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EDITO # 17 – Dec 2014

Dear Teams on board and ashore,

2014 is almost to its end and we are already looking ahead into 2015, which will be a busy

year as well.

CMA SHIPS is and will be growing fast, we shall continue our efforts to improve our results and

the level of service we are offering.

This Newsreport release is a dense one, you will enjoy all topics I am sure : our usual batch of

promoted Officers , our Who is Who section.

The various awards and certification we received or renewed are a clear recognition of our

work, your work : US coast guards QUAL 21 for the Company, ISM certification renewal,

Office news and some interesting technical papers are completing this edition.

To all of you ashore and on board, let me wish a joyful CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to

you, your family and your beloved ones.

Enjoy your reading,

With my Best Regards,

Ludovic GERARD

Ludovic GERARD

Executive Vice

President CMA Ships

FOCUS ON … 2014 vs. 2013 GROUP FIGURES THIRD QUARTER 2014 RESULTS:

CMA CGM reports record-high volumes and strong growth in net income:

• Volumes: significant increase of 8.3%

• Operational performance: resilient operating margin (5.7% of the turnover) mainly due to unit cost control

• Significant increase of our net income: 201 million USD

• Consolidated revenue amounted to USD 4.4 billion: a 6.4% increase compared with the 3rd quarter of 2013.

Carried volumes have reached their highest level over the Group’s history thanks to the lines deployed in high-growth

areas and to the strength of the services offered on the main markets.

This growth stems in particular from:

• Asia-Europe where steady growth has been recorded.

• Intra-Asia and Oceania: in these areas, the Group operates

through expert subsidiaries such as ANL or CNC,

complementary to CMA CGM.

• Africa: CMA CGM has continued the development of its

maritime and intermodal activities on this continent. The

Group has expanded its service offering and has opened

new land corridors, under the CMA CGM or the DELMAS

brands.

• Reefer transport: CMA CGM has a strong expertise on this

high-growth transport segment. The Group recently

purchased 7,000 new reefer containers and targets to carry

one million reefers in 2015.

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FOCUS ON …NEW BULBOUS BOW PROGRAM

JULY – AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 2014 - AWARDEES

Reminder: To be rewarded your vessel has to:

1/ be inspected during the quarter (one time or more), 2/ receive zero deficiency each time for the whole period.

FOCUS ON … PSC «Zero Deficiency Race»

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AWARDEES!

We invite concerned Masters to spend the $400 for crew entertainment & recreation on board.

CMA CGM MANET CMA CGM LAMARTINE CMA CGM NEW JERSEY NICOLAS DELMAS

CMA CGM LIBRA CMA CGM SWORDFISH CMA CGM DALILA CMA CGM AMBER

CMA CGM JULES VERNE CMA CGM AFRICA FOUR CMA CGM OKAPI OUED ZIZ

CMA CGM MAGELLAN CMA CGM TARPON CMA CGM FIGARO CMA CGM HYDRA

CMA CGM AFRICA THREE CMA CGM BELLINI CMA CGM PEGASUS SAINT ROCH

AKNOUL CMA CGM THALASSA CMA CGM JAMAICA CMA CGM CORTE REAL

CMA CGM AQUILA CMA CGM EIFFEL CMA CGM ROSSINI VILLE D'ORION

ANL WANGARATTA CMA CGM VIRGINIA CMA CGM IMPALA CMA CGM LAPEROUSE

CMA CGM CENTAURUS CMA CGM KAILAS

Throughout the year 2014, 24 CMA CGM vessels have been converted with a new nose!

Below a melting pot of chosen pictures showing few conversions,

supervised by our Dry Dock Director Giovanni MARMORO, Dry Dock Manager Willem DE HAAN, and in Asia,

our Dry Dock Superintendent Vadym MAGDYN

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FOCUS ON … DECLINE OF CRUDE OIL PRICES

Prepared by CMA CGM Bunkering Department

MARKETS

The price of oil has hit a five-year low as fears of oversupply in the market continue to mount.

Brent crude was down at $62.50 a barrel on 12 December 2014, afternoon trading, its lowest since October 2009.

Analysts said that markets risked becoming "unbalanced" unless the OPEC producers' cartel decided to intervene.

Saudi Arabia, the cartel's biggest member, resisted calls at last month's meeting to cut production despite the slide in

prices, which have fallen more than 43% since June.

DEMAND

There is a massive weakening in the Eurozone economy and in Asia. The once hungry Asian nations (China, Korea,

Japan) kept prices of crude oil high because of their high demand energy needs. Their economies are now in recession

(Japan) or in slow growth (China, Korea).

Markets are unsettled by official data showing that China's export growth slowed sharply in November, while imports

surprisingly contracted, resulting in a record monthly trade surplus.

The world's second-largest economy is slowing down: Chinese trade data fell well short of expectations and this has

sent traders scurrying for the exits.

Meanwhile, figures showing that the Japanese economy contracted more than initially thought in the three months to

30 September hit the yen, sending the dollar to a seven-year high.

SUPPLY

With advances in drilling technology known such as “fracking”, the United States has revolutionized the energy

market by producing internal crude oil and “shale oil” to levels unknown before. The result is that crude that was

once imported to the US is no longer bought and flooding the market. Shale oil producers in the U.S. are producing to

secure internal demand; imports to the US are now historically low. The result is a massive oversupply of petroleum

in the world markets and a significant decrease in world demand.

This has caused the price of crude oil to drop 43% from the high $115.06 of June 2014 to today’s $62.50.

(See below graph.)

Fuel oil prices have been going down very quickly this year.

From about 650 USD / mt (Rotterdam prices, HFO 380cst), we are now very close to 300 USD / mt

as we’re finishing this newsletter…

We have asked our special detective to climb the stairs up the 27th Floor of the CMA CGM TOWER in order to

interview Farid TRAD, Head of Energy Department. Here are the findings !

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FOCUS ON …ECA 2015 : Fuels Qualities Forecast

Source DNV-GL

The 01 January 2015 sulfur content limitation in fuel will drop from 1% to 0.1% ECA. As a consequence, you will not use

1.0%S fuels anymore but 0.1%S instead. According to our fuels suppliers, 3 different products will be available.

The first one that will represent the main supply is the DMA 0.1%S.

This grade of distillate fuels is already widely used onboard on all vessels calling European ports and Californian coast.

It is a conventional distillate with low sulfur content.

Second are “hybrid” products.

This is a new range of products. They are blend of distillate and miscellaneous residual and process sub-products. It is

the results of our fuels suppliers’ investigation to find ways to supply 0.1%S fuels with higher viscosity than distillate

and a lower cost.

So far, the products available on the market are highly paraffinic. The presence of paraffin generates a safety and

technical issue. We have therefore decided to refuse to use these range of products.

Other alternatives products are under development by the majors, each one will be evaluated prior to be introduced

onboard.

Third one is a project of desulfurized residual fuel.

This is a project and such fuels will not be available before 2017. The products will be similar to the RMG380 that we

are using today.

This forecast is the reason why we are modifying the vessel in order to be able to store and handle heated and not

heated product. In term of compliance, have in mind that just 2t of high sulfur fuel are enough to increase the

sulfur content of 500t of low sulfur fuel over 0.20%.

Talking about the compatibility issue, the information received from the suppliers is summarized in the below table:

Compatibility between the different range of low sulfur fuels

DMA “Hybrid” fuels

“Desulfurized” Residual Fuels HS HFO

DMA OK

“Hybrid” fuels Should not be a problem but nobody will warranty

Could be but never warranty by the supplier

“Desulfurized” Residual Fuels

Should not be a problem if the DMA is free of paraffin but nobody will warranty

No. Clear risk of instant sedimentation.

Could be but never warranty by the supplier

HS HFO

Should not be a problem if the DMA is free of paraffin but nobody will warranty

No. Clear risk of instant sedimentation.

Could be but never warranty by the supplier

Could be but never warranty by the supplier

By Philippe RENAUD, Energy & Innovation Manager

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FOCUS ON … NEWLY PROMOTED

Captain Bogdan INCULET – CC LAMARTINE

Bogdan INCULET, Romanian, joined CMA CGM in September 2000. He sailed

as Deck Mate and then Chief Officer on different vessels such as CC

FIDELIO, CC LA SCALA, CC LIBRA and last one CC LEO for several contracts.

He took command of CC LAMARTINE in October 2014.

Captain Aleksandar VUKASOVIC – CC TITAN

Aleksandar VUKASOVIC, from Montenegro, joined CMA CGM in

November 2010 as Chief Officer. he sailed on some of our big

vessels such as CC THALASSA, CC MUSCA or CC MAGELLAN.

He took command of CC TITAN in October 2014.

Chief Engineer Frane KULISIC – CC GEMINI

Frane KULISIC, Croatian, joined CMA CGM in October 2004. He sailed as 2nd

Engineer on board different size of vessels, from CC ORAN, VILLE DE MARS, CC

EIFFEL, CC ALCAZAR, CC MARLIN, CC VIVALDI, CC THALASSA, till 11.400 TEUS as

CC CENTAURUS, CC GEMINI or CC ANDROMEDA.

He was promoted as C/E on CC GEMINI in October 2014.

Sorin ION, Romanian, joined CMA CGM in 2004, as Mate.

He was promoted as Chief Officer in 2008 and sailed on CC GEORGIA, CC

BLUE WHALE and was Chief Officer on CC LYRA (11400 TEUS) since February

2012.

He took command of CC LA SCALA (8500 TEUS) beginning of November 2014.

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FOCUS ON …USCG “QualShip 21 Program”

For CMA CGM DALILA & CMA Ships.

After 2 years on Columbus Line, CMA CGM DALILA entered the UNITED STATES COAST GUARD quality shipping

program called “QUALSHIP 21 PROGRAM”.

Less than 10% of all foreign-flagged ships that operate in the United States meet the eligibility requirements of this

program, putting the CMA CGM DALILA in an elite class.

Also, CMA SHIPS, as ship manager, has been recognized by U.S. COAST GUARDS for its eligibility to “Quality shipping

in the twenty first century program”.

Quality vessel for USCG must satisfy several topics as :

• No substandard detention in US within 36 months,

• No marine violation or serious marine casualties,

• more than one ticket in the US within the previous 36 months,

• Successful US Port State Control (PSC)

• Safety Exam within the previous 24 months.

Last but not least, ships’s flag (French for CC DALILA) has to be in conformity with USCG criteria in terms of

performances according to the IMO (International Maritime organization).

In addition, thanks to the USCG recognition of CMA CGM DALILA general good quality, this certificate valid for 3 years.

Vessel name will be posted on USCG Webside & EQUASIS (worldwide ship’s quality data base used by insurances,

customers and administrations).

Congratulations to Capt LOSSOIS, Capt DA SILVA PASSOS, C/E BARDONET, C/E CASANOVA and their crew members

on board CMA CGM DALILA for the last 2 years !

More info on “Quality Ship 21 program” at :http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cgcvc/cvc2/safety.asp

By Arnaud LAVANANT, French Fleet Manager

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Thanks to hard and devoted work of entire team, CMA SHIPS

Romania was awarded in November this year for 2013 activity, by

Constanta’s Trade, Industry, Agriculture and Navigation Chamber

with First place among all crewing agents,

this for the 4th consecutive year!

Also this November, CMA SHIPS Romania has been awarded by

Romania’s Trade and Industry Chamber with the Third place on

the Romanian TOP of Enterprises, Services section. Only after 6

years of activity in Romania, CMA SHIPS Romania‘s excellence in

services was recognised and was driving us in TOP III.

By Romeo STAVAR VERGEA– CMA Ships Romania Director

FOCUS ON …CMA SHIPS ROMANIA is N° 1 one more time!

FACULTY OF MARITIME STUDIES is founded as the Austro-Hungarian Naval Academy in 1866. In 1899 the Academy grows

into the Imperial and Royal Naval Academy. Academy work was interrupted during First and Second World War. Without

interruption, since 1949, Faculty of Maritime studies mission was to deliver to Merchant navy highly skilled Marine

officers, educated above STCW requirements.

Maritime Faculty Rijeka is most important CMA Ships provider of qualified marine officers. More than half of the

currently employed officers have graduated in Rijeka, including all four Masters serving on 16000 TEUs ships. In last two

years CMA Ships has employed, 36 Marine Electronic engineers and 22 cadets, all graduated from Rijeka Faculty with

minimum Bachelor education degree. Among employed seafarers are 22 who graduated with Master’s degree in their

respective department.

The first Agreement of Cooperation was signed with CMA Ships in 2008. In 2014 new agreement was signed including

development of programmes for undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students and seafarers training.

In 2014 CMA Ships has donated to Maritime Faculty, High Voltage simulator which will be used for regular education of

engine and electronic officers. Donation agreement also includes free use of simulator by CMA Ships for training of its own

engineers and electricians.

FOCUS ON …UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA

Due to increased number of reefer containers carried on a different lines and requirement

to employ larger number of capable reefer engineers, CMA Ships and Rijeka Maritime

Faculty signed agreement for installation of reefer container units and compressed gas

training module, which will be used for CMA Ships reeferman training.

On the occasion of the celebration of St. Nicholas' and day of the Maritime Faculty in

Rijeka, 5 December 2014 in the Marble Hall of the Maritime Museum of the Croatian

Littoral ceremonial session of the Faculty Council Faculty of Maritime Studies was held.

On this occasion, Dean's award was awarded to best Faculty students as well as

acknowledgment to enterprises, institutions, organizations and individuals that have

contributed to the work of the Faculty.

CMA Ships was among enterprises who received acknowledgment for contribution to

the development of the Faculty of Maritime studios.

On behalf of CMA Ships , acknowledgement was received by Marine Human Resources

Director Christian DE FRUYT.

By Dragan MILATOVIC, CMA SHIPS Croatia

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FOCUS ON …WHO’s WHO o/b our good vessels… Thank you all for your feedbacks on last Newsreport: Here is the fourth run!

As new comers and newly promoted seafarers are not the only ones deserving to be in the limelight, we are very

happy to introduce you to the fourth edition of our crew members presentation, people you trust and people

you are glad to work with.

• Rank: Deck Cadet

• Name: Ravindu SALWATHURA

• Nationality: Sri Lankan

• Age: 22

• Hobbies: Car Racing, Video Games, Cricket

• First Vessel: CC AFRICA TWO

I have been serving on CC AMBER since JULY 2014 and I am the happiest

cadet as being the first SRI LANKAN ever. I always grab opportunities to

learn & my goal is to be a navigation officer on a gigantic CC ship one day.

• Remus F. BONGHANOY

• Rank: Able Seaman

• Born: 5th Oct 1983

• Nationality: Filipino

Remus BONGHANOY started 2008 on CMA CGM THALASSA. He is currently on

CMA CGM DANUBE.

Hobbies: He enjoys watching Videotel in the cabin through WiFi, internet

surfing and watching movies

Mr. BONGHANOY is well mannered and is a joyful seaman always ready to

help others.

Deck Cadet Miss. Marina BELASIC.

Marina BELASIC comes from one of the most beautiful city in Croatia,

Opatija.

Born on 19th March, 1989, she graduated from the Maritime University

in Rijeka.

Her time on board she spent working together with Officers and Crew

learning about her future job. In the spare time she works out in the

gym and sings karaoke.

While at home her hobbies are dancing, jogging and walking with her

two fabulous dogs.

She is curretnly onboard CMA CGM CENTAURUS

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FOCUS ON …WHO’s WHO o/b our good vessels…

My name is Jan HEBDA, and I am 25 years old Deck Cadet from Poland.

I am ICT technician and I almost finished my studies at the Maritime

Academy of Szczecin. I am now crewmember of M/V NALA DELMAS.

I started my worldwide sailing adventure in CMA CGM in 2013 on board M/V

NICOLAS DELMAS.

I am interested in sports and my passion is rowing. I usually spend my free

time at the gym.

In closest future I would like to become officer on CMA CGM vessels.

Name: Hugo RONEL

Position: 3rd Officer Administration

Nationality: Philippine

Personality: Simple, Approachable and Friendly. Always aim to fulfill

completely his tasks.

Hobbies: Drawing, Reading books, Playing guitar

Hugo is currently on board ANL WANGARATTA.

Mr. Georgian COSTACHE, Romanian, OOW o/b CMA CGM LEO.

He joined CMA Ships in 2009 as OOW. He sailed on board CC FLORIDA,

CC FIGARO, CC COLUMBA, CC LEO and now he is already lined up for

promotion as Chief Mate.

He is an optimistic person, with lots of charisma, enjoys riding his

motorcycle, snowboarding and playing the guitar.

FOCUS ON …WHO’s WHO o/b our good vessels…

Mr. Edwin MORALES, nationality Filipino, is currently Bosun on board of

CMA CGM SWORDFISH .

Mr. MORALES started his seafaring experience when he was 22 years old.

He’s got two children - Monica and Mara Kim.

A very happy guy, he is always there to cheer you up. Now he is 45 and he

enjoys life being at sea.

He plays chess and basketball during his free time.

By Hugues DESVAUX, Fleet Navigation center

My name is Pawel DUDA and I am 27 years old.

I’m currently onboard CC AFRICA THREE as 2nd officer.

I joined CMA CGM 3 years ago as cadet.

My hobbies are:

Travelling with my wife and friends, reading books and cooking.

In the near future, I’d like to complete my second studies at

Maritime University.

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The Development and Evaluation Team (DET)

Since last January, a small desk manned with two officers located in a corner of FNSC is investigating new ways of

reducing fuel costs.

This team's first challenge was to highlight the ability to better take into account tidal stream in order to route our

ships in the Channel and the North Sea.

After proving the reality of a potential economy, this Tidal Routing Team assessed the potential of using oceanic

currents worldwide: it started to meet routing providers and selected the most volunteer of them: the French company

AdrenaShips, the world leader for routing the sailing racers (Vendée Globe, Volvo Ocean Race ...).

A first real sea test is now in progress on CMA CGM LAPEROUSE with the Software, Stream data are provided by

Tidetech.

In order to know where the scientific research on oceanic currents is going to and to inform the scientific community of

the specific needs of the shipping industry, CMA-CGM participates to the annual “Users Consultation Meetings of the

"GlobCurrent Community" sponsored by the European Space Agency and the main European Oceanographical institutes.

Meanwhile, under the supervision of its manager, the team evolved in order to develop CMA-CGM's own routing

algorithm. This will simultaneously manage all data which have an influence on ship's fuel consumption: weather and

current data, vessels' nautical and engine characteristics and every local constraints or regulation. It will provide

masters with the Optimal routing solutions.

Thanks to CMA IT Top management/Elie ZEENNY who selected the righteous way to develop this key algorithm by

challenging ProbaYes and Thalès on the first step of this algorithm.

Thanks to CMA IT HFO manager Florent NALIN to conduct the project in front with those labs and to coordinate the

whole project within V²PS, Ship Tracking and all involved parts.

In addition, the team is also working on other issues like:

• NavStation – a 46” touch screen electronic board aiming to replace paper charts on board and to assist the

navigational officer for passage planning,

• the “PAY AS YOU SAIL” concept to better adjust the electronic chart collection reduce the cost

• WIND-POWER – winner of “Concours Lépine” in 2012 - aiming to assist our Captains to convert the wind information

into tons of thrust on the hull.

• new echo-sounder in order to better detect the depth, particularly for mud layer

• more reliable and more accurate speed log to calculate the

current and compare it to the forecast

FOCUS ON …FLEET NAVIGATION CENTER: ongoing

experimentations By Hugues DESVAUX, Fleet Navigation center

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ISM certification renewal for CMA CGM International Shipping Company The UK Flag five-year Audit for the renewal of the ISM (Document Of Compliance) certification

was held on November 12. The certification officially authorizes CMA CGM International Shipping

Company (CCSIC) to operate ships under their flag for the next 5 years (subject to annual

verification).

During this audit, carried out by the UK MCA (Marine and Coast Guard Agency), CCISC was able

to demonstrate the effectiveness and compliance of our safety management system. No non-

compliance were identified and the MCA issued as well a new DOC for the Maltese flag allowing

CCISC to operate vessels under this flag.

4 new 10,200 TEUs vessels will soon supplement CCISC current fleet: CMA CGM LITANI, TIGRIS,

URAL and VOLGA.

CCISC Team (fleet/purchasing/assistant) + our auditor Gwen LANCASTER (center in black)

FOCUS ON …CCISC Singapore By Olivier TEXIER, SSE Marine Division

On 17th october CMA SHIPS SHANGHAI CO. Ltd. was visited by

CMA CGM INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY staff and they were warmly welcomed.

From Left:

Tracy QIAN, Elisa JIANG, Kenvin SHEN, Alvin JIANG, David LU, Giancarlo BROSOLO, Nebojsa VUKALOVIC, Steven MA,

Raymond LAW, Winston CHUA, Paul HU, HuiChen LIU

The 4 staff members from CCISC (name in blue) were introduced the CMA Ships Shanghai office and FN & SC (Fleet

Navigation & Support Center). At that time, the FN & SC just started in operation.

The guests were especially briefed by Capt. Nebojsa and Capt. LIU.

By Kenvin SHEN, NB and Fleet SI in Shanghai

FOCUS ON …CMA SHIPS SHANGHAI

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MaCS3 Team / New colleague Oliver ESCHMENT (picture on the right)

The MaCS3 Team welcomes Oliver ESCHMENT. Oliver started his career at TEAMLINES, a feeder

line, 13 years ago, before working with the Group as a Transshipment Agent in our Hamburg,

Germany agency 4 years ago.

Since 2012 he has assisted the MaCS3 team to develop the UI (User Interface), modules (Standardized

Loading Confirmation) and has assisted and lead MaCS3 Trainings for Agencies and the SSC (Shared

Service Centre, India). Oliver is a certified Dangerous Goods Officer for Sea and Road transport, a

very important asset to the MaCS3 Team.

He will be in charge of trainings on site & remote, producing training material. We are wishing Oliver all the best for his

start at CMA Ships.

On-site trainings MaCS3 Team / Agency & GAS (picture above)

The MaCS3 Team provides trainings in Agencies worldwide. Recent trainings include: Congo, Thailand, Taiwan, India, The

Netherlands & Egypt.

A separate training was dedicated to our Global Application Support team in DUBAI, UAE. This training aimed at

familiarizing our colleagues with MaCS3 on a basic level. The GAS team will also help us to produce support training

documents.

At the time of publishing teams were on site in Australia, New Zealand and Korea.

MaCS3 Trainings in the scope of OPS Unification and dedicated trainings to MaCS3

will continue over the next coming months.

In case you have further questions about MaCS3 & the agencies, kindly contact :

Ann-Christin FRÖHMCKE / hsk.afrohmcke@cma-cgm.com

FOCUS ON …MaCS3 By Ann-Christin FRÖHMCKE, Project Manager OPS Unification Team

Thailand team

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FOCUS ON …MAPS V6 migration

DSI CMA SHIPS is glad to announce that the MAPS migration from V5 to V6 is operational since the 1st November 2014.

“I wish to thank all fleet captains & payroll team, CMA IT, CS and DSI teams for their work and their involvement.”

This is the first big step in the Global Project Deployment of MAPS Onboard application.

Since the beginning of the project in 2013, DSI has implemented the international seafarers’ payroll: first Euro currency

in 2013 and then Dollar currency in 2014. This allowed a better management of seafarers either permanent or in voyage

contracts and to get a more reliable payroll.

The next step coming on the second quarter of 2015 will be the MAPS Onboard application deployment, of which tests

will begin early January 2015 for a 2 months period.

Fleet captains and DSI have selected four vessels representing various nationalities of seafarers on board vessels and

some technical devices like the type of satellite communication (Sky File, Globe Email).

Fleet Captains will contact Masters of those vessels to give more details about the operation.

The main principle is to ask officers who will have access to MAPS Onboard to work for real during this 2 months

period.

They can capture sign on and sign off of their crew, declare the overtime of their ratings, and finally enter all payroll

variable elements such as slop chest, cash advance, etc ...

At the end of the month; all crew and payroll information will be transferred from MAPS onboard to MAPS shore.

MAPS shore will be able to send all those information to our payroll software (ALICIA) to calculate the monthly payroll.

We rely on Masters, officers and agency teams’ cooperation to help Fleet Captains, payroll team and DSI to validate

this new application and make it as a great success.

From left:

Laurent FERULLA, Damien BILA, Jean Charles

DE LANFRANCHI, Jean Baptiste BOUTILLIER,

Stéphanie HÛ, Fatine AMBROSINO, kneeling

down Marc Olivier MAGRANER

Jean-Charles de LANFRANCHI, Project Manager – DSI CMA Ships

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FOCUS ON … DNV GL's Maritime Academy

Aiming to reinforce a structured management of the trainings delivered to our Seafarers, it was decided to give to our

RTO’s a necessary “Train the Trainer” training.

From 8th to 10th of December 2014, DNV GL's Maritime Academy welcomed at Marseilles the first “Train the Trainer

for Shipping Companies” training event.

The scope of Local training is wide as we have several types of trainings, from a simple Powerpoint lecture till

advanced technical trainings. The company trainings are usually given by our RTO (Regional Training Officers) and

often, “sub-contracted” to officers recognized as expert but not official trainers.

We have now an first homogeneous RTO team who understood, by personal practices and involvement over those 3 days

that trainings can’t be “sub-contracted” on spot.

This training will be extended very soon to all other potential Trainers, including the Sea Trainers.

A first application for our RTO is now to use their reinforced skills to build the necessary training to give to our deck

Officers the necessary expertise to manage on board the Electronical Documents updates, an Appropriate papered back

up and Accurate and controlled Passage Plans.

They are receiving on 11th of December, in HO Marseilles ,all necessary software training supports prepared by Chief

Officer Goran SILJKOVIC.

From left:

• Volodymyr MANDYEV from DNV GL

• Rodolpho RADAM

• Rodolphe BODINEAU

• Dragan MILATOVIC

• Catalin NOVAC

• Georgiy DUPIKOV

• DNV GL Instructor Thomas

By Philippe MAGRIT, Training Manager

SPECIAL EVENTS…

To celebrate this special season, CMA SHIPS Management has decided to offer to all of our crew:

3 days double feeding rate on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Enjoy !

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FOCUS ON …VOYAGES ON CARGO SHIPS

From a US passenger onboard CC LIBRA in October:

“With this email I want to say goodbye now an I want to thank you for this marvelous and unforgettable trip from

Hong Kong to Long Beach. Everybody was so helpful and courteous, I just can repeat it, I felt like a princess!

- Master, for your hospitality on CMA CGM Libra, the generosity and the trust you gave me,

- Crew, for all the funny and frightening movies

- my table-neighbours, for tasting the meals and serving me :)

- Gabriel, for sharing a few of his photographic knowledge - my pictures are much better since then,

- Chef-officer, for the care, the good talks and the Marlboro's

- Deck-cadet, for the delicious hot and cold coffee's

- Electrician, for teaching me how to play Romanian card game

- The watches on the bridge, for all the information and the coffee's early in the morning

- Anthony, for the excellent service

- the Filipino's for their friendliness

- everybody, for all information about the vessel, the engine, the handling of a vessel, the smiles, to make me

laugh and to let me be a part of you, -...”

From a French passenger onboard FORT STE MARIE last November:

“Tout le reste du voyage fut un vrai régal. Les officiers répondant à toutes nos questions. Ils étaient tous disponibles. Les

lieutenants aussi très intéressants. « (The rest of the journey was delightful. Officers always available and ready to

answer all of our questions, also very interesting)

From a passenger onboard CC JAMAICA early November:

« Juste un petit mot pour vous communiquer notre profonde satisfaction après notre récent voyage du Havre à Miami.

(Just letting you know how pleased we were of our recent trip from Le Havre to Miami)

Les cabines étaient spacieuses et propres , agréables. (Cabins were clean and cosy)

L'équipage était courtois et prévenant et les officiers, rencontrés quotidiennement ou bien lors de leur fonction sur le

bridge ou au restaurant , étaient facilement abordables et communicatifs.(Crew was polite and taking good care of us.

Officers available whether on the bridge or in the mess and talkative)

Les repas étaient diversifiés, non-répétitifs et en général assez goûteux. » (Meals were different everyday and were

tasty).

Welcome on board!

As you all know, some individuals choose to travel for a round trip or just a few days on board our containers vessels for a

thrilling and unforgettable experience.

With this original means of transport, passengers can immerse themselves in life on board and discover the world of

merchant shipping.

In 2013, 874 persons experienced another way of traveling by cruising on a containership. This summer only, they were

several hundreds taking the opportunity of this one-of-a-kind vacation.

For more info if you know people interested to do such a trip,

please contact Alexandra BEAUMONT in HO : mrs.voyagesencargo@cma-travellers-club.com

You will find below a few emails received from ecstatic passengers delighted with the relationship they had with the

whole crew and their journey.

However, this is not always the case, and therefore, it is very important to remind Captains & everyone on board that

you are the echo of CMA CGM and despite the heavy work you all have while sailing or alongside, it is your duty to

accompany as much as you can those travelers, who also are our “spokesman” in the whole world. We count on you all!

VIP Deck & VIP

cabin on CC

Jules verne

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FOCUS ON …OPENING CEREMONY IN SINGAPORE

On October 02nd and 3rd , Ludovic GÉRARD, Executive Vice President of CMA SHIPS, attended the opening ceremony of

CMA SHIPS ‘ new office in Singapore together with Giancarlo BROSOLO, Dennis WARD, Celine WHONG, Simon SPACEY

and Soren METZKER.

Group working sessions, business reviews and technical meetings were organized at this occasion to address the

“challenges ahead” that Shipping will face and in particular how it impacts the Shipmanagement activity , vessels’

design and performance.

A team of not less than 24 skilled persons are sitting today in Singapore, split between :

• CCSIC : CMA SHIPS Fleet 7 , Purchasing Team

• CMA SHIPS Singapore : managing the International Marine Human Resources to man CMA Ships’ managed vessels,

including payroll

• And a Finance Support team for both entities.

All team moved into the new office on Sept 1st , 2014. The office is located in the sister tower to the one hosting CMA

CGM & ANL Agency.

The two working days ended with the traditional Lion’s dance to bring luck and fortune to CMA SHIPS Singapore and

CCSIC !

“With 34 new vessels being delivered in the next two years, bringing our managed fleet to 140 vessels by 2016, I am

pleased to see that CMA SHIPS is getting more and more structured worldwide, with strong and professional teams ,

all motivated and engaged to cope with this staff activity growth” concluded Ludovic GÉRARD.

Standing (from left to Right)

Anna-Leen BAYLON, Aipie PURI, Giancarlo BROSOLO, Sanjev KANNAN (behind Giancarlo), Simon SPACEY, Capt Iulian

DRAGOI (behind Simon), May LEE, Dennis WARD (behind May Lee), Ludovic GERARD, Zunaidah KAMALI (behind

Ludovic), Andrew FERRIE (behind Zunaidah), Winston CHUA (behind Ludovic), Soren METZKER, Noel GOZUN, Raymond

LAW (behind Noel), Irene TAN, Lavinia POPESCU, Alex TAN.

Front Squatting (Left to Right) : Celine WHONG, Shirley SONG, Caroline GARRIDO (behind Shirley), You Yuan, Mira

FORTUNA.

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SPECIAL EVENTS…

It is with great sadness that we learnt that Captain Etienne MAURIN passed away on November 10th.

He started his career within DELMAS in 1974 and embarqued for the first time as Deck Officer, then as C/O in 1981 and

finally as Captain until July 2010 when he retired.

Captain MAURIN was well-known for his high professionalism and humane approach. He taught a big amount of CMA

CGM young Officer and made them love this beautiful profession.

We extend to his family, relatives and colleagues, our heartfelt condolences.

EYESWASH SOLUTION

DON’T reuse eyewash solutions already opened.

In case of emergency those bottles can NOT be used.

DO : Report used eyewash vials to the officer in charge

for immediate replacement

Baby girl called “Sahara P. OMADTO” is born on 25th of November, 03:10 lt in the

Philippines. She is 3,5 kg.

Her Father, Chief cook on board CMA CGM PUGET, Sahadj Acode OMADTO is very happy

and both mother and child are in excellent health!