Zhenhua Heavy Industries, China, will construct and ABS will class a 4,200 ton newbuild heavylift pipelay vessel for Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC).

"HMAS Success", tanker of the Royal Australian Navy, will be converted to a double hull vessel at Singapore based ST Marine.

Around 100 VIPs attended the ceremony held at DCNS’s Lorient centre to open a submarine design school.