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MARCH 1996

MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY

SOUTH AFRICA

EDITION NO.8

MSC INSAHer sisler shipthe MSC Insafollowed short­ly afterwardsand was re­corded as thelargest vesselever to enlerthe DurbanDry Docks,with less thanhalf a metre tospare on eitherside!!!

MSC DURBAN AWARDEDISO 9002:1994

MSC CARLAThis is the largesl container ship ever to dock in South African waters.She was en- route from Europe to Australia .. The giant 55241-Ton ves­sel has a capacity of 3050 TEU's and her overall length is 290 metres.

MSC's NEW JO'BURG OFFICE

The ISO 9002 award is given to those companies throughout theworld which are able to provide the highest level of quality servicesas may be required by both clients and principals.

Pictured right isthe propellorwhich dominatesand enhances thewater feature inthe front ofMSC's NewJohannesburgHead-Quartersat 81 GraystonDrive. Sandton.

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For this edition, mymessagej.s excep­tionally addressedonly to my 642employees inSouth Africa.

MSC BREAKS RECORDS

I AM VERY PROUD Of' YOUIIYou have achieved a great result in obtainingthe ISO 9002 Service Certificate at the firstattempt.Considering the size of our company it has beena long and very hard process; you did itllWhen the S.O.S. auditors reported to me thatnever before had they seen people more pre­pared and motivated than you, you gave meone of the greatest satisfactions of my IifellNow we have to continue to work together morethan ever to maintain our level of service andespecially because more opposition is there, try­ing to copy everything we have done.When you presented' me with the wonderfulsword you invited me to use it to figh~ for thenext 25 years for M.S.C. .This I will. do with more determination thanever, leading with pride the formidable armadayou are! '<>_ .....s ..Thanks to all of you!!

l\1SC KATIEAnother new addition to the MSC Fleet is the MSC Katieseen (above) entering Durban Harbour on her maiden voyageen-route to Australia. Her sister ship. the MSC Lauren wasalso seen in South African waters in February. The" MSC Katiehas a capacity for 2700 TEU's and has an overall length of 252metres.

MSC SOUTH AFRICA'S LAUREATES -

Pictured below are members of staff of MSC Durban who have degrees which will hold them in good stead during theircareer in Shipping with MSC.

DAGMARDE BEER­IN-HOUSE'fRAIMlWG

C8-0RDIlU.TORMSC has recognised thatproviding quality serviceunder challenging circum­stances in the New SouthAfrica requires skilled. dedi­cated people. In line withstriving to provide an excel·

_oJ lent service and maintainingour position as the leading carrier. MSC have launched a skills train­ing programme. under the teadership of Dagmar tk Beer. to providequick effective service 10 our clients and Principals.

Did you know That MSC will be emering the Europe - Far East service inJune /996. The Company is currently buildi,,!? 2 new vessels inllaly. each wilh a

capacity of3300 TEU's. which will be deployed 0" this trade.

Left: Pavlin Govender (Industrial relations) and Kuben Naidoo(Imports). Pavlin holds a Bachelor of Administration degree specialisingin Industrial Psychology. He is presently studying for his honours in tilesame field bur will specialise in Psychometry.Kuben has nearly completed the Diploma in International FreightMal/agemell/ through UNtSA.

.Above left to right: Bayanda Cele (Computers) and Eddie Sigrist.(Carrier Haulage). Bayanda is studying towards his BSc in ComputerSciences and Eddie has a Bachelor of Social Science degree obtained atNatal University. Eddie was.recently promoted 10 Manager of the CarrierHaulage Departmell1.

VlCfOR HASSON -Pictured below: Victor Hassoll. The COII/ainer Manager of MSCDurban, has designetl a new CotJllJiMr MlUIIIflement Course whichwill be used by the Marilime lnmlllle in their training programmes.

Left to right: Bruce Lennon (C.M.), MinD Sarno (Imports), Penelope Hart(Exports), Jens Tiadell (Med Marine).(i) Bruce has been appointed as General Manager of MSC. Durban and has aBA,LLB, LLM degree specialising in Maritime Law.(ii) MinD Sarno, Client Services Imports. has a degree in Economic and MaritimeServices which he gained at the Institute ofNaval studies in Naples, Italy.(iii) Penelope Hart graduated from the University of Natal and was awarded herB.Comm. LLB Degree. She is 1/0W studying towards her MasTers degree and isworking in the Export Client Services department.(iv) Jens Tiaden has a Bachelor ofSocial Sciences degree which hestudied/or at the University of Pietermaritzburg.

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• PEOPLE ON DIE MOVE

PAT &. MARIETdIEPictured teft are Pat Roperand Marletjle Batchelor whohave been appointed as theduat Regional team 10 headup the Gaureng Operation ofContainer Logistics. Pat willbe in charge of the commer­cial aspect whilst Marietjiewill head up the Operationalside of things.

IIEMU&.•DEIRDRE

Marietjie's position asTerminal Manager i,,­Durban has been taken up byDeirdre De Kterk (ex CapeTown) and Pat's position hasbeen filled by Henri Vicent.They are pictured teft, an thepatio of MSC House,Durban.

On the 2nd April Mediterranean ShippingCompany will be opening their own office in

Beira, when the Ship's Agency Agreement with ourpresent Agents, namely MANICA, will be relin­quished. MSC's Maputo office opened in May 1995.MANICA will remain as MSC's agents in Nacala untilfurther notice.

Captain Sa/vator. Sarno, the Chairman of M5C SouthAfrica and President of M5C Madagascar, has been withthe Company for £5 years with his Anniversary falling onthe 18th January 1996. He is pictured left with Mr BobWinter. Financial Director, with the Naval Sword which waspresented to him personallV by the Management and Stoffof South Africa. The sword is circa 1795, around about thetime of the Bottle of Trafalgar.

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UK and AUSTRALIA - Three continents merged when DannyEverell (Meditti, UK) and Gorinda Singh (MSC, Fremont/e) were bothvisiting Durban and were photographed (above) with Mrs SandraSarno.

F.H. BERTLING - HAMBURG - Kai Stockmann of Bertling,Hamburg is pictured in the Boardroom of MSC Durban with trom leftto right Vinod Mati/ai, Max Venezian, Maaike Bestenbreur, Kai andJulia Berg.

PROLINE HAMBURG - Pictured above with ladies from MSC isMr. Eric Drewes of Proline Hamburg. (left to right) Heather Doug/as.Eric. Jackie Traynor and Mary Dunsmore.

Left - Anna Rasa Scala, the daughter of Chief Engineer Mr GiuseppeScala, visited Durban recently in her quest to make in-roads into theSouth African music world. She is a highly qualified concert pianistand whilst in South Africa she made some recordings for the S.A.B.c.We all wish her great success for thefuture.

VISITORS TO SOUIH AFRICAFROM ABROAD

Pictured above were some of the guests invited to listen to Anna Rosaat the home of Captain Sarno. (Left to right:) Dallas Sutton, MarioMorvil/o, Giuseppe Scala, Anna Rosa, Sandra Sarno holdingSamantha Sutton, Moira Ambler and Mino Sarno.

SEA LINER FRANCE - The French connection was maintainedwhen Jean-Marie Colin (Sealiner, Marseilles) and Franfoise Evaux(Sealiner, Paris) paid a visit. They are pictured above on a sunnyDurban day with from left 10 right Tommy Santos (MSC, MapUlo),Dean Nelson (Dbn), Jean Marie, Max Venezian (Dbn), Fran~oise,

Bruce Lennon (Dbn) and Bob Winter (Dbn)

MSC • GENEVA - A regular visitor to South Africa is CaptainMichele Bordiga, MSC's Geneva Director, who is f'ictured above.Like all true pasta this picture has a very Italianflovour. 'Left to right:Captain Mario Morvillo. Mino Sarno, Michele Bordiga, Captain andMrs Sandra Sarno and Fabrizio Vaccaro.

TUREE OF MSC's CAPTAINS

Captaill UDO STAHLSCHMIDT. the Masterofthe MSC Carla. which was lhe largest ('011­

winer ship Cl'er 10 dock;11 Sowh Africanwalers (see page I).

Captaill SILVIO CAPPUCCIO - Who is illcommand a/the RHAPSODY which is com­p/erillg her South African Summer Cruise

Seasall. (See back page)

Captain CATALDO BARBATO of the MSCGiulio who is a regular visitor to Sourh

Africa.

Tlte forkliftwhich is pic­tured leftdates hack tolhe opening ofthe depot in/988. It hasrecently hl'el1completelyo\ter-hall/ed(mechanrcallyand struc­turally) hyOllr own FleetmaintenanceDivision. TheYOlll1gstersstandingproudly onthe refur­bishedmachine arethe childrenofGIUSEPPESIRCHIA. theManager ofthe F.MD.

MSC DEPOT - Durban

CONTAINER LOGISTICS - CAPE TO

Conllliner Logistics recently opened their doors in COthe office there is manned by from left 10 righl:Rabea Solomons alld the Manager. Sleven Jansen.

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Cindy Mendes,ofMSC

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Ihe position ofExport ClientServicesManager. Shewas pictured(left) whilst alla visit toDurban whereshe was admir­ing MSC's can·tainers on rai/l

PROMOTIONS - JOHANNESBURGCINDY AND JONATHAN

Did ),OU know That the gardell patioon the 2ndf1oor ofMSC House, Durban,was receml)' gil'en the top horticultural

award for the whole o/South Africa.

CONTAINER LOGISTICS AND MSC ASSIST..... IN CONSERVATION .....

The landrover pictured above was shipped from Felixstowe toDurbGlI on the MSC Dominique and was en route to Zimbabwe'sIMIRE GAME RESERVE where it is to be used ill the protectioll of theendangered Black A/rican Rhinoceros. Prior 10 the arrll'al 0/ the LandRover the reserve did not have a 4-wheel drive vehicle. MoiraAlllbkr. Container Logistics, in the red T·Shirt, is pictured with mem·bers ofproject IMIRE at the ell/rallce ofMSC House ill Durball.

Jonathan Burke (right) has beenpromoted 10 assisfOll1 Manager ofJoburg's Inward Freight Departmem.

Shaowyn Tremble is the daughter of IrisTremble 0/MSC, Cape Towfl.

Michelle Bursik (Medtrol'e/) married Andy deWet (MSC Ted",i(.'al departme11l) on /4thOctober /995. That's what JOu call keeping itclose to home!

Tony Salhoo (Dbn Trallshipme11ls) and hiswife Jayasheka are piclIIred with their SOil

Vishay who entered Ihis ....'orld on 2/ st July/995.

Did wm kilO"' That MSC celebrated its- 251h Atmil'ersary ill /995.

Leonore BOlha and Mark Hendricks. whoboth work/or MSC Cape TaWil -Imports. weremarried all 26th Januol)'. A real family affair!.'

Moegamat Korriem is the SOli of WardanKorriem .....ho is wi'li MSC, Cape TowlI. Notefhe sailors har.!

Right: Li"fe Nikhil was horn 011 22nd June/995 and is the son of Shamilla Manilall whoworks in the Durban Transhipmel11 depa,rt.mel1t:

Priscilla Mbali (MSC Durban) gore birth tolillie MAPHUMUNO 01/ 28th January /995.

ALL IN THE FAMILY

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WEDDINGS .

AND BABIES .

Kaye-Leigh is picllIred with proud mom HelenSandels. She orril'ed on 10th March 1995.Helen ",orks in Durban's COl/tainer Dept.

Tyla Haley was hoi'll to Sandy (MSC Depot)and Marc 011 11th August 1995 and l1'eighed i1/arl./ kgs...::-----~--=

Jackie Traynor. MSC Durban,· pictured wilhElspeth who was born 0/1 30th September1995. Jackie is Captain Sal'llo's secretary.

Vanessa (Dbn ACCOIIIllS) and Devan Naikerwere married on 161h December /995.Vanessa is our Champion Ladies SoccerTeam's goal scorer lind she has 1I0W scored'he mosl imporro1l1 goal ofher life!

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FROM TUE ARCUIVES

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Right: AndCaptain Sarno,who was theChief Officer ofthe "Rafaeta" atthat time, pic­tured on boardwith his wifeSandra. Thecamels don'ttook any theworse for wearafter their gru­elling experi­ence.

Left: An artistsimpression ofthe "Rafaeta"loading a cargoof 110 camelsfrom barges offMogadishu(Somalia) duringa South-Eastmonsoon III

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Above Fernando Faria, who is the Manager ofthe Tally Division in Durban, photographedwhilst competing in the Modified Saloon'sGrand Prix in 1977. He was driving an AlfaRomeo GTV 2000 and was Natal champion in1977 and 1979.

Did you know...... That MSC are opening their own BeiraOffice 011 2nd April/996. Their Maputo Office opened in

May /995.

Cityprint, which is owned by MSC, hasacquired a new HEIDLEBERG 2­COLOUR PERFECTING PRESS andis now highly competitive in the markelplace. Jonathan Morrow is seenlright) operating the machine and he isbacked up in the front of house opera-tion by ..

./........................ PRAVEEN BAROON and SIETSKELINES (pictured lefl). Pralieen is displaying hisrecently gained rypesel1ing diploma and Sietske isstudying for her estimaTing diploma.

CONGRATULATIONS

Pictured above is 'Tilly' GovenderofMSC Cape Town, who turned50on 4th February /996. He startedworking with MSC in Durban in/983, and transferred to lheMother City in /99/.

FAREWELL TO ..•...•...•.• PORTNET PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS!

Did you know...... That Mediterranean Shipping Company utIlises theports ofSouth Africa more than any other Shipping Line and have had

up to /3 ships berthed in the Port ofDurban on one day!!!

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Pictured left is VenaNaidoo who has emigrat­ed to Australia where hewill be taking up a posi­tion with MSC inAdelaide. His position asManager of the CarrierHaulage department in

< Durban has been filled byEddie Sigrist.

In December, a function was held on board the MSC Federica at which mem­bers of Portnet's staff were ellfertained to an evening of Italian hospitality. Inthe photograph below, Mr Ton Bestenbreur, the container TerminalManager, is presenting a picture of the Federica to Captain Sarno. Note the 4gantry's working the vessel simultaneously. A dre{lm come true! (Editor'snote: - This very preferelllialtreatmelll is heing given to MSC due to the factthat they have now been operating in Sourh African waters for 25 years.)

SPORTING EVENTS

TEN-PIN BOWLING

Did you know That MSCs vessel, the MSC INSA is thebiggest ship to ever drydock in the Port ofDurban. She is

269 metres long, weighs 59.62910115 and has a capacity for3050 TEU·".

LADIES 7-A-SIDE SOCCERF or the third year runing the QuarterdeckLadies team were the winners of the GrindrodsTrophy. This was quite an achievement and theywere presented with a special award by a veryproud Captain Sarno. Pictured from left to right(back row) Sandra Sarno, Lizzy Thompson,Lusha Sopnath, Vanessa Naiker, Tasha Brown,Penny Yates and Larry Morris (Coach) with hisson Fabian. (Front row) Michele Thompson,Lena Morris, Vanessa Bonhomme and CaptainSarno.

However, Sue, Michele and Julia pictured abav. did much bett.rin the Capital Climb Fun Run, h.ld in Pi.termaritzburg, in whichthey won silver medals for compl.ting the 15 kilometer course,

Pictured above. in jovial mood. are the ladies from ContainerLogistics, Durban, who did very w.1I in the lO-Pin BowlingShipping L.agu. in August 1995. (I.ft to right) Sue Owen, FaySneedon, Jill Leithbaro, Julia Berg and Laurel Tyson,

RAFT RACE - UMTAMVUNA RIVER - Th. raft.rsfromMSC D.pot who took part in the Wild Coast Raft Rae. on 4thNov.mber did extr.m.ly w.1I and were plac.d 2nd in theCompany cat.gory and 6th ov.ra/l. Pictur.d 01 the start of therae. (back to front) or. L.on Maritz, Angus Morton, ShaunGrob.laar, Monay Pr.torius, Chrisloph.r Mdlalos., J.an-PaulGrab, Andrew Bateman and JeffSt.v.ns.

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be,-s of staff and their famili.s are pictured above onDurban', Soulh B.ach when they participated in an AddkUtl toLife fun walk to raise money for cbarity.

OUCH! Lee HomH:ks of MSC Joburg (abave) won lsi plaee andBest T.chnical Fight.r in the Southern Transvaal TAE KWONDO Tournam.nt on 27th Novemb.r 1995.

SOCCER - The Mens Quarterdeck Soccer team recently took on! the crew of the Brazilian Ship "TURIILHA BELA" whilst they

were in Durban. The match, which we won comfortably, was fol­lowed by a dinner on board the ship. Pictured abave are backrow: Mike Dahn, Dina Moodley, Colin Naidoo, Naseeb Singh,Eddie Hollows, Raj Cuppusamy, Girard Singh and Bruce Lennon.Front row: Bayenda Cele. Dan Moodley, Jerome Naidu. DickieKassienath and Eddie Sigrist.

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The New South Wales team standing left to right: Peter Bezzino,Andrew Karas Gnd James Ball. Seated left to right: lulie Chato andKellie Hall.

Trade links between MSC South Africa and MSC Austratio are verystrong. Here are some of file people we inter-Qel with all a regularbasis.

PRAM DERBY - EAST LONDON•f"". ••.. .PLEASED TO MEET YOU

MSC AUSTRALIA

Righ!: Alan Ball, NarionalImport Sales Manager

Left: Luis de Alcala, National. Export Sales Manager

Pictured above are left to right: Barbara Taylor (MSC), Donie Blomand Richard Andrews (both Spoomer ex Depanment), Owen Diemer(ream Manager) and Tracy Wiggill (MSC). The MSC girls reamed upwith Spoorner in a pram-pushing fund raiser, in which they came 10,hout of 22 reams entered. All the money raised welIt to variolis chari­ties. We hope that Barbara will not be pushing any other kind ofpramin the nearfuture.'!.1

OLYMPIC YACHTSMEN - ATLANTA 1996Jan Ainslie (left) and BruceSavage (right) have both beenselected as yachting partiei·pants in the learn which is 10represent South Africa in theAtlanta Olympics.MSC has played a major past·in the sponsorship of theirOlympics campaign and hasgiven Economic help andassistance in the transportationof the yaChts between SouthAfrica, Europe and the UnitedStales. Their campaign started2 years ago and unfortunatelythey were nOI eligible for anyofficial kind of assistance.

MSC, and especially Captain Sarno, who is himself a yachtsman of some repute.wishes them the best of luck and we are sure they will bring the Gold back 10 SoulhAfrica.