VOL. XXXV

NO. 23

9-MARCH-1992

OAPEC

ASRY Awards $11.5mn Civil Works Contract for Floating Docks

The OAPEC-sponsored Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has awarded a6.4mn ($11.5mn) contract to the local joint Bahraini-UK firm Jalal Costain forthe construction of the civil works necessary for the installation of twoPanamax-size floating docks - ASRY 2 and ASRY 3 - that were purchased secondhand at a cost of $29mn from the Jacksonville Shipyards of Florida (MEES, 11November 1991). The two...