Dear Valued Clients,

At the express request of the Owners of the Southern Cross, the partner lines have been negotiating with the Owners for a suitable re-delivery date of the vessel. It has now been agreed for the Southern Cross v54 to make her final Australia â?? Noumea rotation, as the vessel will be offhired in Noumea on 21ST August 2007, for delivery back to Europe.

As part of a dedicated re-tonnaging programme, the partner lines are pleased to announce the deployment of the â?? Southern Moana â?? into the Australia â?? New Caledonia trade.

The Southern Moana has been operating for the past 6 years, servicing New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Funafuti, Wallis and Futuna.

The vessels tween-deck / box hold configuration, 2×80 ton port side cranes and multi purpose intake (Containers, Breakbulk and Heavy Lifts) is an ideal application for the Australia – New Caledonia trade. The operational and technical performance of the vessel, has been well tested in extensive Pacific Island service coverage.

Southern Moana will maintain a 15 day service rotation between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane to Noumea (* Prony Baie on inducement *)

Southern Moana voy 55 will be positioned to Melbourne to commence in service On the following dates:

Melbourne 26/08 Sydney 29/08 Brisbane 31/08 Noumea 04/09

We appreciate your continued support, as we deliver the 1st of a number of service enhancements.

Yours Sincerley

Reef Shipping / PDL / Sofrana Unilines