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LR invests in ship management software provider HanseaticsoftLR invests in ship management software provider Hanseaticsoft

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has invested in Hamburg ship management software provider Hanseaticsoft, which will remain an independent platform.

Marcus Hand, Editor

April 14, 2017

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Hanseaticsoft provides fleet management software solutions and of its solutions offer by Cloud Fleet Manager include NSC, Peter Döhle Schifffahrts KG, Rigel, Atlantic Lloyd and UASC.

Hanseaticsoft will remain an independent open platform with new offices opening in Athens, Copenhagen and Singapore this year, and five more offices planned for 2018.

Alexander Buchmann, md of Hanseaticsoft commented: "We are very pleased to have found a partner who shares our vision of the digital future of shipping with the same passion as we do.”

The latest investment by LR follows on from it acquiring the SEASAFE portfolio of software solutions and a strategic partnership with QiO.

Nial McCollum, LR’s chief technology officer, said: “This combination of ship management software, risk modelling, and cyber physical solutions, underpinned by the value which big data analytics brings are the building blocks of the marine & offshore industry 4.0.”
No financial details of the investment were disclosed.

About the Author

Marcus Hand

Editor

Marcus Hand is the editor of Seatrade Maritime News and a dedicated maritime journalist with over two decades of experience covering the shipping industry in Asia.

Marcus is also an experienced industry commentator and has chaired many conferences and round tables. Before joining Seatrade at the beginning of 2010, Marcus worked for the shipping industry journal Lloyd's List for a decade and before that the Singapore Business Times covering shipping and aviation.

In November 2022, Marcus was announced as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Singapore Journal of Maritime Talent and Technology (SJMTT) to help bring together thought leadership around the key areas of talent and technology.

Marcus is the founder of the Seatrade Maritime Podcast that delivers commentary, opinions and conversations on shipping's most important topics.

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