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76MNNovember 2011concentrate on our maritime services and in 2004 and 2005, we sold our retail and sugar processing arms. Since then, we have focused our busi- ness plan on offshore supply vessels. And, for the past 10 years, we have averaged 20 percent growth, which is quite impressive. And, yes we are now tightly focused on the OSV market and we will follow its growth and its renewal market. I believe that the best hedge is to have a young, modern fleet and good, trustworthy relations with clients.Safety is a key area of focus with- in Bourbon. This reflects on your corporate stewardship of the envi- ronment and much more. How many of your mariners have so fargone through your new high-tech training facilities. Are these train- ing efforts yielding measurable improvement in performance met- rics?Because of our fast growth, we are investing in BOURBON Training centers all around the world and in simulators, among others in Marseille and in Singapore. The main challenge with fast growth is to have competent people. We train our people exten- sively for emergencies and for extreme weather conditions. Fully 60 percent of our deck officers have been trained on the simulators already, but our goal is that 100 percent of our officers and pilots be trained. Our newest simulator is dedicated to crewboat training, because these ves- sels have different propulsion systems and maneuvering styles. For a global operator, piracy is a big deal and is impacting West African ports. Does Bourbon havea plan in place to combat thisproblem and are your vessels at this time operating in any areas of risk?We have our own security teams and we organize convoys with security One of BOURBON?sTraining SimulatorMN#11 (66-81):MN 2011 Layouts 10/31/2011 11:24 AM Page 76