OUR INFRASTRUCTURE

Our operations are underpinned and executed through:

• Our operating locations.
• Our massive fleet of ships including landing crafts, vessels with helipads, multipurpose vessels, barges, fast response vessels and passenger vessels.
• Our large fleet of vehicles (including for example trucks, light trucks and utilities, forklifts etc) to support land based services.
• Our network of air, sea and land logistics providers especially support of heli operations.
• Our office and maintenance locations, spread across PNG, allowing us to respond to any situation quicker than any competitor.

OUR PEOPLE

We employ around 300 permanent staff in Papua New Guinea. In addition we regularly commission a mix of casuals, fuel carriers (up to 3,000 people a month) and contractors to assist in our operations. We are proud of our people and their commitment to building and maintaining the infrastructure to underpin their own country’s success.   Within our organisation, we employ the following kinds of people:

• Management and business administration personnel.
• Project managers and team leaders.
• Technical officers and staff, from ship crews, to specialist telecommunications engineers, electricians, mechanics and riggers.
• General staff who provide hands on outcomes, security solutions and any other gaps in our clients needs.

Our people include majority PNG nationals from all corners of the Country as well as expatriate personnel from Australia, Europe and the Asian continents. We are proud to be diverse in our nationalities and an equal opportunity employer in PNG.

OUR COMMUNITY

Our goal is to continue to be seen within local communities as a positive part of that community. Whilst R&A Marine Services is a company, we are made up of people from local and international communities. We all belong together and we must all remain committed to making the world a better place for both the current generation, our children and future generations. R&A Marine Services is proud to be working with clients to establish and maintain critical infrastructure which will enable remote communities and the community generally to gain access to medical assistance, food, employment opportunities and so on.   Other investments we have made and support to local communities include:

• Schooling and education direct funding
• Charitable donations to local areas
• Housing
• Donations to churches
• Hospital and medical support donations to both organisations and individuals
• Employment of locals in their communities
• Sporting facilities and sporting sponsorships for locals
• Festivals and celebrations donations
• Emergency response support to help and protect local communities
• Supply of resources to local communities, including for example books and education material from Australia to PNG.

HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT & QUALITY

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality are core to our business. By maintaining high standards for the health, safety and environmental management of our operations, we have an exemplary record of upholding the health and safety of our employees and the public and protecting the environment.   We aim to ensure our workers are sent home, in the same condition as they came to work through:

• Providing our employees with a safe working environment, safety related training and personal protective equipment
• Continuously reducing workplace health and safety incidents and improve on the health and safety culture
• Meeting the requirements of PNG Health and Safety Laws and adhere to our company HSE Plan

We aim to deliver our operations in a sustainable manner and to reduce the environmental impact of our operations. We do this through:

• Educate our employees on environmental management practices
• Not cause unlawful environmental harm and to reduce environmental incidents (if any)
• Meet the requirements of PNG Environmental Laws and adhere to our company HSE Plan

We are committed to the development, implementation and review of our policies, procedures and manuals to obtain quality and consistent performance of our services.