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News

Leif Hoegh Concludes Exit

From Reefers

Leif Hoegh & Co. ASA (LHC) has sold its 36 percent shareholding in Lady

Navigation Inc. to Frigo Navigation Ltd. on private terms. Lady Navigation Inc. owns the two reefer vessels Lady

Racisce and Lady Korcula.

The "Lady" vessels were built in 2000 and have a capacity of 590,000 cu. ft.

Transfer of the shares in Lady

Navigation Inc. to the new owner was concluded on June 30, 2003, and marks

LHC's final exit from the reefer seg- ment. LHC sold its commercial reefer operation. Cool Carriers, to J.Lauritzen in 2000. LHC had at the time owning interests in 15 reefers that continued to be commercially operated by

LauritzenCool. All vessels have now been sold, with the last being delivered to new owners during the third quarter.

Sperry Marine to Install for Color Line Ferry today. This repository contains pub- lished studies, reports, and ongoing research results by leading experts.

Kongsberg Maritime

Restructures

The restructuring of Kongsberg

Maritime officially came into force on

July 1, 2003. The subsidiaries

Kongsberg Simrad, Kongsberg

Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) now come under the Kongsberg Maritime banner in a move to ensure greater knowledge and resource distribution throughout all sectors within the compa- nies. The ultimate goal is greater syner- gy between divisions in order for

Kongsberg Maritime to provide the marine industry with the very best in complete electronic solutions — essen- tially 'The Full Picture.' The restructur- ing does not affect Kongsberg Seatex (AS) or Simrad (AS), both of which will continue trading purely as subsidiaries of Kongsberg Maritime.

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Color Line has selected Northrop

Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit to supply navigation and communication systems for the world's largest cruise ferry, under construction at the Kvaerner-Masa-Yards in Turku,

Finland. Sperry Marine will supply a complete suite of bridge electronics, including a four-station integrated navi- gation system with type approved elec- tronic chart display and information sys- tem, three BridgeMaster E radars, dual fiber optic gyrocompasses, dual

NaviPilot 4000 autopilots, steering con- trols, a SRD 500 dual-axis speed log, a central alarm manager and a communi- cation station meeting Global Maritime

Distress and Safety System standards.

Sperry Marine will also provide support for installation, commissioning, inter- facing, training and onboard service for the equipment. The new 74,600-gt cruise ferry is scheduled for completion in December 2004.

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Mar Ad Creates Inland

Waterways Website

MarAd has created the Inland

Waterways Research Project Website, www.marad.dot.gov/iwrp, a comprehen- sive source of the most current inland waterway information available online

August 2003

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