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(July 2016)

Monthly Newsletter

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A WORDFROM OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR

The Bridge

To achieve our target of Zero Harm, we need to first build a strong safety culture both ashore and at sea. While we are all responsible for our own safety and the safety of the colleagues around us, the leaders must provide strong leadership and set good examples by taking safety seriously. Since June, I have conducted safety briefings on Hunan, Kwangsi, Kwangtung and Antung when they called at Singapore. Going forward, the executive team/ ship management senior managers/ auditors/ country managers will be holding safety briefings onboard everytime a CNCo ship visits our key regional offices. As we are implementing new safety initiatives, I’m sad to share that we have recorded two LTIs in July. On MV Wuchow, an AB fractured his finger while replacing the broken spring of the no. 2 forward booby hatch cover. Inadequate hazard identification was identified as the root cause of the incident. On MV Erradale, a fitter injured his ankle after a hydraulic jack fell on him while he was removing tools from a crane platform. The 4-box revealed that the control measures for lifting heavy tools which were identified in the risk assessment were not implemented. In addition, there was no supervision of the retrieval of the tools and equipment. CNCo’s QA auditor trainer has since visited the ship to train the crew on the proper use of safety tools such as risk assessment, permit to work, hazard awareness and work planning. We need to persevere relentlessly in safety education.

Statistics show that finger and hand injuries are most common among our sea colleagues. This month, CNCo launched a hand safety campaign aimed at minimising the hand injuries among our crew. A comprehensive hand safety presentation has been issued to the entire fleet. Over the next three months, the Masters and Safety Officers will be reviewing the content of this material and discussing it with all the officers and crew. At the end of this

We are “Ship owner of the year”!

The winners of the 9th Seatrade Maritime Awards Asia were unveiled and honoured across 15 award categories at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, on 15 July.

Highly recognised and acknowledged as one of the region’s most prestigious industry awards, the awards gala dinner was attended by over 400 leading industry professionals and guests.

Among the 49 finalists in the competitive categories, 11 well-deserving winners were chosen by an independent panel of senior industry figures for their remarkable achievements despite the stiff competition and challenges within the maritime industry.

We are very proud that Swire Shipping has won the coveted “Ship Owner/ Operator” Award!

The award is judged on key criteria such as network and service development, commitment to the environment, fleet utilisation, customer service and schedule reliability. We were pitted against strong contenders – APL, Pacific Basin, Wan Hai and Berge Bulk.

This is the third time we have won the award and the industry recognition is indeed a strong testament to our successful multipurpose liner service.

02 View from the Bridge

03 News Flash

06 Feature

08 People

14 Updates

16 Health & Safety

WHAT’S INSIDE

campaign, the entire fleet will need to participate in a quiz pertaining to hand safety. The first run of the Operational Leader Development Programme (OLDP) was held in Singapore last month. 16 senior managers from CNCo and SPO took part in this programme which will be conducted in three phases. One of CNCo’s key objectives is to build a winning team. The OLDP is a significant commitment to develop successful leaders for the company. We hope our managers will embrace this learning journey and in turn be able to enhance their coaching and leadership skills.

CNCo received two coveted industry accolades in July. Congratulations to Swire Shipping for winning the Seatrade Asia Maritime “Ship Owner/ Operator” Award! This year, we faced strong competition from APL, Pacific Basin, Wan Hai and Berge Bulk. This is the third time we have won the award and the industry recognition is indeed a strong testament to our successful multipurpose liner service. One of CNCo’s long-term strategic objectives is to achieve net zero environmental impact. Towards this cause, CNCo constantly seeks innovative ways to minimise the impact of our business on the environment. In recognition of our commitment to the environment, CNCo received the SEC-MPA Singapore Environmental Achievement Award 2016. Everyone has a role to play in this and I should like to thank all our colleagues for supporting CNCo’s sustainable development efforts.

James Woodrow

PROTECTION + PREVENTION = SAFETY

Congratulations to Swire Shipping for winning the Seatrade Asia Maritime “Ship Owner/Operator” Award.

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Swire Shipping trade conference

Field trip to TianjinSwire Shipping’s Beijing office was named the Best Agent for 2015. To celebrate, the team took a meaninful and well-deserved field trip to Tianjin to visit the former location of Butterfield & Swire for a celebration.

History of Swire in Tianjin

At the 150th anniversary of Swire in PRC, our Beijing and Tianjin colleagues gathered together to experience the history of our company’s establishment at its former site. The former Swire firm in pre-liberation of China was one of the first foreign buildings in Tianjin. It covers nearly 2,000 square meters and has retained much of its original structure and character even today. We can see that much effort was made in the upkeep and protection of this historic site.

L to R: May Zhu, Customer Service Executive; Wang Wei, Senior Sales Execu-tive; Wang Ying, Accountant; Dong Ling, Assistant Office Manager; Sheng Li, Agency Manager.

CNCo wins environmental achievement award

We are extremely proud to be the merit winner of the SEC-MPA Singapore Environmental Achievement Award (SEEA) 2016 (maritime category).

This is the inaugural year that the Singapore Environment Council (SEC) has made an SEEA Award in the maritime category, sponsored by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The award was presented by the Singapore Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Mr Andrew Tan, Chief Executive MPA and Ms Isabella Loh, Chairman of the Singapore Environment Council.

The judges cited CNCo’s major recent green initiatives/achievements:

• Investment in eco-friendly vessel designs which deliver reduced fuel consumption and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

• Working closely with its sea staff on improving operational efficiencies and reducing bunker consumption on board.

• Investment in trim optimisation, slide valves and slow steaming nozzles for optimising vessel speed and fuel consumption and reduction of NOx emissions

• Producing 2,000 “Green Containers”, resulting in the elimination of 44 tonnes of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.

• Being a founding member of the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, a coalition of global leaders taking steps to help the whole shipping value chain make long-term sustainable plans for future success.

“This external recognition by the major environmental and marine regulatory bodies in Singapore is a strong endorsement that we are committed to doing our share (or more) to enhance our sustainability on an ongoing basis and to leave the environment in a better condition than that which we found it”, said General Manager, Sustainable Development, Simon Bennett.

We thank all our colleagues for helping us on this journey, and welcome all your suggestions for continuing and building on this commitment.

L to R: Andrew Tan, Chief Executive, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore; Lydia Pavlova, Manager, Sustainable Development; Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources; and Ms Isabella Loh, Chairman of the Singapore Environment Council.

Managers from the Swire Shipping trade team attended their annual conference held in July in Singapore. The first day of the conference focused on the division’s strategy and cross divisional updates.

On the second day, the participants hosted pre-prepared work streams in the areas of safety, cross divisional opportunities (Swire Shipping and Swire Bulk), market share, supporting operational dashboards, Descartes (Swire Shipping’s global

tariff project), and financial analysis. It was a fruitful conference and an important platform for everyone to share knowledge, exchange ideas and to collaborate on the core objectives.

Congratulations Beijing and keep up the excellent work!

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Naming ceremony for MV Tientsin

CNCo’s second Imabari38 bulk carrier, MV Tientsin, was named by Lady Sponsor, Mrs Vicky Crawford, wife of Mr Hunter Crawford, Executive Director, Finlays Colombo Limited, in Japan’s Imabari Shipyard on 29 July 2016. Tientsin is the 82nd vessel in this series and CNCo’s 237th newbuilding.

In his speech at the pre-ceremony function, CNCo Chairman, Mr Barnaby Swire, said that “while

the Swire group marks its 200th anniversary this year, the success of the group in the Far East cannot be discounted. Japan has played a central part in this success.

“The early 20th century saw Swire’s interest in Japan, China, Australia and Southeast Asia continue to prosper and expand. For much of the later 20th

century, shipping was central to the

success of Swire and CNCo in Japan, particularly the operation of shipping agencies for many of the major shipping lines of the day.

“Throughout its history, CNCo has relied upon developing long term relationships with key business partners. It is our firm belief that this order of four Imabari38 vessels represents an opportunity to establish new relationships in Japan.”

Norio Bito san, Swire mate, and James Woodrow. Mr Barnaby Swire and sons, Thomas and Patrick.Mr and Mrs Crawford Swire and Higaki (owner of Imabari Shipyard) families.

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s The journey to Rio Olympics

London was the host city to a weekend of cycling events over 30 and 31 July. The highlights were the elite women’s race around the streets of London and the men’s elite race, re-tracing the Olympic Games 2012 route from London to the Surrey hills and back (a chance for triple Tour de France winner Chris Froome to ride on home turf before he headed out to Rio).

On Sunday morning, 26,000 riders took to the streets for the annual Prudential London 100 mile ride, also tracing the Olympic 2012 route. Swire Bulk were represented by Guy Campbell, riding with fellow Baltic Exchange members including AM Nomikos, Hartland Shipbrokers and Holman Fenwick Willan.

Guy joined up at the start with the AM Nomikos riders, Ashley Keyte and Jamie Freeland and a friend.

Battle weary, fighting a tough shipping market, and juggling his role as Baltic Exchange Chairman, he took up the challenge of keeping up with a triathlon athlete and a regular Surrey hills rider.

A 3.30am alarm clock, a 5am meet at the start and a 6.07am start, waved off by Mark Webber (former Formula1 racing driver), the group of four hit the closed streets of London at a suicidal pace that wasn’t sustainable….. or was it? The hills always separate the men from the boys, and so it was that Guy and Jamie forced a pace that saw them cross the finish line in a very respectable 4hrs 35min! Funds raised for the Sailors Society topped off a tiring but very fun day.

L to R: Ashley Keyte (AM Nomikos), Guy Campbell (Swire Bulk), Jamie Freeland (AM Nomikos).

A productive cadet journeyby Deck Cadet, Ricco Sagaitu

I first thought of choosing a career at sea from an early age but the chances of sailing on foreign ships were slim until the final term in my Maritime College when CNCo conducted their first ever cadet intake. After a rigorous selection process, I was selected by CNCo and proud to be the first cadet to represent my country (Fiji) and opening new doors to future cadets. It was an overwhelming opportunity because the ship I was assigned to was newly-built and the largest ship by far in my career.

Prior to joining MV New Guinea Chief in Ouhua Shipyard, I attended CNCo’s Safety Awareness Course (SAC) and was introduced to the company’s commitment towards safety. The most important takeaway for me was that most incidents in CNCo ships take place due to negligence, negative attitudes, taking shortcuts and time pressure etc.

This understanding motivated me to be aware of my personal safety and the safety of others always. Safety first means safety always because hazards are everywhere in a ship. Also everyone is empowered to stop and report unsafe work practices.

The idea of becoming successful in life has driven my thirst for learning. This enables me to be proactive and take initiative to participate in drills and routine tasks. I enjoy the changing environment and thrive on new challenges. I learn that being a ship officer requires me to be constantly alert and vigilant. This also prompts me to take solemnity in all my duties and responsibilities. I’m very proud to say that I encountered a great, capable and committed team onboard MV New Guinea Chief who are committed to excellence. Being a Deck Cadet is incredibly rewarding and I’m thankful to all my crew mates for sharing their work related skills and personal experiences. Having people from different walks of life working together is an excellent learning experience because these extraordinary people portray a very high level of professionalism that makes life and learning interesting. On Christmas, the Master delivered a powerful message stating that “Everyone is a second family to each other simply because you spend more time onboard with them than your loved ones ashore. We

are to take care of each other, help out, share and solve each other’s problems.” The idea behind it was that helping one another will make work and life onboard safer and easier by creating a positive culture and ensuring that everyone gets to go home safe and sound.

As a first time cadet in CNCo, I have gained new skills and experience and have adapted to living in a multi-cultural environment. I would like to thank the Company for the opportunity to enhance my knowledge and capabilities in such a dynamic organisation. It is an honour to work for CNCo and to be part of a winning team committed to safety, quality and delivering successful results to meet longer term strategic objectives.

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Introducing Australia’s management trainee, Navraj Dhindsa

Ship orientation in Sydney

After an active recruitment process we were pleased to welcome our new Management Trainee Navraj Dhindsa on 4 April.

Nav graduated from the University of New South Wales in November 2015 with a double degree in the Bachelor of Engineering [honours]/ Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Finance. Part of Nav’s university education led to work experience in an X-ray factory in India and a venture capital business in Thailand. He is conversant in Malay, Mandarin, Hindi, Punjabi and fluent in English. Nav has also attained Bronze, Silver and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

To assist Nav to learn the shipping business, we are in the process of rotating him through different Swire Shipping departments. Nav started in Export Documentation in April

by Luke Barker, assistant trade manager, PI

As a new member of the Sydney Swire Shipping team, I recently had the chance to be given a guided tour of Highland Chief while she was berthed at Sydney’s Port Botany. Meco Zhang, Navraj Dhinsda and I battled through Sydney’s traffic to arrive just as she had started working.

Hutchinson wharf, where she was berthed is a clean, modern and impressive port side and stevedore operation with ample room to cater to capacity growth. We climbed on board and watched the container loading from the bridge while the crew explained some of the stevedoring efficiencies to minimise loading time and costs, one of which was the Semi Auto Twist Lock system which saves up to two minutes per box. Pre loading boxes with twist locks saves time and eliminates crew needing to be on deck while loading which also improves safety.

The new buildings and machinery of the modern port were a fitting backdrop for Highland Chief. As one of the CNCo ships delivered in June 2015, the paint on the hull still shines like new and she looked to be right at home in this modern setting. We were greeted on the bridge with a smile by Captain Igor Starynsky. We were impressed with how he engaged with different crew members throughout the ship. The Captain took the time to personally give us a tour of the vessel & demonstrated an impressive knowledge of the intricacies of the vessel and his crew.

and will be transferred to Import Documentation, Customer Service and Cargo Management.

Nav has picked up very quickly and formed good relationships with his work colleagues. This includes his observations of inter-department synergies, ie between Export Documentation and Trade.

To assist Nav’s development, he visited MV Highland Chief at Port Botany for a first hand vessel inspection with other new colleagues members Luke and Meco (read next article).

He has also successfully completed the online ‘Introduction to Shipping Course’ run by Shipping Australia Limited. This course provides new industry entrants a high level view of Shipping. Nav felt this was very helpful to him as he is new to the industry and helped fill some gaps.Some one-on-one mentoring on

The Captain gave examples of various readings in the engine room, reading dials out of the seemingly endless gauges without hesitation. I was impressed at the depth of his knowledge of the vessel as well as his team from the bridge to bow.

We also became aware that the crew and ship were undergoing the yearly Lloyd’s survey. We observed that all information and records were swiftly produced to the auditors and the access to high-tech equipment meant the auditor was given any information quickly upon request.

The ship is clean, unusually clean for a sea-going vessel and I felt I could eat off any of the equipment in the engine room! Luckily there was no need for that as the mess hall and common areas were comfortable for their size. The crew has a complete gym on board. The Captain brimmed with pride as he explained how happy he was that his gym has

technical transport knowledge, ie ‘Incoterms’, has been undertaken and we plan to continue mentoring opportunities. Nav has been able to connect his role in Export Documentation to Incoterms.

Once his six months in Customer Service is completed in October, HR will then progress his learning in other departments with an aim to provide him with a firm shipping background within 2 to 3 years.

Watch this space for Nav’s progress!

windows, something us land lubbers take for granted. With a BBQ out back and rumours of a basketball hoop being set up from time to time, the crew’s morale was high.

All in all, I was impressed with the liveability in such a confined space. We were then shown the living quarters that are being considered to be used for guests and paying travellers. I thought to myself that I could quite comfortably travel on board this ship as she hopped around the Pacific Islands. It was a great experience for the team and on behalf of the Sydney office we extend a BIG thank you to Captain Starynsky and his crew for their hospitality and for Andrew McKie for organising the tour.

L to R: Meco Zhang, Assistant Trade Manager PI, Luke Barker, Assistant Trade Manager PI and Navraj Dhindsa, Management Trainee.

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s Long Service AwardsPresented by James Woodrow, Managing Director, CNCo

Janet Chin Accounts Assistant10 years

Shankar Ramanathan Cargo Superintendent 10 years

Henry WangSteering & Fleet Manager10 years

Peter van UdenCommodore42 years

PAFL GM facilitates business council forum Pacific Agencies Fiji Limited’s (PAFL) General Manager Craig Strong played a strategic role during New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key’s, recent visit to Fiji.

Prime Minister John Key was in Fiji for a historic meeting with Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama - becoming the first New Zealand leader to visit the Pacific nation in a decade.

Strong who is President of the Fiji New Zealand Business Council facilitated a forum between members of his council and the visiting Prime Minister.

“As a council and a business community, we are encouraged by the frequency of high level visits and ministerial consultations between Fiji and New Zealand. We thank both the Fiji and NZ Governments for this commitment as these strong linkages will complement the work that we do as a council,” Strong said when welcoming Prime Minister Key to the forum.

“This relationship and the importance of ministerial engagement augers well for the extremely strong relationship that our council has with Trade and Economic Agencies of the Fiji Government,” Strong added.

Strong has been a member of the executive committee of the council since 2012 and was appointed during the 24th Annual General Meeting of the council last year.New Zealand is one of Fiji’s traditional trading partners, with both countries exporting to, and importing from one another.

The Fiji-New Zealand Business Council was set up in 1987 to maintain, support, promote and encourage trade, investment, technical and economic cooperation and tourism between Fiji and New Zealand.

The Council, through its Secretariat, provides the network and forums for its members to meet and discuss common or specific issues relating to their businesses in Fiji and exports to New Zealand in a convivial and friendly atmosphere. The Council members consist of established manufacturers, exporters, service providers, bankers and business professionals.

Dedication pays off says PAFL’s Taina CokilawaThe passion for work and the drive to meet deadlines paid off for Pacific Agencies Fiji Limited’s (PAFL) Taina Cokilawa when she was awarded Employee of the Month (EOM) for June.

PAFL General Manager Craig Strong said, “Taina has tremendously practiced our values and “Service Guarantees”.

“She thrives for excellence and urgency by working both day and night, and in some instances for more than 50 hours of a ship’s port-stay,” Strong added. Taina who is based in the PAFL Office in

Employee of the Month: June

Lautoka, was recently commended for her work on the Nanchang 1611S and overcoming the the challenges faced by the ship’s crane.

“Receiving an EOM is an icing on the cake because hard work, perseverance, sacrifices, dedication and commitments always pay,” said an elated Taina.

She encouraged her peers and colleagues to set goals for themselves and to always strive to better themselves.

“You will get there and recognition such as this will encourage you to do even better,” Cokilawa added.

L to R (in suits): NZ Prime Minister, John Key and PAFL GM, Craig Strong.

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Since the start of 2015, the Ideas for Improvement (i4i) Panel has received close to 180 ideas from both our shore and sea staff, of which 150 have been closed. In line with CNCO’s vision of Zero Harm, our colleagues at sea have recently raised some ideas to ensure safe operation.

Stanislav Georgiy, 2nd Engineer of MV Eredine made two suggestions: one is to ensure an emergency stop device to be put in place for all Swire B.Delta39 vessels so that the Lathe machine can be stopped by foot in case of any danger. The other is to set up a small tank with appropriate valve and hose to facilitate the cleaning of the turbocharger air compressor and avoid spillage.

Another idea was raised by 4th Officer, Daryll De Leon Dadole, who suggested supplementary items to the existing bridge departure checklist (SMS O60601C) and arrival checklist (SMS O60602C). These items will be incorporated in our Safety Management System (SMS).

We would like to thank Stanislav and Daryll for their constructive and valuable suggestions.

Please continue to contribute your innovative ideas to enhance our safety and optimise our operations. Submit your ideas to i4i “bisuggestion@swirecnco.com” and help us achieve a safe and efficient work environment for all.

Congratulations to the Sustainable Development and Swire Shipping Agency teams for obtaining their bronze accreditations in July!

The Agency team has improved the export cargo handling process to incorporate the mandatory Verified Gross Mass (VGM) requirements under the new SOLAS Convention.

Quest towards operational excellence

CNCo is committed to reducing any negative impacts that our business has on the environment as well as monitoring performance and identifying areas for improvement. The area of our operations where our shore based employees can make the greatest difference is the office environment.

In Singapore, CNCo has been working with the Singapore Environmental Council (SEC) since 2012 on getting our office to improve environmental practices by undergoing biennial Eco-Office certification. Through its Eco-Office certification scheme, SEC strives to incorporate best sustainable practices into the daily lives of office workers and inspire and educate them to do their part to preserve/ enhance the environment.

CNCo runs sustainable offices

On the other hand, the Sustainable Development team standardised and streamlined the annual SD report compilation process. The waiting time is now reduced, with enhanced data accuracy, especially in the calculation of CO 2 emission.

This process requires gathering data and reducing electricity, water, paper usage and recycling as well as providing environmental education to employees. GM for Sustainability, Simon Bennett said, “As a result of the Eco-Office initiative we have improved our office environmental performance year on year. We would like to say a Big Thank you to all our Singapore based staff for embracing it!”

Over the years we have implemented the following initiatives:

• Using recycled and FSC or PEFC paper.• Switching to lower weight 80gsm

paper.• Using soy/ vegetable based ink for

printing.• Encouraging staff to use projectors

instead of printing multiple copies of the documents/ using e-forms.

• Recycling paper/ plastic/ glass waste. • Disposing of electronic equipment by

depositing them in the e-waste bin• Reducing electricity consumption/

avoiding using lights in the meeting rooms with sufficient sun light/switching off monitors at night.

• Switching to the use of rechargeable batteries (in PC mice, keyboards and other uses).

• Choosing sustainable materials/ equipment with Green Mark/ Green label/ Green Guard certification or

Singapore Green building products for the office.

• Holding environmental activities such as lunch time seminars/ beach clean ups etc.

We encourage all CNCo offices to do their part by implementing as many of those initiatives.

The basic steps to follow are:

• Switch off lights in areas that are not used.

• Switch off your monitor and computer before leaving the office – always!

• Reuse paper that has only been printed on 1 side (non-confidential only).

• Avoid printing at all if not necessary.• Separate waste for recycling where

possible – and PLEASE put it in the right bin.

• Use durable utensils and crockery instead of disposable ones/ avoid using and storing styrofoam and plastic utensils.

Please join us in our journey to make our offices even more environmentally responsible.

Sustainable Development Team

Sustainable Development Swire Shipping Agency

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Befrienders emotional support service

Since June, a safety review committee meets every Monday morning to look at ways to improve our safety culture. Overall five broad areas have been identified and efforts to improve these key areas are underway. The diagram below gives an overview of what we are implementing. In the coming weeks, we will be rolling out targeted communications to explain and implement the changes.

The health, safety and wellbeing of all CNCo employees, both ashore and at sea is as important to us as having aligned and engaged employees.

As CNCo expands and grows, it is equally important that we provide the necessary support for our employees’ emotional wellbeing.

We have partnered Befrienders Worldwide (BW), an international network of over 350 crisis helplines active in 32 countries, to provide emotional support CNCo employees who are feeling depressed or need emotional support. An email helpline support@befrienders.org is now available to any employee who needs emotional support.

Resources

Additional manpower to strengthen manning and safety.

Ship Management restructuring.

Recruitment Process

Enhance recruitment process.

Mandatory 3-day induction course on top of interviews and Video Online Assessment.

New or promoted Masters and Chief Engineers to undergo a Clearance for Sailing assessment before being deployed to the fleet.

Training

Safety and Training managers to look into training needs of fleet.

Safety Awareness Course (SAC) revamped to be more focused and interactive. All senior officers to attend SAC every 3 years.

Trainers of manning agents to train junior officers.

Cadets will spend first 6 months on S or Chief Class training ships with a training officer.

Performance Review

Masters and Chief Engineers will now go through an end of tour debrief process either personally in HQ or via SKYPE. This is to allow HQ to obtain regular feedback on officers and crew performance.

Procedures

Review of current Risk Assessment procedures to simplify the process and make them more effective.

These are not the only initiatives that the Company has implemented. As the welfare and well-being of all our employees is equally important, we recently partnered Befrienders Worldwide to provide confidential and professional support to CNCo colleagues who are facing emotional issues.

Are you feeling depressed, desperate or do you NEED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT?

You can email Befrienders Worldwide

support@befrienders.org The Befrienders Worldwide network provides emotional support

services to people who are dealing with their emotions.

Confidential

No judgement

No discrimination

Non-religious

Response within 24 hours by trained & experienced volunteers.

Befrienders “listens”. You are “heard”. www.befrienders.org

I feel lonely and want to talk to someone. I am fine but worried about someone else. I have relationship/ family problems. I have financial worries/ job-related anxiety.

We hope you found this issue of interest and that it helps to keep you updated about key business developments and social activities around the CNCo group.

Thank you for your enthusiastic response with stories for this issue. The deadline for August’s issue is Monday, 5 September 2016.

Please email your contributions to Editor-Niuswire@swirecnco.com.Don’t forget to send us high resolution pictures to accompany your stories.

Thank you!The NiuSwire Editor

Hand safety campaignThroughout the shipping industry, hand injuries are the most common form of injuries inflicted on seafarers. This is also the trend over the years within CNCo. We need to take action to raise awareness and eliminate hand injuries throughout the Company and have started a hand safety campaign to promote hand safety.

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• Photos should be humorous or capture something unusual or exceptional• Photos should be of high resolution >3mb

“Sailing into the sunset.” Contributed by Captain J.W. Lin,MV Shansi.

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Lost Time Injuries (LTI) 2 9 5

Near Miss Reports 129 1004 1600

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CNCo Port State Control Deficiency/ Paris MOU Tokyo MOUInspection (DpI)

2014 2015 2016 2.49 2.85 (figs as of 2014)

1.38 0.89 1.08 2.32 2.66 (figs for 2015)

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