Page 22: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (November 1977)

ASRY Drydock

Now Open To Service 500,000-DWT Vessels

ASRY's (Arab Shipbuilding &

Repair Yard) 1,230-foot by 246- foot drydock is now open for business for vessels up to 500,000 dwt.

The last stage in the construc- tion program of this massive dock, located at Manama, Bahrain,

Arabian Gulf, was successfully completed on September 16, 1977, when the drydock was emptied for the first time by its own pumps. The dock gate, following its voyage from Portugal, had been installed a number of days earlier. If it had not fitted or worked perfectly, the opening of the yard could have been put back by weeks, but all went smoothly.

The three centrifugal pumps can empty the dock without any vessel in it in only 3y2 hours.

When a VLCC is being docked, the time will be well under 2 hours.

To test the dock and its serv- ices before taking the first com- mercial vessel, two of ASRY's own fleet were docked on Sep- tember 23, 1977. The 10,000-dwt barge, the Tartaruga, and one of

ASRY's six 32-ton-bollard-pull tugs, the Arad, were docked si- multaneously. The hulls of both vessels have been cleaned and painted, while the barge has also had its hull surveyed by Norske

Veritas.

By the end of September, with the dock completed for the larg- est of vessels, ASRY was ready for its first commercial docking.

The ASRY drydock has been com- pleted and is working less than three years since the laying of the cornerstone on November 3, 1974.

For a complete description of

ASRY's facilities, write to K.M.

Ratcliffe, ASRYMAR, 17 Water- loo Place, London SW1Y 4AR,

England.

NASSCO Elects Giorgis

Group Vice President

Albert S. Giorgis

Albert S. Giorgis has been elected to the newly created po- sition of group vice president, technical, of National Steel and

Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO), San

Diego, Calif. He reports to C.

Larry French, president.

Reporting to Mr. Giorgis are the vice president, materials; the di- rector of operations planning, and the vice president, engineering.

Mr. Giorgis joined NASSCO in

June 1976 as a project coordina- tor after having completed a 31- year active service career (mid- shipman to captain) in the United

States Navy. His most recent as- signment at NASSCO was that of

AD project manager.

During his Navy service, Mr.

Giorgis specialized in marine en- gineering as an engineering duty officer in such areas as project management (four years), in which he was supervisor of Ship- building, Conversion, and Repair,

U.S. Navy, San Diego; Field

Contract Administration (three years), which included the Wash- ington, D.C., billet of P.M.S. 383, program manager for major am- phibious and auxiliary ships; ship- yard planning and production (nine years) ; and engineering in- spector. He is the recipient of the

Legion of Merit and Meritorious

Service Medal.

Mr. Giorgis received a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S.

Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., and a Master of Science degree (electrical engineering) from the

U.S. Naval Post Graduate School,

Monterey, Calif.

Mr. Giorgis is a member of The

American Society of Naval Engi- neers (ASNE), and an executive committeeman in the San Diego

Section of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).

MTU presents: engine series

With the introduction and present- ation of their engine series 1163,

MTU Friedrichshafen continues the successful and market- oriented development of its product line. The long stroke version 1163 derived from the well tested and proven engine series 956 opens applications in boats with a low propeller r. p. m. and in the power generator field. Range of output: 1800 KW to 4400 KW (2450 to 6000 H. P.) at 1200 r. p. m.

Advantages: • operating reliability • continuous operating dependability • excellent economy • long maintenance intervals • simple maintenance and operation • integrated accessories direct mounting capability • favorable power-weight-bulk ratio

MTU supplies complete propulsion systems with a horse power range of 400-6000, automatic control operating and monitoring systems, from one source, all in one package and interdependent to achieve optimal output and reliability in operation. mtu

Motoren- und Turbinen-Union

Friedrichshafen GmbH

P. O. Box 2040

D-7990 Friedrichshafen/W.-Germany 22 Maritime Reporter/Engineering • News