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highest per capita in the Middle East, are fond of leisure crafts which are normally taken to A1

Jadaf for repairs and maintenance.

While the facility for smaller vessels handles more than a thousand vessels annually, the bigger yard is the more profitable, Petrie adds. "Last year we handled 255 vessels from our bigger yard, and this year the figure already topped 160 as of August. This is a far cry from the 114 vessels that we have serviced when Yard No. 2 started operations in 1982," he said. Aside from engaging in repair and maintenance work, A1

Jadaf also accepts conversions. Among the con- version work that A1 Jadaf takes pride in is that undertaken on the Blue Jaguar, a steel-hulled supply ship which was lengthened by 10 m.

Another involved fitting stem thrusters on a cable layer owned by UAE telecommunications firm

Etisalat.

The demand for shipyard services has already outstripped A1 Jadaf's capacity to accommodate vessels who wants to use the yard. "So far we have had 340 inquiries for docking but we had to turn a considerable number down because of lack of space to accommodate them," Petrie noted. To accommodate more vessels, last June A1 Jadaf started the construction of two 150 m dry-docking berths worth $3.8 million.

Due to be finished by December, this extension will increase the yard's capacity by 20 percent.

Construction progress is reportedly running slightly ahead of schedule. A1 Jadaf is also consid- ering another capacity expansion through an extension of its wet berthing capacity with the addition of more anchorages.

Plans are still at an early stage but the project is expected to start next year, said Petrie. Petrie indicated that more firms could use the complex as their base once the ongoing development pro- ject was completed. However, he agreed that space constraints continue to exercise a moderat- ing influence on the unbridled physical expan- sion. "The Creek's limited draft of only five meters makes it impossible for us to service bigger ves- sels," he said. Bigger vessels are then serviced at another government owned facility, the Dubai

Drydocks which lies at the emirates' coastal side, near Port Rashid.

New Corporate Structure For

Danos & Curole

Danos & Curole Marine Contractors, Inc. has announced its Corporate Direction 2000 program.

The main objective of this new structure is to improve customer service and employee develop- ment by the introduction of an account manage- ment function, three profit center managers, and a new business development department. New information systems are being developed which will integrate communications with all customers and employees globally. A labor inventory man- agement system has been developed to keep track of all available employees, along with their quali- fications, training history, and past experience.

The account manager position will reportedly break down barriers between customers, employ- ees and the company, ensuring that regular con- tact and communication takes place.

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