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ASRY is owned by the seven OAPEC countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq and Libya.
The Yard was first conceived in 1968 with the aim of building and operating a well-equipped and efficient repair yard, with sufficient capacity to accommodate the VLCC/ULCCs serving the Arabian Gulf oil terminals.
Bahrain was chosen as the location for the first major repair facility in the Arabian Gulf due to the availability of suitable human resources, developed industrial infrastructure and favourable site that gave shelter against the rough seas.
Asry Shipbuilding
ASRY is owned by the seven OAPEC countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq and Libya.
The Yard was first conceived in 1968 with the aim of building and operating a well-equipped and efficient repair yard, with sufficient capacity to accommodate the VLCC/ULCCs serving the Arabian Gulf oil terminals.
Bahrain was chosen as the location for the first major repair facility in the Arabian Gulf due to the availability of suitable human resources, developed industrial infrastructure and favourable site that gave shelter against the rough seas and strong winds, together with satisfactory water depth and a large manoeuvring basin.
Construction began at ASRY, one of the few ship repair yards in the world specifically designed to handle very large vessels, in the fourth quarter of 1975 and the Yard was completed and became operational in September 1977.
Demand for ASRY's services has remained high from the beignning and due to its improved organisation and operational procedures, its productivity, capacity and capabilities the Yard is now recognised as a leader in the ship repair industry.
Two floating docks able to accommodate vessels up to 120,000 dwt were added to the Yard's existing 500,000 dwt graving dock in 1992 to cope with increasing demand. ASRY is now one of the most active Pan-Arab co-operation projects.