SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the month of May 2007
DOUBLE
HULL TANKERS, INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
26
New
Street
St.
Helier, Jersey JE23A
Channel
Islands
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Indicate
by
check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover
of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F
þ Form 40-F
o
(Indicate
by
check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form,
the
Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2 (b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes
o
No
þ
(If
“Yes”
is
marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection
with Rule 12g3-2 (b))
Attached
as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, 99.5, 99.6 and 99.7 are Amendments dated
May
11, 2007 to Ship Management Agreements dated October 6, 2005.
EXHIBIT
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Amendment
to Ship Management Agreement - Overseas Sophie.
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99.2
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Amendment
to Ship Management Agreement - Overseas Ann.
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99.3
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Amendment
to Ship Management Agreement - Overseas Rebecca.
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99.4
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Amendment
to Ship Management Agreement - Overseas Chris.
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99.5
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Amendment
to Ship Management Agreement - Overseas Cathy.
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99.6
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Amendment
to Ship Management Agreement - Overseas Ania.
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99.7
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Amendment
to Ship Management Agreement - Overseas Regal.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
| Double Hull Tankers, Inc. | |||
| (Registrant) | |||
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Date:
May
17, 2007
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By:
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/s/ Eirik Ubøe | |
| Name: Eirik Ubøe | |||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
Exhibit
99.1
AMENDMENT
No. 1 TO
SHIP
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 dated as of the
11th day of May, 2007 (the “Amendment”), to the Ship Management Agreement
dated as of the 6th day of October 2005 (the “Ship Management
Agreement”), between Sophie Tanker Corporation, a company incorporated under
the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Vessel Owner”),
and Tanker Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of England
(“Tanker Management”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management are parties to the Ship Management Agreement, pursuant to which
Tanker Management provides vessel management services to the Vessel
Owner;
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker Management wish to amend the terms of the Ship
Management Agreement as of the date of this Amendment;
WHEREAS
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Ship Management Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual premises and covenants contained herein, the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Ship Management Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing Clause
22
thereof in its entirety and replacing such provisions with the
following:
“Clause
22. Duration and
Termination. The term of this Agreement shall begin at the time
specified in Clause 2 and shall continue in force until the expiration of
the Charter, unless terminated in accordance with Clause 18 of this Agreement;
provided, however, that either party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice to the other following the third
anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement.”
2. Except
as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Ship Management Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding as
original manual signatures.
4. This
Amendment shall be construed and the relations between the parties hereto
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A.
5. All
disputes arising out of this Amendment shall be referred to arbitration in
New
York in accordance with the Rules of the Society of Marine Arbitrators, Inc.,
New York (SMA). Any award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding
and
not subject to appeal.
[signature
pages follow]
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SOPHIE
TANKER CORPORATION
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By:
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| /s/ Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Signature
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| Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Name
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TANKER
MANAGEMENT LTD.
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By:
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| /s/ Ian Blackley | |
| Ian Blackley | |
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Name
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Exhibit
99.2
AMENDMENT
No. 1 TO
SHIP
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 dated as of the
11th day of May, 2007 (the “Amendment”), to the Ship Management Agreement
dated as of the 6th day of October 2005 (the “Ship Management
Agreement”), between Ann Tanker Corporation, a company incorporated under
the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Vessel Owner”),
and Tanker Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of England
(“Tanker Management”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management are parties to the Ship Management Agreement, pursuant to which
Tanker Management provides vessel management services to the Vessel
Owner;
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker Management wish to amend the terms of the Ship
Management Agreement as of the date of this Amendment;
WHEREAS
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Ship Management Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual premises and covenants contained herein, the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Ship
Management Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing Clause 22
thereof in its entirety and replacing such provisions with the
following:
“Clause
22. Duration and
Termination. The term of this Agreement shall begin at the time
specified in Clause 2 and shall continue in force until the expiration of
the Charter, unless terminated in accordance with Clause 18 of this Agreement;
provided, however, that either party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice to the other following the third
anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement.”
2. Except
as
expressly modified by this Amendment, the Ship Management Agreement shall
remain
in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding as
original manual signatures.
4. This
Amendment shall be construed and the relations between the parties hereto
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A.
5. All
disputes arising out of this Amendment shall be referred to arbitration in
New
York in accordance with the Rules of the Society of Marine Arbitrators, Inc.,
New York (SMA). Any award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding
and
not subject to appeal.
[signature
pages follow]
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ANN
TANKER CORPORATION
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By:
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| /s/ Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Signature
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| Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Name
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Exhibit
99.3
AMENDMENT
No. 1 TO
SHIP
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 dated as of the
11th day of May, 2007 (the “Amendment”), to the Ship Management Agreement
dated as of the 6th day of October 2005 (the “Ship Management
Agreement”), between Rebecca Tanker Corporation, a company incorporated
under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Vessel
Owner”), and Tanker Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws
of England (“Tanker Management”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management are parties to the Ship Management Agreement, pursuant to which
Tanker Management provides vessel management services to the Vessel
Owner;
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker Management wish to amend the terms of the Ship
Management Agreement as of the date of this Amendment;
WHEREAS
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Ship Management Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual premises and covenants contained herein, the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Ship Management Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing Clause
22
thereof in its entirety and replacing such provisions with the
following:
“Clause
22. Duration and
Termination. The term of this Agreement shall begin at the time
specified in Clause 2 and shall continue in force until the expiration of
the Charter, unless terminated in accordance with Clause 18 of this Agreement;
provided, however, that either party shall have the right to terminate
this
Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice to the other following the
third
anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement.”
2. Except
as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Ship Management Agreement
shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding as
original manual signatures.
4. This
Amendment shall be construed and the relations between the parties hereto
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A.
5. All
disputes arising out of this Amendment shall be referred to arbitration
in New
York in accordance with the Rules of the Society of Marine Arbitrators,
Inc.,
New York (SMA). Any award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding
and
not subject to appeal.
[signature
pages follow]
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REBECCA
TANKER CORPORATION
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By:
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| /s/ Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Signature
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| Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Name
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Exhibit
99.4
AMENDMENT
No. 1 TO
SHIP
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 dated as of the
11th day of May, 2007 (the “Amendment”), to the Ship Management Agreement
dated as of the 6th day of October 2005 (the “Ship Management
Agreement”), between Chris Tanker Corporation, a company incorporated under
the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Vessel Owner”),
and Tanker Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of England
(“Tanker Management”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management are parties to the Ship Management Agreement, pursuant to which
Tanker Management provides vessel management services to the Vessel
Owner;
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management wish to amend the terms of the Ship Management Agreement as of the
date of this Amendment;
WHEREAS
capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Ship Management
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual premises and covenants contained herein, the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Ship Management Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing Clause
22
thereof in its entirety and replacing such provisions with the
following:
“Clause
22. Duration and Termination. The term of this
Agreement shall begin at the time specified in Clause 2 and shall continue
in force until the expiration of the Charter, unless terminated in accordance
with Clause 18 of this Agreement; provided, however, that either party shall
have the right to terminate this Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice
to
the other following the third anniversary of the effective date of this
Agreement.”
2. Except
as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Ship Management Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding as
original manual signatures.
4. This
Amendment shall be construed and the relations between the parties hereto
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A.
5. All
disputes arising out of this Amendment shall be referred to arbitration in
New
York in accordance with the Rules of the Society of Marine Arbitrators, Inc.,
New York (SMA). Any award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding and
not subject to appeal.
[signature
pages follow]
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CHRIS
TANKER CORPORATION
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By:
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| /s/ Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Signature
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| Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Name
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Exhibit
99.5
AMENDMENT
No. 1 TO
SHIP
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 dated as of the
11th day of May, 2007 (the “Amendment”), to the Ship Management Agreement
dated as of the 6th day of October 2005 (the “Ship Management
Agreement”), between Cathy Tanker Corporation, a company incorporated under
the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Vessel Owner”),
and Tanker Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of England
(“Tanker Management”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management are parties to the Ship Management Agreement, pursuant to which
Tanker Management provides vessel management services to the Vessel
Owner;
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker Management wish to amend the terms of the Ship
Management Agreement as of the date of this Amendment;
WHEREAS
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Ship Management Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual premises and covenants contained herein, the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Ship
Management Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing Clause
22
thereof in its entirety and replacing such provisions with the
following:
“Clause
22. Duration and
Termination. The term of this Agreement shall begin at the time
specified in Clause 2 and shall continue in force until the expiration of
the Charter, unless terminated in accordance with Clause 18 of this Agreement;
provided, however, that either party shall have the right to terminate
this
Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice to the other following the
third
anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement.”
2. Except
as
expressly modified by this Amendment, the Ship Management Agreement shall
remain
in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding as
original manual signatures.
4. This
Amendment shall be construed and the relations between the parties hereto
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A.
5. All
disputes arising out of this Amendment shall be referred to arbitration
in New
York in accordance with the Rules of the Society of Marine Arbitrators,
Inc.,
New York (SMA). Any award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding
and
not subject to appeal.
[signature
pages follow]
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CATHY
TANKER CORPORATION
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By:
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| /s/ Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Signature
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| Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Name
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Exhibit
99.6
AMENDMENT
No. 1 TO
SHIP
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 dated as of the
11th day of May, 2007 (the “Amendment”), to the Ship Management Agreement
dated as of the 6th day of October 2005 (the “Ship Management
Agreement”), between Ania Aframax Corporation, a company incorporated under
the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Vessel Owner”),
and Tanker Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of England
(“Tanker Management”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management are parties to the Ship Management Agreement, pursuant to which
Tanker Management provides vessel management services to the Vessel
Owner;
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker Management wish to amend the terms of the Ship
Management Agreement as of the date of this Amendment;
WHEREAS
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Ship Management Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual premises and covenants contained herein, the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Ship
Management Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing Clause 22
thereof in its entirety and replacing such provisions with the
following:
“Clause
22. Duration and
Termination. The term of this Agreement shall begin at the time
specified in Clause 2 and shall continue in force until the expiration of
the Charter, unless terminated in accordance with Clause 18 of this Agreement;
provided, however, that either party shall have the right to terminate this
Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice to the other following the third
anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement.”
2. Except
as
expressly modified by this Amendment, the Ship Management Agreement shall
remain
in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding as
original manual signatures.
4. This
Amendment shall be construed and the relations between the parties hereto
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A.
5. All
disputes arising out of this Amendment shall be referred to arbitration in
New
York in accordance with the Rules of the Society of Marine Arbitrators, Inc.,
New York (SMA). Any award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding
and
not subject to appeal.
[signature
pages follow]
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ANIA
AFRAMAX CORPORATION
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By:
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| /s/ Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Signature
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| Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Name
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Exhibit
99.7
AMENDMENT
No. 1 TO
SHIP
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This
Amendment No. 1 dated as of the
11th day of May, 2007 (the “Amendment”), to the Ship Management Agreement
dated as of the 6th day of October 2005 (the “Ship Management
Agreement”), between Regal Unity Tanker Corporation, a company incorporated
under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Vessel
Owner”), and Tanker Management Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws
of England (“Tanker Management”).
W
I T N E
S S E T H:
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management are parties to the Ship Management Agreement, pursuant to which
Tanker Management provides vessel management services to the Vessel
Owner;
WHEREAS
the Vessel Owner and Tanker Management wish to amend the terms of the Ship
Management Agreement as of the date of this Amendment;
WHEREAS
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Ship Management Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual premises and covenants contained herein, the Vessel Owner and Tanker
Management hereby agree as follows:
1. The
Ship Management Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the existing Clause
22
thereof in its entirety and replacing such provisions with the
following:
“Clause
22. Duration and
Termination. The term of this Agreement shall begin at the time
specified in Clause 2 and shall continue in force until the expiration of
the Charter, unless terminated in accordance with Clause 18 of this Agreement;
provided, however, that either party shall have the right to terminate
this
Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice to the other following the
third
anniversary of the effective date of this Agreement.”
2. Except
as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Ship Management Agreement
shall
remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
3. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. Facsimile signatures shall be valid and binding as
original manual signatures.
4. This
Amendment shall be construed and the relations between the parties hereto
determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
U.S.A.
5. All
disputes arising out of this Amendment shall be referred to arbitration
in New
York in accordance with the Rules of the Society of Marine Arbitrators,
Inc.,
New York (SMA). Any award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding
and
not subject to appeal.
[signature
pages follow]
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REGAL
UNITY TANKER CORPORATION
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By:
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| /s/ Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Signature
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| Ole Jacob Diesen | |
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Name
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