Pt
Lisas firm wins world certification
Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
Petroleumworldtt.com 03 30 08
A
manufacturing firm operating at the Pt Lisas
Industrial Estate (PLIPDECO) has
won international certification for its locally-built
offshore containers from Norwegian-based Det Norske
Veritas (DNV), one of the world’s leading
maritime classification societies.
The local firm — Industrial Welding Equipment
Sales & Rentals Limited (IWES) – is the
first manufacturer of offshore containers from
Trinidad and Tobago to be awarded the prestigious
level of certification, says its Senior Project
Manager, Larry Drakes.
Several types of offshore containers built by
IWES earned Type Approval Certification, listing
them as compliant with worldwide industry standards
DNV 2-71, EN 12079, as well as IMO MSC Circular
860.
According to Drakes, “this
development clearly shows that DNV and IWES have
built up a high level
of trust over the years, due mainly to the constant
striving for high quality workmanship throughout
the IWES organisation.”
Mervyn Waterman, IWES’ President,
believes that the Type Approval Certification
will open
doors for ready acceptance of locally-made offshore
containers in the global market and increase opportunities
for growth of this local breakthrough industry.
Waterman said potential national benefits include
greater local employment, transfer of foreign technology
to nationals, a wider export market and greater
earnings of foreign exchange, as well as worldwide
recognition of TT as a producer of goods of international
standard.
Offshore containers are used worldwide by the
oil and gas sector for the safe transportation
of cargo offshore and to protect the marine environment
from pollution.
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is an autonomous independent
risk management foundation whose Ship classification
is a system for safeguarding life and property
in the marine environment.
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Newsday
Trinidad & Tobago
Newsday
Tuesday,
March 25 2008
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