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ASRY Reports Revenue

Increase

Arab Shipbuilding and Repair

Yard Co. (ASRY) has announced an increase in revenue of 18 percent above budget for the first half of this year. The rise was due to higher revenue earned per vessel - specifically, 20 percent to an aver- age of more than $800,000 per ves- sel. Owners which contracted

VLCC repairs for repair included

Vela, KOTC, ICB Shipping,

Docenave, Andriaki Shipping,

Bergesen, Thenamaris, Andros

Maritime, Frontline and Stena AB.

Other vessels repaired inlcuded chemical carriers supplied by Stor- li, A.R Moller and SCI; anLPG car- rier from KOTC and several bulk carriers.Next month, ASRY will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the inauguration of the yard, when the first vessel, VLCC

Mobil Pride was docked. Since that time, the yard has reported- ly repaired approximately 1,800 vessels with a combined tonnage close to 200 million dwt.

For more information on ASRY

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Pictured is Bergesen's Berge Duke, one of the

VLCCs docked at ASRY in the first half of this year.

Westfalia To Launch New

Separator Line

Westfalia Separator was sched- uled to launch its new line of C-i

Generation separators this month, including the model 50, which is reportedly the highest capacity separator in the world. The new line features a water monitoring system which measures the water content in the bowl, ensuring opti- mum separation, and a hydrostop bowl hydraulic system which reportedly enables precise solids ejection in a highly compactec state.

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Leif Hoegh Orders $57

Million Car Carrier

Norway's Leif Hoegh & Co ordered a $57 million car carrier to be built at Poland's Stocznia

Gdynia SA.

The ship is to be delivered in

June 1999, and the contract includes an option for the con- struction of two more vessels. The car carrier will be operated by

HUAL, which is owned 50/50 by

Leif Hoegh and Ugland

International Holdings.

Hitec Wins ROV Contract

Hitec Subsea has won a contract from Seateam Technology AS for four complete survey class ROV systems. The contract is valued at $6.6 million and includes options for provision the of 20 additional

ROV systems over a three-yeai period. The system, dubbed

Stealth, comprises Hitec's graphic interface command system

Cyberbase. "This is a breakthrough not only for our own technology and con- cept, but also for the Norwegian subsea technology industry in gen-

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