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THE SAL HEAVY LIFT NEWSLETTER | NO. 8 | JULY 2015

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IN THIS ISSUE

3 Management Greeting

4 Featured Project: KLU 3, Alaska

6 Loading four RTGs in China

8 Eight tugs and one E-House on board

10 Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign, Baltic Sea

12 QMBI / HSSE

13 SAL Safety Values

14 Interview George Geddes, Marine HSSE Manager

15 Inside SAL Heavy Lift

16 Event Reviews & Sponsorships

CONTENTS

MANAGEMENT GREETING

Dea r reader,I am pleased to present to you our quarterly newsletter NEWSBREEZE – a newsletter to keep you informed about the many exciting activities happening at SAL Heavy Lift. Some of you may recall our previous newslet-ter, but we are now proud to present it in a new style and layout. We may not have been able to cover all the stories to be told, but we have pro-vided you with the key stories which we hope are of interest to all of you.

This issue includes articles of the projects covered by several of our ship types. Our MV Svenja has not only brought an e-house to Brazil but also currently assists in the KLU 3 project in Alaska. Furthermore, our MV Lone has been serving as an offshore installation platform.

You will find that we have already covered many interesting projects over the past few months, and this year we are looking at several more. We recognize the requirements of our clients and are constantly pursuing new innovative solutions, enabling us – together with our clients – to push back the boundaries. All in a safe and timely manner!

Enjoy your reading,

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FEATURED PROJECT

THE BIGGEST MARINE ASSETMV Svenja at the KLU Project

ADDITIONAL GALLEY, MESSROOM & LIVING QUARTERS FOR

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Alaska derives its wealth from its crude oil and nat-ural gas deposits, and most of them are located in the Cook Inlet. Exploitation started in early 1960s,

but there is still a strong potential for development. In March 2015 MV Svenja was chartered for the instal-

lation of the development platform within the Kitchen Lights Unit #3, a petroleum exploitation area of Deutsche Oel & Gas AG. Covering 337 square kilometers, this is the largest development region in the Cook Inlet.

The development platform consists of three main parts: The Monopod, a 45 m high steel base which, ultimately, will bear the load of the whole construction. It is stabilized by the King Pile, which works as a central pole, driven into the seabed. The other two main parts are the Topside and the Helideck.

For this scope of work MV Svenja required an exten-sive and technically challenging and time-constrained mobilization in Singapore. Extra living quarters were needed for the 60 supporting team members neces-sary to complete the project working and living on board for almost five months.

Because of the extremely strong surface sea cur-rents at the installation site, a special mooring arrange-ment was designed for the vessel which comprised of ten pre-installed anchors strategically located on the seabed. The shipboard component of this arrangement

comprised 10 winches and wires which were connected to the pre-laid arrangement. This configuration provided safe and secure mooring along with precise positioning of the vessel despite the strong tidal currents.

Once the MV Svenja was secured within the moor-ing pattern, the first job was to drive the King Pile to the required depth. This was achieved with the use of a large hydro hammer. The King Pile not only holds the Mono-pod securely on the seabed but it also acts as a guide ensuring exact positioning of the Monopod.

With the King Pile in place, the Monopod was trans-ported to MV Svenja by a barge and then lifted onto her deck for additional preparations. Subsequently the two 1000 t cranes of MV Svenja lowered the Monopod, which weighs 1100 t, accurately down to the seabed. Once the Monopod was landed and the cranes freed, eight additional piles were driven through guides on the Monopod securing it to the seabed.

The Monopod was installed successfully on June 2, four days prior to planning. Next steps will now be the installation of the Topside and Helideck. D

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“MV Svenja is the biggest marine

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monopod on the seabed.”

Oliver Arnold, FURIE,

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HLV Svenja Mooring Analysis Preliminary Model Description and Analysis Approach

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ADDITIONAL MOORING WINCHES AND LIVING QUARTER

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PRE-PILING OF KING PILE

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SUBSEA INSTALLATION OF MONOPOD

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PROJECTS

LOADING FOUR RTGsJune 2015 • Zhangzhou, China

In Zhangzhou, China, four units of Terex Noell RTGs were loaded and stowed on deck and in the hold of MV Maria (Type 161B). The RTGs are destined for the

new Dammam container terminal in Saudi Arabia. They weigh up to 190 t each and measure 29.92 x 13.56 x 27.47 m. All RTGs were lifted and stowed in a so-called “IKEA style” (leg shift). This style allowed the vessel cranes no. 1 and 2 to lift the RTG easily by means of a lifting frame. Each RTG then was positioned on its final stowage point on board by an RTG driver. Two driving paths consisting of steel plate and timber were builton board, ensuring safe weight spreading. Due to the efforts of crew and shipper, MV Maria finished the loading, lashing and securing of the four RTGs within 2 days. D

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EIGHT TUGS AND ONE E-HOUSE ON BOARD March 2015 • Vietnam – Indonesia – Nigeria – Brazil – Netherlands

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Every square meter of deck space was used: exact planning of the stowage on deck guaranteed that SAL’s MV Svenja could load eight tugs and later, in

addition, an E-House – all in one voyage. With this shipment, it was necessary to develop an innovative lifting arrangement so as to be able to safely load and discharge the E-House amidst the already loaded and lashed tugs.

Sven Weide-Weddig, Project Engineer of SAL Heavy Lift, gives some impressions of this complex task:

“The biggest challenge was the weight spreading of the E-House. It came around with a weight of 1263 t, but had only four legs with a diameter of 1.2 m to distribute the load. In addition to that, the center of gravity was very high, which resulted in very high reaction forces. SAL Heavy Lift made a detailed FEM analysis to critically examine the load introduction into the main deck.After having identified the main issues, SAL Heavy Lift designed and engineered a tailor-made grillage. The grillage distributed the load directly into the selected strong points of the deck, so no further weight spread-ing was necessary.”

The voyage started in Vietnam, where MV Svenja loaded 6 tugs in Haiphong and another 2 in Da Nang. The tugs had a weight of up to 500 t and measured up to 28.6 x 14.4 x 15.8 m. The E-House measured 22 x 28 x 23 m and weighed 1263 t; it was loaded in Batam and discharged in Rio Grande for a FPSO Unit. Finalizing the long voyage, also the tugs were delivered to their destinations in Lagos/Nigeria and Rotterdam/the Netherlands. D

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WIKINGER PILE TESTING CAMPAIGNDecember 2014 • Baltic Sea • Phase I & II

SAL Heavy Lift successfully completed the second phase of the Wikinger Pile Testing Campaign with DP II Class vessel MV Lone.

Once again MV Lone served as perfect project platform, providing utmost flexibility and a high degree of efficiency to our customer Bilfinger.

The full test campaign comprised two phases with the tests being performed at three locations. During the first phase in November 2014, three sets of three piles each were driven at designated locations to required depths. The second phase was to undertake strike and pull out tests on se-lected piles within the three locations.

Some challenges were encountered during the work: One of the major problems was to manage the inclement weather and making best use of the available windows. MV Lone was able to rapidly get from and to the various test sites in anticipation of a favorable, albeit perhaps short weather window. This did help to limit time loss as well as it confirmed once again the value to the client of using a DP Class II vessel. The second phase was finally completed to the satisfaction of all parties in early January 2015 with the final demobilization of the vessel. D

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QMBI / HSSE +++ QUALITY MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT +++

CREW TRAINING AND COMPETENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

At SAL Heavy Lift we recognize the good work and strong performance of the crew on board our vessels. In order to remain at the forefront of maintaining and develop-ing the skills of the crew, we are currently busy developing and implementing a Training and Competence Management System (TCMS). This should create a good platform to determine and target the requirements for each of our seafarers in the near future. One tool that will assist in facilitating this process will be the imple-mentation of “Seagull” – a piece of training software on board all of our vessels. All of this is already well underway, and we are sure our crew as well as SAL Heavy Lift will benefit greatly from this initiative. D

NEW TRAINING DEPARTMENT

SAL Heavy Lift can proudly announce one more change in the Ship Management Division initiated earlier this year which came into force on 1 June. The new Train-ing Department has been created within the SAL Heavy Lift structure. It is respon-sible for all training and career develop-ment activities of seafarers employed on board SAL Heavy Lift vessels.

We want to ensure that all the seafarers’ career and training related matters receive the required level of attention. Career development processes are streamlined towards the established structure and to the key people in positions of responsibility.

Many of the duties of the Training De-partment have been transferred from theCrewing Department. The Training Depart-ment will be responsible for managing all seafarer training activities within the com-pany. It will maintain respective records, analyse and review seafarer performance reports and verify seafarers’ progress against set criteria for promotion. The de-partment will also be in charge of identify-ing training gaps and proposing measures to address them as well as maintaining the overall training budget for all seafarers employed by the company.On 1 June, Mr. Daniel Duniec started as General Manager for the Training Depart-ment and will take the lead in building the SAL Competence Management System. D

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+++ HEALTH, SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION +++ QMBI / HSSE

In February, SAL Heavy Lift’s Marine HSSE Department has published a new safety booklet in a convenient pocket size for vessels’ crew, contractors and visitors.

WHY WE HAVE EIGHT SAFETY VALUES, AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR OUR EMPLOYEES

The Safety Values are not new values. They have been picked out because they target activities where failure to comply with the Values has the high-est potential for serious injury or death. The effort on SAL Safety Values is being made because we do not want people to be harmed.

Safety Values will help us make a step change towards zero tolerance of incidents and safety breaches. We do not accept death or serious injury as inevitable consequences of working in our industry. These Saftey Values are not a magic so-lution for every fatality or serious injury, but we believe they will help make an enormous improvement for everyone who works for us.

Having the same eight Safety Values across SAL Heavy Lift is a powerful way of ensuring a consist-ent culture of compliance. Compliance is mandatory for everyone while on-board. Of course SAL Heavy Lift still complies with all other safety rules. If any national law requires an even higher level of com-pliance we meet that national requirement.

HOME AND SAFE

We want people to go home safely every day. The Values are not new and most people comply with them every day. SAL Safety Values are about having high standards and complying with them. By briefing everyone the aim is to ensure 100% compliance. This helps protect all of us as well as the communities in which we operate. D

Dear crew, dear contractor,dear visitor,

SAL Heavy Lift is committed to the prevention of all incidents, injuries, oc-cupational illnesses to our employees and contractors. Therefore, we wish to implement these SAL Safety Values. The management of SAL Heavy Lift fully supports these values which are the foundation of the Company Management System to enhance and improve safety within the fleet. These SAL Safety Values will apply to all per-sons while on-board our vessels, we would strongly encourage all person-nel to adopt the Safety Values at all times whilst on-board.

Rudiger Bauer

Capt. Rüdiger BauerDesignated Person Ashore

WORK PERMIT

CONFINED SPACE

ISOLATION

FALL PROTECTION

SUSPENDED LOADS

CORRECT TOOLS

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

ALCOHOL, DRUGS

SAL SAFETY VALUES

EIGHT SAL SAFETY VALUES

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INSIDE SAL HEAVY LIFT

George Geddes is a Scottish national who joined SAL Heavy Lift as Marine HSSE (Health, Safety, Security & En-vironment) Manager in July 2014. During George’s recent

visit to the Oste Crewing office in Manila, after having concluded a series of HSSE seminars along with SAL Heavy Lift Director Ruediger Bauer and Daniel Duniec, we sat down with George to get an insight into his thoughts:

How did your seafaring career start?Being a native of Scotland and with our home by the seaside, my career options were actually extremely limited: it was either a farming or a fishing career. Owing to my love for sea, I naturally chose the latter. After initially starting out as fisher-man, I eventually climbed up the maritime career ladder and became a captain of a fishing vessel. With the increase in de-mand for offshore oil installations, I subse-quently made a successful shift to being a captain of supply and anchor-handling vessels for the offshore gas industry. My last posting before joining SAL Heavy Lift was with SBM Offshore and working with FPSO vessels. During this time, I had also embarked on a successful teaching career

in Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, where I lectured mainly on the importance of establishing safety cultures on board. What prompted you to join SAL Heavy Lift in an HSSE position?I found SAL Heavy Lift as a very interesting industry because of the uniqueness of the situations that were encountered in that par-ticular industry. The ships that carried them were very specialized and then the cargoes that they carried very always unique - each cargo was always different one way or another. I also felt that I was in a good position to make a significant contribution to the com-pany by helping the ship’s command develop and implement safe systems at work. This is important for many reasons, foremost of which are to improve the safety & healthy records of the fleet as well as to keep ahead of the competition. What are your positive first impressions after you joined?I was impressed with the fantastic crew on board who would do an amazing job in cargo operations and cargo handling. I also noticed that there was a very strong sense of loyalty amongst the crew; there were generations of fathers and sons who had worked for SAL Heavy Lift. Finally, I could not help but admire the close working relationship amongst the crew members them-selves.

What are the challenges that you now face and would like to focus on?While I did mention that the crew do a fantastic job on board, I also noted that there are still a lot of unnecessary risks that are taken, i.e. risks that could fall under either an error (lack of knowl-edge or poor judgement) or violations (disregard for established safety procedures). It is no longer a matter of rules just being a piece of paper but that these should be put into practice and regularly enforced. With newcomers (cadets) always being intro-duced into the fleet, there is that danger of the propagation of a wrong practice wherein bad habits/practices are handed down and then subsequently repeated. However, the good part is that I did realize from my various ship visits that there is that positive will to change for the better and that we (SAL Heavy Lift) only need to provide them with the necessary knowledge as well as the resources. And this is why we have embarked on the recent HSSE seminar in Manila. What other challenges do you see for a very specialized op-eration of such a heavylift vessel in terms of training & de-velopment?I see the need for us to focus on the target audience (the seafar-ers) being taught on board, wherein the vessel actually becomes the classroom itself. Don’t get me wrong; the shore-based courses are good but much of the lessons are forgotten or lost when the seafarers return back to the vessel. I have always felt that practical training on board the vessels has no substitute; that experience learned on board is far more effective than any class-room lesson. This is especially applicable to the heavylift vessel as it is a unique environment. Then after the lessons on board have been done, there is the matter of competency assessments in order to demonstrate that the crew are assessed on how they actually apply the lessons by putting into practice what they have learned. Any last thoughts or words of wisdom?I do admit it is difficult to give advise on how to work safely but unfortunately, the only time many people recall any previous advise on how to work safely is when an accident has already occurred; the subsequent thoughts then are “would this have happened if I had listened? if only I realized …”. It is sad because many lessons are learned only too late. In summary, my final message is that we all seriously need to look after one another on board; we are there to correct bad practices and not to chastise. D

Interview: courtesy of Oste Crewing, LIFT magazine

UP CLOSE WITH GEORGE GEDDES

Marine HSSE Manager

Interview by Miguel Riviera for Oste Crewing

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NEW FACES Our business is under constant develop-ment, and we are happy to introduce new colleagues to our SAL Heavy Lift team at our Headquarters in Hamburg:

Projects & Chartering:• Mr. Martin Breucha,

Manager Chartering & Projects

Project Management:• Mr. Marco Steinhardt,

Head of Procurement

HSSE:• Ms. Katharina Wilke,

Junior Manager Marine HSSE

Engineering:• Mr. Bin Wang,

Project Engineer• Mr. Sebastian Wenzel,

Project Engineer

INSIDE SAL HEAVY LIFT

MARKETING NEWS

PR AGENCYAs of June 2015, SAL Heavy Lift has engaged

a PR and Communications Agency, the Hamburg-based bureau Faktor3, to strengthen and develop its general branding and image building. Faktor3 is an owner-managed agency with an explicit focus on digital communication strategies, which we believe are of increasing importance. We are excited about the cooperation and hope to be even more visible in different media in future. D

YOU FIND US ON:

linkedin.com/company/sal-

heavy-lift-gmbh

www.facebook.com/

SALHeavyLift

www.youtube.com/

user/SALheavyliftShipping

LINKEDIN CAREER PAGES

SAL Heavy Lift recognizes the impact and possibilities of Social Media and is ac-tively developing its channels on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube. We have re-cently upgraded our LinkedIn site with the Career site option. Here you can find job updates and, over time, short insights into working life at SAL Heavy Lift. We see LinkedIn in particular as an important channel for B2B communication, and it provides several possibilities to strengthen our digital brand awareness. Together with our PR agency Faktor3, we are working on our digital communication strategy, the results of which we hope will soon be evident to you.In this vein, we would like to invite you to visit our LinkedIn site, which actively keeps you updated about the activities of SAL Heavy Lift. D

SAL FLEET GROWS

Last year our already strong fleet was further consolidated with two time charter vessels of the type PK116, namely the MV Calypso and the MV Amoenitas. The two ice class certified vessels, each with a combined lifting capacity of 900 t SWL, will remain in the SAL Heavy Lift fleet into 2016.

NEWBUILDINGS CONSIDERED Given a strong likelihood of its balance sheet improving, SAL Heavy Lift is also considering enhancing its fleet with new constructions for the first time since 2011, and is setting the basic direction for 2015. This was stated by SAL Heavy Lift SEO Toshiyuki Suzuki in a recent interview with Kaiji Press News in May. D

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EVENT REVIEWS

EWEA OFFSHORE 2015

Copenhagen/Denmark, 10–12 March

SAL Heavy Lift wishes to thank the approximately 8000 attendees of the EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen. The world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition not only united the whole of the wind energy value chain under one roof, but also offered numerous opportunities to meet people and ex-change ideas. We enjoyed meeting lots of new and familiar faces at our booth during the exhibition and are already looking forward to a great gathering in London in 2017. D

AOG FUNCTION 2015

Perth/Australia, 12 March

At this year’s Australian Oil and Gas Expo (AOG) in Perth, SAL Heavy Lift Australia was again host to the much loved SAL Cocktail Party. Around 80 of the lo-cal transport and logistics sector came together and shared what has become a landmark event at the Expo. Excellent live music provided by a local beat combo was accompanied by beautiful canapes, West Australian fizz, a generous dose of bon viveur, and a lot of dodgy dancing. It was a fabulous night that already has us looking forward to next year. D

BREAKBULK CHINA 2015

Shanghai/China, 19–20 March

In 2015, SAL Heavy Lift again took part in the Breakbulk China exhibition in Shang-hai, the largest conference and exhibition in Asia addressing the needs of traditional breakbulk and project cargo logisticians. Both exhibition days were marked by interesting discussions, constructive con-versations and lots of promising meetings with plenty of opportunities for networking.

A big thank you to everybody who stopped by at our booth. Contracts for 2016 have already been signed – we’re looking forward to seeing you again in China! D

ELBESCHIPPERN 2015

Hamburg/Germany, 7 May

Hamburg with its amazing port is a dy-namic and exciting place. Huge vessels arrive and depart, providing a constantly changing backdrop. SAL’s MV Anne-mieke appeared this year as a special guest. She was to be viewed in drydock. That is why we enjoy our annual custom-ers’ event “Elbeschippern” – a special North German word for sailing on the river Elbe. We invite German freight forward-ers to a scenic round trip on the river and through the Port of Hamburg.

A relaxed afternoon with nice drinks on board a historic ferry and a good dinner afterwards provide the perfect basis for interesting and fruitful conversations. We thank those who joined us this year and look forward to welcoming people on board again next year! D

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BREAKBULK EUROPE 2015

Antwerp/Belgium, 20–21 May

During the last decade, it has become a fine tradition for us to take part in the world’s largest exhibition forum for break-bulk and project cargo logistic profession-als. This year we welcomed our visitors to the SAL Heavy Lift stand with freshly prepared juices!

Thanks to everybody who came to our booth. We enjoyed meeting all of you during the exhibition and are looking forward to more engaging discussions and meetings at the next Breakbulk Europe in 2016. D

EVENT REVIEWS

INHOUSE SEMINAR 2015

Hamburg/Germany, 9–11 June

Continuing the tradition which was initi-ated a few years ago in Steinkirchen:

In June, the Annual Masters’ and Of-ficers’ Seminar took place in Hamburg. All Masters and Officers available ashore were invited to join us for the event.

The three-day seminar was filled with sessions developed and delivered jointly between SAL Heavy Lift and various ex-ternal bodies. The main training session, Accident Prevention – the Human Ele-ment and its Role in Maritime Incidents, was followed by workshops covering Port State Control matters, new HSSE developments and Safe Systems of Work, and concluded with the introduction to Mechanical And Electrical Isolations and a new Lockout and Tagout System for engineering officers. A variety of presenta-tions was held by the Engineering Depart-ment for the deck officers.

The seminar, together with the even-ing events – a BBQ dinner and an exciting go-kart Grand Prix – also offered a great opportunity to get together informally and discuss various issues related to ship management and shipboard operations. It was concluded with final notes of COO Toshi Yamazaki and Capt. Rüdiger Bauer.

The next seminar was scheduled for early July for the Philippine-based crew. D

SPONSORSHIPS

VOLLEYBALL TEAM ALTES LAND

Altes Land/Germany

SAL Heavy Lift proudly sponsors the third VSG Altes Land women’s volleyball team.The 18 girls, aged 12 to 18 years, won some very important matches in 2014.Equipped with brand new training suits, the girls are ready for a successful 2015 season – SAL Heavy Lift wishes the team all the best! D

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ImprintEditors: Frederike Blömker, Nora Kohlhase, Claudia BadouinContact: newsletter@sal-heavylift.comGraphic Design / Layout: Claudia BadouinPhotos (if not stated otherwise): SAL staff Published by: SAL Heavy Lift GmbH, Brooktorkai 20, 20457 Hamburg, Germanywww.sal-heavylift.com© SAL Heavy Lift 2015 • All rights reserved

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