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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS year ago. Limestone cargos for construction, steel pro- duction, and environmental uses rose almost 5 percent, but coal for power generation and steel production was largely unchanged from a year ago. Through September U.S.-flag cargos stand at 65.2 mil- lion tons, an increase of 3.8 percent compared to the same point in 2010. Iron ore has increased 10.3 percent and limestone cargos continue to slowly climb over last year?s levels, but coal is down by 6.2 percent. Compared to the 5-year average for the first three quarters, U.S.-flag cargos are down 1.6 percent. www.lcaships.com Walney 2 Success for Fendercare Marine Diving Fendercare Marine?s recently established diving division has picked up itsfirst major contract, extend-ing the group?s profile with- in the offshore renewables sector. Fendercare Marine was contracted by the Dutch-based Visser & Smit Marine Contracting (VSMC) for a multi-mil- lion Euro sum, to insert a messenger cable into each of 51 wind turbines for Dong?s Walney 2 development off the Barrow-in-Furness coast. The work has taken place over 85 days of the summer months and has involved the sup- ply of a DPII vessel, a fitted Ampelmann personnel trans- fer system and ROVs to carry out the work. Another New Offshore Client for Gibdock Gibraltar-based shiprepair yard Gibdock has added another name to its increas- ingly long list of clients inthe offshore sector. In September, the yard dry- docked the 3000grt Boa Galatea, an offshore survey vessel, for Norway?s Boa Offshore. This is the first time that the family-owned Boa Offshore business, which oper- ates a fleet of over 40 offshore vessels, has used Gibdock, and comes hard on the heels of other offshore vessel con- tracts handled this year by the yard for Solstad, DOF and others.During Boa Galatea?s ten day stay in the yard Gibdock carried out a range of standard drydocking works, includ- MN#11 (82-97):MN 2011 Layouts 11/3/2011 9:54 AM Page 96