ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=20 width=631 bgColor=#ffffff border=0 hspace="0" vspace="0" ID="Table1"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD><FONT face=Arial color=#333366 size=5 > <P align=center><STRONG>Worldscale Association (London) Limited</STRONG> </P> <P align=center><STRONG>and</STRONG></P> <P align=center><STRONG>Worldscale Association (NYC) Inc</STRONG> </FONT></P> <P align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=#333366 size=2><STRONG>Joint sponsors and publishers of "WORLDSCALE"</STRONG></FONT> <B><U ></P></U></B></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><FONT face=Verdana color=#333366 size=2> <P><A name=Rules></A></P> <P><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Notice&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></P> <P>The first edition of the New Worldwide Tanker Nominal Freight Scale came into effect on 1st January 1989. 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