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BBC News Published image captionDive systems firm Orca has moved into the former BiFab yards largest shed The former BiFab fabrication yard at Burntisland in Fife has sprung back to life after owners Forth Ports secured its first tenant. Aberdeen-based dive systems specialist Orca Oceanic Systems has set up a new operations facility at the site following a six-figure contract win. The yard has lain empty since Bifab went into administration last year. In February, BiFabs sites at Methil in Fife...

BBC News Published image captionThe former BiFab Methil yard in Fife was bought out of administration in February. The Methil fabrication yard in Fife is to reopen after securing a contract to fabricate eight platforms for wind turbines. It should create 290 jobs at the former BiFab site, directly employed and in supplies, with work starting in July. The Arnish yard on Lewis may also get some support work, as well as sites in Belfast and Devon. The platforms will be supplied for wind turbines...