<s>
ShipServ	B-Application
is	O
a	O
marine	O
and	O
offshore	O
online	O
trading	O
platform	O
and	O
search	O
engine	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
head	O
office	O
located	O
in	O
London	O
,	O
UK	O
but	O
operating	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShipServ	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Paul	O
Ostergaard	O
on	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
Internet	O
to	O
enable	O
maritime	O
and	O
drilling	O
companies	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
buying	O
of	O
supplies	O
and	O
spares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
early	O
days	O
ShipServ	B-Application
was	O
a	O
co-founder	O
of	O
the	O
Maritime	O
E-Commerce	O
Association	O
(	O
MECA	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
not-for-profit	O
organisation	O
that	O
governs	O
the	O
MTML	O
(	O
Marine	O
Trading	O
Mark-up	O
Language	O
)	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ShipServ	B-Application
's	O
core	O
product	O
is	O
called	O
which	O
connects	O
a	O
buyer	O
's	O
purchasing	O
system	O
with	O
all	O
their	O
suppliers	O
so	O
they	O
can	O
send	O
purchasing	O
transactions	O
electronically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
its	O
website	O
,	O
ShipServ	B-Application
has	O
over	O
260	O
shipowners	O
and	O
shipmanagers	O
as	O
customers	O
,	O
connecting	O
them	O
with	O
over	O
73,000	O
suppliers	O
,	O
totalling	O
around	O
$4bn	O
in	O
trade	O
per	O
year	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
ShipServ	B-Application
launched	O
-	O
an	O
on-line	O
global	O
search	O
engine	O
and	O
directory	O
of	O
maritime	O
and	O
offshore	O
suppliers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
more	O
than	O
73,000	O
suppliers	O
are	O
listed	O
on	O
ShipServ	B-Application
Pages	O
.	O
</s>
