Cockerill Ougree, a Belgian shipyard, will build a car-ferry intended for service between Israel and Italy, with accommodations for 600 passengers and 100 automobiles, it was announced here today;
The contract for the construction, to be completed in two years, was signed in Geneva, according to the announcement. The purchaser is an Israeli-Swiss company.
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