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Athens-based Diana has signed, through its 100% owned subsidiaries, two shipbuilding contracts with China Shipbuilding Trading Company and Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipbuilding for the construction of two Newcastlemax dry bulk carriers.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has won a deal to build a drill ship for the state-run Korea National Oil Corporation.

The London-listed shipowner Goldenport has reached an agreement with Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding to convert one of its two 2,500 TEU containership orders at the Chinese shipyard to a 93,000 dwt bulk carrier.

US-based FarSounder has released SonaSoft 2.1, a major software upgrade for the FS-3DT Forward Looking Sonar.

Nordic American Tanker Shipping Limited (NATSL) announced that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to build two Suezmax tankers of 158,000 dwt to be delivered to the…