THE WORLD OF OILTANKING VOL. 28/2 AUGUST 2016
BUSINESS
EDITORIAL
CONTENTS
Contents
Moving Time(s)
ASIA PACIFIC
04 New Kid on the Block: Karimun
EUROPE
05 FUSION – A Package Deal for Oiltanking 08 Project Newton 10 And… Action! 16 Not a Waste of Space
INDIA
20 iotl.com – Same Place, New Address 21 Indian Ambassador Visits ‘Goodwill
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Sometimes it seems we are constantly on the move – from home to office, shopping, driving our kids to school, visiting family and friends … and, during the upcoming summer vacation, we will likely be getting ourselves to one holiday destination or the other. In any case, “being on the move” and moving as such is good for one’s health. A few years ago, our colleagues in Copenhagen were provided with a wristband to count their daily steps and encourage each other to move more as part of the 2010 Global Corporate Challenge® (GCC)* “Get the world moving.” With striking success: their final step count was classified as “extremely active.”
all Hamburg-based Marquard & Bahls subsidiaries under one roof. A moving moment in many ways – not just for colleagues who have worked in the current Admiralitaetstrasse building for many years, but for all of us as working from a new location always marks the start of a new beginning. We pay tribute to this decisive turning-point by dedicating this issue to moving and its many facets. We hope you enjoy this issue, timed to coincide with one of the biggest [physical] moves in our company’s history! Moving right along with you,
People also move when they relocate for professional reasons – our expats know all about that, as you will see in the article on page 24. A U.S. survey shows that in America, moving is especially commonplace: people in the United States move an average of 11.7 times during their lifetime**. A German mobility survey*** indicates that Germans move 4.5 times in their lives, mostly for romantic reasons, followed by job-related moves. Moving to a bigger home is the third most frequently cited reason for moving – and is in fact our own company’s reason for moving its head office in Hamburg by the end of August 2016. The new office building at Koreastrasse 7 will house the Holding company and
Daan Vos Managing Director Oiltanking West
MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA
28 Oiltanking’s New ‘Pearl’ 30 ‘No Matter the Weather, We Work Together’
PEOPLE & PLACES
06 Touching Terminal Tale 12 We can, we care ... Managing International
* The Global Corporate Challenge (GCC), initiated in Melbourne in 2003, works with businesses all over the world to improve employees’ health and performance with the ultimate aim of achieving healthier [business] results ** United States Census Bureau, based on American Community Survey (ACS), 2007 *** Mobility survey by the Immonet real-estate portal and Forsa polling institute, 2014
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LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT
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Assignments and Compensation within Marquard & Bahls
18 Moving pictures on the Move 22 Moving Works of Art 24 Cultural Experiences | On the Move 42 Happy Cycling in Copenhagen! 46 In a nutshell
Koen Verniers Managing Director Oiltanking East
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27 A Winning Move! 32 Moving Ahead Fast in Brazil 34 Reasons to Celebrate 36 Moving Ideas to Generate Value 37 EL NIÑO – Joy and Sorrow
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15 Lexicon | Air Pulsing 35 SLEEP in 31 Movements 38 Cities That Never Sleep 40 Get Moving! 44 Sport | Adventure to the Max 45 Number | 7 47 Reader's Corner 48 Last but not least | Up & Down
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Cover: The photograph "Jalan Jembatan Batu, Tamansari, Jakarta/ Indonesia" by Martin Roemers. More about his work on page 38.
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New Kid on the Block:
Karimun
PROXIMITY Located in Riau Islands province, the terminal lies about 37 kilometer southwest of Singapore
Oiltanking is engaged in the worldwide rollout of two software packages that can be merged with the software already existing at its terminals. Project FUSION helps to coordinate the timing and implementation of these new systems.
After almost three years of greenfield construction, Oiltanking's terminal in Karimun, Indonesia, has been catering to the petroleum storage needs of Greater Singapore since May 31, 2016. On May 31, 2016, PT Oiltanking Karimun, a joint venture between Oiltanking GmbH and the Gunvor Group, successfully commissioned its new state-of-the-art terminal in Indonesia. The very first 60,000 metric tons of gasoline and gasoline components were transshipped from the MT Mari Ugland. The terminal, which is strategically located within the Straits Hub, has a total storage capacity of 730,000 cbm. It is designed to serve the growing demand for petroleum products in Asia and caters to the storage and handling of the full range of clean petroleum products as well as fuel oil.
ADVANTAGE The new terminal will bolster Oiltanking's position in Asia Pacific as part of a network of terminals with diverse functionalities
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Positioned within a Free Trade Zone, the terminal features four deep-water berths, including VLCC capability, and excellent onshore infrastructure,
A Package Deal for Oiltanking
thereby ensuring top service quality and record turnaround times for its customers and their ships.
There is a special package awaiting delivery to Oiltanking terminals around the globe, a special parcel carefully put together and wrapped to ensure the contents make it to their intended destination. It contains FAME, the new Finance & Accounting solution, and Newton, Oiltanking’s proprietary inventory management software. To ensure these systems make their way to the right locations at the right time, Oiltanking has initiated project FUSION.
and system interfaces, and in the execution of the realization of such opportunities.
As the name implies, FUSION will address how FAME and Newton can be integrated with other software tools commonly used at Oiltanking for maintenance and repair, warehouse management, process control systems, permitting, shift hand-over, and more. Establishing interfaces between these systems can remove tedious manual effort and reduce data entry errors, which can lead to avoidable safety incidents.
“FUSION” This project facilitates the merger of existing systems with new software, as well as optimizing processes and interfaces
FUSION involves a series of on-site evaluations. A team of experienced Oiltanking colleagues visits a terminal for several days to interview and evaluate the current use of software at that site. The team looks for opportunities to optimize processes
Sites evaluated to date include Oiltanking Joliet (USA), Star Energy Oiltanking in Dubai, Oiltanking Odfjell
Terminals Oman, and Oiltanking Ebytem, Argentina. Sites to be evaluated by the end of the year will be the Singapore terminals, Oiltanking in Malta and Ghent. The results are impressive. In one case, the team identified hundreds of man-hours of potential savings and the FUSION team is now assisting the terminal in implementing the recommended changes. In another case, an important Joint Venture partner was pleased to learn that Oiltanking was addressing the strategic use of software and as a result approved the adoption of Newton at the terminal. Strategy has become a popular buzzword, and FUSION is a key initiative in helping Oiltanking define how to strategically use software in the future. Though the execution of this software strategy varies from terminal to terminal, the FUSION team is mobilizing to assist all terminals and the entire division in executing this strategy for the common goal of better integration, improved processes, software standardization, and waste reduction.
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IMAGINATION My home is my castle, and the terminal my playground
Touching
Terminal Tale Jari Kyötikki (1970*), an operator at the Oiltanking Finland Oy terminal in Hamina, has a special bond with the terminal. He has known it since early childhood and has fond memories of playing here as a little boy.
Imagine the following scenario: It is 1974 and you are four years old. Your father works as a pump operator at a gasoil terminal in Hamina, Finland. As the boilers at the terminal must be constantly attended, it is necessary for your father and his family to live on the premises. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of playmates your age (besides an older cousin who comes to visit from time to time) and no playgrounds nearby. Where would you play, and with whom?
1974 For the Record
The content of this article refers to 1974, a completely different day and age; 42 years ago, the laws were entirely different, and regulations much less strict. The terminal in Hamina was not yet part of the Oiltanking terminal portfolio (not until 2015). For Oiltanking Health, Safety, Security and Environment issues always were and still are of utmost concern. “Health” and “Safety first” are core values. All of its terminals’ activities are continually optimized with a view to technical, organizational and behavioral safety. Ultimately, Oiltanking promotes a proactive safety culture for all its employees, contractors and visitors.
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Jari Kyötikki, affectionately known by his nickname Köpi, did the obvious: he built sandcastles from earth and clay, played with his small toy truck, climbed the terminal’s pipelines – and followed his father around, attentively watching him load and drive the trucks, measure the tanks etc., absorbing information all the while. By the time he was five, his proud father referred to him as his “second in command,” and aged six, young Köpi was promoted to “deputy boiler handler.” “I remember one day when my father was away with the delivery truck and the boiler’s alarm went off. Mobile phones didn’t exist yet, and all my mother could do was to call the delivery place where my
THE LAWS HAVE CHANGED … Today it would be unthinkable for children to play at a terminal
father would stop next and leave a message for him to call us back. When my father returned the call, he instructed me to just go and “acknowledge” the alarm and then push the re-start button. So I did!” says Köpi, recalling one of his early terminal experiences. When Köpi started school, he rode his bicycle whenever temperatures allowed. But during fall, winter and spring, he often got a ride from one of the truck drivers who had finished the loading process at the terminal. “Not many first-grade children got delivered to school in a truck!” grins Köpi. However, in 1978, after his first year of school, the law in Finland changed and living at a terminal was prohibited. The family moved, but Köpi’s father kept working there and later was promoted to Terminal Manager. Köpi, too, stayed connected with the terminal business.
After graduating from school, he started working in the terminal business “for real.” From 1997 until 2002 he even did so under his father’s management until the Hamina terminal was bought by Vopak. On July 15, 2015, the terminal was bought by Oiltanking Sonmarin in Kotka, so Köpi is now one of our fifty new colleagues at Oiltanking Finland Oy. “Today it would be unthinkable for children to play at a terminal, as safety and security measures for employees, equipment and the environment have utmost priority,” Köpi underlines. “But three things have remained unchanged in all these years: the four oldest tanks are still in good condition, and the brick building still stands (apart from a new roof, but the kitchen is still in the same place). Back in the day, this building was the place where my family lived – and also served as the control room, boiler room etc. And third, of course, my passion for terminalling hasn’t changed!
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OVER TIME Jari Kyötikki today and aged 4
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To facilitate the implementation, Lars Moehlmann, Newton Project Manager, and Koen Maene, Newton Support Officer, both of Marquard & Bahls, were on site to manage, train, and support the local team led by Anita Hocke, Operations & Logistics Manager at Oiltanking Copenhagen. Team Copenhagen is happy with the new system and Terminal Manager KarlHenrik Dahl notes: “The implementation of Newton was very smooth and professional – delivery was on time and in full. Everyone
"The implementation of Newton was very smooth and professional – delivery was on time and in full." involved with the project did a great job, and we are very satisfied with the outcome!”
developed this summer, and is scheduled to be implemented at Star Energy Oiltanking Dubai and Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals Oman before the end of the year.
In addition to the implementation in Copenhagen, Release 2.0 was also successfully rolled out at the Oiltanking Malta terminal in midApril, and we expect that its additional functionality will soon be implemented at further terminals. The next bricks will be laid in the Middle East. Newton 3.0 will be
Like kids building with LEGO, Oiltanking is using individual “blocks” to build, step by step, the foundation for future, more complex implementations. Furthermore, these early implementations contribute to a larger strategy promoted in projects such as FUSION and FAME.
Project Newton
First Bricks Have Been Laid Oiltanking GmbH reached a milestone by implementing the first full-fledged version of Newton, a new Terminal Operating System, at the terminal in Copenhagen end of March 2016.
Denmark is famous for being home to the happiest people in the world – and to the beloved interlocking building blocks known as LEGO. Newton is an important building block for Oiltanking, and recently our colleagues in Denmark reached a significant milestone for this project. On March 30, 2016, the first fully-fledged version of Newton (release 2.0) was successfully implemented at Oiltanking’s Copenhagen terminal. Newton, Oiltanking’s custom-developed inventory management system, is designed to replace the outdated OSCAR system, offering new functionalities to colleagues and customers while reducing operating expenses long-term. Beyond the central functionalities of order execution, shipping documents, stock inventory, and customs administration, Newton 2.0 includes a module for automated billing. The billing module calculates storage charges, throughput, and additional charges such as services and overtime; even credit notes are now possible.
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LET’S BUILD IT, TOGETHER Innovation facilitated by efficient systems and processes is the future; colleagues at the Oiltanking terminal in Copenhagen were the first to experience this
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EUROPE SOCIAL EVENT Colleagues had to turn themselves into filmmakers creating their own blockbuster during one day and could watch the films in the evening
AND THE WINNER IS… Two HSSE awards and three Oscars for filming merits were given to colleagues who convinced with their performances
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Various interactive workshops were organized on the second day to allow for a more detailed dialogue in smaller groups on the main themes of our meeting. A “Marketplace” was set up to
present the other Marquard & Bahls subsidiaries such as Skytanking, Mabanaft and Bomin to the participants. Finally, the annual Oiltanking HSSE awards were presented. The Golden Lighthouse for the Best HSSE Performance in 2015 went to Oiltanking Helios Singapore. The White Lighthouse for the Best HSSE Performance Improvement in 2015 went to Oiltanking Terneuzen. As the program also featured a lot of fun events, all participants were energized and inspired to take the newly acquired knowledge back home to their respective teams and organizations.
© Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
Oiltanking’s annual Spring Meeting took place in April in Dublin, Ireland, this year. 115 Senior Oiltanking managers from all regions within the Oiltanking Group attended to network, get updates and share best practices. The presentations and workshops were held in a very interactive manner.
Some of the main themes of the meeting were the presentation of the Oiltanking and Marquard & Bahls Strategy 2020, Project Spring, and our ongoing efforts to continuously improve our HSSE performance. The meeting also offered a platform to our recently acquired and commissioned terminal companies to present themselves as “new kids on the block.” The latest global geopolitical developments and their implications on the world oil markets were discussed as well.
Guest speaker Colleagues enjoyed the inspirational speech of guest speaker Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg on oil in the context of geopolitical developments. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg is the Chairman and a Founder of Spitzberg
Partners LLC, a corporate advisory and investment firm headquartered in New York that provides strategic counsel and investment insights on international political, economic, technology, and security matters.
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WE CAN, WE CARE
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Managing International Assignments and Compensation within Marquard & Bahls
COMMUNITY OF EXPERTISE The combined Global Mobility & Compensation Management team has existed since mid2013 (from left: Janina Krebs-Rietbrock, Judith Jähnke, Jennifer Warkentin, Laura Schulte and Veit Lenk)
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Marquard & Bahls subsidiaries in general, and Oiltanking in particular, operate worldwide. Motivated and dedicated employees around the globe are the basis for the company's success, so the ability to assign employees all over the world under consistent conditions and centrally manage this is very important. The idea is to have the right person at the right place at the right time. The group-wide section of the Human Resources (HR) Support Function, the Community of Expertise (CoE) Global Mobility & Compensation Management, plays an essential role in this process. In our interview, Judith Jähnke, Team Lead Global Mobility & Compensation Management, and Jennifer Warkentin, Team Assistant, explain the range of services they provide. connections: What kind of work does the CoE of Global Mobility & Compensation Management do? This section of the HR Support Function is divided into two areas of responsibility. Global Mobility is responsible for developing and designing the Marquard & Bahls assignment policies. We ensure that the International Marquard & Bahls Assignment Policies (currently long-term, short-term, developmental and trainee assignments) are put into practice in line with the company strategy and in compliance with international tax, immigration, social security laws, and visa regulations. Applying for and processing work and residence permits is part of our job as well. We also offer further practical support, such as organizing the move and intercultural training, as well as finding housing and schools. Our Compensation Management team is responsible for the strategic planning, design and implementation of group-wide compensation programs based on our company’s strategy and values.
How can Global Mobility & Compensation ensure fairness
and clarity given the many different employee profiles, countries and laws? In order to offer attractive and competitive assignment packages, we regularly benchmark our policies against the market. The assignment policies ensure a consistent and transparent treatment of the employees to be assigned, regardless of their nationality or function. In particular, this refers to drafting contracts, calculating compensation and allowances, as well as handling questions about tax and social security matters. Moreover, a competitive and equitable compensation system is ensured by developing a compensation policy, conducting job evaluations and benchmarking as well as designing (management) bonus systems, and coordinating annual international salary increases and bonus rounds. At what point of the assignment do you enter the picture? We are involved at the very latest once it is decided that an employee will be going abroad, which is about six months before the assignment begins. The move is only a small, albeit important part of the posting process. When our work begins it covers much more complex topics. The support required is clearly greatest before and in the early days of the assignment. But our job does not stop there. During the assignment abroad, too, we clarify many
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Air Pulsing THE TEAM'S CONVICTION Making the colleagues feel home in a foreign country
issues, such as how to handle exchange rate fluctuations. Our work usually does not end until six months after the assignment ends. How many colleagues are employed in the CoE? At the moment Laura Schulte works in the Global Mobility team as a Global Mobility Expert and Jennifer Warkentin as a Team Assistant. In early July, we expect Verena Pohlmann back from parental leave, who will then actively support the team as an Expert. The Compensation Management team consists of Compensation Managers Janina Krebs-Rietbrock and Veit Lenk. Both teams are led by Judith Jähnke. To what extent is your department in contact with other HR Support Functions? We are in regular contact with our international HR colleagues. Every assignment involves the HR functions of both the home and the host country, and the management. We are in regular contact especially when planning the assignment and at the beginning, but also during the assignment, e.g. during the salary increase and bonus rounds. What are the main challenges you face? Because of the ever-changing constellations of the assignee’s nationality, home country, and host country, there is always the challenge of ensuring that the assignee is sent abroad on time and according to the rules in the host country (e.g. visa and employment regulations, rules regarding the
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household goods that can be imported, etc.). This is not always easy and things need to be clearly arranged with all parties involved. It never gets boring in our function. Unforeseen and sometimes unusual things are always happening. Once an assignee’s container was stolen with his entire household goods. Once an assignee’s cat escaped at the airport despite being sedated, and was only found after a few days and then put on the plane. Are many of the international assignees permanently on the go? We do have a few “global nomads” – employees who go to a different country for the company every three to five years. However, more than half of our assignees are on their first assignment and repatriate back to their home country afterwards. In this context, our global mobility strategy is an important factor for effective personnel planning.
Have you yourself moved often? Everyone on our team has already lived abroad themselves, and some have actually been on international assignments. So besides their professional experience they also have a lot of intercultural experience. We know from first-hand experience how important a smooth relocation is, and above all, where you are moving to. You have to feel at home in the foreign country, especially when your real home is far away.
Mixing/Blending is a frequently requested value-added service which Oiltanking provides to customers. The two most common methods for proper blending and mixing of products is achieved by the use of mechanical mixers, and (re)circulation systems involving a pump. However Oiltanking Helios in Singapore uses a different and unique solution for heavy fuel oil known as air pulsing.
EFFECTIVE MOTION Bubbles cause the heavier product to rise to the surface. This illustration is a schematic and extremely simplified diagram of the air pulsing system. The system is simple in design and execution, but highly effective and advantageous. A primary air supply line is fed from the central air compressor system to the top of the tank. At the top of the tank, the single air-line is divided into several lines, each passing through an independent solenoid valve. Each solenoid valve is controlled by a simple programmable logic controller (PLC), which gives the instruction to open and close each solenoid. The air-lines are routed to the tank shell back to the bottom of the tank. Each air-line branches out to create a spider web-like layout across the tank bottom. The PLC dictates a particular pattern of opening
and closing the solenoid valves and a circular motion begins to take shape. Is that it? Not really … The real magic is in the air and how the air moves not just in a lateral direction but vertically as well. When air is released into the tank in large bursts, this is done using an accumulator plate. As the air is directed downward, it forms around the accumulator plate and begins its upward journey. Giant bubbles push the product above them to the side and downward, while heavier product is pulled upward by the rising bubble. This solution has several advantages for Oiltanking Helios: tanks with just one common product pipeline for product movement, which reduces investment cost during construction air pulsing is independent of pumps, making them available for other value-added services such as pump overs air compressors consume much less energy than pumps and mixers (1/4 of that used by traditional side-entry mixers and 1/5 of pump circulators) fewer moving parts and ease of serviceability due to components being located outside the tank shell Using the air pulsing method provides Oiltanking Helios the ability to offer a reliable mixing solution for heavy fuel oil at a lower operating cost – a win-win for customers and Oiltanking Helios.
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Not a Waste of Space: Amsterdam’s New Wastewater Treatment Plant
RAIN OR SHINE The installation with the two stripping towers is on the cutting edge of wastewater treatment
New Dutch legislation necessitated the construction of a new wastewater treatment plant at Oiltanking Amsterdam. As we go to print, the brand-new installation is being commissioned in preparation for full-time operation. With a total capacity of 1,701,937 cbm and a surface area of approx 55 hectare (the size of 77 soccer fields – 68 by 105 meter), the terminal in Amsterdam is one of Oiltanking’s biggest terminals worldwide. The Netherlands happen to have a serious amount of rainfall; in fact, annual rainfall has steadily increased over the past 106 years from 695 mm to 880 mm, due to increased rainfall intensity and more days of rain. A new wastewater treatment plant was designed and built to be able to process this high volume of rainwater onsite and discharge it directly into the harbor. A stateof-the-art installation is also necessary in order to meet statutory requirements which will become more stringent this year. The current installation is built to process up to 250 cbm/hour of mildly contaminated rainwater streams, but could be expanded in the (near) future to accommodate heavily contaminated streams as well. The installation is relatively simple and consists of two main parts: 1. Oil-water separators. Here, the water flows through several compartments. Low density streams, such as oil, and high density streams, such as solids, are separated from the wastewater.
2. Stripping towers (11 m high). The wastewater stream is injected at the top, while ventilators blow air through the column from the bottom. This process allows for extracting even soluble products, such as MTBE and BTEX, from the water. As the wastewater treatment facility nears completion, Oiltanking Amsterdam looks back on a very interesting project, which may even serve as a pilot for other terminals.
SCHEMATIC IMAGE The stripping tower (left) and the oil-water separator technique (coalescing flow interceptor, CFI), right gas and air cleaned
gas and air collect
Cleaned Air Outlet Adjustable weir
Adjustable weir Oil skimmer
stripping tower
Oil layer
Oil globules
water sprayed over packing material
Inlet
Grit trap
packing material air rises through packing material water trickles to bottom polluted water
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SITES – the Smithsonian Institution Travelling Exhibition Service – began developing and circulating exhibitions in 1952 in order to bring a wide variety of objects to the American public. It takes exhibitions not only to museums, but also to libraries, science centers, historical societies, community centers, botanical gardens, schools, and shopping malls. SITES has more than 50 exhibitions on tour at any given time, with as many as 20 more in various stages of planning and production. The program includes exhibitions on art, the humanities, and science. “What’s up doc?” can be seen in St. Paul, MN, in the Minnesota History Center (April 30, 2016 – August 14, 2016), and then travels to Huntsville, AL, where it will be on exhibit at the Huntsville Museum of Art (October 15, 2016 – January 22, 2017).
“What’s Up, Doc?” is the title of a Smithsonian traveling exhibit featuring 23 of Chuck Jones’ animated films and more than 136 original sketches and drawings showing how he and his team worked together to create cinematic magic. “What’s up, Doc?” is the name of a new travelling exhibition featuring moving pictures – the animation art of Charles Martin “Chuck” Jones (1912-2002). It reveals the creative genius behind some of the most enduringly popular cartoons and animated films of all time. Generations of kids and adults grew up with his inventions and creations, including timeless animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, the perpetually exasperated Daffy Duck, the hapless but optimistic Elmer Fudd, the incurably romantic Pepé Le Pew, and the eternal antagonists Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, to name just a few. “What’s up Doc?” is an entertaining exploration of his influence and legacy. Jones, who created more than 300
animated films in a career spanning over 70 years, won many awards and recognitions, among them three Oscars as director and a honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.
HILARIOUS RIVALRY Chuck Jones' hand drawing a scene showing Elmer Fudd who is always easily confused by Bugs Bunny
ANIMATION ART Viewers of all ages continue to delight in the characters created by “Chuck” Jones
CHUCK JONES The director and artist brought to life some of the most iconic cartoon characters in the history of animation
© Courtesy of Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Looney Tunes Characters © & TM Warner Bros. 2016 © Courtesy of Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Looney Tunes Characters are © & TM Warner Bros. 2016 © Courtesy of Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, Looney Tunes Characters are © & TM Warner Bros. 2016 to © Film still
courtesy Warner Bros., Looney Tunes Characters © & TM Warner Bros.
Animation An illusion of movements and changes created the rapid display of a series of static images that differ only very slightly from each other. The illusion is ascribed to the phi phenomenon as defined by Max Wertheimer in 1912.
Thanks to the friendly assistance of Chuck Jones Center for Creativity and Smithsonian Institution Traveling Service (SITES)
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iotl.com
– Same Place, New Address
JUST A CLICK AWAY Receiving information made easy and secure with IOTL as the new keyword
Over the past few months, IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services Ltd (IOT) has consolidated its online presence by changing its website name, email addresses and Intranet to a common domain name: iotl.com. IOT Infrastructure and Energy Services Ltd (IOT) has updated its cyber-identity. It started by simplifying the email correspondence for employees whose addresses existed on different domain names like @oiltanking.com, @iotinfraenergy.com and @iotgroup.in. This made for an unmanageable multiplicity of email addresses and cluttered address books, creating a risk of delayed communications and miscommunication. Now the rule of thumb for any email address in the IOTL fold is simply:
[email protected]. This easy-toremember nomenclature ensures the prompt delivery of email to the right person within moments. For the uninitiated, migrating email accounts and their contents from one domain to another may sound like a simple “drag and drop” process. In reality, the migration was fraught with difficulties like date & time mismatches, emails going missing after migration, and incomplete address books, but the IOT engineers rose to the challenge and met their deadlines. Ebuzz, IOT’s Intranet has transcended all geographical barriers and is now available to terminals and Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) sites across the world. Ebuzz is an excellent interactive platform that brings the latest news and views in the organization to the homepage scrollbar. It is also a single-window system for administrative tasks like filing travel requests and ordering business cards. The beta version was available at the Head Office and Navghar terminals from November 2015, and at all IOT locations by the end of February.
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The full version comes packed with features like the IOT directory, IOT Knowledge Base, birthday reminders, and a live list of new employees. It provides comprehensive information to all employees regardless of their location. The keystone of IOT’s digital consolidation is the relocation of its website to a much simpler domain name, www.iotl.com. Shorter names bring the advantage of simplicity and are more easily remembered, thus ensuring a wider reach. Also, the acronym IOTL itself has a distinctive ring. While IOTL is the core and the life-blood of the group’s daily activities, its operational platforms are now more united than ever before. With IOTL as the keyword in the address of every platform, all roads lead “home.”
E-MAIL your.name @iotl.com
INTRANET ebuzz.iotl. com:9045
WEBSITE www.iotl.com
Indian Ambassador Visits ‘Goodwill Ambassadors’ March 25, 2016, was a day of excitement and pride for our IOT colleagues at the ARP Refinery Project in Aliaga, as they welcomed the Honorable Rahul Kulshreshth, India’s Ambassador to Turkey, to the facility. It’s rare for a regular workday to end on such a highly patriotic note. For the IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services Ltd (IOT) team, working as part of the IOT VITO Joint Venture at the ARP Refinery Project in Aliaga, Turkey, March 25th was a red-letter day. The Honorable Rahul Kulshreshth, India’s Ambassador to Turkey, visited the site and spent nearly half a day with the staff. The meeting was the result of persistent efforts and networking with the Indian mission in Turkey. It meant a great deal to the Indian staff to have their country’s most influential expatriate in their midst. The Ambassador expressed his appreciation for the team’s efforts on the project as well as their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts and praised their intercultural A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR Our IOT colleagues were excited and proud to receive the Indian Ambassador to Turkey in activities, saying he had "never seen any person (second from left, lowermost picture) at the terminal international company putting in so much effort." He was referring to the IOT VITO team’s enthusiastic CSR initiatives in Turkey, which have included donating a floor-cleaning machine to consular issues. Apart from this, he reiterated his assurance the local school, educating children on cleanliness and of personal support for any urgent matters. Several people hygiene, and donating sports equipment to promising but on IOT’s Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) disadvantaged talent. These initiatives reflect the IOT VITO teams work far away from their homeland on highteam’s values of respect and care, and have made them commitment projects, and such visits and acknowledgement very popular with the locals. by eminent authorities encourage them and help them feel that their efforts are appreciated. The Ambassador assured IOT VITO his office’s support in the future, and provided solutions to many of the colleagues’
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Trucks, often colorfully painted and artistically decorated, keep the Indian economy moving. They are a common sight on Indian roads and also at the terminals operated & maintained by IOT, like the Bahadurgarh Terminal in Northern India. We invite you to take a look at this traditional art form!
AMBASSADORS OF TRADITIONAL ART FORM Indian truck drivers and owners use their vehicle to share their messages with the world
In India, colorfully adorned trucks are a unique and age-old form of folk art. At the same time they are an expression of individualism. “Horn Please” is the message to other drivers to honk before passing and is seen on the back of almost every Indian truck on the road. The trucks, a moving palette of bright colors, motifs, typography and adornments, definitely have an aesthetic purpose –
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Art HOME AWAY FROM HOME Truck cabins are also often artistically decorated © All photographs by Shantanu Suman for “Horn Please” if not stated otherwise
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Drivers often spend long hours in their trucks, racking up the miles as they deliver goods to even the most remote places in a country that spans 3,2 million sqkm. Often they are away from their families for weeks at a time, so their trucks become their second home. The amount spent on beautifying their truck depends on how much the truckers can afford, of course. However, as they take great pride in their moving works of art, they often go to great lengths of creativity to ensure a nice-looking ride, much to the pleasure of their fellow travelers. The various aspects of this age-old Indian art form are impressively encapsulated in “Horn Please” — a documentary by Shantanu Suman and his team. The film focuses on the origins and evolution of Indian truck art. “Truck art is
undergoing a transformation where hand-made decorations are being increasingly replaced by factory-made decals and vinyl stickers. The art form will survive as long as truck manufacturing companies continue to make the cabin and chassis, but the hand-made art created in truck building workshops across India is facing competition from modern-day technology. “Horn Please” is my way of paying homage to this art form and the artists who practice it,” explains Shantanu. More about the truck art and Project “Horn Please”: http://projecthornplease.com
“HORN PLEASE” The sign often seen on Indian trucks has become a popular Indian idiom
but that’s not all! They also convey the owner and/or driver’s personal convictions, religious beliefs and attitudes to life. The decor often has some base in superstition. A demon’s face painted on the front of the truck, or red chilies dangling from the bumper might be a way to ward off bad luck. Shoes tied to the bottom of the truck are believed to help shield against the evil eye.
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Our Dutch colleague Coen Huebner is well established at Oiltanking, having been with the company for nearly 34 years. During this time, he has served in various positions in a number of countries. For connections, he shares his impressions about a career on the move.
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PORTRAIT Coen Huebner began his career at Oiltanking Amsterdam in 1982. In 2005 he moved to Dubai to take up his position as Commercial Manager. After spending two years there and returning to Amsterdam in his function as Managing Director for another five years, he moved
along the air-conditioning pipe. I pointed this out to the waiter with the words “Look, a rat!” – he interpreted my exclamation as an order for “A red (wine) for you Pak (Bahasa, meaning Sir)." Although many people live in very poor conditions, you’ll always see them smiling and trying to make the best of it. Jakarta is a place where you will never cease to be frustrated by the traffic jams, but overall we have very fond memories of the time we spent living there. From poor, chaotic, dirty, and huge Indonesia we moved to the well-organized, clean and wealthy tiny island state of Singapore in March 2015. Opening a bank account here takes 20 minutes including getting your bank pass. Applying for and getting your immigration pass takes place by appointment and
Back in 2005 my wife and I embarked on the adventure of exchanging our hometown of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, where I took up my first job abroad. Since then we’ve kept on moving … though at an intermittent pace. After “fuelling up” on warmth in Dubai for two years, we returned to Amsterdam, where we were greeted not only by family and friends, but also the familiar rain! Five years later, it was time to say good-bye again when we moved to Jakarta, Indonesia.
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In November 2014 I set foot in Jakarta for the first time. What a move! From a lively European city with a population of 800,000 to a bustling Asian megalopolis of 12 million people. Jakarta isn’t the cleanest place in the world, with daily smog caused by permanent traffic congestion, open sewage drains, and often a lack of proper waste disposal. However, the people and the food make up for this and make the city an unforgettable place to live. Sometimes things can get a bit lost in translation but learning a bit of Bahasa helps you get around. Once I was ordering lunch in a restaurant and saw a rat crawling
to Jakarta for three and a half years as President Director of the terminal in Merak. In 2015, he moved to Singapore as Business Development Manager before going on to Sohar in May 2016, where he now serves as CEO of Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals Oman.
exactly on time – and takes ten minutes, maximum. Quite the opposite to Jakarta, where opening a bank account is a bureaucratic process involving four weeks and more than 20 signatures. Unfortunately, our stay in Singapore was only for 14 months – there would have been so many more nice parks, places and restaurants (!) to explore. Since May 1, 2016, we have been living in Sohar, Oman. The container has just arrived and 250 boxes of household goods are waiting patiently to be unpacked. We have not had the chance to explore the city in detail but our first impression tells us that this city is yet again completely different from all the others we have lived in. Now we feel that we really live in the Middle East, unlike when we were in Dubai.
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HAPPY MEMORIES The posting in Singapore was not long, but intense and very enjoyable Here we are reminded of the many tales in Arabian Nights. Again, there is so much to explore and we will see what the next chapter looks like. Amsterdam is where my roots are, and also where my family and friends live. Oiltanking’s Amsterdam terminal is where I started my career and learned most aspects of the terminal business – so obviously we look forward to visiting our hometown once in a
while. But moving around, leaving your comfortable home base and working with different cultures broadens your horizon, thoughts and knowledge, which I find a fantastic and recommendable adventure. Last but not least it really helped us a lot that my new and old colleagues as well as the Human Resources Support Functions did their best to make our arrivals, stays and departures as pleasant and comfortable as possible.
MOVING EXPERIENCES At each location, the Oiltanking family culture is clearly felt and a pleasure to come home to
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A Winning Move! In 2016, Oiltanking Colombia introduced its ACTIVE BREAK program for its office staff – a move that promotes a healthy lifestyle by encouraging colleagues to exercise. TAKE A BREAK Moving means winning, as staying active increases productivity
The operations function of Oiltanking Colombia has been performing workplace exercise routines since 2012. With the company value of "Health and Safety at Work" in mind, Oiltanking in Colombia introduced its Value Promotion Program in 2016 and implemented the ACTIVE BREAK program for office workers (in Engineering, Finance, Logistics, and Human Resources). The program covers several of the company’s functions such as the Health, Safety, Security, Environment and Quality (HSSEQ), Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resources. The company is aware that there are two groups of workers on the facilities, so to speak: one that engages in a lot of physical activity related to the operation of the terminal, while the other is more sedentary. This latter group mainly comprises the office staff. The ACTIVE BREAK program involves 5-minute sessions of musclestretching exercises during the workday. The exercise sessions can
occur at any time of the day and are led by the HSSEQ function. But those who don’t usually exercise need not fear – the active breaks don’t necessarily involve complex exercises; it is the gentle stretching and movement that makes all the difference. And, though five minutes may sound like very little, the effects of the movement are large. Some of the benefits of active breaks are:
Enhanced concentration and attention Improved posture. In addition to the above, it has been proven that workplace exercise correlates with improved job satisfaction, higher production quality, a decrease in lost workdays and hours, fewer workplace accidents, and even a reduction in workplace conflict. So this is truly a winning move!
Reduced muscle tension Prevention of ailments such as muscle spasms Reduced stress and fatigue ACTIVE COLLEAGUES The exercises can be performed at any time during the day
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Oiltanking’s New ‘Pearl’ On April 28, 2016 Oiltanking inked a deal with Galana to buy a majority stake in a terminal currently under construction in Matola, Mozambique. This step gives Oiltanking a foothold in another country on the African continent.
INKING THE DEAL IN DUBAI Discovered in 1498 by Vasco da Gama, Mozambique today offers Oiltanking new opportunities
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NEW CHAPTER Mozambique gained independence from Portugal in 1975 and after a 16-year civil war is slowly gaining economic momentum
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Oiltanking is investing in Mozambique to capitalize on this strategic location. In April, Oiltanking finalized the deal to purchase the terminal in Matola, which is part of the port of Maputo, the capital city. The port serves the Maputo-Johannesburg route and
other landlocked countries in the southern cone of Africa. The port was very busy before the war and is now on track
to go into operation in the third quarter of 2016. As Oiltanking has already been approached by clients about more capacity, chances are quite good for a Phase 2 extension
to returning to its prewar throughput levels.
soon. Meanwhile, Oiltanking MEA is looking at several other projects in East Africa to leverage synergies and further expand its footprint on the continent.
In Phase 1, the Oiltanking terminal will have a capacity of approximately 60,000 cbm. It will be equipped with truck- and railloading gantries, as Matola is linked by rail to Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland. The terminal is located very close to a liquid jetty that can accommodate vessels of up to 40,000 DWT, and is scheduled
GREAT PROSPECTS Oiltanking welcomes its second country on the African continent to its world-wide portfolio of terminals
Mozambique is a southern African country whose 2,500 kilometer of sandy beaches stretch from Tanzania to South Africa, hence its nickname “the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.” Just two years after gaining its independence from Portugal in 1975, the nation descended into a 16-year civil war which destroyed the infrastructure and made it one of the world’s poorest countries. In the past decade, the only Portuguesespeaking country of East Africa has made a slow recovery. Now, having just celebrated its 41st “birthday” on June 25, Mozambique is back on the global map thanks to its everwelcoming people, recent gas discoveries, and renewed interest in its strategic location, with ports serving the likes of Swaziland, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and even the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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‘No Matter the Weather, We Work Together’
For workers at Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals Oman (OOTO) in Sohar, temperature differences are nothing new: while air-conditioners keep the air inside the office building cool, as soon as you go outside, you feel like you’re in a sauna. Sohar has a hot desert climate with very hot summers and mild winters with yearly average temperatures of 24 °C (low) and 33 °C (high) – 24 hours! November to February are usually the “cool” months, followed by a slow but steady climb in temperature until the hottest months of June, July and August, with temperatures of up to 50 °C. Not to mention the constant humidity ranging between 60 to 70 percent.
precautions are in place to secure the health and safety of the colleagues and customers exposed to such an extreme climate.
For employees working outside, Summer Ban Hours apply, a stipulation introduced throughout the Gulf countries by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that prohibits employees from working in direct sunlight for the three hours from 12:30 to 3:30 pm during June, July and August. All of the facility’s offices as well as the waiting area for truck drivers are air-conditioned. A regular rotation for outside work is mandatory to ensure a balanced work schedule. During Ramadan, Last year’s and especially the maintenance team is this year’s Ramadan, divided into two shifts: the holy month of one from 7 a.m. to 1 fasting (from June 7 p.m., the other 12 to July 6, 2016), a.m. to 6 p.m. As was very hard on every degree helps, the Muslim staff. new overalls have The period coincided been ordered for the with a hot month staff, in lighter colors and the one with the to avoid heat longest day on the absorption. Their northern hemisphere. safety glasses are The sun rose at 3.50 always sunglasses with a.m. and set at 6.55 p.m., optimal eye protection leaving religious colleagues against the bright light. In ORDINARY OUTDOOR without food and water for addition, plenty of 20-liter CONDITIONS almost 15 hours. Once the sun water coolers with electrolytes Temperatures around set, colleagues made sure they powder sachets are well positioned 50°C are nothing to write home about in Oman drank a lot of water during the iftar* for easy access by employees as well and ate vegetables and fruit as contractors. If employees have to containing a lot of water and go outside they use air-conditioned essential minerals and vitamins, like watermelon and cars and are encouraged to take their camel pack bananas. But the secret, apparently, is to eat dates, (water backpack containing four liters of water) with as they provide numerous health benefits! them. Every employee has also received an insulated water bottle to keep the water cool. Finally, OOTO The terminal is quite busy and handles roughly 1.4 requests that employees stop all outside work when million MT of product each month, which involves temperatures rise to 48 °C or above. loading and discharging around 70 vessels. How can the staff cope with the requirements given these working conditions? As at all other Oiltanking * iftar, the evening meal when Muslims end their daily Ramadan fast at sunset terminals, the most important rule at OOTO is “safety first,” so a number of special measures and
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IT’S ALL ABOUT SAFETY Khalid Al Mazrouei, operator, is well protected against the heat
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While summers in Europe are generally pleasant at around 20 °C to 25 °C, in Oman temperatures of 50 °C are not uncommon. How do our colleagues at Oiltanking Odfjell Terminals Oman (OOTO) in Sohar cope with the heat?
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READY FOR THE FIRST CLIENT The large-scale crude oil transshipment terminal at Port of Açu offers customers state-of-the-art transshipment facilities
Moving Ahead Fast in Brazil
IMPORTANT LOCATION Port of Açu is a cornerstone of the Brazilian supply chain
T-Oil in the Port of Açu, Brazil’s first independent crude oil transshipment terminal, is scheduled to be operational by end of July 2016 (as of the editorial deadline). Our colleagues at Oiltanking are poised to operate and manage the handling of crude at the terminal.
Port of Açu is not just one of Oiltanking’s most recent projects but also one with many superlatives: getting it going was a pioneering task and a real challenge for Oiltanking. T-Oil, as the Port of Açu Crude Oil Terminal is called, is the first independent crude oil transshipment terminal in Brazil, and commencement of operations is scheduled for the second half of July 2016. Over the past six months, 20 new colleagues have been trained to operate T-Oil. They will be joined by three “veterans” from the Oiltanking terminal in Vitória. During the permitting process, two major drills were successfully conducted to obtain the necessary environmental permits granted. The first drill was with Rio de Janeiro´s firefighting brigade, to test the massive firefighting system that can deploy 900 cbm of water per hour. The second drill was more complex and supervised by Brazil´s Environmental Agency, INEA. It
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simulated a major spill at the terminal and involved more than 40 people from various institutions. Port of Açu is the largest port in the Americas with 17 kilometer of quay, over 90 sqkm of land, and a channel depth of 24 m, which makes it suitable for receiving the largest class of oceangoing vessels. Its strategic location near the Campos and Santos Basins, which together account for over 80 percent of Brazilian oil production, makes the port suitable for servicing the oil and gas industry. It also gives the port an extremely important competitive advantage over any other existing transshipment operations in Brazil or the region. Most importantly, it is the safest option, as the operations will be performed in a sheltered area surrounded by containment barriers, and comprehensive oil emergency spill protection equipment and services are in place.
“Being part of this project and seeing the terminal ready to operate makes you feel like you’ve helped to write history not only for Oiltanking but also for the Brazilian port industry.” Filipe Soares, Project Coordinator
“We are eager to move on to the next phase and commence crude oil transshipment operations at Port of Açu. At the same time, we are reviewing the possibilities of capitalizing on this situation for additional new projects. There are many opportunities to be explored for consolidating and expanding our presence in Brazil. In fact, we are working on giving T-Oil a ‘baby brother’ soon,” says Filipe Soares, commenting on the company’s next steps in Brazil.
CONSEQUENCES The terminal will have a great positive impact on the logistics and economics of the petroleum sector in Brazil
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The acclaimed contemporary composer Max Richter has written an eight-hour piece of music meant to serve as a sleep aid. His ultimate goal is simply to help people to take time out from the constant hustle and bustle they are surrounded with. Let’s have a look at project “SLEEP” without ruffle or excitement, please.
June 1, 2016 marked the end of the first year of successful operation for Oiltanking Puerto Bahía in Colombia – and of a year with plenty of highlights. On June 1, 2015, one of Colombia’s most important liquid terminals, operated by Oiltanking at Puerto Bahía, started up operations with the receipt of its first tank trucks of crude oil. The first maritime operation followed swiftly with the discharging of 135,000 barrels of Naphta from the Hafnia Phoenix. Thanks to its proximity to the Cartagena refinery, its storage capacity and its ability to accommodate deep-draft vessels, including Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC), Puerto Bahía meets the market’s needs and the need for economies of scale and has become a wellestablished terminal.
FIRST CALL The first maritime operation was the arrival of the ship Hafnia Phoenix, from which 135,000 barrels of Naphta were received
With this wide range of services and facilities provided to customers of the Puerto Bahía terminal, Oiltanking Puerto Bahía is gradually coming to meet the expectations placed in it: becoming one of the preferred partners in Colombia.
PROSPERING BUSINESS In its first year of operation, the terminal received 11,522,051 barrels of product and dispatched 10,093,597 barrels
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in 31 Movements
An invitation to dream
Since this auspicious launch, Puerto Bahía has expanded its operations, adding new products to its range. It received its first shipment of diesel from the MT AXEL, carrying a volume of 290,000 barrels. This diesel helped Colombia avoid the implementation of power rationing, a measure that was impending due to the severe drought the country faced towards the end of 2015 and into the beginning of this year. During its first year of operation, Oiltanking Services also serviced the Suezmax Barcelona Spirit, the largest vessel ever to enter the Bay of Cartagena. She carried 702,000 barrels of crude oil. On May 25, 2016, not quite a year after the start of operations, the terminal received its 50th ship.
SLEEP
The German-born Briton Max Richter (born March 22, 1966), is hailed as the most influential composer of his generation. The electro-acoustic polymath defies definition: composer he may be, but he is also pianist, producer, remixer, and collaborator, and beyond argument one of the most prolific of contemporary musical artists. Inspired equally by Bach, punk rock and ambient electronica, Richter’s sonic world blends a formal classical training with modern technology. Max Richter is known for his prolific output, composing and recording his own music; writing for stage, opera, ballet and screen; producing and collaborating on the records of others; and collaborating with performance, installation and media artists. He has recorded seven solo albums and his music is widely used in cinema.
The Puerto Bahía terminal has an estimated capacity of 2.6 million barrels, distributed across eight tanks of approximately 330,000 barrels each, for the handling of crude oil, naphtha and distillates.
coincidence. It is the equivalent of a (good) night’s rest. Unfortunately, people nowadays generally do not get enough sleep, which can trigger profound physical and mental symptoms. Having often lamented the pace of the modern world, Max Richter consulted with the renowned American neuroscientist David Eagleman on how music can relate to the sleep state and incorporated their conversations into the compositional process. His groundbreaking work is an ever-shifting set that webs together string quartets and electronic droning sounds, tense duets for piano and violin, and somnolent keyboard meditations.
In 2015 he published his album SLEEP, which he describes as “his personal lullaby for a frenetic world and an eighthour place to rest.” The world premiere of this composition, which is meant to be heard whilst sleeping, was performed Check out an audio sample, here: live in the Wellcome Collection’s Reading Room* in London https://www.youtube.com/ from midnight on September 26, 2015 to 8 a.m. on watch?v=N6aFKng8-sc September 27. A small audience was invited to sleep over Official Website: amongst the bookshelves and artefacts, while BBC Radio 3 www.maxrichtermusic.com broadcast the eight hours of 31 uninterrupted pieces of music at the same time. Actually, it was also the longestever live broadcast of a single continuous piece of music. The fact that Max Richter’s SLEEP is eight hours long is no
*The Wellcome Collection is the free visitor destination for the incurably curious. Located at 183 Euston Road, London, it explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future.
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“I think of SLEEP as an experiment into how music and the mind can interact in this other state of consciousness.”
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to Generate Value Since antiquity, human beings have constantly had to adapt to their environment, to keep evolving and coming up with new ways of doing things to increase their chances of survival in an ever-changing world. This applies in business as well, where ideas and their implementation create transformation and generate value with a specific objective in mind. For Oiltanking Colombia, innovation neatly sums up this concept. “Innovation invites us to move, to get out of our comfort zone, to wake up, to be aware of the environment and customers, to look for new opportunities and changes that arise along the way. It’s also the knowledge that anything can be changed if we are not satisfied with what we have achieved so far,” explains Leddy Evangelista, Managing Director Oiltanking Colombia. Oiltanking encourages its employees to solve situations in a creative manner. These ideas are manifested in Oiltanking Colombia’s innovation program Innotanking with the slogan “Your ideas, our future”. So far, Innotanking has been a good source of ideas to generate value. In 2016, more than 700 ideas have already been generated by the employees. Of these, 18 are being analyzed to determine whether they are feasible and effective. With the support of internal, regional or outside experts, the employee who generates an idea can study in detail the potential solution and the options for implementing it. On a quarterly basis, the best ideas are recognized, individually, and also within the team that had the most innovative idea. One brilliant example from the project is "Design an irrigation system for a new green zone that reuses water from the Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Oiltanking Puerto Bahía." The assignment is to reuse "YOUR IDEAS, OUR FUTURE” Creativity, knowledge and organization form the basis of project Innotanking
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In July 2015, Oiltanking Colombia launched its “Innotanking” innovation program. Why this interest in innovation and what are the results so far?
treated water to maintain the terminal’s new green zone. Carlos Rivero, Health, Safety, Security, Environment (HSSE) Manager for Oiltanking Puerto Bahía, the idea generator, is currently working with his team to put this idea into practice. The goal is to significantly reduce the wastewater treatment plant’s costs of disposal while also increasing what the terminal does for the environment. The long-term and overriding objective of Innotanking is to foster a culture of innovation and movement by generating ideas that create strategic value for Oiltanking Colombia.
EL NIÑO Joy and Sorrow The weather phenomenon El Niño has had a negative impact on our climate, and its environmental effects are being felt worldwide. But the Oiltanking El Niño is a weather phenomenon that affects the surface temperature of the eastern equatorial in the Pacific, leading to a decrease in rainfall and humidity in tropical and Andean regions in South America. El Niño occurs irregularly, approximately every two to seven years. Its consequences affect agriculture and livestock and life in general. El Niño generates strong pressure on inflation rates as it leads to scarcity of basic food products. In addition, the decline of water in reservoirs and river levels affects electricity generation.
terminal in Colombia has benefited from it, having played a supporting role in keeping the country’s electricity supply up and running. The latest El Niño phenomenon began in northern South America in the fourth quarter of 2015 and continued through the first quarter of 2016. Consequently the river beds dried out. In order to maintain its electricity supply the country was forced to generate electricity with thermal power plants, which run primarily on natural gas, fuel oil and diesel. One man’s sorrow is another man’s joy. For the Oiltanking terminal in Colombia, El Niño was a commercial boon.
The country’s electricity supply is heavily dependent on its extensive system of hydrogeneration units that cover almost 70 percent of the country’s total requirements.
POSITIVE IMPACT Diesel turnover at the Oiltanking terminal in Colombia moves in one direction: upwards and steeply
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“Metropolis” is the largest project to date from the renowned Dutch photographer Martin Roemers. In his multi-layered photographs he captures the energy, chaos, activity and movement of megacities in a fascinating, palpable way.
Cities © all pictures: Martin Roemers / Laif, Courtesy Barthouse Berlin, www.laif.de
That Never Sleep
METROPOLIS Martin Roemers' latest book, is about life in megacities. He has previously published several others on various topics
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Around the world, one in eight people now live in megacities. Intrigued by this process of urbanization, Martin Roemers travelled across five continents to 22 megacities between 2007 and 2015, to capture images of the human condition in modern cities. Every photograph is multi-layered and one finds more and more new details the more one looks at it. One can almost feel the cacophony and the hustle and bustle on the streets, and the pulsating energy of the cities. Roemers’ photographic form involves choosing a high vantage point at one of the busiest locations of the city he wants to capture. From this spot he takes analog photographs using a long exposure time to capture the dynamism of that particular city. He carefully considers which elements to include in the photograph, and which to omit. Vehicles? A rickshaw? An
interesting figure he’s spotted standing still enough and at just the right moment? From his viewpoint, Martin Roemers waits patiently until everything falls into place. The results include the 80 photographs published in his latest book, “Metropolis”. The exhibition by the same name opened in Amsterdam in December 2015 and will travel around the world this year. Exhibitions are in Dubai, New Delhi, New York and more cities. The Dutch artist studied photography at the Academy of Arts in Enschede, The Netherlands. In his more than 20 year-career as a photographer, his work has appeared in numerous esteemed publications and has been exhibited widely. It is also featured in permanent collections including those of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Ford Foundation in New York and Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas. Martin Roemers has also received much recognition and numerous awards including two World Press Photo Awards.
More about his work at http://www.martinroemers.com
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Æ The ‘Other’ Rolling Stones special global positioning devices and time-lapse photography to track the rock movements for a year between the end of December 2013 and January 2014, and concluded that the phenomenon is caused by ice sheets. The stones move only given very specific and rare weather conditions (rain one day, frost during the night followed
lake bed remained an unsolved mystery. But there are several theories about what goes on at “Racetrack Playa,” so called for the trails the rocks leave in the mud. American researchers used
by light breezes and sunshine in the morning). Meanwhile, Spanish scientists ascribe the movement to microorganisms and the slippery substances they secrete.
Æ Food on the Move!
Æ ‘And yet it moves!’
Tracking down the cutlery to eat a meal is so yesterday! Nowadays you might find yourself trying to catch the food itself. Minsu Kim, a graduate of London’s Royal College of Art, has unveiled a project he calls Living Food where meals wiggle on your plate and in your mouth. His concept builds on developments in synthetic biology that enable the creation of artificial life in organic form. Each of his artificial foods displays a different behavior: wriggling around, waving tentacles or moving up and down as if breathing in and out. The main objective of his project was to explore how food could evolve in the
Legend has it that the Italian mathematician, physicist and philosopher Galileo Galilei (1564 – 1642) muttered the phrase “And yet it moves” (Italian: Eppur si muove) when he left the court of inquisition in 1633. He had been forced to recant the Copernican worldview, which in contradiction to the geocentric doctrine espoused by the Church claimed that the Earth moves around the Sun. Today the phrase is used to connote that the facts are the facts, regardless of what one believes.
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future from developments in the emerging technologies. Living food has its origins in haute cuisine and molecular gastronomy.
EAT ME IF YOU CAN! Meals moving around on the plate create a new dining experience
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The movements of the “rolling stones” (a.k.a. “sailing stones” or “sliding rocks”) found in California’s Death Valley National Park may be followed with as much interest as those of the eponymous rock band. How, why and when these stones weighing up to 300 kg move around – apparently on their own – on a dry
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Æ ‘I like to move it’ I like to move it, move it She likes to move it, move it He likes to move it, move it You like to ("move it")
INTERESTING MYSTERIES How the massive stones of Death Valley National Park can move has mystified visitors and scientists for decades
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hurt without moving, poison without touching, bar the truth and the lies, are not to be judged by our size. answer: words
The word “moving” can have several meanings: it can refer to something that touches one’s emotions, or to the physical action of displacing persons or objects, or to changing one’s residence. Let’s make a move and look at our selection of examples.
This 1994 release by the American duo Reel 2 Real moved quickly up the charts once it was featured on the original soundtrack of the 2005 movie Madagascar. Its global success eventually secured the producer and record label a spot in New York City’s dance music Hall of Fame. Immortalized by the animals of the Madagascar film series “busting a move” to its irresistible rhythm, it has frequently been used across many media since.
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PEOPLE & PLACES BIKE IT OR LEAVE IT Life in Copenhagen is lived on the seat of a bicycle
Happy Cycling in Copenhagen! Cycling has a long and strong tradition in Denmark. In fact, the Danish capital was the world’s first city to be recognized as a ‘Bike City’ back in 2007. Janina Schmidt, a German student of Marquard & Bahls completing an international posting at the terminal in Copenhagen, discusses the local cycling culture.
“No matter the weather, no matter their destination – Copenhageners go by bike,” was one of Janina Schmidt’s first observations upon arriving in Copenhagen, Denmark, in midJanuary 2016. Indeed the country has a long cycling tradition, and Copenhageners have used this means of transportation to commute to work since the 1880s. Then as now, bicycles were the fastest, easiest and most environmentally friendly way to move around the city.
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The country has gone to great lengths to encourage people to use bicycles. Copenhagen, Århus and Odense – the three largest Danish cities – ran large-scale branding campaigns including advertising billboards to promote cycling even more. Likewise, the city’s planners take the cycling culture seriously, with extended networks of cycle lanes along roads. Copenhagen was
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one of the first cities in the world to launch free city bikes for its citizens and visitors in 1995, and in 2007, became the first city to be awarded the UCI* Bike City label. A confirmation of its image as the world’s most bicycle-friendly city.
Bicycles – Joy and freedom of movement “Good, better, best – The City of Copenhagen’s Bicycle Strategy 2011-2025,” adopted in 2011, aims to make the city the world’s best city to cycle in. Today, Copenhagen has close to 400 kilometer of designated bike lanes, and traffic lights are coordinated in favor of cyclists during rush hour. Cycle superhighways are already a reality, leading cyclists in and out of the city from as far as 15 kilometers away. Currently, Copenhagen is building even more green routes through the city to ensure safe, green routes for
cyclists, while also creating green spots in the cityscape. 50 percent of all Copenhageners commute to school, university or work by bike every day. Our colleagues at the terminal in Copenhagen fit the statistic: four of the eight office staff bike to work daily. After taking the kids to kindergarten (by bike of course), one of the colleagues has a trip of 14 kilometer each way! Most of the operators travel long distances to work, e.g. from Sweden and other parts of Denmark. However, once at the terminal, everyone can move around it on bikes provided by the company, so no one misses out on the cycling culture. And in their spare time, you’re likely to see them happily cycling someplace or another!
EASY TO GET AROUND Colleagues uphold the Danish cycling culture also while working at the terminal
© Kasper Thye, www.visitcopenhagen.com * The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is the global governing body for the sport of cycling, recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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“It’s not a race, it’s an adventure!” How did Belgium’s very first “Amphiman” in May 2016 turn out for two of our “sporting” colleagues, Rob De Donder and Dirk Hermans? 10 Mile Run, which they completed successfully as part of the Oiltanking Stolthaven Antwerp team.
In the April issue we were excited to announce the participation of two colleagues in Belgium’s first Amphiman, a swimrun* competition. And, indeed they competed and finished it with gusto! Dirk Hermans, Software Development & Support Manager at Marquard & Bahls, and Rob De Donder, Human Resources Coordinator Recruitment & Development for Oiltanking Stolthaven Antwerp and Oiltanking Ghent and Terneuzen, had prepared themselves for the race both individually and as a team. They checked their physical fitness by participating in the Antwerp
On Saturday, May 7, 2016, it was time for our two athletes to begin their 28kilometer swimrun adventure: 24 kilometer of running and 3.6 kilometer of swimming. The race turned out to be as tough as the landscape was idyllic: the water a mere 10 °C, the air temperature 28 °C, the offroad course erratic and challenging. Despite their exertions, Dirk and Rob enjoyed the beautiful natural race course through the forests and lakes in the south of Belgium. Thanks to a steady focus and their well-attuned teamwork, they managed every swimrun transition smoothly and didn’t get lost. Five hours later, they enjoyed not only
A FANTASTIC COMBINATION “Swimrun is an ongoing alternation between beautiful landscapes, peak physical performance and the companionship with one’s wingman” Dirk Hermans (left) and Rob De Donder
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their successful finish but also their post-race paella and, of course, a well-deserved Belgian beer. But they won’t be resting for long: their racing schedule continues in October 2016, when they are scheduled to participate in the year’s second swimrun race in Boom, northern Belgium. * A swimrun is a long-distance cross-country race between teams of two athletes who repeatedly switch between running and swimming, all the time wearing wetsuits and shoes
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Since time immemorial, the number seven has had spiritual and mystical connotations. In many societies, this number is accorded great significance. According to general numerology, its stands for virtues including perfection, perseverance, optimism, as well as victory – and seven is considered a lucky number in countries including Japan and Thailand. From August 2016, the number seven will carry a special meaning for Marquard & Bahls as well. “Koreastrasse 7” is the address of the new headquarter in Hamburg. The building is located in Hamburg’s HafenCity, directly on the waterfront. With floor space of about 23,000 sqm spread over seven floors, it provides ample room for more than 700 colleagues. The move to this new location makes it possible for all Hamburg-based Marquard & Bahls subsidiaries to work under a shared roof, something that wasn’t feasible due to the space limitations of the previous office building at Admiralitaetstrasse 55. This will lend additional spacial clout to the companies' principle of “stronger together.” The new building, distinctive yet with the restraint typical for the HafenCity, was designed with the company’s philosophy in mind: “independent, sound, individual.” We hope that seven will prove a lucky number for all of our colleagues in Hamburg, and that another of its connotations – safety/security – will apply for the building and everyone in it.
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The Federal Agency for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) estimates that 1.2 million refugees have arrived in Germany in the past three years (as of March 2016). Continuing its effort to improve the situation of the refugees, Marquard & Bahls is participating in a refugee initiative intended to build self-reliance. The “Joblinge Kompass” program was developed by the Joblinge initiative. Since 2007, Joblinge successfully integrates disadvantaged youths into the labour market. With new Kompass Program, the nationwide initiative aims to bring young refugees into the job market. On June 30, 2016, Oiltanking organized a guided tour through its Blumensand terminal in
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Quiz Solution Last time we featured several paintings and asked for their names and their artists – and many of you “got the picture”! It seems many of our readers are quite the art connoisseurs, including Néstor C. Gabrielloni/Oiltanking EBYTEM, Frank Andresen/ Mabanaft Deutschland, Tim Van Baeveghem/Oilltanking Ghent, and Henning Huenteler/Carbonbay, the lucky winners of the powercards (2.200 MAH).
Hamburg for participating refugees. Further to this initiative, Team Sustainability is looking for mentors and language coaches in Hamburg who are willing to support refugees with their time and skills. Joblinge was founded by the Boston Consulting Group and the Eberhard von Kuenheim Foundation of BMW.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY Several initiatives help refugees to establish themselves on the job market
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Correct answers: 1) The Scream, Edvard Munch 2) Mona Lisa, Leonardo Da Vinci 3) The Night Watch, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn 4) Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer 5) Sunflowers, Vincent Van Gogh 6) The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dalí 7) Water Lilies, Claude Monet 8) Nighthawks, Edward Hopper
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Get on the bus to win This time, we have an illustrated brain teaser with a question: Which direction is the bus going? So there’s no clear front or back to be seen?
and adults make judgments. While adults look for visual and sensory clues, children use their first visual clue.
Don’t miss the bus – please send us your answer by August 26, 2016 and have the chance to win a white Oiltanking scarf.
If you’re struggling to find the right answer, perhaps you should ask a child for help. Results showed that 80 percent of children under the age of 10 came up with the correct answer instantly. The University College of London research presumes that this is related to the different way children
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LAST BUT NOT LEAST
Picture: © Madson Araújo, http://TourGuideRio.com
Up & Down Escadaria Selarón, or the “Selaron Steps” in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are more than steps which helps you move from one neighborhood to another. The story of its origins is also quite moving. This world-famous set of steps is the work of Jorge Selarón, a Chilean-born Brazilian painter and ceramist. He began decorating the hillside staircase running up from the Lapa quarter to the city village of Santa Teresa in 1990. The 250 steps, covering a distance of 125 meters, are ornately decorated with over 2,000 individually designed tiles from 60 countries around the world. About 300 of the tiles are hand-painted by Selarón. Initially the tiles were scavenged from construction sites and piles of urban waste. Later, most of them were donations from visitors. Selarón called the Escadaria Selarón a “tribute to the Brazilian people” and apparently considered it a work in progress, never completed. On January 10, 2013, at the age of 65, he was found dead on the very steps that had become his life’s work. But he left the world a lasting heritage: His flight of stairs, which has been featured in many magazines and music videos, was declared part of the city’s patrimony in 2005 and has become one of Rio’s cherished landmarks.
