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ADSB is the only naval shipyard in the Middle East, providing both build and support contracts for all Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) naval vessels. Rolls-Royce will work with ADSB to offer services such as training, maintenance repairs and overhauls, spare parts and service contracts for waterjet customers.
Rolls-Royce has already provided Kamewa FF550 waterjets for 12 Amphibious Transport Boats (ATBs) and 4 Fast Supply Vessels built by ADSB for the UAE Navy and UAE Coast Guard. Kamewa waterjets also help power the six 72m Baynunah Class corvettes that ADSB is building for the UAE Navy.
Esa Uotinen, General Manager for the Rolls-Royce marine business in the Middle East, said:
"The Waterjet Service Centre will focus on the Arabian Gulf region to offer naval customers a proactive service that will add value to their operations, by bringing together the manufacturers of the vessels and the waterjets that power them."
Esa and Jay Dagher, Rolls-Royce Regional Manager - Naval, together with ADSB CEO William S. Saltzer and Vice-President Marketing William D. Stewart, form an advisory board to oversee the partnership and service centre.
William Saltzer, ADSB CEO, said "This new waterjet service agreement with Rolls-Royce will enable ADSB to offer its customers in the Arabian Gulf an enhanced level of service and long term regional support that will complement the refits, upgrades and repairs we perform and the new vessels we provide."
In addition to its relationship with Rolls-Royce through waterjets, ADSB also operates a Syncrolift shiplift provided by Rolls-Royce. The shiplift is capable of handling vessels 85m long, 20m beam and weighing up to 2000 tonnes. A travelift caters for smaller vessels up to 500 tonnes.
Posted by Anne-Birte Stensgaard, Senior News Editor
