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ASRY Appoints 2 To New

Management Positions

As part of the company's 1,500- man workforce expansion program,

Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY), Bahrain, is also expanding its yard management.

Michael Temple from Hong

Kong United Dockyard is to join

ASRY in the position of Production

Manager. After sailing for Mobil

Shipping, Mr. Temple worked for several international dockyards and is now the manager in charge of all electrical, steel and mechanical shops for Hong Kong United Dock- yard.

Michael Temple

Also selected by ASRY to head its

Estimating & Invoicing Department is Rolf Erikson, technical manager of Brostrom Shipping Company,

Sweden.

Rolf Erikson

Mr. Erikson is a marine engi- neer and naval architect who first sailed with Brostrom, became a sur- veyor for Bureau Veritas and con- tinued to hold management posi- tions with several maritime compa- nies.

By autumn 1992, ASRY's en- larged capacity will include one 500,000-dwt graving dock, one float- ing drydock of 826.8 feet by 147.6 feet for vessels up to 120,000 dwt, and one floating drydock of 744.7 feet by 134.5 feet for Panamax size vessels. The addition of a second graving dock is also planned.

For free information about the services available from ASRY,

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Dockmaster Seminar

Set For Sept. 29-Oct. 2

Crandall Dry Dock Engineers,

Inc., Dedham, Mass., will present

August, 1992 its 24th annual Dockmaster's Train- ing Seminar from September 29 to

October 2 in New Orleans.

Designed for dockmasters, ma- rine engineers, naval architects and others involved in the docking of vessels, the seminar will cover the types of docks, ship characteristics important to drydocking, calculat- ing block loadings, stability of ship and ship/dock system, blocking, docking plans, docking procedures, vessel handling, drydock inspection, rating drydocks, special problems associated with dockingvessels, case studies, and typical predocking cal- culations for U.S. Navy vessels.

George Fait, a senior consult- ant, and Robert Heger, a senior engineer, at Crandall will present the course. Tuition for the seminar is $500.

For further information, contact

Crandall Dry Dock Engineers at (617) 329-3240; fax: (617) 329-7957.

MIB Names New

Seattle Representative

The Marine Index Bureau (MIB),

Ewing, N.J. has recently named

Mary French as its Seattle repre- sentative for MIB and its affiliate,

MIB Services, Inc., which maintains databases on marine personnel in- volved in injury and damage claims.

Ms. French has experience in insurance and human resources.

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A Easy maintenance cat walk to engine and winches

A Optional widths to 50'

A Cable saving sheaves

A Stainless steel hydraulic tubing

A Steel belted radial tires

A Pivot t

A Optional heights to 50'

A High strength, low alloy steel super-structure

A Full instrumentation in operator's compartment

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