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02 2 0 1 7 Q U A R T E R L Y A G A Z I N E O F T H E B W G R O U P MCI(P)115/11/2017 H E R I T A G E Bridge to the future Editorial Contents 02/2017 Publisher For further information, BW Group please contact: Responsible Editor BW Group Nick Fell 10 Pasir Panjang Road #18-01 Mapletree Business City 04 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE FEATURE Managing Editor Singapore 117438 06 KeePing hoUSE Lisa Lim + 65 6337 2133 20 BW reaps the rewards [email protected] GLOBAL BW Editorial Team of a year-long effort at Arathi Menon 10 CATching UP wiTH restructuring the business, Kate Langstrøm bw caTcher for greater simplicity, Christina Chu BW Offshore’s goliath asset efficiency and accountability makes excellent progress Contributions From for first oil in 2017 Alasdair M Wallace Andreas Flotiin Dawn Lim 13 going FURTher UPSTream Gautam Banik BW Offshore delivers on Gwilym W Williams its strategy to explore 20 EXPanDing bw LPG’S Ivy Yap partnerships and alternative global Presence Kamilla Moestue Røstad commercial models Kei Ikeda In the past year, BW LPG has Marita Sandvoll acquired Aurora LPG, taken 18 Michael McAreavey delivery of six newbuildings Michael Smyth and opened offices in Oslo in The SPOTlighT Mukesh Sharan and Houston. World Horizon 18 Jakob bergholDT Nalini Torres takes a closer look at how Juggling numbers and Pay Shuzhen the Company has enhanced footballs with ease Petter Maelandsmo its commercial platform Rod MacLeod and its global presence Surajit Chanda Thricey Leow 22 bw groUP FleeT Venu Viswanadha 16 22 A new coaT OF PainT BW Dry Cargo’s first vessel to be given a new coat Design & Production 16 A LONG HISTORY IN JAPAN 26 aroUND THE worlD Simple Reels Genesis Pte Ltd Charting a course from the of paint is BW Flax, in an customer of the first vessel to attractive shade of blue more than half a century of 30 SPecial Thanks TO ... 24 whaT’S in A name? important business transactions BW’s second LNG FSRU and partnerships in Japan the BW Integrity stands for how we do business 4 World Horizon Issue 02/2017 World Horizon Issue 02/2017 5 his has been another eventful and in spite of this accident, our safety quarter. BW Offshore progressed statistics remain encouragingly positive. investment plans for an oil field Tdevelopment in Gabon and a gas Chairman’s field in Namibia, and won an important There is a lot of distraction on the world arbitration case for underpayment stage now, with the new US administration by a customer. BW LPG has taken providing daily fodder for journalists, and charge of the Aurora vessels following Europe not far behind in terms of elections the acquisition in the fourth quarter and media attention. The daily news of last year. BW LNG is making final cycle - filled with soundbites, attacks, Message preparations for the FSRU in Pakistan, and allegations of false reporting - can BW Pacific has been strengthening become a full-time preoccupation. We its commercial and operations teams, will continue to focus on longer-term and BW Dry Bulk continues to build objectives - providing reliable movement the fleet with selective investments. of vital commodities in a manner that serves society. The ingenuity of our teams in finding solutions for our customers, and Across all group companies, there our focus on impressing them with high is continued work on operational quality service, is what will make BW a improvements and efficiency, not sustainable business in the long run. least safety. Sadly this quarter saw an incident on an LPG carrier, BW Maple, which collided with another vessel off India - fortunately with no human injury. Investigations are still ongoing, but it is a reminder of the importance of continued vigilance and good seamanship at all Sincerely, times. Our “Zero Harm” Policy is very Andreas Sohmen-Pao much at the heart of what we do in BW, Chairman 6 Feature World Horizon Issue 02/2017 World Horizon Issue 02/2017 Global BW 7 Keeping Removable Page (Tear along perforation) Locations of Main Offices Worldwide Norway BW Fleet Management BW LPG BW LNG BW Offshore Singapore BW Fleet Management BW Offshore Denmark BW LPG House BW Pacific BW Pacific BW Dry Cargo BW Chemical Tankers BW VLCC BW reaps the rewards of a year-long effort at restructuring the business, for greater BW Dry Cargo simplicity, efficiency and accountability USA BW Offshore BW LPG BW LNG BW Pacific Brazil Nigeria India Philippines BW Fleet Management BW Offshore BW Offshore BW Fleet Management n the first issue of 2016, World Horizon ran an article describing channelled into clear segments to ensure clarity of focus, full Project Importance 2016 or PI-16, which provides an overall profit and loss accountability for each segment, and efficiency of strategy to guide everyone towards greater simplicity, efficiency operation. Our website has also been re-launched to reflect our and accountability through nine must-win initiatives. These segment-based structure. The business units are BW Offshore, I BW Group Limited nine initiatives range from efforts to optimize manning, new BW LPG, BW LNG, BW Pacific, BW VLCC, BW Chemical Tankers, IT systems, clearer company structures, and increased fuel BW Fleet Management, and BW Dry Cargo. The keen observer efficiency. These initiatives will reduce operating expenses, would note that brands “BW Gas” and “BW Maritime” will now general and administrative costs, and increase daily operational be retired, in favour of a segment-based approach. While a new efficiency. After a year of pushing through nearly a hundred website was launch in mid-2016, the domain name used was BW Offshore BW LPG BW LNG BW Pacific BW VLCC BW Chemical BW Dry Cargo Tankers projects big and small, BW now boasts cleaner organizational “www.bwgroup.net”. As the top-level domain was not ideal, structures, clearer branding, and even a new domain name. given the widely-held assumption that a .net domain was used FPSOs, LPG LNG Shipping Product Crude Chemical Bulk Installation Carriers and Gas Solutions Tankers Tankers Tankers Carriers for network related organizations, a decision was made to pursue A well-structured house alternatives. After nearly a year of trying, BW Group secured a new Businesses were previously organized according to brands, web address, www.bw-group.com. A stronger online presence rather than vessel segments. Under PI-16, the various units were reflects a cleaner, and simpler approach to our business on water. BW Fleet Management Shared Technical Services 8 BW Group Fleet World Horizon Issue 02/2017 Removable Page (Tear along perforation) World Horizon Issue 02/2017 Feature 9 BW VLCC & BW Fleet BW Chemical BW Offshore BW LPG BW Pacific BW LNG BW Dry Cargo ApS Management Tankers Group Fleet List 11 43 15 55 21 17 9 vessels vessels vessels vessels vessels vessels vessels Carl K. Arnet Martin Ackermann Tina Revsbech Yngvil Åsheim Christian Bonfils Lars Pedersen Billy Chiu Very Large Product Chemical LPG LNG Carriers Offshore Dry Bulk CEO CEO CEO MD MD MD SVP Crude Carriers Tankers Tankers Vessels and FSRUs Fleet Carriers VLGC Fleet LGC Fleet LR 1 Product Tanker Fleet Vessel Name Built CBM# Vessel Name Built CBM Vessel Name Built CBM Berge Nantong 2006 82,244 BW Havis 1993 57,139 BW Amazon 2006 85,602 Berge Ningbo 2006 82,252 BW Helios 1992 57,160 BW Clyde 2004 85,373 BW Offshore BW Dry Cargo Berge Summit 1990 78,488 BW Nantes 2003 59,399 BW Columbia 2007 85,609 BW Aries 2014 84,196 BW Nice 2003 59,375 BW Danube 2007 85,609 One of the leading FPSO companies. First to operate BW Dry Cargo currently owns 9 bulk carriers since its inception in BW Austria 2009 84,603 BW Hudson 2007 85,609 BW Balder 2017 83,880 No. of vessels 4 233,073 BW Kallang 2016 85,830 an LPG FPSO in Angola; First to operate in the US Gulf March 2016 and focuses on vessels between 50,000 and 90,000 dwt. BW Birch 2007 82,303 BW Kronborg 2007 86,205 BW Boss 2001 84,301 BW Lara 2004 85,332 LNG Fleet BW Lena 2007 85,609 of Mexico. Publicly listed on Oslo Bors since 2006. BW Brage 2016 83,272 BW Orinoco 2007 85,609 Christian Bonfils, MD of BW Dry Cargo ApS, acting as agent for the principals, together with BW Broker 2007 80,138 Vessel Name Built CBM BW Rhine 2008 85,762 his team members, Chartering Manager Morten Bang and Operations Manager Matias BW Carina 2015 84,154 BW Seine 2008 85,609 CEO Carl K. Arnet, CFO Knut R. Sæthre, CCO Rune Bjorbekk and COO Marco Beenen, BW Cedar 2007 82,260 Berge Arzew 2004 138,089 BW Shinano 2008 85,609 Andersen, assist BW Dry Cargo to expand its fleet size and operations in the dry bulk sector. BW Confidence 2006 83,270 BW GDF Suez Boston 2003 138,059 BW Tagus 2017 85,830 manage the international organization across 12 countries. Also making up the BW Denise 2001 78,637 BW GDF Suez Brussels 2009 162,514 BW Thames 2008 85,609 management team is Kei Ikeda (Head of Projects), Hans Kristian Langsrud (Head of BW Empress 2005 78,908 BW GDF Suez Everett 2003 138,028 BW Yangtze 2009 85,609 BW Energy 2002 82,551 BW GDF Suez Paris 2009 162,524 BW Zambesi 2010 85,609 Engineering), Magda Vakil (Head of Legal) and Rebekah France (Head of Human Capital).