Drydocks World - Singapore receives Technip's highest recognition for safety

This is the highest recognition a shipyard can obtain under Technip's Safety Incentive Scheme for docking projects.

These funds were awarded by the ship's master, Mr. Alan Morris, and will be distributed to a charity or charities at the discretion of the shipyard's workers who dealt with the Venturer's repairs and docking. Drydocks World - Singapore Pte. Ltd. (DDW-S) is a subsidiary of Drydocks World - Southeast Asia Pte. Limited (DDW-SEA), which in turn is the Southeast Asian subsidiary of Drydocks World.

This milestone project is the result of the strong synergy between the two companies which began in November 2008 with an HSE audit conducted by Technip Subsea at DDW-S yard. The mutual confidence in both teams' capabilities led to the award of the project to the shipyard and ultimately to its successful, timely and cost-effective completion - incident and accident free.

Mr. Ken Livingstone, Technip's Project Manager for the Venturer, said, "I will like to take this opportunity to commend the master and crew of the Venturer, the shipyard staff that attended to the vessel whilst in the DDW-S yard, and also the supporting superintendents who assisted me with this project, for delivering the Venturer from the shipyard in a safe and timely manner."

Both companies' teams were also commended by Mr. Robin King, Senior Vice President for Technip Subsea Asia Pacific, "Well done to the teams. This is the performance to which we all continue to strive to achieve and is a great example that it can be done."

Mr. Steve Woodward, Senior Vice President for Technip Offshore Operation Services, also praised the successful project, "This is an excellent performance which has not come about by chance. During my visit to the yard and the Venturer last week, I observed firsthand the drive towards achieving this result. DDW-S has set the bar high for future docking projects to aspire to. Technip's Asset Technical Department will undoubtedly use this as a springboard to match this performance worldwide. The award to the DDW-S team is well deserved as this was truly a combined and integrated effort."

"There is no better recognition of a job well done than from a customer. Technip's award serves to highlight the excellent work by our team at DDW-S in making safety our highest priority and encouragement to continue to improve our standards,"

said Mr. Denis Welch, CEO of DDW-SEA.