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OFFSHORE: ACCOMMODATION

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Please provide a brief bio. Speci? cally, how did you come service I joined Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in 1987 and

Petter Sundet, Captain to a career in the marine industry, and ascend to your worked on cruise liners for the next 20 years, the last eight current position? years as Captain. In 2005 Royal Caribbean re? agged its Nor- of Edda Fortis, dis- wegian vessels, so I started to look for other opportunities. I cusses with Maritime ? I rst went to sea when I was 16 years old, to see came across Østensjø Rederi AS and Edda Accommodation the world. The ? rst years I sailed as a deck hand, then as an with its unique concept which seemed to ? t someone with

Reporter & Engineering ordinary seaman and then became an Able Seaman which my background. I joined the company in the fall of 2008, and was as far as you could go without any formal education. the rest is, as they say, history.

News the evolution of

During this time I worked on general cargo ships, oil tankers, and OBO carriers. I then decided that if I was to continue For readers not familiar, please give a brief overview of top-notch accommoda- working at sea I would need to take a proper education and the Edda business.

tion in the offshore envi- aim to get a masters license. So in 1986 I completed the Aale- sund Nautical College in Aalesund, Norway, then I joined the The Edda business is mainly the business of pro- ronment.

Norwegian Navy for an obligatory service and served a total viding accommodation services for the oil & offshore indus- of 15 months in various areas. After completing the national try, our specialty is serving an offshore installation by being

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