ISN opens its first satellite office in December 1997 in Mobile, Alabama/USA, manned with experienced ex-seagoing personnel...Feeling the need to fulfill its customers' needs with top quality management, ISN opens its first satellite office in December 1997 in Mobile, Alabama/USA, manned with experienced ex-seagoing personnel. This office is on-line with the ISN headquarters on a 24-hour basis. Staff from this office attend to all vessels' needs upon call at US Ports and carry-out regular visits on board the vessel