News Archives
2008
16 December 2008: International Software Group (INTERSOG) of Chicago, Vancouver and Odessa Ukraine joins Harbour Mastery Alliance: "We will be able to provide the handheld and remote device management solutions for i-Seaports Management that our existing and future maritime clients need" said Vadim Chernega, CEO of INTERSOG. "At Harbour Mastery, we are excited about the flexible and affordable solutions that can be brought to seaports and governments for management and security purposes" add M. George Walters, President of Harbour Mastery, Inc. in Tampa. The two companies expect to begin developing and testing their jointly developed solutions late 2010.
17 October 2008: SeaAway Inc. signs MOU with Harbour Mastery to co-market integrated security solutions for ports and national governments. Stephan Kroecker, Founder and Chairman of SeaAway and M. George Walters, President and Founder of Harbour Mastery, inked an agreement for their two companies to co-market advanced security and management services systems to seaports and national governments worldwide. SeaAway, headquartered in Titusville Florida has been perfecting it's Sea-Sentinel technology for "Prior-to-Port" security scanning and clearance processes to be deployed off national coastlines. Focused on container scanning and screening security processes their technologies can executive "surgical" removal and inspection of suspect containers and their contents at sea before they enter a harbor.
25 September 2008: PND Engineers of Seattle hosts Harbour Mastery for site visit to see PND's advanced and innovative engineering technologies. Steve Pierce, chief engineer at PND Engineers Seattle Office hosted George Walters, president o HMI for a tour of Tacoma, Seattle and Shilshole Harbors as part of HMI's research into advanced engineering technologies for seaport piers and passenger terminals. The Tacoma Open Cell Technology, the Seattle Cruise Pier, gangways and bridge systems, and Shilshole wave barriers for managing extreme tidal and silting conditions are all included in a study contract HMI and its partner Maritime Directions Management Corp. are performing with ICF International for the State of Hawaii.
21-25 September 2008: PND Engineers of Anchorage hosts Harbour Mastery at AAPA 2008 Annual Conference in Anchorage, Alaska where Harbour Mastery reps George Walters, President and Richard Walters, CIO presented new i-Seaports Management port engineering and project management solutions to visitors at the PND Engineers Partners' Booth 9 and 10.
25 August 2008: C-Tech Ltd of Canada joins forces with Harbour Mastery, Inc. to provide their Sonar Solution to the Harbor Mastery security arsenal. Chief Scientist, Andrew Maner and George Walters of Harbour Mastery welcome this addition as integral part of the integrated waterside surveillance solution that links above water radar and high resolution night vision cameras with underwater sonar and high-resolution cameras that see through "black" water.
11 August 2008: Potter and Gates Consulting of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
NetSuite implementation and business solutions consultants specialists,
join Harbour Mastery Alliance to extend marketing opportunities in Asia. Mr. Albert Ling of
Potter Gates will work in concert with Mr. Detlef Kestermann of SecurIntel also located in Kuala Lumpur
to pursue opportunities for integrated port commercial management and security solutions.
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25 July 2008: PND Engineers, Inc. of Anchorage Alaska join HMI Alliance Harbour Mastery is pleased to welcome PND Engineers of Anchorage, Alaska, into its technology alliance partnerships. PND's revolutionary patented products such as its SPIN FIN piling system and its bomb-proof pier construction technology make it a world leader. "PND provides an excellence in engineering that can be seen in major projects in Dutch Harbor, Juneau and Anchorage, Alaska, and Seattle, Washington, that will be important to our clients worldwide" says George Walters about the alliance. "We are pleased to have Harbour Mastery as one of our Technical Associates," adds Dennis Nottingham, President of PND.
15 July 2008: HMI Alliance Partners host ELBIT Systems at Tampa Harbour Mastery Alliance partners from the Tampa Bay area hosted Mr. Eran Mor from ELBIT Systems of Israel at the HMI Tampa Bay HQ for discussions on innovative new technologies and potentials for collaboration. Mr. Mor presented an overview of the Elbit Company and the security technologies they develop and market including surveillance technologies used in the U.S. Secure Border Initiative. Representative From ICF International, Spatial Networks Inc., and Harbour Mastery presented overviews of new initiatives they are delivering into the market place. Another guest from Asvaco Security Assessment Software joined by conference call and presented their company overview.
25 May 2008: Foro PBIP -- Port Security Conference for Latin America, Cancun Mexico, May 21-23: Harbor Mastery joins with NetSoft of Mexico City, to present i-Seaports to an international gathering from 17 Caribbean and Latin American countries in Cancun, Mexico. As guests of the Mexican government conference organizers, Hector Garcia of NetSoft and George Walters of Harbour Mastery presented the i-Seaports security capabilities to the 200 conference delegates. The focus of Foro 2008 PBIP was on how Latin American Ports are working to implement the International Ships and Port Facilities Security (ISPS) code of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Harbour Mastery delegation were invited guest of the Mexican government and was organized by John Schmidt, HMI's Latin American Marketing Manager with technical support from Rick Walters, HMI CIO in presentation preparation."
21 May 2008: NetSoft, Mexico City Mexico, New Marketing Alliance Partner
HMI is pleased to Welcome NetSoft S.A. de C.V., Mexico as a new Marketing Alliance Partner
"The Multi-language capability of i-Seaports and i-Marinas
Management products will be greatly enhanced through the engagement of this NetSuite certified
alliance partner" said M. George Walters, HMI president. "This will greatly advance our marketing,
implementation and support throughout South and Central America."
Hector Garcia,
President of NetSoft added, "We are excited about adding the i-Seaports' vertical product offering
to what we can deliver in Mexico and support in Spanish speaking countries. We look forward to
working with the Harbour Mastery global effort."
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19 May 2008: SPERC announces
Orca underwater
surveillance harbor security system delivery with Harbour Mastery: SPERC's Orca provides full harbor and marina management
in conjunction with the enhanced
The Orca links the Hydra’s chemical sensing ability and the Osprey’s visual adeptness into one system,
providing full harbor and marina management with security.
The Orca gathers data via an underwater array of imaging and sonar equipment.
It combines these results with visual imagery from the Osprey to provide a complete picture
of your harbor's status - in real time and/or on your predetermined schedule.
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15 May 2008: Port Security 2008 Conference, San Diego May 15-16
Harbor Mastery joins industry and government experts in addressing supply chain and port security.
M. George Walters, President, will speak on "The Future of Intermodal Surveillance." For more conference information download the following. "
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09 Mar 2008: Progress International, Cyprus Joins Harbour Mastery Marketing Alliance Partners. Grant Holmes notes
"i-SeaportsTM Management provides a total web-based, ERP, Accounting,
CRM, and Ecommerce enterprise solution that we need for our cruise industry and port clients in Europe and the Middle East.
Harbour Mastery's virtual fusion center strategy makes this affordable for small and mid-sized seaports who do not have big
IT budgets and countries who need to manage all of their seaports centrally."
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15 Feb 2008: St Petersburg Environmental Research Center (SPERC), St. Petersburg, FL
joins Harbour Mastery's Technology Partners Alliance.
to provide a wide array of integrated environmental and security technologies for
i-MarinasTM Management engineered to the
unique needs of public and private marinas and small boat harbors.
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04 Feb 2008: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - CNNMoney.com carries i-Seaports Management Press Release. Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite (NYSE: (N)), gives
i-Seaports Vertical high praise. Harbour Mastery, Valley Associates and Maritime Directions get noticed.
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29 Jan 2008: PlanetData to launch new Cyber Security news service on a global scale.
The new service is co-sponsored by Harbour Mastery.
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25 Jan 2008: 7Hills will join Harbour Mastery's integrated port management and security suite of services
with their cargo logistics management solution for ports. Their
eBizNet Software-as-a-Service product integrates with the new i-Seaports Management
vertical built on the NetSuite, Inc. ERP and CRM platform.
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14 Jan 2008: As a part of i-Seaports Supply Chain Management and Security Strategy, Harbour Mastery has secured and MOU from iControl, Inc. to represent their new solutions to Ports and Maritime Industry. iControl's Mobile Asset Tag Tracking System (MATTS) utilizes "smart tag" technology and dynamic, adaptive, global communications to address a wide-range of monitoring and location needs for commercial and government applications.
iControl's integrated product suite provides
an adaptive, multimode communications architecture for worldwide tracking and monitoring of remote assets.
Through MATTS open architecture, remote sensing becomes part of a dynamic network - both at the
infield location, as well as at the data fusion center.
Adding a MATTS tag provides communications, security, and position information to any sensor without the
expense of proprietary interfaces.
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2 Jan 2008: Harbour Mastery® to present on Cyber-Terrorism at SecurePort® 2008
4th Annual Western Hemispheric Port Security Conference and Trade Exhibition
in Houston, 28-30 Jan 2008: (Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel)
SecurePort® 2007 brings together hundreds of top executives from industry and
Government from throughout the Western Hemisphere. It will build on the
foundations laid at SecurePort 2004 - 2007 agendas focused on building
the strategic framework that is critical to the success of security
operations in the western hemisphere.
M. George Walters of Harbour Mastery will present on Cyber Terrorism. Make your reservation now.
SecurePort 2007 highlighted the integration of the commercial transportation community in the ongoing
processes of security planning and crucial multi-level execution. Top industry and Government executives
representing a broad range of interests in the Marine Transportation System provided valuable information
and foresight, opening many doors to the facilitation of significant dialogue on port security issues and
solutions.
2007
17-18 Dec 2007: Harbour Mastery lands Hawaii Cruise Trade Study sub-contract with ICF
International:
As part of a teaming sub-contract agreement with ICF International, M. George Walters of Harbour Mastery and
Charles A. Towsley of
Maritime Directions Management Corp. initiated their
team's work on port infrastructure impact and port operations best practices.
The year-long ICF
International Cruise Trade Study study
is expected to provide the State of Hawaii with critical insight into the cruise industry impact on
environment, economy, port operations, security, tourism, port operations and transportation infrastructure.
Towsley's experience and success in cruise industry development at the ports of Tampa and Miami
and Walters' experience in port operations IT solutions will be part of the larger team's experience involving
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4-6 Dec 2007: Harbour Mastery presents at 6th EyeForTransport conference in Washington D.C.
The conference focus on Supply Chain security featured presentations from Department of
Homeland Security and Department of Transportation on new regulations and developments in implementation
of the Secure Ports Act of 2007 and the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. M. George Walters
participated as a speaker in a panel on IT support for supply chain security.
27-28 Nov 2007: International Maritime Security Expo in New York
City: Tucker Greco of PlanetData and John Schmidt, Latin American
Marketing Manager for Harbour Mastery represented i-Seaports and PlanetData
solutions to participants in the expo at the Jacob Javits Center.
15-16 Nov 2007: Harbour Mastery attends Clean Gulfs Conference in Tampa Florida.
The focus on new environmental solutions and port security that helps prevent environmental
incidents provided Harbour Mastery representatives the opportunity to discuss new collaborative
relationships that integrate well with current i-Seaports Management solutions.
24 Oct 2007: i-Seaports is delivered on the industry leading NetSuite®
platform. Using SuiteBundler allowed us to build a common application on
NetSuite,
i-Seaports Management, which we expect should be attractive to over 8,500 deep-water
seaports and 50,000 marinas around the world.
Within NetSuite, we created custom
dashboards for traffic management, security monitoring, communications coordination,
financial control and ecommerce marketing to be used by seaports, their clients and
security agencies around the world.
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10 Oct 2007: George Walters to speak at 6th Annual North American Cargo Security Forum in Washington DC
on the 4th, 5th & 6th of December. This annual forum is where the transportation and logistics industry
gathers to discuss comprehensive long-term strategies for cargo security.
Their meetings in Asia, Europe and the Middle East engage the industry
worldwide in this essential dialog. Visit the website for more information
on this exciting agenda and outstanding panel of speakers.
30 Sept 2007: Maritime Directions Management Corp. announces decision to market i-Seaports from Harbour Mastery, Inc.
Charles Towsley PPM, President and CEO of Maritime Directions cites "pioneering
innovative approach"
and "internet-based approach" that positions this ERP & CRM product well for the future.
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12 Sept 2007: Richard Veale, President of Lloyd's Register-Fairplay Miami
extends support to Harbour Mastery for Sea-Web® ships registry web-services integration in HM products.
At a meeting in Tampa, Richard Veale and George Walters worked out the new marketing terms.
Lloyd's initial development agreement with Harbour Mastery began in 2003 and resulted in a marketing
agreement in 2005 to promote and integrate ships and ports data in Harbour Mastery online products.
27 August 2007: Charles A. Towsley, CEO, Maritime Directions Management Corp. signs agreement
with Harbour Mastery to co-market their products and services. Maritime Directions will market
Harbour Mastery IT solutions and integrated alliance partner products and services. Harbour Mastery will
market Maritime Directions consulting services to its maritime industry clients.
20 July 2007: Mike Martin, CEO, Valley Associates Group, Canada renews agreement with Harbour
Mastery to market in Canada and internationally. At a meeting in Montreal, George Walters of Harbour Mastery
presented its new port management solutions to principals of Valley Associates and the two companies
discussed their global marketing strategy for seaports.
13 July 2007: Pat Gallagher, CEO, Elevated Security Corp. USA signs agreement with Harbour Mastery
to co-market alternative/emergency energy solutions for security and communications. Mike Lee, CTO for
elevated says "Harbour Mastery and its affiliate, SynergyVA, can open new markets for us in the hurricane
prone southern US and Caribbean. Their emphasis on security and alternative energy support parallels
our own concern that disasters do not leave us defenseless."
4 May, 2007: Misener Marine Construction, part of the Orion Marine Group,
began use of the Private Vessel Agent service in Port of Tampa serving Tampa,
Manatee and St. Pete Ports and Harbor construction and repair. The Private Vessel
Agent is a new interface for HM-WebPortRSVP that gives private companies complete
control of their own traffic management at the port level with visibility to their
Fleet owner/managers who may be managing traffic in multiple ports.
30 Apr, 2007: Harbour Mastery released two new user interfaces for its
HM-WebPortRSVP Internet-based Service. The Private Vessel Agent interface gives
these agents independent management of their vessel traffic in collaboration
with their local port authorities. The Port does not need to be using Harbour
mastery services for this to occur. The Fleet Traffic Manager interface gives a
company complete control of its fleet traffic in and out of all the ports where
they do business.
29 Apr 2007: Harbour Mastery Server Hardware and Software Upgrade --
New Dual Core high-speed processors and SQL Server 2005 software should improve
scalability and reliability of service as new customers are brought on line
say Rick Walters, CIO, and Chris Barber, CTO
23-27 Apr 2007: Harbour Mastery represented at the Annual Latin America AAPA
Conference in Rosario, Argentina by Dr. John Schmidt, new marketing agent,
at the Annual Latin America AAPA Conference in Rosario, Argentina. The 40 major
Port Authorities of Latin America and the Caribbean attend this annual conference.
The theme this year focused on inter-modal transport, particularly rail.
9 Apr 2007: HM-WebPortRSVP release 1.4.1 user updates and Release 1.5 -
The Harbour Monitor - for improved intelligence and security.
6 Apr 2007: Harbour Mastery presents U.S. Coast Guard Domain User manual
to trial users at U.S. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, FL.
19-21 Mar 2007: Harbour mastery represented at Shipping 2007 Conference
by Tucker Greco of Planet Data sponsored by Connecticut Maritime Association, Inc.
13-15 Mar 2007: Harbour Mastery represented at SeaTrade Annual Convention
by John Edwards of Valley Associates, Canada presenting to port
representatives in Miami, FL.
5-7 Mar 2007: Harbour Mastery represented at The Intelligence Summit by Tucker Greco
of Planet Data and Tom Helmke of Hovercraft International, St. Petersburg, FL.
5 Mar 2007: Harbour Mastery® releases its "Virtual Fusion Center" integrated solution.
23 Jan 2007: NI2 Center for Infrastructure Expertise in New Hampshire forms collaboration with Harbour Mastery®.
2006 - 2004
18 Dec 2006: Harbour Mastery® retains Venable LLP, Washington D.C., as its government relations liaison.
22 Aug 2006: Tampa Port Authority (16th largest in USA) selects Harbour Mastery® as "robust" Vessel Traffic Management Solution.
30 Jun 2006: HM-WebPortRSVP® Release 1.4 goes into production for final pilot phase at Tampa Port Authority.
23 Mar 2006: Spatial NetWorks and Harbour Mastery® are teaming up to add Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology
to port security and management on a global scale.
24 Oct 2005: Harbour Mastery and APAR Inc./ USCEI Ally; Will market GPS Tracking and Communications for Ports.
24 Oct 2005: Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay and Harbour Mastery Sign Agreement to Market Integrated Service.
24 Oct 2005: XTec Inc. and Harbour Mastery® to Market Credentialing Security for Ports.
26 Jan 2005: Harbour Mastery® and ICF Consulting discuss maritime security and commerce with Panama authorities.
30 Jun 2004: Harbour Mastery® presents at the NYSSA Homeland Security Industry Conference.
1 May 2004: Securance Consulting, LLC enters into strategic partnership with Harbour Mastery®, LLC.
