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News gram at this continued high level," said R.

Barry Palmer, WCI President. "The leg- islative actions in the Senate today main- tains the progress already begun on com- pletion of priority lock and dam projects on our Nation's inland waterways, which allows us as a Nation to compete in the world marketplace."

Waterways Council offers special thanks to Senators Domenici and Reid,

Chairman and Ranking Member of the

Energy & Water Appropriations Subcom- mittee, respectively, and Senators

Cochran and Byrd, Chairman and Rank- ing Member of the full Appropriations

Committee for their hard work on this bill. We look forward to the resolution of the differences between the House and

Senate bills in conference," Palmer said.

Chairman Blust to

Leave FMC

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) announced that Chairman Steven

R. Blust intends to leave the agency after completion of his current term. He joined the agency in 2002 and his term expires on June 30, 2006.

Tidewater

Celebrates 50

Tidewater Inc. visited the NYSE to cel- ebrate the 50th anniversary of the compa- ny. Additionally, Tidewater Inc. com- memorated the 50th anniversary of the

Offshore Oil and Gas Transportation

Industry. In honor of the occasion, Chair- man, President and CEO Dean Taylor rang the Closing Bell SM . He was joined on the bell podium by Tidewater founder

John Laborde, Murphy Oil Company

CEO Claiborne Deming and Diamond

Offshore Drilling Company President and

CEO Larry Dickerson.

Matson Wins

Benkert Award

Matson Navigation Company has been honored with the U.S. Coast Guard's 2006

Rear Admiral William M. Benkert Marine

Environmental Award for Excellence. The

Benkert Award was created to recognize outstanding achievements in marine envi- ronmental protection that go beyond mere compliance with industrial and regulatory standards. Matson was the only container- ship operator recognized in the 2006 award process, which is conducted every two years. Other recipients of the 2006 award include Dow Chemical, British

Petroleum, Marathon Petroleum and Todd

Shipyard.

Matson has had a zero discharge policy since 1993 and is still the only container vessel company that has such a program.

In 2003, Matson's S.S. Chief Gadao became the first U.S.-flag container vessel certified to the American Bureau of Ship- ping's Safety, Quality and Environmental

Management (SQE) program. All of Mat- son's vessels now have the SQE certifica- tion, which requires a documented envi- ronmental management system focused on continuous improvement. In addition, our offices and terminals are certified to the ISO 14000 environmental manage- ment system standard.

Matson and SSA Marine also recently signed a new "green port" lease with the

Port of Long Beach, setting a new envi- ronmental standard for terminal leases. As part of the new agreement, Matson will retrofit five vessels in its current fleet to

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