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Jan De Nul Group, headquartered in Luxembourg, has signed contracts with STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. for the construction of two 7500 m3 hopper dredgers and one 6000 ton side stone dumping vessel. Similar vessels were originally ordered with a different shipyard in 2006 and 2007 but the shipyard at that time failed to deliver the vessels. With this new order, Jan De Nul Group confirms that, notwithstanding the difficult actual economic situation, and the setback suffered when the previous shipyard collapsed, it proceeds with the investment program under way, with a total value of about 1.8 billion Euro. Jan De Nul Group is especially pleased by the opportunity to cooperate with STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, the 4th largest shipbuilder in the world. The two 7500 m3 trailing suction...
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