Blue Water Padborg opens on 1 March. With new agency agreements, groupage serice is offered to Austria and France. Warehouse capacity is increased again. The office space in Esbjerg is becoming insufficient.
Warehouse capacity is increased with a lease of part of a warehouse on Esbjerg port. On 1 September, Blue Water buys Spedition Berner. The Arabian Gulf service continues - Blue Water acts as agent for Amaltex, Paris.
Blue Water's business is split into activities: UK/Ireland, airfreight, shipping, and road transport. A proper accountant is employed, and we are appointed IATA agents. As the only forwarding company at the time, Blue Water opens an office in Dublin.
Air freight business continues to crow, and the Middle East service becomes regular. Blue Water starts a pony truck service to West Germany and the activities are extended by road transport to other European countries: Benelux, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, and Scandinavia.
In April, Blue Water takes over the lease for 150 sq.m. warehouse situated 3 kilometres from the port of Esbjerg. The position as an all-round local forwarding company is extended. Blue Water is appointed agents for Dolphin Reefer Line, running a liner service from Esbjerg to the Middle East.
Feta cheese export with reefer ships becomes good business, shipping crates of cheese from the port of Esbjerg.