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• marinelink.com posted VT Halter: $1.5m Design Deal for NOAA Ship
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  VT Halter: $1.5m Design Deal for NOAA Ship

  VT Halter Marine was selected for Phase 1 Preliminary/Contract design for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) AGOR Variant (NAV). For the NAV program VT Halter Marine teamed with Gibbs & Cox, Inc. to provide NAVSEA and…
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• cruisemapper.com posted Norwegian Epic Returns After Puerto Rico Crash
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  Norwegian Epic Returns After Puerto Rico Crash
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• marinelink.com posted RCL Orders Oasis Class Cruise Ship
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  RCL Orders Oasis Class Cruise Ship

  Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. entered into an agreement with French shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique to order a sixth Oasis-class ship for delivery in the fall of 2023."This is the twenty-third cruise ship that RCL will be building at our shipyard…
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• marinelink.com posted GTT Wins SHI LNG Tank Design Deal
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  GTT Wins SHI LNG Tank Design Deal

  GTT won an order from Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the tank design of a new 174,000 cu. m. LNG carrier (LNGC), on behalf of the Danish ship-owner Navigare.The tanks of this unit will be fitted with the Mark III Flex membrane containment system.
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• Euronews posted Europe briefing: Labour split, Poland-Israel spat, and Venezuela denies MEPs entry
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  Europe briefing: Labour split, Poland-Israel spat, and Venezuela denies MEP...

  1) Seven MPs resign from Labour party over Brexit and antisemitism A group of seven MPs resigned from the UK's Labour party on Monday morning amid recent criticism of handlings of Brexit and anti-Semitic sentiments within the party. The group of seven MPs said they intended to sit as independent MPs. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was disappointed in their decision to leave the party. 2) Venezuela denies entry to European MEPs Venezuela denied a group of MEPs entry into the country on Sunday , claiming they had "conspiratorial motives" for their visit to Caracas. The four MEPs detained where flying into the Venezuelan capital to meet with opposition leader Juan Guaido. 3) Poland summons Israeli ambassador to clarify Netanyahu comments on Poles in Holocaust Poland summoned Israel's ambassador on Friday to explain Benjamin Netanyahu's alleged comments on Polish complicity in the Nazi Holocaust. A spokesman for the Israeli prime minister said he had been misquoted by the Jerusalem Post, which later issued a corrected story. 4) Spanish warship ordered ships to leave British waters near Gibraltar A Spanish ship tried to order commercial vessels to leave British waters near Gibraltar but was challenged by the British navy and sailed away. The incident was called "foolish" by a spokesman for Gibraltar's government. 5) Facebook called 'digital gangster' by UK report on fake news A report by a digital, culture, media and sport select committee following an 18-month investigation into disinformation and fake news found that Facebook had purposefully obstructed its inquiry and failed to tackle attempts by Russia to manipulate elections. The conclusion of the report was that social media companies pose unique problems that require a new type of regulation.
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