Tristar Group Founder and CEO, Eugene Mayne, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 at the Seatrade Maritime Awards Middle East, Indian Subcontinent & Africa 2020. Held on December 14, 2020, the unique first of its kind virtual ceremony honored the work of individuals and organizations from the maritime industry who achieved great success despite the global pandemic.
Chris Hayman, Chairman, Seatrade, said: “We are proud to appreciate a global expert in the maritime energy industry, such as Eugene Mayne, Founder and CEO of Tristar. His dedication and innovative approach is a story to be told for future generations, as a role model for entrepreneurship and smart leadership.”
Now in its 17th year, Seatrade Maritime Awards Middle East, Indian Subcontinent & Africa 2020 is the largest and longest established awards programme in the region, providing its roll of honor with an unrivalled... [...]
The second annual Tristar ‘Safety at Sea’ conference was held virtually on December 9 with more than 1,000 attendees across the globe with a majority of officers and crew attending from aboard their vessels. The event can be still be viewed for a month by registering through https://www.ubivent.com/register/24/tristar-safety-at-sea.
Speakers were from oil major Shell, global law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW), global maritime health advocate Marine Benefits and Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC). All of them addressed mental health and Covid-19 issues faced by seafarers.
Eugene Mayne, Founder and CEO of Tristar Group, urged the industry to draw attention, with all relevant stakeholders, to the plight of seafarers during his opening address. He referenced a report from the Norwegian Hull Club that estimates there are about 400,000 seafarers trapped at sea due to the pandemic.
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A virtual Sustainability Stakeholders’ Workshop was held today to facilitate discussions around Tristar Group’s global sustainability commitments, as well as the company’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy and future programs. The online event was attended by more than 30 customers, suppliers, corporate partners, industry groups and NGOs. They participated in a survey to give their feedback on Tristar’s key sustainability focus areas. Group CEO Eugene Mayne gave the closing remarks and urged the stakeholders ‘to deliver value to each other, for the future success of our companies, our communities and humanity as a whole’.
Tristar Group’s Maritime Logistics CEO Chris Peters received the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award at the Maritime Standard Awards 2020 which recognized the company’s initiative in addressing mental health issues faced by seafarers. Tristar launched its inaugural ‘Safety at Sea’ Conference on November 10, 2019 in Dubai which was attended by more than 150 decision makers and senior officials from the Shipping Industry and remotely via livestreaming by over 500 seafarers based in India and the Philippines. It was at the event where Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne urged regional shipowners to address and tackle mental health issues encountered by seafarers. The Maritime Logistics team then coordinated a series of Psychological First Aid (PFA) workshops in India from December 2019 to March 2020 for senior officers and crew members. During the Covid-10 pandemic lockdown two virtual sessions were held in April 2020 for seafarers based in India. The... [...]
The educational support initiatives of the Tristar Group in Africa were recognized as successful business cases by the International Business & Leadership Awards when it named the company as the winner of the CSR category during the virtual awards ceremony held today, November 17.
Tristar has donated several classroom buildings to two communities in South Sudan where over 2,500 school children have benefitted since 2009. As a responsible business, the global energy logistics company supports the UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 4 on Quality Education, specifically 4A which calls on to ‘build and upgrade education facilities, that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all.’
In Kenya, Tristar has upgraded the sanitary facilities for boys and girls of a primary school which has over 2,000 students and 50 faculty members. It is... [...]
