Driven by visionary leaders and passionate employees, MariApps is a pioneer in providing digital solutions to the marine industry. \u00a0MariApps allows users to track vessels; reduce operational risk and maximize uptime; fetch real time finance, performance and operational data to reduce operational risk and maximize uptime. It is facilitating better decision making and enabling efficient fleet management with new technology solutions, steering the industry towards a digital future.<\/p>\n
The shipping industry is the principal means of international trade today, managing 90% of global trade. As it is an increasingly demanding industry, there are challenges to tackle, such as ensuring ship-shore connectivity, maintaining communication, managing voyages, synthesizing data, and upgrading legacy systems. This is why MariApps is a forward-looking company and is always seeking to broaden many horizons in the industry, and strive to provide world-class, comprehensive, and effective digital tools for every aspect of maritime fleet management.<\/p>\n
Helping Maritime Businesses Embrace Emerging Technologies<\/strong><\/p>\n Sankar Ragavan, the company\u2019s CEO, has immense experience as an IT professional, having worked for global organizations including Jumeriah International, Bernhard Schulte Ship management (BSM) as the Corporate IT Director at BSM, and various MNC\u2019s.<\/p>\n Sankar was an integral in setting up MariApps in 2014 with the vision to ease adapting and embracing emerging technologies such as data analytics, artificial intelligence, and robotics. The core team steadily researched, developed, and extended various software, newer and easier ways to share information, useful ERP and data analytics tools.<\/p>\n Leading the Industry with State-of-the-Art Software<\/strong><\/p>\n MariApps\u2019 exhaustive digital tools bring in the key knowledge and expertise to help maritime professionals succeed in an increasingly demanding business environment.\u00a0smart<\/em>PAL is the first of its kind ERP system for maritime fleet management today. \u00a0It is a fully digitized, cloud-supported, and mobile compliant suite for ship managers and owners to avoid overlooking critical day-to-day business activities. This is because the suite encompasses all important functions: crewing, payroll, planned maintenance, procurement, finance, HSEQ, catering, voyage, document management and insurance, on a single platform.<\/p>\n The suite\u2019s centralized nature makes every aspect of maritime fleet management straightforward and therefore ensuring much more efficient ship operations. Users can better understand voyage performance and key operational data, to enable better decision-making, to improve overall efficiency and to mitigate risks. It also allows users to easily connect and network with leading banks, travel systems, and major vendors.<\/p>\n Additionally, MariApps offers innovative products that include:<\/p>\n MariApps also offers mobile apps to help users stay updated and informed on the go. Some of these functions allow users to streamline crew-related processes, inspect vessels thoroughly, and manage travel plans, payments, and certificates.<\/p>\n An Ever-Present Guide and Partner to Customers<\/strong><\/p>\n The company\u2019s main vision is to guide organizations on the digital journey, primarily through partnerships with them. Apart from their software, MariApps is renowned as a constant guide and partner to customers, guiding them through challenges with the industry\u2019s modernization.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you buy our solution we will not be a vendor walking away after selling the license to you, we will stay back to overlook the complete implementation. We will come in as a partner and take over organizational change management, communication management and project management,\u201d assures Sankar. MariApps is always available to clients, guiding them whenever needed, training them with the application which in turn will secure a profitable return on investment.<\/p>\n Progression Supported by Partnerships and Networking<\/strong><\/p>\n On a mission to constantly improve, MariApps has been investing in newer, more dynamic technologies such as blockchain and Big Data to upgrade the quality of its services through partnership. MariApps strongly advocates partnerships and networking in business. Sankar says, \u201cWe have a sizeable number of partners who are helping us grow our solutions and implement them across the globe. One of our biggest partners is Microsoft. We use Microsoft technologies everywhere, including their cloud adoption, dot net platform and DevOps platform.\u201d He adds, \u201cWe also work closely with Deloitte to ensure our system audits and securities side are fully compliant, and this is done annually.\u201d<\/p>\n MariApps has also partnered with Chicago-based data transfer company \u2018Binfer\u2019, a Bangalore-based blockchain company \u2018Krypcy\u2019 and many more to systematically improve the standards of its service.<\/p>\n Supporting the Company\u2019s Greatest Asset: Employees<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe are a dynamic, young, and passionate company, committed to the development of the best solutions for the industry\u201d, say Sankar. He elaborates, \u201cEmployees are our biggest strength and our greatest assets. We have more than 450 employees across the globe. They all are loyal, committed, and working hard to ensure our customers are happy. We also provide them with great working environment good pay and benefits, flexible work hours and challenging projects.\u201d<\/p>\n MariApps continually trains its employees who bring a blend of an array of expertise such as technology, shipping domain expertise, and change management. Employees are encouraged to practice the best project management standards, including the AGILE and SCRUM methodologies, to deliver quality products promptly.<\/p>\n Towards Newer Frontiers in Excellent Service<\/strong><\/p>\n MariApps is \u00a0has a global presence, headquartered in Singapore, and with offices in India, Germany, UAE, France, and Cyprus, and its software runs on over 1,000 vessels today. Its global team of professionals is ever ready to help customers. As its service uplifts their business efficiency and standards, connecting seafarers, ship managers, and staff around the world, the company remains focused toward incremental improvements.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are entering into new domains like Travel & Insurance, which has immediate interactions with shipping industry. MariApps is currently building a digital platform, combining data from\u00a0smart<\/em>PAL ERP and telemetry data, this will take us through the next level of digital platform, enabling new process in ship management,\u201d concludes Sankar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Driven by visionary leaders an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n