Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 22

30-May-2005

regional

ASRY To Expand Dry Berth Facilities

Bahrain-based Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) is to expand its dry berth operations through a $15mn scheme to construct three more berths, each 140ms long, at Hidd. ASRY CEO Muhammad al-Khateeb, in an interview with the Bahrain Tribunepublished on 24 May, said the three new berths would enable the company to accommodate many more smaller and medium-sized vessels, leaving the larger berths...