HAMBURG, September 24, 2008 -- Maritime Information Systems AS (MARIS) introduced its Maritime Digital Service (MDS) in June 2007 as a one-stop shop for maritime digital data and services. In enhancing this service, MARIS and Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) have agreed to cooperate to provide enhanced weather data, including global ocean and surface currents as a module within the MDS solution.

This combined MARIS and WDT data will be utilized to provide additional services within MDS in the form of weather routing. The benefit of the solution is that it provides the shipping industry with detailed, accurate and reliable global weather forecasts, offering increased operational safety and significant reductions in fuel consumption.

MARIS and WDT will be demonstrating the WDT data integrated in MDS during SMM in Hamburg in Hall B6 on stand 141

About Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) Founded in 1999, Weather Decision Technologies has become a global leader in providing state-of-the-science weather detection, nowcasting, and forecasting systems and services to our partners and customers. WDT supplies its innovative iMap Weather product to global Internet companies and its premium ClearPoint Weather service to marine weather-trackers, worldwide. WDT maintains operational and international offices in metropolitan Washington DC; Norman, Oklahoma; Munich, Germany; and Tokyo, Japan. For more information: WDT
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Contacts:
WDT:
Matthew Piette,
+1-512-736-8316
mpiette@wdtinc.com

MARIS AS:
Ian C. Vendrell
+47 33 30 42 50
Ian.vendrell@maris.no