3rd Quarter, 2015

Volume 2, Issue 3

A peek at Express

Logistics new Office

2

Progress Report:

The Quadrant

2

Staff Training 3

Hunt, Deltel in the

Community

4-5

Eden Island Marina

North - The Boat

Show

6-7

Snapshots from our

new corporate video

8

Inside this issue:

A few words from HD’s newly appointed Director

As we come to the end of the 3rd quarter of 2015 we can reflect on the goings on of what has been a busy 4 months for us at Hunt, Deltel and Co. Ltd and our subsidiaries. The team at DHL have had staff travel to Mauritius for Dangerous Goods training, keeping us at the forefront of air cargo transportation and maintaining our position as the only IATA certified air cargo agent in the country. The ladies in our Intellectual Property department were in South Africa for a regional networking conference hosted by Adams & Adams, comparing notes with their counterparts all over Africa. On the marine leisure front, Eden Island Marina Manager Keith Melon was in Cannes and in Southampton promoting the marina and the Seychelles as a destination. Marcus Naiken, the MD of Express Logistics, was in Finland attending a meeting hosted by the WCO-ESA. Alexandre and Bertrand, two of our shipping assistants, successfully completed Spanish language courses in Sala-manca. On the local scene we have been extremely active. Eden Island Marina and Hunt, Deltel & Co. Ltd hosted the first Seychelles boat show in Marina North for the National Day celebrations. The show was very popular with all who attended and we have had extremely positive feedback from all who exhibited; the Quadrant continues to progress well and is fast becoming a Victoria landmark; this quarter also saw the launch of our new corporate video. We continue to show our commitment to preserving the environment by involving ourselves with local NGOs and by trying to build sustainable practices into our work processes. As you read through this, the latest edition of “Hunt, Deltel Express” I hope you find something that peaks your inter-est and that you enjoy reading it as much as we have enjoyed generating the news contained in its pages.

The Boat Show: Photo Gallery on pages 6-7

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Marcus Naiken in Finland

Isabelle, Debra & Flolise in S.Africa

Mervin & Martin in Mauritius

Keith Mellon in Cannes

Since the end of June, Hunt, Deltel’s Clearing & Forwarding

subsidiary Express Logistics has been operating a new office

within a recently refurbished building in New Port area next door

to Seypec Head Quarters.

With closer proximity to all relevant authorities as well as the

Port and Airport, not forgetting a much more spacious work envi-

ronment the team looks forward to enhanced operations.

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Express Logistics: New Office in New Port

Progress Report: The Quadrant

May 2015 August 2015

September 2015

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RCM Training with Maersk

Remote Container Movement software enables us to continuously monitor the status of our reefer cargo. It receives vital information such as temperature,

pressure, plug-in status and alarms. The information is received irrespective of whether a reefer is at sea,

en route or in a terminal.

Business & Service Seminar Held in July by Vimentis, a Swedish Sales & Marketing Company

What was the most valuable piece of advice shared at this seminar?

Claudia said “There is no limit to achieve anything. It is how you bring balance in your life and work, and your mentality towards your goal.

Ian said “Time Management. One needs a balance in life. Within a 24-hour day, 8 hours should be dedicated to work, 8 hours to “play” and

8 hours to sleep to derive maximum benefit in all that we do. This was one of the most interesting seminars hat I have attended so far.”

Staff Training

Shipping Assistants attend Spanish

language school in Salamanca Alexandre Barbier is currently a shipping assistant in the Shipping Op-erations department. He has recently returned to Seychelles following a stay of 8 weeks’ abroad. He tells us of his experience:

On the 3rd of May early this year, I arrived in Spain for the first time. Not only was it my first time travelling on my own, but it was also my first time travelling to a country where the people did not speak a language that I could. Walking out of the airport, I made my way out to the arrivals area where a man from the school I would learn Spanish from was wait-ing for me.

My first memories of Spain were driving through the Spanish countryside to get to the little town of Salamanca. Soon after my arrival I went to pur-chase a SIM card. The fact that almost everyone there spoke exclusively

Spanish meant that this task was very daunting. Throughout my first 3 weeks I used a lot of sign language and if I had access to the internet, a transla-tion program.

I made some great friends towards the end of my first week, a group of Brazil-ians and an Angolan. We went out to partake of the famous bar hopping Spain is well known for. The experience of the Spanish night life has stayed with me as the culture of Spain revolves around having a good time, meeting new peo-ple and of course eating the different dishes native to the country.

Trying out the dishes, I began with the familiar Paella, a Spanish dish well known throughout the world and eventually tried Arroz Negro, a version which uses calamari and it’s ink. Salamanca,is also regarded as the capital of the Jamón Ibérico, a cured ham made from the Black Iberian pig and is consid-ered to be the best in the world.

Through these experiences of going out to the bars and trying out restaurants, I spoke to quite a few local people. Their welcoming smiles and desire to show a foreigner their culture made talking to them all the more easy. Even within my group of friends were a few Spaniards who had been sharing accommoda-tions with people from my school. It was through speaking to the locals as well

as my school mates on a constant basis that truly pushed my understanding of the language. There was also a lot of reading and listening which I did for the most part by visiting museums.

By the last week of my trip, I was speaking enough Spanish to hold a conversation. It was a bit strange to me seeing how I could barely ask for something when I just arrived. I left Spain in late June and made my way back home. I now practice the language on a daily basis with the Spanish representatives and sometimes with fellow colleagues. Also, I sometimes bump into people here who speak the language, so it has opened many new doors to me in the sense that it is now easier for me to meet people. In all, learning the language, experiencing the Spanish culture and meeting many new people has broad-ened my horizons and taught me a lot more than I initially thought I would.

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Jody : “help sea turtles because their fu-

ture depends on us”

Jody : “help sea turtle because their fu-

ture depends on us”

Carah: “keep waters clean”

Anoeuqerine: I wish that every one of our

different species of turtle in Seychelles

wont be extinct…17 years old.

HD In the Community

Felicity Passon: Swimmer, Role Model and Ambassadress Felicity is a young Seychellois swimmer who Hunt, Deltel has committed to support as she continues her career in international competitive

swimming. Following consistently high performance locally and overseas, Felicity has been offered a partial scholarship from Plymouth College

in the UK where she will be under the wing of the English swimming team’s Head Coach.

Tell us a bit about your training routine

I swim 9 sessions a week. I swim all the mornings of the week except Thursday and Sunday and all afternoons

except Sunday and Wednesday. We usually do 3 sessions of land work a week as well, this may be gym work, core/cardio work or

reaction practice.

What are the top 3-5 healthy lifestyle rules you follow?

Enough sleep- I try to get to bed early so even if I have to go training the next morn

ing I get at least 6-7 hours (which is amazing for any swimmer who still has school

work to attend to)

A healthy diet- I try as much as possible to stay away from chocolate or anything

fattening. When I’m not swimming, I try to go jogging to not lose my fitness com

pletely.

What is your ultimate goal? To make a final or semifinal at the 2020 Olympics!

You said that despite all the controversy which surrounded the IOIG, for you it

was a good experience. Tell us more about the good times you had. It was amaz-

ing to be with such a great swim team. When I made podium finishes, continuing

to fly the Seychelles flag. It was great being able to mix with all the other islands

and competitors. In the pool we may compete against each other but

outside we’re all great friends.

Please give three words to describe:

How you feel before a race: Nervous, Excited, Determined

How you feel when you win a medal: Proud, Beyond happy no matter the color!

Driven.

How you feel when you haven’t won: As long as I’ve given it my best I’m happy;

Eager to go home and train harder

Sea Turtle Festival 2015 Contributed by the Island Conservation Society

On the 8th of August, Seychelles celebrated the National Sea turtle Conser-

vation at Beau Vallon. The event was an opportunity for the Island Conser-

vation Society (ICS) to raise public awareness on the threats sea turtles

face worldwide and on conservation action within the Seychelles.

The festival overall encourages the general public to take pride in the pro-

tection of this unique species by allowing people to ask questions, play

games and be creative.

The event was a real success; Our knowledgeable staff and volunteers

taught their visitors about turtle biology, their habits and the reason why

they are classified endangered. Interactive games were organized by our

enthusiastic volunteers and winners were awarded great gifts sponsored by

Cable and Wireless, Toy box, Hunt Deltel and Masons.

Children living or visiting Seychelles are truly blessed to experience such a

beautiful place, surrounded by the ocean, home to amazing living crea-

tures. But, are they aware of their luck? During the festival our ICS team

collected a child’s wish list: the children are aware of what is going on with

the sea turtles, they love them and they want turtles to be protected!

Rebecca: “ I wish for turtles to have a

happy life where they can rest safely on

Seychelles beaches”

Chiera: “ I wish for people to not kill

turtles.”

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HD In the Community

Seychelles SAILING Team. Left to right in below photo: Brad Andre

(silver), Roy Govinden (silver & gold), Rodney Govinden (silver and gold), Chantal Hoffman, Meggy Gertrude (silver and gold), Graig Esparon (silver), David Madeleine (silver ), Alison Hoareau (two silver), Paul Morel, Martin Serv ina (silver ) Missing in the shot - Allan Julie (two gold)

Much food for thought was given during a two-hour awareness workshop on Tuesday 15th September. In

attendance was a healthy mixture of government representatives, the local business community and a

number of environmental NGOs. Lemmy Payet from Land Waste Management Agency and Michele Mar-

tin from S4S gave a comprehensive overview of the current ‘waste situation’ in Seychelles. What followed

was a lively debate on the available recycling outlets and many suggestions and questions from attendees

about what local businesses can do to play their part in reducing, re-using and recycling their waste.

Christopher (left) & Jim (right) diving into the waste sorting

relay

Left to right: Michele Martin, Alex from Shipping, Phillip from Warehousing, Christopher from Workshop, Isabelle from Admin, Jim from Workshop, Keneth

from Ford, Francesca and Jason from Eden Island Marina

Guest Speaker PS Alain Decommarmond

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National Day Boat Show

The MarinaTeam

Hunt, Deltel Accounts & HR holding fort at our stand

Optimist Sailing Race held by the Sail Training Scheme

The pontoons of Marina

North welcomed an array

of visitors and mariners

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National Day Boat Show

Mr. Alain Alcindor giving a thumbs up at the peak of crowd control

The Boat Show

was a chance for

Seychellois to

visit an array of

vessels at their

leisure.

Hunt, Deltel & Co. Ltd.

P.O Box 14

2nd Floor Trinity House

Albert Street

Victoria, Mahe

Phone: + 248 4 380 300

Fax: + 248 4 225 367

E-mail: hundel@seychelles.net

Web: www.huntdeltel.com

Hunt, Deltel & Co. Ltd.

Hunt, Deltel & Co Ltd was formed in 1937 and is a Seychelles regis-tered and owned company, with an extensive portfolio of activities,

with particular emphasis in shipping and service related fields.

The total services company

The company is certified ISO9001:2015 compliant for its shipping agency, management and administration; this covers our commercial shipping, tuna operations, super

yacht activities and courier services.

Our services include: Shipping & Port Operations, Settling Agents for Marine Insurance, Marine Claims & Surveys, Yacht Agency, Marine &

Leisure, Freight Forwarding & Clearing, Airfreight, DHL International Courier Service, Vehicle Distribution, Trademark & Patent Registra-

tion, Publishing House, Eden Island Marina.

Hunt, Deltel’s New Corporate Video A fresh look at the company’s portfolio