Focus: Maritime
January 19, 2023
Satellite IoT startup Sateliot is working with industrial IoT company Sensefinity for cargo tracking. The companies said they are launching technology with 1,000 smart containers connected via satellite. Sensefinity will use Sateliot’s satellite constellation and connectivity to track cargo containers when they are outside cellular networks. This will allow the company to report the location,…
January 18, 2023
Cruise ship titan Carnival Corporation has signed a deal for SpaceX’s Starlink Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet service and is already rolling out Starlink on Carnival Cruise Line and AIDA Cruises ships. This is SpaceX’s second cruise deal for Starlink, following Royal Caribbean. Carnival announced Jan. 18 that it began installing Starlink on Carnival Cruise…
January 17, 2023
Satellite service provider Anuvu is rolling out Starlink maritime packages as an authorized Starlink reseller. Anuvu said it is focused on giving maritime customers an easy acquisition process. While maritime customers can buy directly from SpaceX’s Starlink business, Anuvu offers multiple payment options, simplified billing, and it will ship to regions Starlink does not ship…
January 11, 2023
Inmarsat has won a new deal in the maritime arena for its Fleet Xpress solution. The company announced Jan. 9 that Campbell Shipping, a Bahamas-based ship-management group, has come to a new agreement with Inmarsat which sees it add Fleet Care and Fleet Secure Endpoint to its existing 12-vessel Fleet Xpress solution. Campbell Shipping will…