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According to Lindner, the success of nia in North America as it continued to Looking forward Lindner said a main the IMO III solution most likely will be the company in North America starts and strengthen its dealership network and focus now is the emission standards a solution for Tier 4.” ends with the quality of its engine fami- entered some new markets in Canada. coming for ECA areas and IMO III. “Af- Greg Trauthwein ly. “We have a very solid line-up of prod- “Canada, thanks to our distribution, is ter that, Tier 4 is the next big challenge,” ucts, a very solid platform, that we con- working well for us,” said Lindner. said Lindner. “Without saying too much, tinuously work on developing further in terms of power and performance,” said

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Lindner. We concluded the introduction

FFERS OMPLETE INEOF

O A C L of the current platform two to three years ago with the addition of the new 16 and we introduced our Tier III engine line-up last year. Many customers have installed this platform now, and they are proving themselves: that’s a big driver, the prod- uct is installed and proven. “With our 16 you get power, performance and durabil- ity in a comparatively smaller and lighter package,” said Lindner. “The challenge is convincing the customer that they don’t need that much iron to power their vessel.”

This year was signi? cant for Sca-

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Handling Tug Supply vessels. Standard ratings are 100, 200, 350, 500 and 750 metric tons and all units have Quick Release at the rated load.

for offshore salvage and ? re? ghting

Smith Berger flexibility allows us to customize our equipment to suit the requirements. Built for the Southeast operating characteristics of your vessel. Third party certification, load tests, release tests and load monitoring systems are available options.

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Fort Ripley courtesy of its Tier III

Rely on the 100 year history of Smith Berger to outfit your vessel with compliant propulsion arrangement our rugged and dependable equipment.

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SHARK JAWS • TOWING PINS • STERN ROLLERS the other three vessels in the Charles-

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDING SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT it is diver and hotel ready, capable of

IN THE MATTERS OF OIC RUN-OFF LIMITED (formerly Ralli Brothers Insurance Company Limited and The Orion Insurance Company plc) pumping 3,500 gpm in FiFi mode. De-

AND THE LONDON AND OVERSEAS INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED signed by C. Raymond Hunt and built (formerly Hull Underwriters’ Association Limited and The London and Overseas Insurance Company plc) (BOTH SUBJECT TO A SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT) (TOGETHER THE “COMPANIES”) by Gladding-Hearn Shipyard, Fort

On 7 March 1997 the Companies, which are insolvent, became subject to a scheme of arrangement (the

Ripley is a U.S. Coast Guard-certi? - "Original Scheme"). The current Scheme Administrators are Dan Schwarzmann and Paul Evans, both of

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The Companies have been developing an amending scheme of cated 64-ft. aluminum boat powered arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Amending Scheme”). If you believe that you are, or may be, a creditor of one or more of the Companies (a “Scheme Creditor”) you may be affected by by triple Volvo Penta IPS drives. The the proposed Amending Scheme.

boat’s primary mission will be to allow

The Original Scheme is a reserving scheme of arrangement under which the Companies continue to agree Scheme Creditors' claims in the ordinary course of business. The Amending Scheme would convert ships to meet federal requirements for the Original Scheme to a crystallisation scheme of arrangement under which Scheme Creditors' claims, including notified outstanding liabilities and incurred but not reported claims, would need to be submitted to rapid offshore ? re? ghting, salvage and the Companies by a specified bar date. The primary objective of the Amending Scheme is to enable

Scheme Creditors' claims to be valued and the Companies' assets to be distributed to Scheme Creditors emergency response, providing cover- earlier than would be the case under the Original Scheme.

This Notice informs you that: age between Morehead City, N.C., and (a)the Scheme Administrators have, in accordance with an order of the High Court of Justice of

St. Augustine, Fla. It will also serve as

England and Wales (the “High Court”), convened and held the necessary meetings of Scheme Creditors to consider and, if thought appropriate, approve (with or without modification) the Amending Scheme on a ? reboat in Charleston Harbor, a sup-

December 11, 2014; (b)assuming that the Companies have obtained the requisite number and value of votes of Scheme ply boat for ships at anchor and an ad-

Creditors approving the Amending Scheme, the Scheme Administrators will (i) submit the Amending

Scheme to the High Court for sanction and (ii) file petitions under Chapter 15 of the United States ditional launch for the Charleston Pi-

Bankruptcy Code and request an order from a United States bankruptcy court enforcing the Amending

Scheme in the United States; and lots and other marine operators in the (c)additional information regarding the Amending Scheme, including the date, time and location of any court hearings, can be found on the Companies’ website at www.oicrun-offltd.com.

region.

If you are a broker, agent or other intermediary who has acted on behalf of Scheme Creditors in placing

The three IPS drives, each powered business with one or more of the Companies and you have not provided detailed policyholder contact information to them, please forward this notice to your clients. Alternatively, please provide us with your by a commercially rated Volvo Penta clients’ names and addresses so we can write to them directly.

Certain policyholders may have a policy written through a broker facility (which includes brokers covers,

D13-700 diesel engine, are indepen- broker lineslips and binding authorities) and may not know the identity of the insurance company. A full list of known broker facilities is available on the Companies’ website. These include, among others, the dently steerable, with dual counter- following: A.B.C. Excess (Aircraft Builders Council); A.B.C. Master Agreement (Aircraft Builders Council);

A.I.A.A. Aviation Excess of Loss Reinsurance Agreement (American International Aviation Agency Inc); rotating forward-facing propellers

Alexander Howden Reinsurance Brokers Limited Marine Excess of Loss Pool; C.T. Bowring & Co Aviation

Liability Line Slip (B500 Contract); C.T. Bowring General Non Marine Master Cover; C.T. Bowring Marine to maximize ef? ciency and increase

Master Cover; Hull & Co (UK) Ltd Line Slip HC.013; London Special Risks Liability Line Slip No. LSR056; maneuverability. The IPS can be con-

Price Forbes Brokers Cover; Price Forbes Line Slip; Sedgwick Collins Lloyds Brokers Line Slip; Sedgwick

Offshore Resources Master Drilling Rig Line Slip (M.D.R.C); Steel Burrill Jones Oil & Gas Line Slip; Willis trolled from the wheelhouse or either

Faber & Dumas Brokers Line Slip.

FURTHER INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE COMPANIES AS FOLLOWS: of the two aft docking stations using a

By Post: Armour Risk Management Limited, 4th Floor, 20 Old Broad Street, London EC2N 1DP, United

Kingdom, marked for the attention of Andrew Jones; By e-mail: [email protected]; three-axis joystick.

By phone: +44 (0) 20 7382 2020; By fax: +44 (0) 20 7382 2001.

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