Stefan Matias Nygard, general manager portfolio management for Wartsila, shared at the Danish Maritime Technology conference in Copenhagen that a shipowner had indeed decided to invest in crew internet for reasons of safety.
The issue was that as vessels came into port and the crew could get local 4G connections on their phones they would all start to connect to social media and internet sites while the ship was coming into dock. “They had one hand on their phones and one hand using their phones.”
While the owner did not have accident as a result, there were apparently a couple of near misses, so the decision was made to invest in crew internet to ensure safety.
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