Marine Management Consulting
An AIS Consultancy

ir Fred W. Pot

Principal

 

Fred Pot received a Masters Degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Technical University at Delft, the Netherlands and an MBA from Stanford University. He worked for a shipweather routing company (Oceanroutes, Inc.) in the UK and spent 20 years in various management positions at Matson Navigation Company, Inc. in San Francisco and Honolulu. More recently Fred worked for Holland America Line in Seattle and as a consultant to P&O Princess Cruises in Los Angeles. 

 

Fred has been involved in AIS since 1999 when he directed the first of three tests of AIS on Cruise Ships.  He has written articles about navigation systems for CompuShip, The Digital Ship and Pacific Maritime Magazine. He operates a website (www.uais.org) that is dedicated to AIS and co-produced three AIS conferences in Seattle with Pacific Maritime Magazine. 

Fred is a member of the Technical Advisory Group of the US Delegation to Work Group 8A of  Technical Committee 80 of the International Electrotechnical Commission. This Work Group is responsible for developing worldwide standards for 'Class-B' AIS transponders. Fred also is a member of Work Group 13 that is responsible for developing worldwide standards for Navigation Displays that integrate AIS with Radar, ECDIS, GPS and other sensors.

 

Marine Management Consulting's client list includes Transponder Manufacturers, ECDIS vendors, Cruise Lines, Pilot Associations and Ship Operators Associations.

 

 

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