2017 July August Marina World

MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Index to Advertisers
Bellingham Marine, USA 6 & 7
Best Marine Solutions, USA 59
Bluet, Finland 34
Camper &
Nicholsons Marinas, UK 10
Conolift by Kropf
Industrial, Canada 34
Dura Composites, UK 26
Eaton Marina
Power & Lighting, USA 14 & 15
FGM, Italy 44
GH Cranes & Components, Spain 54
Gael Force Engineering, UK 48
Gigieffe, Italy 42
Gold Anchor Award Scheme, 44
Golden Boat Lifts, USA 49
Grupo Lindley, Portugal 48
Hazelett Marine, USA 22
Hiscox, UK 36
IMBC, USA 52
IWMC 2018, New Zealand 41
Ingemar, Italy 16
Inland & Coastal Marinas, Ireland 47
JLD International, Netherlands 56
Livart Marine, China 24
METSTRADE, Netherlands 20
M-Tech, Australia 25
Maricer, UK 48
Marina Master by IRM, Slovenia 48
Marina Projects, UK 22
Marine Travelift, USA 60
Marinetek, Finland 4
Markel International, UK 42
Martini Alfredo, Italy 26
Orsta Breakwater, Netherlands 50
Oscar Siches/
Marina Matters, Spain 44
Pacsoft, New Zealand 50
Plus Marine, Italy 18
Poralu Marine, France 30 & 31
Rolec Services, UK 12
Roodberg - a brand of Frisian
Industries, Netherlands 36
SF Marina System, Sweden 2
Seaflex, Sweden 8
Seijsener Marina Services,
Netherlands 50
Scribble Software, USA 52
Strongwell, USA 54
Structurmarine, Canada 29
Successful Software, Greece 56
Superior Group, Australia 56
Top Marine, Estonia 39
Twinwood by Soprefa, Portugal 52
Vileo Marinas, Finland 33
Walcon Marine, UK 18
Wise Handling, UK 51
Global interest builds for
BerthMaster Online
Since its launch just over a year ago, Rolec’s BerthMaster Online marina
management system has been attracting great interest from all over the world.
The system, which incorporates
the latest in mobile phone technology,
allows boat owners to manage and pay
for their electricity and water services
via their mobile phone, tablet or any
other web enabled device.
The technology included
within BerthMaster Online
comprises components
from industry leaders
including Vodafone, Omron
and Worldpay, and provides
both the marina operator
and boat owner with
significant extra levels of
control over electricity and
water services at every
berth.
Rolec operations director,
Holly Brown, commented:
“We have always been
confident that the new
BerthMaster Online system
would be a success and
are delighted with how well received
it has been in the marina industry.
This new system is yet another world
first from Rolec and represents a
huge step forward in marina services
management and control.”
Over recent months BerthMaster
has been installed at several marinas
in countries that include Greece, Saudi
Arabia, Cyprus, Bahrain, the Seychelles
and Dubai. According to Brown, further
projects are in the pipeline.
BerthMaster Online enables boat
owners to use their mobile phones to:
• Switch on/off of their own electricity
and water services, eliminating the
necessity to visit the marina office.
• Gain 24/7 access to their own
electricity and water accounts from
any location in the world.
• Pay in advance or on account for
their electricity and water services
via the BerthMaster Online WorldPay
payment platform using either Visa,
MasterCard, Amex or PayPal.
• Receive email alerts in the event of
loss of power or an unauthorised
electrical disconnection at their boat.
Haslar Marina in Portsmouth, UK -
the first to adopt BerthMaster Online
- is described by Rolec as the world’s
first mobile phone operated marina.
Michael Prideaux, managing director
of Haslar owner Dean & Reddyhoff
Marinas Ltd, explained the decision
to invest in the system: “We wanted
to choose a utility system that put the
customer experience right at the very
heart of the design of the system,” he
said. “We chose BerthMaster Online
for two reasons. Firstly, what we were
looking for was a really robust physical
infrastructure. The second thing we
were looking for was a system that we
would confidently know would last us
for the next 20 years.”
“Because technology is moving so
quickly we wanted to take a leap ahead
and go for the most advanced metering
system that was available to us,” he
continued. “The other key feature, of
course, is that there is no need to read
the meters ever again. The system has
been so well designed. It is so slick that
it is transforming both the customer
experience and the operational side for
us.”
“I am very confident that this will
be the “go-to” product for the next ten
years. I can’t see anything else on the
market that is available getting close
to it.”
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