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		<title>Conrad Announces First Quarter 2013 Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan City, Louisiana (May 14, 2013) &#8211; Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD.PK) announced today its first quarter 2013 results and backlog. For the quarter ended March 31, 2013, Conrad achieved net income of $5.9 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.99 compared to net income of $3.2 million and earnings per diluted share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARIS enhances US ECDIS expertise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marine electronics specialist MARIS AS has completed an ECDIS (electronic chart data information systems) technical training programme to enhance support services covering North America and the Caribbean. The initiative is part of its commitment to the Global Distribution &#38; Service Agreement with IMTECH MARINE. Engineers in IMTECH MARINE’s service network covering US and Caribbean ports [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CWind wins ROSPA Gold Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CWind Ltd, of Colchester, has won a Gold Award for its occupational safety and health commitment in an awards scheme run by the safety charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The Gold award in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2013 was presented to CWind’s SHEQ Manager, Gary Holland, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damen Shiprepair Brest: 50 vessels in first year of operation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 13:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since acquiring Sobrena, Damen Shiprepair Brest has serviced 50 vessels from leading shipowners and managers. The yard’s work portfolio includes a large number of Afra/Suezmax tankers and LNG carriers. The latest project concerns the Höegh LNG owned and MOL LNG Transport managed 123,800M3 LNG LIBRA, which is presently at the yard. Jos Goris, Managing Director [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCG Cutter Neah Bay haulted out at Great Lakes Shipyard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great Lakes Shipyard hauled out the United States Coast Guard Cutter NEAH BAY (WTGB-105) using its 770-ton capacity Travelift. The repair contract, awarded to the Shipyard in early March, includes routine drydocking and underwater hull maintenance such as inspection and testing of propulsion systems; overhaul of sea valves and shaft seal assemblies; and other various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boskalis trading update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 13:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The developments at Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) in 2013 to date are in line with expectations. ·         Revenue higher than in the same period last year ·         Good fleet utilization ·         Order book stable compared to year-end 2012 ·         Dockwise acquisition finalized; integration process started Developments Boskalis realized a higher revenue in the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boskalis acquires combined seabed preparation and offshore installation contract in The Philippines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 10:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., has been awarded a contract by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. for the installation of an offshore Depletion Compression Platform for the Malampaya Project off the coast of Palawan Island, in the Republic of the Philippines. The contract includes seabed preparation, rock installation, platform transportation and installation work and has a contract value of approximately [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Havyard orders MacGregor offshore cranes for a new Nigerian IMR vessel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two MacGregor cranes will feature on a new subsea IMR vessel being built by Havyard in Norway for diverse deepwater operations off the west coast of Africa. MacGregor offshore cranes have a proven track record of delivering reliable performance In April, MacGregor, part of Cargotec, signed an order with Norwegian shipyard, Havyard Ship Technology AS, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resolve Maritime Academy Announces New State-of-the-art engine room simulator</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fort Lauderdale, Florida,  May 1, 2013 – Resolve Maritiem Academy  is completing the installation of a state-of–the-art Transas engine room simulator platform, the ERS 5000 “TechSim”, at its Fort Lauderdale, Florida  Simulation Training Center adjacent to Port Everglades.  The new Transas training platform has several versatile models to choose from &#8212; including podded and conventional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardline and OceanPact announce joint venture agreement to expand presence in Brazil</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 13:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gardline Marine Sciences, the world’s largest independently owned survey group, and OceanPact, Brazilian leading oil spill response company in Brazil, today announced the establishment of a joint venture. The new company is to be called Gardline Marine Sciences do Brasil S.A, and is a 50/50 joint venture between Gardline Marine Sciences (South America) Ltd and [...]]]></description>
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