Bergen, Norway-based Jet Seafood AS has launched the second version of Seafoodportal.com, an online seafood trading platform.
As part of its update, the company has moved from a per-trade transaction fee to a monthly or annual membership model.
In a press release, Jet Seafood said it conducted more than 200 interviews with seafood industry participants “to better understand the needs and challenges in today’s seafood trading” in advance of launching its new version.
“The message was clear: there is a need for greater transparency, global market access, document control, traceability, and better commercial terms,” it said. “Using this feedback, Seafoodportal 2.0 was developed into a trading platform that has the features that solve these challenges in the industry and, most importantly, is extremely easy to use for both buyers and sellers.”
Seafoodportal.com is completely cloud based with state-of-the-art security and complete accessibility from any location or device, Jet Seafood said. The platform allows the trading of most major seafood species and in all formats, including fresh, frozen, fillets, and byproducts.
Jet Seafood is majority owned by its employees and Stavanger, Norway-based Link Venture Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investments in the marine economy, with a focus on sustainability. Achim Eichenlaub, the former CEO of Regal Springs Tilapia, is the Jet Seafood’s board chairman.
“I’m very proud of the new seafood portal 2.0, which our team developed during 2021,” Eichenlaub said. “It’s a state-of-the art technical solution that has the features and capabilities to revolutionize the way seafood is traded today, allowing many companies access to more customers around the globe, improving profits due to direct trading, and all of it in the most-simple way.”
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