An overwhelming 92% of seafarers now say that internet access “strongly influences” their decision on where to work, according to the latest Crew Connectivity 2018 Survey Report published by Futurenautics Maritime this week. This compares to a 75%...

Inmarsat says its Fleet Xpress (FX) product is continuing to gain traction and is now fitted to 2,600 vessels and that over 10,000 ships are committed to join the service.

Satcoms provider Marlink has introduced a faster burst rate, or Maximum Information Rate (MIR), of up to 6 Mbps at no extra charge for customers using its Sealink Allowances maritime VSAT service plans for crew communications or operational...

Inmarsat and Intellian have inked an agreement develop the next generation of FleetBroadband terminal.

Inmarsat has launched a new set of plans for its FleetXpress tailored for the OSV sector.

Cobham Satcom has come up with a solution for link losses experienced by Global Xpress antennas that can reduce costs by installation costs by $10,000.

The hype around autonomous shipping fails to take into account the value the human being can bring onboard a ship and the real cost of replacing seafarers, argues Anglo-Eastern ceo Bjorn Hojgaard.

Ronald Spithout, Inmarsat Maritime President, describes 2017 as “the year of digitalisation”. Requests from owners and operators to connect their ships using Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress (FX) broadband service have exceeded all expectations as Inmarsat...

Singapore ship manager Thome Group has opened a 24/7 operations hub for its globally managed fleet.

Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Inmarsat to incorporate the latter’s Fleet Xpress technology in its newbuildings, in order to offer the connectivity needed for ‘smart ship’...