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T&T SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR (S&R) CLUSTER

Diversifying our Economy, one Ship at a time©...

Hello S&R Stakeholders, Trinidad and Tobago Shipbuilder & Repair News - Celebrates 24. This month, we celebrate that special milestone as a newsletter – twenty (24) issues since our first publication in October 2007. We look forward to improving and continue to value your comments. We include a special Questions and Answer (Q&A) segment and also present our featured writer Sir Ronald Sanders KCMG, who is a business executive and former Caribbean diplomat. He publishes widely on Small States in the global community and writes on the latest Royal Caribbean’s Oasis Class ship to be launched by the STX Europe shipyard located in Turku, Republic of Finland. T&T Government Envisions World Class Maritime Cluster. The Honourable Karen Nunez-Tesheira, Minister of Finance, declared in the 2010 Budget Statement “The Government envisions a world class maritime cluster, focusing on the development of three sub sectors - ship maintenance, ship building and maritime construction.” To continue to read the 2010 Budget entitled ‘Strengthening Efficiency, Addressing the Challenges’, Vision 2020 (Please refer to the INDUSTRY AND TRADE sub-heading). Click: http://news.bn.gs/article.php?story=20090907173420928 Maritime Mentorship Programme 2009. Thanks to our kind S&R Sponsors, the Maritime Industry Development Committee (MIDC), together with the Business Development Company Limited for making this year another outstanding success. We wish the Mentees who graduated all the best in their career selection and sincerely hope that the maritime insight received will give them the confidence to become part of our community. In our next issue, we will feature more of this exciting government programme which is to be expanded in 2010.

Sincerely, T&T Shipbuilding and Repair Cluster.

Wilfred de Gannes. Deputy Leader.

MIDC Token of Appreciation given to the

T&T Shipbuilding and Repair Cluster for the Maritime Mentorship Programme 2009

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INTERVIEW WITH WILFRED DE GANNES - DEPUTY LEADER / EDITOR Wilfred has been with the T&T Shipbuilding and Repair Cluster, an initiative of the Ministry of Trade and Industry since its inception in 2007. He is also the Editor of the region’s first dedicated Shipbuilding and Repair monthly eNewsletter which reaches a wide ranging audience of some 1,300+ persons locally, regionally and internationally.

What was your most satisfying moment, thus far in

your involvement in the S&R Cluster? Wilfred de Gannes The 5th Summit of the Americas

in April, when I was aboard the “Caribbean Princess” for five ENTIRE days and nights in Port of Spain. My family still swears that I put on weight. The T&T government provided for hundreds of media personnel, as it was their duty to report on this huge event to the rest of the world. See TTSR News #020

How did you become involved in Shipbuilding and Repair? I am fortunate to come from a maritime family. My father was an International Seaman for seven years and traveled all over the world, including Africa and Turkey on Norwegian owned tanker ships. My eldest brother Captain William de Gannes is a Master Mariner (photo) and I am personally involved with my family’s industrial maritime business located in Trinidad.

What are the responsibilities as Deputy Leader in the Shipbuilding & Repair Cluster? The responsibilities are great. I have to organize S&R meetings / presentations, shipyard tours and cluster publications. CEO’s, Senior Managers and Business Owners attend, so it is important that our time is well spent. I try my best to make sure everyone is happy. Our Leader, William Huggins would say to me “Wilfred, we know you can handle yourself.” I like him.

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How do you mentally prepare for a large Shipbuilding & Repair presentation?

Speaking on S&R matters comes naturally, being Editor

of the TTSR News. Every month, we always have to do a fair amount of research on S&R articles and I take time to read the international maritime news daily. At the Public Forum held in March 2008, I was totally unprepared as I was unaware they had me as a feature speaker (did not even wear a tie that morning). Luckily, it went well from the feedback received afterwards.

What does the future holds for the S&R Cluster? With the Government of Trinidad and Tobago’s (GoTT) assistance, we can be leaders in Shipbuilding and Repair in this part of the hemisphere. Our own S&R expertise can be exported to our fellow islands, like the Dutch are known for worldwide. The Gulf of Paria is one of the largest sheltered harbors in the world and is an underutilized asset. The GoTT recognizes this and is looking to develop more maritime ports and offshore S&R Islands in the Gulf. See TTSR News #007

What gives you the greatest satisfaction being Shipbuilding & Repair Deputy Leader? Assisting in the diversification thrust at a time when it is most needed and by extension showing our Next Generation that the S&R industry can provide a really rewarding livelihood. We still need to develop a Stage II Training Programme to take our young graduates from the annual Maritime Mentorship Programme into our shipyards for an internship period.

One reason why Trinidad and Tobago needs to diversify its economy from being energy based? Our main revenues are from gas. Australia and Qatar, both have the largest gas fields in the world and the price for this commodity is expected to be at the low end for a long time. With Qatar they also have a custom designed fleet of fifty-four (54) Q-Flex and Q-Max LNG tankers which have many innovative features to maximize cargo deliveries. The time has arrived to urgently develop more non-hydrocarbon industries now.

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How did the birth of the TTSR News happen? I was invited by L.P. Marine and Industrial Supplies Limited, local Representatives for the Damen Shipyard Group to attend a viewing and test ride on the latest “Sea-Axe” design, a 5009 Fast Crew Supplier called “Doña Diana” (built 2007) which made a brief stop at Chaguaramas, en route to Mexico. Afterwards, I gave thought about how to share this wonderful experience with others and decided the best way, was to write a newsletter with the photos I took. See TTSR News #001 What does the future hold for the TTSR News? I would like to see our monthly eNewsletter published as a full colour magazine, with various stakeholder advertisements. We take it for granted that everyone has a computer, but this is not the case in our country. With a printed version it would reach a larger everyday audience, while educating our citizens and young students about the shipbuilding and repair industry, career opportunities, contracts available, etc. What is the most interesting country you have ever visited and why? It would definitely be the People’s Republic of China, I have been there twice in the last five years. One issue, the country has a huge population of 1.3 billion. Nevertheless, the government seems to still manage and control this enormous population very well. The Chinese are helpful, work hard, entrepreneurial and ambitious - something our country can learn from.

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NEW MEGA CRUISE SHIPS POSE CHALLENGES FOR THE CARIBBEAN

Huge challenges lie ahead for the Caribbean in tourism, but none will be as big as coping with the two largest cruise ships in the world, one of which will be sailing the Caribbean starting this December.

The cruise ships will be of the Royal Caribbean International line. They are both presently under construction in Finland, a country little known in the Caribbean but whose products are major contributors to the economies of several Caribbean countries.

For example, 14 of the 14 largest cruise ships in the world – in other words all of them – have been built in Finland, a small northern Europe country bounded by Russia, Sweden, Norway and the Baltic Sea.

With a population of 5.3 million people and very little natural resources beyond forestry, Finland has become a modern European nation through its development and application of technological expertise. Building giant cruise ships with all the amenities and more of a main town centre in the Caribbean is just one of the examples of the achievements of this little country, once ruled by Sweden and then made an autonomous region of Russia before its independence in 1917.

Map showing the location of the Republic of Finland.

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Another example of its technological accomplishment is the remarkable global market that Finland has achieved in telecommunications with Nokia mobile telephones, mistakenly believed by many to be a Japanese product.

The cruise ships built in Finland are powered by engines manufactured by Wärtsilä, another Finnish company that has made an impact on the Caribbean. The engines in one of the large cruise ships provide more power than is required in a country such as St Lucia.

Of course, Wärtsilä is now the supplier to power companies of many Caribbean countries. It has developed the technological capacity to track by computers the performance of its engines wherever they are. Thus, from its headquarters in Finland, for instance, technicians can monitor impending problems and provide solutions. The company can do the same for the engines on board ships.

Wärtsilä will be doing this job for Oasis of the Seas which will be the largest cruise ship in the world when the builder, STX Europe, hands it over to Royal Caribbean International in October.

Many Caribbean ports will not see this ship or its sister, Allure of the Seas, even though Oasis starts sailing in December. They simply will not have the port facilities to accommodate them. Oasis will call at St Thomas (US Virgin Islands), St. Maarten, and the Bahamas on its Eastern Caribbean cruise, and at Haiti and Jamaica on its Western Caribbean cruise up to April 2010.

Barbados and Eastern Caribbean countries, such as Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts-Nevis, Dominica, Grenada and St Lucia will have to calculate whether or not it is worth the expense of trying to attract these two giant vessels to their ports.

“Oasis of the Seas” on a sea trial in July 2009 before completion.

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I went to see the Oasis and the Allure under construction in Turku, a City on Finland’s Baltic Sea coast. Even in Europe with its modern high rise buildings, both ships dominated the landscape, dwarfing everything around it.

The Oasis was a hive of activity. The work on this 225,000 ton ship involved thousands of people and the organization of it would require the logistical expertise of a city municipality. It has taken 20 months to bring the ship from ground zero to the towering edifice it now is. It has to be delivered in 40 working days, and no one has any doubt that it will be.

But this is no ordinary ship. In truth, there is nothing else like it. It will carry 6,000 passengers and 2,160 crew, and unlike any other cruise ship, it will have a “Central Park”- a fully open air area in the centre of the ship giving inside Cabins both sunlight and a view. It is in fact a small town centre with restaurants, shops, bars, and three themed garden spaces.

One of the great engineering and technological accomplishments of the Finnish designers and engineers is a Bar that rises from the ground up to three levels levitated by jet-streams of water. But so too are basketball courts where Finnish research and development has overcome the problem of bouncing balls reverberating through the floor.

A huge open air Boardwalk with a real Carousel for kids, two rock climbing walls, a beach with real sand, ice cream parlor and shops, is at the other end of the ship. Another engineering and technological feat was stabilizing the Carousel so that it would not be affected by the movement of the sea.

“Oasis of the Seas” Boardwalk under construction in July 2009 (inside cabins can be seen)

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STX Europe promote their work on the Oasis as “Creating the Incredible” - and they are right. The ship defies imagination. 1,181 feet long (361 m), 236 feet high (72 m) with 15 passenger decks and 2,700 cabins plus the amenities I have described here and even more besides, this ship has to be seen to be believed. The same is true of its sister, Allure.

The problems that the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) countries face with these two huge ships are two in number.

First, apart from Jamaica, Haiti and the Bahamas which have port facilities to handle these ships, several of the others will have to build capacity to accommodate them; a cost-benefit analysis should be undertaken to advise a decision. The logistics of disembarking 6,000 passengers and getting them back on board in a six hour period will be trying indeed.

Second, these ships are destinations in themselves; they have more entertainment amenities including theatres, shopping, restaurants, bars, health spas, swimming pools, sports facilities than many Caribbean towns. They are also a safe and secure environment. In this sense, the ships themselves are direct competition for the Caribbean destinations at which they will call.

Why then should passengers come off these ships to visit Caribbean islands? That is the challenge that this new generation of cruise ships provide for tourism planners and policy makers in the region. Tourism officials have to devise new strategies and some major attraction to lure the larger number of passengers on these megaships. If not, Caribbean countries will become marginal to the cruise ship business, providing little more benefit than they now do.

Watch Video: “Oasis of the Seas” - Royal Caribbean International's Genesis Class Ship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAXIorLZzDs

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SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE HEAVY TRANSPORT CARRIER “TRANSSHELF”

CARRIES TWO VICTOR III CLASS NUCLEAR SUBMARINES AT ONCE. The Semi-submersible heavy transport carrier “Transshelf”, owned by Dockwise Shipping BV completed a unique operation, comprising of a one-time transportation of two Russian Victor III class nuclear submarines.

The ship passed over 2,500 km and delivered the submarines to Bolshoy Kamen (Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan), where they will be towed to Zvezda OJSC for defueling and dismantling.

”Transshelf”(built 1987) is the first ship to have carry two submarines at once.

The preparations for the shipment were started in April 2009, when the military crews of the submarines were replaced by civil teams, who prepared the vessels for transportation. The operation lasted for five days. The submarines were loaded onboard “Transshelf” by five tug boats. At first, the carrier submerged to a depth sufficient for the loading of the submarines and, then, emerged again. The submarines were fixed to the deck with special fittings. “Transshelf” moved at an average speed of 14 knots an hour (almost 25km/h).

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The submarines were carried to Zvezda because the North-Eastern Regional Center was overloaded and because the deadlines of the program to dismantle Soviet time submarines were pressing (late 2010 at latest). The cost of the operation to transport and dismantle the submarines is estimated at 14.3 Million Canadian dollars and has been financed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada in the framework of Global Partnership program.

The weight of the each submarine is 13,000 Tons X 2 – very close to “Transshelf’s” maximum tonnage.

In 2007, “Transshelf” already carried submarines: two Victor II submarines were transported from Murmansk to Severodvinsk (financed by Canada) and one November class submarine – from Gremikha to Murmansk (financed by Norway).

“TRANSSHELF” LISTED SPECIFICATIONS Name: Transshelf Type: Open Deck Semi-Submersible Transport Carrier IMO No: 8512279 Year of build: 1987 Flag: Antilles Netherlands Deadweight Capacity: 34,030 Tons Unobstructed Deck Area: 5,280 Square Metres Builder: Wärtsila Marine Yard in Turku, Finland. Owner: Dockwise Shipping BV

Class Notation: USSR Register of Shipping with notation: KM J13 2 A2

LRS 100 A1, Ice Class Id + Non-perishable cargoes, LMC-CCS Main Engines: 2 x Wärtsila Vasa 18V32 of 6,750 kW each at 750 rpm. Two Main Propellers: CP Sulzer Escher Wyss 4600/1260. Two Bow Thrusters: 500 kW each. Cruising Range: The vessel has a fuel capacity of about 10,000 nautical miles Accommodation: Living spaces for 60 persons

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

S. Korea Sees '09 Ship Exports Up Despite Downturn - September 16th 2009

South Korea's ship exports are expected to exceed $50 billion this year, rising from $43.16 billion in 2008 despite a severe industry downturn that saw new orders disappear and ship prices drop. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy said in a statement that the shipbuilding industry's exports in the first half totaled $25.24 billion, up 34 percent from a year earlier. South Korea is home to the world's biggest shipbuilders -- Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries -- and has about a third of the worldwide ship order book.

Iran to Expand Domestic Shipbuilding - August 28th 2009

According to local media reports, Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Minister of Industry and Mines of Iran, said during the launching ceremony of a 35,000 dwt vessel that the country will build approximately 500 various types of ships during the next 20 years with passenger ships totalling 120 units and 40 LNG carriers. He forecasted an investment of $20 billion would be required for the new shipbuildings. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also said in a speech at the launching ceremony that the government will discontinue imports of foreign-built vessels and actively support domestically built ships.

Jeffboat Receives Grant Funding - August 19th 2009

American Commercial Lines Inc. announced today that its manufacturing division Jeffboat has been awarded approximately $2.3 million in grant funds through the Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 for slipway repair and aerial lifts. The Department of Transportation announced 70 grants totaling $98 million in ARRA funds that will be used to improve small shipyards throughout the United States. The funds, awarded through the Maritime Administration's Assistance to Small Shipyards program, will help create and preserve jobs, provide valuable employment training and make much needed improvements to shipyards across the country. The Small Shipyards Grant program provides up to 75 percent in ARRA funds for a project and requires the remainder be matched by the shipyard.

Rongsheng begins work on Ship Engineering Institute - August 13th 2009

Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries completed the foundation laying for its new offshore electrical and mechanical park, including a ship engineering design institute. The park covers 80 hectares and is being built at a cost of 2.4 billion Yuan. Chen Qiang, president of Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries said, said the project would provide technical support to local shipyards, including Rongsheng.

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Zamil Offshore To Build New Shipyard - August 11th 2009

The Saudi Sea Ports Authority recently signed a contract with Zamil Offshore Services Company to build a new shipyard on a large reclaimed area inside King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam. The new US$133 million facility will extend Zamil Offshore’s capacity in shipbuilding and ship and rig repair.

“The new shipyard will be designed to accommodate the building and repair of all types of vessels within its 5,000 dwt ship-lift capacity; offshore support vessels, harbour service craft, yachts, naval vessels and offshore structures including rigs and platforms,” said Sufyan Al Zamil, President of Zamil Offshore.

Cebu, Philippines Shipbuilder Completes Expansion - August 10th 2009

Shipbuilder Tsuneishi Heavy Industries Cebu Inc. (THICI) recently completed its P12-billion expansion project for its facility in Balamban town, west Cebu, increasing its capacity in response to increasing demand. THICI is one of the leading medium-sized shipbuilders in the world. Shipbuilding, ship repair and manufacturing of fittings for ships and vessels constitute the main business of the company. Being diverse and multi-affiliated, THICI also engages in engineering and fabrication services. THICI director Roberto Aboitiz said the expansion will require an additional 4,000 workers in the next three months, increasing total employment of the facility to around 9,000. “Cebu has shown it can build high-quality vessels and this expansion is a testament to that,” Aboitiz told the Business Mirror. The expansion, which includes a fourth slipway, allows THICI to build Panamax bulk carrier cargo vessels to up to 190,000 tons.

Qatar’s Nakilat to Build Ships with Damen Group from 2010 - July 17th 2009 Qatar Gas Transport Company, popularly known as Nakilat, plans to start building marine vessels in the first half of next year in a venture with Damen Shipyards Group BN of the Netherlands, as the LNG shipper seeks to expand its revenue sources, wire agencies reported yesterday. The venture, in which QatarGas will have a majority stake, will be completed by the end of this year, stated Muhammad Ghannam, chief executive officer of Nakilat. Ghanman indicated that Nakilat and Damen plan to build ships as big as 120 metres in length, including luxury yachts and coast guard boats at the Ras Laffan port, north of Doha. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding in March 2009.

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GL PRESENTS NEW OSV CLASS RULES The current status of new class rules and complementary solutions for safer operation of offshore service vessels (OSVs) were presented by Germanischer Lloyd's Helge Rathje at the 3rd International Conference on Technology & Operation of Offshore Support Vessels in Singapore.

"Our aim is to formulate a set of new rules that are comprehensive, strict and feasible enough to help construct safer and more robust OSVs and to minimise their operational risks," he said.

OSVs are becoming larger, more specialised and technically sophisticated as a result of the rising demand for more complex deepwater field developments.

According to Germanischer Lloyd, there are currently some 2,500 OSVs worldwide, with a steady growth projected through 2020. This has led to an expanded definition of an OSV.

"It is now commonly recognised that the design and normal operation of such ships differ significantly from those of general cargo ships. Therefore, comprehensive international regulations are needed that take specific account of the practical demands of these ships," Mr. Rathje pointed out in his presentation.

In 1981, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) adopted Resolution A. 469, the first document that specifically addressed OSVs, plus ensuing resolutions to treat issues arising from increased operational complexity and technical advancement.

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"However, these resolutions are often voluntary or confusing when applied to OSVs or do not go far enough." A generic class notation of "offshore service vessel" will be assigned to seagoing ships that are specially designed for support service to offshore installations. "Basic requirements regarding materials, intact and damage stability, design loads, and structural strength shall apply to any OSV type", said Mr. Rathje.

Also the ship's hull arrangement, including deckhouses and windows, cargo handling arrangement and towing equipment is covered by the generic class notation. Owing to the broad operational profile of OSVs, Mr. Rathje suggested additional task specific notations, namely, HNLS (carrying hazardous and noxious liquid substances), AH (anchor handling), WS (well stimulation), fire fighter, standby (standby and rescue) and oil recovery.

Taking as an example the cargo handling arrangement of ships that occasionally handle, store, and transport recovered oil from a spill shall comply with special requirement dedicated to oil recovery.

The new rules also aim to address practical constraints that contradict regulations for the design of guard rails, double bottom, stern tubes, bridge visibility, navigational lights, etc. For instance, the collision regulations (COLREGs 1972) require ships greater than 50 metres in length to be equipped with both a forward and an aft masthead light, with a horizontal distance between them of at least half the ship's length. But most OSVs are in the 60-metre to 70-metre range. The solution would be to "place the aft mast somewhere on the cargo deck". This is obviously impractical for crane operations. Supportive measures to apply for exemptions in such cases are outlined.

Complementary CFD Simulations

"Prescriptive class rules do require supportive assessment regarding certain safety related design issues, such as operations in severe seas that may adversely affect the ship's controllability, causing loss of stability," said Mr. Rathje.

As a complementary measure, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based numerical simulations can predict the behaviour of an OSV operating in severe seas and assess safety aspects beyond the scope of standard class rules. "It has proven to be an essential tool for future rule developments," he concluded.

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SAMSUNG ‘MARINE’ TO WITHSTAND SEVERE ELEMENTAL DANGERS If you work on or near the sea, or are just so clumsy with your phone, then Samsung’s new rugged phone is right up your alley.

Samsung Marine B2100 Mobile Phone.

For starters, just drop the Marine B2100 in water of up to a metre in depth, and leave it there for 30 minutes. Samsung says nothing will go wrong! The handset is enveloped in a special anti-shock urethane material, which is dust-proof and can withstand rain, fog, humidity, sand and extremely hot temperatures. Not that it means anything more than a statistic, but the Marine is apparently IP57 certified and is tested under the regulations defined by the US Department of Defence with Military Standard 810F.

It’s not just the macho image that makes this phone perfect for mariners. The built-in flashlight (with dedicated key) is going to come as a welcome relief for those inevitable moments where your batteries run out.

The phone’s battery itself seems quite capable of standing its own ground, clocking in nine hours of continuous talk-time and up to 600 hours of standby time. The 1.77-inch screen (256K colours, 120x160 pixels) gets the job done, while the 8GB of expandable microSD memory is simply overkill. The 1.3-megapixel camera with flash seems like a token gift with video recording at 15 frames per second!

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MARITIME INDUSTRY WEB LINKS

ALL PURPOSE DIESEL LIMITED - www.allpurposediesel.com/

ALSTONS SHIPPING LIMITED - www.alstonsshipping.com/ CANTREX ALUMINIUM - www.cantrexaluminium.com/ CATERPILLAR LOCAL DEALERSHIP - www.tracmac.com/ COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE BROKERS - www.insurance.co.tt/ CONRADO BEACH RESORT LIMITED – www.conradotobago.com/ DOCKWISE LIMITED - www.dockwise.com/ ENGINE TECH CO. LIMITED - www.man-mec.com/ GERMANISCHER LLOYD (GL) - www.germanlloyd.org/ JEFFBOAT - www.aclines.com/site/division-manufacturing/ LANDRY & KLING CRUISE EVENT SERVICES - www.landrykling.com/ LLOYD’S REGISTER - www.lr.org MINISTRY OF TRADE & INDUSTRY - www.tradeind.gov.tt/ NAKILAT - www.nakilat.com.qa/ PRESSURE CONCRETE PLUS - www.pressureconcreteplus.com/ SAMSUNG (INDIA) - www.samsung.com/in/ SEABULK TOWING, INC. - www.seabulktowing.com/ SIR RONALD SANDERS - www.sirronaldsanders.com/ STX EUROPE - www.stxeurope.com/ T&T SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR CLUSTER - www.tts-r.com/ T&T SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR FLICKR - www.flickr.com/photos/ttshipbuildingandrepair/sets/

T&T SHIPBUILDING & REPAIR YOU TUBE - www.youtube.com/user/degstt#play/uploads THE PHI GROUP - www.phigroup.net

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Mr. Wilfred de Gannes, Deputy Leader, T&T Shipbuilding and Repair Cluster, Post Office Box 2853, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago. Tel: (868) 753 - 6057 Fax: (868) 662 - 6326 E-mail: degstt@hotmail.com Website: www.tts-r.com

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION

For further information on TRINIDAD GUARDIAN article visit their website: http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/general/2009/08/19/cruise-ships-return-help-chogm

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“Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”

- Benjamin Franklin (1739)

Cruise Ships To Help With CHOGM 2009

The Trinidad and Tobago Government has once again turned to cruise ship meeting specialists Landry & Kling to assist in the staging of the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2009.

The ships are Royal Caribbean’s “Serenade of the Seas” (built 2003) and Princess Cruises’ “Caribbean Princess” (built 2004), which would be docked within walking distance of the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in Port-of-Spain. The company said in addition to supplementing local accommodation with up to 2,500 more rooms, the ships would also function as adjunct convention facilities and dining venues to complement the Hyatt Hotel.

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