based company with a 77-year commitment
to building and operating petroleum transport vessels for the U. Such factors
include, among others, changes in oil companies' decisions as to the
type and origination point of the crude that it processes, changes in
the amount of imported petroleum products, competition for marine
transportation, domestic oil consumption, the continuation of federal
law restricting United States point-to-point maritime shipping to U.
vessels (the Jones Act), the timing and success of our double-hull
rebuilding program, demand for petroleum products, future spot market
rates , demand for our services, levels of foreign imports, changes in
interest rates, the effect of war or terrorist activities and the
general financial, economic, environmental and regulatory conditions
affecting the oil and marine transportation industry in general.

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We remain committed to seeking opportunities
that create value for our shareholders as we look to solidify our
leadership position in our core markets and expand into related
businesses.S.com

Certain statements in this news release, including those about the
Company's expected shipments into the Gagan program, are
forward-looking statements.

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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CALGARY, Alberta----NovAtel Inc . The Company is focused on supplying
core high-precision positioning technology to OEMs and system
integrators who build systems for various end market applications.

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domestic trade.S.

NovAtel's solutions combine hardware, such as
receivers and antennas, with software to enable its customers to fully
integrate the Company's high-precision GPS technology into their
respective products and systems.

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6 million barrels, of
which 64 percent of capacity is double-hulled. With the successful completion of this initial GAGAN
test project, India will join the US, Canada, Mexico , Europe, Japan
and China as one of the countries operating NovAtel SBAS reference
receiver equipment , and will be the first outside the US to receive
the latest generation of NovAtel reference receiver equipment. For
more information, visit www.

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The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that
arise after the date hereof. Deliveries of this equipment have been
underway for approximately 18 months and the equipment is being
fielded to expand the existing ground network in Alaska, Canada and
Mexico.

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(R+M) to
commence later this year. Maritrans owns and operates one of the largest fleets
serving the U . These statements are based
on assumptions the Company believes are reasonable, but a variety of
factors could cause the Company's actual results, goals, targets or
objectives to differ materially from those contemplated, projected,
forecast, estimated, anticipated, planned or budgeted.

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The accretive nature of
this agreement highlights Maritrans' approach to only pursue
profitable initiatives .

NovAtel designs, markets and sells high-precision GPS and other
positioning components and sub-systems used in a wide variety of
commercial applications principally in the aviation, geomatics
(surveying and mapping), mining, precision agriculture, marine and
defence industries.

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owner , combined with the strong demand for our vessels as well as the
reduction in supply due to previous regulatory phase-outs, has
contributed to a robust rate environment in the first quarter of 2005 .

NovAtel Inc. Awarded Contract for SBAS Equipment for Indian GAGAN Program

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ABOUT MARITRANS

Maritrans Inc.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

The information in this news release includes certain
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are made as of the date of this news release, and NovAtel
assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events
or circumstances.

NOVATEL INC.

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Whitworth stated , "Maritrans' position as the largest U. Many factors could cause actual
results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the
results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements,
including certification and market acceptance of NovAtel's new
products, impact and timing of large orders , pricing pressures in the
market and other competitive factors, maintaining technological
leadership , and other factors described in our Form 20-F and other SEC
filings, many of which are beyond the control of NovAtel. These
factors should be considered carefully and undue reliance should not
be placed on the forward-looking statements.

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Drawing upon our operational
strengths and industry leadership , we expanded our relationship with a
long-term customer, re-entered an important geographic region and
expanded the type of cargo that we transport."
Outside of its strong lightering system serving the Delaware
River-based refineries, Maritrans last deployed a vessel on a full
basis in the Northeast in 1999. Since then, customer demand and
requirements in that market have increased, making the Northeast an
attractive region for the Company to re-enter.

According to Raytheon, "GAGAN-TDS, a cooperative effort between
Raytheon and ISRO, will usher in a new era in civil navigation through
use of the space-based augmentation system.

According to Tony Murfin, NovAtel's Vice President, Business
Development, "NovAtel is pleased to be an important part of the Indian
GAGAN program.

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Maritrans Re-Enters Northeast Barge Market; Comments on First Quarter 2005 Results

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Jonathan Whitworth, Chief Executive Officer of Maritrans,
commented, "By re-deploying the M192, Maritrans continues to progress
toward a number of important objectives related to its recently
announced strategic initiatives . In addition
to earning higher clean petroleum spot rates, the Company achieved
utilization that was better than the fourth quarter of 2004 and
continued to experience strength in the lightering business. Wherever possible, words such as ''anticipate'',
''believe'', ''expect'', ''may'', ''could '', ''will'', ''potential'',
''intend'', ''estimate'', ''should'', ''plan'', ''predict'' or the
negative or other variations of these words, or similar words or
phrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking statements.

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, a ship-brokering and consulting
firm, average spot rates for the US Gulf to US Northeast clean
petroleum trade for the first quarter of 2005 were at the AR288 level ,
approximately 17% higher than the fourth quarter of 2004. These statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results,
levels of activity, growth , performance, earnings per share or
achievements to be materially different from those expressed in or
implied by such forward-looking statements."

This equipment is scheduled to ship to Raytheon during the first
half of this year.

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S. coastwise trade.
(NASDAQ:NGPS), a precise positioning technology company, announced
today that an order for additional Space Based Augmentation System
(SBAS) equipment was received from Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) in
support of the Indian GAGAN program.

This latest contract with Raytheon follows on from an award to
Raytheon by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) of a
contract for the ground-based elements of the GPS and GEO
(Geostationary Earth Orbit) Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) Technology
Demonstration System (TDS ), in November 2004. NovAtel will supply
receiver elements of these ground-based elements, which will be
included in eight Indian reference stations, an Indian master control
center, and an Indian land uplink station."

NovAtel has developed and produced the new SBAS reference receiver
for use in the US WAAS network under contracts with Raytheon Company
over the past two years.

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Maritrans is
headquartered in Tampa, Florida, and maintains an office in the
Philadelphia area. (Nasdaq:NGPS )

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Business Editors/Maritrans Inc. As part of the transaction, the M192
entered into an 18-month time charter with Sunoco Inc. The GAGAN project is part
of a world-wide movement toward space-based navigation, which has been
endorsed by the International Civil Aviation Organization .

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(NYSE:TUG), a leading U.
Commenting on the Company's upcoming first quarter 2005 earnings,
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Maritrans does not
anticipate any additional overhead from the redeployment of this
vessel due to the fact that the Company can leverage off its existing
Philadelphia operations.S. This fleet consists of four oil
tankers and eleven oceangoing married tug/barge units with an
aggregate fleet capacity of approximately 3.novatel.

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flag marine petroleum transport company,
today announced the re-deployment of the double-hull barge M192 from
its existing clean products route along the Gulf Coast, to the
Northeast residual oil market. When completed, GAGAN will
augment the standard positioning signals from the GPS satellites with
an additional signal to improve the accuracy, integrity, continuity ,
and availability of the aircraft receiver.

About NovAtel Inc. These forward-looking statements are not
based on historical facts but rather on management's current
expectations regarding NovAtel 's future business prospects and
opportunities.
Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and assumptions.

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It will
increase safety and efficiency by allowing precision approaches to all
airports and direct routing between destinations.