Maritime Directory

1802 Askim, Norway

Consulting comes in many different flavours. Sometimes you simply want to pick someone's brain for a while, other times you need strategic planning or a new direction. We are here to help you in what ever capacity you wish. Copywriting for advertising and promotion sells the sizzle, not the steak. Our copywriters are exceptional at putting the sizzle in your steak. A clean, professional design on your website, corporate literature, and promotional pieces shows that your company is detail oriented and takes care in what they do. Together, we can make sure that you look better than your competition. It takes time to find an outstanding printer that also offers you good prices. We work with one of the best printers in Scandinavia and offer you prices that are competitive with any quality printer. Photography can make or break your your masterpiece. Imagine publishing your annual report with photos that look like your dog was behind the camera! Our photographers care about your project and give you the results to prove it. Translation from Norwegian to English is not as easy as it sounds. A direct translation can be quite an embarrassment in the international maritime marketplace. Our American, Canadian, and British translators take pride in providing you with error-free translations Our editorial services include journalism, proofreading and editing. Whether interviewing an executive for a press release, or rescuing a piece of wounded copy, we help you say exactly what you mean. Research is one of the keys to successful marketing. It's great to have a good gut feel about what your target market is reading, where they go for purchasing information, or how they feel about your company; but you have to be careful that your gut feel isn't just indigestion. When it comes to media planning, experience is good - research is better. A real media plan is based on independent research into what your target market reads and consumes. We combine both experience and research to create a media plan for you that is second to none. Warning: Event management can lead to premature grey hair. When you are ready to organize a press conference, corporate event, seminar or any other event, save yourself the extra stress involved in organising and managing it. Call Bridgeport Communications to handle all the arrangements and save yourself from the stress.

Pembroke, MA, United States

For over 150 years each compass manufactured by E.S. Ritchie & Sons, Inc. was recorded by serial number in hand written ledgers. These ledgers are still maintained at the Ritchie factory, shown above, located in Pembroke, MA USA. The first successful liquid dampened compass was awarded a U.S. Patent in 1860. It is just one of the compasses that we see highlighted in company literature dating back to the formation of E.S. Ritchie and Sons. Early compass dials were hand painted using egg white based paint for the background and India ink for the graduations. This photo shows three different types of early float chamber dials. Today's dials are printed using modern lithographic processes on extremely light aluminum or composite dials. Ritchie manufactured all the US Navy standard compasses for over forty years. The dial on the left shows the prominent float chamber which reduced weight on the pivot, reducing wear and greatly improving performance. The four vertical rods are actually bundles of needle magnets which gave this compass the power to lock on to magnetic north. Ritchie Compasses have won many awards for design and engineering excellence in the past 150 years. An early Ritchie liquid filled compass with a floating dial is exhibited in the Albert Museum of Science and Industry in England, proudly displayed along with a collection of nautical instruments created by the famous Lord Kelvin.

Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom

Today Elsevier remains committed to that mission and has grown into an information provider of global proportions with offices around the world. Elsevier has become the undisputed market leader in the publication and dissemination of literature covering the broad spectrum of scientific endeavors. Working with the world's most respected scientists and researchers, Elsevier has set a high standard for quality. Its publications are written and edited by international scholars with excellent technical and scientific credentials, and wide research and teaching experience in their fields. Just as the tools used in scientific research are changing, so too are the tools used in scientific communication. Elsevier has taken a leadership role in advancing the technologies necessary to create a seamless electronic information delivery environment. This is today's Elsevier: innovative, experienced and uniquely positioned to lead scientific publishing into the 21st century.

United States

Our shops in Houston, Texas and Florence, Italy fabricate, assemble, and test each package using procedures certified to ISO 9000 standards. Extensive research and development, modern manufacturing techniques, and on-site experience contribute to our success. We provide single-source responsibility for package design, manufacturing, operations, training, and support, so you do not have to qualify hundreds of vendors and prepare specifications for all of the components in a generator package or mechanical drive unit. In addition, we provide an overhaul guarantee and warranty for the complete package. Our factory packaging concept ensures quick delivery and fast startup. Standardized designs shorten our manufacturing schedule. A large number of essentially identical packages are always under construction, giving us the flexibility to meet your delivery requirements—often less than 100 days. Your unit arrives ready for startup. All major components are base-plate mounted to simplify transportation and installation. No lengthy field setup is required. Our gas turbine packages use an earthquake-qualified structural design, durable electrical systems, and all-stainless steel fluid systems and reservoirs. Redundant, oversized fans keep turbine compartments cool, while generators sized larger than the turbine output accommodate future rating increases. This conservative design philosophy reflects your expectation to operate the package for 20 to 30 years. Learn more about GE Aero Energy Products by reviewing our event schedule or perusing our literature library.

Odessa, Ukraine

Oslo, Norway

PURPOSES, OBJECTIVES, SCOPE OF WORK The aim of the forum shall be to promote the well-being of the Working Environment and Safety and Health for Seafarers as both individuals and as a collective group, in relation to or in compliance with relevant national and international rules and regulations in that respect. TARGET GROUP The forum is open to all involved in, and ensuring compliance with the regulations regarding Working Environment, Safety and Health, thus: Shipping companies, ship management companies, ship manning companies the seafarers: safety supervisors safety representatives members of safety committees and Seafarers unions and other relevant organisations. SCOPE OF WORK The scope of work is as defined by the national and international rules and regulations dealing with seafarers working environment, safety and health at work, as clearly expressed by the ISM Code's objectives, inter alias: Provide for safe practices in ship operation Provide for a safe working environment Establish safeguards against all identified risks The forum is founded upon the Major Rules and Regulations for Working Environment, Safety and Health at Work on board, mainly: The IMO's International Safety Management code ILOS Convention 147 (Merchant shipping minimum standards) ILO convention 178 (inspection of seafarers working and living conditions) Standards for safety and health at work applying to EU flagged ships The relevant sections of the STCW convention MEMBERS BENEFITS Frequent information on the subject Discount on seminars, literature, etc. The right to join our rating system for health, safety and working environment Access to members-section on www.HSEatSea.no (discussion board, useful information etc.) The forum shall not deal with matters as traditional union topics, wages and employments agreements, medical advice etc, but confine the scope of work to the relevant and above referred international regulations. COMMITTEE The forum is lead by a committee, consisting of professionals from different sections of the shipping industry. PRACTICAL INFORMATION All information will be sent to the members through e-mail and will also be published on the forums web-pages. You are welcome to contact us in our office-hours mon-fri 10.00 – 15.00.

Glanmire, County Cork, Ireland

Roger Overall Maritime Photography specialises in images of today's commercial shipping industry. We are able to provide you with stock pictures and tailor-made photography for use in magazines, websites, corporate literature and exhibition stands.

Greenwich, London, United Kingdom

PORT is an Internet gateway of maritime resources at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. The portal is designed for the research purposes of academics, museum staff and researchers, and contains a variety of information on themes such as Shipbuilding, Transport, and Marine engineering. The portal also contains an Events listing for the maritime community of conferences and symposia, and a range of related information services. See also: http://www.nmm.ac.uk