FT.com: How China Rules The Waves (Shipbuilding Tech, Port Tech, Shipping & Maritime Network)

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French shipper to order 9 Chinese vessels

China Daily, August 23, 2017
Chinese shipbuilders are outperforming their South Korean rivals in constructing high-end mega-containerships after further sharpening their manufacturing edge and grasping a larger share of the global market.

Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co confirmed on Tuesday that the company and Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co, another Shanghai-based shipyard, together have received a letter of intent from the French group CMACGM SA for nine vessels capable of transporting 22,000 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit containers－the largest carrying capacity in the world.

However, the final order is subject to board approval from both sides.

"The 22,000 TEU-containership will become the world's largest of its kind once completed, outsizing the current leader, a 21,413-TEU containership made in South Korea. It really is an industrial breakthrough of decades," said Dong Liwan, a shipbuilding industry researcher at Shanghai Maritime University.

Shipbuilders in China received orders for new vessels with a collective capacity of 8.14 million dead weight metric tons in the first half of 2017, accounting for 31.4 percent of the global market. South Korea's shipbuilding industry held a 30.6 percent share, data from Beijing-based China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry show.

Dong said it is first time Chinese shipyards have topped their South Korean counterparts in the high-value-added mega-containership sector, and the shipbuilding industry as a whole. With the high-profile order of the world largest container vessels falling into Chinese companies' pocket, the South Korean competitors will definitely feel the pain, he said.

"Once the deal is sealed up sooner or later, the French ship owner may choose dual-fuel engines or engines that only consume liquefied natural gas to meet international demands for cutting carbon emissions," said Zhang Xueling, a researcher at the Shanghai Ship and Shipping Research Institute.

Zhang predicted that each ship will cost $160 million to build and the service life can reach 25 to 30 years.

Denmark's Maersk Line ordered 10 container ships designed to carry 18,000 TEUs from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd in South Korea in 2011. Each vessel cost $185 million.

"Major Chinese shipyards and heavy industry manufacturers are keen to acquire European and US maritime design and research firms, because this is a big part of their tactics to gain high-end technologies to produce core components and compete with South Korean companies," said Jin Peng, secretary-general of the CANSI.

Jin said supersized container ships mean lower freight rates and more business opportunities, and fuel-guzzling, high-maintenance container vessels are no longer required.

Eager to enhance its earning ability, CMA-CGM is gearing up plans to offer a wider range of services in China, with more trading companies keen to move to emerging markets and to benefit from booming bilateral trade, preferential trade tariffs and investment opportunities.

 

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China Merchants Port to buy Brazil’s second largest container port for US$920 million
The deal is China Merchants Port’s second major investment in three months

PUBLISHED : Monday, 04 September, 2017, 11:04am
UPDATED : Monday, 04 September, 2017, 6:53pm

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Transportation conglomerate China Merchants Port Holdings is buying a 90 per cent stake in TCP Participações S.A, the operator of Brazil’s second largest container terminal, for 2.89 billion Brazilian reals (US$920 million).

TCP and its subsidiaries operate the port of Paranaguá in southern Brazil, around 300 kilometres from Sao Paulo.

China Merchants Port operates ports in mainland China and Hong Kong, as well as around the world in locations including Sri Lanka, Djibouti and the United States. The new deal is part of its expansion into Latin America.

China Merchants Port’s parent company is the conglomerate China Merchants Group.

“TCP is not only CM Port’s cornerstone to enter Brazil, but also the future hub of the rising commodity and goods trade flow between Brazil and China,” CM Port managing director Bai Jingtao said in a statement.

The deal was announced during Brazil’s president, Michel Temer’s, visit to China for the BRICS summit in Xiamen.

Corrine Png, chief executive of Crucial Perspective, a transport industry research firm, said that from a short term perspective China Merchants Port’s acquisition was not cost-effective.

“This is a pricey acquisition considering that TCP was loss-making in 2016 and the implied valuations based on its 2016 net asset value and 2015 profits also look expensive.”

In 2016, TCP made a loss of 7,954 rials.

Png said that the deal looked more attractive from a longer term perspective.

“Latin America accounts for 13 per cent of global container shipping trade volume and TCP is the second largest container terminal in Brazil. Good port assets are also rarely put up for sale,” Png said.

The port of Paranaguá has an annual capacity of 1.5 million TEU, which is set to rise to 2.4 million TEU a year on completion of its expansion plan expected to be finished in 2019.

In comparison, the port of Hong Kong has a capacity of over 20 million TEU.

TEU refers to twenty foot equivalent unit, the standard measure of a port’s capacity, and is equivalent to a standard shipping container.

Chinese outbound investment has slowed this year under tighter restrictions from both the National Development and Reform Commission, and the State Association of Foreign Exchange.

However, last month the State Council issued new rules laying out which industry sectors were being encouraged, restricted and banned when it comes to overseas investment.

Logistics was named as a sector that was encouraged.

“Exporting China’s infrastructural capacity is in line with the official strategy and Chinese companies, especially SOEs (state owned enterprises), have been making significant investments in ports, roads and logistics companies,” said Vivian Lam, partner at Paul Hastings.

So far this year, there have been nine outbound acquisitions by Chinese companies in the logistics sector, with a combined value of US$39.2 billion, according to Mergermarket data.

China Merchants Port has been among them, and said in July it would invest US$1.12 billion to develop, manage and operate Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port.

Png said she expected China Merchants Port to make more acquisitions in future.

“Although this is a substantial acquisition, China Merchants Port Holdings can afford it, as it is well-capitalised. Even after funding for this TCP acquisition, China Merchants Port Holdings can easily shell out another HK$15 billion to fund future acquisitions.”


China Merchants Port to buy Brazil’s second largest container port for US$920 million | South China Morning Post

 

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World’s biggest ore ship completed in China
(CNTV) 16:11, September 19, 2017

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The world’s biggest ore carrier manufactured in China left port on Tuesday.

Construction started last October. The new-generation vessel has an all-around upgrade, with greener, more environmentally-friendly, energy-saving features.

(The CCTV screenshot shows the aerial image of the VLOC. Photo/CGTN)

Compared with the last generation, it has reduced the fuel consumption by 18.8 percent. The transportation cost of unit-weight iron ore has been decreased by 30 percent from the 200,000-ton vessels, and the latest monitoring system is capable of forecasting and alerting on threats from both the internal and external environment.

The 400,000-ton ore carrier (VLOC) is 362 meters long, with a width of 65 meters, a depth of 30.4 meters and a designed draft of 23 meters. Its deck area is as large as three standard football fields. With a speed of 14.5 knots, it can handle a cruising endurance of 25,500 nautical miles.

Manufactured by four domestic dockyards, there are altogether 30 VLOCs of this type, which will be mainly used for the transportation of iron ore between Brazil and China.

 

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China launches world's largest ore carrier

Reuters China Sep 19, 2017

China launched the world's largest ore carrier on Tuesday in Qingdao City of east China's Shandong Province.

The carrier, with the length of 362 meters and width of 65 meters, has a super capacity of 400,000 tons. At a speed of 14.5 knots or 26.9 kilometers per hour, its endurance range is 25,500 nautical miles or about 47,000 kilometers. With seven cargoes and one liquefied natural gas tank, the carrier claims a maximum loading and unloading speed twice quicker as compared with other ships.

All the ship's technical indicators in terms of structure, propelling and monitoring systems are upgraded to the advanced level of the world, according to its builder.

"Our country has made a greater progress in the building of large ships, including design, supporting facility, testing and standards," said Chen Jing, president of the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group under the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC).

A total of 30 ore carriers will be built by four Chinese shipyards. And the carriers will mainly ship iron ore from Brazil to China.

https://www.wionews.com/world/china-launches-worlds-largest-ore-carrier-20404

 

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CM Port says to build Hambantota Port into global maritime center
Source: Xinhua| 2017-09-22 22:23:29|Editor: Zhou Xin



COLOMBO, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- China Merchant Ports Holdings aims to building the Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka into a global maritime center, the company said at Colombo's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on Friday.

China Merchant Port Holdings (CM Port) entered into partnership with the Sri Lanka Port Authority in July.

It is the largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ever implemented in Sri Lanka.

"We are targeting to turn the Hambantota port into a major hub connecting the neighboring countries as well as the rest of the world. That is the national vision of Sri Lanka and it is also our mission as an operator," said Deputy General Manager of CM Port Hang Tian at Colombo's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on Friday.

"Our intention is to contribute to the rich vision of Sri Lanka. We are able to bring new investment, new management methodology, and new technology by leveraging on the synergy of CM Port's global network," Hang added.

He also appealed to local investors to join CM Port to make the venture a success.

"We believe Hambantota port has the potential to play a more important role during the transformation of Sri Lanka's maritime industry and economy."

"The Hambantota port is closer to major marine routes than Colombo port, more importantly, it is located in southern Sri Lanka, an area that is less developed so far, hence we can be certain in the long run this port has tremendous potential if it can be well planned and operated efficiently," he added.

 

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China's latest gas tanker is as big as an aircraft carrier
CGTN
2017-10-15 17:59 GMT+8

"Pan Asia", China's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, was put into service in Shanghai yesterday.

With a length of 290 meters and a width of 46.95 meters, it is similar to an aircraft carrier in size and is now China's largest LNG carrier.

"This tanker showcases the peak of China's ship building technology," Huang Guoliang, manager of the Pan Asia project, told CCTV.

Huang Guoliang talks with a CCTV reporter at the maiden voyage ceremony of Pan Asia, October 14, 2017. /Screenshot from CCTV‍

The tanker can carry 174,000 cubic meters of LNG, which can gasify into 107 million cubic meters of natural gas.

In other words, it can supply enough gas for the consumption of 600,000 households for a year, if the average consumption of each household is approximately 15 cubic meters.

"We're building three more of this type," Huang added. "The shipping capacity will exceed 6 million tons."

That's one quarter of all the clean energy sources imported to China in 2016.

In the past few years, China has seen a large increase in the growth of LNG imports. The import volume in the first half of 2017 totaled 22.3 billion cubic meters, increasing by 38 percent year-on-year.

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

They are indeed doing fine. Trading with everybody, but maintaining a reasonably independent foreign policy.

Technically,S.Korea is not an independent country it has no right to engage in a war without the permission of Uncle sam... This is wrritten in paper bettween usa and s.k contract!

 

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COSCO Dalian delivers advanced Maersk ship
2017-10-16 16:22 Ecns.cn Editor:Yao Lan

COSCO Dalian Shipyard delivers the newly built Maersk Installer in Dalian City, Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, Oct. 16, 2017. The 138-meter vessel, one of the most advanced in the world, has a draft of 8 meters and a deadweight of 9,788 tons. Rated for operations in water depths of up to 3,000 meters, it’s the first such ship exported from China. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Yi)

 

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China delivers first ultra-abyssal underwater support vessel to foreign company
Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-16 19:15:17|Editor: Zhou Xin

Photo taken on Oct. 16, 2017 shows an ultra-abyssal underwater support vessel "Maersk Installer", the first underwater support vessel exported by Chinese shipyards, in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province. Built by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard for Danish company Maersk Supply Service, the vessel can support marine engineering projects as deep as 3,000 meters, all year-round, in the sea anywhere in the world except in the Arctic and Antarctic. (Xinhua/Bai Yongquan)

DALIAN, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese firm delivered an ultra-abyssal underwater support vessel to Danish company Maersk Supply Service Monday in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province.

Built by COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard, the vessel "Maersk Installer" can support marine engineering projects as deep as 3,000 meters, all year-round, in the sea anywhere in the world except in the Arctic and Antartic.

Installed with equipment such as an advanced crane and underwater robots, the vessel is capable of supporting repair and maintanence of underwater projects, installation of deep-sea pipeline and fire rescue.

The vessel is 137.6 meters long and 27 meters wide, has a load capacity of 9,788 tonnes and a speed of 15.2 nautical miles per hour.

It is the first underwater support vessel exported by Chinese shipyards, according to Zhao Zengshan, deputy general manager with COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, the parent company of COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard.

"The successful delivery can increase the brand popularity of Chinese marine equipment manufacturers," Zhao said.

 

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China Launches 20,000-TEU Container Ship
CCTV+
Published on Oct 20, 2017

China transferred its largest container ship under construction into water on Wednesday.

The 20,000-TEU container ship was transferred from dry dock into the water in a shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province.

 

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The power of Zhejiang Made: to build the largest heavy cargo marine special deck carrier in Asia

• 发布于 2017-10-22 15:06:22
• 来源：中国网
• 作者：张渊 李斌 杜依依 译
• 责任编辑：邱玉洁

　　中国网浪潮资讯 10月21日，亚洲最大的重大件远洋特种甲板运输船“至宪之星”号，在浙江宏盛造船厂顺利下水。　　

“Zhi Xian Star”, the largest heavy cargo marine special deck carriers in Asia launched in Zhejiang Hongsheng Ship Industry successfully.　

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　　该船由万腾汉资集团及上海至宪船运有限公司强强联手，投入巨资打造。船长160米，船宽43米，甲板可载货面积相当于一个半标准足球场大小，载重量两万六千多吨，全电力推进，航速可达14节以上，并配备有先进的动力定位系统。上述性能指标，在整个亚洲的同类型船舶中，首屈一指。　　

The carrier made by Welton Hazz Group and Shanghai Transportation Shipping Co., Ltd with heavy investment. This ship is 160 meters long, 43 meters wide, deck cargo area equivalent to 1.5 standard football field. The carrying capacity reached more than 26000 tons, with full electric propulsion, speed reached to 14 knots, and equipped with advanced dynamic positioning system. These performance indicators are second to none in the same type of ship throughout Asia.　

　　据万腾汉资集团董事长于伯介绍，该轮性能优越，在重大件设备运输，海洋工程安装辅助，海上特种作业等方面都有广泛的用途。可以说，在我们建设社会主义海上强国的征途上，又添利器。　　

According to the introduction of Yu Bo, chairman of Welton Hazz Group that the ship has excellent performance, and it is widely used in heavy equipment transportation, marine engineering installation assistance, marine special operations and so on. It can be said that on the road of building a socialist maritime power, we have a sharp weapon.　　

　　该轮由浙江民企宏盛船舶设计院担纲设计。在多年设计民用散装船，矿砂船，油轮，中型甲板运输船的基础上，宏盛船舶设计院采用国内外最先进的设计理念，环保理念和成熟技术，高标准地设计了“至宪之星”轮，采用最先进的电力推动技术，不仅节约了内部空间和成本，还将排放尾气减少至最低。在船舶性能方面，大胆引进安装了纯运输船很少使用的动力定位技术，虽然加大了投资，但是可以使“至宪之星”轮在海洋上无锚泊状态下定位的能力有了巨大飞跃，可以达到分米级的水平。这一能力在海洋工程安装定位，海上风电场安装调试，海洋工程特种作业等方面有着巨大的用途。所以说“至宪之星”不仅仅是一艘现代化的海洋运输船，更是一艘具有多种复合作业能力的海洋工程辅助船。这一综合能力，使得“至宪之星”得以在同类型船舶中出类拔萃，傲视群雄。　　

The ship designed by Hongsheng Ship Design Institute, a private enterprises of Zhejiang. On the basis design of civil bulk carriers, ore carriers, oil tankers and medium-sized deck carriers in many years, Hongsheng Ship Design Institute used the most advanced design concept, the concept of environmental protection and mature technology to design “Zhi Xian Star” Ship with high standard. The most advanced electric propulsion technology not only saves the internal space and cost, but also reduces the exhaust emissions to the minimum. In the performance of ship, it has introduced and installed the dynamic positioning technology which is seldom used by the pure transport ship. Although increased investment capacity, it can make the “Zhi Xian Star” positioning ability of mooring under the condition of no location has a huge leap, which can achieve decimeter level. This capability is of great use in marine engineering installation and positioning, offshore wind farm installation and commissioning, marine engineering special operations and so on. Therefore, "Zhi Xian Star" is not only a modern marine transport ship, but also a marine engineering auxiliary ship with a variety of complex operation capabilities. This comprehensive ability makes the "Zhi Xian Star" stand out in the same type of ship.　

　　由于该型船舶的优越性能，同类第二艘姐妹船“至宪之明”也已进入紧张施工阶段，随着中国社会主义现代化建设的新一轮高潮的到来，随着一带一路战略全面实施，随着建设社会主义海上强国的措施的进一步到位，我们相信，这两条执业界之牛耳的“至宪之星”、“至宪之明”电力推进甲板运输船，一定会成为业界熠熠生辉的双子星座，在今后的海运事业中大放异彩！（记者张渊 李斌报道）　　

Due to the superior performance of this type of ship, the similar second sister ships "Zhi Xian Light" have also entered the construction stage of tension. With a new wave of high tide of socialist modernization construction in China, and the construction of socialist maritime power measures further in place, we believe that "Zhi Xian Star" and "Zhi Xian Light", the electric propulsion deck cargo carriers, and the two leaders in the shipping profession circle, will become the shining Gemini, shining in shipping business in the future!

 

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China's largest self-propelled wind turbine installation vessel is coming
By Wang Xueying
2017-10-29 12:28 GMT+8

China’s largest self-propelled wind turbine installation vessel, “Longyuan Zhenhua 3”, was put into trial service on Saturday.

The new vessel is specially designed for the installation of offshore wind turbines and could enable safe lifting for large cargos as well.

With a length of 100.8 meters, a draft of 8.4 meters and a width of 43.2 meters, it can work under the sea at depths of up to 50 meters, which leads in China at present.

China’s largest self-propelled wind turbine installation vessel /CCTV Photo

Compared to other wind turbine installation vessels, “Longyuan Zhenhua 3” has a lifting capacity of 2,000 tons, which is the currently largest one in the world. At the same time, the lifting capacity of this new vessel could reach 1,500 tons, and its maximum lifting height is 120 meters.

China’s largest self-propelled wind turbine installation vessel /Xinhua Photo

Self-developed by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), the new vessel started construction from 2016 and completed in June 2017. It is the third wind turbine installation vessel built by the ZPMC. The company’s latest project was the installation of two turbines at the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm.

China’s largest self-propelled wind turbine installation vessel /Xinhua Photo

Consisting of 32 turbines, the whole project is tasked to improve China’s offshore comprehensive installation capacity and to promote the construction of offshore wind farm.

 

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China Launches 6G Homemade Deep-sea Semi-submersible Drilling Platform

Saturday 29 April 2017 05:09 CEST

China launched its sixth generation homemade deep-sea semi-submersible drilling platform Hai Yang Shi You(Offshore Oil)982 in Dalian City of northeast China's Liaoning Province on Friday.

The drilling platform, weighing 26,000 tons, left the shipyard at 08:00, when the water in the shipyard is leveled with the outside, under the pull of six barges. The entire course lasted for more than two hours until the drilling platform berthed at the deep-sea dock.

The platform is 104.5 meters long and 70.5 meters wide. Together with the buoyancy tanks at the bottom, the platform is as high as a 38-story building.

The deck can take a load of 5,000 tons. The maximum operating water depth is 1,500 meters and the maximum drilling depth is 9,144 meters. The drilling platform has a crew of 180.

The platform was built in line with the world highest standard and has applied many advanced technologies.

"It has the most advanced DP3 dynamic positioning system, with a tolerance of 0.1 meters in positioning accuracy. It has multiple positioning reference systems to maintain the stability of the platform under bad sea conditions," said Zhao Chunyan, manager of Hai Yang Shi You 982, China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC Group.

The platform is equipped with the world's most advanced deep-water sub-sea blowout preventer, which can automatically close the mouth of a well in case of emergency to ensure safety both under the well and on the platform.

"We increased its dynamic positioning ability and power generating capacity by 20 percent compared with the vessels of the same type. On top of that, we adopted the closed-loop power management system to reduce the fuel consumption by 10 to 45 percent," said Li Jianbo, deputy manager of supervision team of Hai Yang Shi You 982, CNOOC Group.

The platform is expected to be put into operation by the end of this year.

https://eblnews.com/video/china-lau...-sea-semi-submersible-drilling-platform-90289

China’s homemade deep-sea drilling platform completes sea trial
By Gao Yun
2017-10-29 12:59 GMT+8
Updated 2017-10-29 15:07 GMT+8

China’s sixth-generation homemade deep-sea semi-submersible drilling platform has successfully completed its deep-sea trial, local media reported, marking a further improvement in China’s capability of manufacturing high-end deep-water drilling rigs.

The drilling platform is expected to conduct deep-sea operations in Chinese sea areas in the near future to open up new oil and gas fields.

Manufactured by Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC), a subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), the Chinese-made platform had started its trial operation since late September in the sea area of Dayaowan in Dalian, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. All the six propulsion systems, dynamic positioning system, unmanned engine room, as well as 11,000 alarm points have passed the test.

China’s sixth-generation homemade deep-sea semi-submersible drilling platform has successfully completed its deep-sea trial. /CCTV Photo

With a length of 104.5 meters, a width of 70.5 meters and a height of 105.8 meters, the platform is able to operate in water depths up to 1,500 meters and drill as deep as 9,144 meters. It is so far the world’s most advanced drilling platform.

“This sixth-generation drilling platform is the most complicated product in the field of marine engineering,” said Wang Housheng, engineer of the drilling platform project. “China required technical support and guidance from foreigner experts to build the complicated sixth-generation platform five years ago, but now we can rely on our own technology to deliver it completely to the customers.”

Wang Housheng, engineer of the drilling platform project /CCTV Photo

The technical team has improved the installed capacity for the platform by 20 percent via technical innovation while not increasing the cost. The wind-resistance capability of the platform has also been comprehensively enhanced, making it more suitable to conduct drilling operations in the typhoon-prone sea areas.

 

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World's largest automated cargo wharf to start operation
Source:Ecns.cn Published: 2017/11/3 11:32:02

Photo taken on November 1, 2017 shows the construction site of the fourth phase of the Yangshan deep water port in Shanghai, east China. World's biggest automated cargo wharf, the fourth phase of the Yangshan deep water port, will start operation next mouth. Upon completion of the project, the port will have seven deep-water berths and is expected to handle an annual throughput of four million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent unit). (Photo: China News Service/ Zhang Hengwei)

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