Leonhardt & Blumberg, an independent charter owner specialist of feeder containerships, has begun the roll out of Buss Data’s CrewSTAR applications to selected vessels in its fleet, including both office and vessel modules.

Penguin International Limited, a Singapore-based designer and operator of aluminium workboats, has agreed a deal with Royston Diesel Power for enginei EFMS (electronic fuel management system) units to be installed on a range of new specialist maritime security vessels and multi-role crew boats.

Singapore-based MSI Ship Management has completed the roll-out of the MESPAS Technical Ship Management software package across its fleet of 44 ships, the companies report.

YA-SA Ship Management & Trading, based in Istanbul, Turkey, has agreed a contract for the supply of global vessel tracking and monitoring services from BigOceanData following a successful initial trial on five vessels.

US-based Dupre Marine Transportation has become the first company to go live with the newly-launched Helm CONNECT Personnel software for crew management and payroll, the companies report.

Danish dry cargo and product tanker operator NORDEN reports that it is to use the SEDNA software package as its new communication platform for transaction management and team collaboration, replacing e-mail as the default mode of communication for the company’s teams.

Euronav has begun the rollout of the SERTICA maritime software platform from Logimatic across its fleet of approximately 50 vessels, with the first ship in the programme now successfully installed.

Consolidated Marine Management (CMM) has begun the implementation of an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) programme with class society ABS’ Advanced Solutions division, which aims to optimise management of its vessel assets.

Arcadia Shipmanagement has agreed a deal with class society ABS’ Advanced Solutions division to implement an Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) programme to assist in the management of its 15 tanker fleet.

Maritime e-procurement company ShipServ reports that it has completed the integration of its e-commerce platform with Francois Marine Services’ new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, to streamline the logistics company’s ability to process transactions and respond to RFQs.