HURRICANE EARL - NOTICE OF IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY TO ATTEND

Industry Colleagues:

As the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season continues, you can be assured that all of us at the Braemar Group of Companies are keeping a close eye on all the activity. Currently, Hurricanes Danielle has moved north and is not presenting any major threat. Earl is making its way across the Atlantic and as of 11:00AM EST today Earl’s status is as follows:

HURRICANE EARL

This is a strong, category-3, 120 mph hurricane about 95 miles east north-northeast of St. Thomas and 165 miles east of San Juan. Over the next few days, Earl is expected to steadily strengthen. Earl was moving to the west-northwest near 15 miles per hour across the northern Leeward Islands. A hurricane watch and tropical storm warning are now in effect for Puerto Rico. A tropical storm warning is in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis. Storm surge will be as much as 1 to 5 feet on top of large battering waves. Rainfall in some mountain locations could top 12 inches. Flash flooding and mudslides are likely. Earl is anticipated to head northward, threatening the U.S. Eastern Seaboard by midweek. By tomorrow, it is anticipated that dangerous rip currents and swells generated by Earl will impact the Southeast Atlantic coast (including Florida’s East Coast).

CURRENT PROJECTION:

LATEST FROM NOAA NEXT STORM TO BE NAMED FIONA SHOULD NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN:

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED ABOUT 1050 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...A TROPICAL DEPRESSION COULD FORM LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES GENERALLY WESTWARD AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE...90 PERCENT...OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.

Braemar Marine is taking a proactive response to these impending storms and has implemented our Catastrophe Response Solutions plan. In tandem with our sister company, Braemar Steege, LLC, we have all available staff on stand-by ready to mobilize at a moment’s notice. Our combined staff consists of experienced staff surveyors, adjusters, experts and consultants in the marine and energy sectors.

Additionally, we have implemented call centers for your use in reporting marine and energy assignments to us as follows:

These call centers will be manned twenty-four (24) hours a day for as long as necessary to ensure that all assignments are acted upon immediately.

If you should have any questions regarding this notice or our availability to attend, please contact us at the following numbers and let us know of your potential requirements:

BRAEMAR MARINE

John Tirel   678.662.2929   john.tirel@braemarmarine.com
John Venneman   404.797.0334   john.venneman@braemarmarine.com
Robin Tucker   404.983.4667   robin.tucker@braemarmarine.com
Aldo Paino   305.753.2240   aldo.paino@braemarsteege.com
Victor Urquiola   305.775.9796   victor.urquiola@braemarsteege.com

We look forward to responding to all your marine and surveying needs. When expertise matters… call on the Braemar Group of Companies.

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CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE / PACIFIC TSUNAM - FIRST NOTICE OF RESPONSE

As a result of the catastrophic earthquake in Chile, and the subsequently wide spread tsunami in the Pacific Basin, Braemar Marine and Braemar Steege have made preparations to mobilize teams of surveyors to attend claims in Chile and other affected areas.

The Braemar Group of Companies has immediately available experienced staff surveyors, adjusters, experts and consultants. To supplement our in house team Braemar can utilize our approved associates located worldwide to provide rapid response and local representation on short notice.

The Braemar Group is experienced in handling the following losses;

• All marine related matters including; hull & machinery, port facilities, fixed and floating objects, bulk and break-bulk cargo, storage facilities, containers and their contents
• Energy
• Property
• Pollution and Contamination Claims
• Business Interruption

For immediate response please contact the following:

• Braemar Marine, Atlanta +1 770 392 8880 surveys@braemarmarine.com
• John Tirel (M) +1 678 662 2929 john.tirel@braemarmarine.com
• John Venneman (M) +1 404 797 0334 john.venneman@braemarmarine.com
• Ravi Shankar (M) +1 425 647 7792 ravi.shankar@braemarmarine.com
• David E. Ryan (M) +1 425 263 2526 david.ryan@braemarmarine.com

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CHILE EARTHQUAKE - NOTICE OF IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY TO ATTEND

NON-MARINE CLAIMS - ENERGY, POWER, CIVIL ENGINEERING, PROPERTY. BUSINESS INTERRUPTION

Through its specialist Latin American Division, Braemar Steege offers a first class loss adjusting service in the abovementioned classes, acting in concert with the marine survey and inspection services provided by our sister company, Braemar Marine.

Our contact point in Chile is Beckett & Co:
Luis Riveros - email: luis_riveros@beckett.cl
Office: +56-2 378 6090
Mobile: +56 8 368 7411

We have staff adjusters already on standby in Lima, with immediate availability to attend in Chile and our Mexico City regional hub office also has a number of experienced catastrophe claim adjusters with immediate availability.

Our website (currently under construction) is: www.braemarsteege.com

Our Latin American team is headed by a fully qualified Spanish-speaking average adjuster (F.A.A.A.); again, we offer this service as a complement to Braemar Marine.

POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION EXPERTISE

The response team at our sister company Braemar Howells offers immediate availability of highly experienced pollution experts to direct operations and/or advise on remediation required, including especially cost control. (www.braemarhowells.com)

For all services mentioned above please contact:
Keith Martin - email: keith.martin@braemarsteege.com
Office: +1 832 203 5238/42
Mobile: +1 832 260 8376

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HAITI: Notice of immediate availability to attend on site

Industry Colleagues,

We have been busy today responding to enquiries from Clients and business contacts concerning the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti. The Braemar group of companies understands the magnitude of this situation, and in addition to performing our professional duties, we will endeavor to assist in the relief effort.

Our first response plan is as follows:

1. Our Caribbean Representatives PAUFRA, who are based in the neighboring Dominican Republic, already have an adjuster in Haiti who is currently working on the establishment of a base from where we can operate in Port au Prince. We are able to support this effort with French language speakers as required.
2. We are arranging for alternative / supplementary solutions, through chartering a vessel as an offshore command post in order to assist in the relief efforts and accommodate our team.
3. We have a cargo surveyor who is available to travel from the Dominican Republic to Port au Prince, Mr. Francisco Guzman. He is a mechanical engineer and former Operations Manager for Antilliana Dominicana (Antillian Marine) Shipping Corporation. He has experience handling grains, fruit and perishable goods claims as well as conducting marine inspections. Mr. Guzman can attend as required, subject to flight availability. He will be carrying a cellular phone from a Dominican provider which we understand functions in Haiti.

The Braemar group of companies also has immediately available a number of additional experienced staff surveyors, adjusters and expert consultants, including a teammember who is a former US Coast Guard attaché to Haiti, able to deploy on site with a broad range of skills including the handling of:

• All types of insured losses including marine (hull and cargo), ports, energy, inland property, machinery, civil works infrastructure and financial risks
• Business interruption claims
• Pollution and contaminat
• Attendant liability claims

Please contact us at the following numbers and let us know of your potential requirements, so that we will be able to respond appropriately to your needs.

BRAEMAR MARINE INC Atlanta Office:
+1 770 392 8880   surveys@braemarmarine.com
Chris Lunda   Cell: +1 678 662 2520   chris.lunda@braemarmarine.com
John Tirel   Cell: +1 678 662 2929   john.tirel@braemarmarine.com

BRAEMAR STEEGE LLC Miami Office: +1 305 423 7020
Aldo Paino   Cell: +1 305 753 2240   aldo.paino@braemarsteege.com

BRAEMAR STEEGE LLC Houston Office:   +1 832 203 5238/42
Keith J Martin   Cell: +1 832 260 8376   keith.martin@braemarsteege.com

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John Venneman interviewed in Heavy Lift magazine

Heavy Lift and Project Forwarding International (HLPFI) magazine wrote about the importance of qualified marine surveyors as a vital component to project cargo risk management in issue eight of HLPFI. Based upon the number of inquiries from that issue, they decided to ask John Venneman of Braemar Marine to elaborate on the subject. John is the director of risk engineering/marine surveyor for Braemar Marine and specialises in project cargo and heavy lift moves.

In the article John warns: "Often the biggest problems is one of complacency. The crews often want to do the minimum possible and, as such, may overlook things. While one would like to think that the carriers will always use the utmost care with any cargo entrusted to them, this is simply not always the case".

A pdf (224kb) of the full article is available by clicking here or by visiting their website www.heavyliftpfi.com.

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