Hongkong United Dockyards Limited Environmental, Health and Safety Report 2015
Content
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Foreword 2
About the Report 3
Company Profile 4
Governance Structure & Stakeholder Engagement 5-6
Our Commitment 7-8
Health & Safety Performance 9-11
Our People 12-14
Environmental Performance 15-16
Looking Forward 17
Appendix I - Key Statistics 18
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Foreword
We are pleased to present the Environmental, Health & Safety Report of Hongkong United Dockyards Limited of year 2015.
Caring is one of our key values while employees’ health & safety and environmental protection are always our prime concern. This year we put great effort into creating a safety culture in workplace, focused on driving EHS performance within the whole HUD Group.
With the continued support of our parent companies, HUD has been able to reposition the Engineering Division to develop the engineering opportunities available in the non-marine sectors in Hong Kong and we are now seeing good success rates in attracting new work scopes to HUD Engineering. Development plans for the Salvage & Towage Division are being prepared with a number of alternative projects under planning,
We still have many challenges to face in the years to come as we enter new sectors, we are aware that continual improvement to David Murphy Chief Executive Officer environmental protection, occupational health & safety and operational efficiency is imperative to our continued growth in current and into new sectors.
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 About the Report
This annual report encompasses the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) performance of the HUD Group. This report gives an overview of the Group’s local business activities, EHS policy and performances during 2015.
It is also intended to give business partners, staff, suppliers, our stakeholders and the general public a better understanding of the Group’s strategies on its EHS management. Further information on HUD Group economic performance could be referred to the integrated report of Swire Pacific Limited and the annual report of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited.
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Company Profile
Hongkong United Dockyards Limited (HUD) was officially formed in 1972, from the amalgamation of Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company and Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Company, which had a history of service of over 140 years in Hong Kong. The “small boat” fleets of the two yards were combined under the umbrella of the Hongkong Salvage & Towage Company Limited in the same year. In a corporate restructuring in 2002, when Hongkong Salvage & Towage became a division of HUD, HUD was renamed as HUD Group. The company is a leading provider of ship repair, marine waste and harbour towage services in Hong Kong.
Engineering Division Salvage & Towage Division Our Engineering Division provides round-the-clock ship repair Our tug fleet is stationed at Tsuen Wan and consists of 13 tugs, service with a modern floating dock having a lifting capacity of 1 multi-purpose workboat and 1 passenger launch totalling 40,000 tonnes that can hold vessels of up to 300 m x 41.5 m. The 54,000 BHP with an average age of 8.5 years. The fleet floating dock, “United”, is located at HUD headquarter on Tsing Yi provides regular towing service within Hong Kong waters as Island. It is supported by well-equipped workshops including well as emergency support and ocean tows in the Asia Pacific steel workshop, machine shop, electrical workshop and all other Region, operating twenty four hours a day and seven days a departments, as well as experienced project engineers and week. We also operate 6 container vessels on behalf of the craftsmen. We are the contractor for a number of engineering Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR) works involving both the public and private sectors. The Division Government, providing maritime transport of refuse to and specializes in plant installation, steelwork, electrical engineering, from the strategic landfill at Nim Wan in Tuen Mun. building services, manufacturing and mechanical engineering.
In 2013, the Engineering Division started undertaking more land-based engineering projects. The upgrade of an Ammonia Stripping Plant in West New Territories (WENT) Landfill utilized our capability in multi-disciplinary engineering works, e.g. electrical, mechanical, steel and pipe works etc.. Assembly of a Tunnel Boring Machine demonstrated our unique advantage in heavy engineering facilities including seawall cranes with heavy lifting gear, spacious steel workshop, auto welding and flame cutting facilities, sufficient numbers of aerial platforms etc.
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Governance Structure
EHS within the HUD Group forms an integral part of the Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental (QHSE) Division of the company. The QHSE Division reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who reports directly to the Boards of both Swire Pacific and CK Hutchison Holdings for final business strategy decision.
EHS Review Panel Group Safety Committee
Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental (QHSE) Division
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Engineering Division
Salvage & Towage Division
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Stakeholder Engagement
HUD takes a proactive approach to engaging with stakeholders. We actively cooperate with non-government organization (NGOs) on emission and climate change projects. We also discuss with suppliers on their own EHS policies as well as their sustainability practice. Besides, we work closely with Government as well as Professional & Advisory Committees.
Regular internal meetings with employees are held to ensure that we actively exchange views on EHS issues.
Through these channels, we understand the expectations and comments of our stakeholders and strive to incorporate them into our business strategy.
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Our Commitment
In providing a safe working environment for our staff, HUD is committed to the principle that business objectives should never be allowed to compromise safety. We also report our status on EHS issues fully and openly to our stakeholders. We are committed to continually improving our performance in all aspects, and have set for ourselves high standards to do more than regulatory requirements.
Our EHS Review Panel, chaired by the Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for overseeing our EHS performance and reviewing our EHS Policy regularly. Panel members meet to monitor the Group’s performance in EHS and compliance with EHS policy. It coordinates overall Group policy regarding EHS issues, by monitoring the effectiveness of the Safety Management System, identifying potential areas for improvement, and establishing and reviewing EHS objectives, targets and the overall progress.
Under the EHS Review Panel, members of the Group Safety Committee meet in a bimonthly meeting chaired by the Head of Production to discuss and coordinate the Group policy on work safety. Roles of the Group Safety Committee
1 Establish arrangement for securing occupational health and safety
2 Review accidents and recommend measures to prevent recurrence 3 Monitor the adequacy and effectiveness of safety training as well as communication within workplace 4 Overview the implementation of health and safety regulations
The Group Safety Committee also acts as a platform for HUD employees and contractors to communicate with management on occupational health and safety issues.
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Our Commitment
The Group policies and operating procedures are embedded in our code of conduct, which is given to all our staff and contractors. Committed to the protection of our people and the environment, we updated our EHS policy in November 2015. It summarizes aspects including utilizing resources in a sustainable way, minimizing environmental impacts and protecting the health and safety of our workforce.
We also participated in shareholders’ environmental and safety working groups, for example, the Environmental Best Practice Working Group as well as the Health and Safety Committee.
In order to better manage risks that could affect our business, the QHSE Division together with senior management have developed a business continuity plan incorporating various scenarios, likely outcomes and contingencies to ensure that we are prepared for any emergency.
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Health & Safety Performance
The lost time injury rate (LTIR) of HUD Group decreased by 20.9% as compared with 2014. The decrease has been achieved through enhanced safety awareness of the workforce which was led by line management via different efforts such as management walks, safety performance recognition scheme and the introduction of incident investigation techniques among the workforce. The effort in safety culture development was appreciated although there is still a long way ahead.
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15 600 LTIR Day Lost Day 1.5
10 400 1
5 200 0.5
0 0 0 2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015
Salvage & Towage Engineering Days Lost (Engineering) Days Lost (Salvage & Towage) LTIR (Engineering) LTIR (Salvage & Towage)
Figure 1 Total Number of Accidents Figure 2 Total lost days and lost time injury rate (LTIR)
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Health & Safety Performance
Safety Promotion Day & Safety Quiz Incident Investigation Training
Safety Promotion Day and internal safety quiz were held in 2015 aiming Kelvin TOP-SET Incident Investigation course was held in HUD in early 2015. A total of 12 key management at raising employees’ awareness on occupational health and safety. members were trained as Senior Investigators by overseas trainers. We have also developed our own Tutors Over 150 employees have participated in our Safety Promotion Day. for conveying subsequent internal one-day investigator course by our own. Our plan is to let more people
in HUD be involved in systematic investigation of incidents so as to build up the knowledge and culture to prevent recurrence of incidents. Now, we have more and more people capable of communicating in the same language in incident investigation.
Safety Reward Scheme OSHC Safety Quiz Safety Culture Assessment
Starting from January 2015, Engineering Division has implemented a Four teams of our employees participated in the Open Safety Quiz Safety Culture Assessment was Safety Reward Scheme. Those operational departments having a 2015, co-organized by Occupational Safety and Health Council and conducted to assess the culture in 12-month LTI rate at zero were spiritually recognized and Labour Department. Two teams successfully entered the semi-finals. HUD in order to identify the areas for commended with canteen coupons and roasted pigs which were improvement in occupational health highly welcomed by the workforce with pride and joy. and safety aspects.
A yearly action plan will be implemented in the coming year for both Divisions, aiming at raising awareness on and profile of safety within the company.
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Health & Safety Performance
Safety Management System Safety Management Walk in Salvage & Towage Division
Safety Management System was implemented among tug and Salvage & Towage Division has started conducting safety management walk since October 2015. container fleets, aiming at prevention of human injury and Management team in Salvage & Towage Division carried out management walks to vessels in order to convey avoidance of damage to the ships and environment. safety messages to and obtain feedbacks from ship crew.
Emergency Exercise QHSE Suggestion Box
Our regular emergency exercise was successfully carried out with special thanks to the We believe feedbacks and comments from employees can accelerate the quality, efforts of various governmental departments, e.g. Fire Services Department, Police. health, safety & environmental development. QHSE Suggestion Box has been set up The exercise provided a good platform for the cooperation among them and HUD. at yard for collecting employees’ suggestions. Anonymous reports are also welcomed. This encourages our employees to voice opinions that they consider sensitive.
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Our People
We have continued with the updated roadmap for the implementation of our new strategy and the staff 2014 2015 engagement CMore program which encompasses Caring, Communication, Collaboration, Competitiveness and
Celebration. Male 393 433 Gender On receipt of approval for construction work on the new Facilities Block from the Building Department and the Female 38 38 District Lands Office, the renovation project started in September 2015 with completion date to be in mid-June 2016. There will be a centralized changing/ shower area with lockers on the first floor, a new canteen on the Permanent 402 442 second floor and a roof top for employees’ relaxation. Type of employment Contract 29 29
Figure 3 Employee Status 6%
28% Unit: Hour 2015 Contract Worker Permanent Top/Senior management 13.04 Supervisory staff
72% Middle/Junior management & 12.46 supervisory 94%
Operational/technical staff 8.78 Figure 5 Staff by employment contract Figure 6 Staff by employment type
Figure 4 Average Training Hours
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Our People
Team Challenges
As part of the CMore program, HUD employees have actively participated in various team challenges for overall improvement on resources planning, teamwork, collaboration and competitiveness. The team activities included Time Puzzle Game, Pacific Basin Soccer Game and HK Charity Pedal Kart Grand Prix in which HUD has managed to raise a sum of HK$15,850 as charity to the Association of Round Table.
Pacific Basin Soccer Game Time Puzzle Game
Sponsorship
In 2015 we provided a sponsorship of HK$10,000 to the Vocational Training Centre for “Outstanding Apprentices/ Trainees Award” with the purpose of development of talents among the younger workforce and reinforcement to the apprentices that striving for the best will always be awarded.
HK Charity Pedal Kart Grand Prix
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Our People
Maritime Awareness Week Training and Competency In November 2015, HUD participated in the Maritime Awareness Week which was co-organized by the HUD believes that our people are the important asset to the Maritime Museum, the HK Shipowners Association and the Maritime Services Training Institute to help Company. Our key to success is to fully utilize the talents, strengths, young people learn more about onshore and offshore career opportunities in the maritime sector. We have knowledge and skills of our employees. put on display a 10-person life raft and a Salvage & Towage tug at the Pier for public viewing. We have well established training programs with a centralized recruitment process choosing the right candidates to join our different business streams at the right time including management trainees, technicians and apprentice trainees.
Maritime and Aviation Training Fund (MATF) Recognition In 2015, under the Internship Network initiative of the Maritime and Aviation Fund (MATF) In 2015 HUD was awarded the 5+ Caring Company award by the Hong Kong Council of which was launched by the Transport and Housing Bureau, we have offered summer Social Service for good corporate citizenship. internship experience to 4 undergraduates and provided them with an early exposure to the wide spectrum of career opportunities within the maritime sector.
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Environmental Performance
In 2015, our group carbon emissions decreased by 5.2% from 32,959 tonnes to 31,239 tonnes. During the Company Vehicles reporting year, marine gas oil was the largest contributor to emissions at 88%. We have been working on 0.16% raising awareness on fuel and emission reduction by using economic speed this year. This was achieved Air Travel by encouraging masters to use economic speed when travelling between tug base and the work locations Electricity 0.12% or berths and landfills by arranging sufficient sailing time. Compared with 2014, the vessel fuel 11.32% consumption was reduced by 6.7%. Vessels 88.07%
Plant & Equipment 0.33%
Figure 5 Distribution of Emission Sources
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Environmental Performance
Eco Tour – Tsim Bei Tsui Friends of EcoPark Award An Eco Tour to Ping Shan Heritage Trail and Tsim Bei Tsui was held this year. There were HUD was awarded as “Friends of EcoPark” this year. We will keep encouraging waste well-preserved heritage sites and we could see fishponds, mangrove communities and reduction and material recycling in our daily operation activities. mudflat nourishing a wide variety of animal species like egrets, mudskippers and fiddler crabs.
Earth Hour As a support to the world's largest collective environmental action - Earth Hour, HUD switched off non-essential lightings around workshops on 28th March 2015. This is an annual function maintained for years.
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Looking Forward - 2016
Safety Environmental
Safety Culture Improvement Reduce fuel consumption by 2%
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Safety Ownership Development Start replacing lead acid battery on board
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Appendix I - Key Statistics
Parameter Unit 2015 2014 2013 Remarks Resources Consumed Electricity kWh 6,149,946 5,315,011 6,385,608 Marine Gas Oil (MGO) litres 9,071,655 9,727,767 10,178,564
1 Industrial diesel litres 25,224 37,807 86,225 1 Consumption includes equipment on floating dock and vehicles Unlead Petrol litres 10,340.24 9,749 10,292 LPG kg 11,250 3,022 8,090
Potable water m3 56,532 41,562 52,307
Chemicals (liquid) litres 1925 2,275 3,375
Metal kg 136,294 46,346 575,540
Paper kg 2,376 1,152 2,340
Printing cartridges - Refilled no. 0 10 10 - New no. 67 73 73 Waste Recycled Scrap metal tonnes 176 281 1,123
Waste paper kg 2,434 1,866 2,634
Printing cartridges no. 50 61 118
Wastewater discharged to sea m3 18,791 27,582 33,663 Treated water from shore-based activities Legal Compliance New warning letters received no. 0 0 0 New prosecution actions no. 0 0 0 Oil spill incidents no. 0 0 0 Health & Safety
No. of employees no. 505 472 443 Days recorded as of December 31 Total hours worked hrs 1,764,988 1,720,820 1,971,757 Accidents no. 13 16 29 Accident form completed and leave taken Total lost days to accidents hrs. 1,355 841 953 Days recorded as of December 31 LTIR no. 1..47 1.86 2.94 No. of accidents/ working hours x 200,000 Fatalities no. 0 0 0 GHG Emissions
Direct CO2e emissions tonnes 27,232 29,224 30,690 Indirect CO2e emissions tonnes 4,007 3,735 3,961
Total CO2e emissions tonnes 31,239 32,959 34,651
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HUD Group – Environmental, Health & Safety Report 2015 Contact Us
We welcome and value your comments and views on our EHS work and this report.
Contact information -
Address: QHSE Division, Hong Kong United Dockyards Limited
TYTL 108RP, Sai Tso Wan Road, Tsing Yi Island,
New Territories, Hong Kong
Web: http://www.hud.com.hk
Tel no.: 2431 2828
July 2016