The Markets
Solutions for the maritime transportation industries

E-Dea SpA, since his foundation , provides best-of-breed solutions for the Ferry, Ro-Ro, Cruise, Ports and Cargo Terminals organizations in Europe and World Wide. With a comprehensive knowledge of the specific business needs and pains, E-Dea is one of the few solutions providers all around the world that design, engineer and develop customs software solutions for this specific market segment. 

During the time E-Dea have served more than 100 customers with his innovative technologies and is the software solutions provider of the largest Ferries and Ro-Ro companies in Europe.
E-Dea offers several highly targeted solutions, related to the E-Dea’s  IMOS® platform, for supporting maritime organizations in handling specific business challenges.

IMOS® (Integrated Maritime Operating System) is the next generation middleware platform for delivering innovative solutions for Ferry, Cruise and RoRo operators as well as for Port Authorities, Cargo and Terminal Management.

Based on a SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) approach and using open standards as JAVA EE and XML – SOAP, IMOS® offers a unique platform designed to satisfy business and integration needs of all operators involved in maritime operations.

IMOS® kernel provides a common middleware platform for delivering innovative several highly targeted solutions for supporting maritime organizations in handling specific business challenges.

• FERRY & RORO
  The European ferry industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. Forecasters predict an increase in passenger volume year to year of between two and three percent and three to four percent in freight volume. During the last year at least 20 ferry ships were delivered, signs that the growth in this maritime market segment is clear.
  The definition of Ferry means a vessel using technology for the transportation of cars and commercial vehicles, with passengers accommodation sailing on a regular line.
  The term Ro-Ro is a very wide one: it simply includes all vessels where there is an option of driving the cargo, whether it be trailers or cars from the shore into the ship or vice versa.
  
  
• CRUISE
  The cruise industry in Europe is booming, with passenger counts and cruise calls setting new records. Lines are now deploying more berths on the Continent than ever before, with the number of ships undertaking European itineraries growing. Next to the Caribbean, the regions of the North/Baltic and Mediterranean seas are already the world’s favorite cruise destinations.
  European ports are thriving, more than 2.8 million passengers embarked on their cruises from a European port in 2007, with the most popular destinations being the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea. The number of calls in Northern Europe is rising steadily, by about 10 to 15 percent per year.
  
  
  
• PORTS & TERMINALS
  Port activities are growing rapidly in Europe and worldwide. Economically they are a key component of the European single market and the Trans-European Transport Network (over 90% of Europe’s trade with the rest of the world is shipped through its sea ports). There are over 1000 seaports in Europe today handling a total of 3.5 billion tonnes of cargo per year. 350 million passengers pass through European ports annually, which equal almost 70% of the European population.
  The Ports industry itself is very important to the European economy; approximately 350.000 people in Europe work in port and directly related services (excluding industry), while the total European maritime cluster provides employment to about 2.5 million people.
  
  
  
• LOGISTIC & CARGO
  Today's marine terminals must balance the need to increase their container throughput while meeting the nation's mandate for increased levels of supply chain and port security.
  Container-based shipping is vital to the flow of goods all over the world. The growth of overall global traffic has necessitated the need for better tracking of containers and the cargo they transport. Containers need to be secured to prevent theft and pilferage, and also to prevent them from being used by terrorists to transport weapons of mass destruction. The container security market is still in its infancy since there has been scant progress on industry-wide technical standards and effective government mandates. Today various technologies, including RFID, OCR, cellular and satellite, are used to develop solutions for this market.