NOORDERSOFT
NoorderSoft sold more than 6100 copies of its voyage planner for the inland waterways, PC-Navigo, since 2000. The 7.000th copy will be sold in the summer of 2008.
NoorderSoft sells the following software for commercial shipping AND pleasure boating:
NoorderSoft has made GAUGE-03 version 2.00 (now also in english!) available as freeware (free software). It is a calculating program for weight scale calculation and tonnage indication on inland barges.You can "download" it by clicking on this link.
NoorderSoft used to distribute the tutorial software "RHINE Version 2.0", that allowed candidates for a Rhine skipper license to train their local knowledge of the river. This program was developed by Picaro, but it has not been maintained anymore during the past years. Those who would like to use it nevertheless can download it here as freeware. The file is 692 Kb.
Since 2008 NoorderSoft is an official reseller of the german charts of the Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt (WSA) in Mainz. These S-57 ENC chart cells can be read with the ENC versions of PC-Navigo (that can also handle the free chart coverage of the Netherlands issued by Rijkswaterstaat and the free coverage of Switserland, Austria and Tchechia) and are sold for € 1,50 per chart cell. There are 189 chart cells available, covering the following waterways:
| River: | Number of cells: | Price: | Coverage: |
| Rhine | 54 | € 81,00 | From Iffezheim to the Dutch border |
| Mosel | 25 | € 37,50 | From the Rhine to the French border |
| Saar | 10 | € 15,00 | From the Mosel to the French border |
| Main | 39 | € 58,50 | From the Rhine to the Main-Danube Canal |
| Neckar | 21 | € 31,50 | From the Rhine till the end of the navigable section |
| Main-Danube Canal | 18 | € 27,00 | From the Main to the Danube |
| Danube | 22 | € 33,00 | From Kelheim to the Austrian border |