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UMC Goes Beneath The Surface

Ship Repair & Conversion

Throughout the last quarter — April-

June 2002 — ASRY has not slowed down its workflow. The yard, which has been filled to capacity since the begin- ning of this year, repairing approximate- ly 42 vessels, has been especially busy the last three months — repairing a selection of 23 vessels. Of this group, four were of ULCC and VLCC class - the largest being Stena King at 457,927 dwt. An additional six vessels were more than the 40,000 dwt size.

As is customary within ASRY, there has been a great diversification in the variety and amount of vessels that have been repaired during this period. These have ranged from large tankers to Bulk

Carriers, RoRo and general cargo ves- sels. Work has also been performed on tug boats and floating docks.

Regarding the ULCC and VLCC range, vessels that visited ASRY recent- ly, include A1 Tahreer at 284,532 dwt;

Takai at 239,999 dwt, Berge Bragd at 310,999 as well as Stena King at 457,927-dwt.

The last quarter was also busy for the yard in terms of steel repairs with more than 2,046 tons being replaced across a broad spectrum of vessels — represent- ing an increase of approximately 64 per- cent during the first three months of the year.

Similarly there has been no halt in the demand for painting services during this period.

More than one million sq. m. of paint- ing were completed, representing a 95 percent increase during the first three months of the year. With this in mind,

ASRY has gone to establish itself as one of the leading yards in the world for blasting and painting services - now specializing in LNG and LPG carriers.

The yard has also established a joint venture with Hydrolink, the Sharjah- based specialist engineering company, to provide a complete range of hydraulic services to vessel owners and operators. The two Gulf companies have signed a co-operation agreement, allowing Hydrolink and ASRY to extend services they offer to mutual clients.

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Underwater Maintenance Specialists (UMC) has carried out another hull plate insert repair via its Dubai Team on

VLCC at Fujairah Anchorage. In what is quickly becoming routine, UMC's

Fujairah team took to the VLCC to fix its flat bottom plating. The area in ques- tion was experiencing internal corro- sion, which led to a hole to form. Fol- lowing initial inspection and conference with the vessel's owners and attending classification society surveyor, it was decided that the defective plating would be removed and replaced with new 31 mm thickness material. The affected area, of which was an internal frame, had to be cut back accordingly - a new 500 x 400 mm insert was then subjected to non-destructive testing - and repair was considered permanent. In addition, the exterior of the plate, was covered (as is standard practice at UMC), with an underwater coating to offer protection against corrosion.

Returning to the yard again is the U.K.

Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which has once again awarded the routine underwater propeller polishing of flotillas propellers, to UMC. The company, which has per- formed this type of the work for more than three years, will carry out some of the work from its offices located in the

UAE.

UMC has also developed procedures and equipment for the in water replace- ment of stabilizers on a variety of ves- sels of different sizes. In these instances, not only were the stabilizers replaced, but the main and inboard bearings have also been renewed before the replace- ment stabilizer has been installed.

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United Defense Receives Theater Surface Award

United Defense Industries, Inc. received the Theater Surface Combat- ants Award for Excellence, at its ship- yard in Norfolk, Va. This award was presented to NORSHIPCO, a member of the United States Marine Repair (USMR) family of shipyards, during a ceremony at the yard in August. Rear

Adm. William J. Cobb, Jr. presented the award to Tom Epley, NORSHIP-

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NORSHIPCO received this honor for providing exceptional support to the

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Additionally, NORSHIPCO met all milestones on or ahead of schedule and accomplished the entire work package seven days early.

The work package included system and component upgrades and regular maintenance, including hull girder modifications and installation of the all- electric ship alt.

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