Tuesday, September 10, 2019

OOCL once again wins Singapore Environmental Achievement Award

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: OOCL is once again a proud winner of the 2019 Singapore Environmental Achievement Award (Regional) this year, an award that recognizes persistence and dedication to achieving environmental sustainability in all aspects of the business operation.  
Over the years, OOCL has been an honored award recipient at the Singapore Environmental Achievement Award (SEAA) ceremony organized by the Singapore Environment Council (SEC).  This would be OOCL’s third time winning this award in the same category when it was bestowed to OOCL by the event’s Guest of Honor, Mr. Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources of Singapore, on August 27, 2019.
 
Commenting on the award win, Mr. Richard Hew, Managing Director of OOCL (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. said: “It is a real honor to win this remarkable award again. In celebrating our exceptional accomplishments and commitment to environmental excellence, this award is certainly a huge encouragement for us to continue pushing forward with our sustainability agenda into the next level and to aim higher in our green objectives.  This is certainly another important milestone reflecting OOCL’s years of culminative efforts in building an outstanding sustainability profile in the industry.”
 
In addressing emerging global environmental challenges over the years, OOCL has been taking a proactive role in implementing many environmental initiatives and projects including green vessel investment, climate scenario analysis, and greenhouse gas management.  We also applied innovative and advanced technology in our business activities, such as shipment simulation and prediction for fuel saving as well as pilot programs exploring the use of blockchain technology to help simplify the shipment documentation processes for operational efficiency, said an OOCL release.

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