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Your oil spill solution expert

Lamor (Larsen Marine Oil Recovery) Corporation offers solu-

tions for optimal oil spill response and recovery. With offi ces,

staff and equipment strategically located around the world,

Lamor is able to deploy to the scene rapidly and effectively

to best serve the environmental needs of corporations, the

public and ecosystems.

The company develops, manufactures, and supplies best

available technology (BAT) oil spill recovery equipment and

services. Included in its portfolio of solutions, Lamor offers

contingency planning, risk assessments, equipment mainte-

nance and service coupled with training.

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Fred’s ReviewLamor does more!

Gulf of Mexico SpillLamor responded to the GoM oil spill with the LRT members for over 130 days on site.

Lamor Responds Anywhere AnytimeDuring the GoM, Lamor deployed to three other incidents around the world.

Amazon Jungle Pipeline RuptureEcuador’s second largest oil pipeline, OCP, ruptured releasing heavy crude.

Emergency Landing on Frozen Lake Lamor recovered oil and fuel that leaked under the ice surface in principle water reservoir.

Lamor Vessel Mounted Oil Recovery SystemsEffi cient and effective advancing equipment without signifi cant vessel reconstruction.

An Effective and Effi cient Offshore Oil Spill Response Solution European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) adopts Lamor seaborne solution.

Increasing Lamor’s Presence in Oman Close cooperation with Omani Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs.

Lamor Does More – Services OfferedOil Spill Response, Contingency Planning, Training and Mainte-nance.

Lamor Onboard New Generation Russian Salvage ShipRussia renews its multi-purpose salvage ship fl eet during 2010-15 with Lamor OSR equipment.

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Upon refl ection of 2010, I want to take this opportunity to extend my sincere thank you to all of you for the past year and especially the hectic times during the Gulf of Mexico spill. I truly appreciate the loyalty and understanding of our customers and suppliers who willingly and without second thought realized the urgency and postponed their deliveries for Lamor oil spill response equipment in the summer in order to assist in the clean-up efforts in the Gulf.

I want to also take this opportunity to recognize and thank everyone at Lamor. The Lamor Response Team (LRT) members, the logistics special-ists, fi nancial support professionals, and in fact everyone involved in this high priority operation worldwide, I thank you for your outstanding team spirit, dedication and fl exibility.

CEO Fred Larsen inspecting pumps and power packs prior to Gulf of Mexico oil spill operations on site in Venice, Louisiana.

Fred’s Review

Fred Larsen, CEO

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“I am truly honored to work with professionals like you!”

Lamor continuously invests signifi cantly in safeguards and solutions. Our entire ecosystem is threatened without having the best available solutions, technology, equipment and expertise in handling oil spill recovery operations under any conditions and in all geo-graphical terrains. This is an ongoing effort, and we need to be ready and prepared to tackle any incidents around the world quickly, strategically and effectively!

Public and government awareness and concern about oil spills was reignited by the Gulf of Mexico incident. We follow closely international legislation and regulations for offshore drilling. With new stricter legislation in force, we are ready to meet our customers’ demands and need for effi cient oil recovery equipment anywhere, anytime worldwide.

Since Lamor is based in the northern hemisphere (considered an arctic country), we also have a special interest and dedication in preserving the arctic ecosystem and fauna. Moreover, we are the only company in our line of business that has an extensive product portfolio for arctic oil recovery. Due to oil-rich Russia, we have deployed numerous types of equipment to tackle various oil spills in Siberia over the last decade.

All our equipment is capacity tested and certifi ed by a third party, Bureau Veritas. Moreover, we offer certifi ed training in oil spill recovery and preparedness to authorities and private corporations involved in the oil and chemical industry.

Oil recovery operationsin the Gulf of Mexico.

Lamor global involvement

1) Seymour, CT, USA April 26 Ramp up production, April 30 In charge of international

Lamor logistic, May 1 Setup of Financial administration,

June15 Startup factory #2, 24/7 operations, 2 shifts,

2 production locations, Lamor Slickbar Staff, average 45 persons

2) News Orleans, LA, USA April 24 – Oct. 23, 2010 April 24 Houma BP Command Post, 25 April Vessel Of

Opportunity (VOO) program, May 1 Lamor Command Post

established in Kenner, New Orleans Team 1 Kenner, Team 2 Venice,

Team 3 Hopedale, Team 4 Gonzales, Team 5 Dulac, Team 6 Mobile,

Lamor staff on location for >130 days, on average 12-20 persons,

Personnel rotation 3-4 week

3) Lamor, UK

4) Lamor HQ, Finland

5) Lamor, UAE

6) Lamor, Oman

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The April 2010 Gulf of Mexico massive oil spill needed immediate

external support, expertise, solutions and equipment to assist in

the containment and clean-up efforts. Lamor Corporation immedi-

ately set its action plans into motion and within 36 hours, through

its global network, the company airlifted its arsenal of equipment

and key personnel to the scene.

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An estimated 4.5 - 5.5 million barrels of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico and over 800,000 barrels of oil was recovered during the incident• Air Cargo – 112 shipments from Finland, totaling 313 tons cargo, 1750 m3

• Skimming Systems – over 460 which represents 60% of the total (other suppliers) equipment delivered • Pumping Systems – over 100• Oil containment booms – over 300,000 meters (approx. 900,000 ft)• LRT on site – over 130 days• LRT members – between 10-20 on average• LRT staging areas – 6 strategically located in Louisiana and Alabama • Tasks – logistics, training, installation, maintenance and decommissioning

Overall statistical inputs (people and equipment) – Gulf of Mexico 2010• A total of over 47,000 people involved• Approx. 3,300 members of US Coast Guard • Over 1,600 US National Guard• Over 41,000 contractors• Over 700 BP representatives• Over 4,000 wild life preservation volunteers• Approx. 3.8 million meters boom • 835 skimmers• 6,131 vessels• 123 aircraft (78 helicopters and 45 fi xed wing)

Team 1, Kenner

Team 2, Venice

Team 3, Hopedale

Team 4, Gonzales

Team 5, Dulac, Morgan City & Amelia

Team 6, Theodore & Mobile

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he blown-out well on the ocean fl oor off Louisiana threatened the entire ecosystem in the area as well as the

livelihoods of tens of thousands of people at a rate of over 5,000 barrels of leaking crude oil per day.

Global operationsOil booms and skimmers were sent by Lam-or to assist in the clean-up efforts. To meet the urgency of equipment needed, the com-pany increased globally its workforce shifts to make more boom production available needed on site. An estimated 300,000 me-ters of boom has been sent to the Gulf.

Lamor’s oil containment booms enclose the oil on and below the water surface and its larger skimmers are deployed from the sides of a vessel recovering oil from the ocean sur-face. Smaller skimmers were used on the beaches to clean-up oil that washed ashore. The company initiated immediate installa-tion of its equipment and trained the con-tracted oil clean-up vessel operators. Moreo-ver, being a signifi cant and major clean-up and response provider in the Gulf, Lamor

gave expert consultations to the command center that was set up to engage in the oil spill operations.

Working togetherLamor worked closely with the entire Vessel of Opportunity (VOO) program, contracting and training local fi shermen and converting their fi shing vessels to oil spill response ves-sels.

Simultaneous incidentsDuring the Gulf incident, simultaneously three other oil-spills occurred in Dalian, Chi-na, Hong Kong and in Michigan (US) and Lamor responded to these incidents too. (More about these incidents on pages 12-16 in this issue). The company has facilities strategically located throughout the world with a stockpile of equipment to ensure that its response and readiness is not limited to one incident or region.

CEO Fred Larsen commented: “We worked at full capacity in all of our facilities world-wide during the Gulf of Mexico incident, and continue to do so still.”

Lamor worked closely with the entire Vessel of Opportunity (VOO) program in the GoM.

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Montara oil rig incident in the Timor Sea,

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n July 16, 2010 a pipeline exploded and an oil tank burned in Dalian, China, resulting in approx. 1,500 tons

of crude oil spilled into the sea. The oil tank burned completely and more than 100m of oil pipeline was overheated; this was the largest oil spill incident in China over the past decade.

Lamor BeijingLamor’s representative offi ce in Beijing was contacted by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) offshore emergency re-sponse center on July 18 and the Lamor Re-sponse Team (LRT) was assembled immedi-ately from Beijing and dispatched to the site.

The major part of the oil spill, more than 900m³, was recovered by the newly built state owned China National Offshore Oil

Corporation oil spill recovery vessels CNOOC 252 and CNOOC 253, which are equipped with Lamor in-built skimmer systems. Each vessel has a recovery capacity of 200 m³ per hour and a maximum sweeping width of 40m. The Chinese Ocean Administration was strongly praised for this successful recovery mission and for having the foresight to in-stall Lamor’s equipment as part of their con-tingency planning.

LRT on-siteThe LRT remained on the site from July 18 to August 4 during the clean-up efforts. The oil recovery operations were successfully carried out in the harbor area using the Lamor Free Floating Skimmer (LFF 400) and the Lamor Multi Skimmer, also referred to as the “Transformer” in the portfolio of Lamor

During the Gulf of Mexico incident, three other oil spills occurred in Dalian (China), Hong Kong and in Michigan (US) and Lamor responded to these incidents simultaneously.

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skimmers. The ‘Transformer’ is known by this name due to its fl exible skimmer heads that are interchangeable between brush, disc and drum modules, depending on different viscosities of oil.

The Lamor Free Floating Skimmer proved to be very effi cient in the recovery op-erations at sea, since it could move freely and follow the vessel, being automatically remote controllable at a four-knot cruise speed. This proved to be very advantageous during the middle and latter stages of the spill recovery operations, when the oil had formed into slices and blocks, which traditional station-ary skimmers could not tackle. Upon com-pleting the recovery operations, the LRT immediately carried out equipment mainte-nance and service to ensure the vessels CNOOC 252 and CNOOC 253 were ready to deploy when needed.

Learning from DalianThe lessons learned from the Dalian spill

were threefold; most importantly, the on-site commander must be a knowledgeable pro-fessional with extensive experience; second-ly, the response team must be trained and qualifi ed to ensure successful operation of recovery equipment and thirdly, the quality of the oil spill response equipment utilized is of utmost importance. This is a dilemma when commercial and budgetary interests supersede emergency preparedness that eventually cost those responsible a lot more versus acquiring proven equipment that works every time, all the time and every-where.

Grounded off Hong KongOn June 30, 2010 a cargo ship grounded 15 miles off Hong Kong and 100 tons of bunker oil was spilled. Moreover, there was a genu-ine risk that the vessel would sink resulting in increased diffi culties and safety risks to recover oil that remained in the oil storage tanks.

Lamor has the capacity and expertise to respond to multiple incidentssimultaneously worldwide

Lamor oil spill recovery equipment and operations in various incidents during 2010.

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In August 2009, an oil platform located in the Montara oil fi eld in the Timor Sea, off the northern coast of Western Australia suffered an oil spill due to a well blowout.

Within days, the oil slick resulting from the accident was estimated to be 14 kms long and 30 meters wide and

considered to be one of the worst environmental disasters in Australia. A range of response options were im-

plemented including the use of dispersant and mechanical containment and recovery. Australian Maritime

Safety Authority (AMSA) was made formally responsible for the clean-up operations and activated resources

under the National Plan. Lamor supported the clean-up operations with its Lamor GT skimmers to recover an

estimated 493,000 liters of oil.

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Lamor sent an LRT expert to the incident site, who worked closely with Guangzhou Salvage. Shortly after the accident had taken place, Guangzhou Salvage had fenced the spill with oil containment booms and started the oil recovery operations deploying their most effi cient equipment fl own in from Guangzhou; a Lamor Free Floating Skimmer (LFF 400) with remote control as well as a Lamor Free Floating Skimmer (LFF 100) and a Lamor power-pack (LPP 80).

The Hong Kong clean-up operation was successfully carried out, receiving an effi -ciency rating of 100% without further envi-ronmental impacts.

Preserving Lake MichiganIn late July 2010, another smaller oil spill oc-curred in the United States when about 3.7 million liters of oil leaked from a pipeline into southern Michigan’s waterway in the Kalamazoo River.

Oil spill response was rapidly and effi -ciently carried out in order to contain and recover the oil thwarting the spill from reach-ing Lake Michigan. Lamor was called upon to help in the oil spill response operations and successfully deployed its Lamor Mini-max 12 skimmers as well as two Lamor Bow Collectors (LBC-2C) that were installed on workboats. The LRT was onsite.

LRT operations at Dalian oil spill.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation oil spill recovery vessels (CNOOC 252 and CNOOC 253) fi tted with Lamor OSR equipment.

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he country’s rainforest contain some of the most bio-diverse ecosystems and is also inhabited by several indigenous

communities who rely on the Amazon for their survival.

Realizing the importance and severity of the rupture and spill, clean-up efforts were implemented almost immediately. Lamor was contacted and subsequently sent pumps, power packs and portable skimmers to the remote area of the spill deep in the rainforest.

Ecuador relies heavily on its natural re-sources (oil and gas) as a source of state in-come, thus requirements for spill safety in extraction and transportation is a high prior-

Pipeline RuptureEcuador’s second largest oil pipeline, OCP, ruptured releasing heavy crude into the Santa Rosa River in the Amazon jungle.

Lamor’s GT A oil transfer pumps on-site along the Santa Rosa River.

The portable Lamor Minimax 12 skimmers successfully recovered crude oil.

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ity to maintain the fragile environment of the Amazon region.

“We assessed carefully the situation cou-pled with which equipment could be de-ployed to the remote area along the Santa Rosa River where the rupture occurred. Moreover, we had to consider how best to ef-fi ciently and effectively contain the heavy crude and begin clean-up efforts,” says Ras-

mus Guldbrand, Regional Manager, Ameri-cas, Lamor Corporation.

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Emergency Landing on Frozen Lake

A month prior to the Gulf incident, Lamor was contacted by

aviation insurers to urgently respond to an incident in Estonia.

– Threatens Drinking Reservoir

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he company deployed its equipment and the Lamor Response Team (LRT) to Lake Ülemiste, near Tallinn after an Antonov 26 cargo plane made an emergency landing. The lake, which was

frozen solid, is the principal drinking water reservoir for the city thus a vital water source for the residents of Tallinn. Oil leakage from the fu-selage of the plane was found under the ice and Lamor was tasked to ensure that the lake was immediately cleaned from any oil or other fl uids that could harm the city’s reservoir.

City water supplyLennart Meri Tallinn Airport or also known as Ülemiste Airport is lo-cated on the eastern shore of Lake Ülemiste and handles both domestic and international fl ights. The Tallinn Water Company, AS Tallinna Vesi, has a treatment plant on the north shore of the lake, which sup-plies 90% of the water to the city.

Quick responseOn March 18, 2010, a DHL Antonov An-26 aircraft made an emer-gency landing on the ice on Lake Ülemiste and 1.5 tons of fuel leaked into the water. Fortunately, none of the 6 crew members were injured. On March 25 Lamor was contacted by aviation insurers to urgently re-spond to the incident in Estonia. The following morning, the Lamor Response Team (LRT) was on scene in the early morning hours to as-sess the incident and at noon (12:00 am) LRT presented their solution to solve the exceptional oil recovery of hazardous liquids that had leaked under the ice. The same afternoon, oil recovery equipment was assembled and deployed from Lamor’s warehouses.

Initial oil spill response operations deployed oil containment booms at the emergency landing site and the water intake on the op-posite side of the lake was protected by sorbent booms. A fi xed confi gu-ration of Lamor foam fi lled booms (FOB) was installed permanently to protect the intake after the ice had melted.

Devising and adapting solutionsIn-situ burning was tried; a test was conducted to remove the oil by burning, however, the amount of oil concentrated was too small to keep the fi re burning.

Lamor site incident offi ce, LRT and equipment containers re-mained on site until the area was reported safe to the public and there was no risk for pollution.

The incident was exceptional and Lamor devised a new and effec-tive method for recovering hazardous substances and liquids under ice. During a three week period, all oil leakage, hydraulic oil and pollut-ants were recovered successfully.

Lake Ülemiste: 59°24°N 24°46°E, surface

area 9.6 km², average depth 2.5 m,

max. depth 6 m, surface elevation 35.7 m.

Lake Ülemiste is Tallinn‘s main drinking

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In-situ burning was tried.

Holes were drilled in the top ice layer and air was used to move the oil to the designated collection area.

Fred Larsen on-site at Lake Ülemista assessing the ice.

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Finland’s largest oil spill response vessel M/S Halli (61.5 m) is equipped with Lamor in-built oil recovery skimmers and Lamor oil recovery bucket. The M/S Halli was deployed for the clean-up efforts off the northern coast of Estonia from the sinking of the Runner 4 that lay 70m beneath the water surface. The Dominican-registered ship collided with a Russian ice-breaker and was carrying an estimated 100 tons of heavy fuel oil and 35 tons of light fuel oil.

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Lamor Vessel Mounted Oil Recovery Systems – unsurpassed proven efficiency

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amor’s COO, Rune Högström ex-plains: “The most typical confi gura-tions are Bow Mounted, Over the

Side of the vessel, Built-In to the vessel hull or between the Catamaran hulls mounted re-covery systems. What makes our equipment unique is that the system can be installed on a vessel without signifi cant modifi cation to the hull steel construction which reduces conversion costs and enables the vessel to be used for other activities until needed for an oil spill recovery operation.”

Speed and safetyA great deal of attention has been paid to speed and safety aspects during operation, and hence the system deployment is semi-automated as far as possible. “The recovery system has to be deployed and retrieved re-peatedly during a full scale operation, in or-der to transit and offl oad recovered oil. That said, our systems enable safety in operations that are conducted at night and in diffi cult weather and sea conditions. The Lamor ad-vancing skimming systems operate effi cient-ly at vessel speed up to 2.5 to 4 knots, which results in excellent maneuverability and very high oil encounter rate,” says Högström.

Essential Benefi ts of the Lamor System:

• Safe to deploy, only one (max 3, depending on the installation) person required to control the deployment

• No - or minimum - manual work required; all controls from hydraulic control valve or remote control

• Ready to use rapid deployment, deployment time: ca. 10 minutes

• Minimal interruption of vessel’s other main operations

• Less than 5 % free water in recovered oil makes maximum use of valuable storage volume

• Mechanical parts Safe for EX zone 0, electric components Zone 1

• In use from tropical to arctic climate. Possible to arrange heating to all equipment of the system

• Easy to maneuver with the ship with minimal coordination required, therefore minimal workload on the bridge, thus increasing safety

• Easy to maneuver in high currents and high waves, up to 2.5m signifi cant, in swells even higher.

• Brush belt recovery range: light to bitumen products

• Regularly drills can be held for the crew to maintain their skills; equipment is always ready to use and on place.

• Minimal maintenance cost

• Proven technology. Installed on 496 vessels and work boats around the world.

Flexible solutionsThe Lamor oil recovery systems can be ap-plied to various sizes of workboats and ves-sels ranging from 7 m to more than 100 m long, and each system is tailor-made and de-signed by Lamor’s design engineers to fi t the specifi c vessel in question in the most effi -cient and cost effective way.

“Maximized safety of use has been gained by using automatic or semi-automat-ic deployment of the skimmers and other relevant equipment including the sweep booms from reels, automatic boom outrigger arms, skimmer lifting/lowering from stor-age to skimming position,” Högström high-lights.

OSR – a full service conceptThe recovery system is designed with a for-ward facing brush conveyor type oil recovery system with certifi ed recovery capacities ranging from 30 m³/h to 400 m³/h (per one skimmer unit/vessel side), depending on the system size and design.

Högström states: “The heavy duty brush conveyor system will recover all types of oil, including extremely high viscosity crude oil emulsion, while recovering very little free

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water. Moreover, it is unaffected by the pres-ence of small fl oating debris, slush and small ice pieces or sea weed, which can block other type of skimmers.”

Due to the capacity, safety and user friendliness, the Lamor vessel mounted Oil Recovery Systems are approved by custom-ers and have been used in multiple oil recov-ery operations worldwide. “Our support will follow through the whole project, design, supervision, training, and after sales ser-vice,” Högström guarantees.

M/S Halli, Finland’s largest oil recovery vessel with Lamor equipment.

Swedish Coastguard vessel equipped with Lamor OSR equipment.

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he European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has adopted and implemented two oil spill response contracts managed by Lam-or Corporation, thus encompassing a successful example of

private-public partnership working in unison.

Multi-purpose vesselsLamor’s solution is effective and effi cient in oil spill clean-up opera-tions and moreover, is a fi nancially benefi cial option for clients. For example, selected tankers are pre-fi tted so that in case of an accident, a side-sweeping oil collector, LSC Lamor Side Collector, is rapidly assembled to their sides, thus converting them into oil spill response vessels. In addition to oil recovery skimmers, the vessels are also equipped with Lamor heavy duty oil booms.

The Lamor Response Team (LRT) is deployed to the site to sup-port the installation and clean-up operations. This ensures that the oil spill response tanker is operational at the scene of the incident within 15 hours.

From coast to coastEMSA adopted the solution that covers the Baltic Sea area from Den-mark and Finland and a second contract covering the southern Atlan-tic coast region. In addition to the service contracts, Lamor has also delivered oil spill response equipment to EMSA contractors on the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and to an icebreaker operating in the northern Baltic Sea.

CEO Fred Larsen commented: “Besides innovative solutions, one needs expertise, experience and knowledge to operate effectively in any environment and climate globally, and thus we are proud to offer this option as part of our service portfolio. Combating offshore oil spills coupled with the protection of our ecosystems is crucial and

Effective and Effi cient

Lamor Corporation has developed a unique seaborne solution to oil spill response, which signifi cantly im-proves combating offshore oil spills and ensures envi-ronmental protection.

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requires effi ciency that is focused and effec-tive no matter where the incident occurs. Moreover, contingency plans, equipment and trained professionals need to be ready to deploy and respond instantly. We deploy our LRT to support oil spill clean-up operations.”

Real benefi tsA major benefi t for the use of oil tankers is that they have a huge capacity for recovering spilled oil and they can operate in very severe weather conditions – speed in collection of oil in case of an accident is crucial. The Lam-or solution reduces fi nancial commitments signifi cantly since tankers are certifi ed in the normal oil transport and bunkering busi-ness and can be converted and deployed in

case of an oil spill.Moreover, this concept does not require

extra capacity and is a cheaper solution with nominal costs by comparison for equipping and pre-fi tting a tanker into an oil spill re-sponse vessel versus the costs of building a specifi c oil spill response vessel or dedicating a vessel to be on full standby readiness and preparedness.

In the spring 2011, Lamor will complete its seventh delivery of oil spill response equipment to EMSA for an oil tanker operat-ing out of Cyprus. The tanker M/T Alexan-dria is fi tted with stiff sweeps, a Lamor Free Floating skimmer (LFF 100) coupled with 500m of Lamor Heavy Duty oil booms.

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Please contact Lamor for more information, tel: +358 20 7650100, fax: +358 20 7650 129, email: info@lamor.com

Skimming Systems and Oil StorageSolid Float Oil Booms (round or fl at shape fl oats)7.5 m (24.6 ft) Work Boats with Bow CollectorsOil Transfer Pumps and Power Packs

– and more from Lamor

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he past year witnessed another suc-cessful year for Lamor Oman with a further diversifi cation of services and

additional oil spill response equipment set up within their OilSpill Response Bases.

Service portfolioAlthough a relatively quiet year compared to 2009 with regards to oil spill emergency call outs, Lamor Oman set about carrying out a range of services from Tank Cleaning to Haz-ardous Material handling and transfer. This was largely due to two factors:

Firstly the close cooperation Lamor has with the Omani Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs which resulted in the successful award of the Hazardous Materials Handling License. The renewed license with the broader scope allowed Lamor Oman to offer additional services within Oman.

Secondly the whole Lamor Oman team conducted and completed rigorous confi ned space entry and confi ned space rescue cours-es. This enabled the company to demon-strate that it was versatile and fl exible enough to adapt and meet local situations.

Particular milestones included: 1) The transfer of 10,000 m3 of thick crude

oil from Oman to the Kingdom of Bah-rain. An operation which could only be carried out by the Lamor GTA50’s due to

Increasing Lamor’s

Presence in Omanthe viscosity of the oil and required manpower coupled with 15 trucks and two vessels. This operation was com-pleted in record time due to careful and meticulous planning and execu-tion by the team.

2) An emergency call out for Yellow Phos-phorus and Sulfuric Acid spill which required transferring to safe recepta-cles and cleaning and disposal.

3) Confi ned Space entry and restoration of water tank situated 15m below ground. All these operations were car-ried out with to the highest of stand-ards and with no loss of time inci-dents.

The Lamor Oman team continued its Risk Assessment training and Contingen-cy Planning to update procedures for most of its clients in Oman.

Open communicationsThe key to the company’s success has been the close communication within Lamor Corporation particularly linking in with the Lamor Middle East team who has been able to provide support in the form of expertise and equipment when re-quired.

Another contributing factor was that the Lamor Oman team was also able to rely on the fast delivery of new equipmen-

This is transferring 7000m3 of thick fuel oil blend slop

oil at Oman Refi nery Petroleum Company in Sohar.

1) Lamor Oman Team using the Minimax 12

at Port of Salalah to recover oil spilt at Berth.

2) IMO Training of BP Employees at Port of

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3) Lamor GTA30 pumping thick bunker crude

at a spill in Port of Salalah.IMO Training of BP Employees at Port of Salalah.

required by its clients resulting in the contin-ued positive reputation Lamor Corporation has in the region as a global oil clean-up and response provider.

As such, Lamor Oman has proven that it is more than just an equipment manufac-turer and is able to offer not only a range of oil spill response services and solutions…but a lot more!

Lamor Does More – Services OfferedLamor is well known as being an oil spill clean-up equipment manufac-turer but over the years in response to client’s requirements it has increasingly been providing a range of other services and solutions and has built up a wealth of experience and expertise in these fi elds. Lamor have always been driven to accommodate the needs and demands of the end user and as such can provide the following add on and related services to its oil spill response equipment sales:

Lamor Oman continues to strengthen its operations in the Sultanate of Oman and provides further services to local clients.

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Oil Spill Response Services Oil Spill Response Services can range from

qualifi ed personnel assisting with incident

command and clean-up of the incident. The Lamor

Response Team (LRT) has grown signifi cantly in

size over the years and the recent response to the

Gulf of Mexico showed its range, capabilities and

fl exibility at its best coupled with in-depth

knowledge and expertise.

Contingency Planning and Risk Assessment As part of any oil spill response plan a good

contingency and risk assessment plan forms the

backbone of successfully tackling incidents

effi ciently. Within the Lamor team there are

countless numbers of experts who have a vast

global experience in Oil Spill Response and

Contingency Planning and as a result have been

called in to either implement or review plans and

procedures providing insight into use of best avail-

able technology (BAT) and solutions to incidents.

TrainingLamor always provides intensive training when it

supplies equipment but Lamor is also recognized

as an IMO certifi ed Training Center and has for

several years provided the complete range of IMO

Oil Spill Response courses. In addition to this

within the team there are qualifi ed HAZWHOP-

PER and Confi ned Space Trainers as well as

Health and Safety experts.

Maintenance and Service Lamor continues to check and service equipment

supplied to ensure that it is in Oil Spill Response

ready condition. In 2011, Lamor Corporation will

launch a full turn-key maintenance program for

after sales services. The Maintenance program

provides clients with:

• Planned Preventive Maintenance Procedure

for each product supplied by Lamor.

• Month/Quarterly/Annual work Schedule

• Individual serial codes for each product

supplied by Lamor.

• Web based work orders

• Simple data entry

• Machine Register

• Spare Parts register

• Failure Notice for unexpected equipment

failures

• Individual client folders, where the client has

only access to their specifi c equipment

Lamor continues to invest heavily in research and

development and strives to be at the forefront of

the oil spill response and recovery business.

Moreover, the company seeks to provide its clients

the best solutions to tackle, contain and recover

incidents.

For further information please contact Lamor Corporation.

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he overall ambitious project set a delivery time between 2010-2015 which included the pro-curement of over 50 new vessels, launches and

icebreakers. Fourteen Russian and one German ship-yard were in the bidding.

New multi-purpose fl eetThe initiative and vision for revamping the entire Russian multi-purpose salvage ships came from Vladimir Karev, the former director of the State Ma-rine Rescue Service of Russia. On November 23, 2010, the fi rst vessel was delivered by the Nevsky Shipbuild-ing-Shiprepair in Schlisselburg on the Neva River close to St. Petersburg, Russia. The new multi-purpose vessel, Salvager Karev, was named appropriately after the former director, who had the foresight and drive to see a need and urgency for a new modern fl eet to sup-port and protect the public and environment.

Lamor deliversThe Salvager Karev (project name MPSV07), is a state-of-the-art seagoing multifunction 4 MWt diesel-electric salvage vessel with high ice class destined for operations in the Black Sea, Azov Sea and Caspian Sea. The vessel is equipped with Lamor’s OSR equipment. With its cutting edge OSR technology, Lam-or became a clear winner in the tender on OSR equipment.

“We delivered a wide and diversifi ed range of Lamor equipment that included among others two sets of vessel mounted Lamor Side Collector oil recovery systems, telescop-ic jib arms, the Lamor Weir Skimmer, Lamor FOB and HDB booms, hydraulic power packs (Lamor LPP80), oil transfer pumps (GTA50), compensators on pressure line between pump and vessel oil trans-fer pipeline and more,” says Nikolai Kildishov, Vice-President, Lam-or Russia & CIS.

Working togetherThe ambitious Russian program includes over 50 new vessels,

and Lamor plans to offer its vast portfolio of equipment for oil spill clean-up and recovery solutions. “Our quality meets the require-ments of such major projects, and more importantly we have the knowledge, expertise and advanced oil spill solutions coupled with our fl exible services to best serve the State Marine Rescue Service of Russia. Moreover, we will be able to deliver pending negotiations,” says Juri Tubashov, Export Director, Lamor Russia & CIS.

Lamor Onboard New Generation

Russian Salvage Ship

New multi-purpose

vessel, Salvager

Karev, with Lamor

OSR equipment

In late 2008 Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation announced

the major renewal of its aging multi-purpose salvage ships for the State Marine Rescue

Service of Russia (Gosmorspassluzhba).

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Upcoming events – meet us at:Touch of Oil in Porvoo, Finland, February 16-17, 2011

Offshore Support Conference and Exhibition in London, UK, February 16-17, 2011

Oil Spill Risk Management in Malmö, Sweden, March 7-9, 2011

IOSC – The International Oil Spill Conference and Exhibition in Portland, OR, USA, May 23-26, 2011

MIOGE - Moscow International Oil & Gas Exhibition in Moscow, Russia, June 21-24, 2011

The fi rst Touch of Oil seminar held in

Porvoo in 2008 proved to be such a

success, so that the University of

Turku, Centre for Maritime Studies,

decided to make it a biennial seminar

at the Haikko Manor in Porvoo, some

50 km East of Helsinki, on the Baltic

coast.

This year’s Touch of Oil will focus

on risk, prevention and oil spill

response on the Baltic Sea and discuss

the growing traffi c in the arctic areas.

The fi rst session on February 16 will

be chaired by Fred Larsen, CEO of

Lamor Corporation.

Vince Mitchell, Executive Project

Manager of Lamor Corporation, who

was in charge of the Vessel of

Opportunity program during the Gulf

of Mexico spill last summer and on the

scene a couple of days after the rig

exploded until the end of the clean-up

operations in October, will give an

overview of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

response operations and the

utilization of the local fi shing vessels.

Vince will also discuss the required

criteria for planning and managing

large scale response operations.

The European Maritime Safety Agency

(EMSA) strategy towards enhanced

marine pollution preparedness and

response will be highlighted by Bernd Bluhm, Head of Unit, Pollution

Preparedness and Response, EMSA.

At the end of the fi rst day, there will

be an equipment demo at Lamor’s

premises (located in the Porvoo area),

where some of the most effi cient

skimmers especially developed for oil

recover in the arctic can be seen in

action.

On the second day, Natalia Kutaeva, Head of Marine Environment

Protection Division, Salvage and

Rescue Administration of the Russian

Federation, will give a review on oil

spill response in Russia today.

There will also be an interesting

session themed Financial models of

cleaning-up. In this session, Peter Rigby, Managing Director of Lamor

Clean Globe Oman, will give his views.

We look forward to welcoming you

in Finland, where we guarantee that

you will get a touch of oil and some

arctic experiences!

The World Maritime University (WMU) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) together with the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues (IPIECA) will host the WMU/IMO Conference on ‘Oil Spill Risk Manage-ment’, (Preparedness, Response, Contingency Planning in the Shipping and Offshore Industries). March 7-9, 2011, Malmö, Sweden.

The threat to the environment and

ecosystems is clear and present. As

demand for oil continues to increase

coupled with oil reserves becoming

scarce, industry players are taking

more risks e.g. offshore in deep waters

off continental shelves and in the

Arctic areas. Major incidents around the

world prove that better preparedness

and increased contingency planning by

industry and governmental authorities

is necessary to ensure responsible

actions to respond to oil spill incidents.The WMU/IMO Conference will bring together industry leaders and government policy decision makers as well as leading academics, for a selected number of presentations and round table discussions.

Come to Porvoo, Finland to get a touch of oil! Oil Spill Risk Management

March 7–9, Malmö, Sweden

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IOSC Portland, Oregon May 23–26, 2011 Oregon Convention Center

We will display some of our latest innovations in oil spill response and clean-up technology coupled with our capacity-tested next generation skimmers.

Be sure to visit our stand nr. 601!

Meet us in Portland

Lamor CorporationUrakoitsijantie 1206450 Porvoo, Finlandtel: +358 20 765 0100fax: +358 20 765 0129email: info@lamor.com

Lamor Corporation UK3 Medina Court, Arctic RoadCowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 7XD, United KingdomTel: +44 1983 280 185Fax: +44 1983 280 056Email: uk.info@lamor.com

Lamor Slickbar18 Beach StreetSeymour, CT 06483United StatesTel: +1 203 888 7700Fax: +1 203 888 7720Email: info@lamor.com

Lamor Beijing Representative Offi ceXiaguangli No. 66Chaoyang District100027 Beijing, ChinaTel: +86 10 8446 7400Fax: +86 10 8446 7440Email: info@lamor.com.cn