update NewS from dNv to the tANker INduStry No 02 2011 - Hays

ThenamarisThenamarisfirst to receive DNV’sTriple-E ratingGreek ship operator Thenamaris is the first company to receive DNV’s newTriple-E rating, which was awarded for the Seabravery tanker. The rating,which is designed to demonstrate active environmental management and theenergy efficient transportation of goods, is a voluntary scheme developedin close cooperation with Thenamaris Ship Management in addition toStena RoRo, Seaspan Ship Management and Skaugen Petrotrans.Text: Magne A. Røe, DNVCaptain John M. Mavrides is head ofThenamaris’s safety and quality supportdepartment and he underlines Thenamaris’slong tradition of quality, energyefficiency and operational excellence:“Triple-E is a continuation of our ongoingefforts to improve our energy efficiencyand to focus on this in our daily operations.The crew of Seabravery finds thatTriple-E gives them a measure of how theyperform, and helps them focus on thisduring the daily operations. In today’ssluggish tanker market, we must ensurethe efficiency of our operations.”Triple-E is a voluntary environmentalrating scheme for ships that represent asustainability benchmark for players in themaritime industry, including ship operators,ports and cargo owners. The ratingrepresents the individual ship’s level ofenvironmental performance, and it isdesigned to help shipowners obtain a competitiveadvantage both commercially andwith regard to environmental performanceand efficiency. Triple-E delivers a rating ona scale from four to one where one is best,based on an independent assessment of aship’s environmental performance.“The Seabravery obtained a score ofthree on the Triple-E scale,” continuesCaptain Mavrides. “To us, this is a verygood rating. It underlines the success ofour efforts to focus on environmental performance,which is an important cornerstoneof the Thenamaris company culture.Furthermore, a score of three means thatwe have an implemented environmentalmanagement system in place.”A Triple-E level three means that clearenergy efficiency targets have been setthrough, and established in, the Ship EnergyEfficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)and in the calculation of the Energy EfficiencyOperational Indicator (EEOI). Also,it means that an environmental awarenesssurvey has been completed to identifytraining needs and improvement areas.“Our most important customers arethe oil majors, who have their own vettingsystems as well, in addition to those ofthe port authorities and TMSA. We havea good reputation among the oil majors.In this industry we must be truly transparentin our operations and procedures, asbusiness relationships are based on mutualtrust at all levels. In this equation, wemust also demonstrate very clearly how weoperate, and how we ensure that we arevery sensitive towards the environmentas well. We started out with the GreenAward back in ‘97, then we received ISO14001 and ISO 9000 certification beforemoving into the efficiency aspects of ouroperations and environmental excellence.Our Triple-E certification further underlinesthese commitments to our clientsas well, and this is highly appreciated bythem.”“The issues we focus on through Triple-E are good for the crew as well as it createsawareness. For them, the rating is evidencethat the results they work hard to achievecan be measured. They find this bothinspiring and challenging. Inspiring in thesense that the figures measured are expressionsof a good safety culture. Challengingas there is always room for improvement,but then, to good working crews the challengeis also the inspiration. We have acompany culture of being proactive, andto me that is what Triple-E helps us be. We20 | Tanker UPDATE NO. 2 2011