One of the really great qualities of ESVAGT is the culture of cooperation that permeates every part of the shipping company. We have a flat structure and a hierarchy where the distance from the youngest person to the top manager is very short...
“You learn seamanship and you learn your way around a vessel", says Arni J. J. Johanson, Marine Engineer on the ’Esvagt Charlie’.
Svend Bech Poulsen, Captain of the ’Esvagt Charlie’: "You shouldn't be afraid of the sea but you do need to respect it!”
The other crews in the fleet know that on group 3 vessels you have learnt a lot, tried many tasks and worked hard every day. You know how important it is to be a good colleague.
Peter Markwick is ESVAGT's first certified 5 grade boatman.
I am proud to work in ESVAGT where part of the culture and company-spirit, is to look after each other and make sure that everyone comes home from work safely.
One of the major plusses of sailing the group 3 vessels is the experience you get in sailing Fast Rescue Boats (FRB).
Ole Ditlev Nielsen turns 60 on the 11th May 2017. He joined ESVAGT almost 25 years ago as the company’s first safety and quality coordinator. He will now work with the future development of the company.
Captain Peter Bay likes to trust and be trusted. That is one of the shipping company’s real strengths, he feels.
Master, Arly Halkjær, turns 70 next year but has no plans on stopping at ESVAGT.
Nicklass Døssing started as a motorcycle mechanic and via management training in the Ministry of Justice, he is now Lead Auditor and HSEQ Coach for ESVAGT.
Jann Bach, master on board the ’Esvagt Beta’, has the ESVAGT safety culture under his skin.
One of the three founders of ESVAGT, Ole Andersen, has been chosen as Citizen of the Year in Esbjerg – for the work he has done in the shipping company among other things. He himself finds that there are others who deserve the title more than he does.
Henrik Gorzelak is pleased with being a sailor in a shipping company where there is still respect for expertise.