| Aziz Idris |
BRUNEI Gas Carriers (BGC) hosted its inaugural ‘RAKAN’ event yesterday at the Goldstone Ballroom in The Centrepoint Hotel, Gadong.
The ‘RAKAN’ event, which stands for Raising Awareness, Knowledge and Networking, was attended by 150 guests including BGC staff in the hopes to fulfil its mission for ‘Shipping Energy First Class’.
Featured themes included upcoming business opportunities specific to the LNG Shipping industry, managing HSSE in contracts, BGC’s Code of conduct, payment processes within BGC and Local Business Development (LBD) Reporting requirements.
Pengiran Dianawaty binti Pengiran Haji Matzin, BGC Contracts and Procurement Manager, in her speech, expressed hope for local business partners to have a better understanding of the respective goals of BGC.
“In the case of BGC, this relates to our aspiration towards ship management, the standards of excellence required to fulfil our mission of ‘Shipping Energy First-Class’, the available opportunities for growth in the LNG shipping industry as well as exchanging experiences with us and our other business partners in order to cultivate a culture of collaboration,” she said.
Pengiran Dianawaty also revealed that in the last two years, BGC has started to manage seven contracts that were previously managed by Shell International Trading and Shipping Co Ltd (STASCO) in London, and some of these services are now provided by local players.
“Along with the corporate contracts that support operations, about 75 per cent of our effective contracts are local,” she noted. “This will continue to be the aspiration for the upcoming years. The key to succeeding in meeting our objectives depends on having a collaborative relationship, one where we are growing along with you.”
Haji Shahbudin bin Haji Musa, BGC’s Managing Director launching the BGC’s Vendor Portal. – PHOTOS: AZIZ IDRIS
BGC officials in a photo.
The event also saw the launch of BGC’s Vendor Portal by Haji Shahbudin bin Haji Musa, BGC’s Managing Director.
According to Pengiran Dianawaty, the introduction of the self-service portal, was part of the first phase of BGC’s recently implemented enterprise resourcing planning system, named ‘AXiS’, and would allow BGC’s registered vendors to check their status and update information with BGC online.
“The Vendor Portal allows you, our business partners, to check your registration status and update your key information with BGC online,” she added.
RAKAN is also an initiative in line with BGC’s Social Performance commitment to continuously engage stakeholders in this instance with BGC’s existing local business partners. The event provided a networking opportunity for local business partners to share experiences of working in the industry.
It was highlighted that among the tenets of developing local businesses under the Energy White Paper, was to foster businesses that embody true Bruneian principles, including the practise of upholding business integrity.
To establish business with BGC, vendors were urged to heed the call for fair and transparent process by having a solid corporate governance system in place.
This is the first time that BGC organised such an event, realising the increasing role the company has towards overall economic welfare of the country and local business development.
Since 2012, BGC has been embarking on a journey towards becoming a fully-fledged ship management company in its own right whereby the key elements of this transition involves the management of contracts in support of its operations, which is currently managed by STASCO in London.
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