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Shipping News South Africa

Samsung wins order for "world's largest FPSO"

Baird Maritime reports that Samsung Heavy Industries has announced that its' subsidiary. Samsung Heavy Industries Upstream Nigeria, has signed a contract to supply one of the world's largest floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units.

According to the shipbuilder, the vessel will measure 330 metres in length, 61 metres in width and will be 34 metres high. The vessel's storage capacity will be over two million barrels and the topside alone will weigh 36,000 tonnes.

Samsung will sign the contract with Total subsidiary TUPNI, with TUPNI as the contractor and Samsung as the subcontractor.

Read the full story on www.bairdmaritime.com.

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