www.shipserv.com

ShipServ is the leading maritime e-marketplace, helping the buyers and sellers of ship supplies to reduce the costs associated with doing business together.

Founded in 1999, ShipServ aims to transform the way the global maritime industry goes about the business of ship supply.

Thomas Miller has been one of ShipServ's leading investors since its foundation.

Last year TradeNet, ShipServ's trading platform, enabled more than US$1 billion of maritime supplies and spare to be traded by 140 shipping companies and 8,000 suppliers.

What services are provided by ShipServ?

ShipServ better enables the sourcing and purchasing of operational supplies through the following services:

ShipServ provides these services through an innovative portfolio of software, services and hosted applications designed by shipping people, for shipping people.

E-commerce is taking off in the shipping supplies market for very good reasons:

  • Faster purchasing processes - cut order cycle times by 30-50%
  • More accurate orders - waste less time unwinding errors
  • More on-time deliveries - and more productive ships
  • Lower risk of off-hire days - caused by supply issues
  • New business insight - to benchmark & improve suppliers, processes and KPI’s
  • Easier compliance - with best-practice processes and total transparency

For more info

To obtain a definitive idea of the many benefits of ShipServ's services and discover the outstanding knowledge ShipServ can bring to bear in being of service to you, please visit ShipServ's website.

Today hundreds of shipping companies manage many thousands of ships using TradeNet, the e-commerce platform for shipping supplies.

Chauncy Maples - Lake Malawi's Clinic

Chauncy Maples is the oldest floating ship in Africa. Built in Glasgow in 1899 she was carried in pieces to Lake Malawi in Central Africa. The Government of Malawi is renovating her back into a mobile clinic bringing basic healthcare to 500,000 lakeside people. More info.

Please help us raise the £2m (US$3m) that will make this happen.

Our thanks to
  • ITF Seafarers' Trust - Special Founder
  • Resolve Marine Group - Supporter
  • The Swire Charitable Trust - Supporter
  • The Sammermar Trust - Supporter
  • Smit Salvage - Supporter
  • Fairsky Shipping & Trading - Supporter
  • Harley & Lela Franco - Supporter
  • Harley Marine Services - Supporter
  • V Ships - Benefactor
  • Witherby Publishing Group - Supporter

Chauncy News

Renovation starts in earnest for Chauncy Maples.

Read about the developments in 2012 here

RAISED TO DATE: £1,191,000
STILL NEEDED: £809,000