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1H 2 0 2 0 BIANNUAL Editorial Contents 1H/2020 Publisher For further information, BW Group please contact: Responsible Editor BW Group Nick Fell 10 Pasir Panjang Road #18-01 Mapletree Business City 02 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Managing Editor Singapore 117438 Zachary Mahon + 65 6337 2133 [email protected] Editorial Team 04 Jareth Tan Julia Moreau Lisa Lim 10 Marita Sandvoll 21 Nadia van Dam Una Holmen 10 STARTING A NEW CHAPTER 21 KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON BW Energy successfully lists Rounding off its first year, BW Contributions From 04 STRANGE AND on the Oslo Stock Exchange continues its drive to promote good Alexis Wong UNPRECEDENTED TIMES physical and mental health onboard Anders Bohm Across Affiliates, BW continues Bradley Pereira Ivy Yap to keep propellers turning to deliver energy and other vital Provide safe, 12 Jostein Vaagland sustainable and reliable hydrocarbon Kamilla Moestue Røsted commodities to world markets transportation solutions Active participation Improve workforce Marco Beenen in the decarbonization diversity at Hafnia of shipping and in shipping Michael Smyth Culture and Values Workforce Diversity Talent DevelopmentCrew Wellness Customer Relations and Retention Innovation Asset Management Miriam Basco OPERATIONAL Zero Harm Spills to Sea Regulatory STRATEGIC Security at Sea Compliance Ship Recycling Emissions to Air Anti-corruption Anti-bribery and Anti-bribery Plastic Waste and Garbage Disposal Mukesh Sharan Trade to Freedom Naomi Tan 24 Rick Ackermann Seah Zhi Hui 12 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Shanker Pillai AT HAFNIA 24 IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Hafnia aligns itself with the MARCO BEENEN Design & Production 07 United Nations’ Sustainable World Horizon speaks with Simple Reels Genesis Pte Ltd Development Goals Marco Beenen, CEO of BW Offshore 07 PERFECTING PROCUREMENT PRACTICES 19 MAKING RAIN 26 ZERO HARM ART COMPETITION Affliates come together to share Fostering a culture of innovation Into its third year, BW continues best practices and collaborate at Hafnia through new its search for the next batch to ensure consistently high initiatives and partnerships of budding artists standards in procurement processes and policies 29 AROUND THE WORLD 33 SPECIAL THANKS TO ... 2 World Horizon Issue 1H/2020 World Horizon Issue 1H/2020 3 Chairman’s he period since the start of 2020 on when you can return to your family. Many predictions are being made, but has been dominated by a single It speaks to your professionalism and the truth is that no-one really knows topic, Covid-19, and its impact resiliency that you are doing so without what the world will look like on the other Message Tis so profound that it is hard to complaint, staying focused on your critical side of this pandemic. We do know that write of much else. The pandemic that role and maintaining good spirits. Thanks things will eventually stabilize, and that has swept the world over the span are due not only from the company, but food, medical services, and energy – in its of a few months has caused untold from all citizens around the world who many forms – will continue to be needed. disruption at every level – for individuals, are beneficiaries of your hard work. The best we can do is to keep working companies, communities, countries. hard on our individual responsibilities, Shipping continues to be in demand, whether at sea or onshore, and to keep the While everyone is bearing their fair share unlike many other industries such as propellers turning in a safe and responsible of difficulty, we owe a special thanks to airlines, hotels and retail which have all manner. Together with heartfelt thanks, those who are keeping the world going. but shut down in recent months. Some I send you and your loved ones best This clearly applies to all those in the of our sectors have been hit hard, for wishes for continued good health. medical and food supply chains. Less instance BW Energy whose prospects often mentioned, but equally important are directly linked to the oil price. Other as an essential service, are those involved sectors like tankers have been strong in delivering energy. BW colleagues are as a result of excess oil production working hard to produce and deliver and the need for storage. But with the energy, and many of you are doing so likelihood that few will be immune from Sincerely, away from home, serving on vessels the pandemic in the longer run, we are Andreas Sohmen-Pao and production units without visibility preparing for a challenging period ahead. Chairman 4 World Horizon Issue 1H/2020 World Horizon Issue 1H/2020 5 Strange and Unprecedented Times Across Affiliates, BW continues to keep propellers turning to deliver energy and other vital commodities to world markets hese are strange and unprecedented times. Keeping morale high and spirits up Pandemics have occurred before, markets have Captain Namit Choudhry is one of six officers onboard LNG carrier dropped before, oil prices have collapsed before, but BW Pavilion Vanda who have exceeded their tenure due to the Tnever have countries and continents shut down to temporary cessation of crew changes. When asked how crew are the extent seen today. The COVID-19 pandemic continues coping with disruptions to routine, he says, “It would have been to dominate headlines globally and new measures are nice to be with our families during these hard times, but we do implemented almost daily by governments worldwide. understand the situation, and the initial disappointment has been replaced by a sense of pride in playing a critical to keep the global (Above) Instructions for visiting shore personnel Colleagues onshore are working hard to keep the business supply chain running. Safety, welfare and discipline together with going despite the challenges of working in isolation and the focus on mental health is now even more important. Welfare Captain PK Singh, onboard Product Tanker BW Shinano, has office. We need to accept the situation as it is, and manage remotely from home, with all the associated responsibilities initiatives from the company have been well received by all been with the company for over 30 years and keeps the our own expectations on what can and cannot be done under of managing children out of school and concerns about older onboard and morale is high. We continue to plan social activities current situation in perspective. “Crew are not relieved on present circumstances. Otherwise, we will be very stressed.” family members. Everyone is having to adjust their life and work and add positive humor to our daily activities to keep spirits high”. completion of tenure, to the extent that one of our crew had schedule, but none are more impacted than our seafarers. his wedding cancelled. We boost morale onboard as much Staying safe for you and me as possible, and provide transparent updates from the shore Captain Rene Subong onboard LNG Enugu is also keeping (Background) Using international code flags to spell out COVID-19, with their ship motto: “COVID-19 stays at Base, Zero Harm in our Space” (Above)(Left) Crew practicing safe social distancing; (Right) Crew keeping busy and spirits up by exercising on board 6 World Horizon Issue 1H/2020 World Horizon Issue 1H/2020 7 Perfecting Procurement Practices Affiliates come together to (Above) The winning team onboard BW Shinano share procurement best practices and collaborate morale high, while ensuring his vessel continues to be a safe and port and terminal regulations with regards to COVID-19 to ensure consistently high place - maybe the safest place to be, considering the limited precautions. For those who are at home right now, please standards in processes exposure of the vessel to the outside world and the control follow the directives of your local and national governments in over vessels put in place by most ports and terminals. stopping, if not, preventing the spread of the virus. We must and policies not let our guard down as we are facing an invisible enemy.” Says Captain Subong, “the BW COVID-19 Guidelines and Outbreak Management Plan is a good tool to help us minimize exposure in Comments Captain Singh, “We have found ways to cope as a a systematic manner. We have implemented all safety measures team. We share and discuss daily email updates from the office, required of us, which include limiting access to external visitors and as well as relevant news we see on social media. We also keeping a safe distance from them; Bridge team and gangway encourage each other to remain engaged in work during the escort teams to wear masks, safety glasses and rubber gloves day and decompress during our time off with wellness activities during pilotage; while alongside, paperwork is done close to the such as meditation and yoga; keep connected with our families manifold area with minimum representatives from both ship and online with increased data allocation from the company; and shore for minimal interaction; and twice-daily temperature checks.” indulge in the latest entertainment blockbusters that we have purchased. The worst will pass; we just have to keep calm.” Adds Captain Singh, “In addition to the PPE that we have at the Gangway, we take temperatures regularly and are very Rainbows after the rain disciplined with our temperature logs. Prior to any port calls, Even though COVID-19 is a serious matter, it may be helpful W Group conducts its business with high ethical we also send emails with our request for full compliance to keep the pandemic in perspective – as with all earlier standards and in compliance with all relevant laws. from all visitors and personnel with our company’s COVID-19 challenges, global collaboration and human ingenuity will We also hold our business partners, suppliers, agents safety precautions. We have designated one room, which overcome this challenge.