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On behalf of the insolvency administrator of P+S WERFTEN the following statement has been released:

US Fab, a Vigor Industrial company, will soon begin construction on a 250’x70’x15’8” deck barge for Harley Marine Services at Vigor’s Swan Island shipyard in Portland, Oregon.

Ultrabulk announced on Friday, January 11, 2013, that the company has entered into an agreement to secure a new generation Kamsarmax bulker

The world’s largest classification society ClassNK announced that it was granted expanded authorization from the United States Coast

Subsidiaries of Frigstad Deepwater Ltd have entered into turnkey construction contracts for the delivery of two ultra deepwater semi-submersible drilling units

The first gas turbine generator (GTG) arrived on Barrow Island in early December and has been set on its foundation.

Defense-oriented Zvezdochka Shipyard held, on Dec 20th, a keel-laying ceremony for new Project 20183 sea-going transport vessel

Busy shipping lanes off the California coast, including routes that cross three national marine sanctuaries, will be adjusted to protect endangered whales from ship strikes.

SeaBird Exploration Plc has chartered the 3D vessel “Geo Pacific” from Fugro, through a subsidiary of Ordinat Shipping AS on a 4 month time

Incat Crowther announced a contract to design a pair of 20m Monohull Crewboats for C and I Leasing of Nigeria. Under construction at Veecraft Marine in South Africa

A total of 16 incidents were reported in November 2012. Compared to November 2011 and November 2010, there has been an increase in the number of actual incidents reported in November 2012.

Cotemar Group has confirmed that Safe Britannia, Safe Lancia and Jasminia have had their current contracts extended until mid to late February 2013.

Samsung Heavy Industries and Hanjin Shipping sign joint research agreement for application of VPS. System to be applied to 4,600 TEU-class container ships, reducing fuel consumption by up to 15%.

STX Europe AS on 31 December 2012 completed the sale of all of the shares in its wholly owned subsidiaries STX Norway Florø AS and STX Norway Design Florø AS to Westcon Group AS.

The West of Duddon Sands (WoDS) wind farm is a 389MW offshore wind power project located in the East Irish Sea, about 14km south-west of Walney Island off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria

Novovoronezh nuclear power plant II (NNPPII) is being built at the site of the existing Novovoronezh nuclear plant located in Voronezh Oblast, central Russia.

Induron Protective Coatings formulates and manufactures high-performance coatings for the electric power industry.

DeepOcean AS (“DeepOcean”), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded a call-off under the current long-term frame agreement

In a special ceremony at Jebel Ali, DP World Chairman H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem has formally overseen the installation of the last of the 2752 65

Baltic Reefer Group Ltd. and the Seatrade group of companies are pleased to announce the establishment of a new joint venture