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FELS To Install
Sea Plow System
On 'Global Sentinel'
Far East Levingston Shipbuild- ing Ltd. of Singapore recently an- nounced that it has won an interna- tional bid from Transoceanic Cable
Ship Co., Inc., a subsidiary of AT&T, for the installation of a sea plow system on the Global Sentinel. This sea plow system will enable the ship to bury cables in the coastal areas.
Such an installation will enhance the capability of the cable ship.
Upon completion of this installa- tion work, the vessel will be de- ployed for operation within the Pa- cific region.
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Samsung To Start Building
VLCCs Up To 280,000 Dwt
Samsung Shipbuilding & Heavy
Industries of South Korea recently confirmed that it is to start building
VLCCs shortly. The shipyard will utilize its large No. 2 dock facility at
Koje Island for the construction of tankers up to 280,000 dwt.
This endeavor by Samsung, which is the first time the yard has made a firm commitment to such a program, follows several years of close exami- nation of the shipbuilding industry and feasibility studies on such a building undertaking.
Currently, Samsung is involved in an extensive marketing exercise aimed at securing its first VLCC orders. If successful, it will join
Hyundai and Daewoo as the only
South Korean shipbuilders capable of constructing VLCC tonnage.
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