VOL. XXXIV

NO. 14

7-JANUARY-1991

OAPEC

ASRY Shelves $55mn New Dry Dock Project

The OAPEC-sponsored Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has decided toshelve temporarily its plans for the construction of a $55mn second graving dockin Bahrain (MEES, 22 January, 18 June and 2 July 1990) in view of the decline inmaritime traffic in the Gulf resulting from the present crisis. According to acompany spokesman, repair work at ASRY's facilities and the occupancy of itsexisting dry dock have fallen to...