Over the last 12 years our professional team of Black Sea Terminal (BST) employees has demonstrated a strong work ethic and a tireless dedication to realizing their personal goals and achievements.
It has not been easy to build a new facility with new infrastructure next to several already established ports and oil terminals on the Black Sea coast. However, our professional staff at BST successfully paved the way and achieved the goals set before them.
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Azerbaijan’s national leader Heydar Aliyev, devoted his life to the prosperity and well-being of his nation. A talented politician and public figure, he demonstrated his ability as a leader and became a legend even when he was alive. Aliyev has done unparalleled work for his nation during his time in office during the Soviet period and as the president of independent Azerbaijan.
Heydar Aliyev, who assumed the leadership of the country during the most difficult of times, gave great confidence to the people and laid the foundation for a country with strong economic development.
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It has been 75 years since millions of people around the world sacrificed themselves in the fight against fascism. Many survived the brutality of the war, returned to their families, and despite tremendous spiritual or physical trauma, managed to gradually emerge from the difficult situation and became actively involved in the rhythm of peaceful life. Our society, of all generations, has always respected and will continue to honor the memory of our fallen heroes, as well as war veterans, and will always show love, affection and respect for them.
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Universally, the recent history of the world clearly depicts progressive society, which continuously strives to raise the standard of living for a peaceful coexistence. However, there are also certain groups in society who are engaged in war, invasions and acts of violence, which brings about great pain and suffering to the civilian population by destroying their material and spiritual values, thus depriving them of their right to have a decent life.
28 years ago, the small town of Shusha and surrounding regions suffered one of the worst tragedies in world history. This tragedy is called the “Shusha Tragedy”, which reminds the world community of the acts of brutality, severity that occurred on May 8. 1992.
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At Kulevi Oil Terminal, security awareness is a top priority and Security Response drills are being conducted on a quarterly basis for security staff. These drills help personnel to develop essential competencies, and new techniques and methods that are essential in addressing potential security issues.
Recently, security response drill was conducted at Kulevi Oil Terminal as per ISPS (International Ship & Port facility Security code) standard requirements. The main topics discussed and practiced during the drill included:
Kulevi Oil Terminal is using Safety Observation Cards (SOC) to document hazards as well as safety recommendations in the workplace. It is a comprehensive report that includes evidence and detailed descriptions of key safety observations. Performing and documenting regular safety observations helps to ensure a safe workplace, as well as share best practices with employees.
An SOC is the written record of a safety conversation between an observer and an employee. The observer that wrote the card has to stop the unsafe activities observed and talk to the person involved in the unsafe activity and propose corrective actions to take in order to prevent the outcomes of this unsafe behavior.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of suffering, stress and financial hardship to a large number of vulnerable people. As such, it is critical that we lend support to those in need. It is the primary responsibility of every individual to be aware of practices we can use to defeat this virus and make a contribution to the most vulnerable among us.
Black Sea Terminal management fully supports the initiative of the Azerbaijani Business Association in Georgia (AZEBI), which is lending support to those living in the Kvemo Kartli region, and the Marneuli
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The Black Sea Terminal team is taking full responsibility for the ongoing issues due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Through its daily activities BST seeks to make a significant contribution to the stability of the country's economy and to ensuring the health and social condition of its employees.
BST continues to operate in full compliance with the recommendations issued by the Government of Georgia and the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health. From the beginning, staff was provided with special masks, rubber gloves and disinfectants and, depending on the job specification, with personal protective equipment (overalls, helmets, gloves, respirators, sunglasses).
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Black Sea Terminal’s (BST) automatic firefighting system (AFF) consists of three parts:
1. Fire detection system
2. Foam extinguishing system
3. Water cooling system
To keep the AFF in continuous preparedness, these systems are subjected to periodic maintenance, which includes test runs of pumps and testing of the operability of the extinguishing and cooling devices.
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In February and March of 2020, an internal audit was conducted within Black Sea Terminal’s (BST) Service and Transport & Machinery Departments. The main objective was to assess the compliance of company processes against the requirements of international standards such as ISO 9001 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001 (Environment Management System), ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) and other work procedures.
The internal audit covered all important operational processes, and complied with legal requirements, document control, performance and customer satisfaction evaluation, occupational health and safety, environmental management and quality-control issues, and risk assessment.
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