In December 2019, Owen Sound Transportation Company (OSTC), one of Ontario’s largest ferry operators, issued a Request for Proposal for a new passenger and vehicle ferry reservation system. Following an evaluation process, the contract was awarded to Hogia Ferry Systems for delivery of their standard reservation system BOOKIT.
Keep your customers informed in every situation! Emma Fernlöf of Hogia is one of the speakers at IT-TRANS. She will talk about the public transport of the future and how smart information can be used proactively in traffic management and making public transport more attractive. The next generation of public transport is proactive, says Emma.
Irish Ferries have been looking to replace their current passenger and freight reservation systems and have signed an agreement with Hogia Ferry Systems to deliver their standard booking system BOOKIT. Irish Ferries is part of the Irish Continental Group and is currently operating on two routes across the Irish Sea as well as a direct route between Ireland and France.
Som en del av sitt arbeid med å bli Europas beste roro-havn investerer Trelleborg havn i digitalisering og nye IT-løsninger. I et prosjektsamarbeid med Hogia har havnen innført en helautomatisk løsning for sin eksisterende gate-in-prosess. Dette har en positiv innvirkning på både miljø og sikkerhet ved havnen og på veinettet i tilknytning til havnen.
Recently the Åland Government addressed the need for passenger information and so signed an agreement with Hogia Public Transport Systems to supply a system that will give their passengers on board buses and ferries greatly improved information about their journeys.
Hogia is continually investing in the public transport sector and will gain even more industry know how through the recruitment of Linda Ekdahl, former head of the customer strategy department at Västtrafik, Gothenburg’s public transport authority. Linda will be responsible for the largest of Hogia's 27 companies, which has been developing IT systems for public transport since 1988.
As part of striving to become the best RoRo port in Europe, Port of Trelleborg is investing in digitalisation and new IT solutions. In project collaboration with Hogia, the port has introduced a fully automatic gating solution for the port’s existing gate-in. This enables a constant flow of vehicles into the port and avoiding congestion build-up, which has a positive impact on the environment.
Portsmouth International Port er den nest største havnen for kryssing av den engelske kanal. Hvert år står to fergeselskaper for transport av 250 000 fraktenheter gjennom terminalen. Portsmouth International Port har tildelt Hogia kontrakt for leveranse av et terminalstyringssystem som skal digitalisere styringen av varetransport gjennom terminalen og dermed øke terminalens effektivitet.
Portsmouth International Port is the second-largest cross-channel port in the UK and offers more ferry routes than any other UK ferry port. The Port awarded to Hogia the contract to supply a terminal operating system to digitalise the management of freight transport through the terminal thereby increasing the terminal’s efficiency.
Nu kommer det att bli enklare för åkerier som hanterar avfall att planera sina transportuppdrag. Hogia lanserar en ny molnprodukt, som ska hjälpa åkerier att effektivisera sin transportplanering. Via en app får förarna information om sina uppdrag och ser körrutten på en karta i mobilen. Med effektivare planering av körrutten så kan man minska på bränsleförbrukningen, vilket är positivt för miljön.
Nå kommer det til å bli enklere for transportselskaper som håndterer avfall å planlegge sine transportoppdrag. Hogia lanserer et nytt skyprodukt, Hogia Moveit Recyleit, som skal hjelpe transportselskaper med å effektivisere transportplanleggingen. Med mer effektiv planlegging av kjøreruten kan man redusere drivstofforbruket, hvilket er positivt både for miljøet og økonomien.
For the third year in a row, Swedish IT company Hogia has had a record year: Sales increased from SEK 565 million to SEK 605 million. For the 10th consecutive year employees numbers increased by 25 people bringing the company total to 675. Net profit rose from 34 to SEK 36 million, which is a profit margin of 6%, says Bert-Inge Hogsved, Hogia's founder and CEO.
The latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the target of keeping global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius is about to become unachievable. Instead, we are heading towards a temperature increase of 3 degrees. Things are starting to get urgent. This year Hogia is donating to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) for its work on climate change.
Hogia Ferry Systems has signed an agreement with the Tunisian ferry operator Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation (CTN) to deliver the reservation and ticketing system BOOKIT. CTN operates a cruise-like passenger and vehicle ferry service from Tunis to Genoa, Italy and from Tunis to Marseille, France and has intentions to expand their business further.
Hogia AB has appointed Reino Johansson as the new Chairman of the Board. He succeeds Jan Rudberg, who is retiring after 20 years. Reino Johansson has extensive management experience working in various positions with PwC, Deloitte Telia and Ericsson.
The RoRo terminal at the Port of Heysham is the hub for a large part of the freight that travels between north-west England, the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man. Port of Heysham awarded to Hogia the contract to supply a terminal operating system to digitalise the management of freight transport through the terminal thereby increasing the terminal’s efficiency.
Eckerö Linjen, operator of ferry services between Sweden and Åland, has signed two new contracts for booking systems. To offer a more flexible and modern booking solution for its travellers, an agreement has been signed with Hogia Ferry Systems for bus and ferry bookings, and with Visit Group for Åland accommodation and tourism services.
Hogia Ferry Systems is implementing its market-leading BOOKIT reservation, ticketing and check-in solution under a contract with new client Seastreak, the US fast ferry operator. This breakthrough agreement further strengthens Hogia´s strong foothold in North America and also enables Seastreak to launch a state-of-the-art e-commerce platform.
At London Transport Awards on March 1st, the London Demonstrator of European Bus System of the Future 2 (EBSF2) programme won the Most Innovative Transport Project award. The award was presented by Leon Daniels and was collected by Mathew Hudson of Transport for London.
In December, Hogia’s Lars Tingström visited the Gothenburg School of Business, Economics and Law and delivered a presentation on sustainable transportation based on integrated and standardised IT systems. It’s a subject that appeals to many people, not least the students at the School’s Logistics Faculty.
