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Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has been awarded a contract to supply a new dredger to the Bulgarian government, the country's Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River (EAEMDR) has confirmed.
Damen emerged as the winner of a competitive tender process that had also included three other bidders.
The EAEMDR contract has an approximate value of €3.1 million (US$3.63 million).