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AUGUST 2006

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Royal Caribbean buys Pullmanturs
$898 million deal

Maersk Line makes management changes
Realignment at A.P. Moller Maersk Virginia-based unit

OffRig orders second semi at Yantai Raffles
Has options for two more

Bharati Shipyard to build jack up
Contract from Great Eastern

IMB service helps highlight piracy risks
Online map shows piracy hotspots

Erie Shipbuilding gets $2.5million grant
Will expand operations at Port Erie yard

MPF project moves ahead
Plans to build "the largest and most versatile offshore drilling unit ever" are picking up pace.

Patrol boat naming at Austal
Eighth and ninth in what is now a 14 boat series

Port capacity problems ahead
Hurricane or terrorist attack would have serious impact on economy

EEOC sues NCL
Seven fired Muslims allege discrimination

Hercules to acquire more liftboats
Definitive agreement with Halliburton

Carnival comments on Alaska cruise tax
Arison says he is disappointed

Hanjin orders five 10,000 TEU box ships
Signs contract with Samsung Heavy Industries

More about Emma Maersk
Maersk says a little more about world's largest container carrier

Scandinavian insurers plan merger
Skuld and the Swedish Club plan to integrate

Hornblower to acquire coastal cruise vessels
laid up since AMCV bankruptcy

USCG extends Gulf Region mariner credentials
merchant mariners impacted by Katrina get an extension

More OSV orders for Aker Yards
Two for DOFCON, one for Farstad

Supreme Court rebuff for Stolt-Nielsen
Denied second application to keep antitrust protection in place

Seafarers under increased psychological pressure
Fear of criminalization may be adding to problem

Robust bidding in Gulf lease sale
$341 million in high bids at Western Gulf lease sale

BC Ferries still negotiating for replacement ferry
Press reports say ship already identified

MARAD moves on Savannah decommissioning
Public meeting scheduled

HAL plus into cleaner power
Cruise line makes eco friendly moves

Danaos to pay $500,000 fine
Pleads guilty in 2001 spill case

Six more for Bharati
Order from Reliance includes diving support vessel

Australian Government to sell ASC
49 percent foreign ownership limit

Frontline sells Genmar stake to World Wide
Orders Suezmax newbuilds in China

150,000 dwt Batam dry dock operational
ASL Group extends its capabilities

Single hull tanker in major spill
Hull gashed during rescue attempt

Maersk names world's largest box ship
Odense newbuilding L203 is named Emma Maersk

Tidewater to sell 14 tugs
$44.8 million deal with Crosby Marine Transportation

Donjon removes grounded vessels
Post-hurricane clean-up continues

Floods close Indian shipyard
ABG makes stock exchange announcement

Spain ordered to allow ABS access to Prestige court file
Ruling in U.S. District Court

Malacca Straits war risk charge ends
Intertanko aplauds move by London insurers

Navy contract for Todd Pacific
Drydocking of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

New ocean marine insurance line
Century Surety identifies niches in "wet marine business"

BIW gets $115.8 million Navy contract
DDG 1000 (former DDX) program award

NASSCO and USS finalize $1 billion tanker deal
Nine ships plus five options

OSG in CNG ship venture
signs strategic partnership agreement with TransCanada CNG Technologies

Keppel O&M to build first offshore rig for Brazil
$270 million contract for Keppel FELS

Security vulnerabilities in TWIC program
DHS Inspector General reports

COSCO wins first FSO contracts
Projects include 52,000 dwt newbuild

Australia unveils latest destroyer design
First images of Evolved Design for Air Warfare Destroyer

Todd Pacific to build excavator barge
$10,555,998 contract

K-Sea reports record operating results
Announces further newbuilds at Bollinger

Aker Yards and Damen finalize Ukraine yard deal
Joint ownership and Aker Yards management

Washington State Ferries newbuilding plan back on track
Additional RFP documents issued

Ship's engineers indicted on pollution charges
Face prison terms

Colonna's gets NS Savannah contract
topsides work on historic nuclear merchant ship

Hornbeck expands newbuild program
reports record quarterly results

Morgan Stanley firms up Heidmar acquisition
Definitive agreement

Lehman compltes Atlantic Marine acquisition
McAlear named CEO

Ezra orders offshore barge
$8.85 million contract with Labroy

Chicago Bridge & Iron buys shipyard
...and wins $1 billion LNG terminal contract

Oglebay Norton sells last three ships
...$18.7 million for three self-unloaders

PDVSA to build shipyard
letter of intent with Brazilian construction company

Fatality in Cougar Ace salvage
Naval architect has fatal fall