Focus: Maritime
November 16, 2020
Speedcast is selling its Inmarsat maritime reseller business to Inmarsat for $13.6 million, the companies announced Monday. This includes Fleet Xpress, FleetBroadband, and FleetOne, all Inmarsat managed services that Speedcast was reselling to customers in the commercial maritime business segment. This agreement covers both Speedcast’s L-band maritime contracts which use Inmarsat connectivity, and the full Inmarsat…
October 16, 2020
SES revealed Tuesday that Mercy Ships will be using SES Networks' connectivity solutions to provide better healthcare services. Mercy Ships is a humanitarian mission delivering healthcare and medical training in some of the world’s economically deprived regions. The Global Mercy, the newest and the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, will leverage SES Networks’ Signature Maritime…
October 15, 2020
Inmarsat revealed Thursday that it was awarded a new contract with Cobham Satcom to connect 732 fishing vessels in the Maldives to Inmarsat’s Fleet One maritime broadband services. The five-year contract includes the supply and maintenance of the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to include Fleet One satellite communications over L-band from Inmarsat, airtime and a…
October 9, 2020
Shipping company PACC Ship Managers Pte Ltd. (PaccShip) has renewed its contract with Satcom Global Ltd, for Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) service for three years. Satcom Global has supported over 50 PaccShip managed vessels with Ku-band connectivity since 2017, and five additional are set to join the Aura network later this year. Financial…