ACT celebrates Global Safety Day

Aqaba Container Terminal, the World’s gateway to Jordan and beyond, celebrated Global Safety Day on the 25th of September 2013. This year, the event’s agenda focused on the theme of ownership and intervention as a means to prevent accidents in the workplace. More specifically, the day featured a well rounded agenda uniting all segments of the community around the slogan “If You See It, You Own It”.

The events of the day included a medical session on body weight, height, body fat index, and health monitoring, alongside awareness sessions revolving around the “If You See It, You Own It” concept. 

The day’s agenda also comprised a tree planting session at ACT’s administration building, an safety awareness session for truckers, and a session for children on Terminal Careers. The children’s session included a presentation on safety tips, a short movie about ACT for families, and a lecture on healthy meals in schools. Women were also celebrated on this day as they received gifts from ACT and they were also given the chance to visit medical booths specifically set up in commemoration of this occasion. 

Commenting on the Safety Day celebrations, AESZA Chief Commissioner/ Chairman of the Board of Directors at ACT, H.E. Dr. Kamel Mahadin, explained that this occasion is one through which ACT reiterates its commitment to adopting to the highest levels of safety for its employees and its stakeholders. He added that this commitment is embodied in the company’s reinforcement of strict safety regulations and its safety training programs.

He further said, “We believe that all our team members are a vital asset to our success, and this is why we put their safety at the forefront of our priorities. Through celebrating this day, we remind ourselves, our team, and our community of the importance of adopting safe work practices as a way of life, and we strive to set an example for all other companies to follow suit.”

From his end, Regional CFO of APM Terminals for the AME region Mr. Philip English thanked ACT team for the great efforts they had made in compiling an interactive program for this day. He further expressed hopes that this day presents a prelude for making the adopting of safety standards in the workplace an indispensible trait corporations across the kingdom abide by.

The Global Safety Day celebration is part of a series of events at terminals operating under the umbrella of APM Terminals. ACT is a joint venture between the Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) and APM Terminals under a 25-year build-operate-transfer agreement signed in 2006.