Energy Driller Refurbishment in St Marine a Day out at Sea with Assisi
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OnwardMICA (P) 087/03/2012 issue 01 / 2012 / March energy Driller refurbishment in st marine a Day Out at sea With ASSISI hOme SINGAPORE airshoW 2012: st engineering’s big shOW Of might 01 /12 /march president's message preSidenT’S MessaGe Dear Customers, Associates and Colleagues, Though we are only a third into 2012, done reasonably well in retaining our valuable staff – of whom much has already happened in the many have worked with us for 20 years and counting. It is our first quarter of the Year. In January, reassurance to our staff that we spare no effort in retaining and we announced a joint project with our rewarding talent. I know that it has not been a smooth sailing sister company, ST Electronics, to carry ride with the Company throughout the years and I would like to contents out upgrading work on the four Landing take this opportunity to congratulate and thank our Long Service Ship Tanks (LSTs) for the Republic Award winners, especially the six who have served 40 years, for of Singapore Navy. Following this, we their tenacity and unrelenting loyalty in tiding through the good 02 president’s also clinched a deal from Swire Pacific and bad times with us. On this note, I would like to mention one message Offshore to build another two Anchor of ST Marine’s pioneers, Ang Gim Kee, who has devoted 40 Handling Tug Supply Vessels (AHTS) years to the company. I hope many others will continue to pass 03 in addition to the four AHTS vessels on their experiences to younger engineers. marine news that were contracted in June 2011. We Another focus close to my heart is that of teamwork. If 04 are very happy that our endeavours in people are the backbone of the body of an organisation, then edc the design and construction of offshore teamwork forms the joints which hold our people, and ultimately support vessels have paid off, and we the organisation, together. In this issue, you will read about how 06 product could not have done so without the our Training and Kaizen Departments guided VT Halter Marine development continued support from Swire – our (VTHM) on their maiden journey to implement Kaizen in their whole-hearted and sincere thanks to the work processes. I would like to give them a pat on their backs for 08 Project update management of Swire PO. their team spirit. - singapore We were also busy participating in In keeping with our commitment to remain a compassionate the Singapore Airshow 2012. The theme organisation, we took the opportunity to give back to the Operations was “Simply Smarter” and it was the best community through our CSR programme and organised our show which ST Engineering has put up, first ever yacht tour for the patients of Assisi Hospice. We 09 Project update according to some of our customers and were delighted to hear that they had - us Operations partners. ST Marine saw a significant enjoyed themselves tremendously number of visitors to our booths including and we will strive to organise more 10 Environmental dignitaries like His Majesty Sultan Haji events for other voluntary welfare business Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei and Sultan organisations. Ibrahim Ismail of Johor. Under the ‘green Last, but not least, I would like 11 Our people cluster’, our environmental engineering to congratulate Bennett Tan for arm, STSE Engineering Services, also the commendation he received 13 Events joined us at the Airshow where their from the Commanding Officer of Pneumatic Waste Collection System Special Operations Training Centre, 16 Spotlight (PWCS) garnered much interest and Commando Training Institute, for enquiries from Mr Dhanabalan and Ms displaying a high level of maturity Ho Ching, Chairman and CEO of Temasek and discipline during his NS training Holdings respectively. recently. I hope many other We released our FY11 results in young men will continue to March 2012. Despite a challenging year, do the Company and the Marine sector achieved comparable themselves proud, SinGapore TechnoloGieS profits; Profit Before Tax grew a modest be it during their NS Marine lTd 3% from S$118m in FY10 to S$122m in stint or in their other (regn no: 196800180m) FY11. We are thankful to our many loyal endeavours. 16 Benoi road, customers for this. For FY2012, we have Finally until Sngapore 629889 identified key drivers of growth, namely the next issue in continued focus on sophisticated and June, I want to (65) 6861 2244 tel : specialised turnkey new building projects wish our Christian Fax : (65) 6861 3028 in the naval segment, high-value repair customers, www.stengg.com and conversion projects, and greater partners and emphasis on engineering and integrated colleagues a “Onward” is a publication by Singapore logistics support as part of our total naval Happy Easter. technologies marine ltd for our solutions to naval customers. In addition, customers, associates and staff. We May everyone appreciate your feedback, please email we will continue to pursue environmental have a long- to comms [email protected]. no parts engineering projects, especially in China, deserved break! of this publication may be reproduced without written permission from the Middle East and Singapore. company. We would like to thank tan chin I have been mentioning for some time guan, nigel Koh, edwin Fernandez, Koh that people is one of the critical factors of chew Peng, ho hock hwa and yan Wye Kuin for their contributions. success to a company. I am heartened to see during our recent Long Service Best wishes, Award ceremony that ST Marine has Sing Chan 02 your trusted partner 01 /12 /march marine neWs ST enGineerinG’S st marine elecTronicS WinS S$75M and Marine SecTorS conTracTS To Build Secure TWo addiTional aBouT $350M offShore Supply WorTh of neW vesselS for SWire conTracTS in pacific offShore 4Q2011 ingapore, 13 February 2012 – ST Marine today announced that it has won two shipbuilding contracts worth about S$75m from Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited. These contracts to build and outfit two Anchor ingapore, 20 January 2012 – ST Engineering SHandling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessels, measuring 92m by today announced that the Group has secured 22m, are in addition to the existing shipbuilding contract with new contracts for the Electronics and Marine SPO, announced in June 2011 for four AHTS vessels. For sectors worth about $350m in 4Q2011. These these contracts, SPO will supply a larger proportion of the wins include a LRT communications contract major equipment for ST Marine’s integration and installation. in Taiwan, and several naval contracts and Construction will commence in 2013. Scommercial shiprepair and conversion contracts. These two AHTS will adopt the latest Dynamic ST Electronics won a contract from a consortium Positioning technology and will be Special Purpose Ship comprising Alstom Transport S.A. and CTCI Corporation 2008 compliant. They will also have adequate tank (Alstom/CTCI) to provide a communications system for the capacities and clear deck space of about 650m2 for other Taichung City LRT CJ900/CJ907 Wuri-Wenxin Beitun Line offshore applications. When delivered in 2Q2014 and (Green Line). The state-of-the-art communications system, 3Q2014 respectively, the vessels will join SPO’s modern fleet which ST Electronics will design, supply, install and supporting the latest generation of semi-submersible rigs commission, will facilitate an efficient, reliable and safe operating in deep water and harsh environment. mode of transportation for commuters in Taichung city. Work on the 16.5km, 18 above ground stations project will start in the first quarter of 2012 and is expected to be completed by 2017. Taichung is the third city in Taiwan, in “Swire Pacific Offshore is committed addition to Taipei and Kaohsiung in which ST Electronics to owning and operating high quality, has secured MRT communication contracts. ST Electronics and ST Marine were awarded a contract reliable, environmentally friendly and fuel to carry out upgrading works on the Republic of Singapore efficient tonnage, focused on meeting Navy (RSN)’s Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs). The LSTs were the future needs of the industry. We are designed and built by ST Marine, and were delivered to the RSN in 1999. The upgrading works will cover delighted to be working again with ST modifications to the platform, as well as upgrades to the Marine on this project.” combat systems and helicopter support facilities. – Neil GLENN, Managing Director, Swire Pacific Offshore In shiprepair and conversion, ST Marine won a contract from Saipem (Portugal) Comercio Maritimo (Saipem) to upgrade the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and accommodation piping “Our relationship with Swire continues system for pipe-laying vessel, Castoro 8. It will undertake the design development, engineering and supply of a new to strengthen with the award of these chilled water HVAC system. These upgrading will ensure two contracts. Our continued focus and that the vessel meets Saudi Arabia’s requirements and complies with Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) attention on supporting the oil and gas regulations for Noise, Vibration, Air Exchange, Flow Rate industry is paying dividends. We are and Temperature. Delivery of the vessel is expected to be seeking to diversify our product range in the second quarter of 2012. further in order to keep pace with the development of the industry.” – NG Sing Chan, President, ST Marine your trusted partner 03 01 /12 /march engineering design centre an integrateD ship management system (sms): our nerva SerieS contributed by tan chin guan calibrated and synchronised in the software, particularly at the database 1. defining the sms level, to achieve graceful degradation of control upon related system faults and failures. The Ship Management System (SMS) is a network-based automation system designed to intelligently control and 1.2 Input/ Output Capacity monitor ship platform systems.