Quarterly December 2011 - Odfjell

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Odfjell Quarterly EDITOR: Margrethe Gudbrandsen EDITORIAL COMMITEE: Ellen Skagen, Brit A. Bennett, Matt Duke, Geirmund Drivenes, Jan Peder Arnesen, Theo Kruithof CORRESPONDENTS: SINGAPORE: Samuel Goh Kee Peng HOUSTON: Rebecca Snyder PHILIPPINES: Jennifer Franco Deadline next issue: 10 March 2012 Design: Bruno Blanchard, Cox Graphic production: Jannicke Gildernes, Cox Print: Scanner Grafisk AS Cover: Ole Magnus Aasland and Martin Eide on Bow Spring. Photo by Tanja de Maesschalk. Photo this page: Photo by: Thomas Kohnle. Texts submitted to Quarterly may be subject to editorial adjustments. Highlights Installation of Mewis Duct on vessels 04 All vessels going ‘on-line’ 06 Re-imagine Odfjell ICT to contribute to a sustainable business 08 Chairman´s Message 10 Landmarks Carbon Disclosure Project 11 Third quarter results 11 New ICT platform for Odfjell Tankers 12 Naming ceremony M/T Flumar Brasil 14 Portrait Terje Iversen 15 Briefings Clean, restored and ready! 16 Triple ISO certification at OOT 17 Successful CDI-T audit 17 CONTENTS Dan Odfjell’s visit to Odfjell Terminals Charleston 18 Sharing HSE experience 18 Experiencing the Seven Seas 19 The Odfjell and Lindsay Goldberg Joint Venture 21 Sustainable social innovation 22 QHSE on the agenda ‘Smart’ problem solving 23 Sea and shore Education through play and learning 24 Odfjell Makana takes on South African cadets 24 Ship model presented to PotashCorp 26 Norwegian Shipowners’ Association visit - ‘on shore and on board’ 26 Personnel 27 Fleet and terminals 30 Offices and addresses 32
ODFJELL QUARTERLY magazine Jan A. Hammer Dear Colleagues, Our Board meetings normally take place at our office here in Bergen. From time to time however, they are scheduled to one of our key locations overseas, the purpose being for the Board members to get a closer feeling and understanding of our activities abroad. For this year’s November meeting therefore, our Board went all the way to South America. The Board meeting took place at our offices in Sao Paulo. In addition, the trip also included meetings with key customers and partners, as well as a full day visit to the port of Santos, the largest and most congested port in South America. Here, the Board were showed around at “our” terminals and were also presented plans for future development etc. Santos is a very busy port, and not unexpectedly, we had ships there at the time of our visit. Without any pre-warning, we managed to get on board the Bow Fagus for a very quick tour, by nature almost a random inspection. The ship had just berthed alongside at Barnabe Island to discharge two parcels at Granel Quimica. She appeared very well maintained with excellent housekeeping and is obviously managed with style and dedication. Bow Fagus is 16 years old, but almost looked brand new. My thanks and appreciations therefore go herewith to the officers and crew on board. As our Company’s CEO, it made me feel proud. With the Board meeting in Sao Paulo, I used the opportunity to also visit Buenos Aires and Santiago. In Buenos Aires, managers and key marketing personnel for and in South America were gathered for the Annual APLA convention. I knew beforehand that we have a strong team and presence in the region, but this proved to be more and better than I had expected. I enjoyed meeting you all, and left convinced that we will be able to maintain our strong participation in the emerging markets in this part of the world. During recent months we have had two Officers’ Conferences and last week a Captain and Shore Management Workshop, all with the same theme: Our Safety Culture. I think we have got this onto a good track since most attendants to the conferences seem to understand and appreciate that safety starts with us as leaders and role models. We can and shall “preach”, teach and give instructions, but most important is that we “walk the talk” i.e. lead by example. Our plans for 2012 therefore, entail a stronger focus on leadership and a number of aspects associated thereto. From a QHSE point of view, we have made progress this year. Our performance is measured by a number of Key Performance Indicators, of which the majority now seem to end better than last year. Most encouraging in this respect is that we have seen less accidents with personnel injuries. But we also had a serious incident at our terminal in Rotterdam recently. It came as the results of an unintended release of butane in connection with a blending operation, as well as the discovery shortly thereafter of small leakages of benzene vapour from some of our tank roofs. The incidents created a lot of negative publicity, both in newspapers, radio and TV, not due primarily to the severity, but because we failed to timely and properly report the butane release to the authorities. A lot more can of course be said and explained hereto. For me however, the important aspect and the lesson learned, which I want you all to make note of, is that we shall always be open and forthcoming about these things, and proactively report non-conformances. The theme of this Quarterly is about how we are trying to navigating through the rough global waters as the outlook for economic growth is adjusted downwards. In different articles we share information about some of our efforts to better cope with these challenges and at the same time ensure our business remains sustainable. I hope you find it interesting. At the time of writing, 2011 is about to go into history. It has been an exciting and hectic year although not with a recovery of the chemical tanker market as we to some extent had hoped. But we have bought and sold ships and shareholding terminals, and are relatively seen, favourably positioned for the years to come – with or without a recovery. The sale of ships and terminals could not have taken place if it had not been for solid business development, maintenance and operations over many years. It proves in a way that our business model makes sense, and of course, that we have a number of skilled, dedicated and hard working employees out there. With that I want to thank you all for your hard work and contributions this year. I hope 2012 will turn out more favourably from an economical point of view, and thus become more rewarding for all of us. In the meantime though, I wish you all a pleasant Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. NR.04/ 11 3 odfjell quarterly magazine
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