قاطـــرة الطلــب العا٠لــي علــى النفــط - OAPEC

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting CountriesOAPEC Sponsored VenturesLloyd’s List Awards 2011Middle East & Indian subcontinent – ShipYard of the YearASRY was named shipyard of the year at a ceremony in Dubai. It was honoured at the LloydsList Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards 2011. The award recognises a shipyard thathas consistently met the needs of its customers. ASRY was adjudged on its ability to offer costeffectiveand quality services while maintaining the highest standards of safety.‘ASRY is not just one of the Middle East’s leadingrepairers but a world leader’, Chairman Shaikh Daijbin Salman Al-Khalifa said. ‘Over the last few yearswe have steadily built upon our reputation within theindustry by enhancing our service delivery and qualityof product. This has led to increased profitability andnow the recognition by the industry’s peers thatASRY is the shipyard of the year. ASRY is committedto continue to strive for excellence in all aspects ofour work’, said Shaikh Daij.The award is timely recognition for ASRY whichis currently celebrating its 35th anniversary. ASRYhas responded to the challenging market conditionsby trimming costs appreciably across the board,starting a new workers’ initiative of suggesting costsaving measures within the yard, while at the sametime increasing its global and regional marketingactivities in a move to get closer to its customers,both existing and new, and understanding their fastchangingrequirements.ASRY has an exciting yard expansion programmeunderway which will see the entering into operationof a new 1,380m repair quay wall at the end of2011, aswell as a large new offshore fabrication area and thefabrication of leading edge floating power barges forthe developing world with specialist energy companyCentrax, said Shaikh Daij. To help ship owners,operators and managers in a time of difficult marketconditions, ASRY has developed a flexible approachto payment terms, while at the same time beinghighly flexible with regard to dock availability.Early this year, when a long term Greek owner,a leading operator of VLCCs, had a number ofrequirements for the docking of large tankers, thetrouble was that the yard’s 500,000 dwt graving dockwas fully booked. With some judicious reschedulingand moving around of vessels, the Greek owner’sdocking requirements were met, much to his delight,while at the same time not inconveniencing otherowners repairing in the yard at the same time.Safety and security at ASRY has always beena byword. At the end of last year ASRY becamethe first ship repair yard in the Middle East to beac credited with two ISO security certificates: ISO28000 (certificate in security management systems forsupply chains)and ISO 20858 (certificate in marineport facility security assessment and security plandevelopment). To further reinforce risk preventionwithin the shipyard, ASRY has in-house safetytraining programmes for its workers, which willlead to the issuing of a Safety Passport for workersin repair yards which is a pioneering first for theMiddle East. ‘For 35 years ASRY has built a globalreputation for quality, cost-effective and efficientservice delivery’, said chief executive Chris Potter.‘This award in our 35th year is the result of a teameffort and is a badge of honour for all the workers inour yard in Bahrain to wear with pride’.Volume 37 Issue 1220