Your maritime communications partner
We help you create engagement and build trust
Local knowledge.
Global reach.
Blue-C is the leading maritime and business-to-business PR & communications agency in the Nordics.
Blue-C gets you recognised. It’s that simple. We uncover the overlooked and give fresh perspective on the understated. We cultivate stories and media events that matter. We get you into the market.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Why is it a great idea to start creating thought-provoking Thought Leadership?
I WANT TO FIND OUT!
What we do
Blue-C has the expertise, network and know-how to deliver quality content and
PR tailored to your individual communications needs.
CONTENT
Content is king, now more than ever. If you want to connect with, influence and build the base for your products and services you need to find a way to engage one-on-one with your stakeholders. Quality text, from press releases to corporate storytelling, is the key.
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
What can make your brand stand out? How can you tell your corporate story? An effective communications strategy is key to reaching your target audience. And we assist you all the way from story creation to message development and execution.
PR & PRESS RELATIONS
We get you recognised in the right place at the right time, utilising what is widely regarded as the best press network in the maritime and other ocean industries.
If AI doesn’t know you, your customers won’t either
AI is rapidly transforming how people search, discover and make decisions, and your business may already be invisible in this new reality. Why?
Trusted by top industry leaders
Every day you demand PR and communication solutions to boost your brand awareness. We work side-by-side to accomplish your marketing objectives while building lasting relationships with the media and target groups.
From The Fjords to Northern Explorer: Elevating a pioneering project
“Blue-C’s extensive global maritime media reach has been instrumental in helping us build
awareness and credibility in the right arenas,” says Sandvik. “That visibility has supported our
investor dialogue and strengthened recognition of the project across the wider maritime
ecosystem.”
Testimonials
Optimarin
Tore Andersen, EVP sales and marketing
“Blue-C has consistently demonstrated the ability to deliver high-quality and focused content for Optimarin’s media campaigns that is aligned with our promotional needs and has enabled us to impact our market through its wide editorial distribution network. In-depth knowledge of the maritime industry combined with strong English-language communication skills have made Blue-C the go-to PR agency for Optimarin.”
OrbitMI
David Levy, Chief Marketing Officer
“Working with Blue-C has been an invaluable experience for OrbitMI. Their deep understanding of the maritime tech space and tailored PR strategies have raised our visibility and helped better position us as thought leaders in the industry. Their commitment to our goals and proactive approach has made them a key partner in our growth journey.”
Navtor AS
Ine Akselberg Haneferd, Marketing & Communications Manager
Blue-C is our trusted partner for all elements of marketing support – from thought leadership articles and press releases, through to campaign ideas, PR support and strategy development. They are reliable, turnaround assignments quickly and, most importantly of all, always deliver end products of the utmost quality. We like to think of the team as similar to NAVTOR – Norwegian-based, but truly world class.
Northern Xplorer
Rolf A. Sandvik, Founder/CEO/Board member
I have known the team at Blue-C ever since my time at The Fjords when we hosted a Blue-C press tour. With their expert help The Fjords became an extremely strong brand in our niche. Workshops with the Blue-C team helped to build a robust identity that resulted in us winning the Ship of the Year award twice. Their input was also extremely important when we started Northern Xplorer. It was natural to hire them to help us build a new brand from scratch, and many people are impressed how strong the brand is even at this early stage of development. Because of their maritime expertise, I don’t have to explain about energy efficiency and sustainability; they just get it.
Xeneta
Katherine Barrios, Chief Marketing Officer
Blue-C is always on hand to translate Xeneta’s unique market intelligence into compelling news stories – week in, week out – helping us establish a position of true thought leadership within the trade press and wider industry. We view their team as part of our own, enjoying a close working relationship that continues to deliver compelling content after many years of collaboration.
SOCIAL SELLING
What is the best social selling technique? And why
should you care?
We are Blue-C
We boast a skilled team of writers and media professionals with native English-language expertise and long experience delivering a diverse range of content for blue-chip companies across the entire spectrum of ocean industries.
Kent Erik Kristiansen
Managing Director
Kent Erik Kristiansen
Managing Director
Kent Erik Dahl Kristiansen is the Managing Director at Blue-C.
- Phone:+47 92 84 52 10
- Email:kent@blue-c.no
Steve Marshall
Senior Editor
Steve Marshall
Senior Editor
Steve is a UK-born and educated journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in business writing covering diverse topics across a range of different industries. Having moved to Norway in 1991, he has worked as a journalist with leading shipping and offshore publications TradeWinds and Upstream, both part of NHST Media Group. He has also developed PR writing expertise on numerous B2B projects for various clients, mainly in the shipping and energy sectors, from his experience in maritime media consultancy.
- Phone:+47 91 78 80 68
- Email:steve@blue-c.no
Christina Dupré Roos
Partner / Press Relations Manager
Christina Dupré Roos
Partner / Press Relations Manager
Christina worked with INTERTANKO for 15 years prior to her 16 year track record within maritime PR. She has conducted over 70 press tours for shipping and offshore journalists and is press responsible for Nor-Shipping, a position that she has held for 15 consecutive years. Christina has arranged and led press tours in Houston, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Murmansk, Vancouver, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Gothenburg, Hamburg, London and various maritime hubs around Norway. She is regularly called up by leading global companies to arrange press events for selected maritime and offshore journalists.
- Phone:+47 93 63 44 49
- Email:christina@blue-c.no
Alexander Wardwell
Partner / Senior Editor
Alexander Wardwell
Partner / Senior Editor
Alexander has been writing for multinational international companies for more than a decade, specializing in the maritime, energy and offshore industries. Raised in New York City, Wardwell received his BA from Kenyon College in Ohio, and his MFA in creative writing from the University of Virginia. He divides his time between Oslo and London.
- Phone:+47 41 55 15 67
- Email:alex@blue-c.no
Alan Johnstone
Senior Editor/Advisor
Alan Johnstone
Senior Editor/Advisor
Scottish-born Alan has more than a decade of writing experience garnered from business-to-business and consumer magazines and websites. Having spent the majority of his working life in Manchester, England – where he edited three separate magazines and one B2B online news resource – he relocated to Oslo and has since written for a variety of Norwegian clients in the maritime, energy and communications sectors.
- Phone:+47 46 95 48 39
- Email:alan@blue-c.no
Roddy Craig
Senior Editor
Roddy Craig
Senior Editor
Roddy is a British national with an international background derived from his family resident overseas for many years. During his career in London he worked in editorial management roles for leading global publishing houses, including Dorling Kindersley and Times Mirror/Mosby (now part of Elsevier), focusing on illustrated reference books and latterly multimedia. He relocated to Oslo to work for international shipping news provider TradeWinds, part of NHST Media Group, first as a desk editor and latterly chief production editor and full-time feature writer. Roddy enjoys the craft of writing, editing and translating, and supporting clients to get their message across.
- Phone:+47 97 08 11 79
- Email:roddy@blue-c.no
Kari Lybæk
Office Manager / Production Project Manager
Kari Lybæk
Office Manager / Production Project Manager
Kari has over a decade of experience within the marketing and communications industry in Norway and nine years of planning expertise in Bahrain during the 90s. She manages major projects at Blue-C including Jotun’s Annual Report and ABB Marine and Ports’ corporate magazine.
- Phone:+47 92 83 11 25
- Email:kari@blue-c.no
Mark Fuhrmann
Founder/Partner
Mark Fuhrmann
Founder/Partner
Born in Canada, Mark began writing in 1993 while a journalism and communications major at Southern California College in Los Angeles. Since then, he has worked as the Scandinavian Correspondent for Lloyds of London Press, founded two companies within maritime publishing and PR & Communications and written extensively for more than 50 Nordic companies in the maritime and offshore segments.
- Phone:+47 90 15 30 03
- Email:mark@blue-c.no
Miriam Edith Carey
Editor/Press Relations
Miriam Edith Carey
Partner/Press Relations
- Phone:+47 97071733
- Email:edee@blue-c.no
Cynthia Harris
Strategic Communications Manager
Cynthia Harris
Strategic Communications Manager
Born in Canada, Mark began writing in 1993 while a journalism and communications major at Southern California College in Los Angeles. Since then, he has worked as the Scandinavian Correspondent for Lloyds of London Press, founded two companies within maritime publishing and PR & Communications and written extensively for more than 50 Nordic companies in the maritime and offshore segments.
- Phone:+47 902 37 277
- Email:cynthia@blue-c.no
STRATEGIC STORY TELLING
How do you develop compelling narratives that help you differentiate yourselves in a crowded market?
Propelling collaboration to the next level!
We’re delighted to be able to announce a new partnership with The International Propeller Club of Norway.
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Helping to make a difference
Blue-C has formed a partnership with Mercy Ships to support the hospital charity in its mission to bring hope and healing by providing vital surgical care and education for African communities.
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