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Wallem Attains OHSAS 18001

In the wake of the SARS virus outbreak in Asia, Wallem Shipmanagement Ltd.,

Hong Kong has taken initiative and commitment in implementing international stan- dards to manage safety & quality assurance risks, by completing the implementation of OHSAS 18001 — the comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) management sys- tem specification.

Shipway Appointed BIW President

General Dynamics announced the appointment of John F. "Dugan"

Shipway, as president of Bath Iron

Works, reporting to Michael W. Toner, executive vice president of General

Dynamics Marine Systems group.

Shipway succeeds Allan C. Cameron, who announced that he is retiring from his presidential post, which he has held since 1996. Shipway, who retired from the U.S. Navy as a rear admiral after 35 years of service, joined General

Dynamics Electric Boat in July 2000 as special assistant to the president.

CP Ships Posts 1Q Loss

CP Ships Ltd. reported an unaudited 1Q 2003 operating loss of $2 million before exceptional items, a $4 million improve- ment on the $6 million operating loss in first quarter 2002 and compared with $34 million operating income before exceptional items in fourth quarter 2002.

Volume at 514,000 teu was a record for the seasonally weak first quarter, up 18% from first quarter 2002. Average freight rates were up 1 percent on the same period last year but down 2 percent on fourth quarter 2002.

Joint Venture Wins FPSO Contract

Stolt Offshore S.A. has been awarded, by TotalFinaElf E&P Angola, a contract, as part of a Joint Venture with Technip-

Coflexip and Saipem-SA, for the FPSO topsides on the Dalia field development in Block 17 offshore Angola. The con- tract, valued in excess of $550 million, is for the topsides modules and their integration to the hull and will be carried out in consortium with Samsung Heavy

Industries and the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Company in

South Korea.

Arkell Named Ops Director at Graig

Graig Ship Management Limited (GSM) has appointed John Arkell as operations director. Arkell recently stepped down from his position as joint managing director of Bibby-Harrison

Management Services Ltd.

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Ribcraft Awarded GSA Contract

Ribcraft USA's line of rigid inflatable boats has been approved for the U.S.

Government's General Services

Administration (GSA) Awards

Schedule, a government approved list- ing of suppliers and manufacturers for all government agencies.

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Atlantec Enterprise Wins Navy Deal

Atlantec Enterprise Solutions has received an SBIR Phase II contract from the Office of Naval Research.

The project, entitled Connector

Architecture for CAD and CAM

Systems is a 24-month project totaling $850,000.

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Heidenreich and Fender Care

Form Alliance

Heidenreich Lightering Services Inc. and Fender Care Marine Ltd. have formed a strategic alliance to jointly provide a full service suite of lightering and ship-to-ship transfer solutions to their customers worldwide.

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G amtowoc Marine Group

We deliver OPA '90 Articulated Tug/Barge (AT/B) Units to your Specification, Competitively and on Schedule

The Industry Leader in

Construction, Conversion, and

Shiprepair for over 100 years.

Manitowoc Marine Group 1600 Ely Street, Marinette, WI 54143

Phone: 715-735-9143 Ext.528

Fax: 715-735-3516 www.manitowocmarine.com

A QanttOWOC Company

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