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Thuraya1 Launches Successfully!
Thuraya notched a significant milestone with the successful launch of its Thuraya1 satellite on 21st October 2000. The satellite has reached its transfer orbital slot. Signals have been received indicating that the satellite is operating as it should, and testing is underway.
Details: http://www.thuraya.com/launch%20bulletin.htm
Thuraya Mission Status:
November 7th 2000- The last deployment for the spacecraft has been completed.
The two north and south radiators, which are used to dissipate heat generated by the satellite electronics, have been deployed successfully.
New Kazakhstan partner for Thuraya
Thuraya Signs Commercial Agreement in CIS Region:11th November 2000 - Thuraya has established a strategic presence for its mobile satellite system in the CIS region, through a commercial alliance with Orbita-Plus which has become its Service Provider in Kazakhstan.
Details: http://www.thuraya.com/NewsRoom.htm
GloCall BV is Thuraya's SP in the Benelux Countries
GloCall BV is Thuraya Service Provider in the Benelux Countries:5th Nov 2000-Thuraya reinforced its presence in Europe by signing up with GloCall BV as its service provider for the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.
Details: http://www.thuraya.com/NewsArchive.htm#Benelux Countries
Cameroon-Thuraya's latest partner in Africa
Thuraya Signs Service Provider Agreement with Cameroon: 1st November 2000-Thuraya's growing network of Service Providers Partners in Africa was reinforced with the addition of Telecom Industry Corporation (TIC) of Cameroon.
Details: http://www.thuraya.com/NewsArchive.htm#Cameroon
Thuraya System for Inmarsat Broadband Data Services
Thuraya has concluded an agreement with Inmarsat that enables Inmarsat service users to have faster access to Internet and intranet content and solutions, email, and remote LAN access over Europe (excluding Scandinavia), Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
Details: http://www.thuraya.com/NewsArchive.htm#Inmarsat
Thuraya SMS Features
Thuraya offers SMS (Short Message Service) in its handheld phones that supports English, Italian, French and German. Thuraya's SMS feature is ideal for quick and easy communication. See Feature:www.thuraya.com
Thuraya Satellite System Advantages
The Thuraya satellite system's advantages include its longer satellite life span, reduced investment cost, greater flexibility, quick roll out of services and more tailored approach to regional needs.
See FAQ: http://www.thuraya.com/FAQ.htm
About Thuraya:
Thuraya is a satellite telecommunications company that will offer satellite mobile phones and satellite payphones to 99 countries starting from March 2001. Thuraya offers a powerful communication option with its combination of satellite, GSM and GPS in a single handset.
"Thuraya Update" is a fortnightly dispatch that provides a quick overview on Thuraya.
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Please send your questions, comments and concerns to: info@thuraya.com
Thuraya's website: www.thuraya.com
To learn more about our products: www.thuraya.com/UserTerminals.htm
For a full list of our press releases: www.thuraya.com/NewsArchives.htm
List of Thuraya's service providers: www.thuraya.com/ServiceProvider-list.htm
Dear Dolly and Karl (or whoever received mail to the Editor),
How is everything going with The DigitalShip? I hope that the first issue
of the magazine was well received, I certainly enjoyed it.
Thank you for mentioning Netshipbrokers' anniversary. In your coverage, one
gets the impression that the 3,000 users have only contributed 4,500 open
cargoes and 3,000 vessels positions since inception in 1997. These figures
actually cover the monthly additions input by users. I should be grateful
if you could clarify this.
Thank you and best regards
Peter
Peter Rygaard Andersen
To Digitalship
Dear Karl & Dolly,
I hope things are going well for you in your new company - and thank you
very much for the free trial of your newspaper - I am not sure if we will
subscribe but will ask my boss what he thinks.
In meantime MarineNet is presently adding to our core services an
e-procument system based around the Fuji Trading IMPA catalogue. Customers &
Vendors can register on-line now, although the actual site will not
officially open until 1 Dec 2000.
This will mean that MarineNet will have almost all the services that the
modern maritime industry needs in one site.... information, news, reports,
chartering, S&P and ship equipment procurement. The one service we are
missing, bunker market, we expect to be able to make an announcement about
shortly.
I enclose a copy of a letter that explains a bit more about the service:
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- MarineStores -
http://www.marine-stores.com
A NEW service from the Premiere Asian website
- MarineNet -
Start date: 1 November 2000
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If you do not wish to receive any more emails from us please click on this
link.
mailto:info@marine-net.com?subject=Discontinue
We will then remove your name from our emailing list.
MarineNet (http://www.marine-net.com) is pleased to announce that from the 1
November we will start a new service for all members of MarineNet -
MarineStores (http://www.marine-stores.com)
MarineStores allows Shipowners/managers & Crew to purchase all their stores
and supplies, easily, quickly and be guaranteed the best prices, in one
seamless fully integrated internet based package. We use Fuji Trading's (one
of our shareholders) IMPA catalogue so that you are assured of getting the
same products as you would normally order using the same IMPA codes that you
are used to.
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This service will be provided FREE of charge to ALL MarineNet members.
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If you are not a member of MarineNet, why don't you register for a FREE
TRIAL now? Just return this email with Free Trial in the subject line or
click on this link mailto:info@marine-net.com?subject=FreeTrial and leave
everything else to us.... we will shortly reply with your free trial
password & User ID.
If you are already a member, thank you, and please feel free to use the
MarineStores - a great new service provided by the premiere Asian maritime
website.
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Should you have any questions or comments concerning our website, please do
not hesitate to contact me.
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Hope this is of some interest to your readers.
Best regards,
Edward Waite
Marketing Manager
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MarineNet Co Ltd
Tel : +81 3 5549 1917
Fax : +81 3 5549 1918
http://www.marine-net.com
e-mail: edward@marine-net.com
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Edward Waite
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Tel : +81 3 5549 1917
Fax : +81 3 5549 1918
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Asian & International Maritime News & Trading Services
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
We just made another connection!
www.OceanConnect.com
the Marine Industry ReSource
OceanConnect.com is pleased to announce
our newest equity partner
SCAMP
Underwater Services Worldwide Network
The world leader in fuel conservation to the shipping industry,
through its underwater hull cleaning / propeller polishing technology
Another milestone for OceanConnect.com's independent e-marketplace
Watch for more announcements ...
www.OceanConnect.com - The Marine Industry ReSource
Are you connected? Register at www.OceanConnect.com
or 914-253-7654 or toll free in the U.S. at 877-778-0065
For Immediate Release:
OceanConnect.com Announces Equity Partnership with Scamp Underwater Services Worldwide Network
Market Leader in Fuel Conservation and Underwater Ship Maintenance Adds Another Dimension of Maritime Industry Experience to the Marine E-Commerce Marketplace
WHITE PLAINS, NY, November 13 - OceanConnect.com Inc. announced today that Scamp Underwater Services Worldwide Network, the world leader in fuel conservation for the shipping industry through its underwater hull cleaning/propeller polishing technology, has signed a letter of intent to become an equity partner in OceanConnect.com, the global marine e-commerce marketplace for the purchase and sale of marine fuels and other marine products and services.
OceanConnect.com President Tom Reilly commented by saying, "We are thrilled to add Scamp as our newest equity partner, as it reflects our ongoing commitment to developing an online marketplace that is truly for the maritime industry, by the maritime industry. Scamp brings to OceanConnect.com a breadth of experience and valuable insight in servicing some of the largest fleets of the world with its underwater hull cleaning/propeller polishing technology. The addition of Scamp brings us one step closer to our vision of being the all-inclusive e-Marketplace for the exchange of marine products, services and information." Scamp joins nine other shipping companies, marine fuels suppliers, traders and brokers in the ownership of OceanConnect.com.
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Scamp Underwater Services Worldwide Network Chairman John J. Bassadone declared, "We are very pleased by OceanConnect.com's invitation to join their online marine marketplace. We feel this is a natural extension of our business, as Scamp's fuel conservation technology is an intricate part of ship fuel management. We forecast the potential for our company to work closely with OceanConnect.com and their online exchange platform to provide greater value to our customers as more and more of the industry turns to online business transactions. Our underwater hull cleaning/propeller polishing technology has been proven in improving ships' performance in the conservation of fuel. In this respect, we believe that our services would add another benefit to the ship owners who use OceanConnect.com's online marine fuels auctions."
Scamp operates a global network of underwater hull cleaning/propeller polishing, in-water surveys and hull maintenance companies, providing these services at over 260 key locations worldwide. Scamp has been a pioneer and world leader in underwater hull services for over 30 years. In 1984 the Gibunco Group, owned by John Bassadone, purchased the Scamp business line from Butterworth, an Exxon subsidiary, which initially developed the Scamp underwater hull cleaning technology as part of a fuel conservation program for the former Exxon fleet.
Since its launch in July 2000, OceanConnect.com has quickly become one of the industry's leading online marine fuels exchanges. It has opened for business in key ports such as Rotterdam /ARA, Gothenburg, Singapore, New Orleans, and Houston. According to OceanConnect.com President Tom Reilly, "We plan to aggressively open both the ports of Gibraltar and Fujairah before year end as well as move strategically to other ports in early 2001." OceanConnect.com is a global Internet e-commerce site that enables users - buyers, sellers, brokers, traders - to buy and sell bunker fuels using online transaction models ranging from simple Request For Quote (RFQ) format to real time, reverse auctions. In addition to its services as an online marine marketplace, OceanConnect.com offers users real time market news and commentary from its strategic partners, Sempra Trading and Petroleum Argus and from OceanConnect.com's own maritime industry commentator, Michael J. Marco of McQuilling Brokerage Partners, Inc.
OceanConnect.com is the global Internet marketplace for the marine industry, offering marine fuels, products and services. Operating as an open, transparent and independent e-commerce marketplace, it is open to all buyers and sellers. Investors include BP International (a wholly owned division of BP Amoco Plc.); Eletson Corporation; Keystone Shipping Company; Shell Internet Ventures (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies); Clarksons; Stena Bulk AB; Fuel and Marine Marketing LLC (a joint venture between Texaco and Chevron in the marine fuels and lubricants business); Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Corp; and MIPCO (a subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation of Japan).
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking statements. For more information about OceanConnect.com, contact Annette Manna at
+ 1 914 253 7991, or call toll free in the U.S. at +1 877 778 0065
PR Newsroom - Tuesday November 14th, 2000
Media Contact:
Peggy Pallis
peggy@shipvertical.com
BREAKING NEWS IN THE MARITIME E-COMMERCE:
SHIPVERTICAL INTERNET GROUP INC., TO PARTNER WITH MARINE DIGITAL INC.
ShipVertical Internet Group, a worldwide e-business leader in the maritime
economy, has signed an agreement to enter into partnership discussions with
Marine Digital Inc., the Korean based global maritime marketplace for
shipbuilding, ship cargo, ship bunkering, ship sale & purchase, and fishery
markets.
The agreement enables both parties, ShipVertical Internet Group and Marine
Digital, to exchange products/service platforms on the web, to mutually
benefit from each party's distribution network, to develop new products for
niche markets jointly and to do businesses of both parties via a shared
global network of suppliers and ship managers/operators.
"Through its expanded network ShipVertical's online community can now have
greater multi transaction selection in the Ship Building and Ship Bunkering
Marketplace in the Ship Sale and Purchase markets which represent an
additional $70 billion market globally.
Marine Digital is an ideal partner for ShipVertical as it is an independent
player with a strong foothold onto the fastest growing Korean shipbuilding
(ranked No1 globally) and fishery industries, and a very broad supply base
in
the Far East and Asia Pacific regions. "Furthermore, Marine Digital has the
right mentality about doing business in cyberspace. They are focused, down
to earth and they are here for the long term. The two Companies combined
will represent the most powerful maritime network in the procurement
business in a wide range of product and services and access to true shipping
expertise and a total pool of 20,000 members of the vertical maritime
space,"
says Dimitris Stathopoulos, ShipVertical Chief Executive Officer.
ShipVertical's future plans include many new strategic partnerships aiming
to reinforce a robust logistics coverage including financial services,
insurance and shipment services.
"A partnership with ShipVertical can accelerate to line up entire maritime
products to cover from shipbuilding industry to ship operation in the world.
It can be stimulant services available for global maritime industries to
reach in various sources of valuable contents, community and transactions,"
says Terry Kim, MarineDigital Chief Executive Officer. "We can also
cooperate together to take a role as a maritime e-business market maker
through sources of valuable contacts with customers regionally and to
deliver more valuable services for the customers," says Terry
About ShipVertical Internet Group
Ship Vertical Internet Group, Inc., is a worldwide leader in powering
e-business in the maritime economy. ShipVertical unites suppliers and ship
operator enterprises to transform the supply chain in the maritime industry
around the world. ShipVertical's vision is to offer complete e-commerce
solutions consisting of an extensive online marketplace, electronic
procurement, systems integration and comprehensive services and support.
Based in New York City with establishments in Hong Kong, Piraeus, London and
Buenos Aires the Company has developed a proprietary state-of-the-art
digital marketplace providing multi-tier transaction capability to all
industry participants in the vertical maritime economy. For more
information, visit the ShipVertical site at www.shipvertical.com
About MarineDigital
MarineDigital is a leading provider in the maritime sector as the Internet
web site that enables all maritime industry, such as shipbuilding, ship
cargo, ship bunkering, ship sale & purchase, and fishery, to collaborate and
cooperate with each other. MarineDigital's Vision is to provide with
non-stop service for maritime portal solutions. For more information, visit
the MarineDigital site at www.marinedigital.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially from the
forward-looking statements. Those risks include, but are not limited to,
ShipVertical's ability to manage growth, acceptance of the Internet as a
means for commerce, market demand for e-commerce, ShipVertical's ability to
recruit and retain qualified management and employees as well as other Risk
Factors or otherwise stated herein. All forward-looking statements should be
considered in light of these risks and uncertainties.
PR Newsroom - Tuesday November 14th, 2000
Karl
Many thanks for returning my call. Please find enclosed initial press
release announced their e-business platform, Ariba.
However Seavantage will also soon be announcing their fully operational
pilot scheme, which is currently conducting transactions over the internet.
The contact, Reto Wangler is currently away but the managing director Dina
Matta is available for interview.
If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
Regards
Philip
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Seavantage creates Internet-marketplace for the shipping industry
based on Ariba(r) B2B Commerce PlatformTM
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Seavantage today announced that it has chosen Ariba Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA),
leading business-to-business (B2B) eCommerce platform provider, to provide
the Ariba(r) B2B Commerce PlatformTM that will power a major new electronic
business-to-business exchange marketplace for the maritime market. The
Seavantage marketplace allows the shipping industry to do business more
efficiently and makes the procurement process less costly and more
effective. It is already operational within a limited user group.
Seavantage is one of the first operational marketplaces developed for the
maritime market. It streamlines communications between buyers and
suppliers, enabling them to make quicker, simpler and more accurate
procurement decisions through a single resource. For buyers, benefits
include substantially reduced processing costs and time as well as lower
material prices. Sellers will take advantage of increased sales volumes,
dramatically lower distribution costs and reduced inventory requirements.
At the outset, Seavantage is focusing on major product categories for the
operational needs of the marine vessels within a closed user group
comprising several hundred ships. After a short period of time, when the
solution has been fully proven in a working environment, Seavantage will
extend its services and open its marketplace for all maritime users.
The Seavantage marketplace has been customised in co-operation with its
existing users to the needs of the shipping industry. It has been built and
is operated on the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform, the industry's pre-eminent
open, global platform for B2B e-commerce. As the leading B2B software
solution available on the market, the Ariba B2B Commerce Platform enables
the Seavantage online marketplace to support high-volume transactions that
take place between buyers and sellers in the shipping industry.
Seavantage was founded in April 2000 to develop e-commerce solutions for
the shipping marketplace to allow the maritime industry to maximise the
opportunities of the Internet and its enabling technologies. The company
has been working closely with established companies from the buyer and
supplier side of the maritime industry to develop its marketplace solution.
"Our team and our pilot user group are very excited about partnering with
Ariba," says Dina Matta, Managing Director of Seavantage. "Basing
Seavantage's marketplace on Ariba software will strengthen our quality
reputation as we have chosen a platform proven in substantial marketplaces
in other industries.
"With Ariba, Seavantage is in an excellent position to continuously expand
the functionality of our services at a very high speed, therefore
increasing the value and the benefits to our participants," she continued.
"Ariba's dominant position in B2B marketplaces and procurement software is
very attractive and reassuring for our participants," Dina Matta adds. "In
addition to the sophisticated functionality, our participants will also
benefit from having the possibility to use one platform for both their own
procurement and their sales processes to marketplaces. We are convinced
that in the medium to long term this exchange-to-exchange integration has a
huge value for our customers."
Peter Bernard, Ariba's Marketing Director Central Europe commented: "The
market for the shipping industry is very fragmented and not transparent.
Therefore it is ideal for trading via the electronic marketplace.
Additionally to the Ariba MarketplaceTM software solution, there are plans
to integrate the Ariba Dynamic TradeTM software in due time. We are happy
to welcome Seavantage as our new customer."
About Seavantage
Seavantage Ltd. is a leading business-to-business (B2B) service provider
for the procurement market in the maritime industry. Acting as a neutral
agent, Seavantage's platform enables participants to take advantage of a
maritime market place reducing processing costs through integrated and
faster business processes, increased transparency in a fragmented market
and value-adding information to support daily decision making. Seavantage
works closely with premier companies from both the buy and the supply side
to ensure a high quality of services and to deliver a customer-oriented
marketplace incorporating state-of-the-art technology and industry
knowledge. For more information, please visit our website at
www.seavantage.com.
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For more information please contact:
Reto Wangler
Tel: 020 7 976 5777
reto.wangler@seavantage.com Philip Szomszor, IBA
Tel: 01780 721433
Pszomszor@iba-europe.com
If you would like to receive this release via e-mail, please contact
Seavantage@iba-europe.com
For more information on Seavantage please view the company's Home Page on
http://www.seavantage.com
SEA1-00
PSA Corporation's Singapore Cruise Centre Launches 'Cruise Vacation Special' and New Cruise Website Cruise Vacation Special
PSA Corporation's Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) will host the world's first 'Cruise Vacation Special' on 17 November 2000 at the SCC Departure Lounge, World Trade Centre. The SCC's new one-stop cruise website will also be launched at the event.
This 3-day cruise vacation event (17 - 19 Nov 2000) is part of PSA's corporate-wide Total Customer Support Programme. The event aims to raise the profile of the cruise industry as well as promote cruising in the Asia-Pacific and international arenas. The Cruise Vacation Special is the first event of its kind in the world in which a cruise terminal operator collaborates with various cruise lines to offer visitors a chance to learn more about the cruise industry and also purchase vacation packages. Participating in this event are some of the world's leading cruise lines, such as the Holland-America Lines (subsidiary of Carnival Corporation), Singapore's very own New Century Cruise Line, P & O Princess Cruises, Star/ NCL, and Royal Caribbean International.
Mr Henry Tan, Executive Vice-President (Logistics) / Executive Vice-President (International Business Division), PSA Corporation Ltd, said, "SCC hopes the event will increase tourists' awareness of the wide variety of cruise products available in the market and view cruising as a viable vacation alternative. The event will also provide a chance for visitors to directly meet with and explore their vacation possibilities with representatives of the cruise lines. SCC hopes to make the event an annual affair that showcases a wide spectrum of cruise products catered to the needs of a broad range of vacation travellers, from families to youths, to business executives, couples and adventure seekers. Visitors will also be treated to a host of entertainment programmes such as live performances by Russian Dancers and a Caribbean Band, and free wine-tasting."
SCC's Cruise Website
Visitors to the 3-day Cruise Vacation Special can also witness the launch of Singapore's first and only cruise website offering a whole range of cruise products and services. Ms Kathleen Gan, Singapore Cruise Centre Manager, PSA Corporation Ltd, said, " HYPERLINK "http://www.singaporecruise.com/" www.singaporecruise.com aims to be the gateway to the world cruise and regional ferry industry. The website displays the arrival and departure schedules for cruise ships, ferries and airlines in real-time, making it easy for holiday makers to plan their vacations. The website is also hyper-linked to the websites of cruise lines, ferry operators, resorts and tenants to facilitate sales referrals and enquiries on cruise/ferry products. SCC will enhance the services available on this website to include the sale of cruise tickets and accommodation in the near future."
In addition to holiday makers, the website will also benefit operators of cruise lines. Under the website's Advance Notification Passenger Ship Schedule (ANOPSS), international and regional cruise line operators can submit their schedules as and when required. It also allows trade users and international customers to submit their cruise schedules via the internet, resulting in time and costs savings. In the past, cruise operators were required to submit their cruise schedules to the cruise terminal 2 years in advance.
Established on 1 Dec 1991, the SCC has been growing steadily, handling more than six million passengers at its international and regional terminals, and repeating its feat of handling more than one million cruise passengers at its International Passenger Terminal for the second consecutive year in 1999. In recognition of its operational excellence, the Singapore Cruise Centre was voted the "Best Turnaround Port" (1999) for the third consecutive year in a survey conducted by "Dream World Cruise Destinations", a periodical based in the UK. As the "Cruise Gateway To The Asia-Pacific", the SCC is currently applying its expertise beyond the region by developing and managing the major international cruise hub, the James R Herman International Cruise Terminal, in San Francisco.
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