Drydocks World and Maritime World, the leading providers of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors based in Dubai, UAE, have received the eighth Cycle Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award in the Manufacturing Category.

Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the award is among the highest levels of national recognition for excellence in business performance in the UAE.

Drydocks World Group won the award due to the continued progress and development in the group’s maritime and offshore services, said a statement from the company.

The group and its subsidiaries have maintained an overall continuous innovation strategy aimed towards delivering the highest levels of excellence and creativity in all projects undertaken.

The group has made distinctive achievements through seizing promising opportunities to develop the latest technology, demonstrating innovative excellence in building first of its kind projects.

Throughout Drydocks World’s state-of-the-art facilities, employees strive to achieve the highest international standards in HSEQ to ensure sustainable business growth, said the statement.

Together the strategy, people and facilities in Drydocks World Group have achieved significant accomplishments that have led to outstanding performance in manufacturing, which validates the group’s reputation as a leading global maritime and offshore service provider, it added.

Drydocks World Group said it has built innovative projects for key global players including the world’s largest turret for Shell’s Prelude FLNG in Australia, the Solan Subsea Oil Storage Tank- one of the largest- for Premier Oil UK, the gigantic Dolwin Beta HVDC Offshore Platform structure for wind energy farms off Germany and the conversion of tankers-to-Modular Capture Vessels for AET Ship Management in the Gulf of Mexico.

The group has recently begun its next undertaking, commencing construction on the Middle East’s first LNG-Powered harbor tug ‘Elemarateyah,’ it added.-TradeArabia News Service