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Royal P&O Nedlloyd

Appoints CFO

Following the completion on April 16, 2004 of the listing of Royal P&O

Nedlloyd on the Euronext stock market in Amsterdam, the company nominated

David Robbie (40) as Chief Financial

Officer and a member of the Board of

Royal P&O Nedlloyd. It will be pro- posed that the AGM will appoint Mr

Robbie on May 6, with his appointment taking effect from May 10.

Atlantic Marine Expands

Rig Repair Capabilities

Atlantic Marine, Inc. has acquired a heavy lift barge, and it is located at its new home on Pinto Island here at the

Port of Mobile on the Gulf of Mexico.

The barge, dubbed Mobile Heavy Lifter, will expand Atlantic Marine's capabili- ties allowing it to accommodate off- shore rigs, jackups and semisub- mersibles that due to size restrictions are currently unable to fit on Atlantic

Marine's largest dry dock; the 50,000 ton drydock, Alabama. The heavy lift barge has a length of 393-ft., breadth of 131 -ft. with a lifting capacity of 19,000 tons. Ron J. McAlear, President of

Atlantic Marine, Inc. said, "The addition of the heavy lift barge to our facility in

Mobile is part of our ongoing commit- ment to keep Atlantic Marine -Mobile one of the premier shipyards in the

United States. The Mobile Heavy Lifter assures that we are a complete, well- rounded ship and rig repair facility equipped to meet all of our customers repair needs."

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AVEVA to Acquire Tribon

AVEVA Group pic, a UK-headquar- tered engineering software and services group, announced the proposed acquisi- tion of Tribon Solutions AB, a global supplier of IT solutions for shipbuilding and marine design.

Senesco Expands

Senesco Marine hired Norman Hodge as Vice President of new construction.

Most recently Hodge was General

Manager of Conrad's in Orange, Texas.

Prior to working for Conrad's he was the

Plant Manager at Halter Marine's

Gulfport facility in Mississippi. During that time he was in charge of operations at three shipyards with a total of 500 employees.

Hodge has been directly involved in the construction of over two thousand barges of various types and design over the years. At Senesco Marine, Hodge will oversee the construction of all new barges.

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Schlueter Promoted to VP

Crowley Maritime promoted Ed

Schlueter to vice president of its

Vessel Management

Services subsidiary.

Schlueter will remain in Seattle and

Kawasaki

IN PURSUIT OF

MANOEUVERABILITY

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INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM

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HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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Kawasaki Heavy industries (UK) Ltd. Phone:44-20-7588-5222 Fax:44-20-7588-5333

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Aspiring to provide excellent systems,

Kawasaki, with a century- long experience, is continually researching and developing new propulsion systems.

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