Norden

Career

Community Activities and Education

NORDEN has committed directly and indirectly to developing talent within the fields of shipping management, logistics and safety through foundation grants. This is done in collaboration with among others Shanghai Maritime University in China, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and Holy Cross of Davao College in the Philippines. NORDEN finances scholarships at the 3 institutions and also hires shipping trainees and cadets from them. 

  • Shanghai Maritime University, China
    Students' Scholarships
    "Best educators of the year" prize awards
    Study exchange visits to Denmark (students and educators)
  • Nanyang Technological University (NTS), Singapore
    NTS is one of the top universities in Singapore. NORDEN sponsors students at Maritime Studies course with scholarships and price awards. Each year in July one or more scholars start their 2 years training with NORDEN in Singapore.
  • Contributions to activities in local Philippine communities - more

 

 

The blue Denmark - World careers

  
 

In Denmark, NORDEN supports the activities of the Danish Shipowners’ Association in order to attract talented people to the shipping industry through the campaign Det Blå Danmark.

  
      

Internally in NORDEN

Internally NORDEN supports talent development among employees via close cooperation with institutions such as INSEAD (France), Henley Business School (UK), Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), and IMD (Switzerland). 

Sponsorships

In order to profile the shipping industry towards future generations, NORDEN has been instrumental in arranging funds donations to an interactive ship simulator, an experimental stand and a giant digital globe "Tangible Earth" at Experimentarium in Hellerup (the large Danish Exploratorium on natural science and education). Furthermore, NORDEN has been instrumental in arranging funds donations to a new centre researching and analysing shipping.

Contributions/Charities

In recent years, NORDEN has contributed to the Danish charity called Danmarks Indsamling, which constitutes a joint fund-raising group of 12 of Denmark’s largest humanitarian organisations. In 2011, NORDEN also made a contribution – this year under the headline “the new Africa".