After finishing of outfitting details and performing successful sea trials, the fourth SIGMA CLASS Corvette, "KRI Frans Kaisiepo", built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS), Vlissingen, The Netherlands, was handed-over and commissioned to the Navy of the Republic of Indonesia.

Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (Nakilat), Doha, and Damen Shipyards Group, based in Gorinchem, Netherlands, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a joint venture to manage a new shipyard in the port of Ras Laffan.

Aker Solutions has been awarded an EPC contract by Dong E&P Norge to deliver a complete subsea production system to the operator's Trym field, located north of the Norwegian-Danish North Sea border, appr. 300 km south-west of Kristiansand.

Aker Solutions has signed a partnership agreement with the Arabian Consulting Engineering Centre (ACEC) to support its plans to grow in the engineering services market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Japanese company Taiheiyo Engineering has ordered two Cargotec's MacGREGOR bulk cement selfunloading systems to be installed on two coastal cement carriers, guaranteeing high capacity cargo discharging, low power consumption and high reliability.

The specialist in production of blades for wind turbines, LM Glasfiber, inaugurated its new blade production facility in Goleniów in Poland.