UK-based consultancy Ferry Management Services (FMS) recently launched a Web site at www.ferrynews.com that provides detailed, regularly updated information drawn from its own resources as well as from a market intelligence section. FPS said in a release that the market intelligence hyperlink could be accessed free of charge subject only to simple registration which took a matter of seconds. Ferry News is produced in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format in order that readers can print the newsletter.

The company said the site, created by specialists Grant Web Media (GWM) Ltd, reflected many months of careful planning and drew upon a vast database of information updated by FMS personnel on a weekly basis.

FMS director Bill Moses said: "In consultation with GWM we have numerous ideas for further improvements with links to complementary sites and have already been in discussion with organisations who wish to become involved in the development of our shipping news concept."