Sept 5 (Reuters) - Mermaid Maritime PCL MMPC.SI :
* Public co ltd (clarification of media report on Mermaid subsea vessel under
construction) MMPC.SI
* Refers to article published in petrodaily subsea international edition titled
"ultra deep solutions adds new DSCV to fleet"
* Delivery date for the vessel had been extended to 30 June 2017
* Mermaid is still evaluating its options with regard to the vessel
* To date, Mermaid has received interest from potential third parties in the
vessel
* Clarify that its factually incorrect that ultra deep subsea was reported to
have acquired new dp2 multipurpose vessel from Mermaid
* Clarify that it is incorrect that dp2 vessel is expected to be delivered from
China merchants industry in Q1 2017
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