Marex.com Touted In Forbes.com 'Best of the Web'
Miami-based Marex.com, a leading marine industry B2B e-commerce company, was selected for inclusion in Forbes.com's first annual Best of the Web: B2B Guide. According to Forbes.com, editors worked with industry experts to sort through more than 1,000 B2B marketplaces. The result was a list of the most promising B2Bs based upon their strategy, execution and financial staying power. "We're very pleased to be included in this prestigious group," said David Schwedel, president and chief executive officer of Marex.com. Marex.com has developed a proprietary set of procurement solutions that together address the entire marine industry purchasing lifecycle, from planning through procurement to liquidation.
ShipDesk Strives To Carve A Niche
Phenomenal is perhaps the only word adequately to describe the rampage of new, integrated e-commerce solutions that have recently swamped the maritime industry. The marine market, which has a solid reputation of following rather than leading technological surges, has gone from "zero to sixty" in record time on the e-commerce front. But while the industry today has a bevy of selections from which to choose — including portals for conducting every transaction conceivable, from fixing cargos to buying bunker fuel, spare parts or a ship's stores — the critical question revolves around not which choices are available today, rather which choices will be available one year from today.
