Vacant traineeship at NBCC from September 2009
In that regard we are looking for a company interested in sponsoring the traineeship. The trainee would e.g. work 3 days a week for NBCC and 2 days a week for your company from the NBCC office.
Contact NBCC for more information: info@nbccuk.com

Shipping & Energy Seminar 8 July 2009
Thank you to LSLC, all the speakers and delegates at the Shipping & Energy Seminar on 8 July.
See all the photos here (Photographer: Hanne Lund/Sanders & Lund)
Read an article in LLoyd's List here

Cisco Euro Challenge, 24-27 September, Tromsø, Norway
The NBCC is proud to have teamed up with the 2009 Cisco Euro Challenge. Part of the Intelligent Sport® World Series, the Cisco Euro Challenge makes its way to the breathtaking Tromsø, Norway this September; a mere 2000km from the North Pole, and the competition is looking hot…!! Read more

Drive more business through your website – exclusive member offer –
New NBCC member Making Waves, Norway’s leading internet consulting company, is offering all members the opportunity to have their website reviewed by its consultants for the discounted price of £500.   Its user experience experts will analyze how you meet your target groups’ needs and help you focus your message to your customers.  They will advise you on the five most significant changes you can make, and how to go about implementing these, as well as how to plan for longer term improvements.

To reserve your report today, and for more details on how Making Waves can help you make the most out of the web, please contact Carlo Walther at carlo.walther@makingwaves.com or call him directly on 07595 734450

Tea Time for NBCC Member Bernard Rangel
Yemeni Brazilian Indian artist Bernard Rangel takes a halt at TeaSmith, a sleek Tea Bar in Spitalfields. His first solo exhibition in London resides in the Gallery @ TeaSmith. Bernard playfully describes his work as ‘Contemporary Tribal Surrealism’. East - west -east and back to the west, Bernard has seen people, places and culture energy transfer into his paintings. Read more

Statkraft to invest £400m in Scots wind farm plan
Statkraft, Europe's largest generator of renewable energy, has said it is ready to invest more than £400m in Scotland. The Norwegian state-owned group is involved in seven onshore wind farm projects in the UK, five of them in Scotland, and is part of the Forewind consortium with Scottish & Southern Energy bidding to generate wind power offshore. Read more

Four decades of Norway’s oil industry
A letter from the Norwegian Geological Survey made the position clear in a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958: "The chances of finding coal, oil or sulphur on the NCS can be disounted". Norway looked unlikely to ever become an oil nation. Read more

Commercial management agreement for Gas vessels
Camillo Eitzen & CO ASA (CECO) affiliate Eitzen Gas A/S has signed an agreement with Münchmeyer Petersen Steamship GmbH & Co. KG (MPC) for the commercial management of MPC’s fleet of pressurized gas carriers. Read more

Siem Industries to create joint company in Grimstad
Siem Industries has agreed to invest 50%, with the other 50% held by an experienced car carrier management team based in Grimstad, Norway to create a significant new operator in the car carrying sector. Read more

Siem Offshore moves to Norway
Norwegian shipowner Krisitian Siem is in the process of transferring the ownership of his Siem Offshore fleet to Norway and will concentrate the day-to-day operation of the fleet in Kristiansand. Read more

StatoilHydro spotlights on Peon gas discovery
An appraisal well has been completed by StatoilHydro on the shallow Peon gas discovery in the North Sea, which was made in 2005 by Norsk Hydro Produksjon AS in Pleistocene reservoir rocks (the Naust formation in the Quaternary). Read more

Subsea 7: business steady, if delayed
Offshore construction outfit Subsea 7 reported Tuesday that its second-quarter profit was only slightly lower than in the heady days of industry overdrive in 2008. Read more

Energy industry shows 'green shoots' of recovery according to EIC Monitor
The global energy industry is showing some green shoots of recovering according to the EIC Monitor, a new quarterly report from the EIC, the leading trade association for UK companies that supply capital goods and services to the energy industries worldwide. Read more

Trelleborg Offshore produces world's largest bend stiffener
Trelleborg Offshore has completed design, manufacturing and testing of the world’s largest bend stiffener. To facilitate the fabrication, an additional polyurethane (PU) dispensing machine was specially commissioned at Trelleborg Offshore’s plant in Skelmersdale, England. Read more

ODIM appoints Arild Hatløy as acting CEO
Jogeir Romestrand has decided to step down as CEO of ODIM ASA after 24 years with the company. Arild Hatløy has been appointed acting CEO. Read more

Aker Exploration takes the driling rig Aker Barents on contract
Aker Exploration on July 26 took the semi submersible drilling rig Aker Barents on contract. Aker Exploration is now mobilizing crew and equipment on board, before the rig is moving to the field. Read more

Stricter restrictions on ship ballast
From the new year Norway will require that all larger ships will have to empty their ballast water tanks a minimum of 200 nautical miles from Norwegian shores, Aftenposten reports. Read more

Commission adopts template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans
The Commission adopted today a decision establishing a template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) as required by the recent Renewable Energy Directive. The template will guide Member States in the elaboration of their Renewable Energy Action Plan and detail their strategies for reaching their 2020 renewable energy targets. Each Member State must submit a NREAP to the Commission by 30 June 2010 at the latest. Read more

Commission welcomes industry's commitment to provide a common charger for mobile phones
Incompatibility of chargers for mobile phones is a major inconvenience for users and also leads to unnecessary waste. Therefore, the Commission has requested industry to come forward with a voluntary commitment to solve this problem so as to avoid legislation. As a result major producers of mobile phones have agreed to harmonise chargers in the EU. Read more

Apps 'to be as big as internet'
The market for mobile applications, or apps, will become "as big as the internet", peaking at 10 million apps in 2020, a leading online store says. Read more

Tech 'has changed foreign policy'
Technology means that foreign policy will never be the same again, the prime minister said at a meeting of leading thinkers in Oxford. Read more

Norwegian PC sales up
While the sale of personal computers are declining world-wide, the number of PCs sold in Norway is increasing, according to figures compiled by the financial newspaper Finansavisen. Read more

The return of the bendy cucumber: 'wonky' fruit and vegetables back on sale
European Union rules governing the size and shape of many fruit and vegetables will cease to exist tomorrow when specific marketing standards for 26 types of fruit and vegetables are repealed. The Commission's initiative to get rid of these standards is a major element in its ongoing efforts to streamline and simplify EU rules and cut red tape. Read more

Commission calls on Member States to implement new guidelines for improving Single Market
A set of practical measures aimed at improving the functioning of the Single Market at national, regional and local levels has been put forward by the European Commission, so that all citizens and businesses can make full use of their Single Market rights. Read more

Commission calls for Smoke Free Europe by 2012
The European Commission adopted today, after extensive consultation, a proposal for a Council Recommendation calling on all Member States to bring in laws to protect their citizens from exposure to tobacco smoke by 2012. Tobacco remains the largest single cause of premature death and disease in the European Union. Read more

Unemployment slowing down
The increase in unemployment in Norway is slowing down, compared with last winter. The unemployment rate increased from 2.7 per cent in June to 3.0 per cent of the total work force in July. Read more

Football: Tromsoe won at home
Norwegian club Tromsoe won 2-1 at home over Croatian Slaven Koprivnica in their third qualifying round for the Europa League on Thursday evening. Slaven led 1-0 at half-time. Read more

In the Wake of the Vikings
The Norwegian coastal cruise line Hurtigruten, often named the world's best sea voyage, is now presenting a new offer, namely a "Voyage in the wake of the Vkings", from Greenland to Newfoundland. Read more

Barbershop Extravaganza
Have you heard the news that the London Palladium stage will be taken over by hundreds of 4-part harmony singers on Sunday 20th September 2009.  The show is your one off chance to see Christopher Biggins presenting the Best of British Barbershop in this extravaganza of a show. Read more

Welcome to the Royal Norwegian Embassy's newsletter for August!
Have you been hunting high and low lately for new a-ha tracks? Well, good news is coming your way as the band's latest album is out this week. Already a hit in Europe, the record includes the single and title track 'Foot of the Mountain'.

Meanwhile, jazz lovers should head to the Edinburgh festival in August, which features a number of Norwegian class acts, whilst electronica fans can look forward to gigs with Röyksopp and Casiokids. Whatever you do, enjoy it! Read more