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Elsewhere in South Africa, Elgin, Brown & Hamer (EBH), with ship repair facilities in the port of Durban, has taken delivery of an 8,500-ton lifting capacity floating dock, which is the first privately-owned shiprepair facility in South Africa.

Keppel Corp. has decided to pull out of the Keppel Cairncross Shipyard Ltd. in

Australia after sustaining continuous loss- es. A company statement said that the group has appointed a voluntary adminis- trator to assess and decide the yard's future, whether it be sold or closed. The repair yard, which was crippled by a bitter indus- trial dispute during last year, has failed to deliver the Singapore conglomerate a prof- it since Keppel Corp. acquired a majority stake in 1994.

Facilities at the Brisbane-based yard include a 864 ft. x 107 ft. (263.2 m x 32.5 m) graving dock, capable of docking ships up to 85,000 dwt, and 1,006 ft. (306.7 m) of repair quays, with a maximum draft of 29.8 ft. (9.1 m).

Following a 10-month conversion project at Fredrikshavn's Orskov Staalskibsvaerft, where the Kommander 3000 was converted from a RoRo vessel to an ROV support ves- sel recently, the vessel is once again to undergo the chop, with Viktor Lenac,

Croatia winning the contract to convert her into a sophisticated pipelaying vessel. The vessel, which has been contracted by Oslo's DSND

Sondenfjedske ASA, is to carry out a contract

DSND secured from Brazilian oil major Petrobras for laying flexible pipeline in Brazil.

Work onboard the vessel will include lengthening the hull by 69 ft. (21 m) and widening it by 5 ft. (1.5 m), upgrading the bowthrusters (with the addi- tion of an Ulstein 1,300 kW azimuth thruster), and installing an extensive pipelaying system. A

Cegelec duplex dynamic positioning system will also be fitted, as well as two moonpools for ROV work. She is expected to be at the yard until the end of June.

Gdansk Shiprepair Yard (GSY-Remontowa), has had a good start to the year with another conversion project. GSY-Remontowa is to convert DFDS' 18,888-grt passenger RoRo vessel Admiral of

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The Black Watch in A&P Southampton.

Scandinavia, with work including the construction and installation of two 5 ft. (1.5 m) wide sponsons, each weighing 270 tons. The project also includes port and side ports (bunkering and pilot) installa- tion, replacement of all fire doors between car deck and lower deck compartments, strengthening of main trunk, installation of MES and upgrading accommodation blocks. The vessel is expected to be at the yard for a total of four weeks.

GSY-Remontowa is also involved in the hull con- version of the sea-going yacht Polarex. The vessel is being converted into a research and training ves- sel for up to 75 passengers (including 40 students).

Work includes lengthening the hull via the inser- tion of an 26 ft. (8 m) steel section, re-engining, renewal of tailshaft and propeller, construction of superstructure, outfitting and installation of ships' systems. The contract was awarded by Poland's