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Sailor RT4822 with DSC VHF radio's

Furuno FS-1570 with DSC SSB; two

Furuno Felcom 15 Inmarsat C; Furuno

NX-500 Navtex; and a Furuno FA 100

AIS.

New Contract for NAT

Nordic American Tanker Shipping

Ltd. concluded an agreement to charter to Gulf Navigation Company LLC of

Dubai, U.A.E. the first of its modern double-hull Suezmax tankers as of the expiration of the original BP charter in

Q4 2004. The five-year bareboat charter agreement, with two optional one-year extensions, provides for a bareboat char- ter rate of $ 17,325 per day for the vessel, equivalent to a timecharter rate of approximately $25,000 per day.

Washburn & Doughty delivers Independent _

Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. delivered the 5,000 hp Z-Drive Tug

Independent to Marine Towing of

Tampa. The 92 x 32 x 13.7-ft. tug is designed for ship handling and built to

ABS Class Maltese Cross Al. Maltese

Cross AMS, with notation: Towing

Service and Fire Fighting Capability.

Independent admeasures 148 gt and has a Load Line based on USA flag registry and USCG rules. Bollard pull is estimat- ed at 135.000 lbs ahead and 130,000 lbs astern.

Independent is powered by High

Displacement Caterpillar 3516 B main engines — rated at 2,500 blip @ 1,600 rpm — with electronic injection. The propulsion units are Rolls-Royce 1650H

Z drives equipped with 2,400 mm stain- less steel propellers and Kort nozzles with stainless steel liners. The vessel is equipped with two Caterpillar 3304 DIT marine package unit generators that pro- vide 99KW @ 1,800 rpm, 208V 3 phase.

One generator is normally on line while the other is on standby. In event that the on line generator fails, the switchboard and generator automatically start the standby generator, put it on line, and shut down the other generator.

Fernstrum grid coolers are used to cool the main engines and fire pump engine.

The Z Drives are keel cooled by a weld- ed channel cooler and the generators are cooled by circulating jacket water in the skeg void.

Independent is outfitted with Schuyler 16-in. laminated "soft loop" bow fender and a 12-in. black rubber "D" fender on the sides and stern. The vessel is equipped with two 1,500 gpm SKUM

Fire Monitors, with water and AFFF no/./les with local pick up, and an

Aurora model 411 centrifugal fire pump.

Power is provided by a Caterpillar 3406TA pump engine. Deck machinery consists of a Markey electric hawser winch and an Almon Johnson electric capstan aft. It is outfitted with a

Siemens machinery alarm system, and all components are completely modular

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DGPS: a Simrad/Robertson AP9MK3 autopilot; a Simrad HS50 satellite com- pass; a Standard LH5 loud hailer; a

Simrad RA53-4 radar; a Furuno 1953

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UNITED STATES

Engine Systems. Inc. 1220 Washington Street

Rocky Mount, NC 27801

P.O. Box 1928 (27802-1928)

PHONE: (252) 977-2720

FAX:(252) 977-9523

Inland Detroil Diesel-Allison 210 Alexandra Way

Carol Stream, IL g'?'"" 60188

PHONE: (630) 871-1111

FAX: (630) 871-8997

Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. 8631 East Freeway

Houston, TX 77029

PHONE: (713) 671-6220

FAX: (713) 671-6127 1400 Destrehan Avenue

Harvey, LA 70058

PHONE: (504) 347-4326

FAX: (504) 341-2084

Valley Power Systems, Inc. 11300 Inland Ave.

Mira Loma, CA 91752

PHONE: (909) 681-9283

FAX:(909) 360-4637

AUSTRALIA, S.E. ASIA

EMD Service International LCC 2304 Engineers Road

Building 2, Suite 2

Belle Chasse, LA 70037

PHONE: (504) 393-2826

FAX: (504) 393-7029

BRAZIL

Retam Diesel

Rua-Dr. Alfredo de Castro 200

Sao Paulo Cep 01155

BRAZIL

PHONE: 55-11-3660-2860

FAX: 55-11-3660-2874

CANADA

Midwest Power Products 1460 Waverley Street

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 0P6

CANADA

PHONE' MIDWGST (204) 452-8244

FAX:(204)452-2153

EUROPE, AFRICA

Turner Diesel Ltd.

Unit 1A, Dyce Industrial Park

Dyce, Aberdeen AB21 7EZ

Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM

PHONE: 44-122-472-3925

FAX: 44-122-477-0221

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