November 8, 2016
“Rolando, with members like you, we can together operate the best ships in the industry!”
The competition for the quarterly Safety Champion award gets more intense as the year progresses. We are proud to announce this quarter’s Safety Champion winner from Team Lynx: Rolando Panaguiton, Bosun onboard the African Spirit. The African Spirit team nominated Rolando for being a role model when it came to reporting unsafe acts, hazards, near misses and showing a positive attitude towards safety. Capt. Joseph Misquitta highlighted some of Rolando’s achievements:Rolando is constantly taking the lead to share ideas and give suggestions to improve the work onboard and safety of the vessel and crew during daily work planning meetings. He looks after his colleagues and has been observed stopping unsafe acts without hesitation. He recently stopped an unsafe act where a fellow crew member was chipping without wearing appropriate safety goggles. He explained the consequences of not wearing appropriate PPE while carrying out the job. Rolando has encouraged all onboard to think before they act and to report each and every hazard they come across. Congratulations Rolando! We are proud to have you onboard and we truly believe that with members like you, we can together operate the best ships in the industry!Capt. Joseph Misquitta
