andreas Renck

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SPECIAL | FIREFIGHTING                                                                   FIREFIGHTING | SPECIAL

                                                                F
                                                                     ire – it has ever been fascinating, lively and agile,
                                                                     destructive and still irreplaceable. An absolute danger
                                                                     once out of control. And to prevent the fire from getting
                                                                out of control we had again a basic training in firefighting
                                                                at out headoffice in Hamburg.

BASIC-TRAINING –
                                                                The aim was to learn how to act in case of an emergency
                                                                and how to handle the common firefighting equipment.
                                                                Everybody surely knows that a fire-extinguisher is helpful,
                                                                but do you really know how to handle it or have you ever
                                                                used it? Not me and as such it was a very interesting training.

   FIREFIGHTING                                                 Guided by a professional firefighter and teacher for safety
                                                                trainings we all started in a group of about 18 persons at
                                                                9.30 o’clock with a powerpoint presentation showing the
                                                                danger of fire, the different causes of fire and how deal with
                                                                them. And don’t forget the necessity of emergency exits,
                                                                they always have to be kept easy accessible!

                                                                After a short break we walked outside to start with the
                                                                practical parts. It was demonstrated how to react if your
                                                                waste basket is on fire, if the fuse box is ablaze or – the
                                                                most dangerous situation at home – if your pots or pans
                                                                look alike a bonfire. DO NOT ADD WATER!!! Trying to
                                                                kill the flames of boiling oil with simple water will end in
                                                                a 3 meter darting flame and hell lot of trouble. Better use
                                                                a class F extinguisher which is suitable for large burning
                                                                oils risks which are often found in kitchens in the form of
                                                                deep fat fryers, frying pans, etc.

                                                                There are different types of fire-extinguishers available for
                                                                the various kinds of fire sources and it is very good know…..
                                                                THEY ALL CAN SAVE LIVES!

                 „And it burns, burns, burns….. the ring of
                                                                     CI-Team
                 fire“ or „Fire…..I’ll take you to burn“ have
                 been very popular songs inspired by fire.

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SPECIAL | PD-SENIORITY                                                                                                                    PD-SENIORITY | SPECIAL

                                                                                                                            “In my nearly 30 years at Döhle,

PD-SENIORITY
                                                                                                                             I appreciate working on my
                                                                                                                             own, planning and designing
                                                                                                                             daily routines. I like the pleasant
                                                                                                                             humane interaction between
                                                                                                                             colleagues and supervisors and

P
      eter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG was incorporated                                                                            the openness and fairness in
      in 1956 and some of our colleagues have spent                                                                          communication. Finding solu-
      most of their working life in the group. We                                                                           tions to difficult issues is a daily
have captured statements of our colleagues, who are                                             PETER URBAN                  challenge for me.”
more than 25 years with Döhle.                                                                  Settlement Accountant

CLAUDIA PAHNKE
Quality Manager Chartering & Operations

“I feel proud to be a part of                                                   “Over 25 years in PD for me means active-
the Döhle story, of what we                                                      ly accompanying business developments
 have developed together.                                                        during a period when the fleet of vessels
 And very much looking                                                           commercially managed by PD grew from
 forward to what is                                                              about 100 to close to 500 vessels. It means
yet to come!”                                                                    making the acquaintance and working
                                                                                 closely together on a national and interna-
                                                                                                                                  JOHN
                                                                                 tional level with numerous individuals of        BIELENBERG
                                                                                 different backgrounds, nationalities, char-      Head of
                                                                                                                                  S&P
                                                                                 acters and views. It means establishing          Operations
                                                                                 meaningful long-term relationships within
                                                                                 the PD Crew as well as among our clients
                                                                                 and business friends. May the times be
                                                                                 good or challenging, it always means high
                                                      AdobeStock © J. Borruel

                                                                                 demands personally and by the company
                                                                                 to be fulfilled. In a nutshell: to me it means
                                                                                 a time I would not have liked to miss.”

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SPECIAL | PD-SENIORITY                                                                                                     PD-SENIORITY | SPECIAL

ANNETTE SUHRBIER                                                                                              “During my approximately
Sales Director Döhle Group                                                                                    30 years of staff membership,
                                                                                                               I have always considered it a
“I guess I could write a book with all my
                                                                                                               challenge and stimulus to create
 memories in 33 years with Döhle. It is
                                                                                                              within my services to the com-
 a great feeling to look back to the devel-
                                                                                                               pany, whereby such a seniority
 opment from a smaller family entity to
                                                                                                               always requires continuity, mu-
 an international group. I always enjoyed
                                                                                                              tual trust and a pleasant working
working with my colleagues worldwide.
Some of my colleagues and clients be-
                                                                        TORSTEN HENNING                        environment”
                                                                        General Manager Treasury
 came friends. Thus I like the saying in
the song: ‘I look forward – no seaman
 should look back’. I wish us many more
 happy years to come.”                                                  JOHN JENSEN
                                                                         General Manager
                                                                         Chartering MPP /
                                                                         Mini-Bulk
                                                                                                              In my family shipping has played
THOMAS BODE                                                                                                   a major role since 3 generations
Office Administrator / Driver                                                                                 – with all positive and negative
                                                                                                              aspects. The big advantage of
                                                                                                              working within Döhle Group is,
                                                                                                              you are and have been a part of
                                                                                                              a very quick and lean successful
                                                                                                               development, participated in
                                                                                                              projects – start-up of various new
                                                                                                              ventures – managed to create
                                                                                                              a unique network of colleagues
                                                                        “What does 42 years in a family run   worldwide, which after so many
                                                                        shipping company mean?                years is still in place and working.
“So many positive
                                                                        Having worked in shipping for         Despite the many years and
                                              AdobeStock © J. Borruel

 impressions –
you can’t put into                                                      more than a decade (I started in      unique IT possibilities shipping is
1-2 sentences”                                                          1975) shipping has become a           still at its best face to face –
                                                                        passion and lifestyle.                connecting people and ideas.”

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HOMEPORT PD - HEADQUARTER Greetings from Hamburg SPECIAL Singapore SPECIAL PD Seniority AGENCIES Three favorite movies
SPECIAL | PD-SENIORITY                                                                                                                                    PD-SENIORITY | SPECIAL

MONIKA HAHN
Manager Payables Accounting

“The years have passed so fast                                                                                                            JAN VOWINKEL
                                                                                                                                          Technical Purchaser
and I’m still very pleased
that I was trusted a lot over                                                                                                             “Seniority is a huge responsibil-
all the years.”                                                                                                                            ity. To watch the future and to
                                                                                                                                           learn from the past.
                                                                                                                                          Die Alten zum Rat – die Jungen
                                                                                                                                          zur Tat.”

DIETER VON HOLTEN
Commercial Director Technical Department
                                                                                              “I have spent all of my working life        ANDREAS
                                                                                               and career in PD – thus for me work-
“Very often exciting challenges. Innovation to introduce and                                   ing at PD is more than just a job, it is   SCHULTE-WESTHOF
 implementation – feeling and proud to be a part of our company.”                              family, it’s my life!
                                                                                              Growing with the company and be-
                                                                                              ing part of a success story has always
                                                                                              been highly motivating. The expan-
                                                                                              sion of the container market and the
                                                                                              size of vessels is just enormous. Build-
                                                                                              ing up and keeping long-term rela-
                                                                                              tionships within the shipping industry
                                                                                              around the globe, not only with my
                                                                                              PD colleagues and shipowners but            General Manager
                                                                                                                                          Container Chartering
                                                                                              also with charterers and brokers, has
                                                                                              been and still is for me of utmost im-
                                                                                              portance.
                                                                    AdobeStock © J. Borruel

                                                                                              The Döhle family has always been very
                                                                                              supportive and looking extremely well
                                                                                              after their employees.”

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SPECIAL | E-HEALTHY                                                                                                                                                                 E-HEALTHY | SPECIAL

                                                                                                                                                     the EU-funded e-healthy ship project and consist of various
                                                                                                                                                     thematic modules. The “e-learning” module, for example, will
                                                                                                                                                     provide seafarers with interesting and target-group-specific
                                                                                                                                                     information on nutrition, sports and relaxation techniques
                                                                                                                                                     on board.

                                                                                                                        e-healthy ship               At the end of 2019, the second phase begins (intervention)
                                                                                                                                                     and the scientists will board the selected test ships again. The
                                                                                Maybe some of you will remember:                                     e-health platform will be installed and tested on all ships for 10
                                                                                                                                                     months by the captain and the nautical officers. In addition,
                                                                                In July and September 2018, the vessels MSC Filomena and             the developed health training modules will be carried out
                                                                                MSC Fillippa were visited by four scientists, packed with a          regularly and relevant health topics presented on board in
                                                                                variety of medical equipment. The specialists in occupational        the form of a suitable intervention (e.g. knowledge quiz; tip
                                                                                medicine stayed on board for two weeks and followed the daily        of the day or motivation-enhancing competition).
                                                                                work of seafarers as part of the e-healthy ship project. This also
                                                                                included interviews with the crew on various health aspects:         Stay tuned, we will continue to report on the project!
                                                                                physical fitness, nutrition, ergonomics, skin texture, sleeping
                                                                                behaviour and physical health. “For example, we collected
                                                                                fitness data with multisport watches, assessed UV exposure
                                                                                and skin structures using a skin camera, and checked seafarers’
                                                                                alertness using pupillometry. In addition, we investigated
                                                                                sleep behaviour and lung function and took blood samples
                                                                                from the seafarers,” explains Dr. med. Marcus Oldenburg,
                                                                                project leader of the e-healthy ship project from the partner
                                                                                Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM)

                                                                                Taking part in the research was entirely voluntary. Fortunately,

HEALTHY AND
                                                                                almost all seafarers were willing to be questioned and physical-
                                                                                ly examined on health issues. Roy Machart of the Peter Döhle
                                                                                Schiffahrts-KG highlights the added value: “Our seafarers are
                                                                                pioneers in our studies, whose results can influence the work

  FIT ON BOARD
                                                                                and lives of thousands of sailors. They can help us to promote
                                                                                health aspects and optimise health processes on board which
                                                                                can be a benefit for their daily work as well.”                      About the project

                                                                                For many of the thematic complexes, almost complete study            e-healthy ship is an interdisciplinary project for health man-
                                                                                data could be obtained. The extensive evaluation of the col-         agement on board merchant ships. The project is funded
           In 2017 our company was approached regarding an exciting             lected data will flow into the development of a digital health       by the European Union (European Regional Development
                                                                                platform used on board. The platform will be the result of           Fund) and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Ministry
           project concerning health management on board of commercial                                                                               of Health and Consumer Protection). It started on 1st July
                                                                                                                                                     2017 and will run until 30th September 2021.
           vessels. The idea behind the project called “e-healthy ship” is to
                                                                                                                                                     Project partners are the Institute for Occupational and
           increase support on board for medical issues which go beyond                                                                              Maritime Medicine (ZFAM) / University Medical Center
                                                                                                                                                     Hamburg-Eppendorf; the software developer Hanseaticsoft
           the ability of those on board with medical care training and to                                                                           GmbH, as well as the Hamburg shipping companies Peter
           look at possibilities to promote a healthy lifestyle on board.                                                                            Döhle Schiffahrts-KG and KG Reederei Roth GmbH & Co.

                                                                                                                                                     www.e-healthy-ship.eu

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AGENCY | 3 FAVORITE MOVIES                                                                                                                                       3 FAVORITE MOVIES | AGENCY

3 FAVORITE                                                                                              TOP 3 GERMAN MOVIES:
                                                                                                        1) Harry Potter / Fantastic Biests
                                                                                                        2) Lord of the Rings

     MOVIES
                                                                                                        3) Gladiator

                                                                                                                                             TOP 3 ROMANIAN MOVIES:
                                                                                                                                             1) Filantropica
                                                                                                                                             2) Morometii
                                                                                                                                             3) Mihai Viteazul

                                                                                                                                                    TOP 3 CHINESE MOVIES:
                                                                                                                                                    1) Operation Red Sea, 红海行动
                                                                                                                                                    2) Detective Chinatown ΙΙ, 唐人街探案2
                                                                                                                                                    3) Dying to survive, 我不是药神

                                                                                                        TOP 3 PORTUGUESE MOVIES:
                                                                                                        1) Crime do Padre Amaro (2005) – “The crime of Priest Amaro”
                                                                                                        2) Gaiola Dourada (2013) – “The golden cage”
                                                                                                        3) Canção de Lisboa (1933) – “The Song of Lisbon”

                                                                                                                                                       TOP 3 INDIAN MOVIES:
                                                                                                                                                       1) Sholay
                                                                                                                                                       2) Mother India
                                                                                                        TOP 3 ETHIOPIAN MOVIES:                        3) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
                                                                                                        1) Sost Maezen
                                                                                                        2) Yefikir ABCD

                             A
                                                                                                        3) Seriyet
                                    s we have colleagues from various
                                    countries around the globe we asked
                                                                               AdobeStock © Myvisuals

                                    in the agencies about their favorite                                                                     TOP 3 PHILIPPINE MOVIES:
                             movies. It looks that we have the biggest vari-                                                                 1) Ang Probinsyano (Starring Fernando Poe Jr.)
                                                                                                                                             2) Mistah (Starring Robin Padilla)
                             ety possible through all the places.                                                                            3) Ang Panday ( Starring Fernando Poe Jr.)

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SPECIAL | DID YOU KNOW                                                                                           DID YOU KNOW | SPECIAL

                              PASSION                                                                                    To no surprise of all Detlef bought his first 500 over 25 years

                              FOR OLD
                                                                                                                         ago and since that day he restored three of the lovely, tiny
                                                                                                                         500’s completely and the fourth is even set to come. “It is
                                                                                                                         the simple but sometimes challenging technology and the
                                                                                                                         necessity to be creative in finding spareparts that inspires
                                                                                                                         me!” Detlef says.

                              FASHION
                                                                                                                          Beside all the work, Detlef also takes part in Fiat 500
                                                                                                                         “family-meetings” mostly in Germany but also in Italy to see
                                                                                                                          and meet friends and like-minded people sharing

                                                                                                                         one love.

                                                        E
                                                                                                                              Detlef Schulte-Oversohl
                                                                     very day since the
                                                                     very beginning of
                                                                     t he automot ive
                                                                     evolution, the in-
                                                                     dustry strives for
                                                                     enhancements in
                                                                     terms of comfort,
                                                        consumption, power, speed, ex-
                                                        haust emissions, connectivity and
                                                        even self-driving vehicles. Indeed,
                                                        customers appreciate the efforts
                                                        and are always hungry for the next
                                                        big thing. But is it passion? Well, not
                                                        for all of us…

                                                        With the Nuova 500, built from 1957 to 1975 by
                                                        Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (“Fiat”), our
                                                        colleague Detlef found his passion for the automotive
                                                        craftsmanship. His first car was a Volvo, which cer-
                                                        tainly fulfilled it’s task in being a useful vehicle to safely
AdobeStock © Angelo D'Amico

                                                        drive from A to B, yet just a car. Formed by his early
                                                        childhood, Detlef ’s passion for the Nuova 500 is based
                                                        on on his fathers decision to buy a 500 for the family.

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SPECIAL | 4 YOUNG CADETS                                                                                                NEWBUILDING SUPERVISION SERVICES | SPECIAL

                                                               PD SECURES
                                                               A SERIES OF
CREW CONNECT                                                   NEW-
                                                               BUILDING
IN HAMBURG                                                     PROJECTS

On occasion of the Crew Connect in Hamburg our colleague
                                                                                                           P
                                                                                                                   eter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG (PD) further extended its third
                                                                                                                   party business of newbuilding supervision services with
from Waldemar Perchel was visiting the Döhle office together                                                       newbuilding projects of in total 17 vessels from different
with 4 young cadets. Organized through the Association of                                                  Japanese owners. Our Hamburg based newbuilding team and the
                                                                                                           Chinese based site teams will perform technical consultancy and
Polish Manning Agents and Recruiters they altogether were                                                  newbuilding supervision services for bulk carriers of the Kamsarmax-
                                                                                                           (i.e. 82,000 dwt) and Capesize-type (i.e. 180,000 dwt).
guest talking on the panel.
                                                               The vessels will be due for delivery as     China as well as for two refrigeration       fessional handling of the makers list and
                                                               per the second half 2019 until mid of       container vessels at Zamakona Shipyard,      design, proper equipment selection and
Each of the young seafarer had a clear vision of how they      2020 and are under construction at the      Spain have been added to the scope of        workmanship should be in the focus of
see the future at sea. The attendees of the Crew Connect       different sites of Yangzijiang Shipbuild-   newbuilding businesses.                      attention. A constant involvement and
were very interested in the statements and many questions      ing Group (YZJ).                                                                         information exchange between Peter
have been addressed to them. Interestingly it seems to be                                                  For every project kick-off meetings with     Döhle Schiffahrts-KG and the owner
of great interest for young seafarer to work on a tanker.      Due to the long experience with Chi-        the yard, owner and class before steel       will of course be provided.
Answering to the expectations of what environment the          nese shipyards (almost 200 newbuild-        cutting for an in depth familiarization of
industry should deliver the expectations are for example:      ings since 2005), the different tiers of    the project is customary. During these       Having a permanent establishment in
reliable release, career development and more compati-         accountability, seniority and control       meetings future frameworks are agreed        China, our supervision team members
bility of family and job.                                      on yard’s side are well known. Overall,     such as nomination of the responsible        are flexible, adaptable and capable with
                                                               PD has supervised the construction          team leader, verification and agreement      regards to short notice deployment of
After an interesting session at the conference the group       of around 85 newbuildings in total at       of yard’s quality control procedures         the required qualified resources, either
of seafarers under the leadership of Capt. Waldemar            Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group      along with all other important areas         to cover temporary peaks in work load
Perchel from Gdynia has been invited to visit our Head         alone.                                      of design and production.                    at the yard or attend shop tests of the
Quarter in Hamburg. The colleagues from the crewing                                                                                                     equipment.
department took the opportunity to share a nice lunch          Moreover, the site team members have        The dedicated Hamburg-based project
and having a chat with future seafarers. A great day for       a vast experience in supervising bulk       management and plan approval team is         As the above project is a key for the ex-
all participants of the Crew Connect but as well the staff     carriers in different size segments. A      already at an early stage vital for a suc-   pansion of our partnership with Japanese
from Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG.                               special advantage is that the site team     cessful construction project. Therefore,     and other important international clients,
                                                               will already be actively involved in the    regular plan approval clarification meet-    we are especially happy to have reached
                                                               supervision process of sister vessels at    ings are a basic requirement, whereas        this milestone for our service portfolio.
      CI-Team                                                  the same yard.                              our plan approval team is already fa-
                                                                                                           miliar with the concerned vessel type.
                                                               On top of the above orders, contracts
                                                               for the supervision of two 10.000 dwt       Via a close production follow-up, well
                                                               deck carriers at Zhenjiang Shipyard,        established reporting systems and a pro-          CI-Team

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IMP R I N T
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