Jeppesen Marine launches improved chart updating service - Now the market’s only supplier of full chart updates online

EGERSUND, NORWAY, September 19, 2008 – Jeppesen Marine has launched a new updating service that can transmit "Notices to Mariners", new charts and new chart editions to ships at sea, all via a high-speed Internet connection. The service, called C-MAP Updating Service Online+, applies to Jeppesen Marine's C-MAP Professional+ and C-MAP ENC chart database subscribers. "The significance of this new service is that ships can update their chart data with the same reliability as the updates distributed on a DVD, without the trouble of arranging delivery of the DVD to the ship. With this new service, Jeppesen Marine can deliver 'what you need, when you need it' more effectively than any other supplier of ENC chart data and updates," says Willy Zeiler, Marketing and Communication Manager, Jeppesen Marine. The key to this new updating service is Jeppesen's unique distribution format, called C-MAP CM-93/3 and type approved by DNV. This format can compress large amounts of navigational data to a size that makes online transmission rapid and reliable. Ships will need to download only 6 MB to 9 MB of data per week (for global coverage) for the C-MAP ENC database, and substantially less for C-MAP Professional+. "We believe that this will give us a great competitive advantage, as the online updating service is the only one of its kind on the market," says Zeiler. "Any subscribers to either of our chart services with a high-speed connection to the Internet, such as Fleet Broadband, VSAT or wireless, will be able to begin using this free of charge. With easier updating, crews are more likely to navigate by up-to-date charts, which contribute to improved navigation and safer operations". The C-MAP Updating Service Online+ has been fully tested, and offers the same reliability as the conventional DVD updates. Chart subscribers can download the software application from our web-site www.c-map.no. About Jeppesen Marine Jeppesen Marine is a market-leading provider of vessel operations services and digital navigation solutions, based on worldwide vector chart data type approved to ISO19879, meteorological information and transmission technologies. With C-MAP and Vessel Voyage and Optimization Services, Jeppesen Marine offers a wide range of navigation and operations products and services to serve markets from inland and coastal navigation to today's safety-conscious commercial shipping industry. Jeppesen Marine is chartered with the same underlying values that launched Jeppesen in 1934 – improving safety and efficiency through innovative navigation solutions. For more than 70 years Jeppesen has made it possible for pilots and their passengers to safely and efficiently reach their destinations. Today this pioneering spirit continues as Jeppesen delivers essential information and optimization solutions to improve the efficiency of air, sea and rail operations around the globe. Jeppesen is a subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, a unit of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Jeppesen corporate information is available online at www.jeppesen.com. Contact Jeppesen Marine at Jeppesen Norway AS, P.O. Box 212, 4379 Egersund, Norway,info@c-map.no www.c-map.no Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Manager Willy Zeiler zeiler@c-map.no