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Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.

In 2008, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.

SKF is a leading global supplier in the areas of bearings, couplings, seals, mechatronics, services and lubrication systems.

SKF has for many years assisted the marine industry in working more efficiently. Innovative solutions for rotating machinery have continuously driven increased productivity and reduced operating costs. Our marine product and service offerings include full condition-based maintenance tools and services as well as integrated solutions for propulsion systems, gearboxes, transmissions and electromechanical motion control.

SKF provides products and services for design, new-build, operation and maintenance for all ship types.

SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has 15,000 distributor locations worldwide.

GPAllied is the most diverse reliability and operations consulting and services company in the world. Combined, our unrivaled technical expertise, solutions portfolio and global reach help you achieve rapid bottom-line improvement and sustained cultural change.

GPAllied diversity and expertise result from joining together firms with experts in Maintenance and Reliability, Operational Excellence, and Workforce Development. This winning team allows us to offer you expertise in the fields of Lean, Reliability Engineering, Six Sigma, Condition Monitoring, Change Management, Maintenance Planning and Scheduling, Workforce Development and Maintenance Craft Skills training. However, only GPAllied can offer you solutions that fully integrate these specialties.

The Marine Cafe is a weekly online journal providing authoritative news and opinion on Philippine maritime developments. Exclusive articles bring readers up to speed on latest trends and issues in all key sectors - from crewing and port operations to marine investments and state policies. Overall, a vital information resource for marine-related companies dealing with or planning to invest in the country.
http://www.marine-cafe.com

MarineTalk has been at the forefront of the Internet revolution within the technical sectors of the marine industry since 1998. Our initial goal was to provide the best single Internet Gateway for the maritime technical and management community based on good understanding of the industry's needs. MarineTalk is presently known as an effective information and marketing platform where marine professionals find information fast, and where companies promote their products and services directly to decision makers.

Link: www.marinetalk.com

For more than 50 years the weekly Danish shipping publication, Søfart, has been a solid and reputed source of information and is therefore the perfect media to get in touch with the entire Danish maritime industry. Over the years Søfart has grown and developed along with the Danish maritime industry, which has a very strong position internationally and plays a significant role for the Danish national economy. Year 2005 we carried out a comprehensive survey, which showed that our readers - both trade professionals and private - are very satisfied with Søfart. Generally, they are extremely thorough spending a lot of time reading the articles and the readers also clearly indicated that they intend to be reading Søfart a year from now.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss how we can best assist you reaching the entire Danish maritime industry, please do not hesitate to contact us.

http://www.soefart.dk

IBJ’s editor and network of experienced bulk industry journalists, along with its high level of business contacts keep decision makers informed on developments in their markets.

Dry bulk commodities, ports, logistics, shipping and handling equipment news are all reviewed in every issue of IBJ. As the leading supply chain magazine for the dry bulk industry IBJ also includes regular Grain, Coal, Iron and Steel outlooks and Bulker fleet data and trends.

A special editorial features programme covering commodities, technical and regional issues provides analysis and comment for IBJ's influential readership.

www.ibj-online.com

Infomarine On-Line Maritime Directory was founded by marine professionals in 1997 with the sole purpose of acting as a worldwide Internet virtual portal exclusively for the marine industry.
Today our virtual marine portal offers hospitality to more than 100.000 web sites and more than 1.000.000 links worldwide and our web traffic Statistics shows more than 2000 visitors per day.
Infomarine On-Line offers the most efficient way to present your company over the internet and to become known to more and more potential business clients.
Infomarine On-Line operates following Maritime Portals: www.infomarine.gr www.shipyards.gr www.marineterms.com

The Indian National Shipowners’ Association (INSA), established on 2nd December, 1929, is the collective forum of the national shipping industry with a membership owning 90% of the Indian fleet. It enjoys the status of representative spokesman for the industry at all national and international as well as governmental levels.

Vision Statement of INSA
INSA was established with the abiding objective of becoming a rallying force for all shipping companies based in India. As the torchbearer of the Indian shipping industry, INSA is committed to promote the overall development of the industry, and endeavouring to increase the profitability of its member companies and in turn their investors. With the advent of global village, INSA is working towards integrating the Indian shipping industry with the world economy.

MARITIME MARKET is a full color magazine, with information and analysis as well as covering all aspects of the maritime industry in Russia. It is targeted at shipping company executives, managers, shipbuilding and research specialists, including visitors of marine exhibitions and also a wide range of audiences interested in marine issues.
The editorial committee includes professionals such as the president of SOROSS, M.A. Romanovsky, the director of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, N.A. Reshetov and president of "Link Publisher" Maciej Wedzinski.
Distribution area: Russia and worldwide.
Circulation: 3,000 copies, about 80 pages.
Languages: Russian and English (30%).

The Maritime Executive: Journalism with Distinction, Integrity and Value. Each issue of The Maritime Executive benchmarks organizational excellence along with executive interviews, and featured articles concerning critical issues impacting the maritime industry. Advertiser's Best Bet: Reaching decision makers has never been easier when using The Maritime Executive. We are known for superior editorial content and concisely written articles, and executives around the world count on us for dependable information. Want to reach important decision makers for your products and services? Choose the publication executives read with enthusiasm. The Maritime Executive, the indispensable resource for advertisers around the world.

NewsLink Services provides a Daily Electronic Crew Newsletter to seafarers from over 35 countries. This covers National News, International News, Regional News and Sports News from the point of view of seafarers from the country. Special News editions are published for major sporting events like the World Cup Football, Olympics, etc. The NewsLink Infotainment CD supplements the daily news with Safety News, Cross Word Puzzles, Book Reviews and a lot of information and entertainment for seafarers.
NewsLink also offers special services like multimedia DVD presentations of conferences for companies and customized computer based training modules.
Visit www.newslinkservices.com Email: Info@newslinkservices.com

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