ShipServ Limited[1] is a marine and offshore online trading platform and search engine.
[2] ShipServ was founded in 1999 by Paul Ostergaard on the idea of using the Internet to enable maritime and drilling companies to improve the buying of supplies and spares.
As of 2019, according to its website, ShipServ has over 260 shipowners and shipmanagers as customers, connecting them with over 73,000 suppliers, totalling around $4bn in trade per year on the platform.
In 2007 the company gained a further round of funding from Wellington Partners, and increased its workforce from 50 to over 130 people.
[3] In 2008, ShipServ was named as one of Red Herring 100, awarded to "the most promising private ventures".