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The financial year 2.008-09 has closed amidst the embers of recession and the fires of newchallenges, The global forces of recession affected the throughput and financials of RGCT forthe last five months of the financial year. The dropping business volume called for measures to

keep the wolf away from our doors. Certain very innovative initiatives were rolled out tomaintain our competitiveness. Most importantly, the productivity at the RGCT has scaled newhighs month after month - March 09 closed with nearly 19 gross moves per hour. Awards came'our way for innovations and out of our concern for a Greener tomorrow. The IGT Familystood out in its constant endeavour to consistently increase service levels for our customers,

'The construction of the ICTT is going on as per schedule and the migration plan is underformulation. It was notall work and no play at DP World Cochin, The football and cricket teamswon many laurels in the past year with the football team carving a niche for itself in the very firstyear in the League.

Over the years the IGT Family has weathered many storms together, With every experiencewe have emerged stronger and better tempered. The policy makers of the country and the

shipping fraternity have forecast stormy days ahead, The severity of the economic turbulencethat we are experiencing today has not been felt in the past half century. To ride out this wehave to cooperate to cut costs, wherever possible and in whatever manner and innovate to

improve the bottom line. We must not be blinded by the hardship of the sacrifices of todaywhen our responsibility is to the generations that will benefit from our sacrifices,

The ICTT was considered an impossible dream till a few years back. DP World Cochin is

making that dream happen and proving that we believe "The Impossible Is Possible". The first2.00 meters of the berth face will be ready in August and the new equipment for the terminal

will be receivedin September.The ICTT will be commissionedin November 2.009 signallingthat "We Can" and "We Will",

I wish the IGT Family a year of innovation, safety and happiness,

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StressFree LivingPrajapita Brahma Kumaris IshwariyaVishwa Vidyalaya, conducted asession for the executives of DPWorld Cochin on Managing Stress.The session was held on 29 January2009.

The session concentrated on the

fact that as humans we all facestress in our daily lives.Practice of Meditation and rel-

axation techniques, changing one:'sattitudes towards stressors andregular exercise can help us to leada stress free life.

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nJ15GoldenPrinciples'or StressManauementl

1. Stress is a messenger, listen to it, learn from it, you'll grow to love it.2. Stress is not frightful. Meet, Greet and beat it successfully.3. Have a positive attitude towards day to day events.4. Make it a rule to observe your thought pattern for a couple ofminutes, 4-5 times a day. Such a practice will prevent unwanted andunnecessary thoughts.

5. Practice meditation 15-20 minutes daily.

» 2009January As a part of the CSRinitiative, DP World Cochinhas sponsored a library atthe Don Bosco Orphanageat Palluruthy.An organization called 'Makea Difference' is driving thisinitiative whose objective isto impart the knowledge ofEnglish and Computer to theinmates of various orph-

anages in Cochin. It has adedicated group of volu-nteers who have taken upthe responsibility ofeducating the children.

The library was inauguratedon 9 January 2009 by Mr.Suresh Joseph, GM. Thesenior management fromIGT also attended thefunction.

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l,thin & Mis BPCL, Kochi,ffganized a workshop on energy

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of Energy Engineers and

Managers).

Mr.Jayaraman, Gen: Secretary

of SEEM conducted an hour long

session about various points and

aspects on energy savingl

conservation.

The presenter gave a few simple

but effective tips in saving

energy in our day-to-day life. He

highlighted on the point that if allthe domestic consumers in

Kerala switch off one 60 W bulb

a day, KSEB can save 420 MW

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of electricity a day, which is more

than our energy deficit. He

shared his experiences in energy

audits, conducted in various

organizations and presented a

few figures on energy savings as

a result of implementing the

suggestions given by auditors.

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from SEEM also gave a

presentation about various

aspects on fuel saving.

Overall it was an effective

session which gave emphasis

on the fact that "Energyconservation is the need of the

hour and we have to take action

before it is too late".

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TradeMeetat TirupurandCoimbatoreDP World Cochin and Cochin Port

Trust collectively organized aninteractive trade meet with the EXIM

traders of Tirupur and Coimbatoreduring the third week of December2008.

This meet was held to bring anawareness among the industrystakeholders about ICTT and the

benefit this project has in store forCoimbatore, Tirupur, Salem & Erode.

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The session was presided by Mr.Suresh Joseph General Manager, DPworld Cochin. Mr. Elvis D'cruz

Terminal Manager, DP World Cochin;Mr. Sunil Varma Head-Commercial,DP World Cochin; Mr. Vipin MenothAdditional Traffic Manager, CochinPort Trust; Mr. Sudhir MarketingOfficer, Cochin Port Trust & Mr.Raveendran, Group General Man-ager, Concor (Coimbatore).

2 meet concluded with an

'eractive session by the trade with1M team on the dais. Various queries& skepticism of the traders werecleared.

Trade Meet in Progress

Safety.Activities

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National Safety Day

Celebrationsat DPWorldCochinDP World Cochin celebrated38th National Safety Day on 4thMarch. The message this yearwas "Who is responsible forSafety? I AM". The theme forthe year, urges that everyterminal user must takeownership of their work andexecute each activity in linewith the principles of safety.The celebrations began with thesafety pledge by the GeneralManager, Mr. Suresh Joseph.The employees took the oath todo everything possible by themto prevent accidents. This wasfollowed by releasing a pocketdiary designed by QHSE dept.The diary contained emergencynumbers, fatal risk standards

. and near miss formats alongwith scribbling sheets which willhelp the employees to notedown any unsafe observationwhile at the yard and reportthem promptly. Mr.SureshJoseph (GM) handed over thefirst copy of the diary toMr.Rajeev Menon (Deputy-Manager,QHSE).Mr.Rajeev Menon, Dy ManagerQHSE, stressed the importance

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of having an accident free workplace and described 'the effectsof the direct and indirect costsof an accident on the profits ofan organization. In the currentperiod of recession, it would beprudent to bring about savingsthrough avoiding accidents.As part of the safety promotioncampaign various activities wereplanned by the department.Contests were held for BestSafety Slogan, Poster designand an Essay competition on"How to promote safety cultureamong our employees".The day came to an end withthe interdepartmental quizcompetition, organized byQHSE department. Five teams(one each from Engineering, IT,Finance and two fromoperations) took part. The teamfrom IT department (Members:Abilash.Thanikkal and VijuP.Varghese) came first followedby Engineering (Mr.Joykumarand Mathew Paul) and Finance(Mr.Varghese and Mrs.MarykuUy)in second and third positionsrespectively.

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NationalSafetyDayCeleb-rationsatlCn ProjectSite,Vallarpallam

Construction personnel at the International ContainerTransshipment Terminal project site at Vallarpadam, alsocelebrated National Safety Day. The day was marked with eventssuch as safety quiz among employees and staff. Competitions wereheld in coining safety slogan and cartoon drawing. Trainingsessions were held for the employees of the contractors, engagedin civil construction activities at the project area.The function at ICTT site, organized by Simplex InfrastructuresLimited was inaugurated by Mr. Suresh Joseph, who stressed theimportance of cultivating a safety culture in an industry where therisks are remarkably higher. Other dignitaries in the functionincluded Mr.Torben Hansen (Resident Engineer Royal Huskoning -Consultant for ICTT Project), Mr.Choo Choon Hui (ARE-RoyalHuskoning), Mr.P.K.Ghosh(Project Coordinator-SimplexInfrastructures Limited), and Akash Majumdar (Chief ProjectManager-SIL) etc.

MockDrillonDisasterManagementTheQHSEteamof DPWorld,Cochininitiateda seriesof MockDrills

The objective of such drills is to create aculture of preparedness on the part of themanagement and to create awarenessamong the work force. DisasterManagement essentially necessitates astate of preparedness under allcircumstances and the efficacy ofarrangements therein can be assessedonly by conducting periodical full scalemock drills.

During these sessions, employees arebriefed regarding the Do's and Don'ts inan emergency.Aspects like speed of the officials inresponding, assembly of staff, handlingof rescue equipment. logging of events,preparedness of first-aiders andavailability of medical equipment areclosely watched.

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In the night of 20 March 2009, when I was going back to my house on mybike, after my shift, I met with an accident near ICD yard. It was due tosudden breaking of my bike to save a pedestrian who was drunk. I fell downand lost consciousness and was lying on the road.

By God's grace I was wearing helmet and the reflective jacket issued to

me by DP World Cochin, which in fact saved me from being run over by

passing vehicles. Mr.,Rineesh was the first person who saw me, he stoodby my side and informed the Shift in charge. Shortly, Sacco & Paulson cameand shifted me to the Port Trust Hospital. Dr. Bindhu and her team tookcharge and did the necessary treatment.

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the shock from the fall. The doctors kept me for an overnight observation.

My family and friends filled in the details regarding my accident andincidents that followed. I thank all my fellow team members who actedjudiciously and for the support they rendered to myself and my family on

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opportunityOnce upon a time there was a young man who was longing to marry abeautiful daughter of the village's most intellectual farmer. He approachedhim with his wish and showed the readiness to accept any challenge towin his heart. The farmer smiled and asked him come to his farm next day.

Next day the farmer put a simple condition in front of him that he wouldleave three bullocks open in the farm and he needs to catch the tail of anyone of them. If he succeeds in that he would be eligible to ask for hisdaughter's hand. The young man laughed in his sleeves and starteddreaming about her marriage with farmer's daughter. The farmer releasedthe first bullock which was very healthy and full of wildness. The youngman had never seen such a big bullock in his life hence he decided to skipthis one and wait for another one to catch the tail of. Belying hisexpectations, the second one was much bigger and stout like a hunk. Hedecided not to play with danger and skipped the second one also. Now, asthe last chance the third bullock was freed by the farmer which brought thehuge smile on the young man's face. The third bullock was apparently veryweak and thin. The young man ran towards it and jumped to catch it's tailbut he was shocked to see that it didn't have any TAIL.

Life is full of opportunity. No doubt some of them are difficult to take on butif we let it go due to fear or lack of self confidence we may never be ableto marry a beautiful women of farmer called SUCCESS.

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0.1 What are yourpriorities for thecoming year?We have set out on atarget this year toachieve the bestoperating

Srijith.K efficiencies. This has(Head-Engg.) been my top priority

in the past year and I would like toimprove on it this year. The awarenessand urgency has caught up with theteam at IGT and innovative ideas comefrom all quarters. This would be achievedwhile keeping the reliability ofequipments at an acceptably high level.We have a very good group ofexperienced personnel on deputationalong with young and enthusiasticpersonnel from DP World. Together asan IGT team, we have been meeting upwith the challenges posed every day andbeen doing it successfully.One of my most important priorities is tobuild a confident, dedicated andmotivated team in Engineering. Thiswould also involve excellent workingrelations with operations and the otherdepartments. I will also be coordinatingall activities concerned with Engineeringand setting up the workshop facility atICTT as also the new equipmentinspections, acceptance and enduranceprotocols at ICTT.

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0.2 . What are your plans to migrate ouroperations to ICTT?We are in the process of charting out amigration plan spearheaded by our CFOwhich is exhaustive and we would covermost aspects involved in the activity. Thisis quite a challenge as there is noprecedent. The biggest challenge wouldbe in starting up the ICTT operations andmanaging the existing terminal at thesame time for a'certain period of time.The process would involve shifting ofequipments, setting up new process andprocedures for the new site and settingup maintenance schedules for newequipment and infrastructure at ICTT.On the human resources front, enablingand encouraging the team to haveinvolvement and take on challenges andadditional responsibilities are the areasof attention.

0.3. The Engineering team of DP WorldCochin has been very innovative overthe past years. Are there any ideas in thepipeline this year?The Engineering team at DP world is ahealthy mix of experienced personneland some dynamic youngsters, whohave been applying their minds to makethe best use of available resources.There have been numerous innovationswhich have made an impact onefficiency, safety and way of working.These ideas come from the staff on thefield and want to see things improveevery day keeping costs in check.One of the latest innovations was todesign a portable electrical drive unit forthe boom operation on the quay cranes.This innovation was a result of the needto safely access the electrical room inthe event of a drive failure / poweroutage etc during boom operation. Aperson has to cross over to the boom

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and walk over the unprotected girder orget down to the walkway through atemporary ladder to a drop of about 25 ft.which was highly unsafe. With thisinnovation, the boom can be retracted ona local mode with a portable controldrive, which can be used for both cranes.The prototype has been successfullytested on one OC.

0.4 How different are the challenges atNSICT and DP World Cochin ?All equipments were new at NSICT andwere maintained at a very high standard.Good systems were in place right frominception and we improved on it. Theother big advantage at NSICT is the'commonality of spares as most of theequipments are of the same vintage andmake. The biggest challenge was tocarry out maintenance work between theextremely busy vessel schedules.The challenges at IGT are very muchdifferent. We have to deal withequipments of older vintage and ofdifferent types, makes and models. Forthe older equipments, no ready sparesare available, and sourcing these sparesis time consuming and comes at apremium cost. However the flip side of itis that it encourages us to be innovative.At IGT, with the optimum number ofequipments and peak loads in operationsduring certain hours of the day,maintaining maximum equipment uptimeis definitely a challenge.The cooperation and understandingbetween the various departments in IGTis the biggest advantage and reason forsuccess despite all the constraints whichwe face.

0.5 What are your hobbies?I like to travel to offbeat locations, I enjoyswimming and I also dabble a bit in finearts, mostly oil on canvas.-

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Mr. Rajeev Menon, DeputyManager O.H.S.E. is thesecond place winner in the"Green Challenge" com-petition. This award reco-gnizes initiatives that arecontributing to the envir-onmental performance. Hehas been awarded for his

initiative in designing andsetting up of the bio gas plantat DP World Cochin. Themanagement & staff of DPWorld Cochin , congratulatehim for his initiative and effort.

EditorialTeam:RajeevPanicker,LalKurian,RomyAShish,AkhilanS.8, RajeshP, RajeshK.S.,Shanmughanv.&JacquelineD'costaSugestions& Feedback:romy.thomas@dpworld.com.,TelNo:0484 4080225Samanwayamcan beviewedatwww.igtpl.com

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