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# 17 Dec 2014
Dear Teams on board and ashore,
2014 is almost to its end and we are already looking ahead into 2015, which will be a busy
year as well.
CMA SHIPS is and will be growing fast, we shall continue our efforts to improve our results and
the level of service we are offering.
This Newsreport release is a dense one, you will enjoy all topics I am sure : our usual batch of
promoted Officers , our Who is Who section.
The various awards and certification we received or renewed are a clear recognition of our
work, your work : US coast guards QUAL 21 for the Company, ISM certification renewal,
Office news and some interesting technical papers are completing this edition.
To all of you ashore and on board, let me wish a joyful CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to
you, your family and your beloved ones.

Ludovic GERARD
Executive Vice
President CMA Ships

Enjoy your reading,

With my Best Regards,
Ludovic GERARD

FOCUS ON 2014 vs. 2013 GROUP FIGURES

THIRD QUARTER 2014 RESULTS:
CMA CGM reports record-high volumes and strong growth in net income:
Volumes: significant increase of 8.3%
Operational performance: resilient operating margin (5.7% of the turnover) mainly due to unit cost control
Significant increase of our net income: 201 million USD
Consolidated revenue amounted to USD 4.4 billion: a 6.4% increase compared with the 3rd quarter of 2013.
Carried volumes have reached their highest level over the Groups history thanks to the lines deployed in high-growth
areas and to the strength of the services offered on the main markets.
This growth stems in particular from:

Asia-Europe where steady growth has been recorded.

Intra-Asia and Oceania: in these areas, the Group operates

through expert subsidiaries such as ANL or CNC,
complementary to CMA CGM.

Africa: CMA CGM has continued the development of its

maritime and intermodal activities on this continent. The
Group has expanded its service offering and has opened
new land corridors, under the CMA CGM or the DELMAS
brands.

Reefer transport: CMA CGM has a strong expertise on this

high-growth transport segment. The Group recently
purchased 7,000 new reefer containers and targets to carry
one million reefers in 2015.

FOCUS ON NEW BULBOUS BOW PROGRAM

Throughout the year 2014, 24 CMA CGM vessels have been converted with a new nose!
Below a melting pot of chosen pictures showing few conversions,
supervised by our Dry Dock Director Giovanni MARMORO, Dry Dock Manager Willem DE HAAN, and in Asia,
our Dry Dock Superintendent Vadym MAGDYN

FOCUS ON PSC Zero Deficiency Race

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AWARDEES!
We invite concerned Masters to spend the $400 for crew entertainment & recreation on board.
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 2014 - AWARDEES

CMA CGM MANET

CMA CGM LAMARTINE

CMA CGM NEW JERSEY

NICOLAS DELMAS

CMA CGM LIBRA

CMA CGM SWORDFISH

CMA CGM DALILA

CMA CGM AMBER

CMA CGM JULES VERNE

CMA CGM AFRICA FOUR

CMA CGM OKAPI

OUED ZIZ

CMA CGM MAGELLAN

CMA CGM TARPON

CMA CGM FIGARO

CMA CGM HYDRA

CMA CGM AFRICA THREE

CMA CGM BELLINI

CMA CGM PEGASUS

SAINT ROCH

AKNOUL

CMA CGM THALASSA

CMA CGM JAMAICA

CMA CGM CORTE REAL

CMA CGM AQUILA

CMA CGM EIFFEL

CMA CGM ROSSINI

VILLE D'ORION

ANL WANGARATTA

CMA CGM VIRGINIA

CMA CGM IMPALA

CMA CGM LAPEROUSE

CMA CGM CENTAURUS

CMA CGM KAILAS

Reminder: To be rewarded your vessel has to:

1/ be inspected during the quarter (one time or more), 2/ receive zero deficiency each time for the whole period.

FOCUS ON DECLINE OF CRUDE OIL PRICES

Prepared by CMA CGM Bunkering Department
Fuel oil prices have been going down very quickly this year.
From about 650 USD / mt (Rotterdam prices, HFO 380cst), we are now very close to 300 USD / mt
as were finishing this newsletter
We have asked our special detective to climb the stairs up the 27th Floor of the CMA CGM TOWER in order to
interview Farid TRAD, Head of Energy Department. Here are the findings !
MARKETS
The price of oil has hit a five-year low as fears of oversupply in the market continue to mount.
Brent crude was down at $62.50 a barrel on 12 December 2014, afternoon trading, its lowest since October 2009.
Analysts said that markets risked becoming "unbalanced" unless the OPEC producers' cartel decided to intervene.
Saudi Arabia, the cartel's biggest member, resisted calls at last month's meeting to cut production despite the slide in
prices, which have fallen more than 43% since June.
DEMAND
There is a massive weakening in the Eurozone economy and in Asia. The once hungry Asian nations (China, Korea,
Japan) kept prices of crude oil high because of their high demand energy needs. Their economies are now in recession
(Japan) or in slow growth (China, Korea).
Markets are unsettled by official data showing that China's export growth slowed sharply in November, while imports
surprisingly contracted, resulting in a record monthly trade surplus.
The world's second-largest economy is slowing down: Chinese trade data fell well short of expectations and this has
sent traders scurrying for the exits.
Meanwhile, figures showing that the Japanese economy contracted more than initially thought in the three months to
30 September hit the yen, sending the dollar to a seven-year high.
SUPPLY
With advances in drilling technology known such as fracking, the United States has revolutionized the energy
market by producing internal crude oil and shale oil to levels unknown before. The result is that crude that was
once imported to the US is no longer bought and flooding the market. Shale oil producers in the U.S. are producing to
secure internal demand; imports to the US are now historically low. The result is a massive oversupply of petroleum
in the world markets and a significant decrease in world demand.
This has caused the price of crude oil to drop 43% from the high $115.06 of June 2014 to todays $62.50.
(See below graph.)

FOCUS ON ECA 2015 : Fuels Qualities Forecast

By Philippe RENAUD, Energy & Innovation Manager

Source DNV-GL

The 01 January 2015 sulfur content limitation in fuel will drop from 1% to 0.1% ECA. As a consequence, you will not use
1.0%S fuels anymore but 0.1%S instead. According to our fuels suppliers, 3 different products will be available.
The first one that will represent the main supply is the DMA 0.1%S.
This grade of distillate fuels is already widely used onboard on all vessels calling European ports and Californian coast.
It is a conventional distillate with low sulfur content.
Second are hybrid products.
This is a new range of products. They are blend of distillate and miscellaneous residual and process sub-products. It is
the results of our fuels suppliers investigation to find ways to supply 0.1%S fuels with higher viscosity than distillate
and a lower cost.
So far, the products available on the market are highly paraffinic. The presence of paraffin generates a safety and
technical issue. We have therefore decided to refuse to use these range of products.
Other alternatives products are under development by the majors, each one will be evaluated prior to be introduced
onboard.
Third one is a project of desulfurized residual fuel.
This is a project and such fuels will not be available before 2017. The products will be similar to the RMG380 that we
are using today.
This forecast is the reason why we are modifying the vessel in order to be able to store and handle heated and not
heated product. In term of compliance, have in mind that just 2t of high sulfur fuel are enough to increase the
sulfur content of 500t of low sulfur fuel over 0.20%.
Talking about the compatibility issue, the information received from the suppliers is summarized in the below table:

Compatibility between the different range of low sulfur fuels

DMA

Hybrid fuels

Desulfurized
Residual Fuels

DMA

OK

Hybrid fuels

Should not be a
problem but nobody
will warranty

Could be but never

warranty by the
supplier

Desulfurized
Residual Fuels

Should not be a
problem if the DMA
is free of paraffin but
nobody will warranty

No. Clear risk of

instant
sedimentation.

Could be but
never warranty
by the supplier

HS HFO

Should not be a
problem if the DMA
is free of paraffin but
nobody will warranty

No. Clear risk of

instant
sedimentation.

Could be but
never warranty
by the supplier

HS HFO

Could be but
never warranty
by the supplier

FOCUS ON NEWLY PROMOTED

Captain Bogdan INCULET CC LAMARTINE

Bogdan INCULET, Romanian, joined CMA CGM in September 2000. He sailed

as Deck Mate and then Chief Officer on different vessels such as CC
FIDELIO, CC LA SCALA, CC LIBRA and last one CC LEO for several contracts.
He took command of CC LAMARTINE in October 2014.

Captain Aleksandar VUKASOVIC CC TITAN

Aleksandar VUKASOVIC, from Montenegro, joined CMA CGM in
November 2010 as Chief Officer. he sailed on some of our big
vessels such as CC THALASSA, CC MUSCA or CC MAGELLAN.
He took command of CC TITAN in October 2014.

Chief Engineer Frane KULISIC CC GEMINI

Frane KULISIC, Croatian, joined CMA CGM in October 2004. He sailed as 2nd
Engineer on board different size of vessels, from CC ORAN, VILLE DE MARS, CC
EIFFEL, CC ALCAZAR, CC MARLIN, CC VIVALDI, CC THALASSA, till 11.400 TEUS as
CC CENTAURUS, CC GEMINI or CC ANDROMEDA.
He was promoted as C/E on CC GEMINI in October 2014.

Sorin ION, Romanian, joined CMA CGM in 2004, as Mate.

He was promoted as Chief Officer in 2008 and sailed on CC GEORGIA, CC
BLUE WHALE and was Chief Officer on CC LYRA (11400 TEUS) since February
2012.
He took command of CC LA SCALA (8500 TEUS) beginning of November 2014.

FOCUS ON USCG QualShip 21 Program

For CMA CGM DALILA & CMA Ships.
By Arnaud LAVANANT, French Fleet Manager

After 2 years on Columbus Line, CMA CGM DALILA entered the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD quality shipping
program called QUALSHIP 21 PROGRAM.
Less than 10% of all foreign-flagged ships that operate in the United States meet the eligibility requirements of this
program, putting the CMA CGM DALILA in an elite class.
Also, CMA SHIPS, as ship manager, has been recognized by U.S. COAST GUARDS for its eligibility to Quality shipping
in the twenty first century program.
Quality vessel for USCG must satisfy several topics as :
No substandard detention in US within 36 months,
No marine violation or serious marine casualties,
more than one ticket in the US within the previous 36 months,
Successful US Port State Control (PSC)
Safety Exam within the previous 24 months.
Last but not least, shipss flag (French for CC DALILA) has to be in conformity with USCG criteria in terms of
performances according to the IMO (International Maritime organization).
In addition, thanks to the USCG recognition of CMA CGM DALILA general good quality, this certificate valid for 3 years.
Vessel name will be posted on USCG Webside & EQUASIS (worldwide ships quality data base used by insurances,
customers and administrations).
Congratulations to Capt LOSSOIS, Capt DA SILVA PASSOS, C/E BARDONET, C/E CASANOVA and their crew members
on board CMA CGM DALILA for the last 2 years !
More info on Quality Ship 21 program at :http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgcvc/cvc2/safety.asp

FOCUS ON CMA SHIPS ROMANIA is N 1 one more time!

By Romeo STAVAR VERGEA CMA Ships Romania Director
Thanks to hard and devoted work of entire team, CMA SHIPS
Romania was awarded in November this year for 2013 activity, by
Constantas Trade, Industry, Agriculture and Navigation Chamber
with First place among all crewing agents,
this for the 4th consecutive year!
Also this November, CMA SHIPS Romania has been awarded by
Romanias Trade and Industry Chamber with the Third place on
the Romanian TOP of Enterprises, Services section. Only after 6
years of activity in Romania, CMA SHIPS Romanias excellence in
services was recognised and was driving us in TOP III.

FOCUS ON UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA

By Dragan MILATOVIC, CMA SHIPS Croatia
FACULTY OF MARITIME STUDIES is founded as the Austro-Hungarian Naval Academy in 1866. In 1899 the Academy grows
into the Imperial and Royal Naval Academy. Academy work was interrupted during First and Second World War. Without
interruption, since 1949, Faculty of Maritime studies mission was to deliver to Merchant navy highly skilled Marine
officers, educated above STCW requirements.
Maritime Faculty Rijeka is most important CMA Ships provider of qualified marine officers. More than half of the
currently employed officers have graduated in Rijeka, including all four Masters serving on 16000 TEUs ships. In last two
years CMA Ships has employed, 36 Marine Electronic engineers and 22 cadets, all graduated from Rijeka Faculty with
minimum Bachelor education degree. Among employed seafarers are 22 who graduated with Masters degree in their
respective department.
The first Agreement of Cooperation was signed with CMA Ships in 2008. In 2014 new agreement was signed including
development of programmes for undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students and seafarers training.
In 2014 CMA Ships has donated to Maritime Faculty, High Voltage simulator which will be used for regular education of
engine and electronic officers. Donation agreement also includes free use of simulator by CMA Ships for training of its own
engineers and electricians.
Due to increased number of reefer containers carried on a different lines and requirement
to employ larger number of capable reefer engineers, CMA Ships and Rijeka Maritime
Faculty signed agreement for installation of reefer container units and compressed gas
training module, which will be used for CMA Ships reeferman training.
On the occasion of the celebration of St. Nicholas' and day of the Maritime Faculty in
Rijeka, 5 December 2014 in the Marble Hall of the Maritime Museum of the Croatian
Littoral ceremonial session of the Faculty Council Faculty of Maritime Studies was held.
On this occasion, Dean's award was awarded to best Faculty students as well as
acknowledgment to enterprises, institutions, organizations and individuals that have
contributed to the work of the Faculty.
CMA Ships was among enterprises who received acknowledgment for contribution to
the development of the Faculty of Maritime studios.
On behalf of CMA Ships , acknowledgement was received by Marine Human Resources
Director Christian DE FRUYT.

FOCUS ON WHOs WHO o/b our good vessels

Thank you all for your feedbacks on last Newsreport: Here is the fourth run!
As new comers and newly promoted seafarers are not the only ones deserving to be in the limelight, we are very
happy to introduce you to the fourth edition of our crew members presentation, people you trust and people
you are glad to work with.

Rank: Deck Cadet

Name: Ravindu SALWATHURA
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Age: 22
Hobbies: Car Racing, Video Games, Cricket
First Vessel: CC AFRICA TWO

I have been serving on CC AMBER since JULY 2014 and I am the happiest
cadet as being the first SRI LANKAN ever. I always grab opportunities to
learn & my goal is to be a navigation officer on a gigantic CC ship one day.

Remus F. BONGHANOY
Rank: Able Seaman
Born: 5th Oct 1983
Nationality: Filipino

Remus BONGHANOY started 2008 on CMA CGM THALASSA. He is currently on

CMA CGM DANUBE.
Hobbies: He enjoys watching Videotel in the cabin through WiFi, internet
surfing and watching movies
Mr. BONGHANOY is well mannered and is a joyful seaman always ready to
help others.

Deck Cadet Miss. Marina BELASIC.

Marina BELASIC comes from one of the most beautiful city in Croatia,
Opatija.
Born on 19th March, 1989, she graduated from the Maritime University
in Rijeka.
Her time on board she spent working together with Officers and Crew
learning about her future job. In the spare time she works out in the
gym and sings karaoke.
While at home her hobbies are dancing, jogging and walking with her
two fabulous dogs.
She is curretnly onboard CMA CGM CENTAURUS

FOCUS ON WHOs WHO o/b our good vessels

Mr. Georgian COSTACHE, Romanian, OOW o/b CMA CGM LEO.

He joined CMA Ships in 2009 as OOW. He sailed on board CC FLORIDA,
CC FIGARO, CC COLUMBA, CC LEO and now he is already lined up for
promotion as Chief Mate.
He is an optimistic person, with lots of charisma, enjoys riding his
motorcycle, snowboarding and playing the guitar.

My name is Jan HEBDA, and I am 25 years old Deck Cadet from Poland.
I am ICT technician and I almost finished my studies at the Maritime
Academy of Szczecin. I am now crewmember of M/V NALA DELMAS.
I started my worldwide sailing adventure in CMA CGM in 2013 on board M/V
NICOLAS DELMAS.
I am interested in sports and my passion is rowing. I usually spend my free
time at the gym.
In closest future I would like to become officer on CMA CGM vessels.

Name: Hugo RONEL

Position: 3rd Officer Administration
Nationality: Philippine
Personality: Simple, Approachable and Friendly. Always aim to fulfill
completely his tasks.
Hobbies: Drawing, Reading books, Playing guitar
Hugo is currently on board ANL WANGARATTA.

FOCUS ON WHOs WHO o/b our good vessels

By Hugues DESVAUX, Fleet Navigation center

Mr. Edwin MORALES, nationality Filipino, is currently Bosun on board of

CMA CGM SWORDFISH .
Mr. MORALES started his seafaring experience when he was 22 years old.
Hes got two children - Monica and Mara Kim.
A very happy guy, he is always there to cheer you up. Now he is 45 and he
enjoys life being at sea.
He plays chess and basketball during his free time.

My name is Pawel DUDA and I am 27 years old.

Im currently onboard CC AFRICA THREE as 2nd officer.
I joined CMA CGM 3 years ago as cadet.
My hobbies are:
Travelling with my wife and friends, reading books and cooking.

In the near future, Id like to complete my second studies at

Maritime University.

FOCUS ON FLEET NAVIGATION CENTER: ongoing

experimentations

By Hugues DESVAUX, Fleet Navigation center

The Development and Evaluation Team (DET)

Since last January, a small desk manned with two officers located in a corner of FNSC is investigating new ways of
reducing fuel costs.
This team's first challenge was to highlight the ability to better take into account tidal stream in order to route our
ships in the Channel and the North Sea.
After proving the reality of a potential economy, this Tidal Routing Team assessed the potential of using oceanic
currents worldwide: it started to meet routing providers and selected the most volunteer of them: the French company
AdrenaShips, the world leader for routing the sailing racers (Vende Globe, Volvo Ocean Race ...).

A first real sea test is now in progress on CMA CGM LAPEROUSE with the Software, Stream data are provided by
Tidetech.
In order to know where the scientific research on oceanic currents is going to and to inform the scientific community of
the specific needs of the shipping industry, CMA-CGM participates to the annual Users Consultation Meetings of the
"GlobCurrent Community" sponsored by the European Space Agency and the main European Oceanographical institutes.
Meanwhile, under the supervision of its manager, the team evolved in order to develop CMA-CGM's own routing
algorithm. This will simultaneously manage all data which have an influence on ship's fuel consumption: weather and
current data, vessels' nautical and engine characteristics and every local constraints or regulation. It will provide
masters with the Optimal routing solutions.

Thanks to CMA IT Top management/Elie ZEENNY who selected the righteous way to develop this key algorithm by
challenging ProbaYes and Thals on the first step of this algorithm.
Thanks to CMA IT HFO manager Florent NALIN to conduct the project in front with those labs and to coordinate the
whole project within VPS, Ship Tracking and all involved parts.
In addition, the team is also working on other issues like:
NavStation a 46 touch screen electronic board aiming to replace paper charts on board and to assist the
navigational officer for passage planning,
the PAY AS YOU SAIL concept to better adjust the electronic chart collection reduce the cost
WIND-POWER winner of Concours Lpine in 2012 - aiming to assist our Captains to convert the wind information
into tons of thrust on the hull.
new echo-sounder in order to better detect the depth, particularly for mud layer
more reliable and more accurate speed log to calculate the
current and compare it to the forecast

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FOCUS ON CCISC Singapore

By Olivier TEXIER, SSE Marine Division

ISM certification renewal for CMA CGM International Shipping Company

The UK Flag five-year Audit for the renewal of the ISM (Document Of Compliance) certification
was held on November 12. The certification officially authorizes CMA CGM International Shipping
Company (CCSIC) to operate ships under their flag for the next 5 years (subject to annual
verification).
During this audit, carried out by the UK MCA (Marine and Coast Guard Agency), CCISC was able
to demonstrate the effectiveness and compliance of our safety management system. No noncompliance were identified and the MCA issued as well a new DOC for the Maltese flag allowing
CCISC to operate vessels under this flag.
4 new 10,200 TEUs vessels will soon supplement CCISC current fleet: CMA CGM LITANI, TIGRIS,
URAL and VOLGA.

CCISC Team (fleet/purchasing/assistant) + our auditor Gwen LANCASTER (center in black)

FOCUS ON CMA SHIPS SHANGHAI

By Kenvin SHEN, NB and Fleet SI in Shanghai

On 17th october CMA SHIPS SHANGHAI CO. Ltd. was visited by

CMA CGM INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY staff and they were warmly welcomed.
The 4 staff members from CCISC (name in blue) were introduced the CMA Ships Shanghai office and FN & SC (Fleet
Navigation & Support Center). At that time, the FN & SC just started in operation.
The guests were especially briefed by Capt. Nebojsa and Capt. LIU.
From Left:
Tracy QIAN, Elisa JIANG, Kenvin SHEN, Alvin JIANG, David LU, Giancarlo BROSOLO, Nebojsa VUKALOVIC, Steven MA,
Raymond LAW, Winston CHUA, Paul HU, HuiChen LIU

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FOCUS ON MaCS3

By Ann-Christin FRHMCKE, Project Manager OPS Unification Team

MaCS3 Team / New colleague Oliver ESCHMENT (picture on the right)

The MaCS3 Team welcomes Oliver ESCHMENT. Oliver started his career at TEAMLINES, a feeder
line, 13 years ago, before working with the Group as a Transshipment Agent in our Hamburg,
Germany agency 4 years ago.
Since 2012 he has assisted the MaCS3 team to develop the UI (User Interface), modules (Standardized
Loading Confirmation) and has assisted and lead MaCS3 Trainings for Agencies and the SSC (Shared
Service Centre, India). Oliver is a certified Dangerous Goods Officer for Sea and Road transport, a
very important asset to the MaCS3 Team.
He will be in charge of trainings on site & remote, producing training material. We are wishing Oliver all the best for his
start at CMA Ships.

On-site trainings MaCS3 Team / Agency & GAS (picture above)

The MaCS3 Team provides trainings in Agencies worldwide. Recent trainings include: Congo, Thailand, Taiwan, India, The
Netherlands & Egypt.
A separate training was dedicated to our Global Application Support team in DUBAI, UAE. This training aimed at
familiarizing our colleagues with MaCS3 on a basic level. The GAS team will also help us to produce support training
documents.
At the time of publishing teams were on site in Australia, New Zealand and Korea.
MaCS3 Trainings in the scope of OPS Unification and dedicated trainings to MaCS3
will continue over the next coming months.

Thailand team

In case you have further questions about MaCS3 & the agencies, kindly contact :
Ann-Christin FRHMCKE / hsk.afrohmcke@cma-cgm.com

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FOCUS ON MAPS V6 migration

Jean-Charles de LANFRANCHI, Project Manager DSI CMA Ships
DSI CMA SHIPS is glad to announce that the MAPS migration from V5 to V6 is operational since the 1st November 2014.
I wish to thank all fleet captains & payroll team, CMA IT, CS and DSI teams for their work and their involvement.

This is the first big step in the Global Project Deployment of MAPS Onboard application.
Since the beginning of the project in 2013, DSI has implemented the international seafarers payroll: first Euro currency
in 2013 and then Dollar currency in 2014. This allowed a better management of seafarers either permanent or in voyage
contracts and to get a more reliable payroll.
The next step coming on the second quarter of 2015 will be the MAPS Onboard application deployment, of which tests
will begin early January 2015 for a 2 months period.
Fleet captains and DSI have selected four vessels representing various nationalities of seafarers on board vessels and
some technical devices like the type of satellite communication (Sky File, Globe Email).
Fleet Captains will contact Masters of those vessels to give more details about the operation.
The main principle is to ask officers who will have access to MAPS Onboard to work for real during this 2 months
period.
They can capture sign on and sign off of their crew, declare the overtime of their ratings, and finally enter all payroll
variable elements such as slop chest, cash advance, etc ...
At the end of the month; all crew and payroll information will be transferred from MAPS onboard to MAPS shore.
MAPS shore will be able to send all those information to our payroll software (ALICIA) to calculate the monthly payroll.
We rely on Masters, officers and agency teams cooperation to help Fleet Captains, payroll team and DSI to validate
this new application and make it as a great success.

From left:
Laurent FERULLA, Damien BILA, Jean Charles
DE LANFRANCHI, Jean Baptiste BOUTILLIER,
Stphanie H, Fatine AMBROSINO, kneeling
down Marc Olivier MAGRANER

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FOCUS ON DNV GL's Maritime Academy

By Philippe MAGRIT, Training Manager

Aiming to reinforce a structured management of the trainings delivered to our Seafarers, it was decided to give to our
RTOs a necessary Train the Trainer training.
From 8th to 10th of December 2014, DNV GL's Maritime Academy welcomed at Marseilles the first Train the Trainer
for Shipping Companies training event.
The scope of Local training is wide as we have several types of trainings, from a simple Powerpoint lecture till
advanced technical trainings. The company trainings are usually given by our RTO (Regional Training Officers) and
often, sub-contracted to officers recognized as expert but not official trainers.
We have now an first homogeneous RTO team who understood, by personal practices and involvement over those 3 days
that trainings cant be sub-contracted on spot.
This training will be extended very soon to all other potential Trainers, including the Sea Trainers.
A first application for our RTO is now to use their reinforced skills to build the necessary training to give to our deck
Officers the necessary expertise to manage on board the Electronical Documents updates, an Appropriate papered back
up and Accurate and controlled Passage Plans.
They are receiving on 11th of December, in HO Marseilles ,all necessary software training supports prepared by Chief
Officer Goran SILJKOVIC.

From left:
Volodymyr MANDYEV from DNV GL
Rodolpho RADAM
Rodolphe BODINEAU
Dragan MILATOVIC
Catalin NOVAC
Georgiy DUPIKOV
DNV GL Instructor Thomas

SPECIAL EVENTS
To celebrate this special season, CMA SHIPS Management has decided to offer to all of our crew:
3 days double feeding rate on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day.
Enjoy !

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FOCUS ON VOYAGES ON CARGO SHIPS

Welcome on board!
As you all know, some individuals choose to travel for a round trip or just a few days on board our containers vessels for a
thrilling and unforgettable experience.

With this original means of transport, passengers can immerse themselves in life on board and discover the world of
merchant shipping.
In 2013, 874 persons experienced another way of traveling by cruising on a containership. This summer only, they were
several hundreds taking the opportunity of this one-of-a-kind vacation.
For more info if you know people interested to do such a trip,
please contact Alexandra BEAUMONT in HO : mrs.voyagesencargo@cma-travellers-club.com

VIP Deck & VIP

cabin on CC
Jules verne

You will find below a few emails received from ecstatic passengers delighted with the relationship they had with the
whole crew and their journey.
However, this is not always the case, and therefore, it is very important to remind Captains & everyone on board that
you are the echo of CMA CGM and despite the heavy work you all have while sailing or alongside, it is your duty to
accompany as much as you can those travelers, who also are our spokesman in the whole world. We count on you all!
From a US passenger onboard CC LIBRA in October:
With this email I want to say goodbye now an I want to thank you for this marvelous and unforgettable trip from
Hong Kong to Long Beach. Everybody was so helpful and courteous, I just can repeat it, I felt like a princess!
- Master, for your hospitality on CMA CGM Libra, the generosity and the trust you gave me,
- Crew, for all the funny and frightening movies
- my table-neighbours, for tasting the meals and serving me :)
- Gabriel, for sharing a few of his photographic knowledge - my pictures are much better since then,
- Chef-officer, for the care, the good talks and the Marlboro's
- Deck-cadet, for the delicious hot and cold coffee's
- Electrician, for teaching me how to play Romanian card game
- The watches on the bridge, for all the information and the coffee's early in the morning
- Anthony, for the excellent service
- the Filipino's for their friendliness
- everybody, for all information about the vessel, the engine, the handling of a vessel, the smiles, to make me
laugh and to let me be a part of you, -...
From a French passenger onboard FORT STE MARIE last November:
Tout le reste du voyage fut un vrai rgal. Les officiers rpondant toutes nos questions. Ils taient tous disponibles. Les
lieutenants aussi trs intressants. (The rest of the journey was delightful. Officers always available and ready to
answer all of our questions, also very interesting)
From a passenger onboard CC JAMAICA early November:
Juste un petit mot pour vous communiquer notre profonde satisfaction aprs notre rcent voyage du Havre Miami.
(Just letting you know how pleased we were of our recent trip from Le Havre to Miami)
Les cabines taient spacieuses et propres , agrables. (Cabins were clean and cosy)
L'quipage tait courtois et prvenant et les officiers, rencontrs quotidiennement ou bien lors de leur fonction sur le
bridge ou au restaurant , taient facilement abordables et communicatifs.(Crew was polite and taking good care of us.
Officers available whether on the bridge or in the mess and talkative)
Les repas taient diversifis, non-rptitifs et en gnral assez goteux. (Meals were different everyday and were
tasty).

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FOCUS ON OPENING CEREMONY IN SINGAPORE

On October 02nd and 3rd , Ludovic GRARD, Executive Vice President of CMA SHIPS, attended the opening ceremony of
CMA SHIPS new office in Singapore together with Giancarlo BROSOLO, Dennis WARD, Celine WHONG, Simon SPACEY
and Soren METZKER.
Group working sessions, business reviews and technical meetings were organized at this occasion to address the
challenges ahead that Shipping will face and in particular how it impacts the Shipmanagement activity , vessels
design and performance.
A team of not less than 24 skilled persons are sitting today in Singapore, split between :
CCSIC : CMA SHIPS Fleet 7 , Purchasing Team
CMA SHIPS Singapore : managing the International Marine Human Resources to man CMA Ships managed vessels,
including payroll
And a Finance Support team for both entities.
All team moved into the new office on Sept 1st , 2014. The office is located in the sister tower to the one hosting CMA
CGM & ANL Agency.
The two working days ended with the traditional Lions dance to bring luck and fortune to CMA SHIPS Singapore and
CCSIC !

With 34 new vessels being delivered in the next two years, bringing our managed fleet to 140 vessels by 2016, I am
pleased to see that CMA SHIPS is getting more and more structured worldwide, with strong and professional teams ,
all motivated and engaged to cope with this staff activity growth concluded Ludovic GRARD.

Standing (from left to Right)

Anna-Leen BAYLON, Aipie PURI, Giancarlo BROSOLO, Sanjev KANNAN (behind Giancarlo), Simon SPACEY, Capt Iulian
DRAGOI (behind Simon), May LEE, Dennis WARD (behind May Lee), Ludovic GERARD, Zunaidah KAMALI (behind
Ludovic), Andrew FERRIE (behind Zunaidah), Winston CHUA (behind Ludovic), Soren METZKER, Noel GOZUN, Raymond
LAW (behind Noel), Irene TAN, Lavinia POPESCU, Alex TAN.
Front Squatting (Left to Right) : Celine WHONG, Shirley SONG, Caroline GARRIDO (behind Shirley), You Yuan, Mira
FORTUNA.

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SPECIAL EVENTS
It is with great sadness that we learnt that Captain Etienne MAURIN passed away on November 10th.
He started his career within DELMAS in 1974 and embarqued for the first time as Deck Officer, then as C/O in 1981 and
finally as Captain until July 2010 when he retired.
Captain MAURIN was well-known for his high professionalism and humane approach. He taught a big amount of CMA
CGM young Officer and made them love this beautiful profession.
We extend to his family, relatives and colleagues, our heartfelt condolences.

Baby girl called Sahara P. OMADTO is born on 25th of November, 03:10 lt in the
Philippines. She is 3,5 kg.
Her Father, Chief cook on board CMA CGM PUGET, Sahadj Acode OMADTO is very happy
and both mother and child are in excellent health!

And always remember: SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU !

EYESWASH SOLUTION
DONT reuse eyewash solutions already opened.
In case of emergency those bottles can NOT be used.

DO : Report used eyewash vials to the officer in charge

for immediate replacement

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