Exhibit 3.01

                                AMENDMENT TO THE
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                       OF

                                EMPS CORPORATION

         EMPS Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Nevada, on July 14, 1998, hereby adopts the following Articles of Amendment
to its Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 78 of
Nevada Revised Statutes (the "Statute"), Sections 78.385 and 78.390.

                                        I

         The Articles of Incorporation shall be amended to read as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I
                                      NAME

         The name of the corporation is: Caspian Services, Inc.

                                       II

         The date of the adoption of the foregoing amendment by a duly
constititued quorum of the shareholders was July 21, 2005. The number of shares
outstanding in the Corporation and entitled to vote on the amendment was
38,858,446. All stock in the Corporation is entitled to one vote per share for
each matter coming before the meeting of the shareholders. The number of shares
that voted in favor of the amendment was 22,814,510. The number of shares that
voted against the above amendments was 0.



         IN WITNESS HEREOF, this Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation has
been executed on this 21st day of July, 2005.

                                                    By: /s/ Laird Garrard
                                                       -------------------------
                                                       Laird Garrard, President

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