Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 5 (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 23, 2007, by and among
K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P. (the “Borrower”), the several financial
institutions party hereto (the “Lenders”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”) and as collateral trustee for the Lenders, LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as syndication agent, and CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, as
Documentation Agent.

RECITALS

A.            BORROWER, THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ARE PARTIES TO
A LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH 24, 2005 (AS HERETOFORE
AMENDED, AND AS IT MAY BE FURTHER AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE
MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “LOAN AGREEMENT”).  UNLESS OTHERWISE DEFINED
HEREIN, ALL CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN OR IN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
ANNEXED HERETO SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO THEM IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT.

B.            PURSUANT TO THE INCREASE SUPPLEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2007
AMONG THE BORROWER, CITIBANK, N.A., HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AND THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, CITIBANK, N.A. AND HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
BECAME LENDERS.

C.            BORROWER HAS REQUESTED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE
LENDERS AMEND THE LOAN AGREEMENT IN CERTAIN RESPECTS.

D.            THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HAS ADVISED BORROWER THAT THE LENDERS ARE
WILLING TO AGREE TO ITS REQUESTS TO AMEND THE LOAN AGREEMENT ON THE TERMS AND
SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AMENDMENT.

Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:

1.             AMENDMENTS TO LOAN AGREEMENT.

(A)           ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.  SECTION 1.01 OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT IS
HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING NEW DEFINITIONS IN THE APPROPRIATE
ALPHABETICAL ORDER:

“Amendment No. 5” means Amendment No. 5 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as
of March 23, 2007, among Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the
Administrative Agent.

“Amendment No. 5 Effective Date” means March 23, 2007.

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(B)           AMENDMENTS TO DEFINITIONS.  SECTION 1.01 OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT IS
HEREBY AMENDED BY DELETING THE DEFINITION OF “MAXIMUM AMOUNT” IN ITS ENTIRETY
AND SUBSTITUTING THE FOLLOWING THEREFOR:

“Maximum Amount” means, with respect to the Facility, One Hundred Million
Dollars ($100,000,000.00), as such amount may be increased in the aggregate in
accordance with Section 2.18 hereof or decreased in the aggregate in accordance
with Section 2.07.

(C)           INCREASE OF COMMITMENTS.  SECTION 2.18(A) OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT IS
HEREBY AMENDED BY DELETING THE FIRST SENTENCE THEREOF IN ITS ENTIRETY AND
SUBSTITUTING THE FOLLOWING THEREFOR:

Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Borrower may, at any time and from time to time after the Amendment No. 5
Effective Date, provide a written request to the Administrative Agent to
increase the Commitments of the Facility by up to an aggregate maximum amount of
Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00).

(D)           DOCUMENTATION AGENT.  FROM AND AFTER THE AMENDMENT NO. 5 EFFECTIVE
DATE, CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA SHALL BE “DOCUMENTATION AGENT” UNDER THE
LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND SUBJECT TO THE BENEFITS OF
SECTION 9.10 OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT.

(E)           COMMITMENTS.  SCHEDULE 2.01 TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT IS HEREBY
DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY AND EXHIBIT A TO THIS AMENDMENT SUBSTITUTED THEREFOR.

(F)            GENERAL.  ALL REFERENCES TO “THIS AGREEMENT” IN THE LOAN
AGREEMENT AND TO “THE LOAN AGREEMENT” IN THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE
DEEMED TO REFER TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT AS AMENDED HEREBY.

2.             CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE
UPON THE SATISFACTION OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

(A)           THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT (OR ITS COUNSEL) SHALL HAVE RECEIVED FROM
EACH PARTY HERETO EITHER (I) A COUNTERPART OF THIS AMENDMENT SIGNED ON BEHALF OF
SUCH PARTY OR (II) WRITTEN EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
(WHICH MAY INCLUDE TELECOPY TRANSMISSION OF A SIGNED SIGNATURE PAGE OF THIS
AMENDMENT) THAT SUCH PARTY HAS SIGNED A COUNTERPART OF THIS AMENDMENT.

(B)           THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL HAVE RECEIVED (I) AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO THE MORTGAGE IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
DULY SIGNED ON BEHALF OF BORROWER AND (II) AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE SEA COAST
MORTGAGE IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT DULY
SIGNED ON BEHALF OF SEA COAST.

(C)           THE LENDERS SHALL BE REASONABLY SATISFIED THAT NO MATERIAL ADVERSE
CHANGE IN THE BUSINESS, ASSETS, OPERATIONS, PROPERTIES, CONDITION (FINANCIAL OR
OTHERWISE), LIABILITIES (INCLUDING CONTINGENT LIABILITIES) OR MATERIAL
AGREEMENTS OF BORROWER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES HAS OCCURRED SINCE JUNE 30, 2006.

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(D)           THERE SHALL BE NO INJUNCTION, WRIT, PRELIMINARY RESTRAINING ORDER
OR OTHER ORDER OF ANY NATURE ISSUED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY IN ANY RESPECT
AFFECTING THE TRANSACTIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AMENDMENT AND NO ACTION OR
PROCEEDING BY OR BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY SHALL HAVE BEEN COMMENCED AND
BE PENDING OR, TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF BORROWER, THREATENED, SEEKING TO PREVENT OR
DELAY THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AMENDMENT OR CHALLENGING ANY OTHER
TERMS AND PROVISIONS HEREOF OR THEREOF OR SEEKING ANY DAMAGES IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH OR THEREWITH.

(E)           THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT
SHALL BE TRUE AND CORRECT IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT SUCH
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATE TO AN EARLIER DATE AND, AFTER GIVING
EFFECT TO THE AMENDMENTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 1 HEREOF, NO DEFAULT OR EVENT OF
DEFAULT SHALL EXIST.

(F)         THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL HAVE RECEIVED ALL AMOUNTS DUE AND
PAYABLE ON OR PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT NO. 5 EFFECTIVE DATE, INCLUDING, TO THE
EXTENT INVOICED, REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT OF ALL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES REQUIRED
TO BE REIMBURSED OR PAID BY BORROWER HEREUNDER.

(G)           ALL LEGAL MATTERS WITH RESPECT TO AND ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS
(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS) EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL
FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.

(H)           BORROWER SHALL HAVE PAID THE REASONABLE FEES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF
COUNSEL TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AMENDMENT.

The Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and the Lenders of the Amendment
No. 5 Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.

3.             REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  BORROWER HEREBY REPRESENTS AND
WARRANTS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS THAT:

(A)           THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THE LOAN DOCUMENTS
ARE TRUE AND CORRECT IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS AS OF THE DATE HEREOF AND WITH THE
SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH MADE ON AND AS OF THE DATE HEREOF, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT
SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATE TO AN EARLIER DATE.

(B)           NO DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT AND NO EVENT OR CONDITION WHICH,
WITH THE GIVING OF NOTICE OR LAPSE OF TIME OR BOTH, WOULD CONSTITUTE SUCH A
DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT, NOW EXISTS OR WOULD EXIST.

(C)           (I)  THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE BY BORROWER OF THIS
AMENDMENT IS WITHIN ITS ORGANIZATIONAL POWERS AND HAVE BEEN DULY AUTHORIZED BY
ALL NECESSARY ACTION (CORPORATE OR OTHERWISE) ON THE PART OF BORROWER, (II) THIS
AMENDMENT IS THE LEGAL, VALID AND BINDING OBLIGATION OF BORROWER, ENFORCEABLE
AGAINST BORROWER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS, AND (III) NEITHER THIS AMENDMENT
NOR THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY AND PERFORMANCE BY BORROWER HEREOF: (A) CONTRAVENES
THE TERMS OF BORROWER’S ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS, (B) CONFLICTS WITH OR RESULTS IN
ANY BREACH OR CONTRAVENTION OF, OR THE CREATION OF ANY LIEN UNDER, ANY DOCUMENT
EVIDENCING ANY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO WHICH BORROWER IS A PARTY OR ANY ORDER,
INJUNCTION, WRIT OR DECREE TO WHICH BORROWER OR ITS PROPERTY IS SUBJECT, OR (C)
VIOLATES ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW.

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4.             EFFECT; NO WAIVER.

(A)           BORROWER HEREBY (I) REAFFIRMS AND ADMITS THE VALIDITY AND
ENFORCEABILITY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ALL OF ITS OBLIGATIONS THEREUNDER AND
(II) AGREES AND ADMITS THAT IT HAS NO EXISTING DEFENSES TO OR OFFSETS AGAINST
ANY SUCH OBLIGATION. EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN, THE LOAN AGREEMENT
AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THEIR TERMS AND ARE HEREBY RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED.  THE EXECUTION, DELIVERY
AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AMENDMENT SHALL NOT OPERATE AS A WAIVER OF ANY
EXISTING OR FUTURE DEFAULT OR EVENT OF DEFAULT, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN OR ANY
RIGHT, POWER OR REMEDY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR THE LENDERS UNDER THE LOAN
AGREEMENT, NOR CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF ANY PROVISION OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT,
EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN.

(B)           BORROWER HEREBY (I) REAFFIRMS ALL OF ITS AGREEMENTS AND
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, (II) REAFFIRMS THAT ALL OBLIGATIONS OF
BORROWER UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN AGREEMENT AS AMENDED HEREBY ARE
“OBLIGATIONS” AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND (III) REAFFIRMS
THAT ALL SUCH OBLIGATIONS CONTINUE TO BE SECURED BY THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, WHICH
REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND ARE HEREBY RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED.

5.             MISCELLANEOUS.

(A)           BORROWER SHALL PAY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT UPON DEMAND FOR ALL
REASONABLE EXPENSES, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, INCURRED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN CONNECTION WITH
THE PREPARATION, NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF THIS AMENDMENT.

(B)           THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AS OPPOSED TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS, BUT
INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK) AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(C)           THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE BINDING UPON BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND SHALL
INURE TO THE BENEFIT OF BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AND
THE RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE
LENDERS.

(D)           THIS AMENDMENT MAY BE EXECUTED IN ANY NUMBER OF COUNTERPARTS AND
BY DIFFERENT PARTIES HERETO IN SEPARATE COUNTERPARTS, EACH OF WHICH WHEN SO
EXECUTED AND DELIVERED SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN ORIGINAL AND ALL OF WHICH TAKEN
TOGETHER SHALL CONSTITUTE ONE AND THE SAME INSTRUMENT.

[Signature pages follow.]

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AS EVIDENCE of the agreement by the parties hereto to the terms and conditions
herein contained, each such party has caused this Amendment to be executed on
its behalf.

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.,
by its general partner K-Sea OLP
GP, LLC, as Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ TIMOTHY J. CASEY

 

 

Name:

Timothy J. Casey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT NO. 5 SIGNATURE PAGE

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KEYBANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, for itself as Lender, and
as Administrative Agent and as Collateral
Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DAVID J. RAY

 

 

Name:

David J. Ray

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT NO. 5 SIGNATURE PAGE

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LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agent and
Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ KATHLEEN L. ROSS

 

 

Name:

Kathleen L. Ross

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT NO. 5 SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
as Documentation Agent and Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ DEVON STARKS

 

 

Name:

Devon Starks

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT NO. 5 SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ C. SCOTT FIELDS

 

 

Name:

C. Scott Fields

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT NO. 5 SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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CITIBANK, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ CHARLES J. MARGIOTTI III

 

 

Name:

Charles J. Margiotti III

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT NO. 5 SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ PAULETTE P. LAURENZI

 

 

Name:

Paulette P. Laurenzi

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT NO. 5 SIGNATURE PAGE

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT

Each of the undersigned Guarantors hereby (1) consents to the execution and
delivery by Borrower of the foregoing Amendment No. 5; (2) agrees that the
definition of “Obligations” (and any other term referring to the indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any of
the Lenders) in the Parent Guaranty or its Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case may
be, and the other Loan Documents shall include the Indebtedness of Borrower
under the foregoing Amendment No. 5; (3) agrees that the definition of “Loan
Agreement” in the Parent Guaranty or its Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case may
be, and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party is hereby amended to
mean the Loan Agreement as amended by the foregoing Amendment No. 5; (4)
reaffirms its continuing liability under the Parent Guaranty or its Subsidiary
Guaranty, as the case may be (as modified hereby); (5) reaffirms all of its
agreements and obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; (6)
reaffirms that all Obligations of Borrower under or in connection with the Loan
Agreement as amended by the foregoing Amendment No. 5 are “Obligations” as that
term is defined in the Parent Guaranty or its Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case
may be; (7) reaffirms that all such Obligations continue to be secured by the
Loan Documents to which it is a party, which remain in full force and effect and
are hereby ratified and confirmed; and (8) confirms and agrees that it is a
Guarantor and that the Parent Guaranty or its Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case
may be, and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party are, and shall
continue to be, in full force and effect in accordance with their respective
terms.

K-SEA TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS L.P. by its general partner, K-Sea General Partner
L.P., by its general partner, K-Sea General Partner GP LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ TIMOTHY J. CASEY

 

 

Name:

Timothy J. Casey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

K-SEA TRANSPORTATION INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ TIMOTHY J. CASEY

 

 

Name:

Timothy J. Casey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

SEA COAST TRANSPORTATION LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ TIMOTHY J. CASEY

 

 

Name:

Timothy J. Casey

 

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A
TO
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO LOAN AGREEMENT

SCHEDULE 2.01

Amendment No. 5 Effective Date Commitments

Lender

 

 

 

Commitment

 

KeyBank National Association

 

$

24,193,548.39

 

LaSalle Bank National Association

 

$

19,354,838.71

 

Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania

 

$

17,903,225.81

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

$

15,000,000.00

 

Wachovia Bank, National Association

 

$

13,548,387.09

 

HSBC Bank USA National Association

 

$

10,000,000.00

 

Aggregate Commitments

 

$

100,000,000.00

 

 

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