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FAR EAST UPDATE (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. in northern

China, as part of the shipyard's expansion program. The yard, a joint venture between Singapore's

Sembawang Shipyard and China

Offshore Oil Bohai Corp., is situat- ed in Tangu, in the vicinity of

Tianjin Port, along the coastline of the Bohai Sea.

Singapore

Keppel Singmarine dockyard in

Singapore has won a second order worth around $66 million to build two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels for the AP Moller group of Denmark. This follows

AP Moller's decision to exercise two options that were included in an earlier contract for the building of its first two AHTS ships. Under the contract, Singmarine, which is part of Keppel Marine Industries, will once again provide engineer- ing design in addition to the con- struction. Delivery is set for 1999.

Labroy Marine has won a $25 million contract from Singapore

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Environment Ministry for three tugs and six barges, scheduled for delivery in about 12 months. The tugs will transport refuse.

Taiwan

The Restis family group, a lead- ing operator of reefer vessels, has embarked on a major diversifica- tion by placing a shipbuilding order in Taiwan for four Panamax dry bulkers, worth $116 million.

The group also disclosed that it is launching a separate company,

Modern Shipping, to handle its new interest in the dry bulk trades. The four initial bulkers of 73,000 dwt are to be built in China

Shipbuilding Corp.'s (CSBC)

Kaoshiung Shipyard at a total cost of $116 million. All are due for delivery in the second half of 1999.

Yangming Marine Transport is proposing a new phase of liner fleet investment entailing post panamax containerships. It is understood that the state owned carrier is considering a series of five newbuildings with a unit capacity in excess of 5,000 TEU, with CSBC favored to win the order.

Kvaerner Delivers

Cableship To

Singapore-Based Interest

Kvaerner Masa-Yards has delivered the second cable main- tenance ship for International

Cableship Pte Ltd. of Singapore.

CS Cable Retriever is part of a contract signed between the two parties in 1992 for two cable maintenance vessels, the first,

CS Asean Restorer was delivered in 1994. International Cableship is a joint venture between

Singapore Telecommunications

Pte Ltd., Asean Cableship Pte

Ltd. and Cable and Wireless Ltd.

Cable Retriever will be operated by Cable and Wireless and will be based in Subic Bay, the

Philippines. The new vessel is reportedly capable of all aspects of cable laying, recovery and repair.

Cable Retriever features three

Wartsila Vasa 9R32 and two

Wartsila Vasa 6R22 engines with a combined output of 12,885 kW.

Propulsion machinery consists of two ABB 2,700 kW invertor motors.

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