Marorka

Marorka Ltd.

Type	private limited company
Industry	marine energy management, energy research
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Reykjavík, Iceland
Key people	Dr. Jón Ágúst Thorsteinsson, founder & CEO Thórður Magnússon, chairman
Products	Maren, Fuel Manager (FM)
Website	www.marorka.com

Marorka is a company based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It operates wholly owned subsidiaries in Denmark and Norway. Marorka specializes in marine energy management. Marorka's mission is to deliver products and services to vessel owners and operators to save fuel, increase profitability and reduce harmful emissions.^[1] The company was founded in June 2002 and resulted from the PhD. thesis of Dr. Jón Ágúst Thorsteinsson, founder and CEO.

Marorka's field of work:

• consultancy for vessel building
• operational analysis of ocean vessels
• development of Maren, the marine energy management system, and the FM Fuel Management System

Marorka’s systems have been installed on board vessels of various types and sizes; Fishing vessels, Cargo vessels, Cruise ships and Research vessels.

In 2008 Marorka received the Nordic Council’s Nature and Environment Prize. 37 companies were nominated for the award.^[1]

Marorka has implemented a quality management system built on the ISO 9001:2000 standard, certified by Det Norske Veritas.

See also

• Marine Energy Management
• Fuel efficiency
• Energy Engineering

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Icelandic Company Earns Nordic Environmental Prize

• Villemes, Katinka. Nature and Environment Prize 2008 goes to Iceland, norden.org, October 10, 2008
• Wilson-Roberts, Guy. Green award for emissions-reducing technology, Sustainable Shipping News, October 28, 2008
• World Fishing

External links

• Marorka's website