Unithai Shipyard and Engineering Limited, Thailand’s premier shipyard, has received an appreciation award from PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd of Singapore for its excellence in ensuring the safety of all employees.

The certificate awarded recognises the 6,000,000 accident-free man-hours recorded with no lost time by Unithai, while it was fulfilling contracts awarded by PPL for the construction of rig structures between October 2007 and April 2009.

Hong Kong , 4 May 2009 - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has named its Maritime Library and Research & Development Centre (the Centre) after Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-King, Founder and Senior Chairman of the IMC Group, in appreciation of his HK$10 million donation from IMC Hong Kong International Shipping and Transport Logistics Foundation Limited - for the Centre's further advancement in education, training and research.

IMC Corp is pleased to announce the promotion of Captain Tan Chai Hee to Managing Director, Aurora Tankers Management Pte Ltd, with effect from 19 September 2008.
In his new role, he will be responsible for driving the wet bulk/chemical shipping business.  Prior to this, he held the position of Senior Director (Commercial) where he was in charge of all commercial marketing and operations at Aurora Tankers.

The piece of mooncake and $20 red packet may be a small gesture, but it provided an opportunity for 90 employees of IMC Group to meet the elderly staying in one room flats, a first for many of them.

Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen-King, Founder and Senior Chairman of the IMC Group, received Singapore’s Honorary Citizen Award 2007 from President S R Nathan at The Istana today. Tan Sri Tsao is the first maritime luminary to receive this highest form of recognition given by the Singapore Government for outstanding contributions of foreigners to the country’s growth and development.

IMC Corp Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Tan Cheng Sim as Group Chief Financial Officer at IMC Corp Group, effective 1 July 2008.

IMC Corp Group celebrates the spirit of corporate giving with a $300,000 donation in the inaugural IMC Corp Charity Golf Tournament 2008. Held on 23 May 2008 at Tanah Merah Country Club, over 70 corporate partners participated in this IMC Corp initiative that would benefit Hua Mei Clinical Services of the Tsao Foundation.

IMC Group Senior Chairman, Tan Sri Frank Tsao (Mr Tsao), received the prestigious ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his significant and lasting contributions to the region’s shipping and maritime industry, in the inaugural Seatrade Asia Awards held at Shangri-La Singapore on 13 May 2008.

This Singapore debut follows the internationally renowned Seatrade Awards, judged by a panel of industry leaders, where it has been held in London for the past 20 years and more recently in Dubai over the past four years.

Unithai, the Thai arm of IMC Corp Group, has unveiled plans to provide transportation-based supply-chain solution services to South East Asia, primarily for Thailand’s oil and gas industry.  The new business will be operated by Unithai Energy Pte Ltd, based in Singapore.

To meet the massive demand for energy transportation, Unithai Energy has collaborated with PVM Oil Associates, one of the world's largest diversified brokers of oil instruments, to provide a full range of energy transportation services.

IMC Corp Group is pleased to announce the joint promotion of both Kim Kyung Soo and Eng Aik Meng as Deputy CEOs of IMC Corp Group, with effect from 1 April 2008.