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ASRY Appoints Frisk

General Manager

Hans Frisk

The Arab Shipbuilding and Re- pair Yard Co. has announced the appointment of Hans Frisk, until recently, managing director of

Karlskrona Varvet of Sweden, as general manager and chief executive of ASRY, Bahrain. Mr. Frisk has taken over from Antonio Ma- chado Lopes, who has been with

ASRY since the yard was inaugu- rated in 1977.

Mr. Frisk joins ASRY at an im- portant period in the yard's devel- opment. Following a year of record results in 1989, when ASRY achieved a revenue of over $46 mil- lion and an operating profit in ex- cess of $10 million with a high dry- dock occupancy, the board of direc- tors approved the construction of a second graving dock to complement

ASRY's 500,000-dwt facility.

Sperry Marine Chosen For

Japan Corporate Program

Secretary of Commerce Robert

A. Mosbacher recently announced that Sperry Marine Inc. of Charlot- tesville, Va., is one of the 20 U.S. companies chosen for the "Japan

Corporate Program." Sperry Ma- rine was among 120 finalist compa- nies considered by the Commerce

Department and is the only winner chosen from the marine industry.

The program is a new initiative to bolster U.S. exports to Japan and is, according to Mr. Mosbacher, the "latest step in the Commerce De- partment's long-term efforts to help

U.S. companies compete more effec- tively in Japan." To assure that only the most promising and qualified

U.S. companies were accepted into the initiative, the Department took over six months to select the 20 winners.

Sperry Marine, headquartered in

Charlottesville, is a world leader in the development and manufacture of marine navigation, control and communications equipment. It is a subsidiary of Newport News Ship- building, a Tenneco company.

Detyens Shipyards Refits 465-Foot Bulk Carrier

Detyens Shipyards, Inc.,

Charleston, S.C., recently com- pleted a 55-day major refit of the 465-foot, ice-class bulk carrier Ea- gle.

The renewal of the 15,850-dwt

Eagle, operated out of the Port of

Savannah, Ga., by Colonial Marine

February, 1991

Industries, Inc., involved the struc- tural repair of major ice damage to her bow, midship regions, stern and transom, along with structural mod- ifications to the bulwark and fore- castle, an 8-foot steel plate exten- sion to the forepeak, installation of recessed anchor pockets, and com- plete repainting.

The overall refit consisted of the cropping and renewal, and fabrica- tion and installation of 175 tons of steel plate. Of this total, 65 tons of 1-inch plate were fabricated into the bow and forepeak, and 110 tons of 3/4-inch doubler plate and angle- bar stiffeners were placed along the 350-foot midship regions—port and starboard. The extensive modifica- tions and repairs will allow the M/V

Eagle to service ports in extreme conditions.

The Eagle was serviced by about 100 Detyens employees, working two shifts for 55 days.

Detyens Shipyards has on average 300 employees, with a 450-foot, 10,000-dwt-capacity drydock, five piers, an enclosed work area of 50,000 square feet, a pier crane capacity of 25 tons and a floating crane capacity of 80 tons.

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