Maersk pulls plug on struggling yard
by
Craig Eason, Oslo
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last modified
Aug 13, 2009 05:07 PM
ODENSE Steel Shipyard will cease all shipbuilding activity when its current orderbook of 14 vessels is completed.
Following a board meeting this week, the AP Moller-Maersk-owned business told its staff that plans to focus on building smaller, specialised vessels were not viable.
This will end 90 years of shipbuilding by the yard that built the largest...
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