Seven Shipbuilding R&D Projects get Greenlight
The Executive Control Board of the National Shipbuilding Research Program Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise (NSRP ASE) selected seven new research projects as part of the Navy/Industry co-funded portfolio. The seven new projects, valued at approximately $20 million including industry cost share, were in response to the latest NSRP ASE solicitation released in February and continue the successful implementation of the Program’s Strategic Investment Plan. Common Parts Catalog (CPC) Implementation: This project will provide full scale testing…
Karlstad Named Director of Sales at SIS
Star Information Systems (SIS), a world provider of integrated fleet management software, has appointed Martin Karlstad as the new Director of Sales of SIS Oslo, effective immediately. In this role, Martin will be responsible for the company’s marketing and sales strategy. Martin will also play a leadership role in SIS’s strategic direction and sales practices. Martin brings over a decade of experience in specialized software for shipping and internet technology with companies such as KPNQWEST, ShipNet, and SpecTec (now Xantic). At the beginning of his career, Martin gained solid experience within international sales and market analysis while working as a broker for Sea Service International and market analyst with the US shipowner, Lexmar, Norway.
Xantic Integrates Further Into E-procurement
Xantic has signed major cooperation agreements with ShipServ and iShipExchange for integration of their E-procurement portals into Xantic's AMOS Maintenance & Purchase solution. The required software drivers to seamlessly integrate the AMOS software and the two portals will be distributed among all AMOS M&P E-commerce licences. The driver is also freely available for existing AMOS M&P users. Integration is based on the international standard language for ship supply documents, MTML (Maritime Text Markup Language), developed and maintained by the Maritime Electronic Commerce Association (MECA). As a result of the partnership between Xantic and the portals…
SeaWave Makes Maritime Communication Seamless
SeaWave LLC's marine communications suite includes SeaWave Navigator 2.0 and SeaWave Integrator, the later is a hardware device that comes bundled with SeaWave Communicator 3.0. SeaWave Navigator 2.0 is Windows based software bundled with a DSP modem and works with most existing SSB radios specifically for low bandwidth use. SeaWave's proprietary HFVelocity, utilized in both products, provides enhanced data compression and state-of-the-art signal processing, Auto Connect and Automatic Link Establishment (ALE). SeaWave software continuously scans all available HF frequencies during periods of inactivity. When a communication task is initiated…
LR: Shipping Is Safer, But Work Still To Be Done
"In spite of the significant advances that have been made in recent years, shipping can and should become safer than it is now. This was the message from Willem de Jong, managing director of the Marine Division of Lloyd's Register (LR), in his keynote speech, which opened the proceedings at the Shiprepair & Conversion exhibition and conference held in London. Mr. de Jong posed two questions to his audience. Is the present safety level good enough? And how can we make further improvements? "The answer to the first question is, in my opinion, no," he said. "Society does not accept accidents and casualties. The marine industry must continue to strive for improvement, and public perception will inevitably provide an impetus for our industry to take forward this vision.
Where Businesses And Consumers Can Mix
In today's competitive and bustling marketplace of Internet technology, users expect to accomplish daily tasks with just one click of a mouse. While many companies have begun to lean this way, the maritime industry has joined the ranks of various other Internet sites with the recent strategic alliance of Marex.com and Boatscape.com. It was a combination that was likely to meld well…a rookie company that is known as the largest business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce company (Marex.com), and an online destination that provides community, information and e-commerce to the recreational boater (Boatscape.com). Together, these two companies will be able to provide users with the utmost in comprehensive e-commerce solutions for the marine industry.
