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Grupa Named Stearns VP

Michael Grupa, a 21-year employee at

Stearns Inc., was recently promoted to

Vice President of Industrial Product

Sales.

OSG Appoints Berglund

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. appointed Mats Berglund as Senior Vice

President to lead OSG's Crude

Transportation Strategic Business Unit, responsible for OSG's VLCC, Aframax and Panamax tanker operations.

Ward Leonard Acquires

Mawdsley's Motors

Ward Leonard Electric Company has completed its acquisition of Mawdsley's

Motors of Waterwells, England.

Mawdsley's is a design engineering and manufacturing firm with expertise in specialty motors for military and heavy industrial applications. Ward

Leonard is a leading provider of electric motors and control systems for the U.S.

Navy and specialized industrial applica- tions.

Art Anderson Continues

Seabasing Research

Art Anderson Associates entered a new phase in one of its Small Business

Innovative Research (SBIR) contracts with the U.S. Navy, working to optimize the speed and throughput of the compa- ny-developed High-Speed Lighterage vessel required by amphibious military operational scenarios. The company has been under contract to the Naval

Facilities Command, Sealift Support

Office for research and design of the

Improved Navy Lighterage System (INLS). INLS will replace the Navy's aging legacy lighterage system with a more capable system for transporting military equipment from ship to shore.

Art Anderson Associates hired Titan

Corporation to assist with the study.

Whitley Joins Rigdon

Jim Whitley has joined Rigdon

Marine as Director of Technical

Services, responsible for vessel engi- neering, new construction, maintenance and repair, vessel documentation, and regulatory compliance.

EXMAR Orders LNGRV

Exmar confirmed a long-term charter party with Excelerate Energy LP, the liq- uefied natural gas shipper and marketers based in Woodlands, Texas, of another liquefied natural gas regasification ves- sel (LNGRV). The vessel will be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine

Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) as DSME

Hull No. 2254 and will be named the

Explorer, to be owned 80 percent by

Exmar and 20 percent by Excelerate

Energy. It will be built using the mem- brane containment system together with

Excelerate's Energy Bridge technology and will have a capacity of approximate- ly 150,900 cu. m. with delivery in the first quarter of 2008. Excelerate antici- pates using the ship to deliver regasified

LNG to the Gulf Gateway — the Gulf of

Mexico Deepwater Port.

New Navy Contract

The U.S. Navy awarded a contract val- ued at $109.6 million to Northrop

Grumman Corporation for advanced planning, long-lead material and sys- tems engineering on the LHA(R) amphibious assault ship program. The total contract value, if all options are exercised, will be $264 million.

LR Asia Completes LNG

Safety Case

Lloyd's Register Asia has completed the first full safety case of a gas turbine propulsion system for LNG carriers of 250,000 cu. m. and above for Rolls-

Royce's MT30 system. Carried out in conjunction with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Rolls-Royce, this was designed to fulfill the require- ment of the oil majors involved in the

Qatargas and RasGas projects that shipowners, yards and class ensure that proposed ship design concepts are as sound as practicable.

Palfinger Marine Cranes

P. 610.827.2032 www.dmwmarine.com

Represented in North America by

Military Cranes

Scientific Cranes

Barge Cranes

Bulk Material

Handling Cranes

Yacht Cranes

Oceanographic

Cranes

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Tug Malta Orders ASD Tug

On the June 14, 2005, a contract was signed between Tug Malta and Damen

Shipyards Gorinchem for a second Damen ASD tug, a Damen ASD Tug 2411.

The first contract for the construction and delivery of a Damen ASD Tug 3111 was signed in April 2005. Tug Malta's fleet is currently composed of six power- ful tugboats, including twin-screw azimuthing tractor and stern-drive tugs, hav- ing a bollard-pull of between 32 and 55 tons. Due to its size, high bollard pull and good maneuverability the Damen ASD Tug 2411 is considered by the oper- ators as an ideal vessel for port/terminal operations and operations at sea. In

February 2006 the ASD Tug 3111 will be delivered followed by the ASD Tug 2411 in December.

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Damen ASD Tug 3111 Damen ASD Tug 2411

Length o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.4 ft. (30.6 m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.3 ft. (24.5 m)

Beam o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.7 ft. (11.2 m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35.1 ft. (10.7 m)

Depth at side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16.4 ft. (5 m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 ft. (4.6 m)

Bollard pull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 tons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 tons

Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 knots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.5 knots

Main and auxiliary engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caterpillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caterpillar

Thrusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RR US 255 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RR US 255

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