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Management, and Research and Special Projects.

Together these divisions offer more than 140 profes- sional education and training programs. In addition,

GMATS specializes in developing customized educa- tion and training programs that meet the specific needs of any transportation organization. With nearly 4000 students annually attending its programs,

GMATS has become an important supplier of maritime and transportation training for personnel from numer- ous government, military, and commercial entities.

GMATS is co-located with the U.S. Merchant Marine

Academy (USMMA) on 82 acres overlooking Long

Island Sound in Kings Point, New York.

Telephone: 516-726-6100 (6158) http://gmats.usmma.edu

E-mail: registrar@ gmats.usmma.edu

Intertek

Intertek reduces commodity cargo trading risk around the world through independent inspection and testing services. Intertek helps protect high value bulk com- modity cargos, significantly reducing risk of loss expo- sure to the trading parties involved. Intertek has been providing cargo inspection services since 1885, hav- ing started under the name Caleb Brett. Intertek is a member of IFIA* and performs inspection services to global industry standards and other recognized crite- ria. High value bulk commodities like crude oil, fuels, grains, edible oils and many other product are meas- ured, analyzed and verified for shipment and inventory quantity and quality. Inspectors survey and sample rep- resentative product from bulk storage tanks, tankers, cargo ships, barges, shore storage and transfer facili- ties, railcars and warehouses. Intertek's experienced chemists follow accepted industry and regulatory methods and practices to obtain accurate, reliable and repeatable results.

Telephone: 713 407 3533 www.intertek.com/inspection/cargo

E-mail: erik.holladay@ intertek.com

Jeppesen

Jeppesen Maritime Suite integrates products and serv- ices in a unique way that allows them to use and share information for consistent and streamlined interaction across the enterprise. As products and services are used together, data is transformed into intelligent, actionable information, giving companies more visibili- ty into their businesses, which leads to better decision making and improved bottom lines. Jeppesen Maritime

Suite integrates three essential components to deliver intelligent information, which allows commercial ship- ping companies to more efficiently run their business- es and make smart investments for the future. • Planning and Navigation Data products such as official ENCs, industry-leading, proprietary global chart database, weather service and piracy data • Optimization and Performance solutions, includ- ing shore side tools for fleet tracking and performance management and advanced analysis, and on board tools for optimized routing, efficiency and perform- ance monitoring and deck and engineering logging. • Professional Services, including deployment and training, reporting and analysis and industry-best rout- ing and naval engineering and consulting services .

Telephone: +47 51 46 47 00

Website: www.jeppesen.com/marine

E-mail: marineinfo@ jeppesen.com

Mariner

Mariner is committed to helping maritime enterprises, government agencies, supply chains, and nations avoid threats to their safety and security, and to mak- ing them better prepared to respond when emergen- cies occur. Identifying legitimate security threats from the flood of information available today is a vital con- cern. CommandBridge, Mariner’s flagship technology, provides users with a highly configurable, security- based, situation-awareness software platform. Its

Web-based technology allows watch-standers, com- mand-and-control centers, intelligence analysts, and others to collaboratively interpret information and make actionable recommendations, rather than mere- ly collect and display data. Users can configure the system to create automated rules-based situation man- agement; highly-visual, interactive geospatial, timeline, and dashboard visualizations; and intelligent workflow- based response tools. CommandBridge’s “Interconnected Awareness” permits real-time situation collaboration within and among organizations and across multiple locations and partners. Together with anomaly detection, configurable rules with tailored alerts, and role-based workflow, CommandBridge pro- vides users with true collaborative situation aware- ness. Web Site: www.marinergroup.net / Telephone: 800-341-2755.

Navarik

Navarik's mission is to be the leading provider of phys- ical operations software and information services for the commodity trading industry. Our on-demand soft- ware services automate physical trade operations and maritime shipping logistics for crude oil, refined prod- ucts and bulk commodities and we are the global leader in cargo inspection management. Many of the world's largest oil companies rely on our flagship prod- uct, Navarik Inspection TM, for business process