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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

                                  A/B EXCHANGE
                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

                            Dated as of May 17, 2001

                                  by and among

                          El Paso Energy Partners, L.P.

                   El Paso Energy Partners Finance Corporation

                 The Subsidiary Guarantors listed on Schedule A

                                       and

                     Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation

                              Goldman, Sachs & Co.

                           J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

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         This Registration Rights Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and
entered into as of May 17, 2001 by and among El Paso Energy Partners, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"), El Paso Energy Partners
Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("El Paso Finance" and, together
with the Partnership, the "Issuers"), each of the entities listed on Schedule A
attached hereto (each, a "Subsidiary Guarantor" and collectively, the
"Subsidiary Guarantors"), and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, Goldman,
Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (each an "Initial Purchaser" and,
collectively, the "Initial Purchasers"), each of whom has agreed to purchase the
Issuers' 8 1/2% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 (the "Series A
Notes") pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

         This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated May
11, 2001 (the "Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Issuers, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers
to purchase the Series A Notes, the Issuers have agreed to provide the
registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set
forth in Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Indenture,
dated May 17, 2001 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuers, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee, relating to the Series A
Notes and the Series B Notes.

         The parties hereby agree as follows:

         Section 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

         Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         Affiliate: As defined in Rule 144 of the Act.

         Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

         Certificated Securities: Definitive Notes, as defined in the Indenture.

         Closing Date: The date hereof.

         Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

         Consummate: An Exchange Offer shall be deemed "Consummated" for
purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (a) the filing and
effectiveness under the Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
relating to the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (b) the
maintenance of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective
and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the period
required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and (c) the delivery by the Issuers to
the Registrar under the Indenture of Series B Notes in the same aggregate
principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Series A Notes tendered by
Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

         Consummation Deadline: As defined in Section 3(b) hereof.

         Effectiveness Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

         Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

         Exchange Offer: The exchange and issuance by the Issuers of a principal
amount of Series B Notes (which shall be registered pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement) equal to the outstanding

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principal amount of Series A Notes that are tendered by such Holders in
connection with such exchange and issuance.

         Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement
relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

         Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers
propose to sell the Series A Notes to certain "qualified institutional
buyers,"as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Act and pursuant to
Regulation S under the Act.

         Filing Deadline: As defined in Sections 3(a) and 4(a) hereof.

         Holders: As defined in Section 2 hereof.

         Partnership Agreement: The Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of El Paso Energy Partners, L.P., dated as of February 13,
1993, amended and restated effective as of August 31, 2000, as such may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

         Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement at the
time such Registration Statement is declared effective, as amended or
supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference
into such Prospectus.

         Recommencement Date: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

         Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Issuers and
the Subsidiary Guarantors relating to (a) an offering of Series B Notes pursuant
to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted
Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, (i) that
is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) including the
Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including
post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by
reference therein.

         Regulation S: Regulation S promulgated under the Act.

         Rule 144: Rule 144 promulgated under the Act.

         Series B Notes: The Issuers' 8 1/2% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2011 to be issued pursuant to the Indenture: (i) in the Exchange Offer or
(ii) as contemplated by Section 4 hereof.

         Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4 hereof.

         Suspension Notice: As defined in Section 6(d) hereof.

         TIA: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Section 77aaa-77bbbb)
as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

         Transfer Restricted Securities: Each Series A Note, until the earliest
to occur of (a) the date on which such Series A Note is exchanged in the
Exchange Offer for a Series B Note which is entitled to be resold to the public
by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery
requirements of the Act, (b) the date on which such Series A Note has been
disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration

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Statement (and the purchasers thereof have been issued Series B Notes), or (c)
the date on which such Series A Note is distributed to the public pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Act (and purchasers thereof have been issued Series B Notes)
and each Series B Note until the date on which such Series B Note is disposed of
by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the "Plan of Distribution" contemplated by the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including the delivery of the Prospectus
contained therein).

         Section 2. Holders. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer
Restricted Securities (each, a "Holder") whenever such Person owns Transfer
Restricted Securities.

         Section 3. Registered Exchange Offer.

                  (a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permitted by
         applicable federal law (after the procedures set forth in Section
         6(a)(i) below have been complied with), the Issuers and the Subsidiary
         Guarantors shall (i) cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to
         be filed with the Commission as soon as practicable after the Closing
         Date, but in no event later than 60 days after the Closing Date (such
         60th day being the "Filing Deadline"), (ii) use its best efforts to
         cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective at
         the earliest possible time, but in no event later than 150 days after
         the Closing Date (such 150th day being the "Effectiveness Deadline"),
         (iii) in connection with the foregoing, (A) file all pre-effective
         amendments to such Exchange Offer Registration Statement as may be
         necessary in order to cause it to become effective, (B) file, if
         applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Act and (C)
         cause all necessary filings, if any, in connection with the
         registration and qualification of the Series B Notes to be made under
         the Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit
         Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of
         such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, commence and Consummate the
         Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall be on the appropriate form
         permitting (i) registration of the Series B Notes to be offered in
         exchange for the Series A Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities
         and (ii) resales of Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered into
         the Exchange Offer Series A Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for
         its own account as a result of market making activities or other
         trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired directly from
         the Issuers or any of their Affiliates) as contemplated by Section 3(c)
         below.

                  (b) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their
         respective best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement to be effective continuously, and shall keep the Exchange
         Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required
         under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the
         Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period
         be less than 20 Business Days. The Issuers and the Subsidiary
         Guarantors shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable
         federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Series
         B Notes shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
         The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their respective
         best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated on the
         earliest practicable date after the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement has become effective, but in no event later than 30 Business
         Days thereafter (such 30th day being the "Consummation Deadline").

                  (c) The Issuers shall include a "Plan of Distribution" section
         in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement and indicate therein that any Broker-Dealer who holds
         Transfer Restricted Securities that were acquired for the account of
         such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other
         trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired directly from
         the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers) may exchange such Transfer
         Restricted Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer. Such "Plan of
         Distribution" section shall also contain all other information with
         respect to such sales by such Broker-Dealers that the Commission may
         require in order to permit such sales pursuant thereto, but such "Plan
         of Distribution" shall not name any such

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         Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
         held by any such Broker-Dealer, except to the extent required by the
         Commission as a result of a change in policy, rules or regulations
         after the date of this Agreement.

                  Because such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an
         "underwriter" within the meaning of the Act and must, therefore,
         deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Act in connection
         with its initial sale of any Series B Notes received by such
         Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, the Issuers and Subsidiary
         Guarantors shall permit the use of the Prospectus contained in the
         Exchange Offer Registration Statement by such Broker-Dealer to satisfy
         such prospectus delivery requirement. To the extent necessary to ensure
         that the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
         Statement is available for sales of Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers,
         the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree to use their respective
         best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
         continuously effective, supplemented, amended and current as required
         by and subject to the provisions of Sections 6(a) and (c) hereof and in
         conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the
         policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from
         time to time, for a period of one year from the Consummation Deadline
         or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted
         Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold
         pursuant thereto. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall
         provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to
         such Broker-Dealers, promptly upon request, and in no event later than
         one day after such request, at any time during such period.

         Section 4. Shelf Registration.

                  (a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Exchange Offer is not
         permitted by applicable law (after the Issuers and the Subsidiary
         Guarantors have complied with the procedures set forth in Section
         6(a)(i) below) or (ii) if any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
         shall notify the Issuers within 20 Business Days following the
         Consummation Deadline that (A) such Holder was prohibited by law or
         Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) such
         Holder may not resell the Series B Notes acquired by it in the Exchange
         Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and if the
         Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is
         not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (C)
         such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Series A Notes acquired
         directly from the Issuers or any of their Affiliates, then the Issuers
         and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:

                           (x) cause to be filed, on or prior to 30 days after
                  the earlier of (i) the date on which the Issuers determine
                  that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement cannot be filed
                  as a result of clause (a)(i) above and (ii) the date on which
                  the Issuers receive the notice specified in clause (a)(ii)
                  above, (such earlier date, the "Filing Deadline"), a shelf
                  registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act
                  (which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration
                  Statement (the "Shelf Registration Statement")), relating to
                  all Transfer Restricted Securities, and

                           (y) shall use their respective best efforts to cause
                  such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective on or
                  prior to 60 days after the Filing Deadline for the Shelf
                  Registration Statement (such 60th day the "Effectiveness
                  Deadline").

                  If, after the Issuers have filed an Exchange Offer
         Registration Statement that satisfies the requirements of Section 3(a)
         above, the Issuers are required to file and make effective a Shelf
         Registration Statement solely because the Exchange Offer is not
         permitted under applicable federal law (i.e., clause (a)(i) above),
         then the filing of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be
         deemed to satisfy the requirements of clause (x) above; provided that,
         in such event, the Issuers shall remain obligated to meet the
         Effectiveness Deadline set forth in clause (y).

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                  To the extent necessary to ensure that the Shelf Registration
         Statement is available for sales of Transfer Restricted Securities by
         the Holders thereof entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a) and
         the other securities required to be registered therein pursuant to
         Section 6(b)(ii) hereof, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors
         shall use their respective best efforts to keep any Shelf Registration
         Statement required by this Section 4(a) continuously effective,
         supplemented, amended and current as required by and subject to the
         provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof and in conformity with the
         requirements of this Agreement, the Act and the policies, rules and
         regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a
         period of at least two years (as extended pursuant to Section 6(d))
         following the Closing Date, or such shorter period as will terminate
         when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Shelf
         Registration Statement have been sold pursuant thereto.

                  (b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection
         with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted
         Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any
         Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and
         until such Holder furnishes to the Issuers in writing, within 20 days
         after receipt of a request therefor, the information specified in Item
         507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, of the Act for use in
         connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or
         preliminary Prospectus included therein. No Holder of Transfer
         Restricted Securities shall be entitled to liquidated damages pursuant
         to Section 5 hereof unless and until such Holder shall have provided
         all such information. Each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish
         additional information required to be disclosed in order to make the
         information previously furnished to the Issuers by such Holder not
         materially misleading.

         Section 5. Liquidated Damages. If (i) any Registration Statement
required by this Agreement is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the
applicable Filing Deadline, (ii) any such Registration Statement has not been
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the applicable Effectiveness
Deadline, (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated on or prior to the
Consummation Deadline or (iv) any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be
effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose without being succeeded
within 2 days by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that
cures such failure and that is itself declared effective within 2 days of filing
such post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement (each such event
referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a "Registration Default"), then the
Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree to pay
to each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities affected thereby liquidated
damages in an amount equal to $.05 per week per $1,000 in principal amount of
Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holder for each week or portion
thereof that the Registration Default continues for the first 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default. The amount of
the liquidated damages shall increase by an additional $.05 per week per $1,000
in principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities with respect to each
subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to
a maximum amount of liquidated damages of $.50 per week per $1,000 in principal
amount of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided that the Issuers and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay liquidated damages
for more than one Registration Default at any given time. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon filing of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration
Statement), in the case of (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration
Statement), in the case of (ii) above, (3) upon Consummation of the Exchange
Offer, in the case of (iii) above, or (4) upon the filing of a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement
that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable,
the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable
in the case of (iv) above, the liquidated damages payable with respect to the
Transfer Restricted Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii), (iii) or
(iv), as applicable, shall cease.

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         All accrued liquidated damages shall be paid to the Holders entitled
thereto, in the manner providing for the payment of interest in the Indenture,
on each Interest Payment Date, as more fully set forth in the Indenture and the
Notes. Notwithstanding the fact that any securities for which liquidated damages
are due cease to be Transfer Restricted Securities, all obligations of the
Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors to pay liquidated damages with respect to
securities shall survive until such time as such obligations with respect to
such securities shall have been satisfied in full.

         Section 6. Registration Procedures.

                  (a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with
         the Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall (x)
         comply with all applicable provisions of Section 6(c) below, (y) use
         their respective best efforts to effect such exchange and to permit the
         resale of Series B Notes by Broker-Dealers that tendered in the
         Exchange Offer Series A Notes that such Broker-Dealer acquired for its
         own account as a result of its market making activities or other
         trading activities (other than Series A Notes acquired directly from
         the Issuers or any of their Affiliates) being sold in accordance with
         the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and (z) comply
         with all of the following provisions:

                           (i) If, following the date hereof there has been
                  announced a change in Commission policy with respect to
                  exchange offers such as the Exchange Offer, that in the
                  reasonable opinion of counsel to the Issuers raises a
                  substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is
                  permitted by applicable federal law, the Issuers and the
                  Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree to seek a no-action letter
                  or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the
                  Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors to Consummate an
                  Exchange Offer for such Transfer Restricted Securities. The
                  Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree to pursue
                  the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level.
                  In connection with the foregoing, the Issuers and the
                  Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree to take all such other
                  actions as may be requested by the Commission or otherwise
                  required in connection with the issuance of such decision,
                  including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic
                  conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the
                  Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the
                  Issuers setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such
                  counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be
                  permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need
                  not be favorable) by the Commission staff.

                           (ii) As a condition to its participation in the
                  Exchange Offer, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities
                  (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a Broker
                  Dealer) shall furnish, upon the request of the Issuers, prior
                  to the Consummation of the Exchange Offer, a written
                  representation to the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors
                  (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal
                  contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to
                  the effect that (A) it is not an Affiliate of the Issuers, (B)
                  it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and
                  has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to
                  participate in, a distribution of the Series B Notes to be
                  issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the
                  Series B Notes in its ordinary course of business. As a
                  condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer, each
                  Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a
                  distribution of the Series B Notes shall acknowledge and agree
                  that, if the resales are of Series B Notes obtained by such
                  Holder in exchange for Series A Notes acquired directly from
                  the Issuers or an Affiliate thereof, it (1) could not, under
                  Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement,
                  rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan
                  Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon
                  Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as
                  interpreted in the Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling
                  dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (including,
                  if

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                  applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause
                  (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and
                  prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with
                  a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary
                  resale transaction must be covered by an effective
                  registration statement containing the selling security holder
                  information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of
                  Regulation S-K.

                           (iii) Prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
                  Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Subsidiary
                  Guarantors shall provide a supplemental letter to the
                  Commission (A) stating that the Issuers and the Subsidiary
                  Guarantors are registering the Exchange Offer in reliance on
                  the position of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital
                  Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley
                  and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) as interpreted in the
                  Commission's letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993,
                  and, if applicable, any no-action letter obtained pursuant to
                  clause (i) above, (B) including a representation that neither
                  the Issuers nor any Subsidiary Guarantor has entered into any
                  arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the
                  Series B Notes to be received in the Exchange Offer and that,
                  to the best of the Issuers' and each Subsidiary Guarantor's
                  information and belief, each Holder participating in the
                  Exchange Offer is acquiring the Series B Notes in its ordinary
                  course of business and has no arrangement or understanding
                  with any Person to participate in the distribution of the
                  Series B Notes received in the Exchange Offer and (C) any
                  other undertaking or representation required by the Commission
                  as set forth in any no-action letter obtained pursuant to
                  clause (i) above, if applicable.

                  (b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf
         Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors
         shall:

                           (i) comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c)
                  below and use their respective best efforts to effect such
                  registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted
                  Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method
                  or methods of distribution thereof (as indicated in the
                  information furnished to the Issuers pursuant to Section 4(b)
                  hereof), and pursuant thereto the Issuers and the Subsidiary
                  Guarantors will prepare and file with the Commission a
                  Registration Statement relating to the registration on any
                  appropriate form under the Act, which form shall be available
                  for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in
                  accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution
                  thereof within the time periods and otherwise in accordance
                  with the provisions hereof.

                           (ii) issue, upon the request of any Holder or
                  purchaser of Series A Notes covered by any Shelf Registration
                  Statement contemplated by this Agreement, Series B Notes
                  having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
                  principal amount of Series A Notes sold pursuant to the Shelf
                  Registration Statement and surrendered to the Issuers for
                  cancellation; the Issuers shall register Series B Notes on the
                  Shelf Registration Statement for this purpose and issue the
                  Series B Notes to the purchaser(s) of securities subject to
                  the Shelf Registration Statement in the names as such
                  purchaser(s) shall designate.

                  (c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration
         Statement and any related Prospectus required by this Agreement, the
         Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:

                           (i) use their respective best efforts to keep such
                  Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all
                  requisite financial statements for the period specified in
                  Section 3 or 4 of this Agreement, as applicable. Upon the
                  occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration
                  Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to

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                  contain an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state
                  any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not
                  misleading or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of
                  Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by
                  this Agreement, the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors
                  shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such
                  Registration Statement curing such defect, and, if Commission
                  review is required, use their respective best efforts to cause
                  such amendment to be declared effective as soon as
                  practicable;

                           (ii) prepare and file with the Commission such
                  amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable
                  Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such
                  Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set
                  forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as the case may be; cause the
                  Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus
                  supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to
                  Rule 424 under the Act, and to comply fully with Rules 424,
                  430A and 462, as applicable, under the Act in a timely manner;
                  and comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the
                  disposition of all securities covered by such Registration
                  Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the
                  intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers
                  thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement
                  to the Prospectus;

                           (iii) advise each Holder promptly and, if requested
                  by such Holder, confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the
                  Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective
                  amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any applicable
                  Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment
                  thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any
                  request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration
                  Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or
                  for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the
                  issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
                  effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Act or
                  of the suspension by any state securities commission of the
                  qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for
                  offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any
                  proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, and (D) of the
                  existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes
                  any statement of a material fact made in the Registration
                  Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto
                  or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or
                  that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the
                  Registration Statement in order to make the statements therein
                  not misleading, or that requires the making of any additions
                  to or changes in the Prospectus in order to make the
                  statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
                  which they were made, not misleading. If at any time the
                  Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
                  effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state
                  securities commission or other regulatory authority shall
                  issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from
                  qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under
                  state securities or Blue Sky laws, the Issuers and the
                  Subsidiary Guarantors shall use their respective best efforts
                  to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the
                  earliest possible time;

                           (iv) subject to Section 6(c)(i), if any fact or event
                  contemplated by Section 6(c)(iii)(D) above shall exist or have
                  occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to
                  the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any
                  document incorporated therein by reference or file any other
                  required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the
                  purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus
                  will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
                  omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
                  statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
                  which they were made, not misleading;

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                           (v) furnish to each Holder in connection with such
                  exchange or sale, if any, before filing with the Commission,
                  copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus
                  included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such
                  Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents
                  incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such
                  Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to
                  the review and comment of such Holders in connection with such
                  sale, if any, for a period of at least five Business Days, and
                  the Issuers will not file any such Registration Statement or
                  Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such
                  Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such
                  documents incorporated by reference) to which such Holders
                  shall reasonably object within five Business Days after the
                  receipt thereof. A Holder shall be deemed to have reasonably
                  objected to such filing if such Registration Statement,
                  amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as
                  proposed to be filed, contains an untrue statement of a
                  material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to
                  make the statements therein not misleading or fails to comply
                  with the applicable requirements of the Act;

                           (vi) promptly provide, prior to the filing of any
                  document that is to be incorporated by reference into a
                  Registration Statement or Prospectus, copies of such document
                  to each Holder in connection with such exchange or sale, if
                  any, make the Issuers' and the Subsidiary Guarantors'
                  representatives available for discussion of such document and
                  other customary due diligence matters, and include such
                  information in such document prior to the filing thereof as
                  such Holders may reasonably request;

                           (vii) make available, at reasonable times, for
                  inspection by each Holder and any attorney or accountant
                  retained by such Holders, all financial and other records, and
                  pertinent corporate documents of the Issuers and the
                  Subsidiary Guarantors and cause the Issuers' and the
                  Subsidiary Guarantors' officers, directors and employees to
                  supply all information reasonably requested by any such
                  Holder, attorney or accountant in connection with such
                  Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto
                  subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its
                  effectiveness;

                           (viii) if requested by any Holders in connection with
                  such exchange or sale, promptly include in any Registration
                  Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or
                  post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as
                  such Holders may reasonably request to have included therein,
                  including, without limitation, information relating to the
                  "Plan of Distribution" of the Transfer Restricted Securities;
                  and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or
                  post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the
                  Issuers are notified of the matters to be included in such
                  Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

                           (ix) furnish to each Holder in connection with such
                  exchange or sale, without charge, at least one copy of the
                  Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission,
                  and of each amendment thereto, including all documents
                  incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including
                  exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

                           (x) deliver to each Holder without charge, as many
                  copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary
                  prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such
                  Persons reasonably may request; the Issuers and the Subsidiary
                  Guarantors hereby consent to the use (in accordance with law)
                  of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by
                  each selling Holder in connection with the offering and the
                  sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
                  Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

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                           (xi) upon the request of any Holder, enter into such
                  agreements (including underwriting agreements) and make such
                  representations and warranties and take all such other actions
                  in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the
                  disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to
                  any applicable Registration Statement contemplated by this
                  Agreement as may be reasonably requested by any Holder in
                  connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any applicable
                  Registration Statement. In such connection, the Issuers and
                  the Subsidiary Guarantors shall:

                           (A) upon request of any Holder, furnish (or in the
                  case of paragraphs (2) and (3), use their best efforts to
                  cause to be furnished) to each Holder, upon Consummation of
                  the Exchange Offer or upon the effectiveness of the Shelf
                  Registration Statement, as the case may be:

                                       (1) a certificate, dated such date,
                           signed on behalf of the Issuers and each Subsidiary
                           Guarantor by (x) the President or any Vice President
                           and (y) a principal financial or accounting officer
                           of each of the Issuers and each Subsidiary Guarantor,
                           confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set
                           forth in Sections 6(cc), 9(a) and 9(b) of the
                           Purchase Agreement and such other similar matters as
                           such Holders may reasonably request;

                                       (2) an opinion, dated the date of
                           Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of
                           effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as
                           the case may be, of counsel for the Issuers and the
                           Subsidiary Guarantors covering matters similar to
                           those set forth in paragraph (e) of Section 9 of the
                           Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such
                           Holder may reasonably request, and in any event
                           including a statement to the effect that such counsel
                           has participated in conferences with officers and
                           other representatives of the Issuers and the
                           Subsidiary Guarantors, and representatives of the
                           independent public accountants for the Issuers and
                           the Subsidiary Guarantors and have considered the
                           matters required to be stated therein and the
                           statements contained therein, although such counsel
                           has not independently verified the accuracy,
                           completeness or fairness of such statements; and that
                           such counsel advises that, on the basis of the
                           foregoing, no facts came to such counsel's attention
                           that caused such counsel to believe that the
                           applicable Registration Statement, at the time such
                           Registration Statement or any post-effective
                           amendment thereto became effective and, in the case
                           of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of
                           the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer,
                           contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
                           omitted to state a material fact required to be
                           stated therein or necessary to make the statements
                           therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus
                           contained in such Registration Statement as of its
                           date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date
                           of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date
                           of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a
                           material fact or omitted to state a material fact
                           necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
                           the light of the circumstances under which they were
                           made, not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing,
                           such counsel may state further that such counsel
                           assumes no responsibility for, and has not
                           independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or
                           fairness of the financial statements, notes and
                           schedules and other financial data included in any
                           Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement
                           or the related Prospectus; and

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                                       (3) a customary comfort letter, dated the
                           date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, or as of
                           the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration
                           Statement, as the case may be, from the Issuers'
                           independent accountants, in the customary form and
                           covering matters of the type customarily covered in
                           comfort letters to underwriters in connection with
                           underwritten offerings, and affirming the matters set
                           forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to
                           Section 9(g) of the Purchase Agreement; and

                           (B) deliver such other documents and certificates as
                  may be reasonably requested by the selling Holders to evidence
                  compliance with the matters covered in clause (A) above and
                  with any customary conditions contained in any agreement
                  entered into by the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors
                  pursuant to this clause (xi);

                  (xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted
         Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel in
         connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer
         Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
         jurisdictions as the selling Holders may request and do any and all
         other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
         in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by
         the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither
         the Issuers nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required to register
         or qualify as a foreign corporation where it is not now so qualified or
         to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in
         suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions
         relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is
         not now so subject;

                  (xiii) in connection with any sale of Transfer Restricted
         Securities that will result in such securities no longer being Transfer
         Restricted Securities, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the
         timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer
         Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive
         legends; and to register such Transfer Restricted Securities in such
         denominations and such names as the selling Holders may request at
         least two Business Days prior to such sale of Transfer Restricted
         Securities;

                  (xiv) use their respective best efforts to cause the
         disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the
         Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other
         governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the
         seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such
         Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in
         clause (xii) above;

                  (xv) provide a CUSIP number for all Transfer Restricted
         Securities not later than the effective date of a Registration
         Statement covering such Transfer Restricted Securities and provide the
         Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for the Transfer
         Restricted Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the
         Depository Trust Company;

                  (xvi) otherwise use their respective best efforts to comply
         with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make
         generally available to their security holders with regard to any
         applicable Registration Statement, as soon as practicable, a
         consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158
         (which need not be

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         audited) covering a twelve-month period beginning after the effective
         date of the Registration Statement (as such term is defined in
         paragraph (c) of Rule 158 under the Act);

                  (xviii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the TIA not
         later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement
         required by this Agreement and, in connection therewith, cooperate with
         the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as
         may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance
         with the terms of the TIA; and execute and use its best efforts to
         cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to
         effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be
         filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified
         in a timely manner; and

                  (xviii) provide promptly to each Holder, upon request, each
         document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of
         Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

         (d) Restrictions on Holders. Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a
Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of the notice referred to in
Section 6(c)(iii)(C) or any notice from the Issuers of the existence of any fact
of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iii)(D) hereof (in each case, a
"Suspension Notice"), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement
until (i) such Holder has received copies of the supplemented or amended
Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv) hereof, or (ii) such Holder is
advised in writing by the Issuers that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed,
and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (in each case, the "Recommencement
Date"). Each Holder receiving a Suspension Notice hereby agrees that it will
either (i) destroy any Prospectuses, other than permanent file copies, then in
such Holder's possession which have been replaced by the Issuers with more
recently dated Prospectuses or (ii) deliver to the Issuers (at the Issuers'
expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder's
possession of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that
was current at the time of receipt of the Suspension Notice. The time period
regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section
3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by a number of days equal to the
number of days in the period from and including the date of delivery of the
Suspension Notice to the date of delivery of the Recommencement Date.

         (e) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the obligation of the Issuers and
the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder to maintain the effectiveness of any
Registration Statement and any related Prospectus may be suspended, without
default or penalty to the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors, for one or more
periods of time as may be required with respect to such Registration Statement
if (A) the Board of Directors of the General Partner shall have determined that
the offering and sales under the Registration Statement, the filing of such
Registration Statement or the maintenance of its effectiveness would require
disclosure of or would interfere in any material respect with any material
financing, acquisition, merger, offering or other transaction involving the
Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors or would otherwise require disclosure of
nonpublic information that could materially and adversely affect the Issuers or
the Subsidiary Guarantors or (B) the Issuers are required by any state or
federal securities laws to file an amendment or supplement to such Registration
Statement for the purpose of incorporating quarterly or annual information,
which is not automatically effective. Further, the Issuers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors shall be deemed to have used their respective best efforts to keep
any Registration Statement continuously effective if either (A) or (B) above has
occurred.

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Section 7. Registration Expenses.

         (a) All expenses incident to the Issuers' and the Subsidiary
Guarantors' performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by
the Issuers, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective,
including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses;
(ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue
Sky or securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing
certificates for the Series B Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offer and
printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv)
all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and
filing fees in connection with listing the Series B Notes on a national
securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements
hereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
accountants of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors (including the expenses
of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such
performance).

         The Issuers will, in any event, bear their and the Subsidiary
Guarantors' internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties),
the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person,
including special experts, retained by the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors.

         (b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Issuers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer
Restricted Securities who are tendering Series A Notes in the Exchange Offer
and/or selling or reselling Series A Notes or Series B Notes pursuant to the
"Plan of Distribution" contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or
the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and
disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Andrews & Kurth L.L.P.,
unless another firm shall be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration
Statement is being prepared.

Section 8. Indemnification.

         (a) The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors agree, jointly and
severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers
and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder (within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act), from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments (including without limitation,
any legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or
defending any matter, including any action that could give rise to any such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments) caused by any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto) provided by the Issuers to any Holder or any prospective
purchaser of Series B Notes or registered Series A Notes, or caused by any
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments are
caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
omission that is based upon information relating to any of the Holders furnished
in writing to the Issuers by any of the Holders.

         (b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and
not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors, and their respective directors and officers, and each Person, if
any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act) the Issuers, or the Subsidiary Guarantors to the same

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extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors
set forth in Section 8(a) above, but only with reference to information relating
to such Holder furnished in writing to the Issuers by such Holder expressly for
use in any Registration Statement. In no event shall any Holder, its directors,
officers or any Person who controls such Holder be liable or responsible for any
amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder
with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such
Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages that such
Holder, its directors, officers or any Person who controls such Holder has
otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.

         (c) In case any action shall be commenced involving any Person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b) (the
"indemnified party"), the indemnified party shall promptly notify the Person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying person") in writing
and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense of such action, including
the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party and
the payment of all fees and expenses of such counsel, as incurred (except that
in the case of any action in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant
to both Sections 8(a) and 8(b), a Holder shall not be required to assume the
defense of such action pursuant to this Section 8(c), but may employ separate
counsel and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel, except as provided below, shall be at the expense of the Holder).
Any indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any
such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by
the indemnifying party, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume
the defense of such action or employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying
party, and the indemnified party shall have been advised by such counsel that
there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from
or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party). In any such case, the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for
all indemnified parties and all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of the
Holders, in the case of the parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by
the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors, in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold
harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action (i)
effected with its written consent or (ii) effected without its written consent
if the settlement is entered into more than twenty Business Days after the
indemnifying party shall have received a request from the indemnified party for
reimbursement for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees
and expenses are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the
date of such settlement, the indemnifying party shall have failed to comply with
such reimbursement request. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity or contribution may be or could have been sought
hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are or could have been the subject matter of such
action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

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                  (d) To the extent that the indemnification provided for in
         this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party in respect of any
         losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to therein,
         then each indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified
         party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
         indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages,
         liabilities or judgments (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to
         reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuers and the
         Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other
         hand, from their sale of Transfer Restricted Securities or (ii) if the
         allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) is not permitted by applicable
         law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
         relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the
         relative fault of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one
         hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand, in connection with the
         statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
         liabilities or judgments, as well as any other relevant equitable
         considerations. The relative fault of the Issuers and the Subsidiary
         Guarantors, on the one hand, and of the Holder, on the other hand,
         shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
         untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission
         or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
         supplied by the Issuers or such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand,
         or by the Holder, on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent,
         knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent
         such statement or omission.

                  The Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and each Holder agree
         that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
         this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
         Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
         method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
         considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
         amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
         losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments referred to in the
         immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to
         the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred
         by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
         any matter, including any action that could have given rise to such
         losses, claims, damages, liabilities or judgments. Notwithstanding the
         provisions of this Section 8, no Holder, its directors, its officers or
         any Person, if any, who controls such Holder shall be required to
         contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by
         which the total received by such Holder with respect to the sale of
         Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement
         exceeds (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such Transfer Restricted
         Securities and (ii) the amount of any damages which such Holder has
         otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
         untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of
         fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
         the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not
         guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders' obligations
         to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(d) are several in proportion
         to the respective principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities
         held by each Holder hereunder and not joint.

         Section 9. Rule 144A and Rule 144. The Issuers and each Subsidiary
Guarantor agree with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted
Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Issuers or such
Subsidiary Guarantor (i) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, to make available, upon request of any Holder, to such Holder or beneficial
owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and
any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities designated by
such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities
pursuant to Rule 144A, and (ii) is subject to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order
to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.

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         Section 10.       Miscellaneous.

                  (a) Remedies. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors
         acknowledge and agree that any failure by the Issuers and/or the
         Subsidiary Guarantors to comply with their respective obligations under
         Sections 3 and 4 hereof may result in material irreparable injury to
         the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate
         remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such
         injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the
         Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be
         required to specifically enforce the Issuers' and the Subsidiary
         Guarantors' obligations under Sections 3 and 4 hereof. The Issuers and
         the Subsidiary Guarantors further agree to waive the defense in any
         action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

                  (b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Issuers nor any
         Subsidiary Guarantor will, on or after the date of this Agreement,
         enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is
         inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement
         or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Issuers
         nor any Subsidiary Guarantor have previously entered into any agreement
         granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any
         Person other than the registration rights (i) granted by the
         Partnership pursuant to Section 6.14 of the Partnership Agreement, (ii)
         of EPEC Deepwater Gathering Company ("EPEC") and its successors
         pursuant to a registration rights agreement between EPEC and the
         Partnership executed in connection with the acquisition by the
         Partnership of an additional interest in Viosca Knoll Gathering
         Company, (iii) as contemplated by the registration rights agreement
         dated as of August 28, 2000 between Crystal Gas Storage, Inc. and the
         Partnership, (iv) granted under the Partnership Credit Facility and
         related agreements, (v) as contemplated by the registration rights
         agreement dated May 27, 1999 by and among the Partnership, El Paso
         Energy Partners Finance Corporation (formerly Leviathan Finance
         Corporation), the Subsidiary Guarantors listed on Schedule A thereto,
         and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and (vi)
         granted pursuant to this Agreement. The rights granted to the Holders
         hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with
         the rights granted to the holders of the Issuers' and the Subsidiary
         Guarantors' securities under any agreement in effect on the date
         hereof.

                  (c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement
         may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents
         to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless (i)
         in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 10(c)(i), the Issuers
         have obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding
         Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other
         provisions hereof, the Issuers have obtained the written consent of
         Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer
         Restricted Securities (excluding Transfer Restricted Securities held by
         the Issuers or their Affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a
         waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates
         exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Transfer Restricted
         Securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and that
         does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders
         whose Transfer Restricted Securities are not being tendered pursuant to
         such Exchange Offer, may be given by the Holders of a majority of the
         outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities subject
         to such Exchange Offer.

                  (d) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party
         beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuers and
         the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers,
         on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements
         directly to the extent they may deem such enforcement necessary or
         advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

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                  (e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
         or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery,
         first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested),
         telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

                           (i)  if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the
                  records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to
                  the Registrar under the Indenture; and

                           (ii) if to the Issuers or the Subsidiary Guarantors:
                                El Paso Energy Partners, L.P.
                                4 Greenway Plaza
                                Houston, Texas 77046
                                Telecopier No.: (713) 420-5477
                                Attention: Chief Financial Officer

                                With a copy to:
                                Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.
                                711 Louisiana Street, Suite 1900
                                Houston, Texas 77002
                                Telecopier No.: (713) 236-0822
                                Attention: J.  Vincent Kendrick

                  All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have
         been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
         delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail,
         postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied;
         and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier
         guaranteeing overnight delivery.

                  Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications
         shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the
         Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

                  (f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the
         benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of
         the parties, including without limitation and without the need for an
         express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided, that nothing herein
         shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition
         of Transfer Restricted Securities in violation of the terms hereof or
         of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any
         Holder shall acquire Transfer Restricted Securities in any manner,
         whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Transfer Restricted
         Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement,
         and by taking and holding such Transfer Restricted Securities such
         Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and
         to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, including
         the restrictions on resale set forth in this Agreement and, if
         applicable, the Purchase Agreement, and such Person shall be entitled
         to receive the benefits hereof.

                  (g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
         of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts,
         each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and
         all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
         agreement.

                  (h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for
         convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect
         the meaning hereof.

                  (i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
         CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
         REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

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                  (j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the
         provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any
         circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
         legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other
         respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be
         affected or impaired thereby.

                  (k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the
         parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a
         complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of
         the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein.
         There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other
         than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the
         registration rights granted with respect to the Transfer Restricted
         Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
         understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

                                     * * * *

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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.

                                Issuers:

                        EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

                        By: EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS COMPANY, as General Partner

                        By: /s/ KEITH FORMAN
                           ----------------------------------------------
                        Name:  Keith Forman
                        Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

                        EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS FINANCE CORPORATION

                        By: /s/ KEITH FORMAN
                           -----------------------------------------------
                        Name:  Keith Forman
                        Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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                         Subsidiary Guarantors:

                         ARGO II, L.L.C.*
                         CRYSTAL HOLDING, L.L.C.*
                         CRYSTAL PROPERTIES AND TRADING COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         DELOS OFFSHORE COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS DEEPWATER, L.L.C.*
                         EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS OIL TRANSPORT, L.L.C.*
                         EL PASO ENERGY PARTNERS OPERATING COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         EWING BANK GATHERING COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         FIRST RESERVE GAS, L.L.C.*
                         FLEXTREND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         GREEN CANYON PIPE LINE COMPANY, L.P.*
                         HATTIESBURG GAS STORAGE COMPANY*
                         HATTIESBURG INDUSTRIAL GAS SALES COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         MANTA RAY GATHERING COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         PETAL GAS STORAGE COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         POSEIDON PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C.
                         VK DEEPWATER GATHERING COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         VK-MAIN PASS GATHERING COMPANY, L.L.C.*
                         VIOSCA KNOLL GATHERING COMPANY*

                         *By: /s/ KEITH FORMAN
                             ---------------------------------------------
                         Name: Keith Forman
                         Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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                               Initial Purchasers:

                               CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON CORPORATION

                               By: /s/ PAUL A. DAVIS
                                  -------------------------------------------
                               Name:   Paul A. Davis
                                    -----------------------------------------
                               Title:  Director
                                     ----------------------------------------

                               GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

                                /s/ GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
                               ----------------------------------------------

                               J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

                               By: /s/ D. B. CAPALDI
                                  -------------------------------------------
                               Name:   D. B. Capaldi
                                    -----------------------------------------
                               Title:  Vice President
                                     ----------------------------------------

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                                                                      SCHEDULE A

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR                                  STATE OF ORGANIZATION
-----------------------------                                 ---------------------
<S>                                                           <C>
Argo II, L.L.C.                                                      Delaware
Crystal Holding, L.L.C.                                              Delaware
Crystal Properties and Trading Company, L.L.C.                       Delaware
Delos Offshore Company, L.L.C.                                       Delaware
El Paso Energy Partners Deepwater, L.L.C.                            Delaware
El Paso Energy Partners Oil Transport, L.L.C.                        Delaware
El Paso Partners Operating Company, L.L.C.                           Delaware
Ewing Bank Gathering Company, L.L.C.                                 Delaware
First Reserve Gas, L.L.C.                                            Delaware
Flextrend Development Company, L.L.C.                                Delaware
Green Canyon Pipe Line Company, L.P.                                 Delaware
Hattiesburg Gas Storage Company                                      Delaware
Hattiesburg Industrial Gas Sales                                     Delaware
          Company, L.L.C.
Manta Ray Gathering Company, L.L.C.                                  Delaware
Petal Gas Storage Company, L.L.C.                                    Delaware
Poseidon Pipeline Company, L.L.C.                                    Delaware
VK Deepwater Gathering Company, L.L.C.                               Delaware
VK-Main Pass Gathering Company, L.L.C.                               Delaware
Viosca Knoll Gathering Company                                       Delaware
</TABLE><PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 10.7

                                LOAN AGREEMENT
                                     for a
                             U.S.$100,000,000 Loan
                                      to
                      AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED

                                  provided by
           the banks and financial institutions listed in schedule 1

                           Arranger and Underwriter
                           Danmarks Skibskreditfond

                                     Agent
                           Danmarks Skibskreditfond

                               Security Trustee
                           Danmarks Skibskreditfond

                                  Norton Rose
<PAGE>

                                   Contents

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Clause                                                                                                Page
<S>                                                                                                   <C>
 1     Purpose and definitions..................................................................         1
 2     The Commitment and the Loan..............................................................        10
 3     Interest and Interest Periods............................................................        11
 4     Repayment and prepayment.................................................................        13
 5     Commitment commission, fees and expenses.................................................        15
 6     Payments and taxes; accounts and calculations............................................        16
 7     Representations and warranties...........................................................        17
 8     Undertakings.............................................................................        21
 9     Conditions...............................................................................        25
 10    Events of Default........................................................................        26
 11    Indemnities..............................................................................        29
 12    Unlawfulness and increased costs.........................................................        30
 13    Security and set-off.....................................................................        32
 14    Assignment, substitution and lending office..............................................        33
 15    Agent and Security Trustee...............................................................        36
 16    Notices and other matters................................................................        36
 17    Governing law and jurisdiction...........................................................        38
Schedule 1 The Lenders and their Commitments....................................................        39
Schedule 2 Form of Drawdown Notice..............................................................        40
Schedule 3 Documents and evidence required as conditions precedent to making
available the Commitment........................................................................        41
Schedule 4 Form of Substitution Certificate.....................................................        45
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                                     <C>
Schedule 5 Form of Deed and Covenant............................................................        49
Schedule 6 Form of Manager's Undertaking........................................................        50
Schedule 7 Form of Classification Letter........................................................        57
Schedule 8 Form of Officer's Certificate........................................................        59
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

THIS  AGREEMENT is dated 29 May 2001 and made BETWEEN:

(1)  AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED as Borrower;

(2)  the banks and financial institutions whose names and addresses are set out
     in schedule 1 as Lenders;

(3)  DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND as Arranger and Underwriter;

(4)  DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND as Agent; and

(5)  DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND as Security Trustee.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

1    Purpose and definitions

1.1  Purpose

     This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions upon and subject to which
     the Lenders agree to make available to the Borrower, a loan of $100,000,000
     to be used for the purpose of financing part of the cost of the purchase of
     the Ships.

1.2  Definitions

     In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

     "Advance" means each borrowing of a proportion of the Commitment by the
     Borrower or (as the context may require) the principal amount of such
     borrowing and means:

     (a)  in relation to Eagle One, the Eagle One Advance; and

     (b)  in relation to Eagle Two, the Eagle Two Advance.

     "Agency Agreement" means the agency agreement executed or (as the context
     may require) to be executed between the Agent and the Lenders in the agreed
     form;

     "Agent" means Danmarks Skibskreditfond of Sankt Annae Plads 1-3, Postboks
     3028, 1021 K0benhavn K, Denmark or such other person which is a Lender as
     may be appointed agent for the Lenders pursuant to the Agency Agreement and
     includes its successors and assigns;

     "Approved Manager" means, for the time being, the Borrower, NOL (or any
     Subsidiary thereof) or any other company which the Lenders may approve from
     time to time (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) as
     technical and/or commercial manager of the Ships provided that any request
     for approval of the appointment has been notified to the Agent at least 15
     days prior to such proposed appointment being made and such manager has
     duly executed and delivered a Manager's Undertaking to the Security
     Trustee;

     "Arranger" means Danmarks Skibskreditfond of Sankt Anne Plads 1-3, Postboks
     3028, 1021 K0benhavn K, Denmark and includes its successors and assigns;

     "Assignee" has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 15.3;

     "Banking Day" means a day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are
     carried on in the London Interbank Eurocurrency Market and (other than
     Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for business in London, New
     York City and Copenhagen (or any other relevant place of payment under
     clause 6);

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     "Bareboat Charter' means any charterparty by demise entered into by the
     Borrower with a Charterer;

     "Borrowed Money" means Indebtedness in respect of (a) money borrowed or
     raised and debit balances at banks, (b) any bond, note, loan stock,
     debenture or similar debt instrument, (C) acceptance or documentary credit
     facilities, (d) receivables sold or discounted (otherwise than on a non-
     recourse basis), (e) deferred payments for assets or services acquired, (f)
     finance leases and hire purchase contracts, (g) swaps, forward exchange
     contracts, futures and other derivatives, (h) any other transaction
     (including without limitation forward sale or purchase agreements) having
     the commercial effect of a borrowing or raising of money or of any of (b)
     to (g) above and (i) guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of any person
     falling within any of (a) to (h) above;

     "Borrower" means American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited of Milner House, 18
     Parliament Street, Hamilton, Bermuda and includes its successors in title;

     "Borrower's Security Documents" means, at any relevant time, such of the
     Security Documents as shall have been executed by the Borrower at such
     time;

     "Builder" means collectively Hyundai Corporation of 140-2, Kye-Dong,
     Chongro-Ku, Seoul, South Korea and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. of 1,
     Cheonha-Dong, Dong-Ku, Ulsan,

     South Korea and includes their successors in title;

     "Charterer" means, in relation to a Bareboat Charter, such person as shall
     be acceptable to the Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld
     or delayed) which shall enter into such Bareboat Charter in respect of
     either of the Ships during the Security Period;

     "Classification" means in relation to each Ship, the classification +100A1
     Double Hull Oil Tanker ESP, (SDA, FDA, CM), /LMC, UMS, IGS, *IWS, SCM with
     the relevant Classification Society or such other classification being the
     highest classification available for vessels of the same type, age and size
     of the relevant Ship as the Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower,
     have agreed in writing shall be treated as the Classification in relation
     to such Ship for the purposes of the Security Documents;

     "Classification Letter" means the letter to be sent to the Classification
     Society of each Ship in substantially the form set out in schedule 10;

     "Classification Society" means in relation to either Ship, Lloyds Register
     of Shipping or such other classification society which is a member of the
     International Association of Classification Societies (except for the China
     Classification Society, the Korean Register of Shipping and the Russian
     Maritime Register of Shipping) which the Agent shall, at the request of the
     Borrower, have agreed in writing shall be treated as the Classification
     Society in relation to the relevant Ship for the purposes of the Security
     Documents;

     "Code" means the International Safety Management Code for the Safe
     Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention constituted pursuant to
     Resolution A. 741(18) of the International Maritime Organisation and
     incorporated into the Safety of Life at Sea Convention and includes any
     amendments or extensions thereto and any regulation issued pursuant
     thereto;

     "Commitment" means the aggregate amount of the Advances which the Lenders
     have agreed to lend to the Borrower under clause 2.1 as reduced by any
     relevant term of this Agreement;

     "Compulsory Acquisition" means requisition for title or other compulsory
     acquisition, requisition, appropriation, expropriation, deprivation,
     forfeiture or confiscation for any reason of a Ship by any Government
     Entity or other competent authority, whether de jure or de facto, unless
     such Ship is released and restored to the Borrower from such Compulsory
     Acquisition within 45 days after the occurrence thereof, but shall exclude
     requisition for use or hire not involving requisition of title;

     "Contract" means:

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<PAGE>

     (a)  in relation to Eagle One, the shipbuilding contract dated 27 April
          2000 between the Builder and the Borrower relating to the construction
          by the Builder of Eagle One; or

     (b)  in relation to Eagle Two, the shipbuilding contract dated 5 June 2000
          between the Builder and the Borrower relating to the construction by
          the Builder of Eagle Two;

     "Contract Price" means, in relation to each Ship, the price payable by the
     Borrower to the Builder in accordance with the relevant Contract for that
     Ship, being (a) in relation to Eagle One, $65,554,000 and (b) in relation
     to Eagle Two $66,204,000;

     "Contribution" means, in relation to a Lender, the principal amount of the
     Loan owing to such Lender at any relevant time;

     "Deed of Covenant" means:

     (a)  in relation to Eagle One, the Eagle One Deed of Covenant;

     (b)  in relation to Eagle Two, the Eagle Two Deed of Covenant;

     and "Deeds of Covenant" means either or both of them;

     "Default" means any Event of Default or any event or circumstance which
     with the giving of notice or lapse of time or the satisfaction of any other
     condition (or any combination thereof) would constitute an Event of
     Default;

     "Delivery" means the delivery of either of the Ships by the Builder to, and
     the acceptance of the relevant Ship by the Borrower, pursuant to ~he
     relevant Contract;

     "Delivery Date" means, in relation to each Ship, the date on which the
     relevant Ship is delivered to the Borrower in accordance with the relevant
     Contract;

     "DOC" means a document of compliance issued to an Operator in accordance
     with rule 13 of the Code;

     "Dollars" and "$" mean the lawful currency of the United States of America
     and in respect of all payments to be made under any of the Security
     Documents mean funds which are for same day settlement in the New York
     Clearing House Interbank Payments System (or such other U.S. dollar funds
     as may at the relevant time be customary for the settlement of
     international banking transactions denominated in U.S. dollars);

     "Drawdown Date" means any date, being a Banking Day falling during the
     Drawdown Period on which an Advance is, or is to be, made;

     Drawdown Notice" means, in relation to each Advance, a notice substantially
     in the terms of schedule 2 in respect of such Advance;

     "Drawdown Period" means:

     (a)  in relation to the Eagle One Advance, the period from the date of this
          Agreement and ending on 31 August 2002; and

     (b)  in relation to the Eagle Two Advance, the period from the date of this
          Agreement and ending on 31 March 2003,

     or such later date as the Agent may in its absolute discretion agree in
     writing or the period ending on such earlier date (if any) (i) on which the
     aggregate amount of the Advances is equal to the Commitment or (ii) on
     which the Commitment is reduced to zero pursuant to clauses 10.2 or 12;

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<PAGE>

     "Eagle One" means the 318,000 deadweight tonne double hull crude oil tanker
     currently under construction by the Builder pursuant to the Contract, which
     is identified during construction as Hull No. 1371 and to be registered at
     Delivery in the ownership of the Borrower through the Registry under the
     laws and flag of the Flag State;

     "Eagle One Advance" means an Advance of $50,000,000 which is to be made
     available to the Borrower in relation to the purchase of Eagle One;

     "Eagle One Deed of Covenant" means the deed of covenant collateral to the
     Eagle One Mortgage executed or (as the context may require) to be executed
     by the Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee substantially in the form
     set out in schedule 5;

     "Eagle One Mortgage" means a first priority statutory or, as the case may
     be, a first preferred mortgage of Eagle One executed or (as the context may
     require) to be executed by the Eagle One Borrower in favour of the Security
     Trustee in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Trustee;

     "Eagle Two" means the 318,000 deadweight tonne double hull crude oil tanker
     currently under construction by the Builder pursuant to the Contract, which
     is identified during construction as Hull No. 1394 and to be registered at
     Delivery in the ownership of the Borrower through the Registry under the
     laws and flag of the Flag State;

     "Eagle Two Advance" means an Advance of $50,000,000 which is to be made
     available to the Borrower in relation to the purchase of Eagle Two;

     "Eagle Two Deed of Covenant" means the deed of covenant collateral to the
     Eagle Two Mortgage executed or (as the context may require) to be executed
     by the Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee in the form set out in
     schedule 5;

     "Eagle Two Mortgage" means a first priority statutory or, as the case may
     be, a first preferred mortgage of Eagle Two executed or (as the context may
     require) to be executed by the Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee
     in form and substance satisfactory to the Security Trustee;

     "Encumbrance" means any mortgage, charge (whether fixed or floating),
     pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment, trust arrangement or security
     interest or other encumbrance of any kind securing any obligation of any
     person or any type of preferential arrangement (including without
     limitation title transfer and/or retention arrangements having a similar
     effect);

     "Environmental Affiliate" means any agent or employee of the Borrower or
     any other Relevant Party or any person having a contractual relationship
     with the Borrower or any other Relevant Party in connection with any
     Relevant Ship or its operation or the carriage of cargo and/or passengers
     thereon and/or the provision of goods and/or services on or from the
     Relevant Ship;

     "Environmental Approval" means any consent, authorisation, licence or
     approval of any governmental or public body or authorities or courts
     applicable to any Relevant Ship or its Operation or the carriage of cargo
     and/or passengers thereon and/or the provision of goods and/or services on
     or from the Relevant Ship required under any Environmental Law;

     "Environmental Claim" means any and all enforcement, clean-up, removal or
     other governmental or regulatory actions or orders instituted or completed
     pursuant to any Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval together
     with claims made by any third party relating to damage, contribution, loss
     or injury, resulting from any actual or threatened emission, spill, release
     or discharge of a Pollutant from any Relevant Ship;

     "Environmental Laws" means all national, international and state laws,
     rules, regulations, treaties and conventions applicable to any Relevant
     Ship pertaining to the pollution or protection of human health or the
     environment including, without limitation, the carriage of Pollutants and
     actual or threatened emissions, spills, releases or discharges of
     Pollutants;

     "Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances described in
     clause 10.1;

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     "Flag State" means in relation to either Ship, the Republic of Singapore or
     the United States of America or such other state or territory as the
     Lenders may approve, at the request of the Borrower, such approval not to
     be unreasonably withheld or delayed as being the "Flag State" of such Ship
     for the purposes of the Security Documents;

     "Government Entity" means and includes (whether having a distinct legal
     personality or not) any national or local government authority, board,
     commission, department, division, organ, instrumentality, court or agency
     and any association, organisation or institution of which any of the
     foregoing is a member or to whose jurisdiction any of the foregoing is
     subject or in whose activities any of the foregoing is a participant;

     "Indebtedness" means any obligation for the payment or repayment of money,
     whether as principal or as surety and whether present or future, actual or
     contingent;

     "Interest Payment Date" means the last day of an Interest Period;

     "Interest Period" means, in relation to any Advance or the Loan, each
     period for the calculation of interest in respect of such Advance or the
     Loan ascertained in accordance with clauses 3.2 and 3.3;

     "Lenders" means the Lenders listed in schedule 1 and includes their
     respective successors in title and Assignees and Substitutes;

     "LIBOR" means the rate per annum for the applicable Interest Period as
     published on the electronic information system Telerate page 3750 (or in
     the event that such quotation is not published, such other widely used
     international electronic information system as the Agent may determine) at
     the time of day when such rates are published for the first time two (2)
     Banking Days prior to commencement of such Interest Period; when LIBOR is
     fixed for the first Interest Period for each Advance or any other periods
     other than one (1), three (3), six (6), nine (9) and twelve (12) months'
     duration, LIBOR for the relevant Interest Period shall be determined by the
     Agent (in its sole and absolute discretion) as an interpolation of relevant
     quoted LIBOR rates Provided however if no such rate is published in such
     information systems described above, LIBOR for the relevant Interest Period
     shall be the rate per annum determined by the Agent to be the arithmetic
     mean (rounded upward if necessary to five (5) decimal places) of the rates
     respectively quoted to the Agent by each of the Reference Banks at the
     request of the Agent as such Reference Bank's offered rate for deposits in
     Dollars in an amount approximately equal to the amount in relation to which
     LIBOR is to be determined for a period equivalent to the relevant Interest
     Period to prime banks in the London Interbank Market at or about 11 a.m.
     (London time) on the second Banking Day before the first day of such
     Interest Period;

     "Loan" means the aggregate principal amount owing to the Lenders under this
     Agreement at any relevant time;

     "Management Agreement" means, in relation to each Ship, the management
     agreement between the Borrower and the Approved Manager providing (inter
     alia) for the Approved Manager to provide the technical and/or commercial
     management of such Ship and includes any future management agreement
     relative to such Ship entered into by the Borrower with an Approved Manager
     on terms previously approved by the Lenders;

     "Manager's Undertaking" means, in relation to each Ship:

     (a)  where the Approved Manager is NOL or a Subsidiary thereof (unless the
          Approved Manager is the Borrower), an undertaking in the form set out
          in Part 1 of schedule 6 executed or (as the context may require) to be
          executed by the Approved Manager in favour of the Security Trustee as
          a condition of the Agent's approval to the Management Agreement for
          such Ship; or

     (b)  where the Approved Manager is not NOL or a Subsidiary thereof, an
          undertaking in substantially the form set out in Part 2 of schedule 6
          executed or (as the context may

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          require) to be executed by the Approved Manager in favour of the
          Security Trustee as a condition of the Agent's approval to the
          Management Agreement for such Ship;

     "Margin" means 0.875 per cent per annum;

     "month" means a period beginning in one calendar month and ending in the
     next calendar month on the day numerically corresponding to the day of the
     calendar month on which it started, provided that (a) if the period started
     on the last Banking Day in a calendar month or if there is no such
     numerically corresponding day, it shall end on the last Banking Day in such
     next calendar month and (b) if such numerically corresponding day is not a
     Banking Day, the period shall end on the next following Banking Day in the
     same calendar month but if there is no such Banking Day it shall end on the
     preceding Banking Day and "months" and "monthly" shall be construed
     accordingly;

     "Mortgage" means:

     (a)  in relation to Eagle One, the Eagle One Mortgage;

     (b)  in relation to Eagle Two, the Eagle Two Mortgage;

     and "Mortgages" means either or both of them;

     "Mortgaged Ship" means, at any relevant time, any Ship which is at such
     time subject to a Mortgage and/or the Earnings, Insurances and Requisition
     Compensation (as defined in the relevant Ship Security Documents) of which
     are subject to an Encumbrance pursuant to the relevant Security Documents
     and a Ship shall for the purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be a
     Mortgaged Ship from the date that the Mortgage of that Ship shall have been
     executed and registered in accordance with this Agreement until whichever
     shall be the earlier of (i) the payment in full of the amount required to
     be paid by the Lenders pursuant to clause 4.3 following the sale or Total
     Loss of such Ship and (ii) the date on which all moneys owing under the
     Security Documents have been repaid in full;

     "NOL" means Neptune Orient Lines Limited of NOL Building, 456 Alexandra
     Road, #23-00, Singapore 119962;

     "Operator" means any person who is from time to time during the Security
     Period concerned in the operation of either of the Ships and falls within
     the definition of "Company" set out in rule 1.1.2 of the Code;

     "Permitted Encumbrance" means any Encumbrance in favour of the Security
     Trustee created pursuant to the Security Documents and Permitted Liens;

     "Permitted Liens" means:

     (a)  Encumbrances created by the Security Documents;

     (b)  liens for unpaid master's and crew's wages in accordance with usual
          maritime practice;

     (c)  liens for salvage;

     (d)  liens arising by operation of law for not more than 2 months' prepaid
          hire under any charter in relation to a Ship not prohibited by this
          Agreement;

     (e)  liens for master's disbursements incurred in the ordinary course of
          trading and any other lien arising by operation of law or otherwise in
          the ordinary course of the operation, repair or maintenance of a Ship,
          provided such liens do not secure amounts more than 30 days overdue
          (unless the overdue amount is being contested by the Borrower in good
          faith by appropriate steps);

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     (f)  any Encumbrance created in favour of a plaintiff or defendant in any
          proceedings or arbitration as security for costs and expenses while
          the Borrower is actively prosecuting or defending such proceedings or
          arbitration in good faith; and

     (g)  Encumbrances arising by operation of law in respect of Taxes which'
          are not overdue for payment or in respect of Taxes being contested in
          good faith by appropriate steps and in respect of which appropriate
          reserves have been made;

     "Pollutant" means and includes pollutants, contaminants, toxic substances,
     oil as defined in the United States Oil Pollution Act of 1990 and all
     hazardous substances as defined in the United States Comprehensive
     Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act 1980;

     "Prepayment Event" means any of the following events:

     (a)  voting rights: at any time during the period which commences on the
          first Drawdown Date and ends on the date falling 36 months after the
          first Drawdown Date (the First Period"), NOL's total legal and
          beneficial ownership of issued shares in the capital of the Borrower
          and/or total voting rights falls below 51% or, at any time after the
          First Period, NOL ceases to be the single largest shareholder of the
          Borrower either (i) with the power to appoint directly (or indirectly
          through its Subsidiaries) the majority of the board of directors of
          the Borrower or (ii) NOL directly (or indirectly through its
          Subsidiaries) is able to exercise control of the Borrower in a way
          other than by appointing a majority of the board of directors,
          provided that such other way of exercising control has to be
          acceptable to the Agent, such acceptance not to be unreasonably
          withheld or delayed;

     (b)  seizure: all or a material part of the undertaking, assets, rights or
          revenues of, or shares or other ownership interests in, any Security
          Party are seized, nationalised, expropriated or compulsorily acquired
          by or under the authority of any government; or

     (c)  invalidity: any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for
          any reason become invalid or unenforceable or otherwise cease to
          remain in full force and effect, or if the validity or enforceability
          of any of the Security Documents shall at any time and for any reason
          be contested by any Security Party which is a party thereto, or if any
          such Security Party shall deny that it has any, or any further,
          liability thereunder; or

     (d)  unlawfulness: it becomes impossible or unlawful at any time for any
          Security Party, to fulfil any of the covenants and obligations
          expressed to be assumed by it in any of the Security Documents or for
          the Lenders to exercise the rights or any of them vested in it under
          any of the Security Documents or otherwise;

     "Reference Banks" means The Chase Manhatten Bank of 125 London Wall, London
     EC2Y 5AJ, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch of Winchester House, 1 Great
     Winchester Street, London EC2N 2DB and HSBC Bank plc of 27-32 Poultry,
     London EC2P 2BX and includes their successors in title;

     "Registry" means in relation to each Ship, the offices of the Registrar of
     Ships in Singapore (or such other registrar, commissioner or representative
     of the relevant Flag State who is duly authorised and empowered to register
     the relevant Ship, the Borrower's title to such Ship and the relevant
     Mortgage under the laws and flag of the relevant Flag State through the
     relevant Registry;

     "Related Company" of a person means any Subsidiary of such person and any
     Subsidiary of any such company or entity;

     "Relevant Jurisdiction" means any jurisdiction in which or where any
     Security Party is incorporated resident, domiciled, has a permanent
     establishment, carries on, or has a place of business or is otherwise
     effectively connected;

     "Relevant Party" means the Borrower, Borrower's Related Companies and any
     other the Security Party;

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     "Relevant Ship" means the Ships and any other vessel at any relevant time
     owned, managed, or chartered to, any Relevant Party;

     "Repayment Dates' means, subject to clause 6.4:

     (a)  in relation to Eagle One a first repayment date falling on 1 June 2002
          or such other date as the Agent shall in its absolute discretion
          determine) (the "first Eagle One Repayment Date") and each of the
          dates failing at 6 monthly intervals thereafter for the Eagle One
          Advance up to and including the date falling 138 months after the
          first Eagle One Repayment Date; and

     (b)  in relation to Eagle Two a first repayment date falling on 1 December
          2002 or such other date as the Agent shall in its absolute discretion
          determine (the "first Eagle Two Repayment Date") and each of the dates
          falling at 6 monthly intervals thereafter for the Eagle Two Advance up
          to and including the date falling 138 months after the first Eagle Two
          Repayment Date;

     "Security Documents" means this Agreement, the Agency Agreement, the
     Mortgages, the Deeds of Covenant, any Manager's Undertaking and any other
     documents as may have been or shall from time to time after the date of
     this Agreement be executed to guarantee and/or secure all or any part of
     the Loan, interest thereon and other moneys from time to time owing by the
     Borrower pursuant to this Agreement (whether or not any such document also
     secures moneys from time to time owing pursuant to any other document or
     agreement);

     "Security Party" means the Borrower or any other person who may at any time
     be a party to any of the Security Documents (other than the Agent, the
     Lenders, the Security Trustee and the Underwriter);

     "Security Period" means the period commencing on the date hereof and
     terminating upon discharge of the security created by the Security
     Documents by payment of all moneys payable thereunder;

     "Security Requirement" means the amount in Dollars (as certified by the
     Agent whose certificate shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
     conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders) which is, at any
     relevant time, the aggregate of (a) 115% of the Loan and (b) the notional
     cost or actual cost (if any) as determined by the Agent in its absolute
     discretion of broken funding costs for terminating any interest hedging
     arrangement in relation to the Loan extending for a period in excess of 6
     months as a result of the Borrower selecting an Interest Period of more
     than 6 months pursuant to clause 3.2;

     "Security Trustee" means Danmarks Skibskrediffond of Sankt Anne Plads 1-3,
     Postboks 3028, 1021 K0benhavn K, Denmark or such other person as may be
     appointed security agent and trustee for the Lenders pursuant to the Agency
     Agreement;

     "Security Value" means the amount in Dollars (as certified by the Agent
     whose certificate shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive
     and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders) which, at any relevant time,
     is the aggregate of (a) the market value of each of the Mortgaged Ships as
     most recently determined in accordance with clause 8.3 and (b) the market
     value of any additional security as determined in accordance with clause
     8.3 for the time being actually provided to the Lenders pursuant to clauses
     4.3 and 8.3;

     "Ships" means Eagle One and Eagle Two or either of them;

     "Ship Security Documents" means:

     (a)  in respect of Eagle One, the Eagle One Mortgage and the Eagle One Deed
          of Covenant;

     (b)  in respect of Eagle Two, the Eagle Two Mortgage and the Eagle Two Deed
          of Covenant;

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        "SMC" means a safety management certificate issued in respect of a Ship
        in accordance with rule 13 of the Code;

        "Subsidiary" of a person means any company or entity directly or
        indirectly controlled by such person and for this purpose "control"
        means either the ownership of mbre than 50% of the voting share capital
        (or equivalent rights of ownership) of such company or entity or the
        power to direct its policies and management, whether by contract or
        otherwise;

        "Substitute" has the meaning ascribed thereto in clause 14;

        "Substitution Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form
        of schedule 4 (or in such other form as the Agent and the Lenders shall
        approve or require);

        "Taxes" includes all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
        fees or charges of whatever nature together with interest thereon and
        penalties in respect thereof and "Taxation" shall be construed
        accordingly;

        "Time Charter" means any time or consecutive voyage charter or other
        contract of employment for either Ship for a term which exceeds or by
        virtue of any optional extensions therein contained may exceed 24 months
        duration;

        "Total Loss in relation to a Ship means:

        (a)  actual constructive compromised or arranged total loss of such
             Ship; or

        (b)  the Compulsory Acquisition of such Ship; or

        (c)  the hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest,
             detention or confiscation of such Ship (other than where the same
             amounts to the Compulsory Acquisition of such Ship) by any
             Government Entity, or by persons acting or purporting to act on
             behalf of any Government Entity, unless such Ship be released and
             restored to the Borrower from such hijacking theft condemnation
             capture seizure arrest detention or confiscation within 45 days
             after the occurrence thereof;

        "Trust Deed" means the trust deed in the agreed form executed or to be
        executed by the Security Trustee; and

        "Underwriter" means Danmarks Skibskreditfond of Sankt Anne Plads 1-3,
        Postboks 3028, 1021 K0benhavn K, Denmark and includes its successors in
        title and assigns.

1.3     Headings

        Clause headings and the table of contents are inserted for convenience
        of reference only and shall be ignored in the interpretation of this
        Agreement.

1.4     Construction of certain terms

        In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

1.4.1   references to clauses and schedules are to be construed as references to
        clauses of, and schedules to, this Agreement and references to this
        Agreement include its schedules;

1.4.2   references to (or to any specified provision of) this Agreement or any
        other document shall be Construed as references to this Agreement, that
        provision or that document as in force for the time being and as amended
        in accordance with terms thereof, or, as the case may be, with the
        agreement of the relevant parties;

1.4.3   references to a "regulation" include ny present or future regulation,
        rule, directive, requirement, request or guideline (whether or not
        having the force of law) of any agency,

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        authority, central bank or government department or any self-regulatory
        or other national or supra-national authority;

1.4.4   words importing the plural shall include the singular and vice versa;

1.4.5   references to a time of day are to London time;

1.4.6   references to a person shall be construed as references to an
        individual, firm, company, corporation, unincorporated body of persons
        or any Government Entity;

1.4.7   references to a "guarantee" include references to an indemnity or other
        assurance against financial loss including, without limitation, an
        obligation to purchase assets or services as a consequence of a default
        by any other person to pay any Indebtedness and "guaranteed" shall be
        construed accordingly; and

1.4.8   references to any enactment shall be deemed to include references to
        such enactment as reenacted,amended or extended.

  1.5   Agreed forms

        In this Agreement any document expressed to be in the agreed form means
        a document in a form agreed by (and for the purposes of identification
        signed by or on behalf of) the Borrower the Agent the Security Trustee
        and the Lenders or in the case of a document a draft of which is not in
        existence at the date of this Agreement in the form to be agreed between
        the Agent and the Borrower or alternatively in any case in the form as
        executed by or on behalf of the relevant Security Party and the Security
        Trustee.

    2   The Commitment and the Loan

  2.1   Agreement to lend

        The Lenders relying upon each of the representations and warranties in
        clause 7 agree to lend to the Borrower or pay to the Builder by way of
        loan to the Borrower upon and subject to the terms of this Agreement the
        principal sum of $100,000,000 by way of the Advances. The obligation of
        each Lender under this Agreement shall be to contribute that portion of
        the Loan which its Commitment bears to the total of the Commitments of
        all of the Lenders.

  2.2   Obligations several

        The obligations of each Lender under this Agreement are several; the
        failure of any Lender to perform such obligations shall not relieve any
        other Lender, the Agent, the Security Trustee or the Borrower of any of
        their respective obligations or liabilities under this Agreement nor
        shall the Agent or the Security Trustee be responsible for the
        obligations of any Lender (except for its own obligations, if any, as a
        Lender) nor shall any Lender be responsible for the obligations of any
        other Lender under this Agreement.

  2.3   Interests several

        Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement the interests of the
        Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders are several and the amount
        due to the Agent, the Security Trustee (each for its own account) and to
        each Lender is a separate and independent debt. The Agent, the Security
        Trustee and each Lender shall have the right to protect and enforce
        their respective rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not
        be necessary for the Agent, the Security Trustee or any Lender (as the
        case may be) to be joined as an additional party in any proceedings for
        this purpose.

  2.4   Drawdown

        Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Advance
        shall be made to the Borrower following receipt by the Agent from the
        Borrower of a Drawdown Notice not later than

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        10 a m. on the third Banking Day before the proposed Drawdown Date which
        shall be a Banking Day falling within the Drawdown Period. A Drawdown
        Notice shall be effective on actual receipt by the Agent and, once
        given, shall, subject as provided in clause 3.6.1, be irrevocable.

  2.5   Advances

2.5.1   Advances may only be made on Banking Days falling within the Drawdown
        Period.

2.5.2   Each Advance shall be made solely for the purpose of paying part of the
        final instalment of the Contract Price due under the Contract for the
        relevant Ship or to reimburse the Borrower for predelivery instalments
        paid by the Borrower under the Contract for the relevant Ship in
        accordance with the terms of this Agreement and shall only be made
        available on the Delivery Date for such Ship.

2.5.3   Each Advance shall be made in accordance with clause 6.2 and the amount
        of each Advance shall be as follows:

        (a)  the Eagle One Advance shall be $50,000,000; and the Eagle Two
             Advance shall be $50,000,000.

        (b)  the Eagle Two Advance shall be $50,000,000.

  2.6   Availability

        Upon receipt of a Drawdown Notice complying with the terms of (and
        substantially in the form of) schedule 2 or in such other form
        acceptable to the Lenders, the Lenders shall, subject to the provisions
        of clause 9, on the Drawdown Date for the relevant Advance make such
        Advance available to the Borrower in accordance with clause 6.2. The
        Borrower acknowledges that payment of each Advance to the Builder or as
        directed in the Drawdown Notice shall satisfy the obligation of the
        Lenders to lend the corresponding portion of the Commitment to the
        Borrower under this Agreement provided always that if payment of the
        relevant Advance is to be made other than to the Builder, the Lenders
        shall be satisfied that all sums due to the Builder have been or will be
        paid to the Builder on the relevant Delivery Date and that such Advance
        is to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

  2.7   Termination of Commitment

        If any Advance or the Loan is not drawn down in full by the end of the
        Drawdown Period, the undrawn Commitment shall thereupon be automatically
        cancelled.

  2.8   Application of proceeds

        Without prejudice to the Borrower's obligations under clause 8.1.3, the
        Lenders shall have no responsibility for the application of proceeds of
        the Loan by the Borrower.

    3   Interest and Interest Periods

  3.1   Normal interest rate

        The Borrower shall pay interest on each Advance in respect of each
        Interest Period relating thereto on each Interest Payment Date (or, in
        the case of Interest Periods of more than 6 months by instalments, the
        first 6 months from the commencement of the Interest Period and the
        subsequent instalments at intervals of 6 months or, if shorter, the
        period from the date of the preceding instalment until the Interest
        Payment Date relative to such Interest Period) at the rate per annum
        determined by the Agent to be the aggregate of (a) the Margin and (b)
        LIBOR for such Interest Period.

  3.2   Selection of Interest Periods

        The Borrower may by notice received by the Lenders not later than 10
        a.m. on the third Banking Day before the beginning of each Interest
        Period for each Advance specify whether such

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        Interest Period shall have a duration of 3 or 6 months or such other
        period as the Borrower may select and the Lenders may reasonably agree
        in respect of such other period.

  3.3   Determination of Interest Periods

        Every Interest Period shall be of the duration specified by the Borrower
        pursuant to clause 3.2 but so that:

3.3.1   the initial Interest Period in respect of each Advance shall commence on
        the date such Advance is made and each subsequent Interest Period for
        each Advance shall commence on the last day of the previous Interest
        Period for that Advance;

3.3:2   if any Interest Period for either Advance would otherwise overrun a
        Repayment Date for the relevant Advance, then, in the case of the last
        Repayment Date for either Advance, such Interest Period shall end on
        such Repayment Date, and in the case of any other Repayment Date or
        Repayment Dates the relevant Advance shall be divided into parts so that
        there is one part in the amount of the repayment instalment due on each
        Repayment Date falling during that Interest Period for the relevant
        Advance and having an Interest Period ending on the relevant Repayment
        Date for the relevant Advance and another part in the amount of the
        balance of the Advance having an Interest Period ascertained in
        accordance with clause 3.2 and the other provisions of this clause 3.3;
        and

3.3.3   if the Borrower fails to specify the duration of an Interest Period in
        accordance with the provisions of clause 3.2 and this clause 3.3 such
        Interest Period shall have a duration of months or such other period as
        shall comply with this clause 3.3.

  3.4   Default interest

        if the Borrower fails to pay any sum (including without limitation any
        sum payable pursuant to 4 this clause 3 4) on its due date for payment
        under any of the Security Documents the Borrower shall pay interest on
        such sum on demand from the due date up to the date of actual payment
        (as well after as before judgment) at a rate determined by the Agent
        pursuant to this clause 3.4 The period beginning on such due date and
        ending on such date of payment shall be divided into successive periods
        of not more than 3 months as selected by the Agent each of which (other
        than the first, which shall commence on such due date) shall commence on
        the last day of the preceding such period The rate of interest
        applicable to each such period shall be the aggregate (as determined by
        the Agent) of (a) 2 per cent per annum, (b) the Margin and (c) LIBOR for
        such period Such interest shall be due and payable on the last day of
        each such period as determined by the Agent and each such day shall for
        the purposes of this Agreement be treated as an Interest Payment Date,
        by reason of a declaration by the Agent under clause 10.2.2 or a
        prepayment pursuant to clauses 4.2 4.3, 8.3 or 12.1 provided that if
        such unpaid sum is an amount of principal which became due and payable
        on a date other than an Interest Payment Date relating thereto, the
        first such period selected by the Agent shall be of a duration equal to
        the period between the due date of such principal sum and such Interest
        Payment Date and interest shall be payable on such principal sum during
        such period at a rate 2 per cent above the rate applicable thereto
        immediately before it shall have become so due and payable. If, for the
        reasons specified in clause 3.6.1, the Agent is unable to determine a
        rate in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause 3.4,
        interest on any sum not paid on its due date for payment shall be
        calculated at a rate determined by the Agent to be 2 per cent per annum
        above the aggregate of the Margin and the cost of funds to the Lenders.

  3.5   Notification of Interest Periods and interest rate

        The Agent shall notify the Borrower promptly of the duration of each
        Interest Period and of each rate of interest determined by it under this
        clause 3.

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  3.6   Market disruption; non-availability

3.6.1   If and whenever, at any time prior to the commencement of any Interest
        Period, the Agent shall have determined (which determination shall, in
        the absence of manifest error, be conclusive):

        (a)  that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR
             during such Interest Period; or

        (b)  that deposits in Dollars are not available to the Agent in the
             London Interbank Market in the ordinary course of business in
             sufficient amounts to fund the relevant Advance or the Loan for
             such Interest Period;

        the Agent shall forthwith give notice (a "Determination Notice") thereof
        to the Borrower. A Determination Notice shall contain particulars of the
        relevant circumstances giving rise to its issue. After the giving of any
        Determination Notice the undrawn amount of the Commitment shall not be
        borrowed until notice to the contrary is given to the Borrower by the
        Agent.

3.6.2   During the period of 10 days after any Determination Notice has been
        given by the Agent under clause 3.6.1, each Lender shall after
        consultation and good faith negotiations with the Borrower certify an
        alternative basis (the "Substitute Basis") for maintaining its
        Contribution. The Substitute Basis may (without limitation) include
        alternative interest periods, alternative currencies or alternative
        rates of interest but shall include a margin above the cost of funds to
        such Lender equivalent to the Margin. Each Substitute Basis so certified
        shall be binding upon the Borrower and shall take effect in accordance
        with its terms from the date specified in the Determination Notice until
        such time as the Agent notifies the Borrower that none of the
        circumstances specified in clause 3.6.1 continues to exist whereupon the
        normal interest rate fixing provisions of this Agreement shall apply.

    4   Repayment and prepayment

  4.1   Repayment

        The Borrower shall repay each Advance by 24 instalments one such
        instalment to be repaid on each of the Repayment Dates relative to such
        Advance Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the first 23 such
        instalments in respect of each Advance shall each be in the sum of
        $1,666,667 and the final such instalment in respect of each Advance
        shall be in the sum of $11,666,659 (comprising in respect to each
        Advance a final repayment instalment of $1,666,659 and a balloon payment
        of $10,000,000). If an Advance is not drawn in full, the amount of each
        repayment instalment shall be reduced proportionately.

  4.2   Voluntary prepayment

        The Borrower may subject always to the provisions of clause 4.4 prepay
        each Advance in whole or part (being not less than a sum equal to 20% of
        that Advance) at any time relating to the part of the relevant Advance
        to be repaid without prepayment fee or premium or penalty.

  4.3   Prepayment on Total Loss and sale

        On a Ship becoming a Total Loss before the Advance for such Ship is
        drawn down, the obligation of the Lenders to advance the Advance for
        such Ship shall immediately cease and the Commitment shall be reduced by
        the amount of such Advance. On the date 140 days after that on which a
        Mortgaged Ship became a Total Loss or immediately prior to the
        completion of the sale of a Mortgaged Ship or, if earlier, on the date
        upon which the insurance proceeds in respect of such Total Loss are or
        Requisition Compensation (as defined in the relevant Deed of Covenant)
        is received by the Borrower (or the Security Trustee pursuant to the
        Security Documents), the Borrower shall prepay the relevant Advance
        applied against that Ship and all other sums payable by the Borrower to
        the Lenders pursuant to the Security Documents Provided however that on
        a Ship becoming a Total Loss or being sold the Borrower may, with the
        prior written consent of the Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
        withheld or delayed

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        but the terms of which consent if granted shall be determined by the
        Agent and include, without limitation, payment by the Borrower to the
        Agent of a reasonable restructuring fee of such amount as may be
        notified by the Agent to the Borrower), maintain the Loan without
        prepayment being required by providing additional security in a form and
        substance acceptable to the Agent in its absolute discretion which
        additional security shall, as a minimum, result in the Security Value
        (following the provision of such additional security) being not less
        than the Security Requirement.

        For the purpose of this Agreement, a Total Loss shall be deemed to have
        occurred:

4.3.1   in the case of an actual total loss of a Ship on the actual date and at
        the time such Ship was lost or, if such date is not known, on the date
        on which such Ship was last reported;

4.3.2   in the case of a constructive total loss of the Ship, upon the date and
        at the time notice of abandonment of the Ship is given to the insurers
        of the Ship for the time being (provided a claim for total loss is
        admitted by such insurers) or, if such insurers do not forthwith admit
        such a claim, at the date and at the time at which either a total loss
        is subsequently admitted by the insurers or a total loss is subsequently
        adjudged by a competent court of law or arbitration tribunal to have
        occurred;

4.3.3   in the case of a compromised or arranged total loss, on the date upon
        which a binding agreement as to such compromised or arranged total loss
        has been entered into by the insurers of such Ship;

4.3.4   in the case of Compulsory Acquisition, on the date upon which the
        relevant requisition of title or other compulsory acquisition occurs;
        and

4.3.5   in the case of hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture, seizure, arrest,
        detention or confiscation of such Ship (other than where the same
        amounts to Compulsory Acquisition of such Ship) by any Government
        Entity, or by persons purporting to act on behalf of any Government
        Entity, which deprives the Borrower of the use of such Ship for more
        than 45 days, upon the expiry of the period of 45 days after the date
        upon which the relevant hijacking, theft, condemnation, capture,
        seizure, arrest, detention or confiscation occurred.

  4.4   Amounts payable on prepayment

        Any prepayment of all or part of any Advance or the Loan under this
        Agreement shall be made without prepayment fee, premium or penalty
        together with (a) accrued interest on the amount to be prepaid to the
        date of such prepayment, (b) any additional amount payable under clause
        6.7 or 12.2 and (C) all other sums payable by the Borrower to the
        Lenders under this Agreement Or any of the other Security Documents
        including, without limitation, any accrued commitment commission payable
        under clause 5.1.2 and any amounts payable under clause 11.

  4.5   Notice of prepayment; reduction of repayment Instalments

        No prepayment may be effected under clause 4.2 unless the Borrower shall
        have given the Agent at least 14 days' notice of its intention to make
        such prepayment. Every notice of prepayment shall be effective only on
        actual receipt by the Agent, shall be irrevocable, shall specify the
        amount to be prepaid and shall oblige the Borrower to make such
        prepayment on the date specified. No amount prepaid may be reborrowed.
        Any amount prepaid pursuant to clauses 4.2 or 4.3 or 8.3.1(a) shall be
        applied in reducing the repayment instalments (including the balloon
        repayments) under clause 4.1 on a pro rata basis. The Borrower may not
        prepay the Loan or any part thereof save as expressly provided in this
        Agreement.

  4.6   Mandatory prepayment

4.6.1   Upon the occurrence of a Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall:

        (a)  no later than 30 days after a Prepayment Event prepay the Loan and
             all other moneys owing under the Security Documents; or

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        (b)  procure that NOL provides a guarantee of all of the obligations of
             the Borrower under this Agreement and each of the Security
             Documents to which it is a party in form and substance acceptable
             to the Agent.

        The option contained in clause 4.6.1(b) shall only be available to the
        Borrower if in the sole absolute discretion of the Agent, NOL is in
        such a financial condition as will enable it to meet its obligations
        under such guarantee.

    5   Commitment commission, fees and expenses

  5.1   Fees

        The Borrower shall pay to the Agent:

5.1.1     no later than 7 days after the signing of this Agreement, an
          arrangement fee of 0.25% of the Commitment; and

5.1.2     quarterly in arrears and at the end of the Drawdown Period or if
          earlier on the Drawdown Date for the final Advance, commitment
          commission computed from the date of this Agreement at a rate of 0.30%
          per annum on the daily undrawn amount of the Commitment calculated on
          a 360 day basis; and

5.1.3     on the date of this Agreement and on each of the dates falling at
          yearly intervals thereafter so long as any moneys are owing under the
          Security Documents, an agency fee of $5,000.

        The arrangement fee referred to in clause 5.1.1, the commitment
        commission referred to in clause 51.2 and the agency fee in clause 5.1.3
        shall be payable by the Borrower to the Agent or not any part of the
        Commitment is ever advanced.

  5.2   Expenses

        The Borrower shall pay to the Agent on demand (a) in the case of clause
        5.2.1 all reasonable expenses and (b) in the case of clause 5.2.2 on a
        full indemnity basis (including, in each case, all legal, printing and
        out-of-pocket expenses) properly incurred by the Arranger, the
        Underwriter, the Agent any of the Lenders and the Security Trustee.

5.2.1     in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and, where
          relevant, registration of the Security Documents and of any amendment
          or extension of or the granting of any waiver or consent under, any of
          the Security Documents; and

5.2.2     in contemplation of, or otherwise in connection with, the enforcement
          of, or preservation of any rights under, any of the Security
          Documents, or otherwise in respect of the moneys owing under any of
          the Security Documents

        together with interest (in the case of clause 5.2.2) at the rate
        referred to in clause 3.4 and (in the case of clause 5.2.1) at the rate
        referred to in clause 3.1 from the date on which such expenses were
        incurred to the date of payment (as well after as before judgment).

  5.3   Value added tax

        All fees and expenses payable pursuant to this clause 5 shall be paid
        together with value added tax or any similar tax (if any) properly
        chargeable thereon. Any value added tax chargeable in respect of any
        services supplied by the Arranger and/or the Underwriter and/or the
        Agent and/or the Lenders and/or the Security Trustee under this
        Agreement shall, on delivery of the value added tax invoice, be paid in
        addition to any sum agreed to be paid hereunder.

  5.4   Stamp and other duties

        The Borrower shall pay all stamp, documentary, registration or other
        like duties or taxes (including any duties or taxes payable by the
        Arranger and/or the Agent and/or the Lenders

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        and/or the Security Trustee) imposed on or in connection with any of the
        Contracts, the Security Documents or the Loan and shall indemnify the
        Agent and/or the Lenders and/or the Security Trustee against any
        liability arising by reason of any delay or omission by the Borrower to
        pay such duties or taxes.

    6   Payments and taxes; accounts and calculations

  6.1   No set-off or counterclaim

        The Borrower acknowledges that in performing its obligations under this
        Agreement, the Lenders will be incurring liabilities to third parties in
        relation to the funding of amounts to the Borrower, such liabilities
        matching the liabilities of the Borrower to the Lenders and that it is
        reasonable for the Lenders to be entitled to receive payments from the
        Borrower gross on the due date in order that the Lenders is put in a
        position to perform its matching obligations to the relevant third
        parties. Accordingly all payments to be made by the Borrower under any
        of the Security Documents shall be made in full, without any set-off or
        counterclaim whatsoever and, subject as provided in clause 6.7, free and
        clear of any deductions or withholdings, in Dollars on the due date to
        the account of the Agent No. 1006015006 at Danske Bank, Cayman Islands
        Branch, do Danske Bank, New York Branch or to such other account at such
        other bank in such place as the Agent may from time to time specify for
        this purpose.

  6.2   Payment by the Lenders

        All sums to be advanced by the Lenders to the Borrower under this
        Agreement in respect of each Advance or the Loan shall be remitted in
        Dollars on the relevant Drawdown Date to the account of the Agent at
        such bank as the Agent may have notified to the Lenders and shall be
        paid by the Agent on such date in like funds as are received by the
        Agent to the account of the Borrower and/or the Builder as specified in
        the relevant Drawdown Notice.

  6.3   Agent may assume receipt

        Where any sum is to be paid under any of the Security Documents to the
        Agent for the account of another person, the Agent may assume that the
        payment will be made when due and the Agent may (but shall not be
        obliged to) make such sum available to the person so entitled. If it
        proves to be the case that such payment was not made to the Agent, then
        the person to whom such sum was so made available shall on request
        refund such sum to the Agent together with interest thereon sufficient
        to compensate the Agent for the cost of making available such sum up to
        the date of such repayment and the person by whom such sum was payable
        shall indemnify the Agent for any and all loss or expense which the
        Agent may sustain or incur as a consequence of such sum not having been
        paid on its due date. If such a sum is so paid to the Agent by the
        Borrower, the Borrower may assume that the Agent has paid such sum to
        the other person for whose account it was paid to the Agent.

  6.4   Non-Banking Days

        When any payment under any of the Security Documents would otherwise be
        due on a day which is not a Banking Day, the due date for payment shall
        be extended to the next following Banking Day unless such Banking Day
        falls in the next calendar month in which case payment shall be made on
        the immediately preceding Banking Day.

  6.5   Calculations

        All interest and other payments of an annual nature under any of the
        Security Documents shall accrue from day to day and be calculated on the
        basis of actual days elapsed and a 360 day year.

  6.6   Certificates conclusive

        Any certificate or determination of the Agent or any of the Lenders as
        to any rate of interest or any other amount pursuant to and for the
        purposes of any of the Security Documents shall, in

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        the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower
        and (in the case of a certificate or determination by the Agent) on the
        Lenders.

  6.7   Grossing-UP for Taxes

        If at any time the Borrower is required to make any deduction or
        withholding in respect of Taxes from any payment due under any of the
        Security Documents for the account of any Lender, the Agent or the
        Security Trustee (or if the Agent is required to make any deduction or
        withholding from a payment to any Lender or the Security Trustee) the
        sum due from the Borrower in respect of such payment shall be increased
        to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such
        deduction or withholding, each Lender, the Agent and the Security
        Trustee receives on the due date for such payment (and retains, free
        from any liability in respect of such deduction or withholding), a net
        sum equal to the sum which it would have received had no such deduction
        or withholding been required to be made and the Borrower shall indemnify
        each Lender, the Agent and the Security Trustee against any losses or
        costs incurred by it by reason of any failure of the Borrower to make
        any such deduction or withholding or by reason of any increased payment
        not being made on the due date for such payment. The Borrower shall upon
        the Agent's reasonable demand promptly deliver to the Agent any
        receipts, certificates or other proof evidencing the amounts (if any)
        paid or payable in respect of any deduction or withholding as aforesaid.

  6.8   Claw-back of the Tax benefit

        If following any such deduction or withholding as is referred to in
        clause 6.7 from any payment by the Borrower, the Agent, a Lender or the
        Security Trustee shall receive or be granted a credit against or
        remission for any Taxes payable by it the Agent such Lender or the
        Security Trustee (as the case may be) shall subject to the Borrower
        having made any increased payment in accordance with clause 6.7 and to
        the extent that the Agent, such Lender or the Security Trustee can do so
        without prejudicing the retention of the amount of such credit or
        remission and without prejudice to the right of the Agent, such Lender
        or the Security Trustee to obtain any other relief or allowance which
        may be available to it, reimburse the Borrower with such amount as the
        Agent, such Lender or the Security Trustee shall in its absolute
        discretion certify to be the proportion of such credit or remission as
        will leave the Agent, such Lender or the Security Trustee (after such
        reimbursement) in no worse position than it would have been in had there
        been no such deduction or withholding from the payment by the Borrower
        as aforesaid. Such reimbursement shall be made forthwith upon the Agent,
        such Lender or the Security Trustee certifying that the amount of such
        credit or remission has been received by it. Nothing contained in this
        Agreement shall oblige the Agent, such Lender or the Security Trustee to
        rearrange its tax affairs or to disclose any information regarding its
        tax affairs and computations. Without prejudice to the generality of the
        foregoing, the Borrower shall not, by virtue of this clause 6.8, be
        entitled to enquire about the Agent's tax affairs.

  6.9   Loan account

        The Lenders shall maintain, in accordance with its usual practice, an
        account (which shall be the account current" referred to in the
        Mortgages) evidencing the amounts from time to time lent by, owing to
        and paid to it under the Security Documents. The Agent shall maintain a
        control account showing the Loan and other sums owing to the Agent, the
        Security Trustee and the Lenders under the Security Documents and all
        payments in respect thereof made from time to time. The control account
        shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as to the amount
        from time to time owing to the Agent, the Security Trustee and the
        Lenders under the Security Documents.

    7   Representations and warranties

  7.1   Continuing representations and warranties

        The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders, the Agent and the
        Security Trustee that:

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7.1.1   Due incorporation

        the Borrower is duly incorporated and validly existing in good standing
        under the laws of Bermuda as a limited liability company and has power
        to carry on its businesses as they are now being conducted and to own
        its property and other assets;

7.1.2   Corporate power

        the Borrower has power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
        under the relevant Contracts and the Borrower's Security Documents and
        to borrow the Commitment; all necessary corporate, shareholder and other
        action has been taken to authorise the execution, delivery and
        performance of the same and no limitation on the powers of the Borrower
        to borrow will be exceeded as a result of borrowing the Loan;

7.1.3   Binding obligations

        the Borrower's Security Documents constitute or will, when executed,
        constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Borrower
        enforceable in accordance with their respective terms;

7.1.4   No conflict with other obligations

        the execution and delivery of, the performance of its obligations under,
        and compliance with the provisions of, the relevant Contract and the
        Security Documents by the Borrower will not (a) contravene any existing
        applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or
        permit to which the Borrower is subject, (b) conflict with, or result in
        any breach of any of the terms of, or constitute a default under, any
        agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower is a party or is
        subject or by which it or any of its property is bound, (c) contravene
        or conflict with any provision of the memorandum and articles of
        association or other constitutional documents of the Borrower or (d)
        result in the creation or imposition of or oblige the Borrower to create
        any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on any of the
        undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of the Borrower;

7.1.5   No litigation

        no litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is taking place,
        pending or, to the knowledge of the officers of the Borrower, threatened
        against the Borrower which could have a material adverse effect on the
        financial condition of the Borrower,

7.1.6   No filings required

        save for the registration of the Mortgages or registration of the
        Security Documents in Bermuda in the relevant register and under the
        laws of the relevant Flag State through the relevant Registry it is not
        necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or
        admissibility in evidence of either Contract or any of the Security
        Documents that they or any other instrument be notarised, filed,
        recorded, registered or enrolled in any court, public office or
        elsewhere in any Relevant Jurisdiction or that any stamp, registration
        or similar tax or charge be paid in any Relevant Jurisdiction on or in
        relation to either Contract or the Security Documents and each of the
        Contracts and Security Documents is in proper form for its enforcement
        in the courts of each Relevant Jurisdiction;

7.1.7   Choice of law

        the choice of English law to govern the Contracts and the Security
        Documents (other than the Mortgages) and the choice of the law of the
        Flag State to govern the Mortgages and the submission by the Borrower to
        the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts are valid and
        binding;

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7.1.8   No immunity

        neither the Borrower nor any of its assets is entitled to immunity on
        the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action or
        proceeding (which shall include, without limitation, suit, attachment
        prior to judgement, execution or other enforcement);

7.1.9   Financial statements correct and complete

        the audited financial statements of the Borrower in respect of the
        financial year ended on 29 December 2000 as delivered to the Agent have
        been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
        principles and practices in the United States of America or
        internationally which have been consistently applied and present fairly
        and accurately the financial position of the Borrower as at such date
        and the results of the operations of the Borrower for the financial year
        ended on such date and, as at such date, the Borrower did not have any
        significant liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or any unrealised or
        anticipated losses which are not disclosed by, or reserved against or
        provided for in, such financial statements; and

7.1.10  Consents obtained

        every consent, authorisation, licence or approval of, or registration
        with or declaration to, governmental or public bodies or authorities or
        courts required by the Borrower to authorise, or required by the
        Borrower in connection with, the execution, delivery, validity,
        enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Contracts and each of
        the Security Documents or the performance by the Borrower of its
        obligations under the Security Documents has been obtained or will be
        obtained and is or will be in full force and effect and there has been
        no default in the observance of any of the conditions or restrictions
        (if any) imposed in, or in connection with, any of the same.

  7.2   Initial representations and warranties

        The Borrower further represents and warrants to the Lenders, the Agent
        and the Security Trustee that:

7.2.1   Pari passu

        save as provided by any applicable laws of bankruptcy, insolvency,
        liquidation or similar laws of general application, the obligations of
        the Borrower under this Agreement are direct, general and unconditional
        obligations of the Borrower and rank at least pan passu with all other
        present and future unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the
        Borrower;

7.2.2   the Borrower is not (nor would with the giving of notice or lapse of
        time or the satisfaction of any other condition or combination thereof
        be) in breach of or in default under any agreement relating to
        Indebtedness to which it is a party or by which it may be bound being,
        in any such case, an amount, or aggregate amount, at any one time of not
        less than $10,000,000;

7.2.3   Information

        the information, exhibits and reports furnished by the Borrower and NOL
        to the Agent and/or the Lenders in connection with the negotiation and
        preparation of the Security Documents are true and accurate in all
        material respects and not misleading, do not omit material facts and all
        reasonable enquiries have been made to verify the facts and statements
        contained therein; there are no other facts the omission of which would
        make any fact or statement therein misleading;

7.2.4   No Default

        no Default has occurred and is continuing;

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7.2.5   the Ships

        each Ship will on the Drawdown Date of the Advance for such Ship be:

        (a)  in the absolute ownership of the Borrower who will on and after
             such Drawdown Date be the sole, legal and beneficial owner of such
             Ship;

        (b)  registered or, if applicable, provisionally registered, through the
             offices of the relevant Registry under the laws and flag of the
             relevant Flag State;

        (c)  operationally seaworthy and in every way fit for service; and

        (d)  classed with the relevant Classification free of all requirements
             and recommendations (which if not rectified in the time specified
             by the Classification Society would result in a condition of class)
             of the relevant Classification Society;

7.2.6   Ships' employment

        neither Ship is nor will on or before the Drawdown Date of the relevant
        Advance for such Ship be subject to any Bareboat Charter and on or
        before the Drawdown Date for the Advance for such Ship, there will not
        be any agreement or arrangement whereby the Earnings (as defined in the
        relevant Ship's Security Documents) may be shared with any other person;

7.2.7   Freedom from Encumbrances

        neither of the Ships, nor their Earnings, Insurances or Requisition
        Compensation (each as defined in the relevant Ship's Security
        I5iocuments) nor any other properties or rights which are, or are to be,
        the subject of any of the Security Documents nor any part thereof will
        be, on the Drawdown Date for the relevant Advance for such Ship, subject
        to any Encumbrance;

7.2.8   Compliance with Environmental Laws and Approvals

        except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrower in writing to,
        and acknowledged in writing by, the Agent:

        (a)  the Borrower and the other Relevant Parties and to the best of the
             Borrower's knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry) its
             Environmental Affiliates have complied with the provisions of all
             Environmental Laws;

        (b)  the Borrower and the other Relevant Parties and to the best of the
             Borrower's knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry) its
             Environmental Affiliates have obtained all Environmental Approvals
             and are in compliance with all such Environmental Approvals; and

        (c)  neither the Borrower nor any other Relevant Party nor to the best
             of the Borrower's knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry)
             any of its Environmental Affiliates has received notice of any
             Environmental Claim that the Borrower or any other Relevant Party
             or any such Environmental Affiliate is not in compliance with any
             Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval;

7.2.9   No Environmental Claims

        except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrower in writing to,
        and acknowledged in writing by, the Agent, there is no Environmental
        Claim pending or, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge and belief,
        threatened against the Borrower or either of the Ships or any other
        Relevant Party or any other Relevant Ship or to the best of the
        Borrower's knowledge and belief (having made due enquiry) any of its
        Environmental Affiliates;

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7.2.10  No potential Environmental Claims

        except as may already have been disclosed by the Borrower in writing to,
        and acknowledged in writing by, the Agent, there has been no emission,
        spill, release or discharge of a Pollutant from the Ship or any other
        Relevant Ship owned by, managed by or chartered to the Borrower nor
        (having made due enquiry) to the best of the Borrower's knowledge and
        belief from any Relevant Ship owned by, managed or crewed by or
        chartered to any other Relevant Party which could give rise to an
        Environmental Claim;

7.2.11  No material adverse change

        there has been no material adverse change in the consolidated financial
        position of the Borrower from that set forth in the financial statements
        referred to in clause 7. 1 .9 and/or as described by the Borrower to the
        Agent and/or the Lenders in the negotiation of this Agreement;

7.2.12  Parent company

        the Borrower is a Subsidiary of NOL; and

7.2.13  Copies true and complete

        the copies of the Contracts delivered to the Agent pursuant to clause
        9.1 are a true and complete copies of such documents; such documents
        will when delivered constitute valid and binding obligations of the
        parties thereto enforceable in accordance with their terms and there
        have been no material amendments or variations thereof or defaults
        thereunder.

  7.3   Repetition of representations and warranties

7.3.1   On and as of each Drawdown Date and (except in relation to the
        representations and warranties in clause 7.2) on each Interest Payment
        Date the Borrower shall be deemed to repeat the representations and
        warranties in clauses 7.1 (and so that the representation and warranty
        in clause 7.1.9 shall for this purpose refer to the then latest audited
        financial statements delivered to the Agent under clause 8.1) and 7.2 as
        if made with reference to the facts and circumstances existing on such
        day.

    8   Undertakings

  8.1   General

        The Borrower undertakes with the Lenders, the Agent and the Security
        Trustee that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys
        are owing under any of the Security Documents and while all or any part
        of the Commitment remains outstanding, it will:

8.1.1   Notice of Default

        promptly inform the Agent of any occurrence of which it becomes aware
        which might adversely affect the ability of any Security Party to
        perform its obligations under any of the Security Documents and, without
        limiting the generality of the foregoing, will inform the Agent of any
        Default which has occurred and is continuing forthwith upon becoming
        aware thereof and will from time to time, if so requested by the Agent,
        confirm to the Agent in writing that, save as otherwise stated in such
        confirmation, no Default has occurred and is continuing;

8.1.2   Consents and licences

        without prejudice to clauses 7.1 and 9, obtain or cause to be obtained,
        maintain in full force and effect and comply in all material respects
        with the conditions and restrictions (if any) imposed in, or in
        connection with, every consent, authorisation, licence or approval of
        governmental or public bodies or authorities or courts and do, or cause
        to be done, all other acts and things which may from time to time be
        necessary or desirable under applicable law

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        for the continued due performance of all the obligations of the Security
        Parties under each of the Security Documents;

8.1.3   Use of proceeds

        use the Loan exclusively for the purpose specified in clause 1.1;

8.1.4   ensure that its obligations under this Agreement shall, at all times
        rank at least pan passu with all its other present and future unsecured
        and unsubordinated Indebtedness with the exception of any obligations
        ations which are mandatorily preferred by law and not by contract;

8.1.5   Financial statements

        prepare financial statements of the Borrower in accordance with
        generally accepted accounting principles and practices in the United
        States of America or internationally consistently applied in respect of
        each financial year and cause the same to be reported on by its auditors
        and prepare unaudited profit and loss statements of the Borrower in
        respect of the first half-year of each financial year on the same basis
        as the annual statements and deliver as many copies of the same as the
        Agent may reasonably require as soon as practicable but not later than
        180 days (in the case of audited financial statements) or 120 days (in
        the case of unaudited profit and loss statements) after the end of the
        financial period to which they relate;

8.1.6   Delivery of reports

        deliver to the Agent as many copies as the Agent may reasonably require
        at the time of issue thereof every report, circular, notice or like
        document issued by the Borrower to its shareholders or creditors
        generally;

8.1.7   Provision of further information

        provide the Agent with such financial information concerning the
        Borrower and its affairs as the Agent may from time to time reasonably
        require, having regard to the Borrower's confidentiality obligations,
        market sensitive information and the laws of any stock exchange;

8.1.8   Obligations under Security Documents

        duly and punctually perform each of the obligations expressed to be
        assumed by it under the Security Documents;

8.1.9   Compliance with Code

        procure that any Operator will comply with and ensure that each Ship and
        any Operator comply with the requirements of the Code, including (but
        not limited to) the maintenance and renewal of valid certificates
        pursuant thereto throughout the Security Period;

8.1.10  Withdrawal of DOC and SMC

        procure that any Operator will immediately inform the Agent if there is
        any threatened or actual withdrawal of the Borrower's or an Operator's
        DOC or the SMC in respect of the Ships, or any of them;

8.1.11  Issuance of DOC and SMC

        procure that any Operator will promptly inform the Agent upon the issue
        to the Borrower or any Operator of a DOC and the issue to the Ships, or
        either of them, of an SMC or the receipt by the Borrower or any Operator
        of notification that its application for the same has been refused; and

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8.1.12  Ship's registration

        procure the registration of each Ship under the laws and flag of the
        Flag State in the name of the Borrower immediately upon Delivery and
        ensure that such Ship is kept registered at all times during the
        Security Period from the Delivery Date under the laws and flag of the
        Flag State.

8.2  Negative undertakings

     The Borrower undertakes with the Lenders, the Agent and the Security
     Trustee that, from the date of this Agreement and so long as any moneys are
     owing under the Security Documents, it will not, without the prior written
     consent of the Agent:

8.2.1   Negative pledge

        permit any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to subsist,
        arise or be created or extended over all or any part of either Ship or
        its Earnings, Insurances and Requisition Compensation to secure or
        prefer any present or future Indebtedness or other liability or
        obligation of the Borrower or any other person; or

8.2.2   No merger

        merge, demerge or consolidate with any other person which would result
        in a material adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower
        which shall affect the ability of the Borrower to perform its payment
        and other material obligations under this Agreement and the other
        Security Documents; or

8.2.3   Disposals

        sell, transfer, abandon, lend or otherwise dispose of or cease to
        exercise direct control over any part (being either alone or when
        aggregated with all other disposals falling to be taken into account
        pursuant to this clause 8.2.3 material in the opinion of the Agent in
        relation to the undertakings, assets, rights and revenues of the
        Borrower) of its present or future undertaking, assets, rights or
        revenues (otherwise than by transfers, sales or disposals for full
        consideration in the ordinary course of trading) whether by one or a
        series of transactions related or not which would result in a material
        adverse change in the financial condition of the Borrower which shall
        effect the ability of the Borrower to perform its payment and other
        material obligations under this Agreement and the other Security
        Documents; or

8.2.4   Other business

        undertake any business other than the ownership and operation of vessels
        (including the Ships) and the chartering of vessels (including the
        Ships) to third parties and any related/ancillary business which would
        result in a material adverse change in the financial condition of the
        Borrower which shall effect the ability of the Borrower to perform its
        payment and other material obligations under this Agreement and the
        other Security Documents; or

8.2.5   Sale of a Ship

        sell, agree to sell, transfer, abandon or otherwise dispose of any
        Mortgaged Ship or any share or interest therein; or

8.2.6   Manager and Management Agreement

        appoint any manager of the Ships other than an Approved Manager and not
        to agree to any variation of any Management Agreement previously
        approved by the Agent; or

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8.2.7   Contracts

        agree to any variation of the Contracts or any substantial variation of
        the specification of the Ships (and for the purpose of this clause 8.2.7
        any extras, additions or alterations which the Borrower may desire to
        effect in the building of either Ship shall be deemed to constitute a
        substantial variation if the cost thereof (which shall in every case be
        agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Builder before the work
        is put in hand irrespective of whether the prior consent of the Agent be
        required hereunder) or if the aggregate cost or the proposed work
        together with any work already ordered will alter the Contract Price of
        either Ship by an amount greater than 5% of the Contract Price for such
        Ship); or

8.2.8   Bareboat Charter

        enter into any Bareboat Charter and, if the Agent shall consent (which
        consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the entering
        into of a Bareboat Charter, the Borrower shall execute in favour of the
        Security Trustee a charter assignment or (together with the Charterer) a
        tripartite agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in
        respect of such Bareboat Charter; or

8.2.9   Time Charter

        enter into any Time Charter without notifying the Agent and, if
        requested by the Agent, providing a copy of such Time Charter (with any
        confidential information deleted).

8.3  Security Value Maintenance

8.3.1   Security shortfall

        If at any time the Security Value shall be less than the Security
        Requirement (except where this occurs solely as a result of either Ship
        becoming a Total Loss in which event this clause 8.3.1 shall apply on
        the basis that the Security Value shall be determined by reference to
        the remaining Ship and the Security Requirement shall be determined as
        though the Borrower had made a prepayment in accordance with the
        provisions of clause 4.3), the Agent may give notice to the Borrower
        requiring that such deficiency be remedied and then the Borrower shall
        (unless both Ships have become a Total Loss) either:

        (a)   prepay within a period of 21 days of the date of receipt by the
              Borrower of the Agent's said notice such sum in Dollars as will
              result in the Security Requirement after such prepayment (taking
              into account any other repayment of the Loan made between the date
              of the notice and the date of such prepayment) being equal to the
              Security Value; or

        (b)   within 21 days of the date of receipt by the Borrower of the
              Agent's said notice constitute to the satisfaction of the Agent
              such further security for the Loan as shall be acceptable to the
              Agent having a value for security purposes (as determined by the
              Agent in its absolute discretion) at the date upon which such
              further security shall be constituted which, when added to the
              Security Value, shall not be less than the Security Requirement as
              at such date.

        Clauses 4.4 and 4.5 shall apply to prepayments under clause 8.3.1(a).

8.3.2   Valuation of Ship

        Each Ship shall, for the purposes of this clause 8.3 (but subject to
        clause 8.3.4), be valued in Dollars twice in each year by 2 reputable
        and independent sale and purchase ship brokers each nominated and
        appointed by the Agent in its sole discretion (each such valuation to be
        made without, unless required by the Agent, physical inspection, and on
        the basis of a sale for prompt delivery for cash at arms length on
        normal commercial terms for a sale of a vessel as between a willing
        buyer and a willing seller without taking into account the benefit of
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        charterparty or other engagement concerning a Ship). The mean of the
        valuations shall constitute the value of a Ship for the purposes of this
        clause 8.3.

        The value of a Ship determined in accordance with the provisions of
        clause 8.3.4 shall be binding upon the parties hereto until such time as
        any further such valuations shall be obtained.

8.3.3   Information

        The Borrower undertakes to the Agent to supply to the Agent and to any
        such shipbrokers such information concerning a Ship and its condition as
        such shipbrokers may reasonably require for the purpose of making any
        such valuation.

8.3.4   Costs

        All costs in connection with the Agent obtaining the valuations of a
        Ship referred to in clause 8.3.2, shall be borne by the Lenders,
        provided always that once a Default has occurred and is continuing the
        Ship shall be valued in accordance with clause 8.3.2 as often as the
        Agent shall reasonably require and the Borrower shall bear all costs in
        connection with the Agent obtaining any subsequent valuation of the
        Ships referred to in clause 8.3.2.

8.3.5   Valuation of additional security

        For the purpose of this clause 8.3, the market value of any additional
        security provided or to be provided to the Agent, the Lenders or the
        Security Trustee shall be determined by the Agent acting reasonably.
        Where such additional security is (a) an additional Mortgaged Ship the
        security value shall be determined by the Agent in accordance with
        clause 8.3.2, (b) in the case of cash deposits charged in favour of the
        Security Trustee the security value shall be on a dollar for dollar
        basis or (c) in the case of a guarantee or other surety the security
        value shall be determined by the Agent in its absolute discretion
        without any necessity for the Agent assigning any reason thereto. The
        Borrower shall bear all costs in connection with the Agent determining
        the value of such additional security.

8.3.6   Documents and evidence

        In connection with any additional security provided in accordance with
        this clause 8.3, the Agent shall be entitled to receive such evidence
        and documents of the kind referred to in schedule 3 as may in the
        Agent's reasonable opinion be appropriate and such favourable legal
        opinions as the Agent shall reasonably require.

9       Conditions

9.1     Documents and evidence

        The obligation of each Lender to make available its Commitment shall be
        subject to the condition that:

9.1.1   the Agent, or its duly authorised representative, shall have received,
        not later than 1 Banking Days before the day on which the Drawdown
        Notice for the first Advance is given, the documents and evidence
        specified in Part 1 of schedule 3 in form and substance satisfactory to
        the Agent;

9.1.2   the Agent, or its duly authorised representative, shall have received,
        on or prior to the Drawdown Date for the relevant Advance, the documents
        and evidence specified in Part 2 of schedule 3 in relation to the Ship
        against which such Advance shall be applied in form and substance
        satisfactory to the Agent.

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9.2  General conditions precedent

     The obligation of each Lender to make available its Commitment shall be
     subject to the further conditions that, at the time of the giving of the
     Drawdown Notice for such Advance, and at the time of the making of such
     Advance:

9.2.1   the representations and warranties contained in (a) clauses 7.1 and 7.2
        (and so that the representation and warranty in clause 7.1.9 shall for
        this purpose refer to the then latest audited financial statements
        delivered to the Agent under clause 8.1.5) are true and correct in all
        material respects on and as of each such time as if each was made with
        respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such time;

9.2.2   no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
        the making of the relevant Advance; and

9.2.3   the making of such Advance is not contrary to any law or legislation
        applicable to any of the parties to this Agreement.

9.3  Waiver of conditions precedent

     The conditions specified in this clause 9 are inserted solely for the
     benefit of the Lenders and may be waived on their behalf in whole or in
     part and with or without conditions by the Agent.

9.4  Further conditions precedent

     Not later than 5 Banking Days prior to each Drawdown Date, the Agent may
     request and the Borrower shall, on or prior to such date, deliver to the
     Agent on such reasonable request further favourable certificates and/or
     opinions as to any or all of the matters which are the subject of clauses
     7, 8, 9 and 10.

10.  Events of Default

10.1 Events

     There shall be an Event of Default if:

10.1.1  Non-payment: the Borrower fails to pay any sum payable by it under any
        of the Security Documents at the time, in the currency and in the manner
        stipulated in the Security Documents save that if such non payment is
        attributable solely to delay caused by administrative error or oversight
        in transmission of funds, no Event of Default shall occur provided that
        the Borrower shall make such payment within 3 Banking Days of demand by
        the Agent; or

10.1.2  Breach of Insurance and certain other obligations: the Borrower fails to
        obtain and/or maintain the Insurances (as defined in, and in accordance
        with the requirements of, the Ship Security Documents) for any of the
        Mortgaged Ships or if any insurer in respect of such Insurances cancels
        the Insurances or disclaims liability by reason, in either case, of mis-
        statement in any proposal for the insurances or for any other failure or
        default on the part of the Borrower or any other person; or

10.1.3  Breach of other obligations: any Security Party commits any breach of or
        omits to observe any of its obligations or undertakings expressed to be
        assumed by it under any of the Security Documents (other than those
        referred to in clauses 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 above) and, in respect of any
        such breach or omission which in the opinion of the Agent is capable of
        remedy, such action as the Agent may require shall not have been taken
        within 10 days of the Agent notifying the relevant Security Party of
        such default and of such required action; or

10.1.4  Misrepresentation: any representation or warranty made or deemed to be
        made or repeated by or in respect of any Security Party in or pursuant
        to any of the Security Documents or in

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        any notice, certificate or statement referred to in or delivered under
        any of the Security Documents is or proves to have been incorrect or
        misleading in any material respect; or

10.1.5  Cross-default: any Indebtedness of any Security Party being, in any such
        case, an amount, or aggregate amount at any time, of not less than
        $10,000,000 is not paid when due or any indebtedness of any Security
        Party being, in any such case, an amount, or aggregate amount at any
        time, of not less than $10,000,000 becomes (whether by declaration or
        automatically in accordance with the relevant agreement or instrument
        constituting the same) due and payable prior to the date when it would
        otherwise have become due (unless as a result of the exercise by the
        relevant Security Party of a voluntary right of prepayment), or any
        creditor of any Security Party becomes entitled to declare any such
        Indebtedness due and payable is withdrawn, suspended or cancelled by
        reason of any default (however described) of the person concerned unless
        the relevant Security Party shall have satisfied the Agent that such
        withdrawal, suspension or cancellation will not affect or prejudice in
        any way the relevant Security Party's ability to pay its debts as they
        fall due and fund its commitments, or any guarantee given by any
        Security Party in respect of indebtedness is not honoured when due and
        called upon; or

10.1.6  Legal process: any judgment or order for a sum in excess of an
        aggregate amount at any time of $10,000,000 or more made against any
        Security Party is not stayed or complied with within 14 days or a
        creditor attaches or takes possession of, or a distress, execution,
        sequestration or other process is levied or enforced upon or sued out
        against, any of the undertakings, assets, rights or revenues of any
        Security Party and is not discharged within 14 days; or

10.1.7  Insolvency: any Security Party becomes insolvent or stops or suspends
        making payments (whether of principal or interest) with respect to all
        or any class of its debts or announces an intention to do so; or

10.1.8  Reduction or loss of capital: a meeting is convened by any Security
        Party for the purpose of passing any resolution to purchase, reduce or
        redeem any of its share capital without the prior written consent of the
        Agent which consent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld; or

10.1.9  Winding up: any petition is presented or other step is taken for the
        purpose of winding-up any Security Party (not being a petition which the
        relevant Security Party can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
        Agent, by providing an opinion of leading counsel to that effect, is
        frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of the process of the court or relates
        to a claim to which the relevant Security party has a good defence and
        which is being vigorously contested by the relevant Security Party) or
        an order is made or resolution passed for the winding up of any Security
        Party or a notice is issued convening a meeting for the purpose of
        passing any such resolution; or

10.1.10 Administration: any petition is presented or other step is taken for the
        purpose of the appointment of an administrator of any Security Party or
        an administration order is made in relation to any Security Party; or

10.1.11 Appointment of receivers and managers: any administrative or other
        receiver is appointed of any Security Party or any part of its assets
        and/or undertakings; or

10.1.12 Compositions: any steps are taken, or negotiations commenced, by any
        Security Party or by any of its creditors with a view to the general
        readjustment or rescheduling of all or part of its indebtedness or to
        proposing any kind of composition, compromise or arrangement involving
        such company and any of its creditors without the prior written consent
        of the Agent, such consent may be withheld in the absolute discretion of
        the Agent; or

10.1.13 Analogous proceedings: there occurs, in relation to any Security Party,
        in any country or territory in which any of them carries on business or
        to the jurisdiction of whose courts any part of their assets is subject,
        any event which, in the reasonable opinion of the Agent, appears in that
        country or territory to correspond with, or have an effect equivalent or
        similar

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        to, any of those mentioned in clauses 10.1.6 to 10.1.12 (inclusive) or
        any Security Party otherwise becomes subject, in any such country or
        territory, to the operation of any law relating to insolvency,
        bankruptcy or liquidation; or

10.1.14 Cessation of business: the Borrower suspends or ceases or threatens to
        suspend or cease to carry on its business; or

10.1.15 Repudiation: any Security Party repudiates any of the Security Documents
        or does or causes or permits to be done any act or thing evidencing an
        intention to repudiate any of the Security Documents; or

10.1.16 Encumbrances enforceable: any Encumbrance (other than Permitted Liens)
        in respect of any of the property (or part thereof) which is the subject
        of any of the Security Documents becomes enforceable; or

10.1.17 Material adverse change: there occurs a material adverse change in the
        financial condition of the Borrower by reference to the financial
        statements referred to in clause 7.1.9 which material adverse change
        shall affect the ability of the Borrower to perform its payment and
        other material obligations under this Agreement and the other Security
        Documents; or

10.1.18 Arrest: either Ship is arrested, confiscated, seized, taken in
        execution, impounded, forfeited, detained in exercise or purported
        exercise (except in the case of a Compulsory Acquisition or Total Loss)
        of any possessory lien or other claim or otherwise taken from the
        possession of the Borrower and the Borrower shall fail to procure the
        release of such Ship within a period of 14 days thereafter; or

10.1.19 Registration: the registration of either Ship under the laws and flag of
        the relevant Flag State is cancelled or terminated without the prior
        written consent of the Lenders; or

10.1.20 Environment: the Borrower and/or any other Relevant Party and/or any of
        their respective Environmental Affiliates fails to comply with any
        Environmental Law or any Environmental Approval or either of the Ships
        or any other Relevant Ship is involved in any incident which gives rise
        or may give rise to an Environmental Claim if, in any such case, such
        non-compliance or incident or the consequences thereof could reasonably
        be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
        Borrower to perform its payment and other material obligations under
        this Agreement and the other Security Documents or on the security
        constituted by any of the Security Documents; or

10.1.21 P&I: the Borrower or any other person fails or omits to comply with any
        requirements of the protection and indemnity association or other
        insurer with which a Ship is entered for insurance or insured against
        protection and indemnity risks (including oil pollution risks) to the
        effect that any cover (including, without limitation, any cover in
        respect of liability for Environmental Claims arising in jurisdictions
        where such Ship operates or trades) is cancelled or such action as is
        required by the protection and indemnity association or other such
        insurer in any notice threatening cancellation is not taken with the
        period specified in such notice.

10.2  Acceleration

      The Lenders may (and the Agent with the prior approval of the Lenders
      shall), without prejudice to any other rights to the Lenders, at any time
      after the happening of an Event of Default by notice to the Borrower
      declare that:

10.2.1  the obligation of each Lender to make the Commitment available shall be
        terminated, whereupon the Commitment shall be reduced to zero forthwith;
        and/or

10.2.2  the Loan and all interest and commitment commission accrued and all
        other sums payable under the Security Documents have become due and
        payable, whereupon the same shall, immediately or in accordance with the
        terms of such notice, become due and payable.

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10.3  Demand basis

10.3.1  If, pursuant to clause 10.2.2, the Lenders (or the Agent with the prior
        approval of the Lenders) declares the Loan to be due and payable on
        demand, the Lenders may (and the Agent with the prior approval of the
        Lenders shall) by written notice to the Borrower (a) call for repayment
        of the Loan on such date as may be specified whereupon the Loan shall
        become due and payable on the date so specified together with all
        interest and commitment commission accrued and all other sums payable
        under this Agreement or (b) withdraw such declaration with effect from
        the date specified in such notice.

11    Indemnities

11.1  Miscellaneous indemnities

      The Borrower shall on demand indemnify each Lender, the Agent and the
      Security Trustee, without prejudice to any of their other rights under any
      of the Security Documents, against any loss (including loss of Margin
      until the end of the then current Interest Period) or expense which such
      Lender, the Agent or the Security Trustee shall certify as sustained or
      incurred by it as a consequence of:

11.1.1  any default in payment by the Borrower of any sum under any of the
        Security Documents when due;

11.1.2  the occurrence of any other Event of Default;

11.1.3  any prepayment of any Advance or part thereof or the Loan being made
        under clauses 4.3, 8.3 or 12.1, or any other repayment of any Advance or
        part thereof or the Loan being made otherwise than on an Interest
        Payment Date relating to the Advance or the Loan prepaid or repaid; or

11.1.4  any Advance not being made for any reason (unless attributable to the
        fault of the Lenders) after the relevant Drawdown Notice for such
        Advance has been given,

      including, in any such case, but not limited to, any loss or expense
      sustained or incurred by any Lender in maintaining or funding its
      Contribution or any part thereof or in liquidating or re-employing
      deposits from third parties acquired or contracted for to fund, effect or
      maintain all or any part of its Contribution or any other amount arising
      to such Lender.

11.2  Currency indemnity

      If any sum due from the Borrower under any of the Security Documents or
      any order or judgment given or made in relation thereto has to be
      converted from the currency (the "first currency") in which the same is
      payable under the relevant Security Document or under such order or
      judgment into another currency (the "second currency") for the purpose of
      (a) making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower, (b) obtaining
      an order or judgment in any court or other tribunal or (c) enforcing any
      order or judgment given or made in relation to any of the Security
      Documents, the Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Lenders, the
      Agent, the Arranger and the Security Trustee from and against any loss
      suffered as a result of any difference between (i) the rate of exchange
      used for such purpose to convert the sum in question from the first
      currency into the second currency and (ii) the rate or rates of exchange
      at which the Lenders, the Agent, the Arranger and the Security Trustee may
      in the ordinary course of business purchase the first currency with the
      second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in satisfaction, in whole
      or in part, of any such order, judgment, claim or proof. Any amount due
      from the Borrower under this clause 11.2 shall be due as a separate debt
      and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sums
      due under or in respect of any of the Security Documents and the term
      "rate of exchange" includes any premium and costs of exchange payable in
      connection with the purchase of the first currency with the second
      currency.

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11.3  Environmental indemnity

      The Borrower shall indemnify the Lenders, the Agent, the Arranger, the
      Underwriter and the Security Trustee on demand and hold the Lenders, the
      Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and the Security Trustee harmless
      from and against all costs, expenses, payments, charges, losses, demands,
      liabilities, actions, proceedings (whether civil or criminal), penalties,
      fines, damages, judgments, orders, sanctions or other outgoings of
      whatever nature which may be suffered, incurred or paid by, or made or
      asserted against the Lenders, the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and
      the Security Trustee at any time, whether before or after the repayment in
      full of principal and interest under this Agreement, relating to, or
      arising directly or indirectly in any manner or for any cause or reason
      whatsoever out of an Environmental Claim made or asserted against the
      Lenders, the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and the Security Trustee
      if such Environmental Claim would not have been, or been capable of being,
      made or asserted against the Lenders, the Agent, the Arranger, the
      Underwriter or the Security Trustee if it had not entered into any of the
      Security Documents and/or exercised any of its rights, powers and
      discretions thereby conferred and/or performed any of its obligations
      thereunder and/or been involved in any of the transactions contemplated by
      the Security Documents.

12    Unlawfulness and increased costs

12.1  Unlawfulness

      If it is or becomes contrary to any law or regulation for any Lender to
      make any Advance or to maintain its Commitment or fund its Contribution,
      such Lender shall promptly, through the Agent, give notice to the Borrower
      whereupon (a) such Lender's Commitment shall be reduced to zero and (b)
      the Borrower shall be obliged to prepay the Contribution of such Lender
      either (i) forthwith or (ii) on a future specified date not being earlier
      than the latest date permitted by the relevant law or regulation together
      with interest and commitment commission accrued to the date of prepayment
      and all other sums payable by the Borrower under this Agreement.

12.2  Increased costs

      If the result of any change in, or in the interpretation or application
      of, or the introduction of, any law or any regulation, request or
      requirement (whether or not having the force of law, but, if not having
      the force of law, with which the Agent and/or any Lender or, as the case
      may be, its holding company habitually complies), including (without
      limitation) those relating to Taxation, capital adequacy, liquidity,
      reserve assets, cash ratio deposits and special deposits, is to:

12.2.1  subject any Lender to Taxes or change the basis of Taxation of any
        Lender with respect to any payment under any of the Security Documents
        (other than Taxes or Taxation on the overall net income, profits or
        gains of such Lender); and/or

12.2.2  increase the cost to, or impose an additional cost on, any Lender or its
        holding company in making or keeping the Commitment available or
        maintaining or funding all or part of the Loan; and/or

12.2.3  reduce the amount payable or the effective return to any Lender under
        any of the Security Documents; and/or

12.2.4  reduce any Lender's or its holding company's rate of return on its
        overall capital by reason of a change in the manner in which it is
        required to allocate capital resources to its obligations under any of
        the Security Documents; and/or

12.2.5  require any Lender or its holding company to make a payment or forgo a
        return on or calculated by reference to any amount received or
        receivable by it under any of the Security Documents; and/or

12.2.6  require any Lender or its holding company to incur or sustain a loss by
        reason of being obliged to deduct all or part of the Commitment or the
        Loan from its capital for regulatory purposes,

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      then and in each such case (subject to clause 12.3):

      (a)   such Lender shall notify the Borrower in writing of such event
            promptly upon its becoming aware of the same;

      (b)   the Lenders shall negotiate with the Borrower in good faith with a
            view to restructuring the transaction constituted by the Security
            Documents in a way which will (in the reasonable opinion of the
            Lenders) satisfactorily avoid either the unlawfulness or increased
            costs concerned (each as the case may be) without either decreasing
            the amounts or net returns due to the Agent and the Lenders under
            the Security Documents or which would, but for such unlawfulness or
            such increased costs (each as the case may be), have been so due, or
            otherwise adversely affecting the rights, interests and security of
            the Agent and/or the Security Trustee and/or the Lenders and/or the
            Arranger under the transaction as presently constituted and will not
            (in the reasonable opinion of the Lenders) increase the cost to the
            Borrower of or otherwise adversely affect the rights, and interests
            of the Borrower under the transactions (and unless the Lenders
            nominate a longer period (which they shall be at liberty to do),
            such negotiations shall continue for a period of 30 days after the
            Borrower has been given notice under clause 12.2.6(a) or for such
            lesser period as is permitted under applicable law having regard to
            either the unlawfulness or the increased costs concerned (such
            period called the "Negotiation Period");

      (c)   if at the end of the Negotiation Period the Lenders and the Borrower
            have not reached agreement on a restructuring of the transaction on
            the basis described in clause 12.2.6(b) above then the Borrower
            shall on demand, made at any time after expiry of the Negotiation
            Period whether or not the relevant Lender's Contribution has been
            repaid, pay to such Lender the amount which such Lender specifies
            (in a certificate (which shall be conclusive in the absence of
            manifest error) setting forth the basis of the computation of such
            amount but not including any matters which such Lender regards as
            confidential in relation to its funding arrangements) is required to
            compensate such Lender for such alternative funding, increased cost,
            reduction, payment or forgone return;

      (d)   the Lenders shall take all steps as the Agent (or as the case may
            be, that Lender) reasonably determines is open to it to mitigate the
            effect of such circumstances.

      For the purposes of this clause 12.2 "holding company" means the company
      or entity (if any) within the consolidated supervision of which such
      Lender is included.

12.3  Exception

      Nothing in clause 12.2 shall entitle any Lender to receive any amount in
      respect of compensation for any such liability to Taxes, increased or
      additional cost, reduction, payment, foregone return or loss to the extent
      that the same is the subject of an additional payment under clause 6.7 or
      which arises as a result of any deterioration in the credit rating of any
      Lender.

12.4  Further exceptions

      Nothing in clause 12.2.4, shall entitle the Agent or any Lender to receive
      any amount in respect of compensation for any such liability to Taxes,
      increased or additional cost, reduction, payment, foregone return or loss
      which arises as a consequence of (or any law or regulation implementing)
      (a) the proposals for international convergence of capital measurement and
      capital standards published by the Basle Committee on Banking Regulations
      and Supervisory Practices in July 1988 and/or (b) any applicable directive
      of the European Union (in each case) unless it results from any change in,
      or in the interpretation or application of, such proposals or any such
      applicable directive (or any law or regulation implementing the same)
      occurring after the date hereof. For the purposes of this clause 12.4 the
      term "applicable directive" means (exclusively) each of the Own Funds
      Directive (89/299/EEC of 17th April 1989) and the Solvency Ratio Directive
      (89/647/EEC of 18th December 1989).

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13    Security and set-off

13.1  Application of moneys

      All moneys received by the Agent and/or the Lenders and/or the Security
      Trustee and/or the Arranger under or pursuant to any of the Security
      Documents and expressed to be applicable in accordance with the provisions
      of this clause 13.1 shall be applied in the following manner:

13.1.1  first in or toward payment of all unpaid fees, commissions and expenses
        which may be owing to the Agent or any Lender under any of the Security
        Documents;

13.1.2  secondly in or towards payment to any Lender for any loss suffered by
        reason of any such payment in respect of principal not being effected on
        an Interest Payment Date relating to the part of the Loan repaid;

13.1.3  thirdly in or towards payment of any arrears of interest owing in
        respect of the Loan or any part thereof;

13.1.4  fourthly in or towards repayment of the Loan (whether the same is due
        and payable or not);

13.1.5  fifthly in or towards payment to any Lender of any other sums owing to
        it under any of the Security Documents; and

13.1.6  sixthly the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the Borrower or to
        whomsoever else may be entitled to receive such surplus,

      or in such other manner as the Agent shall determine.

13.2  Set-off

      The Borrower authorizes each Lender (without prejudice to any of such
      Lender's rights at law, in equity or otherwise), at any time after the
      occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing and without notice
      to the Borrower:

13.2.1  to apply any credit balance to which the Borrower is then entitled
        standing upon any account of the Borrower with any branch of such Lender
        in or towards satisfaction of any sum due and payable from the Borrower
        to such Lender under any of the Security Documents;

13.2.2  in the name of the Borrower and/or such Lender to do all such acts and
        to execute all such documents as may be necessary or expedient to effect
        such application; and

13.2.3  to combine and/or consolidate all or any accounts in the name of the
        Borrower with such Lender.

      For such purposes, each such Lender is authorised to purchase with the
      moneys standing to the credit of such account such other currencies as may
      be necessary to effect such application. No Lender shall be obliged to
      exercise any right given to it by this clause 13. Each Lender shall notify
      the Agent and the Borrower forthwith upon the exercise or purported
      exercise of any right of set-off giving full details in relation thereto.

13.3  Pro-rata payments

      If at any time the proportion which any Lender (the "Recovering Lender")
      has received or recovered (other than from an Assignee, a Substitute or a
      sub-participant in such Lender's Contribution or any other payment of an
      amount due to the Recovering Lender for its sole account pursuant to
      clauses 3.6, 4.3, 5.1, 6.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1 or 12.2) in respect of its
      share of any payment to be made for the account of the Recovering Lender
      and one or more other Lenders under any of the Security Documents is
      greater (the amount of the excess being referred to in this clause 13 as
      the "excess amount") than the proportion of the share of such

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           payment received or recovered by the Lender receiving or recovering
           the smallest or no proportion of its share, then:

13.3.1          within 2 Banking Days of such receipt or recovery, the
                Recovering Lender shall pay to the Agent an amount equal (or
                equivalent) to the excess amount;

13.3.2          the Agent shall treat such payment as if it were part of the
                payment to be made by the Borrower and shall distribute the
                same in accordance with clause 13.1; and

13.3.3          as between the Borrower and the Recovering Lender the excess
                amount shall be treated as not having been paid but the
                obligations of the Borrower to the other Lenders shall, to the
                extent of the amount so paid to them, be treated as discharged.

           Each Lender shall forthwith notify the Agent of any such receipt or
           recovery by such Lender other than by payment through the Agent. If
           any excess amount subsequently has to be wholly or partly refunded
           by the Recovering Lender which paid an amount equal thereto to the
           Agent under clause 13.3.1 each Lender to which any part of such
           amount was distributed shall on request from the Recovering Lender
           repay to the Recovering Lender such Lender's pro-rata share of the
           amount which has to be refunded by the Recovering Lender. Each Lender
           shall on request supply to the Agent such information as the Agent
           may from time to time request for the purpose of the clause 13.3.
           Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause 13.3 no
           Recovering Lender shall be obliged to share any excess amount which
           it receives or recovers pursuant to legal proceedings taken by it to
           recover any sums owing to it under this Agreement with any other
           party which has a legal right to, but does not, either join in such
           proceedings or commence and diligently pursue separate proceedings
           to enforce its rights in the same or another court (unless the
           proceedings instituted by the Recovering Lender are instituted by it
           without prior notice having been given to such party through the
           Agent).

13.4       No release

           For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that failure by
           any Recovering Lender to comply with the provisions of clause 13.3
           shall not release any other Recovering Lender from any of its
           obligations or liabilities under clause 13.3.

13.5       No charge

           The provisions of this clause 13 shall not, and shall not be
           construed so as to, constitute a charge by a Lender over all or
           any part of a sum received or recovered by it in the circumstances
           mentioned in clause 13.3.

13.6       Further assurance

           The Borrower undertakes that the Security Documents shall both at
           the date of execution and delivery thereof and so long as any moneys
           are owing under any of the Security Documents be valid and binding
           obligations of the respective parties thereto and the rights of the
           Agent, the Security Trustee and the Lenders thereunder enforceable
           in accordance with their respective terms and that they will, at
           their expense, execute, sign, perfect and do, and will procure the
           execution, signing, perfecting and doing by each of the other
           Security Parties of, any and every such further assurance, document,
           act or thing as in the reasonable opinion of the Agent may be
           necessary or desirable for perfecting the security contemplated or
           constituted by the Security Documents.

14         Assignment, substitution and lending office

14.1       Benefit and burden

           This Agreement shall be binding upon, and enure for the benefit of,
           the Lenders, the Agent the Security Trustee and the Borrower and
           their respective successors.

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14.2   No assignment by Borrower

       The Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations
       under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agent,
       which consent will be subject to (a) the Borrower providing a full
       guarantee of the assignee's obligations under this Agreement and each
       Security Document to which it is a party, in form and substance
       satisfactory to the Agent and the Security Trustee and (b) to such other
       reasonable conditions as the Agent and/or the Security Trustee may
       impose.

14.3   Assignment by Lenders

       Any Lender may assign all or any part of its rights under this Agreement
       or under any of the other Security Documents to any other bank or
       financial institution (an "Assignee") without the consent of the
       Borrower.

14.4   Substitution

       Each Lender may transfer, by way of novation, all or any part of its
       rights, benefits and/or obligations under this Agreement to another
       person (a "Substitute") with the consent of the other Lenders but subject
       to the deletion of clause 8.3 from this Agreement and the prior
       consultation with the Borrower in the case of any initial syndication of
       the Loan by the Underwriter (in its capacity as sole Lender). Any such
       novation shall be effected upon 5 Banking Days' prior notice by delivery
       to the Agent of a duly completed Substitution Certificate duly executed
       by such Lender, the Substitute and the Agent (for itself, the Borrower,
       the Arranger, the Security Trustee, the Underwriter and the other
       Lenders). On the effective date specified in a Substitution Certificate
       so executed and delivered, to the extent that they are expressed in such
       Substitution Certificate to be the subject of the novation effected
       pursuant to the clause 14.3:

14.4.1     the existing parties to this Agreement and the Lender party to the
           relevant Substitution Certificate shall be released from their
           respective obligations towards one another under this Agreement
           ("discharged obligations") and their respective rights against one
           another under this Agreement ("discharged rights") shall be
           cancelled;

14.4.2     the Substitute party to the relevant Substitution Certificate and the
           existing parties to this Agreement (other than the Lender party to
           such Substitution Certificate) shall assume obligations towards each
           other which differ from the discharged obligations only insofar as
           they are owed to or assumed by such Substitute instead of to or by
           such Lender; and

14.4.3     the Substitute party to the relevant Substitution Certificate and the
           existing parties to this Agreement (other than the Lender party to
           such Substitution Certificate) shall acquire rights against each
           other which differ from the discharged rights only insofar as they
           are exercisable by or against such Substitute instead of by or
           against such Lender,

and, on the date upon which such novation takes effect, the Substitute (unless
such Substitute shall be a Related Company of the Lender party to the relevant
Substitution Certificate) shall pay to the Agent for its own account a fee
agreed between them. The Agent shall promptly notify the other parties hereto of
the receipt by it of any Substitution Certificate and shall promptly deliver a
copy of such Substitution Certificate to the Borrower.

All costs of syndication and assignment by any Lender at any time during the
Security Period shall be borne by the relevant Lender or Lenders.

14.5   Reliance on Substitution Certificate

       The Agent, the Lenders, the Arranger, the Security Trustee, the
       Underwriter and the Borrowers shall be fully entitled to rely on any
       Substitution Certificate delivered to the Agent in accordance with the
       foregoing provisions of this clause 14 which is complete and regular on
       its face as regards its contents and purportedly signed on behalf of the
       relevant Lender and the Substitute and none of the Agent, the Lenders,
       the Arranger, the Security Trustee, the Underwriter or the

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       Borrower shall have any liability or responsibility to any party as a
       consequence of placing reliance on and acting in accordance with any such
       Substitution Certificate if it proves to be the case that the same was
       not authentic or duly authorised.

14.6   Signing of Substitution Certificate

       Each of the Borrower, the Arranger, the Security Trustee, the Underwriter
       and the Lenders irrevocably authorises the Agent to countersign each
       Substitution Certificate on its behalf without any further consent of, or
       consultation with, the Borrowers, the Arranger, the Security Trustee, the
       Underwriter or such Lender (as the case may be).

14.7   Construction of certain references

       If any Lender assigns all or any part of its rights or novates all or any
       part of its rights, benefits and obligations as provided in clause 14.3
       or 14.4 all relevant references in this Agreement to such Lender shall
       thereafter be construed as a reference to such Lender and/or its Assignee
       or Substitute (as the case may be) to the extent of their respective
       interests.

14.8   Documenting assignments and novations

       If any Lender assigns all or any part of its rights or novates all or any
       part of its rights, benefits and/or obligations as provided in clause
       14.3 or 14.4 the Borrower undertakes, immediately on being requested to
       do so by the Agent and at the cost of the Lender that has so assigned or
       novated all or any part of its rights and/or obligations, to enter into,
       and procure that the other Security Parties shall enter into, such
       documents as may be necessary or desirable to transfer to the Assignee or
       Substitute all or the relevant part of such Lender's interest in the
       Security Documents and all relevant references in this Agreement to such
       Lender shall thereafter be construed as a reference to the Lender and/or
       its Assignee or Substitute (as the case may be) to the extent of their
       respective interests.

14.9   Lending office

       Each Lender shall lend through its office at the address specified in
       schedule 1 or, as the case may be, in any relevant Substitution
       Certificate or through any other office of such Lender selected from time
       to time by it through which such Lender wishes to lend for the purposes
       of this Agreement Provided always that such change of office shall not
       result in an increase in the obligations of the Borrower under this
       Agreement.

14.10  Disclosure of information

       Any Lender or the Agent may disclose to a prospective assignee,
       substitute or transferee or to any other person who may propose entering
       into contractual relations with such Lender or the Agent in relation to
       this Agreement such information about the Borrower as such Lender or the
       Agent shall consider appropriate provided that the Agent and/or Lender
       shall procure that the recipients of such information undertake to the
       Borrower in advance to preserve the confidentiality of all such
       information.

14.11  No additional costs

       If at any time any assignment by any Lender of all or any part of its
       rights or benefits under this Agreement or any transfer by such Lender of
       any part of the rights, benefits and/or obligations under this Agreement,
       or any change in the office through which it lends for the purposes of
       this Agreement, the Borrower would be obliged to pay to the Assignee or
       Transferee or (in the case of a change of lending office) the Agent under
       clause 6.7 or 12.2 any sum in excess of the sum (if any) which it would
       have been obliged to pay to the Agent and/or Lender under the relevant
       clause in the absence of such assignment, transfer or change, the
       Borrower shall not be obliged to pay that excess.

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15      Agent and Security Trustee

15.1    Appointment of the Agent and Security Trustee

        The Lenders hereby jointly and severally appoint the Agent as
        facility agent and the Security Trustee as security agent and trustee
        to act on their behalf in the manner as set out in this Agreement and
        in the Agency Agreement and hereby authorise the Agent and the
        Security Trustee, among other things, to exercise any such rights,
        powers, discretions or authorities as are delegated to the Agent
        and/or the Security Trustee and by the terms of this Agreement and the
        Agency Agreement. The Borrower shall not, at any time during the
        Security Period, be liable for any costs associated with the
        retirement or replacement of the Agent or the Security Trustee.

15.2    Neither the Agent nor the Security Trustee shall have any duties or
        responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement,
        the other Security Documents and the Agency Agreement.

15.3    The Agent and the Security Trustee, as the case may be, shall;

15.3.1      inform each of the Lenders of the contents of any notice,
            information or document received by it from the Borrower hereunder
            including notices received from the Borrower in accordance with
            clause 16;

15.3.2      notify each of the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default of which
            the Agent has actual knowledge; and

15.3.3.     hold the original Security Documents on behalf of the Lenders.

15.4    Neither the Agent nor the Security Trustee accepts any responsibility
        for the accuracy and/or completeness of any information supplied by the
        Borrower or any third party in connection with this Agreement or for the
        legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of this
        Agreement and neither of them shall be under any liability as a result
        of taking or omitting to take any action in relation to this Agreement,
        save in the case of gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

15.5    The Lenders agree that they will not assert or seek to assert against
        any director, officer or employee of the Agent or the Security Trustee,
        as the case may be, any claim they might have against the Agent or the
        Security Trustee, as the case may be, in respect of the matters referred
        to in this clause 15.

15.6    It is understood and agreed by the Lenders that they have themselves
        been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making their
        own independent appraisals of and investigations into the  financial
        condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and nature of
        the Borrower and, accordingly, the Lenders warrant to the Agent and the
        Security Trustee, that they have not relied and will not thereafter
        rely on the Agent or the Security Trustee:

15.6.1       to check or inquire on their behalf into the adequacy, accuracy or
             completeness of any information provided by the Borrower in
             connection with this Agreement or the transactions herein
             contemplated (including such information which has been or is
             hereafter circulated to the Lenders by the Agent or the Security
             Trustee, as the case may be); or

15.6.2       to assess or keep under review on their behalf the financial
             condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature
             of any of the Borrower.

16      Notices and other matters

16.1    Notices

        Every notice, request, demand or other communication under this
        Agreement or (unless otherwise provided therein) under any of the other
        Security Documents shall:

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16.1.1       be in writing delivered personally or by first-class prepaid letter
             (airmail if available) or facsimile transmission or other means of
             telecommunication in permanent written form;

16.1.2       be deemed to have been received, subject as otherwise provided in
             the relevant Security Document, in the case of a letter, when
             delivered personally or 3 days after it has been put in to the post
             and, in the case of facsimile transmission or other means of
             telecommunication in permanent written form, at the time of
             despatch (provided that if the date of despatch is not a business
             day in the country of the addressee or if the time of despatch is
             after the close of business in the country of the addressee it
             shall be deemed to have been received at the opening of business
             on the next such business day); and

16.1.3       be sent:

             (a)   to the Borrower at:

                   American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited
                   NOL Centre
                   15 Exchange Place
                   Suite 110 Jersey City NJ 07302-3912
                   USA

                   Fax no:    +1 201 324 3961/201 985 0527
                   Attention: Gregory A. McGrath

                   with a copy to:

                   Neptune Orient Lines Limited
                   NOL Building
                   456 Alexandra Road
                   #23-00 Corporate Treasury
                   Singapore 119962

                   Fax:       +65 278 8355
                   Attention: Steven Wong

             (b)   to the Agent, the Underwriter (in its capacity as sole
                   Lender) and the Security Trustee at:

                   Sankt Annae Plads 1-3
                   Postboks 3028
                   1021 Kobenhaven K
                   Denmark

                   Fax no:      00 45 33 33 96 66
                   Attention:   Corporate Department

             (c)   to any other Lender at its address or fax number specified
                   in any relevant Substitution Certificate,

             or to such address and/or numbers as is notified by one party to
             the other party under this Agreement.

16.2    No implied waivers, remedies cumulative

        No failure or delay on the part of the Agent, the Security Trustee, the
        Lenders or any of them to exercise any power, right or remedy under any
        of the Security Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
        any single or partial exercise by the Agent, the Security Trustee, the
        Lenders or any of them of any power, right or remedy preclude any other
        or further exercise

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        thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The
        remedies provided in the Security Documents are cumulative and are not
        exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

16.3    Conflicts

        In the event of a conflict between this Agreement and any of the other
        Security Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

16.4    English Language

        All certificates, instruments and other documents to be delivered under
        or supplied in connection with any of the Security Documents shall be in
        the English language or shall be accompanied by a certified English
        translation upon which the Lenders shall be entitled to rely.

16.5    Third party rights

        No term of this Agreement shall be enforceable pursuant to the Contracts
        (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to
        this Agreement.

17      Governing law and jurisdiction

17.1    Law

        This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with
        English law.

17.2    Submission to jurisdiction

        The Borrower agrees, for the benefit of the Agent, the Security Trustee
        and the Lenders, that any legal action or proceedings arising out of or
        in connection with this Agreement against the Borrower or any of its
        assets may be brought in the English courts. The Borrower irrevocably
        and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and
        irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers American Eagle Tankers UK
        Limited at present of 6th Floor, Wyndham House, 189 Marsh Wall, London
        E14 9SH to receive for it and on its behalf, service of process issued
        out of the English courts in any such legal action or proceedings. The
        submission to such jurisdiction shall not (and shall not be construed so
        as to) limit the right of the Agent, the Security Trustee and the
        Lenders to take proceedings against the Borrower in the courts of any
        other competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of proceedings in any
        one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of proceedings in any
        other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.

        The parties further agree that only the courts of England and not those
        of any other State shall have jurisdiction to determine any claim which
        the Borrower may have against the Agent, the Security Trustee or the
        Lenders arising out of or in connection with this Agreement.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties to this Agreement have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed on the date first above written.

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                                  Schedule 1

                       The Lenders and their Commitments

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          Name                 Address, telex and fax           Commitment
                                                                    ($)
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Danmarks Skibskreditfond       Sankt Annae Plads 1-3           100,000,000
                               1021 Kobenhavn K
                               Denmark

                               Fax: 00 45 33 33 96 66
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TOTAL                                                          100,000,000
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                                  Schedule 2

                            Form of Drawdown Notice

                          (referred to in clause 2.2)

(date)

To: Danmarks Skibskreditfond
    Sankt Annae Plads 1-3
    1021 Kobenhavn K
    Denmark

U.S.$100,000,000 Loan - Loan Agreement dated o 2001

We refer to the above Loan Agreement and hereby give you notice that we wish to
draw down the [Eagle One/Eagle Two] Advance namely $50,000,000 on {date} [and
select a first Interest Period in respect thereof of o months] [the first
Interest Period in respect thereof to expire on {date}]. The funds should be
credited to [name and number of account] with [details of bank in New York
City].

We confirm that:

(a)   no event or circumstance has occurred and is continuing which constitutes
      a Default;

(b)   the representations and warranties contained in clauses 7.1 and 7.2 of the
      Loan Agreement (and so that the representation and warranty in clause
      7.1.9 refers for this purpose to the audited financial statements of the
      Borrower in respect of the financial year ended on {date}) are true and
      correct in all material respects at the date hereof as if made with
      respect to the facts and circumstances existing at such date; and

(c)   the borrowing to be effected by the drawdown of the [Eagle One][Eagle Two]
      Advance will be within our corporate powers, has been validly authorised
      by appropriate corporate action and will not cause any limit on our
      borrowings (whether imposed by statute, regulation, agreement or
      otherwise) to be exceeded; and

(d)   there has been no material adverse change in our financial position from
      that set forth in the financial statements referred to in (b) above which
      change prevents us from performing our payment and other material
      obligations under the Loan Agreement or any Security Document.

      Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same
      meanings where used herein.

For and on behalf of

AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED

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                                  Schedule 3

  Documents and evidence required as conditions precedent to making available
                                the Commitment

                          (referred to in clause 9.1)

                                    Part 1

(a)  Secretarial Certificate

     a certificate signed by an officer of the Borrower substantially in the
     form set out in schedule 8 and dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior
     to the date of this Agreement;

(b)  Certified Contracts and Charters

     a certified true and complete copy (by way of a certificate signed by an
     officer of the Borrower dated no earlier than 5 Banking Days prior to the
     date of this Agreement) of the Contracts (excluding any plans or drawings)
     and a certified true and complete copy of any Time Charter (with any
     confidential information deleted);

(c)  Bermudian opinion

     an opinion of Appleby Spurling & Kempe, special legal advisers in Bermuda
     to the Lenders;

(d)  Borrower's process agent

     a letter from the Borrower's agent for receipt of service of proceedings
     referred to in clause 17.2 accepting its appointment under the said clause
     and under each of the other Security Documents in which it is or is to be
     appointed as such Borrower's agent;

(e)  Security Party's process agents

     a letter from any Security Party's (other than the Borrower's) agent for
     receipt of service of proceedings accepting its appointment under each of
     the Security Documents in which it is or is to be appointed as each
     Security Party's agent; and

(f)  Financial statements

     a confirmation, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, that the
     final financial statements of the Borrower as at 31 December 2000 are
     materially the same as the proforma unaudited financial statements
     delivered to the Agent on 9 February 2001.

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                                    Part 2
        Documents and evidence required as conditions precedent to all
                              Advances being made

(a)  Drawdown Notice

     a Drawdown Notice for the drawdown of the relevant Advance duly executed;

(b)  Insurance undertakings

     confirmations from the relevant protection and indemnity association, war
     risks association and hull and machinery brokers/insurers confirming that
     Letters of Undertaking will be issued in respect of the relevant Ship in a
     form and substance acceptable to the Agent acting reasonably;

(c)  Ship conditions

     Evidence that the Ship for which the relevant Advance is to be made:

     (i)   Registration and Encumbrances

           is or will be provisionally registered in the name of the Borrower
           under the laws and flag of the Flag State through the Registry and
           that such Ship and her Earnings, Insurances and Requisition
           Compensation (as defined in the relevant Ship Security Documents) are
           free of Encumbrances;

     (ii)  Classification

           maintains the relevant Classification free of all requirements and
           recommendations (which if not rectified in the time specified by the
           Classification Society would result in a condition of class) of the
           relevant Classification Society; and

     (iii) Insurance

           is insured in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Ship
           Security Documents and all requirements of such Ship Security
           Documents in respect of such insurance have been complied with
           (including without limitation, confirmation from the protection and
           indemnity association or other insurer with which such Ship is, or is
           to be, entered for insurance or insured against protection and
           indemnity risks (including oil pollution risks) that any necessary
           declarations required by the association or insurer for the removal
           of any oil pollution exclusion have been made and that any such
           exclusion does not apply to such Ship); and

(d)  Delivery documents and commercial invoice

     the Builder's certificate and/or a bill of sale in favour of the Borrower
     from the Builder and a protocol of delivery and acceptance duly executed
     and such other evidence as the Agent may reasonably require (including
     evidence of the Builder's corporate authorisations to deliver title to the
     relevant Ship) that the Borrower will obtain good title to the relevant
     Ship on or before the relevant Delivery Date free of all liens and
     Encumbrances and all that all sums due to the Builder have been or will be
     paid in full on the Delivery Date;

(e)  Security Documents

     the Ship Security Documents for such Ship duly executed;

(f)  Mortgage registration

     evidence that the Mortgage over such Ship has been registered against such
     Ship with first priority under the laws and flag of the Flag State through
     the Registry;

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(g)  Notices of assignment

     copies of duly executed notices of assignment required by the terms of such
     Ship Security Documents and in the forms prescribed by such Ship Security
     Documents together with evidence that these have been served on all
     relevant parties;

(h)  Management Agreement and Manager's Undertaking

     copies, certified as a true and complete copy by an officer of the Borrower
     or other person acceptable to the Agent of any Management Agreement for the
     relevant Ship and if the Approved Manager is a company other than the
     Borrower, a Manager's Undertaking duly executed by such Approved manager;

(i)  Supplemental Bermudian opinion

     such written confirmation as the Agent, the Security Trustee and the
     Lenders shall require from Appleby Spurling & Kempe, the special legal
     advisers in Bermuda to the Lenders, to confirm (inter alia) that the terms
     of their legal opinion described in part 1 of this schedule remain
     applicable and complete in all respects as at the date of such confirmation
     as if the same referred to the Ship Security Documents in the form in which
     the same were executed and registered;

(j)  Singapore opinion

     if the Flag State is Singapore or if any Security Party is incorporated in
     Singapore, an opinion of Robert WH Wang & Woo, special legal advisers in
     Singapore to the Lenders;

(k)  United States of America opinion

     if the Flag State is the United States of America or if any Security Party
     is incorporated in the United States of America, an opinion of Seward &
     Kissel, special legal advisors in the United States of America to the
     Lenders;

(l)  Further opinions and conditions

     any such further opinion or condition as may be reasonably required by the
     Agent under clause 9.4;

(m)  Registration forms

     such statutory forms duly signed by the Borrower and the other Security
     Parties as may be required by the Agent and/or Security Trustee to perfect
     the security contemplated by the relevant Ship Security Documents;

(n)  Certificates of financial responsibility and vessel response plans

     no later than 30 days after the Delivery of the relevant Ship, copies of a
     certificate of financial responsibility and a vessel response plan
     complying with the requirements of the United States Oil Pollution Act 1990
     together with evidence of approval thereof by the relevant regulatory
     authorities;

(o)  Insurance Opinion

     an opinion from Messrs. Willis of 10 Trinity Square, London EC3P 3AX,
     insurance consultants to the Lenders (at the Lenders cost), on the
     insurances effected or to be effected in respect of such Ship upon and
     following the relevant Drawdown Date; and

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(p)  Borrower's authorisation

     copies of extracts of resolutions of the directors of the Borrower
     evidencing authorisation of the acceptance of the delivery of the Ship and
     approval of the Ship Security Documents and the transactions contemplated
     therein and any other documents issued or to be issued pursuant thereto and
     authorising its appropriate officer or other representative to execute the
     same on its behalf, such resolutions to be certified by an officer of the
     Borrower in the manner referred to in paragraph 2 of Part 1 of this
     schedule and any power of attorney issued pursuant to the said resolutions.

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                                  Schedule 4

                       Form of Substitution Certificate

To: DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND on its own behalf, as agent for the Lenders party
    to the Loan Agreement mentioned below as Arranger, Security Trustee and
    Underwriter and on behalf of American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited as Borrower

Attention:

                                                                        [Date]

                           Substitution Certificate

This Substitution Certificate relates to a $100,000,000 Secured Loan Agreement
(the "Agreement") dated [o 2001] between the banks and financial institutions
whose respective names and addresses are set out in schedule 1 thereto as
Lenders and Danmarks Skibskreditfond as Arranger, Agent, Security Trustee and
Underwriter.

1   [name of Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") (a) confirms the accuracy
    of the summary of its participation in the Agreement set out in the schedule
    below; and (b) requests [name of Substitute Lender] (the "Substitute") to
    accept by way of novation the portion of such participation specified in the
    schedule hereto by counter-signing and delivering this Substitution
    Certificate to the Agent at its address for the service of notices specified
    in the Agreement.

2   The Substitute hereby requests the Agent (on behalf of itself, the Borrower
    and the Lenders to accept this Substitution Certificate as being delivered
    to the Agent pursuant to and for the purposes of clause 14 of the Agreement,
    so as to take effect in accordance with the respective terms thereof on
    [date of transfer] (the "Effective Date") or on such later date as may be
    determined in accordance with the respective terms thereof.

3   The Agent (on behalf of itself, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Arranger, the
    Security Trustee, the Underwriter and all other parties to the Agency
    Agreement) confirms the novation effected by this Substitution Certificate
    pursuant to and for the purposes of clause 14.4 of the Agreement so as to
    take effect in accordance with the respective terms thereof.

4   The Substitute confirms:

    (a)  that it has received a copy of the Agreement and each of the other
         Security Documents and all other documentation and information required
         by it in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
         Substitution Certificate;

    (b)  that it has made and will continue to make its own assessment of the
         validity, enforceability and sufficiency of the Agreement, the other
         Security Documents and this Substitution Certificate and has not relied
         and will not rely on the Existing Lender or the Agent, the Arranger,
         the Security Trustee or the Underwriter or any statements made by any
         of them in that respect;

    (c)  that it has made and will continue to make its own credit assessment of
         the Borrower and has not relied and will not rely on the Existing
         Lender, the Agent, the Arranger, the Security Trustee or the
         Underwriter or any statements made by any of them in that respect; and

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    (d)  that, accordingly, none of the Existing Lender, the Agent, the
         Arranger, the Security Trustee or the Underwriter shall have any
         liability or responsibility to the Substitute in respect of any of the
         foregoing matters.

5   Execution of this Substitution Certificate by the Substitute constitutes its
    representation to the Existing Lender and all other parties to the Agreement
    that it has power to become party to the Agreement as a Lender on the terms
    herein and therein set out and has taken all necessary steps to authorise
    execution and delivery of this Substitution Certificate.

6   The Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
    responsibility with respect to the legality, validity, effectiveness,
    adequacy or enforceability of the Agreement or any of the other Security
    Documents or any document relating thereto and assumes no responsibility for
    the financial condition of the Borrower or any other party to the Agreement
    or any of the other Security Documents or for the performance and observance
    by the Borrower or any other such party of any of its obligations under the
    Agreement or any of the other Security Documents or any document relating
    thereto and any and all such conditions and warranties, whether express or
    implied by law or otherwise, are hereby excluded.

7   The Substitute hereby undertakes to the Existing Lender, the Borrower, the
    Arranger, the Agent, the Security Trustee, the Underwriter and each of the
    other parties to the Agreement that it will perform in accordance with their
    terms all those obligations which by the respective terms of the Agreement
    will be assumed by it after acceptance of this Substitution Certificate by
    the Agent.

8   (If not already a lender), the Substitute hereby appoints the Agent to act
    as its Facility Agent and the Security Trustee to act as its security agent
    and trustee as provided in the Agreement and the Security Documents and
    agrees to be bound by the terms of the Agency Agreement.

9   All terms and expressions used but not defined in this Substitution
    Certificate shall bear the meaning given to them in the Agreement.

10  This Substitution Certificate and the rights and obligations of the parties
    hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.

Note: This Substitution Certificate is not a security, bond, note, debenture,
      investment or similar instrument.

AS WITNESS the hands of the authorised signatories of the parties hereto on the
date appearing below.

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                                 The Schedule

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Commitment: $                                  Portion Transferred: $

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Contribution: $                                Portion Transferred: $

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Next Interest Payment Date:

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Administrative Details of Substitute
Lending Office:

Account for payments:

Telephone:

Telex:

Attention:

[Existing Lender]                               [Substitute]

By:                                             By:
   --------------------                            --------------------

Date:                                           Date:

The Agent

By:

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on its own behalf
and on behalf of the Borrower, the Arranger, the Security Trustee, the
Underwriter and the Lenders.

Date:

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                                  Schedule 5

                           Form of Deed of Covenant

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Private & Confidential                          Draft (3) 24 May 2001
                                                SXLM\128\AA11282
                                                DEEDCOV04.DOC

                            Dated              200.
                            -----------------------

                      AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED        (1)

                                      and

                           DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND              (2)
                             (as Security Trustee)

                       ---------------------------------

                               DEED OF COVENANT
                               relating to m.v.
                          ["EAGLE ONE"]["EAGLE TWO"]

                       ---------------------------------

                                  Norton Rose
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                                   Contents

Clause                                                                      Page

1   Definitions...........................................................    1

2   Mortgage and assignment...............................................    5

3   Covenant to pay.......................................................    6

4   Continuing security and other matters.................................    6

5   Covenants.............................................................    7

6   Powers of Security Trustee to protect security and remedy defaults....   14

7   Powers of Security Trustee on Event of Default........................   15

8   Application of moneys.................................................   17

9   Remedies cumulative and other provisions..............................   18

10  Costs and indemnity...................................................   19

11  Attorney..............................................................   19

12  Further assurance.....................................................   20

13  Notices...............................................................   20

14  Counterparts..........................................................   20

15  Successors and assigns................................................   20

16  Severability of provisions............................................   20

17  Law and jurisdiction..................................................   20

18  Third party rights....................................................   21

Schedule 1 Names and addresses of Lenders.................................   22

Schedule 2 Forms of Loss Payable Clauses..................................   23

Schedule 3 Form of Notice of Assignment of Insurances (For attachment by
  way of endorsement to the Policy).......................................   24

Schedule 4 Notice of Assignment of Earnings...............................   25
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THIS DEED OF COVENANT is dated              200. and made BETWEEN:

(1) AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED of Milner House, 18 Parliament Street,
    Hamilton, Bermuda (the "Owner"); and

(2) DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND a company incorporated in Denmark whose registered
    office is at Sankt Annae Plads 1-3, Postboks 3028, 1021 Kobenhavn K, Denmark
    (the "Security Trustee") (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the
    banks and financial institutions whose names and addresses are set out in
    schedule 1 (the "Lenders") and the other Finance Parties (as hereinafter
    defined)).

WHEREAS:

(A) the Owner is the sole, absolute and unencumbered, legal and beneficial owner
    of all the shares in the Ship described in clause 1.2:

(B) by an Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated 29 May 2001 and made between
    the Owner as Borrower (1), the Lenders (2), Danmarks Skibskreditfond as
    Arranger and Underwriter (3), Danmarks Skibskreditfond as Agent (4) and the
    Security Trustee (5), the Lenders agreed (inter alia) to advance by way of
    loan to the Owner upon the terms and conditions therein contained, sums of
    up to $100,000,000 (the "Loan);

(C) the Owner, in order to secure the repayment of the principal amount of Loan
    and interest thereon, costs and expenses of collection, as well as sums
    resulting from the fluctuations of currencies or mediums of exchange and all
    other sums of money from time to time owing to the Finance Parties (as
    hereinafter defined) under the said Loan Agreement and the Security
    Documents (as hereinafter defined) and the performance of and compliance
    with all the covenants, terms and conditions in this Deed, the Loan
    Agreement and the other Security Documents, has duly executed in favour of
    the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance
    Parties) a [statutory] mortgage of even date herewith in [account current
    form] constituting a [first priority] [first preferred] mortgage of all the
    shares in the said Ship;

(D) this Deed is supplemental to the Loan Agreement and the Mortgage (as
    hereinafter defined) and to the security thereby created and is the [Eagle
    One] [Eagle Two] Deed of Covenant referred to in the Loan Agreement but
    shall nonetheless continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any
    discharge of the Mortgage.

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:

  1 Definitions

1.1 Defined expressions

    Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall, unless the
    context otherwise requires or unless otherwise defined herein, have the same
    meanings when used in this Deed.

1.2 Definitions

    In this Deed, unless the context otherwise requires:

    "Agent" includes the successors in title and assignees of the Agent;

    "Agency Agreement" means the Agency Agreement executed or (as the context
    may require) to be executed between the Agent, the Security Trustee and the
    Lenders in the agreed form;

    "Approved Brokers" means such firm of insurance brokers, appointed by the
Owner, as may from time to time be approved (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) in writing by the Lenders for the purposes
of this Deed;

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 "Casualty Amount" means $3,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency),

"Collateral Instruments" means notes, bills of exchange, certificates of deposit
and other negotiable and non-negotiable instruments, guarantees, indemnities and
other assurances against financial loss and any other documents or instruments
which contain or evidence an obligation (with or without security) to pay,
discharge or be responsible directly or indirectly for, any indebtedness or
liabilities of the Owner or any other person liable and includes any documents
or instruments creating or evidencing a mortgage, charge (whether fixed or
floating), pledge, lien, hypothecation, assignment, trust arrangement or
security interest of any kind.

"Default" means any Event of Default or any event or circumstance which with the
giving of notice or lapse of time or the satisfaction of any other condition (or
any combination thereof) would constitute an Event of Default;

"Earnings" means any moneys whatsoever from time to time due or payable to the
Owner during the Security Period arising out of the use or operation of the Ship
including (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing) all freight,
hire and passage moneys, income arising under pooling arrangements, compensation
payable to the Owner in the event of requisition of the Ship for hire,
remuneration for salvage and towage services, demurrage and detention moneys,
and damages for breach (or payments for variation or termination) of any
charterparty or other contract for the employment of the Ship;

"Event of Default" means any of the events or circumstances described in clause
10.1 of the Loan Agreement;

"Expenses" means the aggregate at any relevant time (to the extent that the same
have not been received or recovered by the Security Trustee or any of the other
Finance Parties or any Receiver) of:

(a) all losses, liabilities, costs, charges, expenses, damages and outgoings of
    whatever nature (including, without limitation, Taxes, repair costs,
    registration fees and insurance premiums) properly suffered, incurred or
    paid by the Security Trustee or any of the other Finance Parties or any
    Receiver in connection with the powers referred to in or granted by this
    Deed or otherwise payable by the Owner in accordance with clause 10; and

(b) interest on all such losses, liabilities, costs, charges, expenses, damages
    and outgoings from the date on which the same were properly suffered,
    incurred or paid by the Security Trustee or any of the other Finance Parties
    or any Receiver until the date of receipt or recovery thereof (whether
    before or after judgment) at a rate per annum calculated in accordance with
    clause 3.4 of the Loan Agreement (as conclusively certified by the Security
    Trustee or any of the other Finance Parties or such Receiver, as the case
    may be);

"Finance Parties" means the Security Trustee, the Agent, the Lenders, the
Arranger, the Underwriter and "Finance Party" means any of them;

"Insurances" means all policies and contracts of insurance (which expression
includes all entries of the Ship in a protection and indemnity or war risks
association) which are from time to time during the Security Period in place or
taken out or entered into by or for the benefit of the Owner (whether in the
sole name of the Owner or in the joint names of the Owner and the Security
Trustee (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) or
otherwise) in respect of the Ship and all benefits thereof (including claims of
whatsoever nature and return of premiums);

"Loan" means the principal amount advanced and/or to be advanced by the Lenders
to the Owner pursuant to the Loan Agreement or, as the context may require, the
amount thereof at any time outstanding;

"Loan Agreement" means the agreement dated 29 May 2001 mentioned in recital (B)
hereto;

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"Loss Payable Clauses" means the provisions regulating the manner of payment of
sums receivable under the Insurances which are to be incorporated in the
relevant insurance documents, such Loss Payable Clauses to be in the forms set
out in schedule 2, or in such other forms as may from time to time be agreed in
writing by the Security Trustee;

"Mortgage" means the statutory mortgage mentioned in recital (C);

"Mortgaged Property" means:

(a)  the Ship;

(b)  the Insurance;

(c)  the Earnings;

(d)  any Requisition Compensation;

"Notice of Assignment of Earnings" means a notice of assignment in the form set
out in schedule 4 or in such other form as may from time to time be required or
agreed in writing by the Security Trustee;

"Notice of Assignment of Insurances" means a notice of assignment in the form
set out in schedule 3, or in such other form as may from time to time be
required or agreed in writing by the Security Trustee;

"Outstanding Indebtedness" means the aggregate of the Loan, and interest accrued
and accruing thereon, the Expenses and all other sums of money from time to time
owing to the Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties, whether
actually or contingently, under the Security Documents or any of them;

"Owner" includes the successors in title of the Owner;

"Receiver" means any receiver and/or manager appointed pursuant to clause 7.2;

"Requisition Compensation" means all sums of money or other compensation from
time to time payable during the Security Period by reason fo the Compulsory
Acquisition of the Ship;

"Security Documents" means the Loan Agreement, the Agency Agreement, this Deed,
the [Eagle One][Eagle Two] Deed of Covenant, the Mortgages, any Manager's
Undertaking and any other such document as is defined in the Loan Agreement as a
Security Document or as may have been or may hereafter be executed to guarantee
and/or secure all or any part of the Loan, interest thereon and other moneys
from time to time owing by the Owner pursuant to the Loan Agreement;

"Security Period" means the period commencing on the date hereof and terminating
upon discharge of the security created by the Security Documents by payment of
all moneys payable thereunder;

"Security Trustee" includes the successors in title and assignees of the
Security Trustee;

"Ship" means the vessel ["EAGLE ONE"]["EAGLE TWO"] registered as a [Singapore]
ship under Official Number * and having IMO Number * and includes any share or
interest therein and her engines, machinery, boats, tackle, outfit, equipment,
spare gear, fuel, consumable or other stores, belongings and appurtenances
whether on board or ashore and whether now owned or hereafter acquired and also
any and all additions, improvements and replacements hereafter made in or to
such vessel or any part thereof or in or to her equipment and appurtenances
aforesaid;

"United Kingdom" means Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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 1.3  Insurance terms

      In clause 5.1.1:

1.3.1 "excess risks" means the proportion (if any) of claims for general
      average, salvage and salvage charges and under the ordinary collision
      clause not recoverable in consequence of the value at which the Ship is
      assessed for the purpose of such claims exceeding her insured value.

1.3.2 "protection and indemnity risks" means the usual risks (including oil
      pollution and freight, demurrage and defence cover) covered by a United
      Kingdom protection and indemnity association or a protection and indemnity
      association which is managed in London (including, without limitation, the
      proportion (if any) of any sums payable to any other person or persons in
      case of collision which are not recoverable under the hull and machinery
      policies by reason of the incorporation therein of Clause 1 of the
      Institute Time Clauses (Hulls) (1/10/83) or the Institute Amended Running
      Down Clause (1/10/71) or any equivalent provision or (with respect to
      Insurances commencing on or after 1/11/95) the Institute Time Clauses
      1/11/95 which may be insured by entry with such an association);

1.3.3 "war risks" includes those risks covered by the standard form of English
      marine policy with Institute War and Strikes Clauses (Time) (1/10/83)
      attached or similar cover; and

1.3.4 "blocking" and "trapping risks" means risk of loss or damage to the Ship
      caused by a blockage (or any attempt of a blockade) of any part, place,
      canal, channel, river, waterway, sea or other areas whatsoever, or any
      part thereof, or of any means of exit there from arising from the
      deliberate act of any person or persons.

  1.4 Construction of Mortgage terms

      In the Mortgage:

1.4.1 [references to "interest" shall be construed as references to interest
      covenanted to be paid in accordance with clause 3.1.2 and any interest
      specified in paragraph (b) of the definition of "Expenses" in clause 1.2;

1.4.2 references to "principal" shall be construed as references to all moneys
      (other than interest) for the time being comprised in the Outstanding
      Indebtedness; and

1.4.3 the expression "all sums (whether principal interest commission fees or
otherwise) which are or at any time hereafter may be or become due and owing to
the Lenders and/or the Mortgagee" means the whole of the Outstanding
Indebtedness.]

  1.5 Headings

      Clause headings and the table of contents are inserted for convenience of
      reference only and shall be ignored in the interpretation of this Deed.

  1.6 Construction of certain terms

      The provisions of clause 1.4 of the Loan Agreement shall apply to this
Deed as if set out herein and as if references therein to "this Agreement" were
references to "this Deed".

  1.7 Conflict with Loan Agreement

      This Deed shall be read together with the Loan Agreement but in case of
any conflict between the 2 instruments, the provisions of the Loan Agreement
shall prevail.

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    2 Mortgage and assignment

  2.1 Mortgage and assignment

      By way of security for payment of the Outstanding Indebtedness the Owner
      with full title guarantee hereby mortgages and charges to and in favour of
      the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the
      Finance Parties) all its rights, title and interest present an future in
      and to the Mortgaged Property and, without prejudice to the generality of
      the foregoing, hereby assigns and agrees to assign to the Security Trustee
      (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties)
      absolutely all its rights, title and interest in and to the Earnings, the
      Insurances and any Requisition Compensation, and all its benefits and
      interests present and future therein. Provided however that:

2.1.1 Earnings

      the Earnings shall be payable to the Owner until such time as an Event of
      Default shall occur and the Security Trustee shall direct to the contrary
      whereupon the Owner shall forthwith, and the Security Trustee may at any
      time thereafter (whilst such Event of Default shall be continuing or at
      any time following service of a notice upon the Owner pursuant to clause
      10.2 of the Loan Agreement), instruct the persons from whom the Earnings
      are then payable to pay the same to the Security Trustee (as security
      agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) or as it may direct
      and any Earnings then in the hands of the Owner's brokers or other agents
      shall be deemed to have been received by them for the use and on behalf of
      the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the
      Finance Parties);

2.1.2 Insurances

      unless and until an Event of Default shall occur (whereupon all insurance
      recoveries shall be receivable by the Security Trustee (as security agent
      and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) and applied in accordance
      with clause 8.1 or clause 8.4 (as the case may be));

      (a) any moneys payable under the Insurances other than any moneys payable
          under any loss of earnings insurance, shall be payable in accordance
          with the terms of the relevant Loss Payable Clause and the Security
          Trustee will not in the meantime give any notification to the contrary
          to the insurers as contemplated by the Loss Payable Clauses; and

      (b) any insurance moneys received by the Security Trustee (as security
          agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) in respect of any
          major casualty (as specified in the relevant Loss Payable Clause)
          shall, unless prior to receipt or whilst such moneys are in the hands
          of the Security Trustee there shall have occurred an Event of Default
          (whereupon such insurance moneys shall be applied in accordance with
          clause 8.1 or clause 8.4 (as the case may be)), be paid over to the
          Owner upon the Owner furnishing evidence satisfactory to the Security
          Trustee that all loss and damage resulting from such casualty has been
          properly made good and repaired, and that all repair accounts and
          other liabilities whatsoever in connection with the casualty have been
          fully paid and discharged by the Owner, provided however that the
          insurers with whom the fire and usual marine risks insurances are
          effected may, in the case of a major casualty, and with the previous
          consent in writing of the Security Trustee, make payment on account of
          repairs in the course of being effected.

2.2   Notice

      The Owner hereby covenants and undertakes with the Security Trustee that
      it will from time to time upon the written request of the Security Trustee
      give written notice (in such form as the Security Trustee shall
      reasonably require) of the assignment herein contained to the persons from
      whom any part of the Mortgaged Property is or may be due. For the
      avoidance of doubt, no notice of assignment of Earnings will be served on
      any charterer of the Ship until there shall have occurred an Event of
      Default which is continuing.

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2.3   Use of Owner's name

      The Owner covenants and undertakes with the Security Trustee to do or
      permit to be done each and every act or thing which the Security Trustee
      may from time to time require to be done for the purpose of enforcing the
      Security Trustee's rights under this Deed and to allow its name to be used
      as and when required by the Security Trustee for that purpose.

2.4   Reassignment

      Upon payment and discharge in full to the satisfaction fo the Security
      Trustee of the Outstanding indebtedness, the Security Trustee shall, at
      the request and cost of the Owner, re-assign the Earnings, the Insurances
      and any Requisition Compensation to the Owner or as it may direct.

3     Covenant to pay

3.1   In consideration of the Lenders' agreement to advance to the Owner the
      total principal sum of $100,000,000 (receipt of [$50,000,000 of] which sum
      the Owner hereby acknowledges) in accordance with the provisions of the
      Loan Agreement, the Owner hereby covenants with the Security Trustee (as
      security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties):

3.1.1 to repay the Loan by the instalments and on the dates referred to and
      otherwise in the manner and upon the terms set out in the Loan Agreement;

3.1.2 to pay interest on the Loan, and on any overdue interest or other moneys
      payable under the Loan Agreement, at the rate or rates from time to time
      applicable thereto in the manner and upon the terms set out in the Loan
      Agreement; and

3.1.3 to pay all other moneys payable by the Owner under the Security Documents
      or any of them at the times and in the manner therein specified.

4     Continuing security and other matters

4.1   Continuing security

      The security created by the Mortgage and this Deed shall:

4.1.1 be held by the Security Trustee as a continuing security for the payment
      of the Outstanding indebtedness and the performance and observance of any
      compliance with all of the covenants, terms and conditions contained in
      the Security Documents, express or implied and the security so created
      shall not be satisfied by any intermediate payment or satisfaction of any
      part of the amount hereby and thereby secured (or by any settlement of
      accounts between the Owner or any other person who may be liable to the
      Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties in respect of the
      outstanding Indebtedness or any part thereof and the Security trustee
      and/or any of the other Finance parties);

4.1.2 be in addition to, and shall not in any way prejudice or affect, and may
      be enforced by the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on
      behalf of the Finance Parties) without prior recourse to, the security
      created by any other of the Security Documents or by any present or future
      Collateral Instruments, right or remedy held by or available to the
      Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties or any right or
      remedy of the Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties
      thereunder; and

4.1.3 not be in any way prejudiced or affected by the existence of any of the
      other Security Documents or any such Collateral Instrument, rights or
      remedies or by the same becoming wholly or in part void, voidable or
      unenforceable on any ground whatsoever or by the Security Trusted and/or
      any of the other Finance Parties dealing with, exchanging, varying or
      failing to perfect or enforce any of the same, or giving time for payment
      or performance or indulgence or compounding with any other person liable.

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4.2     Rights additional

        All the rights, remedies and powers vested in the Security Trustee
        hereunder shall be in addition to and not a limitation of any and every
        other right, power or remedy vested in the Security Trustee and/or any
        of the other Finance Parties under the Loan Agreement, this Deed, the
        other Security Documents or any such Collateral Instrument or at law and
        that all the powers so vested in the Security Trustee and/or any of the
        other Finance Parties may be exercised from time to time and as often as
        the Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties may deem
        expedient.

4.3     No enquiry

        Neither the Security Trustee nor any Receiver shall be obliged to make
        any enquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by
        it under the Mortgage and/or this Deed or to make any claim or take any
        action to collect any moneys hereby assigned or to enforce any rights or
        benefits hereby assigned to the Security Trustee (as security agent and
        trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) or to which the Security
        Trustee may at any time be entitled under the Mortgage and/or this Deed.

4.4     Obligations of Owner and Security Trustee

        The Owner shall remain liable to perform all the obligations assumed by
        it in relation to the Mortgaged Property and the Security Trustee shall
        be under no obligation of any kind whatsoever in respect thereof or be
        under any liability whatsoever in the event of any failure by the Owner
        to perform its obligations in respect thereof.

4.5     Discharge of Mortgage

        Notwithstanding that this Deed is expressed to be supplemental to the
        Mortgage it shall continue in full force and effect after any discharge
        of the Mortgage.

5       Covenants

5.1     The Owner hereby covenants with the Security Trustee (as security agent
        and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) and undertakes throughout
        the Security Period:

5.1.1   Insurance

        (a)  Insured risks, amounts and terms

             to insure and keep the Ship insured free of cost and expense to the
             Security Trustee and in the sole name of the Owner or, if so
             required by the Security Trustee, in the joint names of the Owner
             and the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on behalf
             of the Finance Parties) (but without liability on the part of the
             Security Trustee for premiums or calls):

             (i)   against fire and usual marine risks (including excess risks)
                   and war risks, on an agreed value basis, in such amounts (but
                   not in any event less than whichever shall be the greater of
                   (A) the market value of the Ship for the time being and (B)
                   such amount as when aggregated with the insured amounts of
                   the other Mortgaged Ships shall be at least equal 120% of the
                   Loan and upon such terms as shall from time to time be
                   approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
                   delayed) in writing by the Security Trustee;

             (ii)  against protection and indemnity risks (including pollution
                   risks for the highest amount in respect of which cover is or
                   may become available for ships of the same type, size, age
                   and flag as the Ship and a freight, demurrage and defence
                   cover) for the full value and tonnage of the Ship (as
                   approved in writing by the Security Trustee) and upon such
                   terms as shall from time to time be approved (such

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                   approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in
                   writing by the Security Trustee;

             (iii) against blocking and trapping risks in such amounts and upon
                   such terms as shall from time to time be approved (such
                   approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in
                   writing by the Security Trustee:

             (iv)  in respect of such other matters of whatsoever nature and
                   howsoever arising in respect of which insurance would be
                   maintained by a prudent owner of the Ship:

             and to pay to the Security Trustee the cost (as conclusively
             certified by the Security Trustee) of:

             (aa)  any mortgagee's interest insurance which the Security Trustee
                   (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance
                   Parties) may from time to time effect in respect of the Ship
                   upon such terms and in such amounts (but so that the
                   aggregate amount of such insurance in respect of the Ship and
                   the other Mortgaged Ships shall not be less than 120% of the
                   Loan) as the Security Trustee shall deem desirable;

             (bb)  any mortgagee's interest insurance - additional perils
                   (pollution) coverage which the Security Trustee (as security
                   agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) may from
                   time to time effect in respect of the Ship upon such terms
                   and in such amounts (but so that the aggregate amount of such
                   insurance in respect of the Ship and the other Mortgaged
                   Ships shall not be less than 120% of the Loan) as the
                   Security Trustee shall deem desirable; and

             (cc)  any other insurance cover which the Security Trustee (as
                   security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties)
                   may from time to time effect in respect of the Ship and/or in
                   respect of its interest or potential third party liability as
                   mortgagee of the Ship as the Security Trustee shall deem
                   desirable having regard to any limitations in respect of
                   amount or extent of cover which may from time to time be
                   applicable to any of the other insurances referred to in this
                   clause 5.1.1 provided that such other insurance cover is one
                   that is customarily taken out by mortgagees of ships of this
                   type:

             notwithstanding clause 5.1.1(aa), (bb) and (cc) above, if the Owner
             can show to the satisfaction of the Security Trustee that the Owner
             is able to obtain more competitive rates than the Security Trustee,
             then the Owner may effect at the Owners cost such insurances for
             and on behalf of the Security Trustee;

        (b)  Approved brokers, insurers and associations

             to effect the insurances aforesaid in Dollars or in such currency
             as the Security Trustee may approve from time to time and through
             the Approved Brokers and with such insurance companies and/or
             underwriters as shall from time to time be approved in writing by
             the Security Trustee; provided however that the insurances against
             war risks and protection and indemnity risks may be effected by the
             entry of the Ship with such war risks and protection and indemnity
             associations as shall from time to time be approved (such approval
             not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in writing by the
             Security Trustee and to permit as often as may be requested by the
             Security Trustee and not restrict in anyway the Security Trustee's
             and/or the Lenders' access to all slips, cover notes, policies,
             certificates of entry or other instruments of insurance, and all
             other records and statistics relating to the Insurances held with
             the Approved Brokers and approved war risks and protection and
             indemnity associations or any other person;

        (c)  Payment of premiums and calls

             punctually to pay all premiums, calls, contributions or other sums
             payable in respect of all such insurances;

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        (d)  Renewal

             at least 7 days before the relevant policies, contracts or entries
             expire, to notify the Security Trustee of the names of the brokers
             and/or the war risks and protection and indemnity associations
             proposed to be employed by the Owner or any other party for the
             purposes of the renewal of such insurances and of the amounts in
             which such insurances are proposed to be renewed and the risks to
             be covered and, subject to compliance with any requirements of the
             Security Trustee pursuant to this clause 5.1.1, to procure that
             appropriate instructions for the renewal of such insurances on the
             terms so specified are given to the Approved Brokers and/or to the
             approved war risks and protection and indemnity associations at
             least 5 days before the relevant policies, contracts or entries
             expire, and that the Approved Brokers and/or the approved war risks
             and protection and indemnity associations will at least 2 days
             before such expiry (or within such shorter period as the Security
             Trustee may from time to time agree) confirm in writing to the
             Security Trustee as and when such renewals have been effected in
             accordance with the instructions so given;

        (e)  Guarantees

             to arrange for the execution and delivery of such guarantees or
             indemnities as may from time to time be required by any protection
             and indemnity or war risks association;

        (f)  Hull policy documents, notices, loss payable clauses and brokers'
             undertakings

             to deposit with the Approved Brokers (or procure the deposit of)
             all slips, cover notes, policies, certificates of entry or other
             instruments of insurance from time to time issued in connection
             with such of the insurances referred to in clause 5. 1. 1 (a) as
             are effected through the Approved Brokers and procure that the
             interest of the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on
             behalf of the Finance Parties) shall be endorsed thereon by
             incorporation of the relevant Loss Payable Clause and, where the
             Insurances have been assigned to the Security Trustee (as security
             agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties), by means of a
             Notice of Assignment of Insurances (signed by the Owner and by any
             other assured who shall have assigned its interest in the
             Insurances to the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee
             on behalf of the Finance Parties)) and that the Security Trustee
             shall be furnished with pro forma copies thereof and a letter or
             letters of undertaking from the Approved Brokers in such form as
             shall from time to time be required by the Security Trustee;

        (g)  Associations' loss payable clauses, undertakings and certificates

             to procure that any protection and indemnity and/or war risks
             associations in which the Ship is for the time being entered shall
             endorse the relevant Loss Payable Clause on the relevant
             certificate of entry or policy and shall furnish the Security
             Trustee with a copy of such certificate of entry or policy and a
             letter or letters of undertaking in such form as shall from time to
             time be required by the Security Trustee;

        (h)  Extent of cover and exclusions

             to take all necessary action and comply with all requirements which
             may from time to time be applicable to the Insurances (including,
             without limitation, the making of all requisite declarations within
             any prescribed time limits and the payment of any additional
             premiums or calls) so as to ensure that the Insurances are not made
             subject to any exclusions or qualifications to which the Security
             Trustee has not given its prior written consent and are otherwise
             maintained on terms and conditions from time to time approved in
             writing by the Security Trustee;

        (i)  Correspondence with brokers and associations

             to provide to the Security Trustee, at the time of each such
             communication, copies of all material written communications
             between the Owner and the Approved Brokers and

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             approved war risks and protection and indemnity associations which
             relate to compliance with requirements from time to time applicable
             to the Insurances including, without limitation, all requisite
             material declarations and payments of additional premiums or calls
             referred to in clause 5.1.1(a);

        (j)  Independent report

             to provide or procure that the Approved Brokers provide to the
             Security Trustee any information reasonably required by the
             Security Trustee or its independent adviser to obtain, at its own
             cost and expense, a detailed report signed by an independent firm
             of marine insurance brokers appointed by the Security Trustee
             dealing with the insurances maintained on the Ship and stating the
             opinion of such firm as to the adequacy thereof;

        (k)  Collection of claims

             to do all things necessary and provide all documents, evidence and
             information to enable the Security Trustee to collect or recover
             any moneys which shall at any time become due in respect of the
             Insurances;

        (l)  Employment of Ship

             not to employ the Ship or suffer the Ship to be employed otherwise
             than in conformity with the terms of the Insurances (including any
             warranties express or implied therein) without first obtaining the
             consent of the insurers to such employment and complying with such
             requirements as to extra premium or otherwise as the insurers may
             prescribe;

        (m)  Application of recoveries

             to apply all sums receivable under the Insurances which are paid to
             the Owner in accordance with the Loss Payable Clauses in repairing
             all damage and/or in discharging the liability in respect of which
             such sums shall have been received;

5.1.2   Ship's name and registration

        (a)  not to change the name of the Ship without giving prior written
             notice to the Security Trustee;

        (b)  to ensure the Ship is permanently registered as a [Singapore] ship
             within 90 days of the date hereof;

        (c)  to keep the Ship registered as a [Singapore] ship;

        (d)  not do or suffer to be done anything, or omit to do anything the
             doing or omission of which could or might result in such
             registration being forfeited or imperilled or which could or might
             result in the Ship being required to be registered otherwise than
             as a [Singapore] ship; and

        (e)  not to register the Ship or permit its registration under any other
             flag other than the Flag State or at any other port without the
             prior written consent of the Security Trustee which shall not be
             unreasonably withheld or delayed;

5.1.3   Repair

        to keep the Ship in a good and efficient state of repair and procure
        that all repairs to or replacement of any damaged, worn or lost parts or
        equipment are effected in such manner (both as regards workmanship and
        quality of materials) as not to diminish the value of the Ship;

5.1.4   Modification; removal of parts; equipment owned by third parties

        not without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee to, or
        suffer any other person to:

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        (a)  make any modification to the Ship in consequence of which her
             structure, type or performance characteristics could or might be
             materially altered or her value materially reduced; or

        (b)  remove any material part of the Ship or any equipment the value of
             which is such that its removal from the Ship would materially
             reduce the value of the Ship without replacing the same with
             equivalent parts or equipment which are owned by the Owner free
             from Encumbrances; or

        (c)  install on the Ship any equipment owned by a third party which
             cannot be removed without causing damage to the structure or fabric
             of the Ship;

5.1.5   Maintenance of class; compliance with regulations

        to maintain the Classification as the class of the Ship free of all
        requirements and overdue recommendations of the Classification Society
        and to comply with and ensure that the Ship at all times complies with
        the provisions of the laws of the Flag State and all regulations and
        requirements (statutory or otherwise) from time to time applicable to
        vessels registered at the Registry or otherwise applicable to the Ship
        and to permit as often as may be requested by the Security Trustee and
        not in anyway restrict the Security Trustee's and/or the Lenders' access
        to all class certificates and records of the Ship held with the
        Classification Society or any other person;

5.1.6   Surveys

        to submit the Ship to continuous surveys and such periodical or other
        surveys as may be required for classification purposes and, upon
        reasonable request, to supply to the Security Trustee copies of all
        material survey reports issued in respect thereof;

5.1.7   Inspection

        to ensure that the Security Trustee and the Lenders, by surveyors or
        other persons appointed by it or them for such purpose, may at the
        expense of the Lenders board the Ship at all reasonable times and
        without causing any unnecessary delay in the Ship's schedule for the
        purpose of inspecting her, her trading and other certificates, class
        records, insurance documents, log books and records and to afford all
        proper facilities for such inspections and for this purpose to give the
        Security Trustee reasonable advance notice of any intended drydocking of
        the Ship (whether for the purpose of classification, survey or
        otherwise);

5.1.8   Prevention of and release from arrest

        promptly to pay and discharge all debts, damages, liabilities and
        outgoings whatsoever which have given or may give rise to maritime,
        statutory or possessory liens on, or claims enforceable against, the
        Ship, her Earnings or Insurances or any part thereof and, in the event
        of a writ or libel being filed against the Ship, her Earnings or
        Insurances or any part thereof, or of any of the same being arrested,
        attached or levied upon pursuant to legal process or purported legal
        process or in the event of detention of the Ship in exercise or
        purported exercise of any such lien or claim as aforesaid, to procure
        the release of the Ship, her Earnings and Insurances from such arrest,
        detention, attachment or levy or, as the case may be, the discharge of
        the writ or libel forthwith upon receiving notice thereof by providing
        bail or procuring the provision of security or otherwise as the
        circumstances may require;

5.1.9   Employment

        not to employ the Ship or permit her employment in any manner, trade or
        business which is forbidden by international law, or which is unlawful
        or illicit under the law of any relevant jurisdiction, or in carrying
        illicit or prohibited goods, or in any manner whatsoever which may
        render her liable to condemnation in a prize court, or to destruction,
        seizure, confiscation, penalty or sanctions and, in the event of
        hostilities in any part of the world (whether war be declared or not),
        not to employ the Ship or permit her employment in carrying any
        contraband

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        goods, or enter or trade to or to continue to trade in any zone which
        has been declared a war zone by any Government Entity or by the Ship's
        war risks insurers without giving such war risk insurers and the
        Security Trustee prior written notice of the Ship's proposed entry into
        such war zone and to ensure that any such special or additional
        insurance cover as the Security Trustee may reasonably require and is
        customarily taken out for ships of the same type, size, age and flag as
        the Ship shall have been effected by the Owner and at its expense;

5.1.10  Information

        promptly to furnish the Security Trustee and/or the Lenders with all
        such information as the Security Trustee and/or the Lenders may from
        time to time reasonably require regarding the Ship, her employment,
        position and engagements, particulars of all towages and salvages, her
        insurances (and all records and statistics relating thereto), her
        classification records and copies of all charters and other contracts
        for her employment, or otherwise howsoever concerning her;

5.1.11  Notification of certain events

        to notify the Lenders forthwith by facsimile transmission thereafter
        confirmed by letter as soon as it becomes aware of:

        (a)  any damage to the Ship requiring repairs the cost of which will or
             might exceed the Casualty Amount;

        (b)  any occurrence in consequence of which the Ship has or may become a
             Total Loss:

        (c)  any requisition of the Ship for hire;

        (d)  any requirement or recommendation made by any insurer or the
             Classification Society or by any competent authority which is not,
             or cannot be, complied with in accordance with its terms;

        (e)  any arrest or detention of the Ship or any exercise or purported
             exercise of a lien or other claim on the Ship or the Earnings or
             Insurances or any part thereof; or

        (f)  the occurrence of any Environmental Claim against the Owner, the
             Ship, any other Relevant Party or any other Relevant Ship or any
             incident, event or circumstances which is likely to give rise to
             any such Environmental Claim;

5.1.12  Payment of outgoings and evidence of payments

        promptly to pay all tolls, dues and other outgoings whatsoever in
        respect of the Ship and her Earnings and Insurances and to keep proper
        books of account in respect of the Ship and her Earnings and, as and
        when the Security Trustee may so require, to make such books available
        for inspection on behalf of the Security Trustee, and to furnish
        satisfactory evidence that the wages and allotments and the insurance
        and pension contributions of the Master and crew are being promptly and
        regularly paid and that all deductions from crew's wages in respect of
        any applicable tax liability are being properly accounted for and that
        the Master has no claim for disbursements other than those incurred by
        him in the ordinary course of trading on the voyage then in progress;

5.1.13  Encumbrances

        not without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee (and then
        only subject to such conditions as the Security Trustee may impose) to
        create or purport or agree to create or permit to arise or subsist any
        Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) over or in respect of
        the Ship, any share or interest therein or in any other part of the
        Mortgaged Property otherwise than to or in favour of the Security
        Trustee;

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5.1.14  Sale or other disposal

        not without the prior written consent of the Lenders (and then only
        subject to such conditions as the Lenders may impose) to sell, agree to
        sell, transfer, abandon or otherwise dispose of the Ship or any share or
        interest therein except that the Owner shall have the right to sell the
        Ship provided the proceeds of such sale shall be sufficient to prepay
        the Eagle [One][Two] Advance pursuant to the provisions of clause 4.3 of
        the Loan Agreement and all other terms of the Loan Agreement and the
        other Security Documents remain satisfied;

5.1.15  Bareboat Charter

        not without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee and, if
        such consent (which consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
        is given only subject to the conditions as specified in clause 8.2.8 of
        the Loan Agreement, to let the Ship under any Bareboat Charter.

5.1.16  Time Charter

        enter into any Time Charter without notifying the Agent and, if
        requested by the Agent, providing a copy of such Time Charter (with any
        confidential information deleted).

5.1.17  Sharing of Earnings

        not without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee (such
        consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and then only subject
        to such conditions as the Security Trustee may reasonably impose) to
        enter into any agreement or arrangement whereby the Earnings may be
        shared with any other person;

5.1.18  Payment of Earnings

        after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing, to
        procure that the Earnings are paid to the Security Trustee (as security
        agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) at all times if and
        when the same shall be or become so payable in accordance with the
        Security Documents and that any Earnings which are so payable and which
        are in the hands of the Owner's brokers or agents are duly accounted for
        and paid over to the Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on
        behalf of the Finance Parties) forthwith on demand;

5.1.19  Repairs exceeding Casualty Amount

        not without the prior written notice given to the Security Trustee to
        put the Ship into the possession of any person for the purpose of work
        being done upon her in an amount exceeding or likely to exceed the
        Casualty Amount;

5.1.20  Approved Manager

        (a)  not without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee
             (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to appoint a
             technical, commercial or crewing manager of the Ship other than the
             Approved Manager or terminate or amend the terms of the relevant
             Management Agreement;

        (b)  duly and punctually perform its obligations under any Management
             Agreement;

5.1.21  Notice of Mortgage

        to place and at all times and places to retain a properly certified copy
        of the Mortgage and this Deed (which shall form part of the Ship's
        documents) on board the Ship with her papers and cause such certified
        copy of the Mortgage and this Deed to be exhibited to any and all
        persons having business with the Ship which might create or imply any
        commitment or encumbrance whatsoever on or in respect of the Ship (other
        than a lien for crew's wages and salvage) and to any representative of
        the Security Trustee and to place and keep prominently displayed in the

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        navigation room and in the Master's cabin of the Ship a framed printed
        notice in plain type reading as follows:

                             "NOTICE OF MORTGAGE"

        This Ship is subject to a first priority mortgage and deed of covenant
        in favour of DANMARKS SKIBSIKREDITFOND of Sankt Annae Plads 1-3,
        Postboks 3028, 1021 Kobenhavn K, Denmark (as security agent and trustee
        on behalf of a syndicate of banks and financial institutions and other
        ancillary parties). Under the said mortgage and deed of covenant,
        neither the Owner nor any charterer nor the Master of this Ship has any
        right, power or authority to create, incur or permit to be imposed upon
        this Ship any commitments or encumbrances whatsoever other than for
        crew's wages and salvage"

        and in terms of the said notice it is hereby agreed that save and
        subject as otherwise herein provided, neither the Owner nor any
        charterer nor the Master of the Ship nor any other person has any right,
        power or authority to create, incur or permit to be imposed upon the
        Ship any lien whatsoever other than for crew's wages and salvage;

5.1.22  Conveyance on default

        where the Ship is (or is to be) sold in exercise of any power contained
        in this Deed or otherwise conferred an the Security Trustee, to execute,
        forthwith upon request by the Security Trustee, such form of conveyance
        of the Ship as the Security Trustee may require;

5.1.23  Anti-drug abuse

        without prejudice to clause 5.1.9, to take all necessary and proper
        precautions to prevent any infringements of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of
        1986 of the United States of America or any similar legislation
        applicable to the Ship in any jurisdiction in or to which the Ship shall
        be employed or located or trade or which may otherwise be applicable to
        the Ship and/or the Owner and, if the Lenders shall so require, to enter
        into a "Carrier Initiative Agreement" with the United States Customs
        Service and to procure that the same agreement (or any similar agreement
        hereafter introduced by any Government Entity of the United States of
        America) is maintained in full force and effect and performed by the
        Owner; and

5.1.24  Compliance with Environmental Laws

        to comply with, and procure that all Environmental Affiliates of the
        Owner comply with, all Environmental Laws including, without limitation,
        requirements relating to manning and establishment of financial
        responsibility and to obtain and comply with, and procure that all
        Environmental Affiliates of the Owner comply with, all Environmental
        Approvals.

     6  Powers of Security Trustee to protect security and remedy defaults

   6.1  Protective action

        The Security Trustee (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the
        Finance Parties) shall, without prejudice to its other rights, powers
        and remedies under any of the Security Documents, be entitled (but not
        bound) at any time, and as often as may be necessary, to take any such
        action as it may in its discretion think fit for the purpose of
        protecting or maintaining the security created by this Deed and the
        other Security Documents, and all Expenses attributable thereto shall be
        payable by the Owner on demand.

   6.2  Remedy of defaults

        Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of clause 6.1:

 6.2.1  if the Owner fails to comply with any of the provisions of clause 5.1.1
        the Security Trustee shall be entitled (but not bound) to effect and
        thereafter to maintain all such insurances upon the Ship as in its
        discretion it may think fit in order to procure the compliance with such
        provisions or

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        alternatively, to require the Ship (at the Owner's risk) to remain in,
        or to proceed to and remain in a port designated by the Security Trustee
        until such provisions are fully complied with;

6.2.2   if the Owner fails to comply with any of the provisions of clauses
        5.1.3, 5.1.5 or 5.1.6, the Security Trustee shall be entitled (but not
        bound) to arrange for the carrying out of such repairs, changes or
        surveys as it may deem expedient or necessary in order to procure the
        compliance with such provisions; and

6.2.3   if the Owner fails to comply with any of the provisions of clause 5.1.8
        the Security Trustee shall be entitled (but not bound) to pay and
        discharge all such debts, damages, liabilities and outgoings as are
        therein mentioned and/or to take any such measures as it may deem
        expedient or necessary for the purpose of securing the release of the
        Ship in order to procure the compliance with such provisions,

        and the Expenses attributable to the exercise by the Security Trustee of
        any such powers shall be payable by the Owner to the Security Trustee
        on demand.

7       Powers of Security Trustee on Event of Default

7.1     Powers

        Upon the happening of any Event of Default, the Lenders (or the Agent
        with the prior approval of the Lenders) shall become forthwith entitled
        by notice given to the Owner in accordance with the provisions of clause
        10.2 of the Loan Agreement to declare the Outstanding Indebtedness to be
        due and payable immediately or in accordance with such notice, whereupon
        the Outstanding Indebtedness shall become so due and payable and
        (whether or not the Lenders (or the Agent with the prior approval of the
        Lenders) shall have given any such notice) the Security Trustee (as
        security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) shall
        become forthwith entitled, as and when it may see fit, to put into force
        and exercise in relation to the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof
        all or any of the rights, powers and remedies possessed by it as
        mortgagee of the Mortgaged Property (whether at law, by virtue of the
        Mortgage and this Deed or otherwise) and in particular (without limiting
        the generality of the foregoing):

7.1.1   to take possession of the Ship;

7.1.2   by notice to the Owner and/or the Approved Manager to request that (a)
        the crew be ordered to remain on board the Ship and/or (b) the Master of
        the Ship be ordered to sail the Ship to any port designated by the
        Security Trustee and/or (c) the Owner and/or the Approved Manager do all
        such things as may be requested by the Security Trustee;

7.1.3   to require that all policies, contracts, certificates of entry and other
        records relating to the Insurances (including details of and
        correspondence concerning outstanding claims) be delivered forthwith to
        such adjusters and/or brokers and/or other insurers as the Security
        Trustee and/or the Lenders may nominate;

7.1.4   to collect, recover, compromise and give a good discharge for, all
        claims then outstanding or thereafter arising under the Insurances or
        any of them or in respect of any other part of the Mortgaged Property,
        and to take over or institute (if necessary using the name of the Owner)
        all such proceedings in connection therewith as the Security Trustee in
        its absolute discretion thinks fit, and, in the case of the Insurances,
        to permit the brokers through whom collection or recovery is effected to
        charge the usual brokerage therefor;

7.1.5   to discharge, compound, release or compromise claims in respect of the
        Ship or any other part of the Mortgaged Property which have given or may
        give rise to any charge or lien or other claim on the Ship or any other
        part of the Mortgaged Property or which are or may be enforceable by
        proceedings against the Ship or any other part of the Mortgaged
        Property;

7.1.6   to sell the Ship or any share or interest therein with or without prior
        notice to the Owner, and with or without the benefit of any
        charterparty, and free from any claim by the Owner (whether in
        admiralty, in equity, at law or by statute) by public auction or private
        contract, at such place and

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        upon such terms as the Security Trustee in its absolute discretion may
        determine, with power to postpone any such sale, and without being
        answerable for any loss occasioned by such sale or resulting from
        postponement thereof and with power, where the Security Trustee and/or
        any of the Lenders purchase the Ship, to make payment of the sale price
        by making an equivalent reduction in the amount of the Outstanding
        Indebtedness in the manner referred to in clause 8.1;

7.1.7   to manage, insure, maintain and repair the Ship, and to employ, sail or
        lay up the Ship in such manner and for such period as the Security
        Trustee, in its absolute discretion, deems expedient accounting only for
        net profits arising from any such employment; and

7.1.8   to recover from the Owner on demand all Expenses incurred or paid by the
        Security Trustee in connection with the exercise of the powers (or any
        of them) referred to in this clause 7.1.

7.2     Receiver

7.2.1   Appointment

        At any time after the Outstanding Indebtedness shall have become due and
        payable in accordance with a notice given by the Lenders (or the Agent
        with the prior approval of the Lenders) to the Owner pursuant to clause
        10.2 of the Loan Agreement, the Security Trustee shall be entitled (but
        not bound) by writing executed as a deed or under the hand of any
        Director or officer of the Security Trustee to appoint any person or
        persons to be a receiver and/or manager of the Mortgaged Property or any
        part thereof (with power to authorise any joint receiver and/or manager
        to exercise any power independently of any other joint receiver and/or
        manager) and may from time to time fix his remuneration, and may remove
        any receiver and/or manager so appointed and appoint another in his
        place. Any receiver and/or manager so appointed shall be the agent of
        the Owner and the Owner shall be solely responsible for his acts or
        defaults and for his remuneration, and such receiver and/or manager so
        appointed shall have all powers conferred by the Law of Property Act
        1925 without the restrictions contained in sections 93 and 103 of that
        Act and, in addition, power on behalf of and at the cost of the Owner
        (notwithstanding any liquidation of the Owner) to do or omit to do
        anything which the Owner could do or omit to do in relation to the
        Mortgaged Property or any part thereof and in particular (but without
        prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any such receiver and/or
        manager may exercise all the powers and discretions conferred on the
        Security Trustee by the Mortgage and this Deed.

7.2.2   Remuneration

        Any Receiver shall be entitled to reasonable remuneration appropriate to
        the work and responsibilities involved, upon the basis of charging from
        time to time adopted by the Receiver in accordance with the current
        practice of his firm, without being limited to the maximum rate
        specified in section 109(6) of the Law of Property Act 1925.

7.2.3   Liability of mortgagee in possession

        Neither the Security Trustee nor any Receiver shall be liable as
        mortgagee in possession in respect of all or any of the Mortgaged
        Property to account or be liable for any loss upon realisation or for
        any neglect or default of any nature whatsoever in connection therewith
        for which a mortgagee in possession may be liable as such.

7.3     Dealings with Security Trustee or Receiver

        Upon any sale of the Ship or any share or interest therein by the
        Security Trustee pursuant to clause 7.1.6 or pursuant to clause 11.1,
        or by any Receiver, the purchaser shall not be bound to see or enquire
        whether the Security Trustee's power of sale has arisen in the manner
        provided in this Deed and the sale shall be deemed to be within the
        power of the Security Trustee (or the Receiver, as the case may be) and
        the receipt of the Security Trustee (or the Receiver, as the case may
        be) for the purchase money shall effectively discharge the purchaser who
        shall not be concerned with the manner of application of the proceeds of
        sale or be in any way answerable

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        therefor and the sale shall operate to divest the Owner of all rights,
        title and interest of any nature whatsoever in the Ship and to bar any
        such interest of the Owner and all persons claiming through or under the
        Owner.

8       Application of moneys

8.1     Application

        All moneys received by the Security Trustee (as security agent and
        trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) or any Receiver in respect of:

8.1.1   sale of the Ship or any share or interest therein;

8.1.2   recovery under the Insurances (other than under any loss of earnings
        insurance and any such sum or sums as may have been received by the
        Security Trustee in accordance with the relevant Loss Payable Clause in
        respect of a major casualty as therein defined and paid over to the
        Owner as provided in clause 2.1.2(b) or which fall to be otherwise
        applied under clause 8.4);

8.1.3   Requisition Compensation; and

8.1.4   in respect of the employment of the Ship pursuant to the provisions of
        clause 7.1.7.

        shall be held by it upon trust in the first place to pay or make good
        the Expenses and the balance shall:

        (a)  in the case of money received in respect of a sale of the Ship or
             any share or interest therein which has been requested by the Owner
             and approved by the Lenders or in the case of moneys received in
             respect of a recovery under the insurances in relation to a Total
             Loss of the Ship or Requisition Compensation and in each case if no
             Event of Default has occurred:

             (i)   if no Default has occurred and is continuing, be applied in
                   accordance with clause 4.3 of the Loan Agreement; or

             (ii)  if a Default has occurred and is continuing, such moneys
                   shall be applied in accordance with clause 4.3 of the Loan
                   Agreement and/or shall be applied by the Security Trustee in
                   or towards satisfaction of any sums from time to time
                   accruing due and payable by the Owner under any of the
                   Security Documents by virtue of payment demanded thereunder,
                   in each case as the Security Trustee may in its absolute
                   discretion determine; and

        (b)  if an Event of Default has occurred, be applied by the Security
             Trustee in the manner specified in clause 13.1 of the Loan
             Agreement and/or clause 8.1.4(a)(ii) above, as the Security Trustee
             may in its absolute discretion determine.

8.2     Shortfalls

        In the event that the balance referred to in clause 8.1 is insufficient
        to pay in full the whole of the Outstanding Indebtedness, the Security
        Trustee or the Receiver, as the case may be, shall be entitled to
        collect the shortfall from the Owner or any other person liable for the
        time being therefor.

8.3     Application of Earnings received by Security Trustee or Receiver

        Any moneys received by the Security Trustee or any Receiver in respect
        of the Earnings shall:

8.3.1   if received by the Security Trustee, or in the hands of the Security
        Trustee, after a Default has occurred but prior to the occurrence of an
        Event of Default, be retained by the Security Trustee and shall be paid
        over by the Security Trustee, to the Owner at such times, in such
        amounts

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        and for such purposes and/or shall be applied by the Security Trustee,
        in or towards satisfaction of any sums from time to time accruing due
        and payable by the Owner under the Security Documents or any of them or
        by virtue of payment demanded thereunder, in each case as the Security
        Trustee, may in its absolute discretion determine;

8.3.2   if received by the Security Trustee or any Receiver, or in the hands of
        the Security Trustee or any Receiver, after the occurrence of an Event
        of Default, be applied by the Security Trustee or any Receiver, in the
        manner specified in clause 8.1 and/or clause 8.3.1, as the Security
        Trustee or any Receiver, may in its absolute discretion determine.

8.4     Application of Insurances received by Security Trustee or Receiver

        Any moneys received by the Security Trustee or any Receiver in respect
        of the Insurances (other than in respect of a Total Loss) shall:

8.4.1   if received by the Security Trustee, or in the hands of the Security
        Trustee, after the occurrence of a Default but prior to the occurrence
        of an Event of Default, be retained by the Security Trustee, and shall
        be paid over by the Security Trustee, to the Owner at such times, in
        such amounts and for such purposes and/or shall be applied by the
        Security Trustee, in or towards satisfaction of any sums from time to
        time accruing due and payable by the Owner under the Security Documents
        or any of them or by virtue of payment demanded thereunder, in each case
        as the Security Trustee, may in its absolute discretion determine;

8.4.2   if received by the Security Trustee or any Receiver, or in the hands of
        the Security Trustee or any Receiver, after the occurrence of an Event
        of Default, be applied by the Security Trustee or such Receiver, in the
        manner specified in clause 8.1 and/or clause 8.4.1, as the Security
        Trustee or any Receiver, may in its absolute discretion determine.

9       Remedies cumulative and other provisions

9.1     No implied waivers; remedies cumulative

        No failure or delay on the part of the Security Trustee and/or any of
        the other Finance Parties to exercise any right, power or remedy vested
        in it or them under any of the Security Documents shall operate as a
        waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Security
        Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties of any right, power or
        remedy nor the discontinuance, abandonment or adverse determination of
        any proceedings taken by the Security Trustee and/or any of the other
        Finance Parties to enforce any right, power or remedy preclude any other
        or further exercise thereof or proceedings to enforce the same or the
        exercise of any other right, power or remedy nor shall the giving by the
        Security Trustee of any consent to any act which by the terms of this
        Deed requires such consent prejudice the right of the Security Trustee
        to withhold or give consent to the doing of any other similar act. The
        remedies provided in the Security Documents are cumulative and are not
        exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

9.2     Delegation

        The Security Trustee shall be entitled, at any time and as often as may
        be expedient, to delegate all or any of the powers and discretions
        vested in it by the Mortgage and this Deed (including the power vested
        in it by virtue of clause 11) or any of the other Security Documents in
        such manner, upon such terms, and to such persons as the Security
        Trustee in its absolute discretion may think fit.

9.3     Incidental powers

        The Security Trustee shall be entitled to do all acts and things
        incidental or conducive to the exercise of any of the rights, powers or
        remedies possessed by it as mortgagee of the Ship (whether at law, under
        the Mortgage and/or this Deed or otherwise) and in particular (but
        without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing), upon becoming
        entitled to exercise any of its powers under clause 7.1, the Security
        Trustee shall be entitled to discharge any cargo on

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        board the Ship (whether the same shall belong to the Owner or any other
        person) and to enter into such other arrangements in respect of the
        Ship, her insurances, management, maintenance, repair, classification
        and employment in all respects as if the Security Trustee was the owner
        of the Ship, but without being responsible for any loss incurred as a
        result of the Security Trustee doing or omitting to do any such acts or
        things as aforesaid.

10      Costs and indemnity

10.1    Costs

        The Owner shall pay to the Security Trustee (as security agent and
        trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) on demand on a full indemnity
        basis all expenses or liabilities of whatsoever nature (including legal
        fees, fees of insurance advisers, printing, out-of-pocket expenses,
        stamp duties, registration fees and other duties or charges) together
        with any value added tax or similar tax payable in respect thereof,
        properly incurred by the Security Trustee and/or any of the other
        Finance Parties in connection with the enforcement of, or preservation
        of any rights under, the Mortgage, this Deed, or otherwise in respect of
        the Outstanding Indebtedness and the security therefor or in connection
        with the preparation, completion, execution or registration of the
        Mortgage and this Deed.

10.2    Security Trustee's and Receiver's Indemnity

        The Owner hereby agrees and undertakes to indemnify the Security Trustee
        and any Receiver against all losses, actions, claims, expenses, demands,
        obligations and liabilities whatever and whenever arising which may now
        or hereafter be incurred by the Security Trustee or any such Receiver,
        or by any manager, agent, officer or employee for whose liability, act
        or omission it or he may be answerable, in respect of, in relation to,
        or in connection with anything done or omitted in the exercise or
        purported exercise of the powers contained in the Mortgage, this Deed,
        or otherwise in connection therewith and herewith or with any part of
        the Mortgaged Property or otherwise howsoever in relation to, or in
        connection with, any of the matters dealt with in the Mortgage and this
        Deed.

11      Attorney

11.1    Power

        By way of security, the Owner hereby irrevocably appoints the Security
        Trustee (as security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties)
        and any Receiver, jointly and also severally, to be its attorney
        generally for and in the name and on behalf of the Owner, and as the act
        and deed or otherwise of the Owner to execute, seal and deliver and
        otherwise perfect and do all such deeds, assurances, agreements,
        instruments, acts and things which may be required for the full exercise
        of all or any of the rights, powers or remedies conferred by the
        Mortgage, this Deed, the Loan Agreement or any of the other Security
        Documents, or which may be deemed proper in or in connection with all or
        any of the purposes aforesaid (including, without prejudice to the
        generality of the foregoing, the execution and delivery of a bill of
        sale of the Ship). The power hereby conferred shall be a general power
        of attorney under the Powers of Attorney Act 1971, and the Owner
        ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm, any deed,
        assurance, agreement, instrument, act or thing which the Security
        Trustee or the Receiver may execute or do pursuant thereto. Provided
        always that such power shall not be exercisable by or on behalf of the
        Security Trustee until the happening of an Event of Default. which is
        continuing

11.2    Exercise of power

        The exercise of such power by or on behalf of the Security Trustee or
        any Receiver shall not put any person dealing with the Security Trustee
        or the Receiver upon any enquiry as to whether any Event of Default has
        happened, nor shall such person be in any way affected by notice that no
        such Event of Default has happened, and the exercise by the Security
        Trustee or the Receiver of such power shall be conclusive evidence of
        the Security Trustee's or such Receivers right to exercise the same.

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11.3    Filings

        The Owner hereby irrevocably appoints the Security Trustee (as security
        agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) and any Receiver
        jointly and also severally to be its attorney in its name and on its
        behalf and as its act and deed or otherwise of it, to agree' the form of
        and to execute and do all deeds, instruments, acts and things in order
        to file, record, register or enroll the Mortgage and/or this Deed in any
        court, public office or elsewhere which the Security Trustee may in its
        discretion consider necessary or advisable, now or in the future, to
        ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in
        evidence thereof and any other assurance, document, act or thing
        required to be executed by the Owner pursuant to clause 12.

  12    Further assurance

12.1    The Owner hereby further undertakes at its own expense from time to time
        to execute, sign, perfect, do and (if required) register every such
        further assurance, document, act or thing as in the opinion of the
        Security Trustee may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of more
        effectually mortgaging and charging the Mortgaged Property, perfecting
        the security constituted or intended to be constituted by the Mortgage
        and this Deed or permitting the Security Trustee and/or the Lenders to
        have access to the class certificates and records of the Ship or to the
        slips, cover notes, policies, certificates of entry or other instruments
        of insurance and all other records and statistics relating to the
        Insurances.

  13    Notices

13.1    The provisions of clause 16.1 of the Loan Agreement shall apply mutatis
        mutandis in respect of any certificate, notice, demand or other
        communication given or made under this Deed.

  14    Counterparts

14.1    This Deed may be entered into in the form of 2 counterparts, each
        executed by one of the parties, and, provided both the parties shall so
        execute this Deed, each of the executed counterparts, when duly
        exchanged or delivered, shall be deemed to be an original but, taken
        together, they shall constitute one instrument.

  15    Successors and assigns

15.1    Benefit and burden; no assignment by Owner

        This Deed shall be binding upon the Owner and its successors, and shall
        enure to the benefit of the Security Trustee (as security agent and
        trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties), the Finance Parties and their
        successors in title, Assignees and Substitutes, except that the Owner
        may not assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the
        prior written consent of the Security Trustee. The Owner expressly
        acknowledges and accepts the provisions of clause 14 of the Loan
        Agreement and agrees that any person in favour of whom an assignment or
        transfer is made in accordance with such clause shall be entitled to the
        benefit of this Deed.

  16    Severability of provisions

16.1    Each of the provisions in this Deed is severable and distinct from the
        others, and if at any time one or more such provisions is or becomes
        invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
        enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Deed shall not in any
        way be affected or impaired thereby.

  17    Law and jurisdiction

17.1    Law

        This Deed is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with,
        English law.

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17.2    Submission to jurisdiction

        For the benefit of the Security Trustee and the other Finance Parties,
        the parties hereto irrevocably agree that any legal action or
        proceedings in connection with the Mortgage and/or this Deed may be
        brought in the English courts or in the courts of any other country
        chosen by the Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties,
        each of which shall have jurisdiction to settle any disputes arising out
        of or in connection with the Mortgage and/or this Deed. The Owner
        irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of the
        English courts and the courts of any country chosen by the Security
        Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties and irrevocably
        designates, appoints and empowers American Eagle Tankers UK Limited at
        present of 6th Floor, Wyndham House, 189 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SH to
        receive, for it and on its behalf, service of process issued out of the
        English courts in any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in
        connection with the Mortgage and/or this Deed. The submission to such
        jurisdiction shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the
        right of the Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties to
        take proceedings against the Owner in any other court of competent
        jurisdiction nor shall the taking of proceedings in any one or more
        jurisdictions preclude the taking of proceedings in any other
        jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not. The parties further agree
        that only the courts of England and not those of any other State shall
        have jurisdiction to determine any claim which the Owner may have
        against the Security Trustee and/or any of the other Finance Parties
        arising out of or in connection with the Mortgage and/or this Deed.

 18     Third party rights

        No term of this Deed shall be enforceable pursuant to the Contracts
        (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to
        this Deed.

IN WITNESS whereof this Deed has been duly executed as a deed the day and year
first above written.

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                                  Schedule 1
                        Names and addresses of Lenders

1       Danmarks Skibskreditfond
        Sankt Annae Plads 1-3
        Postboks 3028
        1021 Kobenhavn K
        Denmark

        Fax: 00 45 33 33 9666

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                                  Schedule 2
                         Forms of Loss Payable Clauses

(A)  Hull and machinery (marine and war risks)

     By a Deed of Covenant dated . 2001 AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED of
     Milner House, 18 Parliament Street, Hamilton, Bermuda (the "Owner") has
     assigned to DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND of Sankt Annae Plads 1-3, Postboks
     3028, 1021 Kobenhavn K, Denmark (the "Security Trustee") (as security agent
     and trustee on behalf of the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and the
     banks and financial institutions listed in schedule 1 to the Deed of
     Covenant (the "Finance Parties")) all the Owner's rights, title and
     interest in and to all policies and contracts of insurance from time to
     time taken out or entered into by or for the benefit of the Owner in
     respect of m.v. ["EAGLE ONE"] ["EAGLE TWO"] and accordingly:

     (a)  all claims hereunder in respect of an actual or constructive or
          compromised or arranged total loss, and all claims in respect of a
          major casualty (that is to say any casualty the claim in respect of
          which exceeds $3,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency)
          inclusive of any deductible) shall be paid in full to Security Trustee
          (on behalf of the Finance Parties) or to the Security Trustee's order;
          and

     (b)  all other claims hereunder shall be paid in full to the Owner or to
          its order, unless and until the Security Trustee shall have notified
          the insurers hereunder to the contrary, whereupon all such claims
          shall be paid to the Security Trustee (on behalf of the Finance
          Parties) or to the Security Trustee's order.

(B)  War risks

     It is noted that DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND of Sankt Annae Plads 1-3,
     Postboks 3028, 1021 Kobenhavn K, Denmark (the "Security Trustee") is
     interested as first assignee (as security agent and trustee on behalf of
     the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and the banks and financial
     institutions listed in schedule 1 to a Deed of Covenant dated . 2001 (the
     "Finance Parties")) in the subject matter of this insurance. Save as
     hereinafter provided, all claims (whether in respect of actual,
     constructive, arranged or compromised total loss or otherwise) which, but
     for this Loss Payable Clause would be payable to AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS
     INC. LIMITED of Milner House, 18 Parliament Street, Hamilton, Bermuda (the
     "Owner") shall be payable to or to the Security Trustee's order, provided
     always that unless and until notice in writing to the contrary has been
     received by the Association, claims (other than total loss claims) not
     exceeding $3,000,000 (or the equivalent in any other currency) in respect
     of any one claim shall be paid direct to the Owner or to its order.

(C)  Protection and indemnity risks

     Payment of any recovery which AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED of Milner
     House, 18 Parliament Street, Hamilton, Bermuda (the "Owner") is entitled to
     make out of the funds of the Association in respect of any liability, costs
     or expenses incurred by the Owner, shall be made to the Owner or to its
     order, unless and until the Association receives notice to the contrary
     from DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND of Sankt Annae Plads 1-3, Postboks 3028, 1021
     Kobenhavn K, Denmark (the "Security Trustee") (as security agent and
     trustee on behalf of the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and the banks
     and financial institutions listed in schedule 1 to a Deed of Covenant
     dated . 2001 (the "Finance Parties")) in which event all recoveries shall
     thereafter be paid to or to the Security Trustee's order; provided always
     that no liability whatsoever shall attach to the Association, its Managers
     or their agents for failure to comply with the latter obligation until the
     expiry of 2 clear business days from the receipt of such notice.

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                                  Schedule 3
                  Form of Notice of Assignment of Insurances
             (For attachment by way of endorsement to the Policy)

1    AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED of Milner House, 18 Parliament Street,
     Hamilton, Bermuda the Owner of the m.v. ["EAGLE ONE"] ["EAGLE TWO"] (the
     "Ship") HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that by a Deed of Covenant dated . 2001 and
     entered into by us with DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND of Sankt Annae Plads 1-3,
     Postboks 3028, 1021 Kobenhavn K, Denmark (the "Security Trustee"), there
     has been assigned by us to the Security Trustee (as security agent and
     trustee on behalf of the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and the banks
     and financial institutions listed in schedule 1 to a Deed of Covenant
     dated . 2001 (the "Finance Parties")) as first mortgagees of the said
     vessel all insurances in respect thereof, including the insurances
     constituted by the Policy whereon this notice is endorsed.

2    You are hereby irrevocably authorised and instructed to pay as from the
     date hereof all payments under all insurances and all entries in a
     Protection and Indemnity or War Risks Association or Club in accordance
     with the enclosed loss payable clause.

3    You are hereby instructed to endorse details of the assignment, notice of
     which is given to you herein, on all policies or entries relating to the
     Ship.

Signed
For and on behalf of
AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED

 ................. 200.

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                                  Schedule 4
                       Notice of Assignment of Earnings

To whom it may concern

TAKE NOTICE THAT:

By a Deed of Covenant dated             2001 and made between ourselves and
DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND of Sankt Annae Plads 1-3, Postbooks 3028, 1021
Kobenhavn K, Denmark (the "Security Trustee") (as security agent and trustee on
behalf of the Agent, the Arranger, the Underwriter and the banks and financial
institutions listed in schedule 1 to a Deed of Covenant dated . 2001 (the
"Finance Parties")) we have assigned to the Security Trustee (as security agent
and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) all our rights, title and interest
in and to all earnings of our vessel m.v. ["EAGLE ONE"] ["EAGLE TWO"] Call sign
                     and Official No. . registered in Singapore and all such
earnings shall be paid to the Owner until such time as a Default (as defined in
the Deed of Covenant) shall occur and the Security Trustee shall direct to the
contrary whereupon all such earnings shall be payable to the Security Trustee
(as security agent and trustee on behalf of the Finance Parties) or as it may
direct.

------------------------------------
For and on behalf of
AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED

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[SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED                )
as a DEED by                                 )
for and on behalf of                         )
AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED          )
pursuant to a power of attorney              )  ------------------------------
dated              200.                      )  Attorney-in-Fact)
in the presence of:

SIGNED, SEALED and DELIVERED                 )
as a DEED by                                 )
for and on behalf of                         )
DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND                     )
(as Security Trustee)                        )
pursuant to a power of attorney              )  ------------------------------
dated              200.                      )  Attorney-in-Fact)
in the presence of:

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                                  Schedule 6
                        Form of Manager's Undertaking

                                    Part 1

   (If the Approved Manager is NOL or a Subsidiary thereof, other than the
                                   Borrower)

To:   Danmarks Skibskreditfond
      Sankt Annae Plads 1-3
      Postboks 3028
      1021 Kobenhavn K
      Denmark
      As Security Trustee on behalf of the Lenders

From: [Insert name and address of the Manager]

                                                                          {date}

Dear Sirs

US$100,000,000 Loan to American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited

1 Loan Agreement

  We understand that under a Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated 29 May
  2001 between (1) Danmarks Skibskreditfond in its capacity as agent, (2)
  Danmarks Skibskreditfond in its capacity as arranger and underwriter, (3)
  Danmarks Skibskreditfond in your capacity as security trustee (the "Security
  Trustee") (4) the banks and financial institutions listed in schedule 1
  therein (the "Lenders" which expression includes the Lenders' successors and
  assigns) and (5) American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited (the "Borrower"), the
  Lenders agreed to make a loan (the "Loan") to the Borrower and that it is a
  condition to the Lenders' agreement to make the Loan to the Borrower that we
  [insert name of Approved Manager] (the "Manager") enter into this letter in
  favour of you as Security Trustee on behalf of the Lenders.

2 Confirmation of appointment

  We hereby confirm that:

  (a) we have been appointed as the manager of m.v. ["EAGLE [ONE][TWO]"] (the
      "Ship" registered under the [Singapore][USA] flag pursuant to a Management
      Agreement (the "Management Agreement") dated {date} between ourselves and
      the Borrower (as owner of the Ship) and that we have accepted our
      appointment thereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions
      thereof; and

  (b) to the best of our knowledge the representations and warranties made by
      the Borrower set out in clauses 7.2.8, 7.2.9 and 7.2.10 of the Loan
      Agreement are true and correct.

3 Representation and warranty

  We hereby represent and warrant that the copy of the Management Agreement set
out in the Appendix to this letter is a true and complete copy of the Management
Agreement, that the Management Agreement constitutes valid and binding
obligations of the Manager enforceable in accordance with its terms and that
there have been no amendments or variations thereto or defaults thereunder by
the Manager or, to the best of the Manager's knowledge and belief, the Borrower.

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    4 Undertakings

      The Manager undertakes with you as Security Trustee on behalf of the
      Lenders that:

      (a) the manager will not agree or purport to agree to any material
          amendment or variation of the Management Agreement without the prior
          written consent of the Security Trustee;

      (b) the Manager will procure that any sub-manager appointment by it
          pursuant to clause * of the Management Agreement or otherwise will, on
          or before the date of such appointment, enter into an undertaking in
          favour of the Security Trustee in substantially the same form (mutatis
          mutandis) as this letter;

      (c) the Manager will not, without the prior written consent of the
          Security Trustee, take any action or institute any proceedings or make
          or assert any claim on or in respect of:

          (i)   the Ship or its policies and contracts of insurance (which
                expression includes all entries of the Ship in a protection and
                indemnity or war risks association) which are from time to time
                during the Security Period in place or taken out or entered into
                by or for the benefit of the Owner (whether in the sole name of
                the Borrower, or in the joint names of the Borrower and the
                Security Trustee or otherwise) in respect of the Ship and her
                Earnings or otherwise howsoever in connection with the Ship and
                all benefits thereof (including claims of whatsoever nature and
                returns of premiums) (the "Insurances"); or

          (ii)  all moneys whatsoever from time to time due or payable to the
                Borrower during the Security Period arising out of the use or
                operation of the Ship including (but5 without limiting the
                generality of the foregoing) all freight, hire and passage
                moneys, income arising under pooling arrangements, compensation
                payable to the Borrower in event of requisition of the Ship for
                hire, remuneration for salvage and towage services, demurrage
                and detention moneys, and damages for breach (or payments for
                variation or termination) of any charterparty or other contract
                for the employment of the Ship (the "Earnings"); or

          (iii) any other property or other assets of the Borrower which the
                Security Trustee has previously advised the Manager are subject
                to any encumbrance or right to set-off in favour of the Security
                Trustee by virtue of any of the Security Documents;

      (d) the Manager will discontinue any such action or proceedings or claim
          which may have been taken, instituted or made or asserted, promptly
          upon notice from the Security Trustee to do so;

      (e) the Manager will promptly notify the Security Trustee if at any time
          the amount owed by the Borrower to the Manager pursuant to the
          Management Agreement (whether in respect of the Manager's remuneration
          or disbursements or otherwise) exceeds $500,000 or the equivalent in
          other currencies; and

      (f) the Manager will provide the Security Trustee with such information
          concerning the Ship as the Security Trustee may from time to time
          reasonably require.

    5 Law and jurisdiction

      (a) The agreement constituted by this letter shall be governed by and
          construed in accordance with English law.

      (b) The Manage agrees, for the benefit of the Security Trustee and the
          Lenders, that any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in
          connection with this letter against the Manager or any of its assets
          may be brought in the English courts. The Manager irrevocably and
          unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and whoever
          irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers [American Eagle Tankers
          UK Limited of 6th Floor, Wyndham House, 189 Marsh Wall, London E14
          9SH] to receive for it and on its

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      behalf, service of process issued out of the English courts in any such
      legal action or proceedings. The submission to such jurisdiction shall not
      (and shall not be construed to as to) limit the rights of the Agent, the
      Security Trustee or the Lenders to take any proceedings against the
      manager in the courts of any other competent jurisdiction nor shall the
      taking of proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking
      of proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.

6     Third party rights

      No term of this letter shall be enforceable pursuant to the Contracts
      (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this
      letter.

Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings
when used in this letter unless the context otherwise requires.

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of

[Name of Approved Manager]

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                                   Appendix

                       Copy of the Management Agreement

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                                    Part 2

        (If the Approved Manager is not an NOL or a Subsidiary thereof)

To: Danmarks Skibskreditfond
    Sankt Annae Plads 1-3
    Postboks 3028
    1021 Kobenhavn K
    Denmark
    As Security Trustee on behalf of the Lenders

From: Insert name and address of the Manager]

                                                                          {date}

Dear Sirs

US$100,000,000 Loan to American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited

1  Loan Agreement

   We understand that under a Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated 29 May
   2001 between (1) Danmarks Skibskreditfond in its capacity as agent, (2)
   Danmarks Skibskreditfond in its capacity as arranger and underwriter, (3)
   Danmarks Skibskreditfond in your capacity as security trustee (the "Security
   Trustee") (4) the banks and financial institutions listed in schedule 1
   therein (the "Lenders" which expression includes the Lenders' successors and
   assigns) and (5) American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited (the "Borrower"), the
   Lenders agreed to make a loan (the "Loan") to the Borrowers and that it is a
   condition to the Lenders' agreement to make the Loan to the Borrower that we
   [insert name of Approved Manager] (the "Manager") enter into this letter in
   favour of you as Security Trustee on behalf of the Lenders.

2  Confirmation of appointment

   We hereby confirm that:

   (a) we have been appointed as the manager of m.v. ["EAGLE [ONE][TWO]"] (the
       "Ship") registered under the [Singapore][USA] flat pursuant to a
       Management Agreement (the "Management Agreement") dated {date} between
       ourselves and the Borrower (as owner of the Ship) and that we have
       accepted our appointment thereunder in accordance with the terms and
       conditions thereof; and

   (b) to the best of our knowledge the representations and warranties made by
       the Borrower set out in clauses 7.2.8, 7.2.9 and 7.2.10 of the Loan
       Agreement are true and correct.

3  Representation and warranty

   We hereby represent and warrant that the copy of the Management Agreement set
   out in the Appendix to this letter is a true and complete copy of the
   Management Agreement, that the Management Agreement constitutes valid and
   binding obligations of the Manager enforceable in accordance with its terms
   and that there have been no amendments or variations thereto or defaults
   thereunder by the Manager or, to the best of the Manager's knowledge and
   belief, the Borrower.

4  Undertakings

   The Manager undertakes with you as Security Trustee on behalf of the Lenders
   that:

   (a) the Manager will not agree or purport to agree to any material amendment
   or variation of the Management Agreement without the prior written consent of
   the Security Trustee;

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  (b) the Manager will procure that any sub-manager appointed by it pursuant to
      clause . of the Management Agreement or otherwise will, on or before the
      date of such appointment, enter into an undertaking in favour of the
      Security Trustee in substantially the same form (mutatis mutandis) as this
      letter,

  (c) the Manager will promptly notify the Security Trustee if at any time the
      amount owed by the Borrower to the Manager pursuant to the Management
      Agreement (whether in respect of the Manager's remuneration or
      disbursements or otherwise) exceeds $500,000 or the equivalent in other
      currencies, and

  (d) the Manager will provide the Security Trustee with such information
      concerning the Ship as the Security Trustee may from time to time
      reasonably required.

5 Law and jurisdiction

  (a) The agreement constituted by this letter shall be governed by and
      construed in accordance with English law.

  (b) The Manager agrees, for the benefit of the Security Trustee and the
      Lenders, that any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in
      connection with this letter against the Manager or any of its assets may
      be brought in the English courts. The Manager irrevocably and
      unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and whoever
      irrevocably designates, appoints and empowers [.] of [.] to receive for it
      and on its behalf, service of process issued out of the English courts in
      any such legal action or proceedings. The submission to such jurisdiction
      shall not (and shall not be construed so as to) limit the rights of the
      Agent, the Security Trustee or the Lenders to take any proceedings against
      the Manager in the courts of any other competent jurisdiction nor shall
      the taking of proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the
      taking of proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or
      not.

6 Third party rights

  No term of the letter shall be enforceable pursuant to the Contracts (Rights
  of Third Parties) Act 1999 by a person who is not a party to this letter.

Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings
when used in this letter unless the context otherwise requires.

Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of

[Name of Approved Manager]

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                                   Appendix

                       Copy of the Management Agreement

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                                  Schedule 7

                         Form of Classification Letter

To: [Name of Classification Society]

                                                                            2001

Dear Sirs,

Name of vessel:     m.t. "o" (the "Vessel")
Flag:               Singapore
Name of Owner:      American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited (the "Owner")
Name of Mortgagee:  Danmarks Skibskreditfond as Security Trustee (the "Agent")
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We refer to the Vessel, which is registered in the ownership of the Owner, and
which has been entered in and classed by o (the "Classification Society").

The Agent, among others, has agreed to provide mortgage secured finance to the
Owner upon condition that among other things, the Owner issues this letter of
instruction to the Classification Society in this form as presented by the
Agent.

The Owner and the Agent irrevocably and unconditionally instruct and authorise
the Classification Society (notwithstanding any previous instructions whatsoever
which the Owner may have given to the Classification Society to the contrary) as
follows:

1   to send to the Agent, following receipt of a written request from the Agent,
    certified true copies of all original certificates of class held by the
    Classification Society in relation to the Vessel;

2   to allow the Agent (or its agents), at any time and from time to time, to
    inspect the classification reports of the Owner for this Vessel at the
    offices of the Classification Society and to take copies of them;

Notwithstanding the above instructions given for the benefit of the Agent, the
Owner shall continue to be responsible to the Classification Society for the
performance and discharge of all its obligations and liabilities relating to or
arising out of or in connection with the contract it has with the Classification
Society, and nothing in this letter should be construed as imposing any
obligation or liability on the Agent to the Classification Society in respect
thereof. The instructions and authorisations which are contained in this notice
shall remain in full force and effect until the Owner and the Agent together
give you notice in writing revoking them.

The Owner undertakes to reimburse the Classification Society in full for any
costs or expenses it may incur in complying with the instructions and
authorisations referred to in this letter.

This letter is governed by English law, the English courts have sole
jurisdiction over any dispute and the terms and conditions attached at Appendix
A apply.

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For and on behalf of                       For and on behalf of
American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited        Danmarks Skibskreditfond

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                                  Appendix A

         Form of Letter of Undertaking from the Classification Society

American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited
and
Danmarks Skibskreditfond (Agent)

Dear Sirs

Name of Vessel:     [     ] (the "Vessel")
Flag:               Singapore
Name of owner:      American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited (the "Owner")
Name of mortgagee:  Danmarks Skibskreditfond as Security Trustee (the "Agent")

We [insert name of classification society], hereby acknowledge receipt of a
letter (a copy of which is attached hereto) dated [     ] sent to us by the
Owner and the Agent (together the "Instructing Parties") regarding to the
Vessel.

In consideration of the payment of US$10 by the Instructing Parties and the
agreement by the Agent to approve the selection of the [insert name of
classification society] (the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby
acknowledged), we undertake to comply with the instructions of the Instructing
Parties contained in such letter.

This letter is governed by English law.

Yours faithfully

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For and on behalf of
[insert name of classification society]

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                                  Schedule 8

                         Form of Officer's Certificate

                         (to be given by the Borrower)

(Letterhead of Borrower)

To:  Danmarks Skibskreditfond
     Sankt Annae Plads 1-3
     Postboks 3028
     1021 Kobenhavn K
     Denmark
     (as Agent on behalf of the Lenders)

                                                                          {date}

I, [name], [Position] of American Eagle Tankers Inc. Limited of Milner House, 18
Parliament Street, Hamilton, Bermuda (the "Borrower")

HEREBY CERTIFY that:

     (a)  attached hereto marked "A", are true, complete and up to date copies
          of all documents which contain or establish or relate to the
          constitution of the Borrower;

     (b)  attached hereto marked "B", is a true and correct extract of
          resolutions duly passed at meeting[s] of the Board of Directors of the
          Borrower duly convened and held approving the, the Contracts [, the
          Management Agreement, the Bareboat Charter] and the Borrower's
          Security Documents and authorising the signature, delivery and
          performance of the Borrower's Security Documents and such resolutions
          have not been amended, modified or revoked and are in full force and
          effect;

     (c)  no consents, authorisations, licences or approvals are necessary for
          the Borrower to authorise or are required by the Borrower in
          connection with the borrowing by the Borrower of the Commitment
          pursuant to a Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated 29 May 2001
          entered into between (1) the Borrower and (2) yourselves as Agent,
          Arranger, Security Trustee and Underwriter and (3) the banks and
          financial institutions listed in Schedule 1 to the Loan Agreement or
          the execution, delivery or performance of the Borrower's Security
          Documents;

     (d)  the following persons are the Directors and Officers of the Borrower
          holding the positions specified opposite their names:

          Name                Position

          o                   o

          o                   o

          o                   o

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     (e)  that Neptune Orient Lines Limited is, as of the date of this
          certificate, the legal owner and, to the best of our knowledge, the
          beneficial owner of not less than 51% of the issued and voting shares
          in the capital of the Borrower;

     (f)  the 7 bareboat charter agreements entered into by the Borrower between
          1996 and 1999 in respect of [name of ships] were entered into on arms
          length terms and reflect the then prevailing market value of the
          respective ships.

Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings
when used herein:

                Signed: ________________________

                Name:  _________________________

                Position held:  ________________

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SIGNED by
for and on behalf of
AMERICAN EAGLE TANKERS INC. LIMITED     [ILLEGIBLE]
dated          2001                     -----------
                                    Authorised signatory

SIGNED by                               [ILLEGIBLE]
for and on behalf of                    -----------
DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND            Authorised signatory
as Lender                               [ILLEGIBLE]
                                        -----------
                                    Authorised signatory

SIGNED by                               [ILLEGIBLE]
for and on behalf of                    -----------
DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND            Authorised signatory
as Arranger                             [ILLEGIBLE]
                                        -----------
                                    Authorised signatory

SIGNED by                               [ILLEGIBLE]
for and on behalf of                    -----------
DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND            Authorised signatory
as Underwriter                          [ILLEGIBLE]
                                        -----------
                                    Authorised signatory

SIGNED by                               [ILLEGIBLE]
for and on behalf of                    -----------
DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND            Authorised signatory
as Agent                                [ILLEGIBLE]
                                        -----------
                                    Authorised signatory

SIGNED by                               [ILLEGIBLE]
for and on behalf of                    -----------
DANMARKS SKIBSKREDITFOND            Authorised signatory
as Security Trustee                     [ILLEGIBLE]
                                        -----------
                                    Authorised signatory

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