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Shin Repair & Conversion

ASRY's Services Are

In High Demand

The second quarter at ASRY has con- tinued at a brisk pace, with a high demand for the yard's services. The last few months have seen approximately 25 vessels being repaired and converted— including the unique conversion of

Abouzar 1200 from a derrick ship into a deep water pipelay barge.

Of the other vessels repaired, four were over the 250,000 dwt mark, with

Olympic Loyalty being the largest at 308,041 dwt. Approximately seven ves- sels were between 40,000 dwt and 100,000 dwt with the remainder below 30,000 dwt. Work was also undertaken on USS Raven for the U.S. Navy, as well as on a variety of dredgers and jack up rigs.

The second quarter brought about an increase in the number of inquires and dockings for chemical carriers. Tankers that were drydocked during this period included Bow Lady at 32,227 dwt; A1

Farabi at 23,953 dwt; and NCC Najran at 28,027 dwt. Other contracts included

Skopelos, 274,950 dwt; Berge Chief, 289,980 dwt; and Samco Europe, 255,087 dwt. Work was also performed on two dredgers: Nautilus (6,250 dwt) and Rasheed (1,577 dwt) along with jack up rigs Arabiyah 4 and Bibby

Marinia.

The yard has also seen an increase in

Ship Repair And Conversion 2001 Set For London

Ship Repair and Conversion 2001 — scheduled to be held from November 28-29 at London's Grand Olympia

Hall — will be celebrating its 10-year anniversary. The exhibition is expect- ed to boast 15 percent more exhibitors than last year's event. Subsequent to the success of last year's exhibition, more than 360 exhibitors are expected to participate. Ship Repair and Con- version 2000 set attendance records in

London last November with a 10 per- cent increase on the previous year's best of 2,400 visitors — 10 percent of which are at the managing director or chairman level.

Approximately 317 exhibitors from 30 countries are expected at this year's venue. The exhibition also features the

Ship Repair and Conversion 2001

Conference, which will explore all areas of the ship care industry.

Topics that are planned for discussion include: Strategic Review of the Glob- al Shiprepair & Conversion Market and State of the Industry Debate.

To receive a conference agenda, log on to www.shiprepairex.com or call +44(0) 20 7553 169, for further infor- mation. demand for painting and blasting ser- vices and during the first six months, approximately 480,337 sq. m. of blast- ing were performed with approximately two million sq. m of painting complet- ed. This is up approximately 22.5 per- cent on the same time period last year — and the trend looks as though it will continue for the rest of the year.

Available specialist contractors at

ASRY has increased in the yard with the addition of Golten (Dubai) opening a new facility with five technicians now able to undertake work on Woodward

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