Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NUMBER 1
TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER 1, dated as of September 23, 2004 (this “Amendment”)
to the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of September 23,
2003 (as amended or supplemented from time to time as permitted thereby, the
“Loan Agreement”), each among CRONOS FINANCE (BERMUDA) LIMITED, a company
organized and existing under the laws of the Islands of Bermuda (the “Issuer”),
FORTIS BANK (NEDERLAND) N.V. (f/k/a MeesPierson N.V.) (“Fortis”), a Naamloze
Vennootschap, as agent on behalf of the Noteholders (in such capacity, the
“Agent”), and Fortis, HOLLANDSCHE BANK-UNIE N.V. and NIB CAPITAL BANK N.V., each
as a Noteholder (a “Noteholder”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Agent and the Noteholders have previously entered
into the Loan Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2003;

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Loan Agreement in order
extend the Final Payment Date from September 23, 2004 to September 23, 2005;

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Loan Agreement.

     SECTION 2. Full Force and Effect. Other than as specifically modified
hereby, the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance
with the terms and provisions thereof and is hereby ratified and confirmed by
the parties hereto.

     SECTION 3. Amendment to the Loan Agreement. Effective upon the date hereof,
following the execution and delivery hereof,

     (a) The definition of “Final Payment Date” in Section 101 of the Loan
Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

     “Final Payment Date: September 23, 2005, or if such date is not a Banking
Date, the Banking Day immediately preceding such date.”

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     SECTION 4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

     The Issuer hereby confirms that each of the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in Articles V and VI of the Loan Agreement are true and
correct as of September 23, 2004 with the same effect as though each had been
made as of such date, except to the extent that any of such representations and
warranties expressly relate to earlier dates.

     SECTION 5. Effectiveness of Amendment; Terms of this Amendment.

     (a) This Amendment shall become effective on the date that the conditions
precedent set forth below are satisfied, which shall be in no event later than
September 23, 2004:

     (i) Amendment. The Agent shall have received this Amendment, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Noteholders, executed and delivered by the Issuer
and the parties hereto; and

     (ii) Renewal Fee Letter. The Noteholders shall have received the Renewal
Fee Letter, dated as of September 23, 2004, executed and delivered by the Issuer
and all other parties hereto.

     (b) This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

     (c) On and after the execution and delivery hereof, (i) this Amendment
shall be a part of the Loan Agreement, and (ii) each reference in the Loan
Agreement to “this Agreement” or “hereof”, “hereunder” or words of like import,
and each reference in any other document to the Loan Agreement shall mean and be
a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended or modified hereby.

     SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same
agreement.

     SECTION 7. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICT OF LAW
PRINCIPLES; PROVIDED THAT SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.

     SECTION 8. No Novation. Notwithstanding that the Loan Agreement is hereby
amended by this Amendment as of the date hereof, nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to cause a novation or discharge of any existing indebtedness of the
Issuer under the original Loan Agreement that was executed on

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Exhibit 10.1

September 23, 2003, as amended and supplemented to date, or the security
interest in the Collateral created thereby.

[Signature page follows.]

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Exhibit 10.1

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Amendment on the date first above written.

            CRONOS FINANCE (BERMUDA) LIMITED
      By:   /s/ PETER J. YOUNGER         Name:   Peter J. Younger       
Title:   Director     

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Exhibit 10.1

            FORTIS BANK (NEDERLAND) N.V., as Agent
and Noteholder
      By:   /s/ P.R.G. ZAMAN         Name:   P.R.G. Zaman        Title:   Deputy
Director              By:   /s/ M.A.N. VAN LACUM         Name:   M.A.N. van
Lacum        Title:   Assistant Vice President     

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            NIB CAPITAL BANK N.V., as Noteholder
      By:   /s/ HANS SCHOLTEN         Name:   Hans Scholten        Title:  
Associate Director              By:   /s/ MAURICE WYMANS         Name:   Maurice
Wymans        Title:   Vice President     

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Exhibit 10.1

            HOLLANDSCHE BANK-UNIE N.V., as
Noteholder
      By:   /s/ L.J.M. BLOEMHEUVEL         Name:   L.J.M. Bloemheuvel       
Title:   Proxy              By:   /s/ R.A.C. COEMAADTS         Name:   R.A.C.
Coemaadts        Title:   Proxy     

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