The UAE manufacturer also said it ended the year with ahealthy cash position and launched a jack-up rig in the Caspian Sea onschedule.

Lamprell has endured a tough year as project delays have hitthe bottom line and led to a raft of senior management changes and cost cuts.

These tighter cost controls together with improved revenueswere behind a significant improvement in the year-end cash position to around$100 million, Lamprell said on Wednesday.

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