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Propellers Underwater propeller


maintenance partnership UK-based UMC International and Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) of Holland have signed an agreement to co-operate in providing both workshop-based and in-water propeller repairs.


capable of accommodating vessels up to 80,000dwt and 120,000dwt respectively, two of the largest slipways in operation in the region and 15 repair berths. All three dry docks and the two slipways are backed-up by a comprehensive array of workshops.


France Port in drydock


concession talks The Marseilles Fos port authority says it is in negotiations with a four-strong consortium regarding the operating concession for its drydock 10, the Mediterranean’s biggest facility of this type, at 465m long and 85m wide. Te aim is that the drydock will be upgraded so that it can become a repair centre for new generation cruise ships and other ultra-large vessels. Te authority issued a call for tenders last summer,


Alan Trevarthan, managing director of UMC International, left, signs the agreement with Gert Henricksen, managing director of MPR.


Established in 1972, UMC has an extensive network


of office locations around the world from where it offers a range of underwater vessel maintenance services. MPR was established in May 2011 and has a workshop, located in Asperen, with a capacity of up to 80tonnes liſt. Te aim of the agreement is to be able to offer a 24


hour support service for both companies’ customers worldwide. As well as propellers the agreement also covers the repair, removal and replacement of bow and stern thruster units and the bonding of seals.


Bahrain ASRY inaugurates new


repair quay On the occasion of its 35th anniversary, Bahrain’s ASRY shipyard officially inaugurated its new 1380m long repair quay, which is part of an ongoing US$188 million expansion programme. Speaking at the event, Chris Potter, ASRY chief executive officer, commented: “We are confident today’s milestone and ASRY’s expansion will have profitable investment returns to Bahrain’s economy and overall industry.” Since commencing operations in October 1977,


ASRY has steadily expanded repair facilities which now include, in addition to the new repair quay, a 500,000dwt capacity graving dock, two floating docks


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setting a December deadline for candidates with recent experience of handling ships more than 250m long. Following on from this process, exclusive talks are about to begin with a group consisting of STX France and Mariotti, the world’s second and fourth largest passenger ship builders; Genoa-based San Giorgio del Porto, the leading Mediterranean shiprepairer; and San Giorgio subsidiary Chantier Naval Marseille, which has run the port’s drydocks 8 and 9 for the past 18 months. Te group’s prime market would be the cruise sector


and it foresees the possibility of capital investment from cruise ship owners. If negotiations with the port go to plan, the concession contract would be signed in March and drydock 10 would come into service from late 2014, conveniently coinciding with the introduction of cruise vessels more than 330m long that are currently under construction worldwide for Mediterranean service. Drydock 10 is the only facility in the western


Mediterranean that could accommodate ships of this size. Other target markets aside from cruise ships


Drydock 10 in the port of Marseilles.


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