Solships - Solstad Offshore ASA 04/2013 - Christmas edition | Page 55

A green operation is an operation that reduces the onboard consumption of fuel by at least 500 liters per day. For each green operation Solstad Offshore pays for the protection of 1000 m2 of rainforest during one year through the Rainforest Foundation. The process of introducing green operations to the Nor fleet began the first quarter of 2012. - I don’t really like to talk about the Nor and Normand vessels in this context anymore, as they’re part of the same fleet and very well integrated. Moreover, the crews onboard the nine vessels operating from Singapore have made a remarkable effort in order to become part of the Solstad Green Operations success, Isaksen says. He says that the crew has made numerous comments and suggestions, and that an increasing number of green operations are carried out onboard. One of the ships to do very well in Solstad’s internal SGO competition is Nor Chief, with a total of 1731 SGOs. All ships implementing at least 200 green operations in a year may hoist the SGO flag. In August 2012 the Nor Chief crew, as the first ship of the Nor fleet, was able to hoist the flag, proudly proving they have made their contribution to green operations. After Nor Chief received the first flag more and more ships have got theirs. By the end of the fourth quarter of 2013 the SGO flag is flying from the mast of half the fleet. Captions: August last year, the Nor Chief, as first ship of the Nor fleet, was able to hoist the SGO flag and celebrate 200 green operations in one year. The ship has so far carried out 1731 green operations. Nor Captain comes second with 588 performed SGOs so far in its career. An increasing number of ships can carry the flag of Solstad’s Green Operations. Here represented by the crew of Nor Captain. SOLSHIPS – DECEMBER 2013 55