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Introduction As an all-round transport company, Samskip offers transport and transport-related services of all types by air, land and sea. Samskip has safety, quality and flexibility as its watchwords. Customers can trust Samskip to handle all aspects of transport, storage and distribution while they themselves conecentrate on other services to their own clients. Samskip employs 800 people and generates an annual turnover of about 200 million USD. Through its offices in Iceland, United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Russia, Canada, USA, China and South Korea Samskip offers an efficient transport network, which is further supported by agencies over the world. Samskip is active within four business segments: - Container transport - Conventional & Project - Reefer logistics - Worldwide forwarding The four core businesses are supported by warehouses and coldstores in all Samskip's major ports hence offering possibilities for storage, stock control and local deliveries. History Founded in 1990, Samskip took over the operations of a long-established transport company that had run successful international shipping services for half a century. Since then, Samskip has experienced constant growth, opening 20 overseas offices and broadening its service portfolio to become an international transport company. The company unites the vigour and progressiveness of the new generation with decades of experience and knowledge, an invaluable combination in times of rapid change. Management Board of Directors: - Chairman: Olafur Olafsson - Vice-chairman: Jon ?or Hjaltason - Jon Kristjansson - Karsten M. Olesen - Gu?jon Armann Jonsson Alternates: - Einar Benediktsson - Jon Sigur?sson Managing directors of Samskip: - President Samskip Abroad: Asbjorn Gislason - President Samskip Iceland: Knutur G. Hauksson - Vice President operations: Palmar O. Magnusson - Vice President Finance Division - Iceland: S?mundur Gu?laugsson - Vice President Sales & Marketing Division: Agnar Mar Jonsson Content Quality Environment Safety Quality Samskip's objective is to be leading in its field by developing the standard of quality and by employing skilful and satisfied employees at all times. This will promote increased operational quality as well as greater profitability and growth for the company. To obtain its goals Samskip applies the ideology of total quality management in its daily operations. Samskip will without exception meet official requirements concerning its operations. The company aspires to ensure the safety of food products during transportation and storage and for that purpose it has implemented active internal control based on the Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points quality standard (HACCP). Samskip places emphasis on fulfilling its undertakings for service and handling of goods by preventing defects and loss through safe and reliable working procedures. Samskip intends to excel in the quality of its services. All operations of the company will undertake an efficient quality management system. Samskip's objective is to increase quality to strengthen its image and create a desirable workplace and an attractive service company. Environment Samskip aims to protect and preserve the environment. Samskip is determined to operate in such a way that best conserves nature and that minimizes disruption of the eco-system. Samskip plans to enforce the above policy in the following manner: - By systematically inspecting the status of environmental issues within the company. - By implementing and preserving the work ethics and modus operandi that Samskip?s quality system, including the International Safety Management code (ISM code), require. - By continuous training and development of personnel. - By informing and communicating with personnel. - By implementing improvements when applicable. - By regularly reviewing the policy and procedures. Since the success of environmental preservation is contingent on the positive attitude of all personnel, it is vital to ensure that everyone within the company is well aware of the company's environmental policy and its objectives. Therefore, Samskip places emphasis on informing all its personnel of the policy and creating a positive sentiment towards company policy and goals concerning environmental issues. Samskip observes all laws and regulations covering environmental matters within its working surroundings, including The International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG code), and the European agreement concerning the carriage of hazardous goods by road (ARD code). Safety Samskip is determined to operate in such a way that best secures the safety of its personnel and other related parties. Samskip plans to enforce the above policy in the following manner: - By systematically inspecting the status of safety related issues within the company. - By implementing and preserving the work ethics and modus operandi of Samskip's quality system, including the International Safety Management code (ISM code), that best ensures the safety and security of company personnel. - By continuous training and development of personnel. - By informing and communicating with personnel. - By implementing improvements when applicable. - By regularly reviewing the policy and procedures. Since the success of safety related issues is contingent on the positive attitude of all personnel, it is vital to ensure that everyone within the company is well aware of the company's safety policy and objectives. Therefore, Samskip places emphasis on informing all its personnel of the policy and creating a positive sentiment towards company policy and goals regarding safety related matters. Samskip observes all laws and regulations covering safety related matters within its working surroundings, including the international regulations on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), The International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG code), and the European agreement concerning the carriage of hazardous goods by road (ARD code). Samskip specialises in providing door-to-door transport for full loads and LCL shipments using both the company's vessels and containers fleet as well as its partner's. Iceland services Scandinavia services Baltic services Trans-Atlantic services With the support of its offices in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Russia, China, South Korea, Canada and United States Samskip offers sailings to over 30 ports in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea as well as to main ports over the world. Collection and deliveries are arranged from/to all locations in the World via an extensive network of agents and reliable partners. In addition to bringing cargo from one point to another, Samskip offers warehousing and distribution services in all its principal ports. Samskip Ltd. - China