The in-house Health & Safety team worked incredibly hard with all our employees to sustain and improve all aspects of the company's Health & Safety Policies and this has been rewarded in the accreditation being retained for 2011.

It is sometimes easier to obtain rather than retain an accreditation like this and I am extremely proud of each and every employee's efforts to keep us at the top of the Health & Safety ladder within our particular sector of the Port industry.

We operate in an extremely dangerous environment and we rely very much on the experience and professional attitude of our work force to ensure that the stringent Health & Safety requirements are met by every worker and visitor to our facility. 'Health & Safety is about people, about attitude and most of all about caring' said Clive Davies 'and by combining all three we can provide a safe working environment for everyone at our facility.

Good Health & Safety practice is now the custom here and we strive daily to make improvements in all aspects of our business to provide a safer working environment for all employees and visitors so I feel confident that the future is '5 Star Bright' at W.E Dowds (Shipping) Ltd in Newport!'.