The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain (shown above) and Estaleiros Navales de Lisboa (Lisnave) of Portugal recently signed an agreement under which Lisnave will continue to provide technical support to ASRY until 1989. One of the world's largest and most experienced VLCC repair yards, Lisnave was originally chosen both to design and then manage ASRY, the AOPEC-owned repair yard that was inaugurated in 1977.
Cooperation in succeeding years has been close, with Lisnave sending management and technical specialists to ASRY and supervising the training of local technicians, both in Bahrain and Lisbon.
The original concept of a repair yard in the Arabian Gulf to service the many tankers, bulk carriers, containerships, and general cargo vessels trading to the area has been a great success, with occupancy of ASRY's 450,000-dwt drydock always exceeding 83 percent. Technology transfer, one of the primary objectives, has also been achieved. The ASRY work force is reinforced by contract labor from the Far East as well as technicians from Europe in specialist activities, among whom Lisnave provides more than 100 personnel.
The link with Lisnave has enabled ASRY to call on teams of specialists at short notice to work on large repair specifications and thus extend the yard's capabilities, making ASRY technically competitive with larger shipyards in Europe and the Far East. This link will now continue, at least until 1989, and provide a useful base for ASRY's further development in line with shipowners' demands for larger and more complex repairs as docking intervals lengthen and more specialized machinery and equipment is incorporated in new vessel design and development.
Shipping, bv recently completed loading of four large offshore modules at Houston and New Orleans aboard the Dock Express 12, which is bound for Bahrain and Dubai. The vessel loaded three offshore oil field production modules, each weighing in excess of 420 tons and measuring approximately 100 feet
The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Co. (ASRY) was inaugurated at a ceremony presided over by His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain. The Ruler, Shaikh Isa bin Sulman Al-Khalifa, blessed the yard by pouring holy water from the Well at Zam Zam into the drydock and declared it officially open. His
Seventeen representatives from ASRY's 14 ship repair agencies are shown above meeting for the first time in Bahrain. It was a truly international meeting with the 14 different agency nationalities being entertained by Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard management, which is Arab, Portuguese, and British
, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. Ten PCs are forward deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the Arabian Gulf, based in Bahrain, and three are supporting the U.S. Fourth Fleet, homeported at Mayport, Florida. The Fifth Fleet ships have received new remotely-fired guns, Griffin
Project Jupiter, an initiative to create a leading portfolio of Onsite Specialist Contractors, sees ABB, SOLAS, Seven Seas and more invest $3.7m at Bahrain-based ASRY in 2014, with more in the pipeline. ASRY has seen several global specialist contractors, including ABB, SOLAS, and Seven Seas increase
Survey Overseas Limited, England, has announced that the firm is now providing full marine consultancy services in the Arabian Gulf area through its Bahrain office. This service is designed to meet the requirements of clients in this area who may not have the appropriate expertise available within
president and marine operations manager. Promoted to vice president were C.L. Barnhill, London, area vice president, Europe and Africa ; J.H. Morris, Bahrain, area vice president, Middle East; B.G. Parker, Bahrain, vice president and operations manager, Middle East; E.D. Shepherd, Houston, area vice
Dr. Anthony C. Antoniou, formerly general manager of Hellenic Shipyards, Scaramanga, has joined the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard in Bahrain, the yard recently announced. Dr. Antoniou, whose technical and managerial experience includes seven years as head of the design and drawing office at
in the Kingdom, so as to quickly and efficiently respond to immediate repair requirements in Saudi, with major rig repairs still being carried out in our Bahrain facility. The ability to respond with more efficiency is just one of the advantages of having a branch in Saudi Arabia, another advantage being the
An occupancy rate of 84 percent during 1984 helped Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain to boost revenues up by nearly 20 percent over 1983. The yard celebrated its tenth anniversary last year. Chairman of ASRY Sheikh Daij Bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa said he was particularly encouraged by
and operators, domiciled in the United States, of very large crude carriers (VLCCs). The Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY), located on the Island of Bahrain, will be completed in late 1977 and go into full oper- ation during 1978. This modern complex will have a graving dock 1,230 feet long and 245
The RCB is a variant of the Swedish Combat Boat 90. They were heavily armed for their size and augmented the 140-foot coastal patrol boats (PCs) based in Bahrain. The PCs have now been decommissioned and replaced by U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters. The RCBs were replaced by the MK VI patrol boats,
ASRY n the 45 years since the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Willem Moelker is Sales & Marketing Director at Sharjah- Yard (ASRY) opened on reclaimed land in Bahrain, based joint venture shipbuilder and repairer, Albwardy Da- the Middle East has become one of the world’s ship men. Speaking to Maritime Reporter
Eye on the Navy NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Sept. 9, 2021) Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, left, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, shakes hands with Capt. Michael D. Brasseur, the ? rst commodore of Task Force (TF 59) during a commissioning ceremony
Eye on the Navy Surface Vehicles A T38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessel operates during a demonstration off the coast of Bahrain, April 29, 2022. David Resnick/U.S. Army AVY ESTABLISHING UNMANNED SURFACE VESSEL FLEET FOR E N PERSISTENT IN IDDLE AST ISR M By Edward Lundquist he U.S.
, providing all junior en- tion. So now we’re 64 plus two. Six are Master Chief Petty Of? cer of the Coast listed members these unique a? oat ex- in Bahrain, four of the six are standing Guard - Charles Calhoun, to be chris- periences. We have this 35-ship ? eet the watch, we’ll send the next two over
was to support extended autonomous ocean m beneath the surface, at that pressure, and come back up and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain, center, during IMX 2022. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark Thomas Mahmod. 36 March/April 2022 MTR #3 (34-49).indd
was to support extended autonomous ocean m beneath the surface, at that pressure, and come back up and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa of Bahrain, center, during IMX 2022. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mark Thomas Mahmod. 36 March/April 2022 MTR #3 (34-49).indd
15, Bollinger joined U.S. are the fourth and ? fth of six FRCs to be home-ported in Coast Guard of? cials at USCG Sector Delaware Bay in Manama, Bahrain, which will replace the aging 110’ Island Philadelphia, Pa., for the commissioning of another new Class Patrol Boats, built by Bollinger Shipyards
clients all over the world. FMSNA has service centers located within close proximity to important naval bases in Norfolk, Va.; Mayport, Fla.; Manama, Bahrain and Sasebo, Japan. HydroComp HydroComp, Inc. in Durham, N.H. was established in
“parent-craft” design. FRCs have been assigned at homeports from the continental U.S. to Alaska and Hawaii, with the latest cutters going to Guam and Bahrain. Compared to the WPBs, the FRCs have improved C4ISR capa- bility and interoperability; stern launch and recovery (up through sea state 4) for a 40-knot
the Atlantic Ocean, the cutters arrived in-port to resupply, before continuing to conduct operations in U.S. Sixth Fleet. They are on their way to Bahrain to join Patrol Forces South West Asia. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan Carpenter USCGC Smilax (WLIC-315), the
and the 44th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) delivered under the current program. The USCGC Glen Harris is the third of six FRCs to be home-ported in Manama, Bahrain, which will replace the aging 110-foot Island Class Patrol Boats, built by Bol- linger Shipyards 30 years ago, supporting the Patrol Forces Southwest
The CRF boats operate in seven ports continental port operations; special mission; search and rescue; VBSS United States and worldwide, from Djibouti to Bahrain (Visit Board, Search and Seizure) operations; MIO (mari- to the Panama Canal. Typical escort missions run three to time interdiction operations)
crew com- the U.S. Coast Guard and is completing six additional fort. The vessels utilize shock mitigating seats, Vector-Stick boats to the Kingdom of Bahrain. 51 www.marinelink.com MN
is the 162nd ?rst of six FRCs that will be home-ported its presence over the past 18 months and is vessel delivered by Bollinger Shipyards in Manama, Bahrain, which will replace aligned with the priorities set in the 2018 to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year the Island Class Patrol Boats supporting
Orders SEDUs The American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS) will class a series of Self-Elevating Drilling Units (SEDU) for Silver Eagle Global of Manama, Bahrain. Construction will be based on the Levingston/ MiNO Enhanced 430WC-4 de- sign, and the initial contract calls for two vessels with an option for
a US-led mission to ensure the security of international ships when transiting the Strait of Hormuz has so far been joined by the UK, Australia and Bahrain. Iran’s President Rouhani has been quoted by Reuters as issuing a veiled threat that, should Iran’s crude oil exports be forced to zero, security
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Virginian Pilots diums (RB-M) are on their way to Jordan and six RB-Ms launch, delivered by Gladding-Hearn in 2018, was named will be delivered to Bahrain this year. https://vigor.net/ a Boat of the Year by MarineNews. www.volvopenta.com August 2019 MN 8
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,” Nevarez said. around the world at Norfolk, Jacksonville, San Diego, Puget Nevarez’ command employs about 1,200 people across the Sound, Pearl Harbor, Bahrain, Sigonella, and Yokosuka. Indo-Paci?c region. The FLCY currently has 33 of?cers, 270 en- Formerly known as the U.S. Naval Supply Depot and later
isn’t Brown’s frst rodeo. He joined LR in 1996 and has compasses, is this fundamentally changing ship design, and since worked as a ship surveyor in Bahrain, Dubai, Finland and if so, how? Germany and has extensive experience of ship repair and conver- Digitalization shouldn’t just replace traditional
Small coastal patrol boats (PCs) are ardson, speaking at the Heritage Founda- ing and launching their landing craft to fall of 2018. forward deployed in Bahrain in support tion on Feb. 1, set forth ? ve dimensions to deliver Marines and their equipment The San Antonio-class of land- of the U.S. Fifth Fleet
2017, the Big Three announced that their UASC was established in 1976 by six Persian Gulf states: new company would be named the Ocean Network Express Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab (ONE). Subject to global regulatory approvals, ONE would be Emirates. Qatar Investment Authority