4,000 ships repaired at ASRY

The vessel representing this milestone for the yard was the LPG tanker Gas Al Gurain, owned by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC), which, appropriately, is one of ASRY’s longest standing customers. The 50,000dwt ship underwent an extensive scope of work including hull and ballast tank treatment, main engine overhaul and propeller shaft refit.

Other recent visitors included two vessels calling for addition of waste heat recovery systems, using an exhaust gas economiser to make use of heat energy from the ships’ diesel generators. These were the Al Farahidi ,a container ship operated by United Arab Shipping Co, and Progress, a Norwegian LPG tanker owned by Transpetrol TM.

Zamil Offshore Services used ASRY to carry out a conversion of its AHTS Zamil 63 to a dynamically positioned (DP2) diving support vessel. This, says ASRY, brought together several of the yard’s diversified skill sets: design, engineering, production, and construction. Finally, Odfjell Management of the USA sent its chemical carrier Bow Firda for installation of a Mewis Duct. This was in order to cut fuel consumption by an estimated 8%, and the work was completed in six days, which ASRY considers to be a record time for such work.

ASRY adds that its achievement of 4,000-ship repair and conversion projects is due to some of the world’s most prestigious fleets, including KOTC, Maersk, UASC and Odfjell, choosing it as the repair partner of choice in the region.