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Article: ADSB Refits Bahrain Coast Guard,C?Patrol Vessels.
- Article from:
- Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2009
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Summary: ABU DHABI u Abu Dhabi Ship Building, or ADSB, has completed the refit of ten patrol boats for Bahrain Coast Guard, crossing an important milestone in the initiatives of the capital emirate to host the major naval shipyard in the C Arabian Gulf.
The boats built 20 years ago in the UK had practically expired their lives, but the ADSB has transformed them into world-class crafts with cutting-edge technologies. The Bahrain Coast Guard will now be able to use them at least for another 15 years.
Bahrain had awarded the contract for the refit of the vessels --four 20m Dera'a Class boats and six 14 m Saif Class boats--in mid-2007 to ADSB after a stiff ...