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VOL, 10, No. 14 PU BLISHED BY THE LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. | OCTOBER 7, 1949 Esso Supertankers Set A year ago I had the opportu- National Safety Council Honors Lago Record Turnaround Here nity of congratulating Lago em- ployees on the splendid records With Four Awards Going to Aruba A significant contribution to Jersey they had achieved in the 1947—48 Standard’s company-wide cost reduction contests of the National Safety Lago’s high place in safety was maintained with the announcement last month program was made here last Council. I am tremendously pleas- month of the winners of the National Safety Council’s annual Contest. First when the supertanker Esso Montevideo ed that today, a year later, I can place awards in the Contest went to the Shipyard and the Stevedores, with the and twenty was loaded in six hours again commend you for the excel- refinery emerging third among the major refineries entered in the Contest. minutes. This is believed to be a loading lent safety records you have esta- Outstanding among the winners was record for one of the new 26,000-ton blished in the 1948—49 contests. the Shipyard, which took top honors in tankers, not only here but at any petro- The Shipyard and the Steve- the Shipbuilding and Repair Division of leum terminal or refinery anywhere in dores-Wharfingers each won first the Contest. This marks the first year the world. Dijkhoff y Britten A Cuminza place in their respective divisions, Nan Estudio na Allentown that Lago’s Shipyard has led all others Close to the Montevideo’s record was and the refinery won third place entered in its division. the loading of the Esso Stockholm in the refinery section. Last year For the fourth consecutive year, ral days earlier, when that vessel Francisco Dijkhoff y Dominico Brit- sever the refinery ranked first among Lago’s Stevedores and Wharfingers won seven hours and forty-five ten, Lago su dos aprendiznan cu a bai loaded in the major refineries entered in the first place in the Stevedoring Division. minutes. Merca pa un anja di estudio, a yega contest. This year, although we Allentown, Pennsylvania na fin di luna Although the refinery dropped from The Montevideo’s record was set Sep- first dropped to third place, we actual- pasa, y nan a cuminza bai school aya. place for last year to third this tember 21 when a full cargo of 171,840 ly finished with a better accident year, its accident record actually im- barrels of fuel oil was loaded in six Cartanan reciente di e mucha-homber- record than we had last year. So, proved. For the 1947—1948 contest its hours and twenty minutes, at an aver- nan ta bisa cu nan ta pasando bon y regardless of our final ranking in accident frequency rate (number of age rate of 27,140 barrels per hour. The nan ta encanta di nan experiencianan this year’s contest, we improved accidents per million man hours) was Montevideo’s elapsed time at Aruba foi dia cu nan a sali foi Aruba. Promé on our record of the previous 2.68. The 1948—1949 rate of 2.42 re- from arrival to departure was only 12 cu nan a sali pa Allentown, nan a sali year. presents an improvement over last hours and 20 minutes. na New York y nan a subi Empire State At the same time I wish to year’s record. The Stockholm loaded on September Building, e edificio di mas halto di extend my congratulations to our To complete Aruba’s outstanding 15 at the rate of 21,900 barrels an hour. mundo; nan a mira Colombia Univer- affiliate, the Esso Transportation safety record, the Esso Transportation (Both records compare extremely sity, estatua di Libertad, pa menta sola- Company, for receiving second Company took second honors in the well with the loading record here on mente parti di tur nan experiencianan place in the tanker division of the Tanker Division (see separate story). one of the T-2 type tankers. That aya. contest. Records in the Contest are based on record, established on the F.O. Prior, is Na Allentown e hobennan cu ta Only through the combined co- the accident record from July 1, 1948 108,190 barrels loaded in four hours and "Frank” y Dom” awor, a bai weita un operation of all employees were to June 30, 1949. thirty-five minutes, or 24,000 barrels an wega di futbal y nan a keda masha im- these fine records achieved. Em- hour.) presiona di e demonstracion duna pa Shipyard Wins ployees and _ supervisors alike Credit for accomplishing loading banda di e school. This is the first time that Lago’s share in the credit brought to operations at such a terrific rate is due E. F. Welch, di Training Division, Shipyard Aruba by our outstanding records has been a serious contender to the careful planning and coordination kende a companha e mucha-hombernan for top honors in the Shipbuilding and in the various divisons of the by foremen, gaugers, and pumpers in te na Allentown a bolbe Aruba siman Repair Division of the Contest. Its win- contest. the Receiving and Shipping Depart- pasa. E ta confia cu Britten y Dijkhoff ning rate of 3.14 accidents per million I would also like to make special ment, working in coperation with ships’ lo probecha es anja di estudio na Merca. man hours mention of the captains and lieute- worked considerably better- erew members responsible for loading "E hobennan ta dicidido di probecha nants of the teams in the Safe ed the average accident rate of all other operations. nan estadia na Merca,” Sr. Welch a bisa, Workers’ Contest; their untiring entries in its division, which was 16.26. The capacity to receive cargo at such ”y e hendenan di e school di Allentown, efforts to impress upon employees Lago’s Shipyard had a firm hold on a high rate is dependent not only on the orguyoso di a ser elegi pa duna es the importance of working safely first place, with the second-place win- facilities of the ship, but on the ability muchanan nan entrenamiento, tambe ta were an important factor in our ner, the Beaumont Yard of the Bethle- of the crew members to perform their desea cu es anja lo ta un berdadero receiving this recognition. hem Steel Company, having a rate of part of the function quickly and éxito.” Each of us should feel proud of 5.90. In third place was the Pusey and efficiently. Dijkhoff y Britten tabata e aprendiz- the part we played in bringing Jones Corporation of Wilmington, Dela- To compete successfully in the world nan sobresaliente di Klas di Graduado- these awards to Aruba. We should ware, with a frequency rate of 6.08 oil market, reduced operating costs and nan di e anja aki, y nan ta e proménan be grateful for them, not because accidents per million man hours. increased efficiency are of prime con- cu ta haya es anja di estudio na cuenta they are good safety records, but sideration. This recent achievement of di Compania. Nan a bai di Aruba dia for what they mean to us as indi- Stevedores Head List Again fast turnarounds is an important step 17 di September y lo keda Allentown te vidual workers: that we do our Lago’s Stevedores won first place in in Lago’s cost reduction program, since na Juni di otro anja. daily work in a place where high the National Safety Council Contest for it is in the direction of making the most standards of safety are practiced. the fourth consecutive year, and for the efficient use of Aruba’s dock facilities I feel certain that each of us fifth time in the past seven years. and of making the most of the new will constantly strive to improve Their winning rate of 8.57 was far supertankers’ increased haulage capa- these excellent records, and to L. G. Smith Gets New Position ahead of the second-place winner, the city in the shortest possible time. maintain our high position among Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Dock L. G. Smith, former president and companies with outstanding re- general manager of Lago, was recently cords for working safely. Continued on page 5 Two Scholarship Winners appointed acting chief administrative a eae officer in charge of Creole’s New York Start Their Training office. Mr. Smith has been active in the Lake Fleet Wins Second In Pennsylvania School | - petroleum industry since 1913. He was general manager here from 1933 to In Tanker Safety Contest Lago’s two apprentice scholarship 1946, and was elected president in 1944. winners, Francisco Dijkhoff and Domi- *Living in a real world of wonderland Upon his departure in 1946, he went to The Esso Transportation Company nico Britten, arrived in Allentown, as been the experience during the past the Foreign Refining Department of the Lake Fleet added to its impressive list Pennsylvania late last month and are week of two youths from Aruba, Jersey company; in September 1947 he of safety achievements this month with now enrolled in the Vocational Public was elected a vice-president of Creole, the announcement that it had won High School there. Continued on page 2 and in December 1947 a director. second place in the Tanker Division of the National Safety Council’s Contest. In the past seven contests the Lake Fleet won top honors four times, and received second place three times. The Aruba tankermen had a record of 9.07 accidents per million man hours worked.

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