SAPO TERMINALS CELEBRATE NOSCAR STATUS

May 31, 2007
Author: Lunga Ngcobo

Two of South African Port Operation’s car terminals had reason to celebrate this week after being awarded the Noscar Status, the highest achievement for exceptional safety, health, environment and risk management systems.

The Durban Car Terminal scooped its fourth Noscar Status, while East London Car Terminal received it a second time at the annual Noscar Awards ceremony in Gauteng recently.

The Noscar Status is awarded after maintaining a Noscar rating for three consecutive years.



From left to right: Hector Danisa (Business Unit Executive – Car Terminal, Durban),Raymond van Rooyen (GM – Environment and Quality, HQ), David Mabitsela (Chief Safety Officer, HQ), Mary Anne Kreamer (East London) CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE

The Durban Car Terminal handled in excess of 380,000 vehicles including discharging over 5000 units from one vessel earlier this year while the throughput of vehicles at East London was 48,540 during the past year.

“We are extremely proud of this achievement and the results once again highlight our team’s commitment to remain a world class business with exceptionally high safety, health, environment and risk standards, said Lorraine Curia, Support Services Manager at Durban Car Terminal, who was the driving force behind the safety campaign.”

“The rating is aimed at ensuring that the standards become a way of life for the employees both in their work environment and at home. Throughout the year, a substantial amount of work went into ensuring safe working practices and that all staff and service providers had a total understanding of safety awareness in the terminal,” said Curia.

Hector Danisa, Durban Car Terminal Business Unit Executive Manager, said: “The achievement is a prestigious recognition of all the hard work over the past years. It also indicates that we take the safety of our employees, service providers and clients seriously at Durban Car Terminal.

“Team work is an important factor at the terminal and while we all have areas of responsibility and accountability, we are united in our commitment to safety and high quality standards.

Pieter Klinkradt, East London Business Unit Executive said: “This rating will certainly add to our competitiveness as an attractive terminal. We deal with international companies who regard safety as an important requirement for both the cargo and employee’s handling.

“There is strong emphasis on the safety culture of the company, and the team’s concerted efforts were on improving and closing the gaps of the safety audits.”