In response the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for crew to stay in touch with their families Inmarsat is giving a 50% discount on crew voice calls to the end of June.

Eminent shipping economist, Dr Martin Stopford, has set out a four-point plan to modernise shipping’s business models which, he says, are 50 years old and badly in need of a revamp.

Teekay Offshore has chosen Marlink’s ITLink solutions for its managed services.

Satellite communications provider Inmarsat is seeing data usage at sea soaring with volumes doubling in just eight months

With the rapid growth of VSAT and broadband communications at sea the threat to cyber security was highlighted recent Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) UAE Branch forum.

Kongsberg Digital has become the launch customer of the KVH Watch service, which provides IoT connectivity via VSAT, for its new maritime data infrastructure solution Vessel Insight.

Inmarsat and Hyundai have signed an agreement whereby the shipbuilder’s subsidiary, Hyundai Global Service, will use dedicated bandwidth from Inmarsat to offer shipowners and managers a digital care package for new ship deliveries.

Communications provider IEC Telecoms stresses that in successfully deploying digitalisation on a vessel owners must ensure reliable back-up systems and cyber-security.

Autonomous vessels have become a recurrent theme in shipping debates in recent years but the focus has to turn to regulations to bring the topic forward, Dualog ceo Morten Lind-Olsen says.

IEC Telecom is expanding into Denmark with a primary focus on the maritime market.