Manama: ASRY, the Arabian Gulf’s leading maritime repair and fabrication facility, has set a new record for the longest period in the yard’s history without a lost time incident. On 22 May 2019, ASRY surpassed 5 million manhours, without an LTI, it’s longest recorded period of yard-wide safe work since the company was founded in 1977.
“Since rejoining ASRY in 2017, and initiating the first phase of the turnaround strategy to stabilise the company, the most vital element has been to return to industry-leading safety standards. This latest milestone of five million manhours LTI-free is a testament to that paramount target, and indicative of the overall progress the yard has made towards remaining a sustainable pillar of the Bahrain industrial sector. The improvement programmes that have been, and are still, taking place – in operations, finance, HR, procurement, and all areas – are all intricately linked and co-dependent. The success is the result of another success, so this safety record also signals the overall evolution of the company,” Andy Shaw, ASRY’s CEO, said.
“I’m particularly proud of the achievement considering the strong volume and complexity of work that has occurred throughout the first half of the year. Safety success doesn’t come from a single initiative, but from a multi-faceted cultural shift on an institutional level, that has only been possible through the hundreds of initiatives, process-changes, procedural updates, and personal commitments that have taken place over the past two years. This is an ongoing and permanent improvement process to the entire way ASRY operates, and will continue to evolve to keep our 5,000+ staff as safe as possible for the foreseeable future,” Mark Burrows, ASRY HSSE Manager, said.
