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Bourbon Offshore Greenmar Crew Meeting under the banner of diversity, sharing and training

Paris, October 27, 2008

More than 30 officers and functional managers at BOURBON and Bourbon Offshore Greenmar, representing 8 nationalities, met on 15 and 16 October at Divonne Les Bains (France).

Held by the Shipmanagers and Crewing companies in Bourbon Offshore Operational Areas throughout the world, the Officers Meetings illustrate BOURBON's approach at the local level: connect its collaborators, listen, inform and train, consider new projects and outline the prospects for a shared future.

High standards to guarantee the same quality of service worldwide

Bourbon Offshore Greenmar is a multicultural company managing vessels operating under international flags with multi-national crews, including Croat, Ukrainian, Romanian, Polish, Argentinean, Philippine, German, French and others.

Creating a common language for the application of operating standards is a key factor in performance, efficiency and flexibility, so that clients can be guaranteed the same quality of service all over the world.

Every year, by bringing together officers, masters, chief engineers, marine superintendants, port engineers, and functional managers, Bourbon Offshore Greenmar puts its commitment to continuous training into practice, emphasizing core themes such as strategic vision, safety management, environmental responsibility, operational and technical management, purchasing and finance.

Safety: a clear priority and a vital element in training

Bourbon Offshore Greenmar's exemplary safety figures demonstrate its commitment to ensuring its employees' application of the essential theme of safety and to boosting the motivation of its crews.

Guillaume Coumoul, QHSE Manager at Bourbon Offshore Greenmar, points to the value of this seminar:

"Most important are preventive actions that enable accidents to be avoided. Sharing experience and best practice are the key. And who better than the seafarers is able to relay what happens on board? Their experience is essential to setting up preventive actions."

Interaction and Diversity, sources of wealth for the company and its employees

Exchanging points of view, learning from other people's experiences, being in turn exponent and spectator, participating and expressing yourself - these are all ways in which the participants gain value from this assembly.

A seminar of this kind fosters mutual understanding between employees and enables everyone to gain an overview of the different aspects, to fuel creative ideas by sharing expertise and resources, and to sharpen competitiveness.

The next seminars of this kind will be held in France, Norway, the Philippines and Singapore.