Case Study: Holland America Line
Learn how Holland America Line uses ShipServ TradeNet to reduce lead times, save costs and improve pricing. Read the case study.

Online Marketing Tip #5: Be Easy to do Business with Online
We talk to shipping companies and ship managers every day about E-commerce and their single biggest complaint is that too many suppliers are too difficult to work with online… Read more.

On a lighter note: Welcome to the Modern World of Ship Supply!
We were intrigued to receive an email from a company purporting to provide the latest in marine purchasing solutions. Check out the video and let us know what you think. It all looks very futuristic to us! Watch the video.

- New Buyers
We’re pleased to welcome Frontier Drilling, Keppel Singmarine, Pacific Basin and Tai Chong Cheang to the ShipServ community. To see the latest list of ship owners/managers and yards visit our community page.

Get your ShipServ T-shirt and help our charity!
Don’t forget that ShipServ branded merchandise, hosted by zazzle, is available at our online store .

For every one of our “Vote Yes’ t-shirts sold, we’ll donate $1 to our corporate charity Plan International.

So don’t hesitate. Visit our online store today!

News & events Roundup

ShipServ wins Gartner Award
ShipServ gets Bronze Medal for marketing excellence at the 2009 Gartner & 1to1 Customers Awards. Read more.

ShipServ hits 10 million transactions
Milestone reached following order from Keppel Shipyard to Engtek Pte Ltd. Read more.

Danoas User Meeting
8-11 December 09
ShipServ will be presenting at the upcoming Danoas User Meeting. For more information email John Watton.

Keep up-to-date with ShipServ

You can keep up to date with all the latest ShipServ news and announcements, as well as finding out who’s just joined the ShipServ community, by signing up to one of our RSS feeds. Subscribe to our regular Blog – for all the latest ShipServ insight into what’s happening in maritime commerce. Feel free to comment with your own views.

Join the ShipServ Maritime Trading Network Group on LinkedIn.

Follow us on twitter.

More and more top shipping companies have laid down the law: get online or don’t expect to do business with us.

The good news: it’s incredibly easy to serve these important customers, win new business and dramatically cut your cost of sales. Just make sure you’re an approved supplier on ShipServ TradeNet, the industry’s trading platform for ship supplies.

Yes, this is blatantly promotional on our part but you can’t ignore the facts:

• As of Septemer 2009, over 140 top ship owner/managers and yards use TradeNet every day for their operational purchases
• These buyers manage over 4,700 ships spending over $1bn per annum – by far the largest buying community in the world!
• They do it because it saves time, money and effort
• If you’re TradeNet-ready, you’re more likely to be on the short list.

To sign up to TradeNet click here.

(Article taken from “The 10 Essentials of Online Marketing in Shipping” eBook)

Case Study: Holland America Line
Learn how Holland America Line uses ShipServ TradeNet to reduce lead times, save costs and improve pricing. Read the case study.

5 ways to save your way out of the economic downturn
Watch a recording of the presentation we gave at the IMPA 2009 Exhibition & Conference. It outlines 5 ways in which ShipServ can help marine buyers thrive in the current economic climate by saving money in operational purchasing. Watch the video.

On a lighter note: Welcome to the Modern World of Ship Supply!
We were intrigued to receive an email from a company purporting to provide the latest in marine purchasing solutions. Check out the video and let us know what you think. It all looks very futuristic to us! Watch the video.

New Suppliers
New SmartSuppliers added since August include Asian Star Anchor Chain, Betchi Marine Nigeria Ltd., Clayton Scandinavia AS, India Maritime Services. Kuwait International Ship Chandlers, Mahmoudi Consultants AS, Nordic Offshore Services, Praxis Energy Agents, Safe Trading Company LLC, Thompson Ship Stores and Turbo Belgium. To see the latest list of maritime suppliers and ships chandlers visit our community page.

Get your ShipServ T-shirt and help our charity!
Don’t forget that ShipServ branded merchandise, hosted by zazzle, is available at our online store .

For every one of our “Vote Yes’ t-shirts sold, we’ll donate $1 to our corporate charity Plan International.

So don’t hesitate. Visit our online store today!

News & events Roundup

ShipServ wins Gartner Award
ShipServ gets Bronze Medal for marketing excellence at the 2009 Gartner & 1to1 Customers Awards. Read more.

ShipServ and ISSA strengthen partnership
ShipServ to work with ISSA on ISSA “Zone” on ShipServ Pages. Read more.

Danoas User Meeting
8-11 December 09
ShipServ will be presenting at the upcoming Danoas User Meeting. For more information email John Watton.

Keep up-to-date with ShipServ

You can keep up to date with all the latest ShipServ news and announcements, as well as finding out who’s just joined the ShipServ community, by signing up to one of our RSS feeds. Subscribe to our regular Blog – for all the latest ShipServ insight into what’s happening in maritime commerce. Feel free to comment with your own views.

Join the ShipServ Maritime Trading Network Group on LinkedIn.

Follow us on twitter.

We were also delighted that ISSA President, Jens Olsen, was kind enough to write to his members recently giving his support. As he said in the press release “This cooperation represents an excellent opportunity for our members to reach, cost-effectively, new customers and trade efficiently.” We’re really impressed by his vision and encouragement and are super-excited to be working with such as esteemed association.

Here’s Jens’ email:

I’m writing this email together with ShipServ, the maritime e-marketplace, as we’re pleased to announce a new initiative between ISSA and ShipServ.

As you may know ShipServ offers a range of web based services that allow suppliers to promote themselves to the global maritime buying community, as well as provide quotes and fulfill orders electronically.

Over 60,000 maritime buyers use ShipServ Pages every month to locate suppliers, with $1bn in goods and services being bought each and every year.

At our Conference in Istanbul we issued a press release announcing our new co-operation. ISSA will be launching a new area on ShipServ Pages, branded the “ISSA Zone”. The ISSA Zone will exclusively feature those ISSA members signed up to Pages, giving prominence to the ISSA community of high quality, accredited maritime suppliers.

We believe that services like ShipServ should be part of any forward-thinking supplier’s business, and are keen to encourage you to sign up. So we’re delighted to inform you that we have secured a special deal for ISSA members. A representative from ShipServ’s sales team in Manila will call you shortly to discuss things further. Please take the time to listen to what ShipServ can do for you.

Once again we fully endorse this exciting programme, but if you have any questions on ISSA’s involvement please contact ISSA Board Member Matti Kokkola at Matti.Kokkala@megroup.fi.

Kind regards

Jens Olsen,
President,
ISSA.

LONDON, UK, 19 October, 2009 – ShipServ, the leading maritime e-marketplace, has strengthened its partnership with The International Shipsuppliers & Services Association (ISSA), the international association representing nearly 2,000 ship suppliers worldwide.

Under the terms of the new agreement, signed at the ISSA54 Convention in Istanbul, ShipServ will work with ISSA on an ISSA “Zone” on ShipServ Pages, the online marine suppliers directory. ISSA members will also benefit from a special offer to join Pages.

Pages currently features over 30,000 suppliers offering anything from stores and provisions to life saving equipment to main engine spares to paint. The new agreement raises the profile of ISSA on Pages, highlighting its members to visitors.

“This cooperation represents an excellent opportunity for our members to reach, cost-effectively, new customers and trade efficiently,” commented Jens Olsen, ISSA President. “And as a progressive association it was important to us to have an influence in what added value services we are able to offer our members,” he said.

Maritime buyers use Pages to find suppliers for a wide range of uses, from locating new suppliers in unfamiliar ports to sourcing alternative suppliers for existing contracts.  Trust is very often an issue in many transactions, especially when dealing with a new supplier. The ISSA Zone will exclusively feature those ISSA members signed up to Pages, giving prominence to a community of high quality, accredited maritime suppliers.

“Our community of buyers tells us that finding a new supplier is relatively easy but finding one you can trust is much harder,” said Paul Ostergaard, Founder & CEO, ShipServ. “With ISSA’s increased involvement with Pages, we can highlight those suppliers with ISSA accreditation, giving buyers greater peace of mind.”

For more information on ShipServ email John Watton or call +44 20 3051 0257.

For more information on ISSA, email Debbie Munford or contact Sean Moloney/Debbie Munford
, Elaborate Communications on +44 1296 682356.

About ShipServ

ShipServ is the leading maritime e-marketplace, helping the buyers and sellers of ship supplies to reduce the costs associated with doing business together. In 2008 ShipServ helped its members save an estimated $350m and transformed the way they do business. Whether a Buyer needs to streamline its purchasing operations or a Supplier wants to reduce the cost of attracting or retaining customers, ShipServ is unique in helping businesses of all sizes to find each other easily, connect cost effectively and trade efficiently. Today the ShipServ community numbers nearly 140 buying organizations, 4,700 vessels and 30,000 suppliers. For more information visit www.shipserv.com.

About ISSA

The International Shipsuppliers & Services Association (ISSA) is the international association representing nearly 2,000 ship suppliers throughout the world.  It boasts a total of 43 national ship supplier associations as full ISSA members as well as associate members in 52 other countries where no national association exists. For more information visit www.shipsupply.org.

Copyright © 2009 ShipServ Limited.  All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Here’s Freddy in action, describing some of our upcoming features. This grainy photo is the first public outing of some exciting new functionality coming soon. So watch this space!

If you’re going to be at any of the events, please come and say hello. We look forward to meeting you!

For more information on the event email email Sue Powless.

To schedule a meeting with a ShipServ representative at the event email Peder Arstorp.