Author: Nicholas Chan

SINGAPORE (July 2, 2012) – Fredrik Marine IT Services Pte Ltd was awarded its first Distinguished Defence Partner Award (DDPA) by Singapore Minister of State for Defence and Education Lawrence Wong from amongst 115 DDPA awardees at the Total Defence Symposium 2012 held at the Fairmont Ballroom of Fairmont Singapore on July 2, 2012. “We at Fredrik Marine are humbled and privileged to be amongst many other government and private organisations in Singapore to be recognised for our efforts in contributing towards national defence,” said Fredrik Marine Managing Director Nicholas Chan. About The Total Defense Awards The annual Total Defence Awards are conferred by the Ministry of Defence of Singapore, recognizing and acknowledging the sacrifices and support that employers and civil resource owners have extended towards National Defence and National Service; the Distinguished Defence Partner Award is presented to companies that have shown outstanding support for Total Defence. Read more here: [1] Organisations recognised for efforts to support Total Defence, [2] Fact Sheet: Total Defence Symposium – Recognising our Employers, NSmen and Civil Resource Owners About Fredrik Marine IT Services Pte Ltd Fredrik Marine is the market leader in providing Maritime IT, Marine Communications and Marine Navigation technical services in the maritime industry within Asia, providing rapid response support both on-site and remote to a global clientele across the world’s oceans. Fredrik Marine serves ship owners, ship managers and ship engineering firms and is a technical representative for various maritime IT, communications and navigations equipment manufacturers. Fredrik Marine is a privately held corporate entity registered and domiciled in Singapore. For more information, visit www.fredrikmarine.com. ###

SINGAPORE (March 28, 2011) – Fredrik Marine IT Services Pte Ltd today announced that it has fully acquired the operational assets and clients of Tech Support Singapore Pte Ltd, a leading outsourced IT maintenance service provider in Singapore. Post-acquisition, Tech Support Singapore will cease to exist as a registered corporate entity in Singapore and operate fully as a division of Fredrik Marine in providing outsourced ICT services for land-based offices. Additionally, Fredrik Marine assumes responsibility for providing service delivery to all existing technical service contracts of Tech Support Singapore. Since March 2011, Tech Support Singapore customers are invoiced by Fredrik Marine. Fredrik Marine will continue to market and sell Tech Support Singapore’s services to existing and new clients under the existing  Tech Support Singapore brand name. “In today’s world of the Singapore Small and Medium enterprise, more than ever, savvy business owners are recognizing the critical  role technology plays in their organizations and the dangers of relying on amateurs deploying and managing what is essentially the heart of their business operational capability,” said Fredrik Marine Managing Director Nicholas Chan. “Every day we tirelessly work with these Captains of Enterprise to ensure their organization’s information and communication infrastructure run like clockwork securely without unexpected surprises.” Chan concluded, “Our acquisition of the Tech Support Singapore assets improves our ability to offer our proven high-availability secure technical infrastructure and rapid response technical services to a land-based customer segment.” The Tech Support Singapore brand will be further strengthened by the launch of the “on-demand Chief Technical Officer”, a new service offering to meet the growing sophistication and technological needs of Singapore Small and Medium enterprises by providing information management expertise from highly experienced individuals on-demand. With the benefit of the “on-demand Chief Technical Officer”, Singapore Small and Medium enterprises are able to elevate their use of infocommunications far above the common use of “digital typewriters” by providing their users with secure telecommuting capabilities, cloud storage facilities, web-based information management capabilities for all stakeholders and ensuring business continuity by a full range of business technology solutions. In addition to offering the “on-demand Chief Technical Officer”, Fredrik Marine works with strategic partners to provide increased profitability and cost savings solutions in key business areas. These solutions include online branding and reputation management, intellectual property creation and management, business continuity management and physical security management, which help reduce operations costs while improving client and staff satisfaction. About Fredrik Marine IT Services Pte Ltd Fredrik Marine is the market leader in providing Maritime IT, Marine Communications and Marine Navigation technical services in the maritime industry within Asia, providing rapid response support both on-site and remote to a global clientele across the world’s oceans. Fredrik Marine serves ship owners, ship managers and ship engineering firms and is a technical representative for various maritime IT, communications and navigations equipment manufacturers. Fredrik Marine is a privately held corporate entity registered and domiciled in Singapore. For more information, visit www.fredrikmarine.com. ###