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A propensity for continuing inno- vation And improvement is partic- ularly Iwell demonstrated by the

UlsteiaGroup, with its ubiquitous

UT fairly of platform supply ships, ancnhs^handlers and multi- role vessels, ^fc^riy 290 OSVs embodying UT700 shqes design, including more than 107W>uilt by

Ulstein itself, have been ordered since the 1970s. One of the qrucial factors contributing to I the resilience of the shipbuilding sec- tor in the construction of/high- value, specialized tonnag^is the extent to which home-groyn tech- nology is applied in the raw class- es of offshore vessels. A vibrant equipment industry rye an s that key determinants of ®SV perfor- mance, including ancrfor-handling winches, main enginas, thrusters, rudders, steering gears and elec- tronic control systems are pro- duced in the Norwegian domain at an internationally competitive level.

The Ulstein Group offers full packages, individual components or any permutations spanning design, construction, engineering and equipment supply./ In addi- tion to the newbuilding produc- tion at its own Ulsteij^rik premis- es, where the OSW orderbook extends into mid-^998, it licenses other Norwegian! and foreign yards to build^JT-series vessels and sells geaf for use in non-

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