Zamil Launches Surveillance-Logistics Vessel

On August 26, Zamil Offshore, the Middle East’s largest offshore support services company, celebrated the launching of the Al-Zour 10 Surveillance/Logistics vessel. She is the first in a series of four under construction for export to Kuwait. This specialized surveillance and rescue vessel was built in the Kingdom at Zamil Offshore Dammam New shipyard for the Coast Guard public administration - Ministry of Interior Kuwait.

Under the joint Gulf cooperation and integration comes the project of building four vessels for export to Kuwait.  The Al-Zour 10 is the first in the series of vessels designed and built to provide logistical services, control and support along the Kuwaiti coasts.

The Al-Zour 10 was launched in the presence of His Excellency Major General Sheikh Mohammad Bin Yousef al-Sabah Assistant Under-Secretary for the security of the borders has a length of 46 meters and enjoys high maneuvering capabilities. She is equipped with the latest equipment in the market. She has been built -using the latest shipbuilding technologies available globally- at Zamil shipyard which was opened in the beginning of this year inside King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam.

Zamil Offshore had participated in a global competition posed by the Kuwaiti Coast Guard against global shipbuilders from the United States, China, Japan and Europe. The company has managed to win this big project because of tits high-quality technological offerings,a competitive financial offer and 14 years of shipbuilding experience. In these 14 years, 45 were built and delivered and 26 of the yards new building deliveries went to serve Saudi Aramco operations in the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea. Also, 19 vessels were delivered to the Saudi sea ports authority, 3 to the Saudi Royal navy  and one to a Saudi private sector marine services company.

Because all vessels built at Zamil Shipyards are constructed to meet the highest international performance standards, the Kuwaiti Coast Guard had full confidence in Zamil Offshore’s ability to quickly construct and deliver a vessel.

There are several factors behind the success of Zamil Offshore in introducing the shipbuilding industry to the kingdom and in being the premier and only shipbuilder in Saudi Arabia. The most important reason is the availability of engineering professionals in large numbers topped by distinguished naval architects, shipbuilders and marine engineers, as well as highly-specialized technicians and workers covering all the disciplines required for world shipbuilding. They are all well trained and enjoy the ability to work  using the latest ship construction technologies and advanced equipment at Zamil Dammam’s new shipyard, which has grown with Zamil Port Marine yard to form a large maritime industrial complex, King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam, which is well-integrated to build and repair offshore ships, drilling rigs and platforms.