Dubai, Thursday 13 May 2010 – Drydocks World has entered the livestock-carrier conversion sector with a $60 million groundbreaking order from Saudi Arabian company Hmood Al Ali Al Khalaf Trading and Transportation Est. The contract is to convert a 2,300 TEU container ship into a livestock carrier in line with state-of-the-art technical specifications. 

Utilising 5,500 tonnes of steel and incorporating specially pre-fabricated pens with total area of about 25,000sqm, the Awassi Express will be equipped to safely, comfortably and humanely transport livestock in conditions far exceeding the minimum safety and animal welfare requirements stipulated by AMSA Australia and other World Maritime Safety Authorities. The livestock carrier is designed by Denmark-based firm Corral Line, and to be converted at Drydocks World’s Pertama yard in Batam, Indonesia. 

“We are delighted with all our growing achievements in Batam,” said Denis Welch, Chief Executive Officer of Drydocks World – Southeast Asia, “but none more so than this conversion.”  The contract was signed recently and the Awassi Express is due for delivery in the last quarter of the year.

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