PRESS
RELEASE
November 11th. 2010,
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ONE MARITIME & ISSA IN REVOLUTIONARY VENTURE TO BENEFIT
ONLINE COLLABORATION & SHIP SUPPLY
PROCUREMENT
Today heralds the launch of One Maritime, a major industry
initiative that will revolutionise the way ship owners, ship
managers and ship suppliers select and order ship stores from both
onboard ship and ashore.
From January
1st 2011, ship owners and
managers, their superintendants and their crews, will be able to
access online or by CD, the shipping industry's premier ship stores
catalogues and many others besides, as part of their effort to
secure the best quality and most efficiently-costed provisions,
bonded stores, pantry and deck and engine stores
worldwide.
For the first time ever, purchasing managers and ships' Masters
will be able to access the online ISSA Ship Stores Catalogue to
search for their supplies.
The ISSA Catalogue forms a part of the
One Maritime solution offering for on-line purchasing, supply,
information, procurement and communications. Other
main-lineindustry catalogues are also included, which makes One
Maritime the most comprehensive maritime catalogue search engine
available on the market today.
They will be able to issue requests
for tender (RFQs), order goods and deal with invoices, all at the
click of a button. By utilising a host of highly intricate computer
plug-ins they will also be able to track owners' goods, draw up
supply contracts and return items should they need to. Ship owners,
managers and suppliers will also be able to search by vessel name
and vessel position by accessing the Vessel Master database, AIS
information or even get information on ports and agencies.
A complete Ships' stores and
provisions supply can be searched generically or by product type or
through the individual port of delivery. E-commerce connectivity
will also be available through the One Maritime service.
The One Maritime initiative has a
number of project partners including ISSA and ShipCentric. One
Maritime provides e-commerce connectivity, allowing companies to
process their transactions by selecting a specific maritime
e-commerce system such as MarineLink from EDB ErgoGroup. Under the
arrangement, MarineLink will also connect its e-commerce platform
to One Maritime to access its catalogue service from its trading
platform. Ship owners and managers will be able to access an
overview of their own ships' ordering details; access the main
industry catalogues or search by part or manufacturer; service
equipment due for survey and upload relevant service reports;
search by supplier, product, vessel or vessel position; and utilise
E-Commerce connectivity to order their products.
Suppliers, on the other hand, will
have an overview of ships in their own ports with estimated times
of arrival and departure; search for owners, vessels and vessel
positions; search for items in a large variety of catalogues;
upload their own catalogues; service items on certain vessels and
customers; prioritise equipment due for survey; and carry out RFQs
in addition to ordering, order confirmation and e-invoicing.
Main equipment manufacturers will be
able to upload their catalogues for access by marine purchasers;
update their catalogues; and update their profile and contact
information.
Catalogues immediately available for
accessing when the system is fully launched in January 2011 will
include the ISSA Ship Stores Catalogue; the One Maritime Provisions
and Bonded Stores Catalogue; catalogues detailing cargo access
equipment; engine spare parts and Medicine.
Torben Brammer, One Maritime
Co-Founder and CEO, praised One Maritime as the next step in the
development of online platforms which, by the use and mix of
multiple information sources and the latest technology, take
multiple information searches, worldwide communication,
collaboration and ordering processes of ship supply to the next
level.
He said: "Our technology products have
allowed us to think of data sources and the use of data in a much
different way than ever before. With its unique search engines and
data migration technology, One Maritime has managed to build an
online platform that gives itsusers access to a mix of data from
multiple data sources at the same time.
It changes the way that catalogues,
for example, will be used in the future. It will allow users to
search across multiple information sources faster than just opening
1 printed catalogue and then to start browsing the pages one by one
for the right information. It ensuresupdated information at your
finger tips, something that the current printed catalogues cannot
deliver and it gives subscribers access to download updated data
and into their back office systems in a much simpler way.
We have mixed the different catalogue
data with specific data for vessel, supplier, owners, managers,
vessel locations, industry KPIs and much more - and the result is:
One Maritime.
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For Further Information Please Contact:
Elaborate Communications
Sean Moloney/Debra Munford Tel: +44 (0) 1296 682356