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to refit Fred Olsen Cruise Lines' 28,492 grt cruiseship Black Watch at its King George V graving dock.

The contract, which is part of an investment by Fred Olsen of more than $1.7 million in upgrading and maintaining the ship, saw the ves- sel arrive at the yard on December 3 for a 12-day refit.

Denmark's Orskov

Christensens Staalskibsvaerft has over the past few months secured two major conversion contracts from the international market.

The first to be awarded was the 3,548-dwt Bahamas offshore sup- ply vessel Kommandor 3000, being converted from a RoRo vessel ear- lier this year. DSND has recently concluded a provisional agreement with Brazilian state-owned oil group, Petrobras, to enter into a supply contract, worth $77 million, to supply another vessel for laying flexible pipelines in Brazil waters.

The agreement has a term of two years plus a one-year option, with delivery during the second quarter of 1999. The latest conversion pro- ject will commence at the begin- ning of next year at a yet unnamed shipyard in Europe.

The second contract involves

District Offshore's 2,500-dwt standby safety vessel Skandi

Captain being converted into a subsea inspection and mainte- nance ship. Arriving at the yard during late-December, the vessel is expected to be completed by next

March 1999, and will be renamed

Skandi Inspector. The scope of the work includes: installation of han-

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