Booked sponsors 2018
ABB Marine & Ports
ABB Marine & Ports is a pioneering maritime organization, which is transforming the industry through electrical, digital and connected solutions. ABB’s innovative technologies are redefining the future, bringing new levels of reliability, efficiency and sustainability to shipping and making our ports and terminals safer, greener and more productive.
ABB offers an extensive portfolio of integrated marine systems and solutions that improve the flexibility, reliability and energy efficiency of vessels. By coupling power, automation and advisory, proven fuel-efficient technologies and services that ensure maximum vessel uptime, ABB is in a unique position to improve the profitability of our customers’ businesses throughout the entire lifecycle of a fleet.
ACTEMIUM OPS
Actemium Electro AB is part of the brand Actemium and is a company of the VINCI Energies Nordic since 2012. We are ca. 45 employees with an annual turnover of 10 million Euro. We have offices and workshops in the Stora Höga 50km north Gothenburg, but working across the country. Under the www.actemium.se and www.actemium.com you can find more information about both our sister companies and our parent company. Actemium Electro AB started its business in 2001 and we are a certified electrician for low voltage and medium voltage. We are working with electricity, telecommunication systems and automation for the harbors/ports, process industry and infrastructure. We carry heavy electrical installations in both industry and infrastructure, where our certified and experienced electricians all services. Data and fiber installations are also areas that we are certified and have extensive experience. Since 2010, we work within the OPS (Onshore Power Supply) as our speciality a turnkey solutions, we have built and operating 13st plants in Sweden, Norway and France. We are ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001
Brax Shipping
Brax Shipping, established in 1982 and located in Gothenburg, Sweden,
is a team of shipbrokers specialized in the sale & purchase and chartering
of: Ferries, Ropax:es, Cruise ships and Roro:s
We can also offer newbuilding programs in
the Ropax-, and cruise segments. Projecting and design fully tailored to the preferences of
the Client.
Color Line as
Color Line AS is Norway’s largest and one of Europe’s leading cruise and transport shipping companies, with about 2 600 man-years in four countries. Annual sales are around 4.7 billion NOK.
After a strategic reorganization in 2008, the company deploys a total of six ships on four routes linking seven ports in four countries; Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
Color Line operates in the fields of passengers and goods, conference, hotel management, restaurants, retailing, entertainment and organized tour production. Color Line has in the period 2004 - 2008 invested 7.5 billion NOK in new ships and concepts.
The company’s vision is to be the best cruise and transport company in Europe.
DNV
About DNV
Driven by our purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, DNV enables organizations to advance the safety and sustainability of their business. We provide classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil & gas and energy industries. We also provide certification services to customers across a wide range of industries. Operating in more than 100 countries, our professionals are dedicated to helping our customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.
About DNV – Maritime
DNV is the world’s leading classification society and a recognized advisor for the maritime industry. We enhance safety, quality, energy efficiency and environmental performance of the global shipping industry – across all vessel types and offshore structures. We invest heavily in research and development to find solutions, together with the industry, that address strategic, operational or regulatory challenges.
FORTHcrs
FORTHcrs has been established in 2000 and it is the leader in ferry booking and ferry distribution systems in the world. The SeaOnLine™ booking system is in active operation from more than 55 companies and the SeaConnect™ distribution mechanism is in active operation from over 80 ferry companies. The distribution mechanism is accessed directly by over 2.000 travel agents, OTAs and consolidators and indirectly by over 7.000 travel agents worldwide. FORTHcrs covers extensively all possible requirements of a ferry company (complex and multi-hop itineraries, pax, vehicles, trucks and dangerous goods, disruption services and more), while it is innovative providing real solutions for intermodal ticketing, credit limit management, vertical solutions for ticketing, vending machines, mobile solutions, port check-in, as well as intelligent data exploitation and revenue management systems, all, pivoting around the ferry industry. FORTHcrs is based in Athens, Greece and in Rome, Italy.
Hogia Ferry Systems
The Hogia Group is a Swedish standard software supplier with 600+ employees, going on our 40th year in the business. Hogia is showing continuous and long term growth in terms of product offering and global presence and we offer a unique range of business critical products for the travel and transport sector. Internationally, Hogia provide ferry operators with reservation and ticketing systems, advanced real time passenger information systems and terminal operating solutions for ports.
One of Hogia Ferry System’s key strengths is integrations, as we see this as a way to the future. With our extensive BOOKIT API, the integration possibilities are nearly endless. Today it is used for ticket machines, mobile check-in, web booking engines to name just a few. An important objective for Hogia Ferry Systems is to develop solutions that will enable the ferry operators to improve the traveller's experience, from booking to informed arrival at the final destination.
We work in partnership with the operators and our systems are designed to reduce the people-power needed to provide the services, enabling key staff to focus on delivering the very best passenger experience.
Midas Clearing & Forwarding
Onorato Armatori Srl
Onorato Armatori, a leader in passenger and goods maritime transport, is the parent company of the Moby, Tirrenia-CIN and Toremar companies. World leader in the number of berths and first in Europe for passenger capacity, it employs up to 4750 people, which 4500 Italian, including seasonal workers.
The Onorato Armatori Group is an undisputed leader in Italian maritime transport with a fleet of 46 ships (+ 17 tugs), 41,000 departures for 34 ports planned for 2018. Present in Italy, France and Malta, Onorato Armatori ensures connections to Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, France, Malta, the island of Elba and the Tuscan archipelago and the Tremiti Islands, operating in 34 ports.
Thanks to Moby Spl, the Group is present in the Baltic Sea with cruise between the cities of San Peterbourg, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn.
Paf Casino
Paf is a gaming company offering gaming operation on land and at sea, with about 1,500 slot machines and 55 gaming tables on board almost 30 ships on the Baltic Sea, North Sea and at Paf Casino on Åland.
We offer our customers entertainment in the form of safe and socially responsible money games.
In 2016 the Paf group contributions to public good was 20 million euros.
The group has nearly 400 employees, is headquartered in Mariehamn on Åland and serves players from countries including Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Spain.
Paf was founded on Åland in 1966 with the clear purpose of creating profit to support public good and is licensed and controlled by the local Åland government.
Red Bull GmbH
Vitalizes Body and Mind.®
Red Bull Energy Drink is appreciated worldwide by top athletes, busy professionals, college students and travelers on long journeys.
RINA
RINA is a multinational company and a trusted partner that, through highly specialised expertise and a global network of over 5300 talented professionals, supports clients’ sustainable growth.
In addition to the provision of classification, statutory certification and technical advisory services, we deliver value added services to the industry. RINA classed fleet numbers over 8,000 ships, for over 75 million GT, making us the number one classification society for the Ro-Ro sector.
Playing a proactive role in shipping decarbonisation, RINA works with designers and builders to ensure compliance with the applicable rules for dual-fuel vessels and innovative designs incorporating new fuels, leading to increased efficiency and reduced emissions.
Our SERTICA Suite includes applications such as real-time fleet performance management (SERTICA Performance) and a paperless electronic logbook (SERTICA Electronic Logbooks). SERTICA optimises companies’ business within maintenance, procurement, HSQE and crewing, providing a modular system to simplify operations and optimise performance.
Stena RoRo
Stena RoRo sets the standard in the RoRo- & RoPax market. With the solid know how combined with its intuitive feel for innovation and for the demands and requirements; Stena RoRo takes the market forward. Innovators of the RoRo-concept, building RoRo- and RoPax tonnage, supplying tailor-made solutions - all over the globe. The fleet of Stena RoRo are chartered out to first class operators around the world.
All through the organization there is an entrepreneurial way of working and an intrinsic will of taking customer satisfaction to a new level. Thanks to its commercial and technical approach and long earned experience; Stena RoRo follows their customers - all through the value chain.
That's what Stenability is all about, Stena RoRo's trademark.
We are the operators first choice when it comes to ship supply.
Telenor Maritime
Telenor Maritime has been leading the evolution of secure connectivity at sea since 2004, enabling the global maritime industry for IoT. At the forefront of developing and defining secure connectivity standards for the maritime business, Telenor Maritime has its Research & Development department located in Arendal, Norway and local offices in Europe, Asia and North America. Through our owner, Telenor, we have access to a broad range of competence and resources, from market insight and innovation to product and content development. We are currently serving in excess of 100 shipowners and connecting 30 million people on board more than 500 vessels and offshore installations worldwide.
TTS Marine AB
TTS Group is an international corporation that provides world class handling solutions and hull access systems for the marine and offshore industries. TTS is one of the top three largest suppliers in its specialized market segments and have a worldwide network of branch offices, service stations and agents. It provides after sales services covering the major shipping regions of the world.
TTS Marine AB, part of the TTS Group, is located in Gothenburg, Sweden and is a world-leading designer and supplier of cargo and passenger access equipment to new builds and conversions to the world's fleet of RoRo, cruise and navy vessels. We deliver on-board equipment such as all types of ramps, internal and external doors, platforms, movable car decks, cargo lifts, and hangar doors, all backed up by a comprehensive service and after sales network. Port equipment is another key segment where we design and deliver linkspans, passenger gangways and auto mooring.
Versonix Corporation
Versonix SEAWARE is the business rules based reservation software system with Sales, Marketing, CRM and Revenue/Yield management for passengers, cars and cargo inventories. Utilizing an innovative and patented rules-based system, Seaware can be customized to support specific business goals and allow dynamic and real-time responses to an ever-changing world market. Enhancing customer relations is effortless using any of Seaware’s Sales and Marketing, Reservations, or Yield and Revenue Management functionalities. From reservation to check-in, to management reports to car deck optimization; Seaware allows you to manage your business your way. The Seaware rule-based reservation solution delivers industry-leading Yield Management, Cargo Handling and Customer Relationship/ Loyalty Program. Seaware provides a complete, reliable and flexible platform that allows companies to boost operating efficiencies, profits, and customer satisfaction.
Seaware serves as a common point for all distribution channels including the Internet, handheld, self-service kiosk, GDS and call center.
Wärtsilä Corporation
Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. We emphasise innovation in sustainable technology and services to help our customers continuously improve their environmental and economic performance. Our dedicated and passionate team of 17,500 professionals in 200 locations in more than 70 countries shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe.