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International Women’s Day!

Wishing everyone a Happy International Women’s Day!

Today, and every day, we celebrate the incredible women who are part of Solstad, and here are some of them, who inspire us daily.

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Meet Bjørn Hjelvik, the former ship captain that once capsized in 1989

Bjørn ended his career as captain of Normand Sapphire in 2022. However, not many people are aware of the incident that occurred in 1989, when Bjørn and his father were on board the M/S Eiketrål that capsized. In 2022, Bjørn seized the opportunity to witness the shipwreck firsthand with an ROV.

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Meet Julie Pedersen, Motorman Apprentice on board CSV Normand Samson

Julie grew up in a family of fishermen and developed a passion for all things nautical from spending countless hours out on the open sea. When she was 16 years old, she moved to Stavanger to attend the School Ship Gann, where she discovered different career opportunities in the maritime industry, which led her to start as a motorman apprentice at Solstad.

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Meet Per Stange, HR director and part-time farmer

When he is not traveling to meet Solstad Offshore’s crewing teams all around the world, Per Stange and his wife spend most of their time at their farm in Bømlo.

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Karanba – A story of success

Karanba is a social project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that has football as an instrument to help children and young people from slum areas to achieve personal development and education.

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Olaug Hillesland

Olaug from Norway started her career in Solstad Offshore in 2009 and holds the role as Administration and Communication Director in our Skudeneshavn office.

Read more about her perspective of diversity in the maritime industry and encourage to #BreakTheBias.

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Ana Maria Alegria Lind

Ana Maria started her career in Solstad Offshore in 2013 as a 2. Officer onboard the PSV, Far Searcher.

Read more about why she strongly recommends starting a career offshore and how she #BreakTheBias.

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Kostiantyn Terekhov

Kostiantyn from Ukraine started his career in Solstad Offshore in 2013 as a Technical Superintendent in our Singapore office. One year later he was promoted to Technical Manager.

Read more about why he strongly recommends working for a multicultural company.

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From apprentice to Vessel Manager

Alexander started his career in Solstad as AB apprentice in 2004 and has recently joined our team in Ålesund as Vessel Manager. Read more about his journey in Solstad below.

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Jill Florence

Jill started her career with us in the end of 2020 as a Commercial Officer located out of our Aberdeen officer. In the interview she share more about her road to Solstad and her experience working in male orientated industries.