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Connexion by Boeing is the first satel- lite-based, high-speed Internet system that allows transoceanic maritime ves- sels access to information they need at higher speeds. The service provides data rates up to 256 kbps from the vessel to the satellite and data rates up to 5 mbps from the satellite to the vessel. The high data rate enables multiple, simultaneous maritime users to access the Internet, corporate intranet, and e-mail, as well as obtain additional information for vessel management such as weather, routing and port information.

Connexion by Boeing's maritime serv- ice offers 2,000 minutes of high-speed data connectivity, 100 minutes of voice service, and access to the Connexion by

Boeing global live television lineup for $2,800 per month per ship, inclusive of equipment.

Hatlapa Takes Over KGW

Business Unit

As of April 1, 2006 the managing part- ners of Hatlapa Uetersener

Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG took over the former business division "ship technology and cargo handling" of

KGW Schweriner Maschinenbau GmbH (KGW) and integrated this into a newly founded company KGW Marine GmbH.

Within the last almost 15 years KGW

Schweriner Maschinenbau GmbH has become one of the leading suppliers of wind mill towers. To expand this suc- cessful and dynamic field of business and to further develop their own energy technology, the KGW management decided to separate the fields of business and sell the ship technology and cargo handling division.

Nigel Gee Retires

On April 30, 2006 Nigel Gee will retire from full time employment with

BMT NGA. He will be succeeded by

John Bonafoux who is taking over as

Managing Director on May 1, 2006. Ed

Dudson will be promoted from his cur- rent position of Ship Design Director to become Technical Director from the same date

Modular Cabins for

Drilling Rigs

Aker Yards Piikkio signed a contract with Leirvik Module Technology for the delivery of modular cabins for living quarters of drilling platforms. Leirvik

Module Technology AS is one of the leading suppliers of living quarters for offshore industry. The company decided to use modular cabins of Aker Yards

Piikkio in the construction of living quarters for two Aker H6-e drilling rigs.

These sixth generation semi-sub- mersible drilling rigs will be built by

Aker Kvaerner Stord in Norway, and will be the world's largest drilling rigs.

The contract includes in all the deliv- ery of 280 cabin units for two living quarters, as well as options for cabin deliveries for another two similar drilling rigs. The modular cabin produc- tion will start in the cabin factory in

December 2006, and the cabins will be

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