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| The vessel's voyage |
| In 1989 Herbert Frick, shipping expert and IT specialist,
and Heiko Nocke, experienced project manager and IT specialist, launched
the "Softship" with the sole purpose of delivering IT solutions to
a singularly specific market - the shipping industry.
Throughout the years the Softship's voyages took its crew all
around the globe. The first ports of call were Hamburg and Bremen.
Soon the services were extended to other European ports (Rotterdam,
Antwerp, Le Havre, London).
In 1996 Softship Data Processing Pte Ltd was founded in Singapore
to better serve our customers in the Asian region. In the meantime
Softship Singapore ripened into an important development, production
and service location.
The conversion of Softship Hamburg from a GmbH (limited liability
company) into an AG (stock corporation) was done to help future
growth and make the company more attractive for prospective customers
and personnel.
An especially important date for the Softship is June 22nd, 2001:
the IPO at the stock exchange in Frankfurt/Main, which will greatly
contribute to future success with investment in the products, services
and sales force.
Softship expanded further and founded branches in Belgium, the
Netherlands and Argentina.
Today the Softships sail the Seven Seas to help its customers
do their business with ever increasing success. |
Board of directors of
Softship AG, Hamburg:
Thomas Wolff Detlef Müller |
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| The supervisory board |
Klaus Brenken
Chairman
| Date of Birth |
August 21, 1949 |
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| Education |
Studies and legal clerkship in Hamburg and Munich between 1969 and 1977; admitted to the Bar in 1977 |
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| History |
Joined Schemmel & Partner in 1980 |
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Areas of
Expertise |
- Transport statutes, freight forwarding, carrier's liability, cargo and insurance law as well as international sales law including all related legal fields
- Consulting and drafting of freight forwarding and logistics contracts
- Drafting of liability agreements with forwarding companies and detailed elucidation of all insurance issues connected with these
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Dr. Andreas Beyer
| Date of Birth |
April 8, 1968 |
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| Education |
Educated banker
Studies of business economics |
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| History |
- On the board of directors of VEM Aktienbank AG
- Teacher at the Technical College for Applied Management, Erding
- Member of Supervisory Boards of several corporations
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Heiko Nocke
| Date of Birth |
October 11, 1955 |
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| Education |
Studies of computer sciences until 1980 |
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| History |
- Programmer in Hamburg
- Programmer and later managing director in a renowned company in Hamburg
- Founder and managing director of Softship, Hamburg, between 1989 and 2006
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| Softship's structure |
ports
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Antwerp |
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Buenos Aires |
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Hamburg |
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New York |
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Singapore |
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decks
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Administration |
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Management |
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Marketing |
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Production |
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Research |
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Sales |
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Training |
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Professional Services |
ship's type
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Hamburg: Aktiengesellschaft (PLC) |
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Singapore: private limited |
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Antwerp, Buenos Aires, New York:
branch offices |
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worldwide services
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worldwide support is delivered by an international business partner
network |
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Softship - software for the shipping
business
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| When in 1989 we desperately needed to name the new vessel the brainstorming
circled around the vessel's purpose: delivering software to the shipping
industry.
So, if you slur a little while repeating this central sentence, soon
enough you will have condensed it to Soft-ship. |
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