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SAILOR

SALES AND SERVICE AGENTS

ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS)

Radio-Holland Caribbean N.V. Curacao N.A.

Phone:.599 9 612577 Fax:.599 9 612723

ARGENTINA

Oton R. Klein S A. Buenos Aires

Phone: .541 760 0202 Fax: .541 760 6389

AUSTRALIA

Rubin Marine. Artarmon NSW

Phone: .61 2 94392333 • Fax: +61 2 94392278 a.m.i. sales O'Connor, Western Australia

Phone: .619337 3266 Fax: .619314 2929

BAHRAIN

Aeradio Technical Services Mina Salman Port

Phone: .973 727790 Fax: .973 727811

BANGLADESH

Graphics Communications Ltd. Dhaka

Phone: .880 2 8922440 Fax: .880 2 883627

BELGIUM

Antwerp Marine Radio Company N.V Antwerp

Phone: .32 3 541 04 63 Fax: .32 3 542 61 73

BERMUDA

Marine Communications Pembroke

Phone: .1441 2950558 Fax: .1 441 2920079

BRAZIL

O.L. Naval Ltda. Rio de Janeiro

Phone: +55 21 222 5667 Fax: .55 21 242 7934

BULGARIA

International Marine Technologies Ltd. - Rousse

Phone: +359 82 228216 Fax: +359 82 279115

CANADA

Radio Holland (Canada) Ltd. Nortti Vancouver

Phone: +1 604 293 2900 Fax: +1 604 293 2930

CHILE

Serprotec LTDA Valparadiso (Deep Sea)

Phone: +56 32 232780 Fax: +56 32 212215

Simrad Chile Santiago (Fishing)

Phone: +56 2 235 1 068 Fax: +56 2 235 8732

CROATIA

BELAM-Zastupstvo i Servis Rijeka

Phone: +385 51 672343 Fax: +385 51 672179

CYPRUS

A.P. Hadjipieros Ltd. Limassol

Phone:+357 5 345972 • Fax: +357 5 345973

ECUADOR

Industrial Anabra C. Ltda. Guayaquil

Phone: +593 4 309766 Fax: +593 4 313694

EGYPT

Suez Electronics Engineering & Trading Ltd. Cairo

Phone: +20 2 2742911 Fax: +20 2 2745219

ESTONIA

A/SRSTA Tallinn

Phone: +372 6 312082 Fax: +372 6 312082

FAROE ISLANDS

S.P. Radio Denmark

Phone: +45 98180999 • Fax: .45 98186717 (For further information)

FINLAND

ASPO Systems, Oy-Espoo

Phone: +358 9 422155 Fax: +358 9 422908

FRANCE

Geolink Roquevaire

Phone: +33 442 32 99 00 Fax: +33 442 32 94 95

SDM Electronique Sartrouville Cedex

Phone: +33 1 39146833 Fax: +33 1 39133022

GERMANY

Elna GmbH - 25462 Rellingen/Hamburg

Phone: +494101 30100 Fax: +494101 301214

GIBRALTAR

Electro Med Marina Bay

Phone: +350 77077 Fax: +350 72051

GREECE

Marac Electronics S.A. Perama - Piraeus

Phone: +301 4314361 Fax: +301 43 14234

GREENLAND

S.P. Radio Denmark

Phone: +45 98180999 Fax: +45 96186717 (For further information)

HOLLAND

Radio Holland Marine B.V. Rotterdam

Phone: +3f to 4283344 Fax: +31 10 4281498

Sailtron B.V. • Utrecht

Phone: +31 30 294474f • Fax: +31 302937642

HONG KONG

Radio Holland Group Kwai Chung NT.

Phone: +852 24239007 Fax: +852 24805898

Hoi Tung Communication & Navigation Co. Ltd

Phone: +852 25421262 Fax: +852 25431137

ICELAND

Radiomidun Ltd. 101 Reykjavik Phone:+354511 1010 Fax: +354511 1020

INDIA

Elcome Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. New Bombay

Phone: +91 22 763 23 48 Fax: +91 22 763 23 51

IRAN

Kaman Hormozgan Marine Engineering - Tehran

Phone: +98 21 222 8020 Fax: +98 21 222 4502

ISRAEL

Alhout-Yam Ltd. Haifa

Phone: +972 4 86 20804 Fax: +972 4 8627404

ITALY

Compagnia Generale Telemar Roma

Phone: +39 6 3221800 • Fax: +39 6 3240148

Generalmare est S.R.L. Chlavari

Phone: +39185 32 33 56 Fax: +39185 32 27 31

IVORY COAST

Optim Afrique Abidjan

Phone: +225 251843 Fax: +225 257937

Nautical Afrique Abidjan

Phone: +225 250136 Fax: +225 250137

JAPAN

Kaigai Gijyulsu K.K. Yokohama

Phone: +8145 6647318 • Fax: .81 45 6647320

KENYA

East African Maritime Services Ltd. Mombasa

Phone: +25411 472086 Fax: +254 11 472975

KOREA

Samyang Radio Co Ltd. Pusan

Ptione: +8251 413 5000 Fax: +82 51 413 5002

KUWAIT

Elcome International Satat

Ptione: +965 2406822 Fax: +965 2406833

Commercial Co-Ordination Centre W.L.L. Satat

Phone: +965 2462347 Fax: +965 2454350

LATVIA/LITHUANIA

Transas Baltia Riga

Ptione: +371 7286585 Fax: +371 7821202

MALTA Medcomms Ltd. Gzira

Phone: +356335521 Fax: +356310820

MEXICO

Nautica. S A. de C.V. Mexico O.F.

Phone: +52 5 6519740 Fax: +52 5 6512825

MOROCCO

Soremar Casablanca

Phone: +212 2 442802 Fax: +212 2 305385

NEW ZEALAND

Electronic Navigation Ltd. Auckland

Phone: +64 9 3735595 Fax: +64 9 3795655

NIGERIA

Netarcomms Nigeria Ltd. Lagos State

Phone: +234 1 871662 Fax: +234 1 264 6083

NORWAY AEG Norge A/S Oslo

Phone. +47 22 89 78 00 Fax: +47 22 89 78 04

PAKISTAN

International Aeradio Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. Karachi

Phone: +92 21 5837800 Fax: +92 21 5870331

PHILIPPINES

Radio Holland B.V. (Philippines) inc. Manila

Phone: +63 2 527 5865 Fax: +63 2 527 5866

POLAND EPA Ltd. 71-324 Szczecin

Phone: +4891 874885 Fax:»4891 875014

PORTUGAL

Nautel - Electronica Maritima, Ltda. Lisbon

Phone: +351 13920940 Fax: .351 13970084

QATAR

Eastern Technical Services Co. Doha

Ptione: +974 441412 Fax: +974 329292

RUMANIA

Imsat Maritime SA Constanta Constanta

Phone: .40 41 639038 Fax: +40 41 674356

RUSSIA

Transas Marine Ltd. • St. Petersburg

Phone: .7 812 567 2090 Fax: .7812 567 1901

Moretron Ltd. Murmansk

Phone: .47 85 10144 Fax: +47 85 1 0144

SAUDI AHABIA

Key Communication Development Ltd. Dammam

Phone: .966 3 8336940 Fax: .966 3 8330728

SENEGAL

Optim Senegal Dakar

Phone: .221 234930 Fax: .221 229676

SINGAPORE

Radio Holland B.V. Singapore

Phone: .658622218 Fax: +65 8622430

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Maritime Electronics (Pty.) Ltd. Cape Town

Phone: +27 21 551 3204 Fax: +27 21 551 3206

Radio Holland Group. Paarden Eiland (Cape Town)

Phone: +2721 511 0864 Fax: +2721 511 7577

SPAIN

Nautical San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid)

Phone: +34 1 6549411 Fax: .34 1 6549600

SWEDEN

Ring Marine AB, Askim/Gdteborg

Phone: .4631 668400 Fax: .46 31 663660

Racal Svenska AB. Vastra Frolunda (Goteborg)

Phone: .46 31 292100 Fax: .46 31 292109

TAIWAN R.O.C.

Unimax Electric & Co., Ltd. Kaohsiung

Phone: .886 7 815 9775 Fax: .886 7 815 1 775

TANZANIA

The Old East African Trading Co. Ltd Dar es Salaam

Phone: .255 51 32249 Fax: .255 51 46909

TUNISIA

Alcatel Tunisie 1080 Tunis Cedex

Phone: .2161 717177 Fax: .2161 719888

TURKEY

Elektro-Oeniz Ltd. Istanbul

Phone: .90 216 392 77 29 • Fax: .90 216 392 8018

UNITCD ARAB EMIRATES

Elcome International L.L.C. Dubai

Phone: .971 4 342333 Fax: .971 4 342465

UNITED KINGDOM

Ships Electronic Services Ltd. - Rochester (Kent)

Phone: .441634 295500 • Fax: +441634 295536

URUGUAY

Electromaritima Uruguaya Ltda.- Montevideo

Phone: +598 2 947139 - Fax: +598 2 947138

Radio-Holland USA, B.V. Houston (Texas)

Phone: +1 713 943 3325 Fax: .1 713 943 3802

VENEZUELA

Radio Holland De Venezuela S.A. Maracaibo

Phone: .5861 987811 Fax: .5861 982596

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Public v. Private

Founded in 1977 by Art and Herb Engel,

SWM and SFD, with combined revenues of approximately $200 million, are ship repair companies specializing in the conversion, overhaul and modernization of government and commercial vessels. Recently, however, the private ship repair industry has lodged complaints about the way the government is handling its ship repair needs. Though there are reportedly only four operating public ship repair yards, down from eight in 1990, employing 21,000 workers, down from 85,000 in 1990, those yards are still report- edly receiving the same amount of money from the government for the repair of naval ships as they were seven years ago.

According to Mr. Ewing this should not be the case.

Mr. Ewing indicated that because private ship repair yards are able to offer more com- petitive prices and because the Navy has reportedly indicated an interest in privatiz- ing more of its ship repair business, private yards should be receiving more business from the government. As a result of this — and cutbacks in defense spending — compa- nies like SWM, who depend on the Navy for most of their business, have experienced steep losses of late. At SWM alone, revenues dropped from $350 million in 1990 to $200 million in 1997, decreasing its workforce from 4,000 to 1,800. In addition to the diffi- culties presented by decreased defense spending and the use of public yards, Mr.

Ewing and others in the ship repair indus- try have maintained that the government does not release information about projected spending, making it difficult for ship repair companies to conduct business in a secure environment. To combat this trend, the six ship repair associations nationwide have banded together under the umbrella of the

Shipbuilders Council of America and hired a consultant to work with the government toward achieving some basic objectives.

These objectives include: establishing improved communications between the

Navy and the ship repair companies; achiev- ing the mandated 60/40 percent split between public and private ship repair bud- get allotments; and designating a contin- gency fund for emergencies, which have reportedly been funded in the past by money earmarked for private ship repair yards.

Moving Forward

Despite these obstacles, the ship repair industry remains hopeful for improvements.

SWM has turned a profit for the past two years, according to Mr. Engel, making it an attractive acquisition for the Washington,

D.C.-based Carlyle Group, one of the leading private buyers of defense and aerospace businesses. "The timing of our sale could not be better.

Both companies are healthy and performing well, and the future looks bright," Mr. Engel commented. "In addition, The Carlyle

Group will provide the companies with the resources for continued growth."

Mr. Engel added that he did not expect the transaction to have any effect on either

SWM's or SFD's employees or customers. "Carlyle is an investment company, not an operating company. A primary reason for selling to Carlyle is the importance that

Carlyle placed on our employees," he stated.

Following the acquisition of both compa- nies by Carlyle, Mr. Ewing, SWM's current

COO, will be promoted to the position of

CEO for both companies. Mr. Engel will resign from his position of CEO of SWM and

SFD following the closing of the acquisitions to concentrate on the management of sever- al other business holdings.

New U.K. Contestant Enters

Repair Fray

A new U.K. ship repair company — J.

Kirkaldy and Sons — expects its floating drydock, located at the Dorset port of

Portland, to be ready for duty by the end of this month. The dock was acquired from

Sweden in August, and has been undergoing extensive refurbishment. The new yard intends to fill what it perceived to be a gap in yards to handling ships to 6,000 dwt.

A&P Falmouth Wins Contract

A&P Falmouth has won a contract to carry out a refit on the MOD Royal Fleet

Auxiliary Landing Ship (Logistic) or "LSL" vessel Sir Geraint. Work will include tail shaft repairs, maintenance of bow door and bow and stern ramp systems, installation of a low level lighting network, and the inspec- tion, overhaul and replacement of main engine modules.

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Railko Debuts New Bearing Package

Railko Limited launched a new bearing package which includes the complete design from a stern shaft diameter and approxi- mate housing size, to classification society requirements, delivery and bearing assem- bly fitting assistance services at the yard.

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A&P Tyne To Refit Color Viking

Color Line is bringing its ferry Color

Viking to the U.K. for refit work. This is reportedly the first time a British ship repair company has won a contract from a

Norwegian ferry operator. The 20,581 grt ship will include a general annual refit and maintenance and installation of new fish tail sponsons.

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Hellenic Shipyards Wins Alexander

Conversion

Hellenic Shipyards Co. of Greece has won a contract from Latsis Group for conversion work on motor yacht Alexander.

The 394 ft. (120 m) vessel is to be con- verted into a high class passenger cruise liner, with completion scheduled for

February 1998.

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