2020 has been challenging, but it has also showed that our industry has turned quick and is more forward leaning then we expected. Summer holidays are fast approaching here in Norway and it is time to take stock of the first half of 2020. At VesselMan, we started the year with fresh investor money and big plans for expanding our team and adding new modules to our software.Then COVID-19 struck, and optimism was replaced by uncertainty.
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The shipping industry is going through massive changes and challenges. Covid-19 has impacted the ship owners, where there is a accelerated push to move from manual processes to a digital and remote environment. Travel restrictions, closed ports and lock downs are preventing service personnel, technical support and crew to execute on their work and follow up their responsibilities.
Sam Chamber, which is the editor director of Asia Shipping Media, shared some interesting and insightful perspectives last month (Sam Chamber, 2020). Chamber is criticizing Reuters article (Jonathan Saul, 2020) where they indirectly is saying that remote work and virtual inspections is a waste of time, and will not lead to time savings at all. Sam Chamber add the following statement; Entering Greece has been a huge milestone for VesselManGasLog Ltd is a leading global provider of LNG shipping services. They deliver natural gas that is helping the world transition to a lower carbon future.
We are excited to announce a new client relationship with Altera.
Altera is a leading offshore services group, primarily focused on the ownership and operation of critical infrastructure assets in offshore oil regions of the North Sea, Brazil and the East Coast of Canada. The company is commitment to be at the forefront of sustainability. VesselMan is excited to announce a new client relationship with Bourbon. BOURBON operates in 47 countries, with a modern and standardised fleet of more than 483 vessels and 31 operating affiliates. The group is a leading service provider in the offshore oil and gas industry. The company headquarter is located in Marseille, France.
“At VesselMan we are very excited to implement our cloud-based solution for Bourbon. We are truly delighted to have been given this opportunity and we are thrilled to work with Bourbon. A milestone for us moving into the offshore market with VesselMan ” CEO Glenn Edvardsen VesselMan is proud and excited to announce that Stove Shipping has entered into an agreement to utilize the VesselMan platform for collaboration and management.
“We at Stove Shipping are looking forward to exploring the VesselMan’s functionalities and eager to apply the software to our processes. This way we can achieve lean collaboration across our department and the 3rd party ship management company, at the same time build structured processes when carrying out technical projects. By the use of VesselMan we can reduce the administrative efforts and contribute to having better control of cost, time and transparency when executing dry-docking projects” says Pål Gilde, Technical Fleet Manager, Stove Shipping. VesselMan continues to expand its international reach. Grieg, Møkster Investment, and Skagerak Maturo have announced they are investing in VesselMan, backing up their belief that the company will successfully be the leader in the digitalization of the shipping industry.
Since 2016, VesselMan has secured agreements with several leading shipping companies, including Wilhelmsen Ship Management, Transpetrol TP, Höegh LNG, PGS, Møkster Investment, Thomas W. Grieg and Skagerak Maturo. The latter companies recently joining the VesselMan team in August 2019. “No other maritime sector company has such a unique cloud-based platform as that developed by VesselMan,” said Skagerak’s André Berg Edvardsen. As a start-up it is important to stay on top of the technological needs and trends in the shipping market. Our product is forever evolving and adapting together with the key members of our customer base.
The last couple of months we have worked really hard both on the strategic side and on the product side of our business. This has resulted in some small and some larger changes. “There is a great difference between being a small Norwegian company on its own and being part of the global distribution platform that KONGSBERG represents,” says Stig Linna, CEO of VesselMan. “For us, it is very important to be part of a secure, scalable platform. As part of KONGSBERG’s digital platform, we can concentrate on our core business and let KONGSBERG handle scalability, security issues – and all the other important things that customers have to take into consideration with a global, cloud-based solutions.”
We have the pleasure to announce that we have created the first version of the VesselMan Insight. It is a quarterly update from our side to let our customers know what we have been working on. This version summarizes the new features developed for Q1.
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