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Florida Marine Transporters, and McAllister Towing and customizable, and had to be integrated with other ship-

Transportation. More recently, Helm says it has attracted board systems. It is still supported, but no longer actively interest from passenger, ? shing and research vessels, as well marketed. Helm today is moving in the direction of stan- as offshore companies. dardized, off-the-shelf technology.

The 16-year old company made its mark by selling its Helm is currently focused on two products: Helm Dis-

HELM Marine Operations data base-oriented applica- patch Manager, an off-the-shelf billing, dispatch and opera- tion, which provides comprehensive administrative, man- tional application designed speci? cally for the harbor services agement and communications tools designed to increase industry; and its fairly new-to-market ? agship product Helm business intelligence and operational ef? ciency, typically CONNECT, the next-generation follow-up to Marine Op- to ? eets with at least 20 vessels. That product was heavily erations, for preventive maintenance and compliance.

“Just because you are automating certain things doesn’t necessarily give comfort to people managing oversight of these systems. Some prospects want physical inspections and manual data input, and there’s a lot of stuff you have to do on a vessel that you can’t automate.” – Roger Banister,

Vice President of marketing,

Helm Operations

Setup Templates Inspections Edit:

Once an inspection or maintenance checklist has been created in Helm CONNECT, it can easily be de- ployed to one vessel, multiple vessels or an entire ? eet through the overlay selection tab.

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