1 Vetting at Dow Cefic Ship Vetting Workshop Brussels October 12 th 2011

2 Dow vetting Dow vetting currently delivers vetting services to: –Dow –Meglobal –Styron –Amsty –MTT using CDI, SIRE, EBIS inspection schemes, port state control records, history of vessels and history of managers.

3 Dow’s global policy for Bulk Marine shipments is to vet every vessel/barge that carries our products and/or calls at a Dow jetty, including 3PL jetties that handle our products. Dow vetting

4 Dow maintains a vetting database that contains a status for all vessels/barges that our clients use or have used in the past. The vetting database is accessible for all Dow personnel to check the status of any vessel/barge that carries Dow-product or calls Dow-jetties. Status of vessel used in database: –not evaluated –approved through… –rejected Dow vetting database

5 Dow’s vetting service is available 24/7 globally due to the vetting group being represented for all area’s. Vetting group exists of 6 members. Dow’s vetting service is also involved in: –Arrangement and approval of transshipments –New trade lanes –New products to be shipped Dow vetting

6 Vetting is a fully integrated part of the Work Process that Dow follows for bulk marine shipments. Steps in this Work Process and related procedures are fully developed and available to all Dow-personnel. Dow vetting