# Babcock awarded design contract by De Beers Marine for vessel upgrade

Babcock International has been awarded a contract by De Beers Marine to undertake design development activity for the upgrade of the power and propulsion system on the offshore diamond vessel mv !Gariep. The design work will take place at Babcock's engineering office in Rosyth, UK, and is expected to be complete by November 2019.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-07-08
- Where: Rosyth, UK, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Products: design development for power and propulsion system upgrade on offshore diamond vessel
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Babcock International Group](https://endata.com/companies/2343.md) (supplier)
- [Debmarine Namibia](https://endata.com/companies/6749.md) (partner)
- [De Beers Marine](https://endata.com/companies/40486.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [miningweekly.com](https://www.miningweekly.com/article/babcock-awarded-de-beers-marine-contract-2019-07-08), 2019-07-08: "Babcock International has been awarded a contract by De Beers Marine to undertake design development activity in support of the planned upgrade to the power and propulsion system on the offshore diamond vessel mv !Gariep."

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