Pole Star has announced the release of a new mobile application for managing fleet security.

The application, which is available free on the iOS, Android and BlackBerry platforms, allows users of Pole Star’s popular Alert Advanced SSAS management system to manage security alerts sent by a ship.

The highly anticipated application features fully integrated maps that allow users to view a ship and its recent movements, poll it for up-to-date position data and reset the security alert.

In response to the publication of BMP4, Pole Star has released improvements to their package of Industry Zones.

Fleet Management and Alert Advanced customers can now benefit from the addition of the MSCHOA zone to their existing suite of Industry Zones including the UKMTO reporting zone, the Internationally Recognised Transit Corridors and Joint War Committee risk areas.

Radio Holland USA is now able to offer the complete Pole Star portfolio to their customers throughout North America. The business relationship between Pole Star and the Radio Holland Group is further strengthened with Radio Holland North America joining Radio Holland Netherlands in the distribution of the Pole Star product portfolio.

Today, over fifteen hundred vessels are contributing position reports to the Amver search and rescue plot via the Pole Star automatic Amver link.

In close collaboration with Amver, Pole Star developed the automatic link in 2008, allowing ship owners and operators to automatically send position reports directly to Amver, relieving the master of manually submitting position, deviation and final arrival reports.

Pole Star Space Applications Limited (“Pole Star”), Absolute Software Inc. and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services Inc. (“Absolute”) today announced that the merger of the three organisations has been completed.

The enlarged global business, headquartered in West London, will provide a combination of monitoring and security related services to more than 35,000 vessels - half the world’s international fleet

Pole Star Space Applications Limited, Absolute Software Inc. and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services Inc. today announce that they are actively engaged in talks intended to lead to a merger of their respective global operations. As a result, clients will have improved access to the combined companies’ market-leading services and technology solutions. All key managers will be taking senior roles within the merged group.

Absolute Software Inc. of Boston MA, a leading international provider of Fisheries Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS), Long-range Identification & Tracking Systems (LRIT) and Vehicle & Cargo Monitoring solutions today announced that it has signed a Value Added Reseller agreement with Globalstar Inc., (NASDAQ: GSAT) of Covington LA to offer Globalstar’s SmartOne™ simplex data asset tracking product.

Mr. Koji Sekimizu, Director of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Maritime Safety Division, inspected the world's largest LRIT National Data Center in Panama City, Panama.

Also present where Mr. Yasuhisa Mitani, Director General of Japan Ship Centre in London and Mr. Keiichi Tatsumi, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan. Mr. Sekimizu was able to inspect the state of art facilities as well as a hands on view of Japanese ships being monitored via Absolute’s Fleet Information System.

The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Efthimios Mitrpoulos and Panama's Minister of Maritime Affairs, Roberto Linares inaugurated the world's largest LRIT National Data Center in Panama.

Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) designed and operates the world's largest Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system.

SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company has successfully concluded its ISO 9001:2008 audit of Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) LRIT systems.

Based on the exhaustive work performed, the audit team has recommended that certification be granted within the following scope: “Long Range Tracking and Identification of Ships, Performance of LRIT Conformance Test, Issuance of Certificates and Data Exchange Services with SOLAS Convention Contracting Parties.”

To support continued growth, Absolute has relocated it's United States office from Cambridge to Boston, Massachusetts. We look forward to being able to better serve you from our new location in the heart of the Boston Financial District.

Absolute, together with Special Olympics, is proud to support four outstanding athletes who will represent Panama at the upcoming Special Olympics Games.

During the Maritime Safety Committee's 88th session, held at the International Maritime Organization headquarters in London, the Republic of Panama announced that it will begin providing shipowners with access to the four position reports per day received via the Long-Range Identification & Tracking (LRIT) system.

To further support customers who deploy Absolute's solutions on the EMC/VMWare platform, Absolute has partnered with EMC. The new partnership offers a higher level of integrated sales and support for Absolute solutions running on virtualized storage and computing platforms from EMC.

FFA has selected Absolute's Fleet Information System to provide on-line registration and renewal of fishing documentation for the Good Standing Register, covering 17 countries and territories in the South Pacific.

This Fleet Information System upgrades an existing Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) also supplied by Absolute.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a contract to Absolute to provide electronic logbooks and catch reporting systems for the United States fishing fleet operating in the South Pacific.

Today over 2,000 vessels use Absolute's electronic forms technology to report their catch activities to fisheries authorities - in real-time via a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) terminal fitted on-board each vessel.

Absolute has launched a new modular web based platform known as the Fleet Information System.

FIS provides a complete, secure web-based monitoring solution compatible with all major browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. The Fleet Information System includes modules for registering and tracking ships, generating reports, and managing permits and licenses. 2D and 3D visualization tools provide an integrated view of the ships activity, location and past voyages.

Absolute Software has been approved to integrate Oracle Embedded Software Licenses (ESL) within it's flagship application the Fleet Information System.

ESLs are a restricted type of license sold by an Oracle partner where the Oracle Database is truly embedded in an application package. The Embedded Software License allows Absolute Software to offer its customers a turnkey solution incorporating technology from Oracle Corporation. Oracle provides the database storage system utilized by Absolute's products, including sophisticated features such as Streams Replication (for high availability) and the Oracle Spatial Geographic Information System.

Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) and Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) announce that AMTS is now offering Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) through the Iridium satellite network. AMTS is a joint venture of Absolute Software, Inc. and PSC Holdings.

TAIT Custom Integration has announced an upgrade to the T630 Mobile Data Terminal, (MDT) to make the geofence alert capability compatible with the Absolute Automatic Vehicle Location software.

EMS Satamatics, a division of EMS Technologies (NASDAQ: ELMG), announced today that its Satamatics Long Range Identification & Tracking (LRIT) solutions are now integrated within the Absolute LRIT Data Centre. This latest technical milestone follows Satamatics completing rigorous equipment testing, as required by the Maritime Safety Committee’s compliance guidelines, for ships to be able to reliably transmit LRIT information.

Absolute Maritime Tracking Systems (AMTS) has selected Vizada to provide long range identification and tracking (LRIT) data to the Panama Maritime Authority. AMTS is the sole LRIT ASP and NDC for the entire fleet of Panama flagged vessels. LRIT is a mandatory requirement for vessels on international voyages for security and search and rescue purposes.

Absolute Software Inc., a provider of solutions to monitor the location of mobile assets worldwide, in association with PSC Holdings Group, announced today that their joint venture, Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS), intends to support the SkyWave DMR-800LRIT terminal for use in Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT). AMTS is the provider of the National Data Center (NDC) and the Application Service Provider (ASP) to Panama, the world’s largest merchant maritime registry.

The Panama Flag Registry has appointed Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) as the sole LRIT Application Service Provider and National Data Centre provider for more than 8000 vessels operating under the flag of Panama. The appointment follows the introduction of International Maritime Organization (IMO) security regulations on Long-Range Identification & Tracking of ships (LRIT) from 31 December 2008.