Annual Report 2010 - IRO

Members meeting at TOS Offshore
Another successful members meeting took place at T.O.S. - Transport & Offshore Services in
Rotterdam on Wednesday 27 October 2010. Kees Wagenaar, Managing Director of T.O.S.,
gave an interesting presentation on the services and activities of T.O.S. as a worldwide
supplier of nautical and technical personnel active in the areas of shipping, offshore,
dredging, inland shipping and shore based jobs. Besides crewing T.O.S. is specialized in
ship deliveries on own keel: sailing any ship to an agreed destination, with a complete
T.O.S. crew and under T.O.S. management. Besides branch offices in Poland, Ukraine and
the Czech Republic and agencies in the Philippines and Indonesia, T.O.S. recently started a
joint venture in Brazil (TIM). Other IRO members were also given the opportunity to give
a short company presentation: Stemar Engineering, Temporary Works Design, Niron Staal,
Hatenboer-Water. IRO also invited Mrs. Kerry Sanderson, Agent General of the European
Office of the Government of Western Australia to give a presentation on the business
opportunities for the oil & gas industry in Western Australia as preparation for the trade
mission to Perth in February 2011.
Members meeting at Multimetaal
On Wednesday 8 December 2010 a members meeting was organized at Multimetaal
in Den Helder. Multimetaal was established in 1975 to provide construction design,
prefabrication, in-house testing and certification, offshore support services and IRM
(Inspection Research and Maintenance) to the oil and gas, petrochemical, energy, water
and power industries. Arthur Hulsebos, Managing Director of Multimetaal, gave an
introduction to the company of Multimetaal, which opened doors of its new building
in June 2009. Hans Knijn, Sales Manager, gave a presentation on valve care and the
importance of maintenance and its market. Marja Doedens, Managing Director of
Maritime Campus Netherlands was invited by Multimetaal to give a presentation.
The Netherlands Maritime Campus is a partnership between research institutions,
educational institutions, entrepreneurs and governments with the objective to sustainably
increase and strengthen the economic infrastructure in North Holland. Kees Visser,
Alderman of the Municipality of Den Helder was invited to present the developments
and business opportunities in Den Helder. Mr. Peter van Leeuwen, Ambassador of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands to Baghdad was invited by IRO to give a presentation
on business opportunities in the oil and gas industry in Iraq. His presentation showed
that despite the negative image the country has due to safety issues, Iraq has a lot of
potential. After the presentations, the participants were guided through the newly built
company and construction site.
Annual General Meeting at HSM
On Tuesday 16 November 2010 the IRO Annual General Meeting took place at HSM
in Schiedam. HSM Offshore and HSM Steel Structures are both operating companies of
the ANDUS Group. Since the early seventies HSM Offshore has completed numerous
projects for the oil & gas industry and, more recently several projects for the offshore
wind energy. Currently the satellite platform and jacket for the Chevron B13 field are
under construction. The project started in November 2009 and will be completed in the
summer of 2011. The scope of supply for HSM exists of the engineering, procurement,
construction, installation and offshore hookup and commissioning. The current status of
the project was shown during a site tour of the yard. The main items on the agenda for
the Annual General Meeting were the finances of the association. The financial result
for 2009 was again positive. The 2009 annual accounts were approved. Expected is
that 2010 will also be closed within budget. The budget for 2011 was approved, and
it was decided that the membership fees remain unchanged. The (re)appointments of
Board members were also discussed during the meeting. Members have approved the
appointment of new, incoming board member Peter de Bruijne of Noble Drilling.
The Annual General Meeting was very well visited by 150 participants.
10 IRO Annual Report 2010