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Keppel Shipyard and Bumi Armada jointly celebrate the achievement of one million safe man-hours on FPSO Armada ClaireKeppel FELS team a safety bonus ofUS$10,000 in appreciation of theirperformance.On 28 February 2013, MaerskDrilling presented Keppel FELSwith a safety bonus of US$30,000for achieving 2 million safeman-hours on the construction ofthe CJ70 jackup rig, B332.Celebrating the occasion were theproject teams and senior officers,Mr Frederik Smidth, Chief TechnicalOfficer from Maersk Drillingand Mr Wong Fook Seng, ED(Operations) of Keppel FELS.Mr Wong Fook Seng said, “Theseachievements are a result ofthe strong vigilance and closeteam work by the project teamsinvolved. We have built up a strongunderstanding with our customerson the shared vision of safety as acore value.“Across the yards, we havecultivated a strong safety mindseton all our projects. We havevarious initiatives to keep safety atthe forefront of every process andspecial attention and educationhave been given to the HighImpact Risk Activities.”CROSSING SAFETY MILESTONESKeppel Shipyard recently markedsafety milestones on three majorprojects.The yard achieved one million safeman-hours on its latest FloatingProduction Storage Offloading(FPSO) collaboration, the FPSOArmada Claire, with its long timecustomer Bumi Armada Berhad.The partners celebrated thissignificant record for the projecton 14 March 2013. Works on theFPSO is expected to complete infourth quarter of this year.Meanwhile, on 8 March 2013,700,000 incident-free man-hourswere clocked on a Floating Storageand Offloading (FSO) projectbetween Keppel Shipyard andPerenco Group, FSO Mayumba.This project is scheduled tocomplete in the second quarterof 2013, following which it willbe stationed in the Lucina field,offshore Gabon.Keppel Shipyard receivedUS$15,000 and $10,000 in safetybonuses for its good performanceon FPSO Armada Claire andFSO Mayumba respectively.In addition, project teamsfrom Keppel Shipyard andEMAS Offshore Constructionand Production Pte Ltd cametogether on 26 March 2013 tomark 500,000 safe man-hoursachieved on an FPSO project – theFPSO Arunothai is undergoingmodification and upgradingworks at Keppel Shipyard andis expected to complete in thesecond quarter of 2013.OffshoreMarine March – April 201315