Maritime Directory

Paris La Défense Cedex, France

EUROPAGES, the European Business Directory, is the reference amongst European business directories, bringing together a selection of 500 000 top import-export businesses, from all business sectors in 33 countries. Published by Eurédit S.A., EUROPAGES was created in 1982. This multilingual and multimedia directory is available as a printed directory (since 1982), on CD-Rom (since 1993) and on the Internet (since 1995). www.europages.com is available in 25 languages: French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Turkish, Greek, Russian, Norwegian, Rumanian, Estonian, Czech, Lithuanian, Latvian, Bulgarian, Chinese and Arabic. Some 30 publishers of business directories in 25 countries work with EUROPAGES as Advertising Agents. Eurédit’s shareholders include three of Europe’s leading Yellow Pages publishers: SEAT Pagine Gialle (Turin, Italy) ; TPI (Telefónica – Madrid, Spain) ; DeTeMedien (Deutsche Telekom - Frankfurt, Germany). Eurédit employes 70 people of 30 different nationalities and speaking 26 languages.

Englewood, CO, United States

Geotech has been supplying off-the-shelf and custom databases for the environmental industry since 1986. We wrote the book on data management!

Redhill,, Surrey, United Kingdom

Lloyd's Register - Fairplay is a leading independent provider of information for the shipping industry. Our range of printed products includes magazines, books and directories. Electronic data services include CD-Roms, Internet services and a variety of specialist software and data packages. Our publishing policy is to provide news, analysis and data in whichever media is best suited to the needs of our clients throughout the shipping industry. Editorially we strive to achieve excellence in every area of our activities.

Sydney, NSW, Australia

The major focus of Shipping Australia, as a peak industry body, is both to promote and advance the interests of ship owners and shipping agents in all matters of shipping policy and safe ship operations. Shipping Australia’s members cover many of the major Australian and international ship owners, operators and agency companies involved in bulk, tanker, general cargo shipping, container, passenger and tramp trades, covering liner conference and independent services. Llew Russell - CEO Shipping Australia It also provides Secretariat services to the many liner companies and agencies that are members of conferences, consortia and joint services that have their agreements registered under Part X of the Australian Trade Practices Act. It is in a unique position to reflect the views of all shipping companies servicing the Australian trades and to effectively represent their needs. Shipping Australia keeps their members informed of developments affecting the industry and represents the industry on many committees involving governments, port authorities and other government and non-government bodies. It also has close working relationships with many organisations (both national and international) that work with or in support of the shipping industry. The membership includes many valued associate corporate members and individuals who provide services to shipping or have an interest in the activities of the industry. Shipping Australia also provides a forum for discussion and the exchange of information between members and other parties, researches and compiles data on the industry and maintains formal contacts between the industry, interest groups and the general public. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Objectives -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shipping Australia’s objectives are to influence government and other bodies to adopt policies that: Support and promote the development of a regulatory environment which supports the reliable supply of efficient shipping services. Implement and support actions taken which are aimed at reducing the costs of shipping services. Improve the quality of service to Australia’s exporters and importers. Expand the opportunities for shipping services focusing on world’s best practice and safe operating procedures. Raise the image and public perception of the shipping industry. Expand the information and databases of value to its members. Cooperate with all government and non-government organizations in the pursuit of these objectives. Ensure that any legislation/regulations adopted in Australia have a positive impact on shipping and are in accordance with Australia’s international obligations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benefits -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shipping Australia helps shape and promote the policies of the shipping industry in Australia and internationally. The exchange of information between members and the timely advice on developments that might impact on the industry is an invaluable service provided by Shipping Australia. While some issues are company specific and members may choose to handle them individually they know that Shipping Australia can offer them either administrative support or more broad based industry support from all members becoming involved through the committee process. However the savings that Shipping Australia are able to achieve for shipping companies of whatever type or nationality, amount to many millions of dollars and represent excellent value for all members. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contribution To The Australian Economy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shipping Australia represents an industry that makes a massive contribution to the Australian economy. It carries more than $155 billion worth of cargo in and out of Australia each year; It employs more than 14,000 people either at sea or onshore; It carries more than 150 thousand passengers each year; It carries more than 3 million containers (20 Foot Equivalent Units) every year; It carries more than 485 million tonnes of bulk cargo each year; and There are more than 22,000 ship visits to Australian ports each year

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

geoLOGIC systems ltd., founded in 1983, is a widely recognized developer of high quality databases and premium software products. geoLOGIC’s geoSCOUT™ information system, while easy to use, is the most technically advanced decision support tool available to professionals working in Western Canada’s Oil & Gas industry. For Engineers and Landmen, geoSCOUT™ is a simple yet powerful tool for managing land data in combination with other required datasets such as well history, production and pipelines. geoLOGIC’s Virtual Data Services subsidiary offers a broad range of simple and economical web tools (PNGRweb, UNITweb, WISERweb and H2Sweb) to access large amounts of data quickly in easily understood report formats. When accurate maps and energy data are important, geoLOGIC systems ltd. has the right solution for anyone, from start up to fully integrated major corporations.