BEA - DIVIDEND FOR 2002

The board is proposing a dividend for 2002 of NOK 7 per share, the
same as the year before.

Oslo, 13 February 2003

                          BERGESEN D.Y. ASA


Contact person: Svein Erik Amundsen, Managing Director,
Telephone: + 47 22 12 05 13

Other information about Bergesen is available at:  www.bergesen.no



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