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BV launches My VeriSTAR Mobile Application

Jun 02, 2016

Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has developed a one-stop- shop mobile application which will allow marine professionals to easily perform daily class and statutory actions through a user-friendly interface. With My VeriSTAR…

Inmarsat Unveils Fleet One Global

Jun 02, 2016

Inmarsat has launched Fleet One Global, a service designed to offer basic voice and data connectivity to the maritime market.Fleet One Global is part of the Fleet One range of satcoms services developed for flexibility, reliability and simplicity…

JWA to provide ShipDC with Marine Weather Info

May 21, 2016

The database service operated by ClassNK’s wholly owned subsidiary Ship Data Center (ShipDC) has been set to receive marine weather information from Japan Weather Association. ShipDC acts as a platform for big data related to shipping by securely collecting…

Norwegian Cruise Line, EMC Ink Internet Deal

May 06, 2016

EMC has entered a long-term strategic agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings to deliver a faster Internet experience and premium entertainment over satellite to meet the rising expectations of cruise passengers, with demands for home-like performance and content…

Smulders Appointed CEO of Radio Holland

May 04, 2016

Paul Smulders has been appointed CEO of Radio Holland, part of the RH Marine Group (formerly Imtech Marine). Smulders returns to Radio Holland where he started his career ashore in 1989 as sales engineer deepsea, after a career at sea as nautical officer…

KVH Dominates Global Maritime VSAT Market

Apr 26, 2016

KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced that as of the end of 2015, it had shipped more than 6,000 TracPhone® satellite communications antenna systems for the mini-VSAT Broadbandsm network. This milestone reaffirms the company’s top…

Cobham, Inmarsat Enable Smart Shipping for Nanjing Tankers

Apr 26, 2016

Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), and Cobham SATCOM today announced that their partner Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company Ltd. (MCN) has won the largest Inmarsat Fleet Xpress installation project to date, with Nanjing Tanker Corporation of China…

Partnership Seeks to Boost Maritime VSAT for China

Apr 20, 2016

SpeedCast signs partnership MOU with Beijing Marine Communications & Navigation Company Limited to build a global maritime VSAT service for China Market SpeedCast International Limited, a global satellite communications and network service provider…

Maldives Protects Fishery with GOST Nav-Tracker

Apr 20, 2016

GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies) announced that its Nav-Tracker 3.0 VMS has been adapted for use by the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of The Maldives to prevent illegal encroachment on protected island fisheries and preserve special areas for traditional fishing techniques…

Nanjing Tankers Implements 'Smart Shipping' Connectivity

Apr 14, 2016

Largest contract to date for Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress paves the way for ‘smart shipping’ for Nanjing Tanker Corporation, with installation of Cobham’s SAILOR 60 GX and SAILOR 100 GX antenna systems across 70 ships Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM…

A New Paradigm in Crew Connectivity?

Apr 06, 2016

Service providers have spent decades delivering services on the basis of a demand model that is in danger of being overtaken by events Despite some recent suggestions to the contrary, demand for crew connectivity remains a strong driver of the maritime communications market…

Singtel, Inmarsat Join Forces to Boost Maritime Cyber Security

Apr 06, 2016

Singapore and London, 6 April 2016: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) and Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) have entered into a strategic partnership to enhance maritime cyber security using Trustwave’s Unified Threat Management (UTM) solution…

For Maritime Recruitment, Connectivity is Key

Apr 05, 2016

Internet access, services win workers, bolster retention When you are thousands of miles, and weeks or months out at sea, the next best thing to physically being there, is an electronic connection home, and today, few mariners will board vessels without access to some form of it…

Inmarsat Launches Fleet Xpress

Mar 30, 2016

New service delivers commercial and crew-welfare benefits; launch of Fleet Xpress marks start of new era that sees ‘smart’ ship operations become a reality  Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications, has launched Fleet Xpress…

Intelsat Names Butler President

Mar 18, 2016

Intelsat S.A. (NYSE:I), operator of the world’s first Globalized Network, powered by its leading satellite backbone today announced the promotion of Skot Butler to President of Intelsat General Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary that provides satellite communications solutions to military…

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