ClassNK acquires Helm Operations

Founded in 1999, Helm Operations is one of the leading providers of manning, maintenance, dispatch, and HSQE software to the workboat and offshore industries. Helm software is currently used on some 1,000 vessels worldwide.
Commenting on the acquisition, Yasushi Nakamura, representative director and executive vice president of ClassNK, said: “At ClassNK our mission has always been to ensure that global innovation is put to use for the benefit of the entire maritime industry. Commencing with the acquisition of NAPA earlier this year, and the acquisition of Helm now, we are bringing together a team of leading software companies from around the world in order to help achieve that goal.