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DOCK I NO ROUTE weri consis1 mve:

Royal Netherlands

Navy Christens

Rotterdam

February 22. The ship — built by Schelde Shipbuilding — was designed in cooperation with the Spanish Navy, which is having an identical ship built by Bazan in El Fernet"^.,

Rotterdam is a unique vessel i for the Royal Netner^MdsJ

Navy because oiPits tenpmbi- ous capajjti^ties. I Tlre^jwain of the^hiia wilP be to shore VflJ^upport of Approximately

The ship is wv^i^v* with an internal dock from which landing craft can be dispatched, and a flight deck for helicopters. The ves- sel is 544 ft. (166 m) long and displaces 12,750 tons.

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ASRY Reports Record Revenue

Amphibious transport ship

Rotterdam, commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Navy, was to be christened on

ASRY reported that it had a successful 1996, achieving record ship repair sales of $89.5 mil- lion, an increase of 21 percent over 1995. Net operating profit rose by 14 percent to $9.7 mil- lion, and net profit more than doubled to $3.4 million. In all, the yard repaired 131 vessels, of — docked. Of theslfi4syessels were medium-s^ed vessels, of tankeri

OBOs."

ASRY reportedly start in the coi^f^rsiQn JKarlcS^jpith the _ vessel for

Taggert, ssel for Red Band,

The yard is cur more FSO and

Jurupi

Petroi 140,0

FSO v seeking and seawater piping. A more expensive) longer term project includes the^dyedging of a chanr and the creation of new piers suitable for cor version work and new land installations.

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Aries SB, a • in i : bulk carrier, fs floating docks.

KELVIN H IUGHES tanker conversions prioj the FPSO converse

Expansjj increase thar to more

The new berilis VII AtaJ^anged alongside the V,vol\ia

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