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 har tecknat avtal med det argentinska färjebolaget Colonia Express om att leverera det marknadsledande biljett- och bokningssystemet BOOKIT. Det här är Hogias första kund på den sydamerikanska marknaden och det betyder att BOOKIT nu används i färjeverksamhet i alla världsdelar utom Antarktis.
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.
Hogia Ferry Systems have signed an agreement with Argentinian ferry operator Colonia Express, to deliver the reservation and ticketing system, BOOKIT. This is Hogia’s first client in the South American market, meaning that BOOKIT is now being used by ferry operators on every continent, with the exception of Antarctica.
Hogia Ferry Systems have signed an agreement with Indonesian Ro-Ro operator JZK. JZK is a start-up operation, connecting Jakarta and Surabaya. Cargo transported between the two cities is today transported by trucks. The 800 km journey takes three driving days. JZK, with their two vessels can cover the same distance sailing along the coastline in around one day.
I jul har Hogia valt bort julklappar till kunder och istället skänkt pengar till Sjöräddningssällskapet i Stenungsund där Hogia har sitt huvudkontor. Behovet av sjöräddning växer. I somras genomfördes det högsta antalet sjöräddningsinsatser på tio år. Sjöräddarna arbetar frivilligt och oavlönat. Den gemensamma drivkraften är viljan att hjälpa och rädda liv.
Den 1. juni lanserte Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune en ny app som skulle gjøre det enkelt for de reisende å få tilgang til all informasjon som er nødvendig for å reise kollektivt. Reiseplanlegging, billettkjøp, sanntidsinformasjon og avviksinformasjon for busser, hurtigbåter og ferjer i Møre og Romsdal samlet i én og samme app. Appen har slått an på kort tid og er lastet ned 20 000 ganger.
IT-supplier Hogia continues its pattern of steady growth and is now investing in a new business area, Hogia Transport Systems. Transport Systems will oversee all Hogia’s activities within the transport industry. This new business area has a predicted growth of 35 percent by 2020.
Isle of Scilly Steamship Group (ISSG) erbjuder passagerartrafik och godstransporter mellan fastlandet och Scillyöarna, 45 kilometer utanför Storbritanniens sydvästkust. Förutom passagerar- och fraktfartyg har företaget också ett eget flygbolag, Skybus. Nu har ISSG tecknat avtal med Hogia om att införa BOOKIT, Hogias boknings- och biljettsystem.
The Isles of Scilly Steamship Group has contracted Hogia Ferry Systems to implement their reservation and ticketing system, BOOKIT.
Transportbehovet ökar allt mer och sjöfartsbranschen är avgörande för både varutransporter och persontrafik världen över. Men är det möjligt för hamnarna att öka effektiviteten när godsvolymen växer? Kicki Bjurström på Hogia Terminal Systems, menar att förutsättningen för en effektiv hamndrift är ett IT-system som förmår sammankoppla alla aktörer och transportslag som är verksamma i en hamn:
The need for transport is experiencing a steady increase and the maritime industry is vital to both freight and passenger movement worldwide. Is it possible for ports to keep or even increase operational efficiency while goods volumes keep growing? At next week’s European ITS Congress in Glasgow, Kicki Bjurström will present the significant benefits in deploying IT systems for port operations.
Hogia Ferry Systems has been selected as the long-term partner and supplier of a standard software system for HH Ferries. Their ferry operation runs between Helsingborg in Sweden and Helsingör in Denmark. Hogia Ferry Systems’ BOOKIT product is already live and handling ticketing, reservations and invoicing. With the help of a new web platform, HH Ferries is looking to increase online sales.
HH Ferries har valt Hogia Ferry Systems som långsiktig partner och programvaruleverantör. Hogia Ferry Systems produkt BOOKIT används vid hantering av biljetter, bokningar och fakturor och med hjälp av en ny webbplattform ska HH Ferries öka sin webbförsäljning. Bland annat kommer det att bli enklare och snabbare att köpa färjebiljetter och lägga förbeställningar på produkter som säljs ombord.