MN100: MarineCFO

Founded in 1992, UA Business Solutions was a pioneer in the field of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and an early Microsoft Partner. The ERP evolution into the maritime industry found UA developing industry specific solutions for marine clients. These UA marine solutions became commercially available in 2007 under the UA proprietary brand, MarineCFO. UA Business Solutions, along with the MarineCFO brand, was purchased by VerticaLive in 2013. A reimaged MarineCFO emerged from this acquisition at the forefront of SubChapter M solutions, maritime Machine Learning technologies, and competitive R & D opportunities. The firm employs about 20.

MarineCFO Enterprise is a full Workboat Resource Planning tool which includes Crewing/Personnel, Preventative Maintenance, Compliance & Safety, Work Orders & Purchasing, General Ledger, Document Management, Dispatch, and Dry Dock/Survey Modules. Marine CFO interfaces with a variety of 3rd Party accounting and management solutions. Local or Hosted Environment and scaled to operators’ specifications. MarineCFO Endurance (SaaS) The Software as a Service version of MarineCFO Enterprise features Microsoft Azure hosting with web-portal access. This is a traditional Workboat Resource Planning tool without the IT hardware or IT staffing requirements.

In August 2015, the firm entered into a partnership with RINA & TBS and in June of 2016, the firm launched Vessel 365. MarineCFO is a trusted technology partner in the maritime industry with expertise in cutting edge Fleet Optimization Solutions and Maritime Predictive Analytics. The first partner to offer a Commercialized Condition Maintenance Model, it offers new generation maritime technologies supported by highly skilled staff. This is Technology developed by mariners for mariners.

(As published in the August 2016 MN100 edition of Marine News)