Concordia Maritime Sponsors World Cup Sailing in Lysekil Women's Match.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The world's best will participate in Sweden's largest match racing event with Preem Petroleum as host and Concordia Maritime (STO:CCORB) together with Stena Bulk as main sponsors. The Preem Lysekil Women's Match for the Stena Bulk Trophy will be inaugurated on 1 August and the races will take place on 2-6 August. "After last year's victory in the trimaran sail racing competition Nokia Oops Cup, Concordia Maritime has once again set its sights on sail racing. This time, together with Concordia Maritime as the main sponsors of the women's match racing event in Lysekil at the beginning of August when the Swedish summer is at its best", says Hans Noren, President of Concordia Maritime. "The top names in women's match racing will come to the West Coast to compete for The Stena Bulk Trophy with prize money of around SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 400,000. Visitors will have the opportunity to watch spectator-friendly match racing of world class", Hans Noren adds. "Lysekil Women's Match is an event that is appreciated by both sailing enthusiasts and our employees and the competition means a lot for the Municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. of Lysekil. This makes Preem involvement in the races even more important as we are a big employer on the West Coast", says Michael G:son Low, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Preem Petroleum AB. Lysekil Lysekil offers excellent conditions for match racing - sailing conditions are most often good and because of the currents, the competitors have to risk sailing close to the rocks. As a result, sail racing is very spectator friendly with the rocks as natural stands for the spectators. Participants 12 of the world's best match racing women- including the Swedes This is a list of well known Swedes, ordered alphabetically within categories: Actors Main article: List of Swedish actors
Match racing Match racing is the form of sail racing that is easiest to understand - at least for the spectators on the rocks. Only two boats to keep an eye on to watch. - Shak. See also: Eye and the winner is the first boat to cross the finishing line. Normally, the boats sail twice round a course that starts with a windward wind·ward adj. 1. Of or moving toward the quarter from which the wind blows. 2. Of or on the side exposed to the wind or to prevailing winds. adv. In a direction from which the wind blows; against the wind. tack and finishes in a following wind. How fast the boats sail round the course is thus unimportant. Crossing the finishing line first is all that matters. Here, the teams' tactical ability and skill are decisive. The competition The competition Preem Lysekil's Women's Match will be the only sailing competition on the West Coast this year. This will be the second time the competition is held. The first time, in 2004, it attracted the best sailors in the world and was seen by 25-30,000 spectators. Preem Lysekil Women's Match for the Stena Bulk Trophy is organised by Sailnet Lysekil AB and Live Goteborg in cooperation with the yacht club Lysekils SS Gullmar (LSSG LSSG Logistics Studies Steering Group ). The official host of Lysekil Women's Match is the oil company Preem with its main partners Stena Bulk AB and Concordia Maritime AB and Carpe Diem carpe diem (kär`pĕ dē`ĕm), a descriptive term for literature that urges readers to live for the moment [from the Latin phrase "seize the day," used by Horace]. Beds of Sweden, Midroc Scandinavia and Lysekil Local Authority as partners. Concordia Maritime is an international tanker shipping company listed on the O List on the Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. . In total eight vessels, which are being built in accordance with the MAX concept, are on order. These vessels, P-MAX, are product tankers of about 65,200 dwt. The MAX concept means that the vessels are designed for maximum loading capacity in shallow waters See:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new concept for safer oil transportation with double main engines in two completely separate engine rooms, double rudders and steering gear steering gear n. The mechanism by which dispositions of the steering controls of a vehicle are transferred to the part that interacts with the external medium. Noun 1. , two propellers and double control systems. In 2004, two Panamax tankers of about 75,000 dwt, in which the company has a 50 per cent share, were ordered. All the six vessels on order will be delivered over a 2-year period from the end of 2005. Concordia Maritime also has two VLCCs, each 313,000 dwt, on time charter for five years. These vessels, V-MAX, which were taken into service in 2001, were originally built for Concordia and are the first vessels built in accordance with the MAX concept. INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE Our mission is to generate a profit by providing our customers with safe, cost-efficient tanker transportation based on innovation and performance. www.lysekilwomensrace.se This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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