Maritime e-procurement company ShipServ is celebrating its first birthday by revealing second-round financing aimed at breaking even next year.

ShipServ has raised $4m from existing investors who pumped $5m into the development of its TradeNet e-platform last October.

"We are confident we are now funded well into 2002 and profitability as long as we stay on target," said ShipServ chief executive Paul Ostergaard.

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