Shipserv
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ShipServ is a maritime e-market place and information technology
services company located in London
, UK.
ShipServ was founded in 1999 by Paul Ostergaard on the idea of using the Internet to enable maritime shipping companies to improve the buying of ship supplies and spares. In its early days ShipServ was a co-founder of the Maritime E-Commerce Association (MECA)
, the not-for-profit organisation that governs the MTML (Marine Trading Mark-up Language) standard.
ShipServ's core product is called TradeNet which connects a buyer's purchasing system with their suppliers. In March 2009, according to its website, the company numbered 141 buying organizations as customers, connecting them with 9,500 suppliers, totaling around $1bn in trading per annum. In October 2009, according to the company, TradeNet processed its
10 millionth transaction
In 2006 ShipServ launched ShipServ Pages - an on-line global directory of ship suppliers. Currently more than 35,000 suppliers are listed on Pages.
The company is privately owned, and venture backed. In 2007 the company gained a further round of funding from Wellington Partners, and increased its workforce from 50 to nearly 120 people. The company has operations in 9 countries, with its largest office being in Manila, The Philippines.
In April 2008 the company was voted one of the Red Herring 100 Europe. In April 2009 the company won the First Tuesday Award 2009 for the UK’s Most Promising Internet Company.
Information technology
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services company located in London
London
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, UK.
ShipServ was founded in 1999 by Paul Ostergaard on the idea of using the Internet to enable maritime shipping companies to improve the buying of ship supplies and spares. In its early days ShipServ was a co-founder of the Maritime E-Commerce Association (MECA)
Maritime E-Commerce Association (MECA)
The Maritime e-Commerce Association is a not-for-profit group of marine business and technical experts in the UK who are collectively committed to speeding up the process of marine-related business transactions through the development of application-to-application interoperability standards.MeCA...
, the not-for-profit organisation that governs the MTML (Marine Trading Mark-up Language) standard.
ShipServ's core product is called TradeNet which connects a buyer's purchasing system with their suppliers. In March 2009, according to its website, the company numbered 141 buying organizations as customers, connecting them with 9,500 suppliers, totaling around $1bn in trading per annum. In October 2009, according to the company, TradeNet processed its
10 millionth transaction
In 2006 ShipServ launched ShipServ Pages - an on-line global directory of ship suppliers. Currently more than 35,000 suppliers are listed on Pages.
The company is privately owned, and venture backed. In 2007 the company gained a further round of funding from Wellington Partners, and increased its workforce from 50 to nearly 120 people. The company has operations in 9 countries, with its largest office being in Manila, The Philippines.
In April 2008 the company was voted one of the Red Herring 100 Europe. In April 2009 the company won the First Tuesday Award 2009 for the UK’s Most Promising Internet Company.