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The first two of three Damen ASD

Tugs 3211, named Stanford and Castle

Point, were officially welcomed by BP

Shipping Ltd. at the Tilbury Cruise

Terminal (U.K.) on April 22, 2005, 2005. The third vessel, named

Corringham, is presently being outfitted by Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and will join the Stanford and Castle Point early July 2005. All three ASD tugs will be operating at BP's Coryton Refinery on the river Thames, near London.

These extremely powerful vessels are classed by Lloyd's Register of Shipping as both Fifi 1 and escort tugs. Main propulsion is provided by MAK 6M25 engines and Rolls Royce azimuth thrusters with controllable pitch pro- pellers.

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Nordana Line Acquires

Two Vessels

Nordana Line will increase its cargo capacity in the Mediterranean/Americas trade with the integration of two addi- tional Ro/Ro Multipurpose vessels into its service. MV Marienborg and MV

Charlottenborg will enter the service in

June and July. "Our Mediterranean /

Americas Ro/Ro multipurpose service has seen a tremendous expansion of activity in the last 18 months, to a point where current vessel frequency and capacity must increase to meet market demand," said Steen Obst, President,

Nordana Line (USA) Inc. "These ves- sels will allow us to improve and expand the services we offer in order to meet our customers' current needs and those we project for the future." The addition of these two vessels will increase nominal loading capacity on an annual basis to 22,000 TEUs from the current 14,000 TEUs. The service will now operate five vessels, with the two additions joining the MV Skodsborg,

MV Schackenborg, MV Skanderborg.

The new vessels can each handle approximately 1,200 TEUs and have more than 4,000 lane meters of RoRo capacity on multiple decks, which com- bined with 400 tons quarter ramps and the Nordana fleet of specialized mafi trailers.

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlottenborg (CBG)

Year Built . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981

DWT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24230 tons

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .611.8 ft. (186.5 m)

Breadth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.9 ft. (32.3 m)

Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34.7 ft. (10.6 m)

Ramp Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 tons

TEU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1187

Lane Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3840

Cars (car decks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marienborg (MBG)

Year Built . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1979

DWT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27,980 tons

LOA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615 ft. (187.7 m)

Breadth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.9 ft. (32.3 m)

Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34.7 ft. (10.6 m)

Ramp Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 tons

TEU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,218

Cars (car decks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .360

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Stanford and Castle Point Welcomed

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