GE’s Marine Solutions has appointed Singapore-based Jason Electronics as its value-added reseller for SeaStream dynamic positioning (DP) systems in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region and China.

Through this appointment, Jason Electronics will have reselling rights of GE products in the aforementioned regions, said a statement from the company.

With expansive regional presence in all key Asean markets and a strong customer base, Jason Electronics will help GE provide proven system solutions to more customers, it said.

GE’s latest SeaStream DP system is a mariner-focused solution, enhancing situational awareness and rebalancing attention from system management to true seamanship. Its user-friendly, human machine interface provides unprecedented flexibility for effective maritime operations, it added.

The system incorporates an energy-efficient mode, which allows operators to optimise fuel consumption, therefore helping to reduce operational costs and emissions. The system uses predictive software to anticipate position variation and uses advanced algorithms to optimise vessel heading to further reduce power consumption, said a statement.

Jason Electronics is a listed company with over four decades of industry experience, offering a wide range of technologies in the navigational and communications equipment solutions. It shares GE’s value when it comes to integrity and compliance. Jason Electronics will also enhance the package by adding region-oriented features, allowing the products to cater for local customers’ needs, it said.

Thanks to the formed partnership, more salesforces as well as skilled field service engineers will be added to GE’s sales and services portfolio in these regions.

Tim Schweikert, president and CEO, GE’s Marine Solutions, said: “The collaboration between our company and Jason Electronics ensures that we will acquire a long-term reliable partner in key regions.”

“It also provides Jason Electronics with one of GE’s latest digital marine innovations in the quest to further expand the offshore marine coverage in the market,” he said.

“This partnership is a first of its kind and will allow GE to expand its customer base, meaning more customers will benefit from the advanced digital marine solutions provided by GE,” he added.

This year at OSEA2016 International Conference, to be held from November 29 to December 2 in Singapore, GE’s SeaStream DP systems will be showcased at Jason Electronics’ booth, ready to support customers with asset optimisation, operational excellence, and the tools to support the marine industry’s sustainable growth, it stated. – TradeArabia News Service