About

ShipNet provides business critical solutions to shipowners, charterers and ship managers, based on a comprehensive ERP software platform that ties together all departments within a maritime enterprise, ship to shore.

The software solutions cover all the business processes of financial and commercial management, technical fleet and procurement, at 260 customer sites in 40 countries. The company recently released Version 11 of its core ShipNet product, representing a return to an evolutionary approach of its software development.

In early July 2007 ShipNet was acquired by Inchcape Shipping Services

Inchcape Shipping Services is the world’s leading marine services provider. Through its proprietary network of over 200 owned offices in 52 countries, ISS provides its customers with an unparalleled global resource delivered locally and tailored to each customer’s individual needs.

Its diversified customer base includes clients across the oil, cruise, container and bulk commodity sectors as well as serving naval, government and inter-governmental clients. ISS also offers crew management, landside commercial and humanitarian logistics services, transit, offshore support and other associated marine services

The unique value proposition of ISS/ShipNet is catching the data at the source to process it faster and more reliably by integrating ShipNet's software solutions with ISS’ data collection and transaction tools.

Together the two companies offer the global shipping industry access to operational, live data that enables optimum use of real-time business intelligence.

The acquisition by ISS of Oslo-based ERP software provider ShipNet has been met with very positive reactions from ShipNet and ISS clients alike.

Questions & Answers to help explain the logic for ISS acquiring ShipNet.