Lilley & Gillie wins major contract to supply Navmaster ECDIS systems to 20 tankers operated by Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

OSG Ship Management (UK) Ltd has decided to fit ECDIS systems on board 20 of its tankers following shipboard trials and a competitive bidding process. The turnkey contract to supply and install these systems has been placed with Lilley & Gillie as agents for PC Maritime's well-established Navmaster product. Both Lilley & Gillie and PC Maritime are part of the Charente Group.

Of the 20 vessels, three are VLCCs, one is a Suezmax, four are existing Aframaxes, four are newbuild Aframaxes and eight are Panamax vessels.

Announcing the contract, Lilley & Gillie's Managing Director, Glenn Heathcote said:

"We provided OSG with the opportunity to trial a Navmaster system on board its 112,056dwt Aframax tanker Overseas Shirley for a period of six months.

"Feedback from the master of Overseas Shirley was, we know, positive because after the trial unit was removed from his bridge, he made it clear that he wanted a permanent Navmaster system installed as soon as possible."

In addition to the supply and installation of the Navmaster systems, on-board training is being provided by Lilley & Gillie and the contract incudes a five-year support package.

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Photographs to accompany this release are available on the Dunelm Public Relations website at http://www.dunelmpr.co.uk/Charente-Photogallery.htm. The caption for the photograph reads:

"Following trials on board the 112,056dwt tanker Overseas Shirley, Lilley & Gillie has won a contract to provide PC Maritime Navmaster ECDIS systems to be fitted on 20 tankers operated by OSG Ship Management (UK) Ltd, including Overseas Shirley and her sistership, the 112,200dwt Overseas Josefa Camejo".

Background information: Lilley & Gillie Ltd

Founded in 1812, John Lilley & Gillie Limited is based on the River Tyne in the North East of England. Since 1999 the company has been a member of the Charente Group.

As an International Admiralty Chart Agent (IACA), Lilley & Gillie offers an outfit management service covering all British Admiralty and US charts, all nautical publications and ISM auditing documentation. It also provides a supply and updating service for Admiralty Raster Chart Services (ARCS) and Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), ensuring that vessels always have on board the most up-to-date charts, publications and data for the areas in which they operate.

Lilley & Gillie is one of the few remaining magnetic compass manufacturers in Europe and provides a full repair and on-board adjusting service. Its considerable product range also includes nautical instruments and equipment including Walker Marine range of wind equipment, speed logs and autopilot systems and the Chernikeeff range of naval speed log equipment.

The company also distributes and where applicable provides service for a full range of marine products such as gyros, searchlights, navigation and signalling lights, navigation light switch panels, ships' bells, foghorns, fog gongs, day shapes, hydrometers, hygrometers, chart room instruments and lead lines.

Lilley & Gillie's sales, marketing and all administrative functions are managed from the North Shields head office near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Background information: Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc.

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG), a Dow Jones Transportation Index company, is one of the largest publicly traded tanker companies in the world. As a market leader in global energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products in the US and international flag markets, OSG is committed to setting high standards of excellence for its quality, safety and environmental programmes. OSG is recognised as one of the world's most customer-focused marine transportation companies and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc owns and operates an international flag and US flag fleet of 156 vessels (117 operating vessels and 39 under construction aggregating 15.5 million deadweight tons) that transport crude oil, petroleum products and dry bulk commodities throughout the world.

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