Shell UK and Allseas Group

That the Parliament notes that Shell UK Ltd has awarded the Swiss-based company, Allseas Group SA, the contract for the removal, transportation and load-in to shore of the topsides of three of its Brent platforms that are situated on the UK Continental Shelf; understands that Allseas will use its newest vessel, the Pieter Schelte, for the task; believes that the vessel operates under a Panamanian flag of convenience and is named after the father of the company owner, Edward Heerema, who served as a Waffen SS officer and was jailed for war crimes at the end of the World War II; notes that events were recently held throughout Scotland to commemorate the Holocaust and crimes committed against humanity during the war; believes that communities in Aberdeen and throughout Scotland will be outraged that a vessel named in honour of a Nazi officer is to be used in the North Sea, and calls on the Scottish Government to protest to Allseas Group SA and Shell UK to demand that, until such times as there is a change of name, this vessel should not operate.