Helm Operations

Houchens Insurance Group is joining us as a Technology Partner at Helm Conference 2026!

Houchens Insurance Group is a Bowling Green, Kentucky agency licensed in all 50 states and ranked the 45th largest agency in the country by Insurance Journal. Their marine practice covers the things that actually keep operators up at night: hull, protection and indemnity, cargo in transit, Jones Act exposure, and the coverage gaps that open up between contracts and handoffs.

Insurance is rarely the most exciting thing on an agenda. It's also the thing that decides how bad a bad day gets. They'll have an exhibit table and a session, so come and get to know them!

Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC. October 20-22.

Register now: https://conference.helmoperations.com/events/helmoperations1/2204863

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Nobody has ever asked for more data entry.

We get it, so a fair bit of Helm CONNECT 1.37 went into taking steps out of the jobs your teams do every day.

A Current Crew field that adds everyone onboard at the time of a logbook entry in one click. Instructions that appear right in the entry window, so your crew have the guidance in front of them instead of remembering it from training. A Single Crew Change window that stays open after you save, so adding six changes no longer means opening it six times. Requisition drafts, so you can gather prices over a few days and publish when you're ready.

The other half of the release is about what's left behind afterwards: a Resolved By Vendor field when the shipyard did the work, payroll class changes in the change log, and a new Asset Activity Details tab showing how each asset spent its last seven days.

Dive into everything that's new in 1.37:

What's New in Helm CONNECT 1.37? — Helm Helm CONNECT 1.37 is here, and it's a release full of practical changes for both your shoreside teams and your crew. You'll find fewer steps in the jobs you do every day, and a clearer record of the work afterwards. Here's some of what's new in each product line.

Welcome back, Carga! It's great to have you as a Technology Partner again.

Formely known as ShipTracks, Carga is the AIS tracking, terminal management, and marine assurance platform that took shape after ShipTracks acquired Oceaneering's Maritime Intelligence Division in 2024, bringing OceanSMART, TerminalSmart, and PortVision under one roof. Their system lets a dispatcher drag a vessel straight into a Helm CONNECT job, and Competitor Jobs Automation tracks towage activity in your port without anyone typing it in.

They've been with us since 2019, and this year they'll have an exhibit table and a session.

Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC. October 20-22.

Tickets: https://conference.helmoperations.com/events/helmoperations1/2204863

Mobil is joining us as a Technology Partner at Helm Conference 2026!

Mobil's marine business covers lubricants and the analysis that goes with them: Mobilgard oils for everything from high-speed engines to two-stroke cylinders, plus Mobil Serv lubricant analysis and cylinder condition monitoring, supplied through a network of more than 650 ports. The idea is simple. Sample the oil, get a report, catch the wear before it turns into an overhaul.

Alan Suan will be presenting, and they'll have an exhibit table.

Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC. October 20-22.

Tickets: https://conference.helmoperations.com/events/helmoperations1/2204863

Here are some of the speakers at Helm Conference 2026!

Andrew Berthelson, Curtin Maritime
Capt. Dave Hammond, Houchens Insurance
Don Carlton, Bergan Marine Systems
Stephanie Higgins, Ingram Marine Group

Operators and partners on the same stage, which is the whole point. The people running the boats and the people building the tools around them, working the same problems from different seats.

More speakers to come.

Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC. October 20-22.

Tickets: https://conference.helmoperations.com/events/helmoperations1/2204863

Guess what? Marcura is a Technology Partner at Helm Conference 2026!

Marcura is the group behind DA-Desk, ShipServ, MarTrust, PortLog, and VesselMan: port cost management, procurement, payments, port intelligence, and dry-docking projects. Founded in 2001, they work with around 950 shipping companies across 53 countries and support roughly 200,000 port calls a year. If port spend and procurement are a recurring headache in your operation, these are the people who do nothing else.

They'll have an exhibit table and a session, so bring your worst invoice story.

Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC. October 20-22.

Tickets: https://conference.helmoperations.com/events/helmoperations1/2204863

Bergan Marine Systems is joining us as a Technology Partner at Helm Conference 2026!

Bergan has been designing and building tank level, alarm, and monitoring systems out of Pensacola since 1980, and out of Norway before that. Their equipment is aboard inland towboats, tank barges, oceangoing tankers, and government fleets. More recently they've pushed into cloud and IoT, including BargeWatch, which keeps eyes on loading and discharge so the crew isn't the only line of defense.

If you run barges, odds are you already have Bergan gear aboard. They'll have an exhibit table and a session, so come find out what they're building next.

Fairmont Empress, Victoria, BC. October 20-22.

Tickets: https://conference.helmoperations.com/events/helmoperations1/2204863

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