ASHLAND INTRODUCES NEW BUNKER SAMPLE RETENTION SYSTEM

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ASHLAND INTRODUCES NEW BUNKER SAMPLE RETENTION SYSTEM
01 July 2005 - Ashland Specialty Chemical Company

A new bunker sample retention system designed to ease full compliance with Marpol 73/78 Annex IV requirements for ships over 400 gross tons and platforms and drilling rigs engaged in voyages is now available from Drew Marine, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc. The system is designed to relieve the often burdensome compliance requirements regarding the collection, retention and documentation of bunker fuel samples.

Drew Marine's bunker sample retention system consists of a sturdy, lockable aluminum sample storage cabinet, in-line fuel sampling devices, and logbook. The cabinet contains fuel sample bottles, tamper-evident seals, sample retention labels, a collection device with accessories, and a bunker log book for recording and tracking fuel samples. The logbook also provides the ship's crew with a concise summary of Marpol 73/78 Annex VI requirements and an explanation of fuel characteristics and fuel management techniques.

The Drew Marine Bunker Sample Retention System is the only Marpol 73/78 compliant system offering 2 configurations of manual continuous drip samplers: a simplex connection for use with a 4-liter container and a triplex design to collect samples directly into sample bottles. Drew Marine also offers the SAMPLE-TEC sampler, a unique flow-proportional heavy fuel sampling device also recommended in Annex VI.

Drew Marine, a business group of Ashland Specialty Chemical, is a leading supplier of specialty marine chemicals, water treatments, welding refrigeration and sealing products and fire fighting, safety and rescue products for the global marine industry.

Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division of Ashland Inc., is a leading, worldwide supplier of specialty chemicals serving industries including adhesives, automotive, composites, metal casting, merchant marine, paint, paper, plastics, watercraft and water treatment. Visit www.ashspec.com to learn more about these operations.

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About: Ashland Specialty Chemical Company
Ashland is a transportation construction, chemical, and petroleum company providing innovative products, services and solutions. A Fortune 500 company, we have sales and operations throughout the United States and in more than 120 countries around the world. Our operations include four wholly owned divisions: Ashland Paving And Construction (APAC), Ashland Distribution, Ashland Specialty Chemical and Valvoline. In addition, we own 38 percent of Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, the nation's fifth largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products.

Ashland Composite Polymers is a leading worldwide resin and gel coat supplier, serving the fiber reinforced plastics and cast polymer industry.

Ashland has invested many years of research into the development of specifically tailored products that together represent the broadest product line in the industry. Primary research and development activities are based at our company headquarters in Dublin, Ohio, USA working closely with our R&D and Product Development teams in Europe and Asia.

The full line of products, services and technology includes: Hetron epoxy vinyl ester, corrosion-resistant and fire retardant resins; Arotran world leading resin technology for the automotive market; award-winning Maxguard gel coats; Aropol polyester resins; AME premium marine resins; Modar modified acrylic resins; and Polaris resins for solid surface and cast marble.

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