Genting Hong Kong says one of its wholly owned units has entered into contracts worth EU33.54 million ($38 million) with two Finnish companies for design and site assistance services for a cruise ship that it is building.
Under the accord, Deltamarin receives EU16.52 million and Elomatic Marine Engineering gets EU17.02 million.
The principal business of Deltamarin is ship design, offshore engineering and construction services for marine and offshore industries worldwide. The principal business of Elomatic Marine is engineering, technical consulting, turnkey solutions and products, software development, project management and product and service development.
Genting said it had contracted the two companies to help it meet its fleet expansion program on time.
This Dossier results from the “Life After POGOs” editorial project by Asia Gaming Brief which culminated with a pop-up digital forum on 9th December to discuss potentials ramifications in the industry.
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