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n. - A business that builds and repairs seagoing vessels; A carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels.

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  • It has made one investment, the purchase of a 50 percent stake in Turkish shipbuilder
  • Vietnamese have jokingly dubbed the shipbuilder "Vinasink."
  • And at least some of the assets, such as shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, could be closed to foreign bidding.
  • As the largest naval shipbuilder in the Mediterranean, the
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