Drydocks World, the international service provider to the maritime, oil, gas and energy sectors, has received the prestigious Sword of Honour for 2014 from the British Safety Council.

The Sword of Honour trophy represents the “best of the best” in several areas, which supports production and overall operational excellence.

Drydocks World also announced that it has achieved a five-star rating from its Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit conducted by the British Safety Council, the event was held in the famous Drapers’ Hall in London, UK, recently.

Drydocks World underwent a detailed, quantified and objective evaluation of its occupational health and safety management system as the external audits of the British Safety Council have proven without a doubt the company’s operational excellence by scoring more than 96 per cent which makes it one of the distinguished few companies around the world.

The awards were received by Khamis Juma Buamim, chairman of Drydock World and Maritime World; with the presence of Linda Armstrong, president of the Board of the British Safety Council  and Abdulrahman Ghanem Al Mutaiwee, UAE Ambassador to the UK and many VIPs, chairmen and top management executives of both British and global institutions.

The company maintains high level records in their long term policies and systems, since starting the "Zero Harm" campaign which contributed actively in creating the perfect record for the company relating to HSE (Health, Safety and Environment).

The company delivered many of the first of its kind in the world projects that have been completed in 2014, as the pioneering platform DolWin beta to generate electricity from wind energy by achieving 3 million man hours LTI free, completing the Solan subsea oil storage facility by achieving 2.5 million man hours LTI free and also delivering 2 modules for the world’s largest Mooring System for “Shell” by achieving 5 million man hours without major incidents.
 
Buamim said: “I thank all of our staff on this catalyst productivity and innovative technical achievement, through winning such a high valuation awards which derive us for continuing the outstanding performance within Dubai orientations for outstanding performance in all sectors and confirm our mission to transform the business through continuous innovation by implementing the capabilities of our employees following the highest international standards in decision-making in all areas, including Health, Quality, Safety, Security and Environment, which have a positive impact on our productivity and our competitiveness through this global recognition.”

“Our first responsibility and priority is to strengthen the overall operational excellence and enhance areas of sustainable development and to comply with the highest business standards and create a culture of caution and changing behaviors and practices in order to increase productivity and safety of our employees and all of our assets,” he added.

The British Safety Council’s Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit Provides organisations with a worldwide benchmark of their safety management systems against current best practice to enable continual improvement. The audit measured the performance against a number of key safety management indicators and achieved the highest rating including occupational health, employee wellbeing, safety culture, allocation of resources to health and safety and planning for change; all of which are considered important best practice factors.

Drydocks World is one among the few organisations to have set the highest global benchmark in the field of Health and Safety and a proud recipient of the British Safety Council 5-Star Rating for its safety management system and the coveted British Safety Council Sword of Honour for the 10th time. – TradeArabia News Service