The AFAL Team received the 1st Place award among Caltex Lubricants distributors during a gathering held in Dubai. Photo shows Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne (center) receiving the glass token from Parinaz Patel (4th from left) of Chevron. Others in photo are (from left to right) Adriaan De Kok (Chevron), Abhijit Sarmah (AFAL) , Mouna Malek (Chevron), Patel, Mayne, Anil Sasidharan (AFAL), Charles Mbithi (AFAL), Umesha Manjappa (AFAL), and Omar Zidan (Chevron). AFAL is a subsidiary of the Tristar Group. AFAL is owned by the Tristar Group and is the authorized distributor of Caltex products including the Delo and Havoline brands, as well as industrial lubricants in Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tristar Group IT Head Adam Lalani received his 4th top CIO award at the Computer News Middle East (CNME) and TahawulTech.com’s 5th annual CIO 100 Awards ceremony held in Dubai where he gave a presentation as one of the event’s keynote speakers on Blockchain. Lalani won the same award last year, plus two more similar recognitions – Best CIO in Transportation & Logistics at Enterprise Channels MEA Catalyst Awards 2018 and Top CIO200 Award 2018 from Enterprise Channels MEA. He attributed the awards to the efforts of the entire Tristar IT Department and Group CEO Eugene Mayne’s vision of making the company a fully integrated liquid logistics leader driven by technology.
Tristar Group CEO Mayne (3rd right) received the prestigious ‘Golden Peacock Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility’ from the Institute Of Directors (IOD), in Mumbai, India. Maharashtra State Cabinet Minister for Housing Department Prakash Mehta handed the award together with officers of the IOD. The Golden Peacock Awards are now recognized as the hallmark of corporate excellence worldwide, because of their independence, integrity, transparency. Tristar’s latest award is an addition to its collection of CSR awards from Arabia CSR Network, Supply Chain and Transport Awards and Maritime Standard Awards.
Tristar Group’s JV in Saudi Arabia, United Stars, has signed two agreements with SABIC to provide transport services. United Stars will transport MTBE (methyl tertiary-butyl ether), Caustic Soda and other chemicals from the SABIC plants in Jubail in the Eastern Province to SABIC customers inside the Kingdom, Gulf Cooperating Council (GCC) and Jordan. The logistics provider will also transport gases such LIN, CO2 and Argon from Jubail and Yanbu in the Western Province to different SABIC customers in the Kingdom and GCC using specialized gas tanks.
The Health and Safety Department of Dubai Municipality recognized Tristar for ‘Ensuring Occupational Health and Safety within Your Organization for the Year 2018’ during the ‘Safety in Sustainability Forum’ held last December 18, 2018. Tristar is the only logistics transport company which received the award. The rest were from Dubai Police, Dubai Ambulance, Dubai Human Resources Department, and a number of companies from the construction and other industries.
Tristar Group is pleased to announce that its joint venture United Stars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has signed a five-year contract with Linde-Sigas, a majority owned subsidiary of Linde in KSA and leading manufacturer of industrial and medical gases. Tristar’s mandate will be to transport these products to Linde-Sigas´ diverse portfolio of clients throughout KSA from five centrally located depots in Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh, Jubail, and Yanbu.
The Tristar Group has committed to ban non-reusable plastic materials in its shipping operations at SOHAR Port and Freezone commencing 2019. This was announced at the Sohar Safety Summit with the theme ‘Drive Change in Safety Culture’ which was attended by Sohar Industrial Port Company (SIPC) officials and users of the Port of Sohar Service jetty. Tristar Ship Management General Manager Henri de Gersigny said: ‘We at Tristar are committed to support the 2018 World Environment Day theme of ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ by refusing items that cannot be reused.” He also urged the participants to support the desired change by getting involved in keeping the environment clean and improving the health of their personnel.
The UAE, Oman, Pakistan, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Somalia and Kenya operations of Tristar commemorated World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims by organizing internal and external awareness activities on road safety. In Dubai, the HSE Team launched the campaign ‘My reason for safety… I want to go home to my family every day’ before drivers at the staff accommodation. There are almost 1.3 million deaths from road accidents every year according to the World Health Organization.
Tristar has acquired the 300 thousand barrel Canal Crude Oil Terminal that feeds into the deep water port of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. It is spread across 50 acres with 18 tanks and is capable of storing almost 350,000 BBLs. It has a loading capability of 3,000 to 4,000 BBLs per hour. The terminal is within the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) which is a deep-water port in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana.
Tristar Group IT Head Adam Lalani (seated left) participated as a panelist at the Leaders in Logistics 2018 Conference held at Grosvenor House, Dubai. Lalani shared his insights in the panel discussion on ‘Mind the Gap – Digital Talent & the Supply Chain’ with three other guests. He said: “Whilst technology is a catalyst for change and improvement in the way the logistics sector operates, it is still important to recognise that we should not lose the human touch in our business interactions with our customers and stakeholders. Additionally, I see that it is vitally important to retain experienced hands who are the best qualified to help us make sense of the large data sets that are collected as a result of using more technology in our industry.”