Sponsors 2021
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.
Carus
Carus is a global supplier of information technology to the travel and transport industry. We design, build and support systems critical to the operation and sales of ferry and cruise businesses around the world.
Our objective is to take care of the full 360 degrees of the passenger journey;
Carus’ reservations system meets the demands of today’s fully digitalised ferry operations, providing mobile reservations, self-service check-in and boarding as well as digital cabin keys and lounge access control.
Carus’ onboard solution supports the management of all onboard services; fine-dining, bars, cafes, and retail.
And our range of port automation smooths the journey on approach to and within the port.
Carus’ clients operate throughout the Baltic, Europe, the United Kingdom, the United States, Africa, and Australia. Our clients represent every aspect of the passenger vessel industry and operate virtually every type of vessel, proving the versatility and flexibility of our solutions.
Corvus Energy
Corvus Energy is the leading provider of zero-emission solutions for ships.
By being the first company to provide a maritime battery with the needed capacity, lowered cost and safety level, Corvus Energy became pioneers on maritime energy storage systems (ESSs) for almost every vessel type.
More than 50% of the worlds hybrid and zero emission vessels are equipped with Corvus Energy batteries. We now have more than 400 MWh deployed in 500+ projects and more 3 500 000 operating hours.
Our product portfolio covers a range of different maritime batteries: Large battery systems for cruise and ro-pax, batteries with high cycling capability for ferries and offshore and light weight batteries for smaller vessels and fast passenger craft.
Corvus Energy is also developing inherently gas safe marine hydrogen fuel cells together with world leader in Fuel Cell technology, Toyota.
Damen
Family-owned Damen Shipyards Group has been in operation for over ninety-five years and offers maritime solutions worldwide, through design, shipbuilding, conversion and ship repair and related services.
For the waterborne public transport sector, Damen builds both standard and custom vessels for its clients all over the world. This includes numerous examples of full electric and hybrid vessels.
For Damen, however, the ferry is just one part of the solution. We support our clients with a range of services spanning the lifecycle of the vessel. This includes providing everything from early planning, concept development, feasibility studies, financial solutions and more necessary to successfully commence a ferry service.
Our offer also includes the production and installation of the infrastructure you need to operate a safe, reliable and efficient service, covering everything from a jetty to a cutting-edge, automated charging system. With your service up and running, we remain on hand to help keep your operation in optimal condition, minimising your downtime.
DFDS
DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. It is the busiest shipping company of its kind in Northern Europe and one of the busiest in Europe. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally The United Steamship Company). DFDS was founded in 1866, when C.F. Tietgen merged the three biggest Danish steamship companies of that day. Although DFDS has generally concentrated on freight and passenger traffic on the North Sea and to the Baltic Sea, it has also operated freight services to the USA, South America and the Mediterranean in the past. Since the eighties, DFDS' focus for shipping has been northern Europe. Today, DFDS operates a network of 25 routes with 50 freight and passenger ships in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the English Channel under the name DFDS Seaways.
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.
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.
Hydro
Hydro is a fully integrated aluminium company with 35.000 employees in 40 countries on all continents, combining local expertise, worldwide reach and unmatched capabilities in R&D. In addition to productions of primary aluminium, rolled and extruded products and recycling, Hydro also extracts bauxite, refines alumina and generates energy to be the only 360-degree company of the global aluminium industry. Hydro is present within all market segments for aluminium, with sales and trading activities throughout the value chain serving more than 30.000 customers. Based in Norway and rooted in more than a century of experience in renewable energy technology and innovation, Hydro is committed to strengthening the viability of its customers and communities, shaping a sustainable future through innovative aluminium solutions. Hydro's focus in the Offshore industry is not limited to oil and gas it has a strong focus in renewable energies and sustainability.
LIKNOSS
LIKNOSS Group is the Travel and Tourism arm of the NorthStar Group based in Switzerland. LIKNOSS Group has been emerged from CRSLIKNOSS SA, which was established in year 2000, always focusing in providing state of the art technology solutions and services to the ferry industry. LIKNOSS Group consists of CRSLIKNOSS SA based in Athens-GR, LIKNOSS Central Europe SA based in Nyon -CH and LIKNOSS Italy srl based in Rome-IT.
LIKNOSS Group is the worldwide leader in ferry booking and distribution systems. 65 operators use LIKNOSS SeaOnLineTM reservations management system and 97 use the LIKNOSS GDS distribution mechanism, accessed by more than 8.000 travel agents, OTAs and consolidators worldwide. LIKNOSS Group develops smart solutions for check-in and access control, addressed to port authorities compliant to ISPS code.
LIKNOSS Group covers all requirements of a ferry industry and provides innovative solutions including intermodal ticketing, credit limit management, vertical ticketing solutions, mobile solutions, ports check-in, intelligent data exploitation and revenue management systems.
North Sea Handling
North Sea Handling is an international company focusing on providing the maritim industry with market leading solutions within cargo and passenger access equipment.
By combining knowledge of ship operations with extensive knowledge of different technologies, we can assist our clients in their search for the best and most competitive equipment.
Cargo and passenger access solutions consist of a wide range of products which cover most types of ships such as Ferries, Ro-Ro, Cruise, and Navy Vessels. Typical examples of equipment we deliver are Stern ramps, Internal ramps, Ramp covers, Hoistable car decks and Bow doors/ramps.
We can provide service and turn-key deliveries worldwide and are not afraid of thinking outside the box, and sharing our knowledge to see our clients succeed. Innovation and long-term-philosophy are key words and together with our partners we are pushing boundaries to develop concepts to meet our customers’ current and future needs.
Northsea Offshore
North Sea Offshore (NSO) provides premium bespoke interior solutions for your pax vessel projects in China – be it public spaces, cabin & corridor areas, crew areas, catering systems, lighting, etc. Our dedicated and multilingual team works closely with owners, architects/designers and shipyards on projects throughout China from design and detailed engineering to project execution, installation and commissioning - we understand the challenges of engineering, fitting out a vessel for export. NSO is closely affiliated and cooperating with some of the most reputable marine engineering organisations and component manufacturers both locally and overseas.
Our main office and factories are located in Yantai, China with the European & CIS branch office in Gothenburg, Sweden. Our priorities are safety, quality and efficiency and we always strive for 100% customer satisfaction.
We provide solutions to your challenges, serving your needs all the way, delivering premium solutions.
+500 employees – highly skilled – at your service!
Rauma Marine Constructions
Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) is a wholly Finnish-owned shipbuilding company formed in the spring of 2014 in Rauma. RMC specialises in building and servicing multipurpose icebreakers, car and passenger ferries and naval vessels.
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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.
Sefine Shipyard
Founded in 2005 and occupying over 140.000 m2 of land for newbuilding, repair-maintenance and conversion, Sefine Shipyard is one of the leading establishments in Yalova region with over 4000 yard employees including subcontractor personnel.
The shipyard is able to undertake ship repair services up to 90.000 DWT on its Post-Panamax size graving dock and up to 120.000 DWT on its Aframax size floating dock.
On the other hand, Sefine has the technical ability and physical capacity to perform new building of various types of ships such as General Cargo Vessels, Double Ended Car&Passenger Ferries, Offshore Vessels, Search&Rescue Boats, AHTs, Tug Boats and Live Fish Carriers.
Sefine Shipyard is the first Turkish shipyard turn key ferry exporter to Norway. Our ferries and live fish carriers are in operation around Norway, Estonia, Italy, Tasmania, Azerbaijan and all over the world.
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.
Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company that believes everyone and everything can be connected. We help keep your guests and crew stay connected to their world. Our unrivaled capacity fuels our network making it possible for those at sea to experience the world at sea. You can rely on dependable communication and internet access anywhere under the most demanding conditions, while bringing game changing experiences to your crew and guests. We bring high speed connectivity to the seas.