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The Port of Baltimore
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SAFETY
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Workplace Injuries in Decline
for Second Straight Year
F
or the second year in a row, the Maryland Port
Administration (MPA) received a safety recognition award
for decreasing the number of workplace injuries.
Each year, the State Employee Risk Management
Administration acknowledges Maryland state agencies that have
reduced injuries by at least 10 percent in a calendar year. The
MPA exceeded this benchmark with workplace injury decreases
of 17.5 percent in 2010 and 18 percent in 2011.
Barbara McMahon, MPA Manager, Safety, Environment
and Risk Management, attributed the MPA’s outstanding
performance to “an organizational commitment to safety and
an active labor/management safety committee that works to
identify workplace hazards.” Efforts include ongoing safety
audits and regular safety training for the workplace, such as fall
protection and chemical safety, as well as a program of joint
union/management safety inspections.
By providing the resources to ensure that the MPA has an
active and successful safety program, executive management
shows its “commitment to worker safety and health,” McMahon
noted.
SHIPPING
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NSCSA Becomes Bahri
M
arking its “evolution into a global force,” the
33-year-old National Shipping Company of Saudi
Arabia (NSCSA) announced a name change in
April. The company is now branded as Bahri.
“The business landscape is changing at a tumultuous
pace and requires nothing short of reinventing ourselves
to be agile and responsive to the critical needs of our
stakeholders in the national, regional and global arena,”
said Bahri CEO Saleh Al Jasse. “Today, as Bahri, we
can proudly say that we do not only excel in marine
transportation alone, but that we are realizing NSCSA’s
dream to be a total logistics solutions provider.”
Bahri has expanded and diversified greatly to include
business sectors ranging from general cargo, dry bulk
and ship management to oil & gas and chemicals. Bahri
owns and operates 19 chemical tankers, 17 very large
crude carriers (VLCCs) and four general or Roll-On/Roll-
Off ships, with many new vessels expected to join the
fleet by 2014. Bahri is one of the top 10 VLCC owners in
the world.