PlanTask Ltd was set up in September 2002 to maintain and develop the business of providing container ship planning systems called PLANMASTER and TASKMASTER. The founding members are Managing Director Gerry Endenburg, and Directors Michael Close and Nick Goss. The Company is based in Cardiff, in the UK.

  

PLANMASTER is a comprehensive containership planning and stowage coordination software for effective ship operation, targetted at Liner Operators, Ship Managers, Container Terminals and Stevedores.

TASKMASTER is a computerised load monitoring system for containerships, tailored for individual vessels, and is usually supplied with industry-standard, Type-Approved computer hardware for installation of the vessel.

The Company has very close links with the Ship Message Development Group (SMDG). This User Group develops and promotes the UN/EDIFACT EDI messages for the Maritime Industry.