Shipping and the Internet

Banking and ship finance is one of seven sections of the new online service called NS Net. Other sections include: shipyards, government, maritime, research and development education, general news and market analysis. NS Net is the US government-sponsored cyberspace location which intends to propel the maritime industry into the 21st century with electronic commerce and information technology. (It is also closely aligned to the US shipbuilding industry – the government determined to push US shipbuilding into the international arena of commercial shipbuilding.)

Be that as it may, the international shipping industry should reap some benefit from the Maritech online service. Several shipping and shipping-related companies have already been invited to put up home pages on NS Net at the expense of the US government. One million dollars have been dedicated so far to the NS Net project.

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