SPONSORS FOR 33rd INTERFERRY CONFERENCE • 2008

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CONFERENCE PARTNER

SHUN-TAK

Shun Tak- China Travel Ship Management Limited, possessing over 45 years of shipping experience, is the recognized leader in the Hong Kong-Macau Passenger Ferry Industry. Operating under the brand name “TurboJET”, it has assets of over HK$2 billion and employs 1,800 maritime professionals. It offers an annual capacity of 20 million passengers, and is the only round-the-clock jetfoil service in the world with a network that covers major cities in the Pearl River Delta. In 2003, TurboJET has pioneered a seamless air-sea inter-modal platform. Through its “Airport Routes”, major international airports in the region including Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen are linked, whereby international visitors can transit from air to sea and vice versa without custom formalities, and have luggage directly tagged through to destination.

PLATINUM SPONSOR (SOLD OUT)

DNV

Managing risk worldwide. Established in 1864, DNV is an independent foundation with the objective of safeguarding life, property, and the environment and is a leading international provider of services for managing risk. DNV is a knowledge-based organisation. Our prime assets are the creativity, knowledge, and expertise of our employees. Most of our 6000 employees are highly qualified engineers and technical personnel. DNV is an international company with about 300 offices in 100 different countries. Headquartered in Oslo (Høvik), Norway, DNV's global network is linked by efficient information technology enabling us to create value for our customers in a coherent and consistent manner worldwide.

CURRENT CORPORATION

Current Corporation manufactures Night Vision and thermal camera systems for the marine market. From obstacle detection and navigation at night to security and safety on board, the Night Navigator series answers the needs of High Speed Craft, motor yachts, patrol vessels, and offshore supply vessels. The Night Navigator 8540 is specifically designed for installation onboard High Speed Craft and is certified by DNV and RINA for the HSC Code. It is installed on High Speed Ferry fleets worldwide. The Night Navigator 8540 combines an Image Intensified night vision camera with an Infra-Red Searchlight in a pan & tilt gimbal, providing a clear view at night up to 2000 meters in front of the vessel.

GOLD SPONSORS (SOLD OUT)

AUSTAL

Austal commenced operations in 1988 and is now the world leader in the design and construction of custom designed, high performance, aluminium commercial and defense vessels. With proven designs, Austal-built vessels have found favour with both Australian and International clients with over 190 vessels exported to 31 countries. Products include high speed passenger and vehicle-passenger ferries, leisure vessels and a range of patrol, fast freight and offshore support vessels. Austal’s product range extends from 20 to over 127 metres in length. With Austal’s aluminium shipyards in Australia and the USA being the two largest in the world, Austal is well placed to meet the requirements of the global market.

CARUS

Carus - the ‘old’ new name in ferry reservations technology After six years as an Anite subsidiary Carus is once again trading as an independent company. At 4pm on Tuesday 5th February 2008 the management and staff of the Finish subsidiary Anite Travel Systems Ab Ltd successfully completed the buy back of the successful business unit. Carus entered the ferry solutions market in 1998 with the launch of CarRes, its Oracle based booking, ticketing, check-in and administration system for ferry operators geared very much to the specific needs of Baltic operators. Since then CarRes has been constantly evolving and serving an ever growing client base which now also includes operators in the UK, mainland Europe, the United States and Australia. Carus clients cover every aspect of the ferry industry and operate virtually every type of vessel proving the versatility and flexibility of CarRes.

DAMEN

IDO - ISTANBUL FAST FERRIES

IDO (Istanbul Fast Ferries Inc.) was founded in 1987 by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in order to provide fast, comfortable, safe and alternate commuting services for the people of Istanbul. Starting off with 10 seabuses purchased from Norway, IDO has grown into one of the largest and most sophisticated seabus and ferry service in the world. 2005 was a milestone in IDO´s history, as amalgamation with City Lines Administration of Istanbul was completed and the company became the primary provider of ferry services in Istanbul and the Sea of Marmara. In 2006, IDO carried 91 Million passengers and 5,6 million vehicles with a fleet of 84 vessels.

STUDENT PROGRAM SPONSOR (SOLD OUT)

GERMANISCHER LLOYD

Technical competence, uncompromising quality and First Class service are the prime assets of the classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL). From the foundation in 1867, the core competence has been to set standards in technology, safety and quality for the maritime and industrial sector. The current newbuilding orderbook contains more than 1,300 vessels with over 23 Mio GT. While headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Germanischer Lloyd has established a global network of 176 offices in 76 countries. 3,400 employees create value for the customers in a consistent manner worldwide. Germanischer Lloyd conducts the safety surveys on board of more than 6,300 ships with over 69 Mio. GT. 124 flag states have authorized GL to perform statutory duties. To supplement the worldwide network in the maritime sector, Germanischer Lloyd established its Industrial Services in the 1960’s. Numerous subsidiaries and branch offices around the world offer services in four business areas: Oil & Gas, Wind Energy, System Certification and Materials and Failure Analysis.

SILVER SPONSORS (SOLD OUT)

AKER YARDS

Aker Yards ASA is an international shipbuilding group focusing on sophisticated vessels and being one of the world's largest shipbuilders. The group is organised through three business areas; Cruise & Ferries, Merchant Vessels and Offshore & Specialized Vessels. Aker Yards comprises 18 yards in Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Romania and Ukraine with some 20,000 employees.

HOGIA

BOOKIT RESERVATIONS SYSTEM
For 20 years now Hogia Ferry Systems has been providing and developing systems and services for sales and reservations for the travel and transport industry. The features of our systems have been developed in close cooperation with our customers operating in the Baltic Sea, North Sea, Irish Sea, Mediterranean, South Atlantic, Canada and the USA.
BOOKIT is a reservations system built with two decades of experience of the travel and transport industry and is upgraded to the latest multi-tier software architecture. The BOOKIT Suite, which includes booking, sales, payment, check in, embarkation, back-office, CRM and Data Warehouse modules have easy-to-use and efficient user interfaces as well as reliable and well tested integration to other systems.
Together with our close partners like Amadeus Ferry, Amadeus Hospitality and VingCard, Hogia Ferry Systems offer an extensive IT solution for any travel or transport company.

LLOYD'S REGISTER

Lloyd's Register works around the world to assess and certify ships, systems and facilities to help improve quality and increase safety. We work with shipowners, operators and builders to provide innovative solutions that help improve performance throughout the design, construction and operation of ships. Because life matters, safety is not negotiable. Standards have to be applied consistently. We respond to change and lead the developments that make lives safer and help protect the environment.

For Lloyd's Register, life matters.

MARIOFF

Marioff is the supplier, developer and manufacturer of the HI-FOG water mist fire protection systems. Applications include industrial gas turbines, machinery spaces, metro and tunnel protection, food processing plants, computer and telecom rooms, hotels, offices and heritage buildings, and marine-based applications such as cruise vessels and offshore.

VT MARITIME DYNAMICS

MOFFATT AND NICHOL

With more than 60 years on the world’s waterfront, Moffatt & Nichol provides fully integrated economic, planning and design services to governments, public and private ferry and port operators, and the investment community from 23 locations worldwide. The firm has a tradition of delivering creative and practical solutions to clients, having completed more than 4,000 maritime and waterfront infrastructure projects in more than 40 countries and offering special expertise in ferry docking facilities and terminal development.

MTU

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of large diesel engines and complete drive systems. Together with Detroit Diesel, the company represents the two core brands of the Tognum AG. Covering diesel engines and gas turbines, its product range is the widest and most modern in the sector.

Applications range from ships to heavy land and rail vehicles and from vehicles and equipment for the construction, industrial and agricultural sectors to decentralized power generation plant.

During a history spanning almost 100 years, MTU Friedrichshafen and its predecessors, including Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH in particular, have been responsible for repeated innovation and have continually been at the forefront of technological progress.

SEA SPEED DESIGN

STENA RORO

Stena RoRo sets the standard in the RoRo market. With the solid know how combined with its intuitive feel for innovation and for the demands and requirements; Stena RoRo takes the market forward.

Stenability is Stena RoRo’s trademark. Innovators of the RoRo concept, building RoRo and RoPax tonnage, supplying tailor-made solutions - all over the world. The fleet of Stena RoRo is chartered out to first class operators. All through the organisation there’s an entrepreneurial way of working and an intrinsic will of taking customer satisfaction to a new level. Thanks to its commercial and technical approach and long earned experience; Stena RoRo follows their customers - all through the value chain. That’s what Stenability is all about.

WÄRTSILÄ

Wärtsilä is The Ship Power Supplier for builders, owners and operators of vessels and offshore installations. We have our own global service network. Wärtsilä is a leading provider of power plants, operation and lifetime care services in decentralized power generation.