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Ship repairer to provide protection on vessel

DCD-Dorbyl Marine has reached an agreement with Total Cover SA, the South African appointed agent for Envirowrap International, an encapsulation and containment company, to provide environmental protection during the maintenance programme that is currently underway on the Saipem Saibos FDS vessel in Cape Town Harbour.

Progress towards international shipbuilding agreement

Economies taking part in the Organisation of  Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD’s) Council Working Party on Shipbuilding (WP6) in Paris have agreed in principle to restart negotiations on a Shipbuilding Agreement that were paused in September 2005.

“By reaching this in-principle agreement, the WP6 today took a significant step towards a multilateral Shipbuilding Agreement intended to bring about normal competitive conditions to the global shipbuilding industry” said Harald Neple, Chairman of the Working Party and Norway’s Ambassador to the OECD.