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Keppel Shipyard reportedly won a $43 million contract from U.S.- based Falcon Drilling Co. to con- vert a vessel to a drillship. The work on the 12,000-dwt Peregrine

IV is scheduled to be completed by mid-1998.

Trico To Buy 12 Vessels

Trico Marine Services has an agreement to buy 12 supply ves- sels from Otto Candies Inc. for $69 million cash.

The purchase will bring Trico's supply vessel fleet to 53, and its overall fleet to 82. At the begin- ning of 1996, it had 39 vessels.

Finnlines Spends $160

Million On New Ships

Finnlines Oy bought two new

RoRo vessels from Swedish compa- ny Stena AB for approximately $160 million.

Finnlines will reportedly finance the investment with a mix of cash and borrowed funds.

The vessels are under construc- tion at the AESA Puerto Real ship- yard in Spain.

Daewoo Heavy Wins $282

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Croatia's 3.Maj reported that it secured fixed orders to build two oil and chemical tankers for

German clients. These new ships bring 3.Maj's orderbook to seven vessels, all of which are for foreign buyers.

Daewoo Heavy Industries won $282 million worth of orders to build six ships.

Greece's Chandris Inc. reportedly ordered two 105,000-dwt crude carriers, and Kristen Navigation (also of Greece) ordered two crude carriers. Daewoo also won two bulk carrier orders from Louis

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