The Jebel Ali Police Station of Dubai Police recognised Tristar Group\\\'s staff accommodation in the Jebel Industrial Area as the most well organised camp in the area which is committed to the well-being of the people living there.
Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne witnessed the awarding ceremony when officials from Dubai Police and other organizations handed over winter gift items to all drivers and ground staff living at the camp. The Positive Spirit Initiative and General Administration of Human Rights representatives, and Hemaya School students were present at the event and supported the recognition.
Mr. Mayne expressed his gratitude to the organizers for choosing Tristar and recalled the company’s joint effort with Dubai Police in cultivating the culture of road safety among drivers and other road users.
Tristar was a recipient of Dubai Government’s Taqdeer 4-Star rating in 2022 which recognizes and rewards companies for excellence in labor relations, including labor policies, facilities... [...]
In another pioneering step towards the decarbonisation of maritime transport, Tristar Group has signed an agreement with Turkey’s Akdeniz Shipyard to build a hybrid bunker barge for the UAE. Scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2025, the vessel will be positioned at Port of Fujairah, the multi-purpose maritime facility on the east coast of the UAE.
The 750-cubic metre capacity bunkering vessel is designed to house diesel generators as a backup to electric power. The barge will not have a conventional funnel and deck space saved will house the sizeable on board battery. Generators if run, will discharge flue gases under water so that GHG emissions into the atmosphere are greatly reduced.
This innovative design and the vessel’s powertrain will lower carbon emissions significantly, especially when compared to conventional diesel propulsion. With well-planned operations, it is expected that carbon emissions will be reduced by more than 50 per cent.
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History has taught people that the leaders who succeed are the ones who meet the needs of the future by moving forward. To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) needs forward thinkers, doers, builders, changers, movers, leaders.
Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne has heeded the call. He attended the launching of the ‘Forward Faster’ initiative by the UNGC last December 4 with some members of the Tristar ESG Committee, namely Balaji Nagabhushan, Arthur Los Banos and Racheal Xavier. With them in photo is UNGC Assistant Secretary-General and CEO Sanda Ojiambo (3rd right).
The ‘Forward Faster’ initiative aims to increase accountability and transparency by calling for companies to publicly declare their commitments and highlight the actions they will undertake to meet the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Expo City Dubai hosted COP28 from November 30 to December 12, with one rest day on December 7, that brought together delegates from nearly 200 countries to craft a climate agreement that would keep alive the rapidly receding prospect of limiting global average temperature increases to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
The Conference of Parties (COP28) played a significant role in gathering global leaders from corporate and non-corporate world to produce possible solutions. Being in forefront to adopt Green Initiatives, Tristar in partnership with the World Green Energy Organization (WGEO) actively participated in the global event from November 30 till December 12 at the Expo Dubai. This participation has showcased Tristar’s commitment to building a sustainable future and addressing its global efforts towards climate change mitigation.
Seven staff participated in several negotiations and sessions on a rotation basis. Each of them gained insights pertaining to their specific expertise based on sustainability. More than... [...]
The Coastal Team of the Maritime Logistics Division conducted three activities at Sohar Port on November 27 to celebrate the ‘Day of Seafarer’ with the theme ‘An Event for Well-being, Safety & Health of Seafarers’.
In the morning, a combination of man overboard, fire and oil spill drill were held with the assistance of the Port of Sohar Safety and Port Control departments, Oman Coast Guard and Civil Défense, Oman Pesco (OP), and Svitzer. Crew members of Tristar Pride and Tristar AD Comet II were involved.
In the post-drill evaluation, three positive observations were noted: The Pride and AD Comet II crew members were aware of their duties and carried out as per our Emergency Response Plan (ERP); all safety gears and procedures were followed; and all reporting carried out as per port and ERP requirements.
Capt. Nazeef Siddiqui, Tristar Head of Coastal – Maritime... [...]
The Traffic and Roads Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority resumed its school children road safety awareness campaign called ‘Golden Rules for Generational Safety’ in September.
On September 4, Corporate Communications Senior Manager Arthur Los Banos joined the Traffic Awareness Section Team in distributing Tristar-branded innovative gifts with road safety messages and educational brochures at the Children\\\\\\\'s City at Dubai Creek where hundreds of school children had their field trip.
On September 26, the Tristar Team visited Sheikh Zayed Community School in Al Warqa where the \\\\\\\'Tristar Kids Traffic Arena\\\\\\\' was set up for school children to have the opportunity to drive around in pedal cars and to be taught traffic rules like stopping before a pedestrian crossing and wearing seat belt all the time. Then on November 8, the team went to Dubai Modern Education School.
The idea behind the campaign was to increase road safety awareness among school children who... [...]
The 5th Tristar ‘Safety at Sea’ Conference held on Monday, November 6, was very timely following the recent disclosure of the 3rd quarter 2023 Seafarers Happiness Index which showed a decline. The report shows an overall fall in seafarer happiness to just 6.6 out of 10, comparing to 6.77 in Q2 2023 and 7.1 in Q1 2023.
The Seafarers Happiness Index is a quarterly survey conducted by The Mission to Seafarers. It measures the well-being of seafarers through 10 key questions about their work and life, designed to gauge sentiment about their experiences on board.
“The annual ‘Safety at Sea’ event is Tristar’s contribution to seafarers around the globe, a robust platform to discuss and implement an ecosystem that will enable all seafarers to stay healthy and alive and for them to identify with symptoms of depression and to encourage them to seek care or counselling,... [...]
Tristar Group has inaugurated a second solar power project in Dubai, with a capacity of 464 kilowatt peak (kWp), at its specialised warehouse facility inside Jebel Ali Free Zone (JAFZA). This is the second project launched by the company since 2021, in partnership with TotalEnergies.
With 1,190 photovoltaic (PV) panels, the new plant has an annual capacity of 750 megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable electricity, which equates to 90 per cent of the facility’s total power consumption. This solar installation will enable an annual reduction of 318 tons of CO2, equivalent to planting approximately 8,200 trees per year.
“There are many routes to UAE Net Zero 2050, and Tristar has adopted a realistic and real-world approach to decarbonisation,” says Eugene Mayne, Group CEO of Tristar. “We are marking a new milestone on this transitional journey with a second solar power plant on our premises.”
Tristar’s first solar power project is installed at its... [...]
Tristar Group was recognised as the winner of the first Golden Peacock Global Award for ESG (GPGAESG), at the 2023 Annual London Global Convention of the Institute of Directors, India (IOD). Tristar Group CEO Eugene Mayne received the award from Sir Alok Sharma KCMG MP, President of COP26 and Member of Parliament for Reading West, UK, and Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath, PVSM, AVSM (Retd.), President of IOD.
This is the first time IOD has instituted an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) award under its Golden Peacock Awards initiative, after they were first introduced in 1991. Since then, the Golden Peacock has come to be regarded as a benchmark of corporate excellence around the world. In earlier years, Tristar has won four Golden Peacocks for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), two for Occupational Health and Safety, and one for Sustainability.
According to the IOD Secretariat, the shortlisted entries... [...]
The 5th Tristar Safety at Sea Conference will be opened by International Maritime Organisation Secretary General Mr. Kitack Lim. The annual event, dedicated to the well-being of seafarers globally, will be held on November 6 at the Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, at The Palm Jumeriah in Dubai.
The IMO is the pre-eminent regulator of the shipping industry globally. As an agency of the United Nations, it is responsible for measures to improve the safety and security of international shipping and to prevent pollution from ships. It is also involved in legal matters, including liability and compensation issues and the facilitation of international maritime traffic. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the IMO and other organizations called on governments to designate as ‘key workers’ all seafarers, marine personnel, fishing vessel personnel, offshore energy sector personnel and service provider personnel at ports, regardless of nationality.
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