Caspian Energy (CE): How successful has 2014 been for Caspian Catering Service in terms of performance figures?
Seymur Mustafayev, Director, Caspian Catering Service: 2014 has been rather successful for Caspian Catering Service. The Company once again strengthened its positions and proved high level that was accumulated through years. Caspian Catering Service is the leader of the market in the field of provision of catering services to companies engaged in development of oil-gas fields. Caspian Catering has been cooperating with CMS and Topaz Marine companies for already several years. 2014 can be marked as a successful beginning for provision of catering services on Gurban Abbasov vessel servicing oil-gas platforms in the Caspian Sea. To what extent this year was fruitful for Caspian Catering Service we can tell considering the number of successfully completed projects on provision of catering services at pipelay vessel Israfil Huseynov, diving vessel Tofig Ismaylov, crane ship Azerbaijan and MCCI Canteen. For the work we carried out, we got the highest evaluation of such large trans-national companies such as McDermott, Saipem, Swire Pacific Offshore and Baku Shipyard operating in the Caspian region. I would like to note that Caspian Catering Service listens both to positive comments and criticism in order to do everything that depends on us for strengthening warm relations with partners. Certainly, the quality of services we provide is the guarantee of further cooperation with interested companies since we prolonged contracts with many of them for the coming year
The quality of products we apply is on the highest level. All products supplied to the storehouses are thoroughly inspected by a special department of the company. In particular, lots of analyses are held for detecting inadequacies. Appropriate measures are undertaken in case of their detection. The security of our clients is the priority task and depends directly on the quality of products. I would like to note that we are cooperating with suppliers operating both in Azerbaijan and overseas. The quality of services that Caspian Catering Service provides, meets international industrial benchmarks of public catering - ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007.
CE: How wide is the customer base of Caspian Catering Service, and what are the prospects for its expansion?
Seymur Mustafayev: Nowadays Caspian Catering Service is cooperating with many foreign companies from Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, which implies high level of services we provide. It is safe to say that further expansion of the range of our activity is unavoidable since we plan to maintain this quality level which has been the basis since the very first days of establishment of Caspian Catering Service. I assume that Caspian Catering Service earned recognition at the expense of conscientious work of every employee. We are a single united family. The goal of Caspian Catering Service is to create home comfort in any kitchen regardless of its location.
