From: Digital Ship [newsletter@thedigitalship.com] Sent: 26 October 2001 16:11 To: List Member Subject: Digital Ship newsletter October 26 2001 * e-Jan and Strategic IMX in dry bulk joint venture * End of the road for Setfair * Baltic U-turn on indices * US 96 hour reporting rules _______________________________________________ SUPPLY CHAINS * Procter and Gamble selects GT Nexus * Tradeship sells to MISC * Bolero introduces secure payment system _______________________________________________ E-PROCUREMENT * Petrojam on the web * Launch of MTML 1.5 * MarineProvider integrates with ShipNet ________________________________________________ MARITIME OPERATIONS * Shell implements Seagull training systems * Swedish Club licenses bridge training centre * Kittiwake introduces next generation of oil test kits * Globalstar supplies phones to Italian Navy * US Coast Guard to purchase offshore ECDIS * Radio Holland launches river radar * Transas charts to find underwater ship *********** DIGITAL SHIP FORUM *********** INTEGRATING COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN MARITIME OPERATIONS London, November 29, 2001 * Ship-shore data communications * Connecting vessels to corporate intranets * Purchasing and managing ship supplies onboard * Management software * Internet access onboard * What the maritime industry really wants If you work with or develop ship-shore communications tools you cannot afford to miss this exciting opportunity to meet with others in the field, discuss developments and find out what is going on. * One day delegate fee only £250.00 To register, please contact Rebecca Clarkson via email (conferences@thedigitalship.com), telephone (+44 207 538 1124) or fax (+44 207 510 2344). Online booking and further information at http://www.thedigitalship.com/sscomsconf.asp DO YOU WORK FOR A SHIPPING COMPANY? We would like more people who work for shipping companies to come and present their own experience at this event. If you work for a shipping company and might be interested, please contact Yana Lenzner to discuss further, on lenzner@thedigitalship.com, tel (+44 207) 538 1056. Please note there is free admission to conference speakers and panellists. ************* HEADLINE NEWS ************* e-Jan and Strategic IMX in dry bulk joint venture http://www.strategic.co.uk Maritime software house Strategic Software has announced plans to develop a dry bulk shipbroker system in joint venture with Japanese internet shipping group e-Jan. The system will be dubbed e-Jan/DrybulkIMX and launched on November 1, 2001. A joint venture company has been established, registered in the British Virgin Islands; Strategic holds 60 per cent of the equity and e-Jan holds 40 per cent. Naotake Kondo, president of e-JAN, is elected as chairman, whilst Peter Rygaard Andersen, business development director of IMX, is appointed president. E-JAN Corporation was established in April 2000 by NYK Line and five major Japanese shipbrokers. Headquartered in Tokyo it provides an internet brokering service for ship chartering, and sale and purchase in the Asia-Pacific region. There are ambitious plans. "With e-JAN/DrybulkIMX we aim to offer a single and common platform open for every industry running their own trading sites such as coal, ores, grain, steel products, chemicals and others," says Kuniaki Shirakuma, executive vice president of NYK Line, an e-Jan shareholder. "Their requirements for transport information in terms of logistics and supply chain management will be easily provided by this site through the internet." The system is designed to combine e-Jan's own web-based chartering technology with IMX's database replication and communications system. The complete tool will support both pre-fixture chartering and post-fixture voyage management, enabling users to share data securely. Future developments will include an on-line voyage estimator and distance tables, as well as post-fixture support tools to enable voyage data acquisition at source and laytime calculation tools. The two companies have a good geographical fit, with e-Jan rolling out its service from Japan and Asia, and Strategic targeting Europe and America initially. "e-JAN/DrybulkIMX integrates both services to offer advanced information liquidity," says Naotake Kondo, president of e-JAN Corporation. "Our coalition is a natural progression for the common good of both companies and our respective customers. Shipbrokers will continue to play an important role in the shipping community as mediators between carriers and charterers, and we are happy to offer our new tools to assist them." ---------------- End of the road for Setfair http://www.setfair.com E-procurement venture Setfair has announced that it has begun the process of winding up and closing its business. The decision was taken after failing to find a new backer. Inmarsat, who had been backing the venture, recently decided to pull out due to a difficult market situation. A number of options were evaluated, but according to Christian Young, Setfair's CEO, "the current confidence in the business environment, combined with the fact that we needed to find a suitable backer in a very short time, made this a very difficult task for us." It is expected that unless a new backer is found miraculously during the next few days Setfair will release staff and the closedown operation will be completed from 31st October onwards. A recent meeting with a likely investor had looked promising, but according to Setfair, time pressure did not allow for long-winded negotiations. Thanking his staff for their dedication and hard work, Mr Young says, "We achieved a staggering amount during the life of the business of which we can be proud. Everybody is disappointed that they will not see the results of their hard work and effort. I wish them all the best for the future." --------------- Baltic U-turn on indices http://www.balticexchange.com The Baltic has made a U-turn on its decision to only make its indices and fixture lists available over its BalticExchange.com platform. The indices and fixture lists will continue to be distributed to electronic news vendors for a fee, the same way as they are at present, and available for public distribution on the following day. The move follows concerns expressed by the futures industry (including a discussion at the Digital Ship conference on October 18), that it was impossible to trade shipping futures without a freight rate indices system which is acceptable to everybody. The Baltic Exchange has the only such system, and if the Baltic does not make the indices publicly available then the industry will lose out. "We have responded to meet, as far as we can, concerns expressed by the futures industry," comments Jim Buckley, chief executive of the Baltic Exchange. "The market recognises the commercial value of the freight market information which is published by the Exchange. We acknowledge the expert and informed contribution made by our panellists worldwide and our freight market information is valued for its robustness and its independence.” "Meanwhile, the market in freight derivatives is developing rapidly. We believe that the new distribution arrangements will assist the growth of the derivatives market and whilst recognising concerns that public distribution of the route rates can disadvantage them.” The Baltic Exchange has also expanded the range of freight market information it provides. It now provides daily and weekly commentaries on the handy-handymax, capesize and panamax sectors, together with a report on the sugar freight market. The information is in addition to the Baltic's daily fixture list of three dry cargo indices (handymax, panamax and capesize ships), two tanker indices (clean and dirty cargoes) with 38 individual route rates. “The market information produced by the Exchange is unique and is very much at the heart of our business," says the Baltic. ------------ US 96 hour reporting rules http://www.nvmc.uscg.gov The US Coast Guard is now demanding 96-hour (4 day) advance notice for vessels over 300 gt entering US ports following the September 11th terrorist attacks. The advance notice must include detailed crew, passenger and cargo information. It should be sent to a new National Vessel Movement Center (NVMC) based in Virginia, USA. Notice of arrival information can be sent by e-mail, fax or phone; the preferred method is to send e-mail with the data in a Microsoft Excel data attachment. Blank Excel forms which can be filled in can be downloaded from the NVMC website (www.nvmc.uscg.gov). If a vessel plans to visit multiple US ports, only one 96-hour notice of arrival need be sent, but it must list a point of contact and estimated arrival dates for each port. *************** COMING UP IN THE DECEMBER ISSUE OF DIGITAL SHIP PRINT MAGAZINE *************** * Computer software for ship agents * E-commerce and technology in ship design * Engine monitoring systems for vessels * Knowledge management in the maritime industry * The latest in e-procurement * Data communications onboard * Simulators and onboard training * Automating navigation: AIS and VDR * Futures trading for shipping * Technology in container shipping If you would like to discuss involving your company in any of these features, contact Yana Lenzner (editor, e-procurement, software and ship-shore communications) or Karl Jeffery (general editor) on lenzner@thedigitalship.com/jeffery@thedigitalship.com ************* SUPPLY CHAINS ************* Procter and Gamble selects GT Nexus http://www.gtnexus.com Household products giants Procter and Gamble, which owns brands Pampers, Tide, Ariel, Pantene, Pringles and Lenor, among others, has selected shipping-line backed container management portal GT Nexus to provide visibility of ocean carrier products over the internet. GT Nexus will build and develop a private network for P&G to help it manage its global ocean transportation, bringing together several of P&*G's internal processes and arrangements with shipping lines onto a common platform. P&G will use the platform to talk to all logstics companies using standard business processes, manage their ocean transportation contracts and improve co-ordination with its logistics companies. ----------------- Tradeship sells to MISC http://tradeshiponline.com Maritime software company Trade Ship has sold its Sealiner data processing and information system to the Malaysia International Shipping Company (MISC). One of the special features of SeaLiner that attracted MISC, Tradeship says, was its ability to manage slot allocation, allowing shipping companies to control selling, buying and exchanging of slots. The module also maintains the contractual agreements that support the billing or payment process which links to accounts payable and accounts receivable modules. SeaLiner has an intermodal module which enables set-up, maintenance and retrieval of multiple routings between any two points using different modes of transport, i.e. trucking, barge operators and rail companies. Users can allocate inbound cargo to transport operators whilst controlling the entire process. ------------ Bolero introduces secure payment system http://www.bolero.net Secure electronic trading system bolero has launched boleroSURF, a system for international trade to ensure that the goods are delivered and that the seller gets paid. Once a buyer and seller agree on contractual terms, the necessary documentation is lodged with SURF. The boleroSURF system can check the documentation for errors and reconcile order against the delivery data. There are associated credit and risk management products under development. Bolero has also signed up Japan Tobacco Inc, the first representative of the tobacco industry to join. Japan Tobacco owns cigarette brands Mild Seven, Camel, Salem and Winston, also with non-tobacco interests including soft drinks, processed food and pharmaceuticals. Bolero is currently being used in parallel with traditional paper based methods of processing trade documentation on cigarette shipments from Japan to other companies in Asia. Eventually Bolero will be used for imports and finally the paper documentation should be phased out if the pilot is successful. ************* E-PROCUREMENT ************* Petrojam gets on the web http://www.petrojambunkering.com Petrojam, subsidiary of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, today announced the launch of its shipping specific website www.petrojambunkering.com. The site is for taking bunker enquiries and for providing buyers and traders with information they might need to do business. Petrojam is the National Oil Refining Company of Jamaica. ------------- Launch of MTML 1.5 http://www.meca.org.uk The Maritime eCommerce Association (MeCA) has launched version 1.5 of its Marine Trading Mark-up Language (MTML), originally developed by maritime e-commerce company ShipServ. The release of MTML addresses a number of "functional issues" and adds to the existing set of business transactions, MeCA says. Version 2.0 is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2002. Issues due for consideration in version 2.0 of MTML include moving from a DTD to a schema, enumeration of trading partners, attachments, invoicing, cataloguing and units of measure. Newly appointed members of the enlarged MeCA eProcurement Technical Committee include Brynvar Gevelt of e4marine, JoAnne Corry of ILS and Leif Tusvik of Star Information Systems AS. ------------- MarineProvider integrates with ShipNet http://www.marineprovider.com Ship supplies e-commerce company MarineProvider has built an integration module into the ShipNet shipping company management software and the Xantic AMOS maintenance and purchase software. The modules are pre-installed into the latest software versions ShipNet 6.01 and Xantic AMOS M&P 5.0. This means that users of ShipNet and Xantic AMOS software do not need additional patches or major custom configuration work to integrate with MarineProvider. *********** MARITIME OPERATIONS *********** Shell implements Seagull training systems http://www.seagull.no The Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (STASCO) has signed an agreement with maritime computer based training (CBT) company Seagull, to install CBT libraries on all of its 43 oil and gas tankers. Three crewing offices will also use the tool. Shell and Seagull have worked together on the development of some of the CBT modules, including "Marine fuel properties", "Marine fuel handling and pre-treatment" and "Marine lubricants". Shell training Superintendents have been using the CBT modules for the last 18 months as part of their evaluation of Seagull CBT to look at the concept and to determine whether the professional content in the CBT modules meets the Shell standard. Each vessel will report all performed CBT training on a regular basis using an e-mail tool, which forms an integral part of the Seagull Training Administrator software. This training administration tool will later be interfaced with Shell's crew personnel system. -------------- Swedish Club licenses bridge training centre http://www.swedishclub.com Marine Insurance Society the Swedish Club has given a Bridge Resource Management (BRM) training licence to Southfield Agencies, in Manilla, Philippines, enabling it to give licensed courses. Southfield Agencies is a joint venture between Southwest Maritime Corporation of Manila and Hong Kong-based Patt Manfield and Co Ltd. Four other facilities have been licensed by the Club to deliver BRM programs: the Swedish Club's own training centre in Piraeus, the Wallem and Anglo Eastern maritime training centres in Mumbai, India, and the Manila-based Philippine Centre for Advanced Maritime Simulation and Training (PHILCAMCAT). ------------- Kittiwake introduces oil test kits http://www.kittiwake.com Kittiwake Developments, which provides an engine oil testing service, has launched a range of kits for testing engine oils onboard. The engine oil can be tested for ingress of water and degradation of total base number (TBN). The testing cells are made from rugged alumininium with pre-programmed proprietary software. It has a lifetime guarantee and estimated battery life of 5 years. ----------- Globalstar supplies phones to Italian Navy http://www.globalstar.com Mobile satellite communications company Globalstar has announced that the Italian Navy is in the process of installing Globalstar fixed maritime phone units on each of its major vessels across the fleet. The agreement between the Italian Navy and Elsacom, Globalstar's service provider partner in Italy, followed a study of the technical and operational capabilities of the Globalstar system in various situations and environmental conditions. "Not only does this agreement recognize the reliability and high quality of Globalstar service, but it also serves as an important starting point from which other specialized data and phone applications will be developed for the Navy,' comments Michael Yates, general manager of Elsacom. ------------ US Coast Guard to purchase offshore ECDIS http://www.osi.com Offshore Systems International, which describes itself as "a marine electronic navigation company with a strong defence niche," has received a "blanket" purchase agreement for its electronic charts and charting services from the US Coast Guard. Under the agreement, US Coast Guard is not required to solicit competitive bids on a purchase-by-purchase basis, when ordering from OSI. It is estimated to be worth $500,000 annually. Offshore also announced that it has retained Keane Securities of New York as its investment banker. -------------- Radio Holland launches river radar http://www.rhm.nl Radio Holland Marine has launched a colour river radar system. It has an 18.1-inch thin film transistor (TFT) display, which works both by day and by night. The radar was developed in co-operation with Furuno. ------------ Transas charts to find underwater ship http://www.transas.com An electronic chart system (ECS) manufactured by maritime software company Transas was used to find the Swedish liner ship "Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta," which sank in 1790. Two representatives from Transas St Petersburg, including Alexey Filippov, Simulation department manager, participated in the treasure search, using a 20-metre diving boat equipped with a Transas ECS and GPS equipment, to help find the shipwreck. The remains of the old vessel’s bow, weighing over 500 kilograms, was found in a relatively good condition at a depth of 20 to 35 meters, and lifted onto the diving boat using a winch. The discoveries were handed over to the Viborg museum of underwater archaeology. ============ By Yana Lenzner and Karl Jeffery Digital Ship Ltd, 213 Marsh Wall, London E14 9FJ, UK Tel (+44 207) 510 2315 Fax (+44 207) 510 2344 lenzner@thedigitalship.com/jeffery@thedigitalship.com _______________________________________________________________________ Powered by List Builder To unsubscribe follow the link: http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/manage/subscriberprefs?customerid=8912&subid=3F14948A219F6C7F&msgnum=69