SL Transmarine BSS Office 8/9, 4th Floor, 5A L. Schmidta Street, Novorossiysk, 353915, Russia Tel/Fax: +7 -8617-606-997, 631-177, 606-941 E-mail: info@tmbss.ru Web-site: www.tmar.ru

Dear Sirs,

Our company's personnel has 10-years experience of successful activity in dry cargo chartering (tramp shipments) at Azov-Black Sea ports of Russia. We offer organization of transportation of your cargoes including:

-brokerage within dry cargo chartering (Ro-Ro/Ro-Lo, general vessels and bulk carriers up to 20 000 DWT, sea-river vessels);
-services of chartering agents, credits for a part or full cost of shipments available;
-consultancy on transport logistics (questions on shipment budget, state-of-market forecasts, information on freight fixtures of a chartering section, supply with detailed data on open tonnage at Azov-Black Sea sectors);
-settlement of disputes between Charterers and Owners via BIMCO, assistance in laytime calculation and interpretation of C/P terms and conditions;
-preparation of executive proforma of Charter-Parties.

We operate actively in the freight market on the following directions: Near East (Turkey, Egypt, Syria), Persian Gulf (Iraq, UAE, Iran), South-East Asia (Vietnam, China), Full Mediterranean.
In 2004, we have concluded nearly 100 freight fixtures, about 70 of which are on various bulk and general cargoes (coal, steel, steel scrap, project cargoes and others) and about 30 fixtures with ro-ro cargoes.

Totally, we have carried approximately 460,000.00 mts bulk/general cargoes and nearly 2800 vehicles (KamAZ, GAZel, Volga, Sadco, UAZ, Iveco).
Beginning from 2003, company Transmarine BSS has been intensely developing chartering sections of Caspian basin and Baltic region.

Within dry cargo chartering we deal mainly with - transportation of project cargoes (equipment/motor vehicles), coal, metal production, steel scrap from ports of Azov-Black Sea basin.
Mentioned cargoes make up 90% of our shipment volume.
Additionally, company Transmarine BSS yearly advances carriage of fertilizers, grain and saw-timber.
We possess an extensive registry of owners with related tonnage, part of whom we are proud to represent on the semi-excusive basis; we operate constantly scheduled vessels of sea-river type on Azov-Marmara direction.
Controlling considerable flow of coal and steel scrap and possessing exclusive agreements with carriers and their brokers, our company provides consultancy services regarding tramp market position and forecasts of the market’s movements to our clients. Our activity starts from detailed research on shipment budget or receipt of a freight order and continues to the end of a carriage and to the settlement of all possible questions between the parties concerned.
Our clients always granted free services on settlement of disputable situations between Owners / Charterers and Exporters related to matters of maritime law.
The company Transmarine BSS is the acting member of The Association of Freight Forwarders of Russia and
The Baltic International Maritime Council (BIMCO broker, Reg. No.129502).

We will be glad to offer you long-term and fruitful partnership and cooperation.

Our contact details are as following:
Tel/Fax: +7 -8617-631-177, 606-997, 606-941, 607-298
(full reference list available upon request)
Mr. Alexander Bulygin
(general questions, initial work with clients, consultancy)
Tel. Mobile: +7 -8617-770-254
E-mail: bulygin@tmbss.ru
E-mail: chartering@tmbss.ru (only freight circulars)

Best regards,
SL Transmarine BSS
Web-site: www.tmar.ru