PC Maritime's Navmaster ECDIS to feature at Europort
(Stand 893, Hall 1C)

PC Maritime's highly competitive Navmaster ECDIS system will be featured at Europort this year on the stand of the German company, Veinland GmbH.

Through collaboration involving both Veinland and PC Maritime's UK agent, Lilley & Gillie, Navmaster received Type Approval from Germanischer Lloyd (GL) earlier this year, this being in addition to DNV Approval, secured in 2006.

At the time, Gerald Rynkowski, managing director of Veinland, explained that GL Type Approval had removed a key barrier to marketing Navmaster in Germany, saying:

"When we contact German shipowners for any product, they always ask about GL certification. Now that Navmaster ECDIS has the certificate, Veinland will be able to market the system to German owners with full confidence."

Veinland's marketing of Navmaster at Europort this year will be fully supported by Lilley & Gillie, whose Technical Sales Manager, Mike Howes, will be on the stand. Both PC Maritime and Lilley & Gillie are part of the Liverpool-based Charente Group.

Mr Howes believes that although not yet mandatory, ECDIS should be installed aboard every ship today:

"It is a great aid to safe navigation, especially in poor visibility. Studies have shown that ECDIS directly contributes to the bottom line by reducing the incidence of groundings. PC Maritime's Navmaster is highly cost-effective both for newbuilds and for retrofit to existing vessels, as our customers know well."

Veinland GmbH researches and develops software and in addition manufactures and markets electronic hardware for the maritime and industrial markets. The company offers various products such as serial converters, NMEA splitters and expanders, RGB distributors, touch screen displays, loading computers, etc. As Veinland says, "One source - multiple solutions is our philosophy".

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Note to editors:

Founded in 1812, John Lilley & Gillie Limited is based on the River Tyne in the North East of England. Since 1999 the company has been a member of the Charente Group.

As an International Admiralty Chart Agent (IACA), Lilley & Gillie offers an outfit management service covering all British Admiralty and US charts, all nautical publications and ISM auditing documentation. It also provides a supply and updating service for Admiralty Raster Chart Services (ARCS) and Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC), ensuring that vessels always have on board the most up-to-date charts, publications and data for the areas in which they operate.

Lilley & Gillie is one of the few remaining magnetic compass manufacturers in Europe and provides a full repair and on-board adjusting service. Its considerable product range also includes nautical instruments and equipment including Walker Marine range of wind equipment, speed logs and autopilot systems and the Chernikeeff range of naval speed log equipment.

The company also distributes and where applicable provides service for a full range of marine products such as gyros, searchlights, navigation and signalling lights, navigation light switch panels, ships' bells, foghorns, fog gongs, day shapes, hydrometers, hygrometers, chart room instruments and lead lines.

Lilley & Gillie's sales, marketing and all administrative functions are managed from the North Shields head office near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.