UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person PALMER, BEN M. c/o Marine Products Corporaiton 2170 Piedmont Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30324 USA 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION MPX 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 07/28/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 08/08/2002 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |7-28-0|F | |275 |D |$10.70 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |7-28-0|J(1)| |205 |D |$10.70 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |8-15-0|F | |275 |D |$9.60 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |8-15-0|J(2)| |205 |D |$9.60 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |9-11-0|F | |276 |D |$9.90 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |9-11-0|J(3)| |204 |D |$9.90 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |9-18-0|F | |276 |D |$9.94 | | | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |9-18-0|J(4)| |204 |D |$9.94 |18,962 |D | | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) Shares withheld to pay employee taxes related to RPC, Inc. (2) Shares withheld to pay employee taxes related to RPC, Inc. (3) Shares withheld to pay employee taxes related to RPC, Inc. (4) Shares withheld to pay employee taxes related to RPC, Inc. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Ben M. Palmer DATE December 26, 2002