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PONANT, the only French owned cruise line, and its main manning agency, Uvea Marine Services (UMS), to implement Adonis’ complete suite of Maritime Crew Management and Payroll modules for their fast-growing fleet of luxury expedition cruise ships.

BERGEN, NORWAY (PRWEB) JANUARY 02, 2018

Adonis AS ( Adonis), leading providers of global maritime HR solutions, today announced that PONANT, France’s luxury cruise line, in conjunction with Uvea Marine Services (UMS), will be implementing the Adonis Maritime HR Suite to run all their crewing and payroll operations.

“The complexity of our global operations made it necessary for us to start looking for a brand new platform and technology for our crewing agent UMS,” said François Vielfaure, Executive Vice President Marine Operations for PONANT. “By choosing Adonis we are confident that we are entering the future together with a partner that fully understands our demands for reliable, efficient and cost-reducing systems.”

PONANT is currently operating five high-end luxury cruise ships. The company plans an expansive new building program that is targeting this number to increase to nine vessels within 2019.

“Being selected by PONANT after a rigorous evaluation process confirms that Adonis is continuing to meet the needs of today’s labor-intensive, demanding, and highly competitive maritime businesses,” said Sigrid Kviteberg, Project Director at Adonis. “PONANT and Adonis both enjoy reputations as innovators in their respective fields, which is why we’re so honored to have been selected as their technology partner. We look forward to helping them streamline their existing fleet, and to a productive, long-term partnership to support their growth and continued innovation in the years ahead.”

For more information, e-mail sales@adonis.no.

About Adonis

Adonis AS (http://www.adonis.no) is the leading provider of Human Resource and Payroll solutions for the global maritime industry. Based in Bergen, Norway, Adonis develops and implements integrated, centralized and scalable solutions covering the entire range of business processes for maritime Human Resource Management, including Payroll, Time & Attendance, Crew Planning and Recruitment. For a selection of the company's global maritime clients, please visit the Adonis References page at: https://www.adonis.no/testimonials.378950.en.html. For more information, e-mail sales@adonis.no.