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and withdrew from the shipbuilding business in the early 2000s, it was decided to establish a new company to separate the arctic research department from the turbulent shipbuilding business. In addition, as the land lease agreement was reaching its end, a decision was made to construct a new model
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took over the shipbuilding business of Wärtsilä in 1989, WARC became known as Masa-Yards Arctic
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