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Bergen Maritime Personalforum, torsdag 25.september 2008. På agenda. Mulige sentrale problemstillinger vedrørende sjømannsreiser i 2009 Visaproblemer Seteknapphet Prisøkninger. Instone International Ltd. Established in UK in 1919 as a shipping company
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På agenda • Mulige sentrale problemstillinger vedrørende sjømannsreiser i 2009 • Visaproblemer • Seteknapphet • Prisøkninger
Instone International Ltd • Established in UK in 1919 as a shipping company • Founder of Imperial Airways – today`s British Airways • Head Quarters in UK/NO with 24 global offices around the world • Approx 300 employees worldwide • Servicing globally today more than: - 500 shipping & shipping related companies - 3.000 vessels - 500.000 crew movements yearly
. Established in 1994 Offices in Bergen, Arendal and Oslo Marine / Offshore / Corporate Travel Number of employees 66 Servicing 95 000 crewmovements in 2007 Instone International Norway AS
Best Seats Available • Common Central Reservation System (CRS) • Seat Brokerage: checking for seats during non-operating hours • Remote Office Access’: when no local availability, we utilize our global network in order to book the best available rate • All Instone International offices around the world can directly track, access and edit all ticket arrangements in case of ‘emergency’
Foreseeable challenges in 2009 • Oil prices, taxes ( security, environment ) • Expect 15% rise in travelling costs from 2008-2009 • Bankruptcy • Visa - challenges • Schengen / non-Schengen
Eligibility • Must be in possession of a Letter of Guarantee (LOG), written on original letterhead of the shipping company. A supplement can be a Seaman’s book, but this is not acknowledged or permitted as sole documentation. • Travelling to or from a vessel of over 100 tonnes • Anyone employed to work on a vessel, who signs articles and is added to the ships manifest • Wives, husbands and children travelling with spouse • Engineers and Contractors who are to carry out work on a vessel whether in dock or at sea • Persons engaged in the repositioning of semi-submersible or drilling rigs that are not being towed but can be manoeuvred under their own power
Instone International - moving you and your crew around the world 24 hours a day / 7 days a week