Netherlands Business Support Office

by Jim and Lynda Guidry
Monday, May 07, 2012

Dr. William Merrell of Texas A&M University at Galveston weathered Hurricane Ike in the 1870 Merchants Mutual Insurance Building in the Strand Historic District.  On Friday, in an interview with Guidry News Service, Merrell recalled the experience and related how the storm surge that covered 75 percent of Galveston Island inspired the Ike Dike, his concept of a coastal spine to protect Galveston Bay.  Listen

Ike Dike (click here)

By: JP Donlon

In Chief Executive’s eighth annual survey of CEO opinion of Best and Worst States in which to do business, Texas easily clinched the No. 1 rank, the eighth successive time it has done so. California earns the dubious honor of being ranked dead last for the eighth consecutive year.

Texas number 1 again for business

Source: Clean Technica (http://s.tt/1aM5Q)

Dutch Superbus

Imperial Sugar, the company that made Sugar Land, is being acquired by Louis Dreyfus Commodities for $78 million.

The Dockwise Vanguard will set out on its first transport project just weeks after it is completed in December. The Dockwise Vanguard is the winner of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Spotlight on New Technology Award. (Photos courtesy of Dockwise)

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/04/30/new-semisubmersible-vessel-already-booked-up-through-2013/