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• Westfal –Larsen is a group of companies owned by the Westfal-Larsen family.
• The core business is to provide marine transportation services.
• The group is also engaged in real-estate, trade and new ventures.
History • Westfal-Larsen was founded in 1905 in Bergen,
Norway. • The liner trade on US West Coast and Latin America
and chemical tankers are important elements. • Co-founders of Star Shipping in 1962. • Started co-operation in the chemical tanker sector with
Odfjell in 1964, later to become Odfjell Westfal-Larsen Tankers AS in 1980.
• Sold out of the chemical tanker sector in 1990. • WL´s holdings in Star Shipping was transferred to
newly established Masterbulk in Singapore in 1995. • 2008 – Split of Star Shipping and founding of • Westfal-Larsen Shipping
Current fleet Westfal-Larsen & Co AS • 10 Chemical Tankers • 2 Product/Chemical Tankers Masterbulk Pte. Ltd. • 22 Open hatch dry cargo vessels.
Vessels/Management Westfal-Larsen Management AS • 10 Chemical Tankers • 2 Product/Chemical Tankers • 5 Open hatch dry cargo vessels
Masterbulk Pte. Ltd. • 18 Open hatch dry cargo vessels.
Personnel • The WL companies employ about 1100 people world wide. • The largest group of employees are 950
seafarers from the Philippines. • The second largest group are 100 seafarers
from Latvia/East Europe. • About 120 persons are employed in the
shipping offices in Bergen, Singapore ,Manila, Livorno, Rio De Janeiro, Dubai and Shanghai.
Mission and policy
The Westfal-Larsen group of companies shall
provide
first class marine transportation services
to their customers.
Westfal-Larsen
Private owned / small company In-house commercial and technical operation Fleet of very modern vessels Have to be “on top” at all time
Westfal-Larsen Feed-back from operation/chartering
dept. Crew: - be attractive in the marked - motivate crew - family - streamline onboard operation Safety issues: -Medico -High risk area Technical: - Transfer of data - Troubleshooting / upgrading
VSAT onboard – operational impact
Commercially: • Closer relation vessel <-> charterer/operator
• Unlimited communication :
• Large documents/attachments are allowed • Continuous communication vessel <-> agent &
other 3rd parties • Direct access to relevant web sites / online
databases. (Business processes moving online.)
• Increased goodwill: vessels are “always-on”, and “super-fast” at responding to customer/charterer’s requests.
VSAT onboard – operational impact
Technically: • Closer relation vessel <-> ship management • Technical troubleshooting =
pictures/documents/reports • Prepare for access to onboard components
from supplier’s service team • Ship Management Business systems with
continuous replication. • Direct access to relevant web sites / online
databases.
VSAT onboard – operational impact
Crew welfare: • Standard package on all vessels:
• Low-cost crew calling services • Free internet access – including private
email, chat clients support etc.
• MLC 2006 compliance wrt. onboard communication facilities for crew
• Retention rate according to our KPI
Moving forward - XpressLink
• Ongoing upgrade project • Upgrades to XpressLink completed during 1st
half of 2013. • High speed VSAT and FleetBroadband combined • Fixed monthly cost regardless of which carrier
is in use (bye bye additional comms. cost) • 100 % internet coverage • Global roaming IP (1 fixed public IP address per
vessel) • Prepared for GX / Ka-band (2014 is just around
the corner) • Increased bandwidth
Moving forward - XpressLink
• XpressLink – technology / business impact: • Simplified infrastructure setup (1 public IP) • Increased bandwidth • Fleet firewall service • Video conferencing (?) • Real-time information provided ashore on
demand • Prepared for increased data transfer shore
<-> ship: weather info, ENC’s, structured systems