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 EXMAR HISTORY

1895: Exmar maritime group established headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium beginning a 112 year history of design, construction, and operation of state of the art ocean-going vessels, including transport ships and luxury liners.

1981: Exmar commences LPG activities with the delivery of the LPGC Coral Temse (7,300 cbm).

1983: Exmar specializes in ownership and operation of MidSize (22,000 to 44,000 cbm) vessels.

1986: Establishes MidSize Fleet operation with other owners.

1990: Exmar expands activities to pressurized tonnage and begins operation based in Hong Kong.

1992: Exmar merges with CMB and group activities expanded to LNG, containers, tankers, bulk carriers, port operations and related services.

1997: Exmar expands activities to include offshore drilling and production vessels and beings operations based in Houston, Texas.

2003: Exmar demerges from CMB and is listed on EURONEXT: EXM

2007: Exmar is a diversified shipping group serving the international oil and gas industry.

The Exmar Offshore Group in Houston, Texas consists of Exmar Offshore Company and Exmar Shipping USA. Exmar designs and builds drilling and production vessels, performs technical studies related to vessel construction, and manages commercial, technical, and administrative activities for the marine vessel industry.