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Monday, November 9 - 2009

Nico Middle East wins the Seatrade's Middle East & Indian Subcontinent 'Workboats Award'

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, November 10 - 2008 at 13:54
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A proud moment for Nico Middle East- the Offshore Support Vessels arm of Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd. again as it wins the Seatrade's Middle East & Indian subcontinent 'Workboats Award'.

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  • Part of 'Workboats Award' ceremony.
    Part of 'Workboats Award' ceremony.
This award follows on from last year's Seatrade awards ceremony, where Nico Middle East accepted the 'Maritime and Offshore services Award'.

The company was nominated for three categories of awards under Seatrade this year- Marine & Offshore services, Quality Health Safety and Environment and the Workboats award. In addition to that, the Company has also been nominated for three categories of Lloyds List Middle Eat Shipping Awards 2008 namely Short Sea Service Award, Energy Award and innovation & safety award.

The award was presented to Ron Clark the General Manager-NICO Middle East at the Awards ceremony which took place in October at Intercontinental Hotel in Dubai Festival City.

"Seatrade's recognition of NICO Middle East, the 2nd time in a row is a tribute to all our employees at NICO Middle East & Doha Marine Services. This award is the acknowledgement of all the hard work and commitment put in by each of them. They have clearly demonstrated dedication and consistency in the quality of their performance. These attributes are essential to building a premier company which meets the highest industry standards. We are hopeful of winning many awards in the future and our next target is to bag the Dubai Quality Award in 2010"


says, Ron Clark, the General Manager of NICO Middle East.

Fazel A Fazelbhoy, CEO Topaz Energy And Marine Ltd. was full of praise for the NICO Middle East team. "This is a well deserved recognition for the effort that each of our employees put in. Such kind of recognition makes us feel good about our work and the hard work that we put in each day. We look forward to many more awards in the future. "

Based in Jebel Ali, Nico Middle East Ltd, is one of the leading offshore vessel owners and operators in Dubai. Its fleet is well placed to provide a wide range of marine and offshore services to the offshore industry ranging from supply, anchor handling, towing, standby, construction support duties to a variety of specialized services through its fleet of DP vessels i.e. air & saturation diving, platform maintenance, subsea maintenance, ROV Survey work, cable laying and trenching. The company is into existence for over 25 years now.
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About NICO Middle East
Nico Middle East Limited (NMEL) is a subsidiary of the Dubai based Topaz Group of companies. NMEL celebrated its 25th year of existence last year.

The company's vessels have worked with all the major oil, gas and offshore construction companies such as Dubai Petroleum, Qatar gas, Shell, Maersk Oil Qatar, PA Resources, Dolphin Energy, Saipem, J. Ray Mcdermott & National Petroleum Construction Company around the world.

With the acquisition of Doha Marine Services W.L.L a Doha based Marine Services Company in May 2008; the strength of the fleet currently operated has doubled to 21 vessels after the acquisition. NMEL has embarked into a major expansion plan and wishes to operate modern and younger fleet of 40 offshore support vessels by 2012. The company has entered into a joint venture agreement with General Technology & Systems Co. Ltd in Saudi to develop its offshore support services business in Saudi through its diversified fleet of vessels.

The company has also secured the ISO 9001 certification for management and operation of vessels employed in support of the Energy Industry. NMEL is a member of the Dubai Quality Group, International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and is now working towards achieving the Dubai Quality Award by 2010.

About Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd
Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary of Renaissance Services SAOG , is one of the leading marine and oil & gas fabrication companies in the Middle East with over 30 years experience in the region. Operating throughout the Middle East, Caspian and S.E. Asia, Topaz employs over 5,500 employees.

With its operational headquarters in Dubai, UAE, Topaz operates two primary business divisions Topaz Marine Services which is an Offshore Support Vessels (OSV) Division comprising NICO Middle East Ltd., BUE Caspian, BUE Kazakhstan, BUE Turkmenistan; and Topaz Engineering Services the engineering services division comprising ADYARD Abu Dhabi LLC and NICO International.

for more details please contact:
Monika Baranwal
Corporate Communications Officer
Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd
P.O. Box 12068, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tel: +971 4 3391351
Fax: +971 4 3391352

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