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ARCO Marine, Inc.

Building on A Solid Record of

Environmental Performance

ARCO Marine, Inc. is proud to announce construction of our new Millennium Class tankers with Avondale

Industries. These tankers are designed with safety and protection of the environment as its highest priorities. The

Millennium Class tanker establishes a new benchmark in the transportation of oil from Valdez, Alaska to Puget Sound,

Washington. Superior shipbuilding skills, aided by advanced technology and ARCO's innovative design, have created a vessel that meets or exceeds state, federal, and international requirements. The Millennium Class tanker design is based on proven technologies, developed in partnership with some of the world's leading naval architecture and marine engineering firms: John J. McMullen (JJMA), MCA Engineers, Inc., SSPA Maritime Consulting AB, Herbert Engineering

Company, Glosten Associates, and Astilleros Espanoles, S A.

Double Hulls with 50% Greater Spacing - Built with mild steel and a full 3 meters spacing between the inner and outer hulls.

Engine Rooms - Two fully independent engine rooms - redundant and capable of separate control.

Bow Thruster - A 3,000 horsepower bow thruster with as much power as a typical docking tug and enough force to turn the bow against a 27-knot wind. Working in combination with the propellers and rudders, the thruster makes it possible to move the ship sideways toward a dock or turn the ship a full 360 degrees in its own length.

Millennium Class

The Next Generation

ARCO Marine Inc., 300 Oceangale, Long Beach CA 90802-4341, Tel: (562) 590-4493. Fax: (562) 983-3313

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