The Japan Shipping Exchange, Inc. is a maritime industry organization established in 1921 that administers maritime arbitration, drafts maritime contract forms, publishes shipping and logistics analysis, and provides electronic shipping databases to support domestic and international maritime transactions.
SMDG e.V. is a registered non-profit association and official UN/CEFACT User Group dedicated to standardizing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for the maritime container business, serving shipping lines, container terminals, and related maritime organizations.
Verband Deutscher Reeder (VDR) is the German Shipowners' Association based in Hamburg, focusing on the interests of German shipping companies, maritime environmental and climate protection, and the promotion of the German shipping industry.
VeriSTAR Info provides the marine community with extensive information on Bureau Veritas products and services related to the marine business and its classed fleet.
Woodward-Clyde Consultants was an engineering and environmental consulting firm providing maritime, oceanographic, coastal, and geotechnical engineering services. Acquired by URS Corporation in 1997 (later AECOM); historical maritime datasets remain archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.